However, Lu Guan ignored Lu Yiluo’s words, his eyes vacant as he pulled the long blade from Lu Qi’s body.
Then, a surging aura erupted from him as he charged at Lu Yiluo.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The two clashed fiercely, Lu Guan fighting with a reckless, life-or-death style, unleashing powerful killing moves from the outset.
Lu Yiluo retaliated in fury, dazzling beams of light bursting forth, terrifying waves of energy surging outward, knocking some nearby Lu family youths off their feet.
The rest of the crowd instinctively retreated further.
As the third-ranked genius of the Lu family, Lu Yiluo, though also at the sixth-level Martial Venerable like Lu Guan, was far stronger. They weren’t worried he’d be defeated.
Dealing with the suddenly traitorous Lu Guan was left to Lu Yiluo.
Killing the Lu family’s second genius was a grave crime!
The other two families and onlookers were stunned, barely able to process this sudden turn of events.
Could Lu Guan have been bought by Lin Xiao beforehand?
But Lu Guan was a Lu family member, with no known ties to Lin Xiao. There was no reason for him to betray the Lu family and act for Lin Xiao—it was utterly illogical.
“Mind Control!” At that moment, Zi Ling, recalling Lin Xiao’s refinement of the Five-Leaf White, suddenly understood.
Having refined the half-mature Five-Leaf White, Lin Xiao must have broken through a level of spiritual power, reaching fifth-grade junior spiritual controller.
With Lin Xiao’s prodigious spiritual talent, capable of fighting above his level, he must have reached the ability to use Mind Control.
Only Mind Control could explain Lu Guan’s sudden attack on Lu Qi.
Only by controlling Lu Guan’s consciousness could it make sense!
“This guy’s elemental talent is terrifying enough, but his spiritual talent is just as monstrous. No wonder Sister An Miao valued him so highly!” Zi Ling thought, deeply shocked.
In the realm of spiritual power, she was considered exceptionally gifted. Yet, even she, having been at the fifth-grade junior spiritual level for some time, struggled to perform Mind Control.
Yet Lin Xiao, upon breaking through to fifth-grade junior spiritual controller, had immediately mastered it.
Moreover, he could control a sixth-level Martial Venerable with a single use.
Such spiritual talent was extraordinarily rare!
Now, she understood Lin Xiao’s earlier words: the Lu family’s three top geniuses were still alive, so why not lose one first?
Lin Xiao hadn’t been boasting—he’d truly killed one.
Of course, even though she figured it out, she kept silent.
In truth, Zi Ling’s guess was entirely correct. Lin Xiao had indeed used Mind Control on Lu Guan in secret.
In the past month, Lin Xiao had successfully refined the Five-Leaf White, advancing from fourth-grade senior spiritual controller to fifth-grade junior spiritual controller.
Upon reaching this level, he gained the ability to use Mind Control.
Watching Lu Guan stab Lu Qi to death, Lin Xiao himself was somewhat surprised. He hadn’t expected Mind Control to be so powerful and effective, turning one of their own against them in an instant.
It was like killing invisibly, more terrifying than an assassin.
Though his current strength could only control Lu Guan for about half a quarter-hour, it was enough to achieve his goal of instantly eliminating Lu Qi.
“Take down Lu Guan!”
At this moment, Lu Chao roared furiously at Lu Yiluo, then turned to Lin Xiao with seething anger, “Lin Xiao, you must be behind this!”
With that, he surged with overwhelming aura, charging at Lin Xiao.
Cao Youwei, Xu Shijie, and others also began to move.
“Rumble!”
But at that moment, the mountains shook, the earth trembled, and the radiant phenomenon atop the peaks faded. Torrents of spiritual energy burst forth from the summits of two peaks, where two pools, each dozens of metres wide, slowly rose, appearing at the mountaintops.
From the pool on the peak to Lin Xiao’s left, faint elemental fluctuations surged. From the right, invigorating spiritual fluctuations spread, enveloped by a mysterious force.
Clearly, the left was the Yuan Pool, the right the Ling Pool—together, the Yuan Ling Pool had appeared.
“The Yuan Ling Pool is here!”
Someone shouted, and the crowd erupted, rushing towards the peaks where the Yuan Ling Pool lay, soon charging above a forest.
Like a chain reaction, aside from the three major families’ youths, everyone else surged towards the Yuan Ling Pool, desperate not to fall behind.
Moreover, Lin Xiao wasn’t their concern—their goal was the Yuan Ling Pool, and they had no interest in watching the three families’ feud with Lin Xiao and his companions.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
At that moment, beastly roars echoed as spirit beasts soared from the forest, intercept坦克g the hundreds of youths rushing towards the peaks, engaging them in battle.
These spirit beasts, all below mid-fifth-tier, outnumbered the human Martial Venerables.
Everyone knew this was the test to enter the Yuan Ling Pool. Every time it opened, countless spirit beasts gathered, and passing through hundreds or thousands of them was the hurdle to reach the secret realm.
“Boom!” “Boom!” “Boom!”…
At this moment, across dozens to hundreds of miles around the two peaks, the sounds of battle thundered. Dazzling bursts of light flared, terrifying waves of energy erupted, and beastly roars filled the air.
The entire region was alive with the chaos of combat.
“Go!” Lin Xiao shouted to Zi Ling and Ling Hu, then, riding wings of elemental energy, charged into the fray.
The battle skeleton followed under Lin Xiao’s command.
Hearing this, Ling Hu and Zi Ling surged forward. Like Lin Xiao, Ling Hu rushed towards the Yuan Pool, while Zi Ling headed for the Ling Pool.
“Kill Lin Xiao first!”
After a brief hesitation, Cao Youwei shouted, charging at Lin Xiao.
The Cao family youths followed, rushing fiercely in Lin Xiao’s direction.
“Kill!” Lu Chao also roared, charging at Lin Xiao.
The Lu family youths moved, and Lu Yiluo, after blasting Lu Guan away with a powerful strike, also rushed towards the peak.
The Xu family followed suit, all heading towards Lin Xiao and his group.
But at that moment, hundreds of powerful spirit beasts surged from the forest, blocking the three families’ powerhouses, including Lu Chao and others.
However, top fighters like Lu Chao, an eighth-level Martial Venerable, quickly defeated the beasts in their way, continuing forward.
Lin Xiao, his two companions, and the skeleton were also blocked by powerful spirit beasts. But with their combat strength, they swiftly overcame the obstacles, advancing towards the Yuan and Ling Pools.
Soon, however, Lu Chao and Cao Youwei closed in on Lin Xiao, their unmatched power surging towards him.
