Chapter 21: Striking Forcefully, Suppressing with One Hand!
The Nine Heavens Holy Land's triennial trial battle was about to begin. This trial battle served as a test for the candidate Holy Sons and Holy Daughters.
Each trial battle was jointly held by the Nine Heavens Holy Land and the Beidou Holy Land. The chosen location was the ruin battlefield from a previous demon invasion.
Many powerhouses above the Dao Integration Realm had fallen there, and it was even said that powerhouses of the Ten Thousand Longevity Realm had descended in the background.
Furthermore, those who achieved excellent results in the trial battle would receive generous rewards from their respective Holy Lands.
This time, the ruin battlefield coincided with the period just before the Holy Son election. For all candidate Holy Sons, this was a very crucial move in their strategy.
However, only core disciples and select elite inner sect disciples were qualified to enter the trial battle.
Consequently, all disciples on the list were being courted by these candidate Holy Sons. Of course, only two Holy Sons chose to recruit numerous disciples to serve them, and one of them was Zhuge Qing, who controlled the Immortal Alliance.
Liu Fei, a core disciple of Zuowang Peak, was one of Zhuge Qing's lackeys.
He was responsible for recruiting disciples who lacked background and were easily suppressed, forcibly pulling them into the Immortal Alliance. He acted tyrannically by borrowing Zhuge Qing's prestige.
In a residence halfway up Zuowang Peak.
Liu Fei and a disciple from the Law Enforcement Hall named Jin Tao were chatting and drinking together.
"Brother Liu, our cooperation this time will definitely yield a large profit. When Senior Brother Zhuge ascends to the position of Holy Son, you will surely be promoted. I am relying on you for the Infant Condensation Pill," Jin Tao said with a smile.
"That is a given. You should manage things well over at the Law Enforcement Hall, as it is inevitable that some disciples will cause trouble.
Senior Brother Zhuge has already agreed to give you the Infant Condensation Pill," Liu Fei replied after taking a sip of spiritual tea.
"Hahaha, that is excellent!" Jin Tao laughed loudly.
As a disciple of the Law Enforcement Hall, Jin Tao's cultivation had been stuck at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm without making any progress.
Although his uncle protected him from above, the high-level rare pills of the Nine Heavens Holy Land required extremely high sect contribution points. Therefore, Jin Tao had hooked up with Liu Fei.
Just then, Liu Fei, who had a pleased expression, frowned and put down the teacup in his hand.
"I did not expect that the newly promoted core disciple would not give my Immortal Alliance any face at all and even destroyed my Photographic Talisman. Hehe, a mere little cultivator at the Qi Refining Realm dares to act so arrogantly. He is simply looking for death," Liu Fei said, standing up with eyes full of cold intent.
He had left a thread of his divine consciousness on that Photographic Talisman. Naturally, he knew that Lin Xuan had smashed his Photographic Talisman.
Then, Liu Fei gave Jin Tao a rough summary of the matter.
"A Qi Refining Realm cultivator got lucky and promoted to the status of a core disciple, yet he is actually this inflated. Brother Liu, leave this matter to me. I will help you teach this person a lesson," Jin Tao said.
Just as Jin Tao finished speaking, there was a loud bang.
Liu Fei's tightly closed door was kicked open. The solid hardwood shattered into pieces.
A figure wearing a green robe walked in.
Liu Fei and Jin Tao turned their heads to look. A trace of anger involuntarily appeared in both of their eyes.
When Liu Fei looked at Lin Xuan's face, his pupils suddenly contracted. But immediately, a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"I was just planning to go find you, I did not expect you to deliver yourself to my doorstep!" Liu Fei laughed coldly.
"Hmm? Brother Liu, who is this person?" To the side, Jin Tao asked with a face full of confusion.
"He is that Lin Xuan, the one who got lucky and promoted directly from an outer sect disciple to a core disciple!" Liu Fei replied.
"You dared to tear up my Immortal Alliance's invitation letter. Do you know that you have provoked someone you cannot afford to provoke!"
Liu Fei's divine consciousness moved, and from the storage bag hanging at his waist, a green light flying sword nearly three feet long suddenly flew out. It radiated precious light and overflowed with sword energy, appearing quite extraordinary.
The sword tip pointed at Lin Xuan, seeming ready to shoot out at any moment and pierce through Lin Xuan's flesh and body.
Although the Nine Heavens Holy Land had rules forbidding disciples from killing each other, as long as it was not brought to the Law Enforcement Hall, general sparring between disciples that did not harm lives was naturally not an issue!
"Hehe, you certainly have courage to dare barge into my residence. If you kneel down and kowtow to me now to beg for my forgiveness, I might consider letting you spend a few less days lying in bed!"
Liu Fei looked at Lin Xuan, who was a dozen steps away, and said to him in a very arrogant tone.
"Do not be unconvinced; this is a world where martial arts are supreme..."
Before Liu Fei could finish speaking, a monstrous momentum swept over like toppling mountains and overturning seas.
Boom...
A dozen steps away, Lin Xuan merely leaked a bit of his strength, causing a circle of whitish air waves to ripple around his body, gathering into countless currents of wind that blasted out.
At the same time, Lin Xuan exerted slight force under his feet. Centered on his soles, a spiderweb-like crack spanning several meters suddenly spread out.
Lin Xuan borrowed the powerful counter-force and arrived in front of Liu Fei in an instant.
Although Liu Fei's promotion to core disciple had elements of Zhuge Qing's help, his own strength had also reached the first level of the Void Core Realm.
"Azure Dragon Out to Sea!"
Liu Fei tapped his feet lightly, his body retreating rapidly. That green light treasure sword instantly shone brightly, as if transforming into an azure dragon, opening its hideous mouth and pouncing towards Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan looked indifferent. He clenched his right fist.
The fist, carrying a massive force of one million pounds, smashed ruthlessly onto the green light azure dragon.
Accompanied by a miserable tragic cry, that green light azure dragon instantly shattered into pieces. Lin Xuan, with irresistible force, arrived in front of Liu Fei.
"Your speed... how can it be so fast!"
Liu Fei looked at Lin Xuan who was close at hand. When he saw those indifferent eyes, he could not help but feel a chill run down his spine, enveloped by a sense of fear.
Lin Xuan raised his hand and slapped down. Under that irresistible massive force, Liu Fei was directly slapped into the ground, and accompanied by a loud sound like muffled thunder, a huge pit was smashed into one side of the courtyard.
The rising dust filled the surroundings. After it settled down a bit, Liu Fei, lying in that deep pit, was covered in blood and was already in a heavily injured state.
Gulp!
To the side of the deep pit, Jin Tao watched as Liu Fei, whose realm was a level higher than his, was blasted into serious injury in the blink of an eye. Moreover, even his magical artifact long sword was shattered, causing his body to stiffen.
"This is... a guy at the Qi Refining Realm?"
At this moment, Jin Tao recalled Liu Fei saying earlier that this person was at the Qi Refining Realm, and the corner of his mouth could not help but twitch.
A Qi Refining Realm cultivator being able to slap a first level Void Core Realm cultivator into serious injury with one palm, is this not a joke!
Immediately, Lin Xuan looked toward Jin Tao at the side. In the memories of his past life's game, this Jin Tao seemed to be someone from the Law Enforcement Hall.
"You cannot touch me. I am from the Holy Land's Law Enforcement Hall. The Holy Land's rules do not allow other disciples to make a move against people from the Law Enforcement Hall. You must not ruin your own future!"
Jin Tao looked at Lin Xuan's indifferent eyes. His legs trembled, and he retreated a few steps as he spoke to him.
"Heh, a pest of the Law Enforcement Hall!"
Lin Xuan smiled coldly. His strength surged out, and he arrived at Jin Tao's side almost like teleporting, smashing his fist down.
"Golden Armor Talisman!"
When Jin Tao sensed the terrifying power contained in that fist, he directly used his trump card, the second-grade top-tier defensive talisman, the Golden Armor Talisman.
After the talisman was activated, countless golden runes surged out wildly, condensing into a golden shield with a diameter of half a meter in front of him.
That seemingly sturdy defensive shield was instantly shattered into fragments under Lin Xuan's unstoppable fist, turning into specks of rune fluorescence and dissipating into the void.
The powerful force, like a falling mountain peak, bombarded Jin Tao's muscles and bones. He was instantly pressed onto the ground, causing dust to rise and the entire courtyard to shake a few times.
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