Hearing this, the other guests who had come to attend the birthday banquet hurriedly retreated. They already knew what was about to happen today, so everyone present had some level of cultivation.
Even if they were just observing, they needed to keep a safe distance to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
If they were still present when the two empires made their move, it would be dangerous. The people of the two empires would show them no mercy.
Thus, taking advantage of the moment, they all quickly withdrew.
As for the people of the two empires, they stood together on one side, unafraid of being attacked.
In the current situation, neither Lin Xiao’s side nor the Feng family would likely provoke them.
Their role now was to watch the show, to see what trump cards the Feng family had and what kind of storm this young man named Lin Xiao could stir up.
“Courting death!” Seeing Lin Xiao charge towards the Feng family members, Feng Yuntian moved to pursue, but the Blue Corpse Puppet blocked his path, fiercely attacking him.
“Just a mindless tool!” Feng Yuntian struck at the Blue Corpse Puppet.
However, the Blue Corpse Puppet seemed to lack no combat experience, relentlessly clashing with Feng Yuntian, preventing him from breaking through its blockade.
In terms of cultivation, the Blue Corpse Puppet had only recently transformed, barely stepping into the Martial Lord realm. Yet its combat power could rival a Third Stage Martial Lord, and its defence was virtually indestructible.
“Wiping out my Feng family won’t be so easy!” At that moment, a figure with an ethereal, orchid-like grace shot forward, her overwhelming aura surging towards Lin Xiao.
This person was none other than the Feng family patriarch, Feng Youyu.
The cultivation radiating from Feng Youyu had reached the Fourth Stage Martial Venerable, but her aura was far stronger than that of an ordinary Fourth Stage Martial Venerable.
“Patriarch Feng, I’ll assist you!” At this moment, Chen Wendao shouted, leaping into action. He knew he was no match for Lin Xiao one-on-one, but two against one was a different story.
After all, he was a Sixth Stage Martial Venerable expert.
“Hey, old man, your opponent is me!” Ling Hu roared, stepping on wings of vital energy and charging towards Chen Wendao.
The crowd was astonished. Was Ling Hu really going to attack Chen Wendao? Had his strength reached such a level?
“The rest of them are mine!” At this moment, Lin Qinglun also moved, charging towards the Feng family members.
“Engage!” Feng Ziyang shouted, leading the Feng family’s Martial King experts to attack Lin Qinglun. One-on-one, he was no match for Lin Qinglun, but with so many Martial King experts, he refused to believe Lin Qinglun alone could cause any real trouble.
“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!” …
A series of thunderous explosions rang out as collisions erupted everywhere, terrifying waves of force bursting forth.
Ling Hu was pushed back by a single strike from Chen Wendao, but he was unharmed, shocking the onlookers.
Though Chen Wendao hadn’t used his full strength, he was still a Sixth Stage Martial Venerable. Yet Ling Hu wasn’t sent flying or injured, only pushed back?
Could Ling Hu himself be a Martial Venerable?
He was only about nineteen, roughly the same age as Lin Xiao. Could Ling Hu also be a peerless prodigy like Lin Xiao?
“Ling Hu’s cultivation is at the First Stage Martial Venerable!” Someone exclaimed, sensing the aura emanating from Ling Hu.
“So he’s at the First Stage Martial Venerable realm, no wonder he’s so powerful!” Another voice cried out in shock.
They had thought Ling Hu was only at the early Martial King realm, but he was actually a First Stage Martial Venerable. This made it entirely unsurprising that he had previously sent the two empires’ young experts flying in the first two rounds.
The strongest in the first round was at the First Stage Martial King, and the second round, the Fifth Stage Martial King. It would have been strange if they hadn’t been blasted away.
Looking at Lin Qinglun, who was charging into the Feng family crowd, his cultivation remained consistently at the peak of the Martial King realm.
This puzzled some. Ling Hu, a First Stage Martial Venerable who could withstand a strike from Chen Wendao, had previously lost to Lin Qinglun? Or had he known Lin Qinglun’s identity and deliberately held back?
It didn’t take much thought to know it was the latter.
Though Lin Qinglun’s displayed cultivation was only at the peak of the Martial King realm, his strength was far from weak. He forced Feng Ziyang and the Feng family’s group of Martial King experts to retreat steadily, compelling the Chen family and Tianxuan Sect’s Martial King experts to join the fray.
“Heavens, what kind of prodigies are these? Two people under twenty have reached the Martial Venerable realm!” The onlookers were shocked as they watched Ling Hu.
Even Empress Dowager Meng Xi and Meng Ying were stunned. They hadn’t expected the brother Lin Xiao brought to also possess Martial Venerable cultivation.
“There’s also a girl. Could her strength be just as formidable?” Meng Ying instinctively glanced at a girl still seated, stroking a spirit pet in her arms.
On the other side, after Lin Xiao and Feng Youyu clashed with a palm strike, he too was sent flying back, his blood and energy roiling within.
This surprised many. By all accounts, Lin Xiao’s strength was such that even Chen Wendao couldn’t withstand him. Feng Youyu, only a Fourth Stage Martial Venerable, shouldn’t be stronger than him. Could the Feng family patriarch’s strength be so terrifying, even surpassing Chen Wendao?
However, it wasn’t too shocking. After all, Feng Youyu had been a Martial Venerable for many years and was the head of a family.
Moreover, given her relationship with Lin Xiao, it was possible he hadn’t used his full strength, which could explain why he was pushed back.
Instead, more eyes were drawn to Ling Hu.
In truth, Lin Xiao hadn’t held back at all. In the instant before their clash, he had already sensed the terrifying power in Feng Youyu’s palm.
If he had held back, that strike could have severely injured him. In such a situation, he wouldn’t let himself be harmed needlessly, so he pushed his physical strength and vital energy to their limits.
This force could have sent Chen Wendao flying, yet under this power, Feng Youyu’s strike left his palm numb and his blood and energy roiling?
His body was so tough that even weapons couldn’t pierce it. How could Feng Youyu’s strength be so formidable?
“Kill!” At that moment, Feng Youyu coldly uttered a single word. Her figure moved, streaking through the void like a phantom, her palm striking at Lin Xiao again, her power somehow even stronger than before.
“Youyu, why is this happening?” Lin Xiao was filled with confusion. He and Feng Youyu shouldn’t be fighting to the death, so why did he see nothing but coldness in her eyes?
