“Brother Yu, I trust you’re well!” Lin Xiao grinned, smiling at Yu Jingge.
Yu Jingge was stunned, almost speechless, his heart surging with overwhelming shock: Lin Xiao, it was actually Lin Xiao, Lin Xiao wasn’t dead… Heavens!
“Who are you, sir?”
As a wave of energy dissipated, a young man’s silhouette was seen tightly gripping an arrow. Liu Yan and Gong Hongyun’s faces showed a hint of wariness, but what chilled them was that this figure seemed vaguely familiar.
At that moment, Lin Xiao held the arrow in his left hand, pulling Yu Jingge with his right to steady him. Then, unhurriedly, he turned around.
“What, Lin… Lin Xiao?” The moment Liu Yan saw Lin Xiao’s face, his entire body froze, his expression one of disbelief.
“Lin Xiao, you’re, you’re not dead?” Gong Hongyun was equally shocked, his eyes wide. Back then, Lin Xiao’s name had shaken the entire Chaos Lands. It was widely known that Lin Xiao had been cast into the Thunderstorm, unable to survive the Ultimate Battlefield.
Now, Lin Xiao had vanished from the Mysterious Domain Battlefield for a year, and yet, here he was, standing alive before them?
It was simply unbelievable.
Not only Liu Yan and Gong Hongyun, but the Yuan family expert was also dumbfounded, as were the others. Both sides ceased fighting, stunned.
Lin Xiao’s reputation was simply too great.
To disappear for a year in the Mysterious Domain Battlefield and then reappear was nothing short of miraculous.
“I didn’t expect to run into you two right after leaving the Mysterious Domain Battlefield.” Looking at the shocked Liu Yan and Gong Hongyun, Lin Xiao smiled calmly and said, “Two families’ enemies teaming up, it seems neither of you has gone so far as to kill each other yet.”
At Lin Xiao’s words, Liu Yan and Gong Hongyun’s faces flushed with anger.
“Hmph, Lin Xiao, you dare bring that up!” Liu Yan glared, a thick murderous intent flashing in his eyes. “I don’t know how you survived the Mysterious Domain Battlefield, but since you’re here today, I’ll send you to your grave, once and for all!”
“Kill!” Gong Hongyun let out a cold shout, his killing intent surging. Holding his longbow, dazzling golden light burst forth from it, an unparalleled wave of energy rippling in all directions.
At this moment, even they dared not underestimate him.
“Kill!” The Yuan family’s First Stage Martial Venerable also moved, erupting with unmatched speed, terrifying Martial Venerable energy pulsing from him.
“Lin Xiao, be careful!” Yu Jingge hurriedly warned.
But Lin Xiao remained unperturbed, smiling faintly, “It’s time to end this for good.”
Boom!
Before his words faded, a massive thunderous roar erupted, like the cry of a dragon from the heavens, resounding through the skies. Simultaneously, a colossal thunder dragon shot out from Lin Xiao’s brow, flashing with lightning, brimming with thunderous energy. Its dazzling, radiant light illuminated all directions, the boundless thunder energy forming a dragon that seemed to explode the void itself, filled with ferocious power.
“What!” Seeing the enormous thunder dragon, the three men’s expressions changed drastically, an involuntary wave of fear surging in their hearts.
The three, who had just charged forward, immediately felt the urge to retreat.
Roar!
The thunder dragon, formed of endless lightning, opened its massive jaws, spiralling out with lightning speed, charging first at Liu Yan.
“No!”
Liu Yan let out a horrified cry, preparing to act, but the thunder dragon was too fast, already upon him.
“Boom!” The giant jaws passed through Liu Yan’s body, the hundred-zhang-long thunder dragon rushing through him at incredible speed. A blazing light erupted from Liu Yan’s position, waves of energy surging outward.
Boom!
After passing through Liu Yan, the hundred-zhang thunder dragon sped on, charging toward Gong Hongyun and the Yuan family Martial Venerable.
Gong Hongyun had no time to fire an arrow at Lin Xiao, turning to face the dragon coming from the side, but it was too late. The dragon struck him.
Boom!
In an instant, Gong Hongyun’s body was overtaken by the dragon, a scream of agony ringing out.
In another part of the void, the Yuan family expert turned to flee but hadn’t gone far before the dragon overtook him.
“No!!” A thunderous cry of terror echoed through the heavens.
By now, the hundred-zhang thunder dragon, having passed through the three Martial Venerables, had faded to a faint shadow, vanishing into the air.
In the void, three charred bodies appeared in everyone’s sight, the thick smell of burning filling the air.
Then, the three scorched bodies plummeted to the ground, motionless.
Clearly, the three First Stage Martial Venerables had been incinerated by the thunder dragon, their life force extinguished.
In that moment, everyone present was stunned.
One strike had killed three First Stage Martial Venerables. What kind of energy was that thunder dragon, to be so terrifying?
Yu Jingge was utterly shocked. After a year, Lin Xiao’s strength had reached such a terrifying level! One strike, effortlessly killing three First Stage Martial Venerables…
“Run!” At that moment, someone among the Martial Kings of the three factions reacted, shouting in panic.
Their three leading Martial Venerables had been killed, leaving them no chance to resist.
“Boom!”
Just then, another hundred-zhang thunder dragon formed of lightning energy emerged, charging toward the twenty or thirty people preparing to flee.
These people, at the Martial King level, mostly Early Stage Martial Kings, were obstructed by the Tianmen disciples. Few managed to escape even a few dozen zhang.
Then, one by one, they were struck by the hundred-zhang thunder dragon. The first few Martial Kings were obliterated by the lightning energy, and even the last was charred black, lifeless.
Not one of the twenty or thirty escaped, all dead.
The Tianmen disciples were shocked. The thunder dragon’s energy was too terrifying, killing twenty or thirty Martial Kings in one strike before its energy was depleted.
Looking at Lin Xiao, the Tianmen disciples were filled with awe.
“Pay respects to the Sect Leader!” someone shouted.
“Pay respects to the Sect Leader!” Others followed, bowing with fervent admiration.
For the past year, Tianmen had been managed by Hu Yue, but even after news of Lin Xiao’s death spread, Hu Yue refused to take the Sect Leader’s title, remaining only the Deputy Sect Leader.
Hu Yue had vowed that the position of Sect Leader would forever be reserved for Tianmen’s founder, the legendary figure of the Mysterious Domain Battlefield, Lin Xiao.
Now, seeing their true Sect Leader in person filled them with awe and admiration.
With such a formidable Sect Leader, their hearts swelled with excitement and joy.
