Within Lin Xiao’s dantian, a vast ocean of elemental force surged violently, flowing through his meridians, rushing towards his right arm and converging at the tip of his index finger.
In his mind, spiritual power and the Heaven Devouring Green Flame spirit energy surged fiercely, continuously channeling through his meridians into his fingertip, joined by traces of thunder spirit energy gathering there as well.
His finger seemed like a black hole, voraciously absorbing endless power and energy.
Yet, his body’s surface was eerily silent, not a trace of aura leaking out.
A world-shaking strike was quietly brewing.
Lin Xiao could sense that opposite him, Cao Xueqing was also preparing an overwhelmingly powerful attack, an intensely chilling aura assaulting his senses.
Neither rushed to act, waiting until the rolling waves of energy between them dissipated. Their cold gazes locked onto each other.
“I never expected you to be this powerful.”
Cao Xueqing’s eyes fixed on Lin Xiao, her indifferent voice ringing out, “It seems the power of two Yin veins is hardly enough to kill you!”
“Activating all three veins will likely leave me unable to compete for anything else this month, but to kill you, such a price is worth it.”
Her voice was laced with icy resolve, utterly confident in the strike she was preparing.
Activating all three Yin veins would come at a grievous cost, even for her, but its power was terrifyingly peerless. She was certain Lin Xiao would die under this strike.
“Are you so sure you can kill me?”
Lin Xiao responded coldly, the vast elemental and spiritual forces within him, like an ocean, converging at his fingertip, beginning to condense and compress.
“Sss!” Amid the rolling chill, Cao Xueqing’s body lit up as three veins glowed brightly, their light illuminating all directions. Her aura surged rapidly, the temperature in the area plummeting, an intensely cold aura pervading the entire space.
Frost began to form on Cao Xueqing’s face and body.
“Under the full activation of the Three Vein Yin Body, you’re as good as dead!” Her voice was cold, her entire being transformed into an icy beauty, her gaze on Lin Xiao like she was looking at a corpse.
“I’m eager to see just how powerful the full activation of the Three Vein Yin Body is!” In contrast, Lin Xiao’s expression was calm, his body eerily still.
As Cao Xueqing prepared her three-vein power, Lin Xiao was rapidly brewing his Heaven Devouring Spirit Finger.
Neither moved hastily, both focusing on amassing their power to its peak, their eyes locked on each other.
If anyone were present, they would surely sense the chilling aura pervading the area and the starkly contrasting calm from Lin Xiao.
In such circumstances, this calm would strike anyone as extraordinary.
Both were preparing a world-shaking strike.
After some time, Cao Xueqing’s aura reached its zenith, a trace of blood seeping from her lips.
“You can die now!” Her slow words slipped softly from her lips. She raised her short swords above her head, then slowly slashed downward.
“Three Veins, Annihilation!”
With her icy voice, an incomparably cold, terrifyingly peerless icy sword beam erupted, as if freezing the void itself. The unmatched sword beam, imbued with the ultimate power to freeze heaven and earth, sliced through the air.
Where the sword beam passed, a trail of frozen air lingered.
The terror of this strike was unimaginable.
Its might could annihilate all!
Simultaneously, opposite her, Lin Xiao extended his finger, pointing forward. A tiny, unremarkable speck of light shot from his fingertip.
In that instant, an overwhelming, ferocious aura ravaged the entire space. The speck of light seemed filled with boundless power, as if it could shatter the heavens and destroy the earth.
The world seemed unable to contain the immense power of this speck, trembling and quaking.
The speck, like a beam, moved several times faster than Cao Xueqing’s sword beam, reaching a distance of one or two hundred zhang from her in the blink of an eye, colliding with the ultimate icy sword beam.
“Boom!” … In that instant, a light brighter than ten suns erupted, a world-shaking sound exploding outward. Destructive energy detonated, torrents of energy surging in all directions, waves of power ravaging the surroundings.
The entire space seemed on the verge of annihilation.
“How is this possible?” Cao Xueqing’s face paled in shock, her eyes filled with intense fear. She had never imagined Lin Xiao could survive her strike, let alone unleash an attack so powerful—stronger than her full three-vein activation—blocking her sword beam and detonating it.
“Pfft!”
Blood sprayed from Cao Xueqing’s mouth, her aura instantly wilting. The overwhelming waves of energy surged towards her, engulfing her completely.
Opposite her, after unleashing his strike, Lin Xiao retreated rapidly downward, using elemental and spiritual force to power the Virtual Sky Phoenix Wings at maximum speed.
Though he was one or two thousand zhang from the explosion, its terrifying, space-annihilating power posed immense danger even at that distance.
As he retreated, Lin Xiao was still caught by a fast-approaching outer wave, blood spraying from his mouth.
His body was knocked back even faster, avoiding further waves.
When the rolling energy waves subsided somewhat, Lin Xiao’s gaze swept over, finding Cao Xueqing’s figure gone from the void.
Clearly, after overdrawing her power for this ultimate strike, her body suffered backlash, leaving her defenseless against the explosion’s might.
Like an ordinary person caught near a massive blast, she could only be reduced to ash.
Who would’ve thought Cao Xueqing would die by her own hand?
Ascending high with the Virtual Sky Phoenix Wings, Lin Xiao gazed at the explosion’s site, sighing deeply.
The Three Vein Yin Body, the Cao family’s second top genius, Cao Xueqing, was finally killed by him. If the Cao family learned of this, they’d probably spit blood in rage.
Such a terrifying talent, fallen so young—how painful to consider.
“Unbelievable, you had such a terrifying technique, even felling Cao Xueqing!”
At that moment, a shocked voice rang out. A red-clad youth with bold features appeared in Lin Xiao’s sight. “Lu Chao!” Seeing the youth’s face, Lin Xiao’s eyes narrowed sharply.
