“Final round, prepare!”
At this moment, Zi Gong shouted loudly, and the youths from the Zi family soared into the air, flying forward.
Lin Xiao immediately followed the crowd, rushing out and standing in the void ahead, about ten miles from the rear crowd.
For the final group battle, the arena for the youths of both sides was set within a fifty-mile range in the void. A line was drawn in front of the spectators from both families.
Anyone who crossed that line was considered to have conceded. If they didn’t cross, life or death was irrelevant.
This was a rule set by both families to ignite the fighting spirit and courage of the younger generation.
At this time, the Jin family members also retreated, standing fifty miles away from the Zi family.
The hundred youths from the Jin family participating in the battle stood about ten miles from Lin Xiao and the others, dividing the fifty-mile range into three segments.
Lin Xiao’s gaze swept across the opposite side. Among them, he spotted two familiar faces, Jin Xiaoyue and Jin Bihui, standing within the Jin family crowd.
In the centre stood two distinguished youths in golden and blue robes, undoubtedly the Jin family’s direct descendants, Jin Zhengyang and Jin Zhengji.
At this moment, the opposing crowd was also sizing them up.
“Brother Zhengyang, Brother Zhengji, the one in the centre is Lin Xiao,” Jin Xiaoyue pointed at Lin Xiao, ten miles away, her voice cold and filled with killing intent.
“I didn’t expect the Jin family to place an outsider youth at the forefront, with Lin Xiao leading,” Jin Zhengji said coldly, his eyes scanning Lin Xiao in the distance.
“Since the Jin family has placed Lin Xiao at the forefront, it means his combat strength is significant, or they’re using an outsider to draw our attention and divert our main force,” Jin Zhengyang said calmly. “However, Lin Xiao’s talent is indeed extraordinary, surpassing both Zi Hui and Zi Yi. He’s a future threat. The family’s instruction is clear: killing Zi Hui and Zi Yi is for face, but Lin Xiao must be eliminated, regardless of the Zi family’s purpose in placing him at the forefront.”
Jin Zhengji, Jin Xiaoyue, and the other Jin family youths nodded. These were all Martial Venerable youths, not all from the Zi family, but all led by Jin Zhengyang and Jin Zhengji.
This battle was their chance to shine.
“Lin Xiao, I’ll make you pay for last time’s humiliation!” Jin Bihui stared at Lin Xiao, thinking to herself.
Opposite the Jin family youths, Zi Yi, standing beside Lin Xiao, pointed at the two in the centre and said, “Those two in the middle are Jin Zhengyang and Jin Zhengji. They’re our main targets.”
Lin Xiao nodded. “Then let’s attack according to the strategy.”
The Zi family youths nodded, some growing excited.
The youths affiliated with the Zi family or those who came for this battle were somewhat stunned. They were unaware of Lin Xiao’s status within the Zi family.
They had heard about the strategy for this battle, which wasn’t complicated.
They had assumed Zi Yi would lead, not an outsider youth, which puzzled them.
Could this youth be more capable than Zi Yi?
But soon, their confusion turned to hope.
If an outsider could lead, standing above direct descendants, then if they performed well, wouldn’t they gain higher status within the Zi family in the future?
With this thought, the group grew excited.
“Great Elder, what are our chances of winning this time?” Among the Jin family spectators, an elder asked Jin Zhi. “Eighty percent,” Jin Zhi replied calmly. “This time, we’ve hired four youth assassins. Three are at the eighth level of Martial Venerable, one at the ninth. They’re skilled at concealing their presence, blending into the crowd. At the critical moment, one will assassinate Zi Yi, one Zi Hui, and two Lin Xiao. Once those three are dead, the Zi family youths will be leaderless, their morale will collapse, and they’ll surely lose.”
“Two to assassinate the boy who won ten rounds…” The elder was slightly surprised that the Great Elder had assigned two assassins to Lin Xiao instead of Zi Yi.
But thinking that those two were likely eighth-level Martial Venerable assassins, he relaxed. Assassins excelled at delivering fatal strikes. One ninth-level assassin wasn’t necessarily better than two eighth-level ones.
“I didn’t expect the Great Elder to hire four youth assassins. Once those three are dead, even if the Zi family has hidden experts, it’ll be hard to reverse their defeat,” the elder remarked. “Killing two direct descendants will make the Zi family bleed. Zi Gong probably never imagined we’d hire four youth assassins.”
Hearing their conversation, the Jin family members unaware of the assassins rejoiced. They hadn’t expected their family’s leadership to have such a backup plan.
This greatly increased their chances of winning this round and eliminating many of the Zi family’s young geniuses.
In the void arena, Jin Zhengyang shouted at the Zi family, “Zi Yi, I didn’t expect your Zi family to be so pathetic as to let an outsider lead. It seems you’ll fall in this battle.”
Zi Yi frowned, about to respond, but Lin Xiao stopped him. “No need to waste words with him. Prepare to move!”
Clearly, Jin Zhengyang was trying to affect the Zi family youths’ emotions and fighting spirit.
But Lin Xiao didn’t bother with it.
In team combat, fighting spirit was crucial. A moment’s distraction could disrupt their formation and put them at a disadvantage.
However, in the face of facts or absolute strength, words were of little use.
Thus, Lin Xiao didn’t let Zi Yi respond or say anything to boost morale.
He planned to solve this with action.
Hearing Lin Xiao’s words, the non-Zi family youths were stunned.
Was this guy reliable? He was insulted, fine, but even Zi Yi was mocked, and he didn’t let Zi Yi respond?
But seeing the Zi family youths’ momentum rise, the others had no choice but to prepare.
“Kill!” Lin Xiao suddenly shouted softly, his figure darting forward.
“Kill!” Zi Yi immediately followed with a shout, rushing out with Lin Xiao, Zi Hui close behind.
The others followed suit, trailing the trio.
With ten miles between the two sides, attacking now would lack impact. They needed to close the distance to pose a threat.
Opposite, Jin Zhengyang was slightly stunned. He hadn’t expected Zi Yi to act without a single word in response.
“Kill!” Jin Zhengyang wasted no more words, shouting loudly with a booming voice and overwhelming momentum. With his command, the hundred Jin family youths rushed forward, charging toward the Zi family.
