“Avenge the old patriarch!” Jin Zhi declared solemnly.
“Hmph, do you think he alone can kill me?” the Jin Emperor pointed at Ling Xiao, roaring in anger.
Jin Zhi didn’t shout back but calmed himself, shaking his head and saying gravely, “I never thought he could kill you, but this vengeance is settled, because Jin En was your son!”
At this, the Jin family members were shocked again. They all knew that the Jin Emperor and the Grand Elder were the oldest in the family, both over two hundred years old.
Elder Jin En, not much younger than them, was the second half-step Martial Emperor in the family, rarely involving himself in family affairs, always in secluded cultivation within the Jin family.
But they could never have imagined that Elder Jin En was the Jin Emperor’s own son.
“The old patriarch treated me like a father. You killed him, which is a father-killing grudge. By killing your son, I’ve avenged the old patriarch,” Jin Zhi said, his tone drawn out, his gaze of relief turning to the horizon, a sense of release on his face.
“You!” The Jin Emperor was both furious and heartbroken: “You’re truly foolish! Though I controlled the old patriarch, do you not know that in the end, he wished for this? He couldn’t bring himself to act against me, yet didn’t he hope I could achieve it for him?”
Jin Zhi shook his head, a complex expression on his face, and sighed, “Perhaps. The Jin Emperor now might be what the old patriarch hoped to see. The Jin family now might be what he wanted, with two Martial Emperors, even more so.”
“It’s my selfishness. I’ve failed his expectations. I’m unworthy to face him, but this was something I had to do. I had to avenge him.”
“To ignore a father-killing grudge, to not seek retribution, would make me unworthy of being his son, unworthy of his years of kindness.”
Jin Zhi sighed, then continued, “This matter has nothing to do with my descendants. I hope our grievances end here.”
He looked at Ling Xiao and said, “Of course, I also hope you’ll honour your promise to me, not harming my Jin family members and offering aid in their time of crisis to protect my descendants.”
Then he turned to the Zi Emperor, saying, “Zi Emperor, my old brother, I hope you won’t trouble my family either.”
Hearing this, everyone was shocked. Jin Zhi and the Zi Emperor were old brothers?
Jin Zhi had such a connection with the Zi Emperor?
At this, both the Zi Emperor and Ling Xiao nodded.
Then Jin Zhi looked at the Jin Emperor and said, “Make your move, Jin Emperor.”
The Jin Emperor’s expression hardened, his fists clenching tightly, a wave of killing intent surging.
No matter what, his son had died at Jin Zhi’s hands.
As Jin Zhi said, failing to avenge a father-killing grudge would make one unworthy of being a son. So how could he, failing to avenge his son’s death, be worthy of being a father?
Moreover, the Jin family’s glorious future had been ruined by Jin Zhi’s hands.
“Rest assured, I won’t harm your descendants, I’ll even treat them well. Today, for the crime of killing my son and betraying the clan, I’ll kill you!”
Boom!
A terrifying Martial Emperor’s pressure surged forth, a brilliant fist beam shooting out towards Jin Zhi.
“Swish!” But at that moment, Ling Xiao’s figure flashed, blocking Jin Zhi’s front. He threw a punch, a dazzling fist beam erupting, a terrifying Martial Emperor’s pressure soaring skyward. Like a golden pillar piercing the heavens, the fist beam shot out, its radiant golden light illuminating a thousand miles.
“Rumble!”
A deafening roar shook the void, the shockwaves tremendous. The Jin Emperor’s fist beam shattered instantly, and Ling Xiao’s remaining force struck the Jin Emperor directly.
“Pfft!” The Jin Emperor couldn’t help but spit blood, his body thrown back hundreds of yards.
In that instant, everyone was stunned. Ling Xiao, who had just broken through to the Martial Emperor realm, had made the Jin Emperor spit blood with one punch?
The Jin Emperor, a veteran Martial Emperor of countless years, was struck to the point of spitting blood by Ling Xiao, who had just stepped into the realm?
Even if the Jin Emperor hadn’t used full force, even if he was careless, it shouldn’t have resulted in him being struck and spitting blood.
“How is this possible?” Even the Jin Emperor himself showed disbelief on his face. “How could you possess such immense power?”
Even Ling Xiao was surprised. After entering the Martial Emperor realm, he felt boundless power within him but hadn’t clearly sensed how strong he was.
This was his first strike as a Martial Emperor.
Unexpectedly, he had sent a veteran Martial Emperor flying. This filled Ling Xiao with immense confidence. Looking up at the Jin Emperor in the sky, he said, “It seems my Heavenly Flame Emperor Tiger physique surpasses your talents. More precisely, after refining Jin En’s bloodline, my Heavenly Flame Emperor Tiger physique advanced, becoming the Heavenly Flame Saint Tiger physique.”
At this, even Lin Xiao was shocked.
The Heaven-Stealing Vein Refining Technique had directly upgraded the Heavenly Flame Emperor Tiger physique to the Heavenly Flame Saint Tiger physique?
A physique could be upgraded?
Didn’t that mean the Heaven-Stealing Vein Refining Technique had the same ability as the Sacred Spirit Vein of the Great Dao?
“The Heaven-Stealing Vein Refining Technique is truly remarkable!” Lin Xiao couldn’t help but marvel inwardly.
At this moment, Ling Xiao, brimming with confidence, continued to the Jin Emperor, “I killed your son, so it seems you won’t let me off. In that case, I won’t let you off either. While I’m at it, I’ll fulfil Elder Jin Zhi’s wish and avenge your Jin family’s old patriarch.”
With that, Ling Xiao’s body shot skyward at incredible speed, charging straight towards the Jin Emperor in the air.
“Hmph, the last strike was just me holding back. Do you think I’m truly no match for you?” Seeing Ling Xiao still intent on killing him, the Jin Emperor snorted coldly and met Ling Xiao head-on.
Who among Martial Emperors was simple? Having been in the realm for countless years, how could he let a newly ascended junior humiliate him?
Moreover, Martial Emperors weren’t like those below the Martial Sovereign realm, easily killed.
Martial Emperors had immense combat power and escape abilities. Unless the power gap was vast, it was nearly impossible to kill one.
In all his years as a Martial Emperor, he had never heard of one falling, even when multiple Martial Emperors joined forces.
Even the Zi Emperor, after years of rivalry, had never gained the slightest advantage over him.
“Let’s see then!”
Ling Xiao’s body radiated a fiery red glow, his entire form turning crimson. His arm muscles bulged, doubling in size, as if transformed into tiger limbs, brimming with explosive, primal power. A terrifying aura, like that of an ancient beast, emanated from Ling Xiao, its overwhelming pressure enveloping the heavens. Ling Xiao seemed to transform into an ancient ferocious tiger, the very space trembling at his presence, his wild and violent aura shaking the eight wastelands.
