Besides, legends were legends, after all. He had never seen it with his own eyes, so it was truly hard to believe that a Spirit Division Stage cultivator who had advanced only a few thousand years ago could possess strength as absurd as the rumors outside claimed.
Most likely, it was a case of falsehoods spreading until they seemed true, with no small amount of exaggeration mixed in.
If he could destroy this brat, would he not become famous in a single battle?
Thinking to this point, a strange light flashed through the middle-aged man's eyes. He cast out one spell seal after another, and the insect cloud immediately split into several streams. The Yun Family of Fengyuan Prefecture was renowned throughout the world for its arts of driving insects and controlling poison, so naturally, they were profoundly mysterious.
Had it been another Spirit Division Stage cultivator, they might truly have been thrown into confusion. But before the current Lin Xuan, this was truly showing off an axe before the master carpenter—calling it seeking death would not be too much.
"Idiot!"
A cold snort entered his ears. Lin Xuan made no extra movement; he merely stamped a foot. Immediately after, the enormous Phoenix spread both wings, then gave them such a light flap that a wild gale rushed head-on. Then the wind actually ignited into flame. The wind fed the fire, and wherever it passed, it was as though the entire sky had been set alight.
Boom!
A red glow flashed, and the insect cloud that had just been bearing down with ferocious momentum all turned into nothingness, completely burned to ashes by that Phoenix divine fire.
It looked absurd, but in truth there was nothing strange about it. The legendary Heavenly Phoenix was a divine bird of fire. The