Clean and decisive.
A plain, unadorned instant kill.
It directly caused the brains of the tens of thousands of people present to completely crash.
The very moment Ye Fan exposed his cultivation base.
The gazes of everyone present locked onto him.
The reason was simple: this was a Heavenly Pride Competition restricted to those under the age of 20!
To be able to reach the peak of the Five Qi Towards Origin Realm at such an age.
Even placed among tens of thousands of prodigies.
He was still a top-tier existence of the first echelon.
Yet a character just like that was instantly killed by his opponent in a single move!
Are you fucking interstellar kidding me?
The Ye Family and the other four great families fell into a collective state of bewilderment.
The Daoist Robe Old Man's pupils dilated rapidly as he rubbed his eyes unceasingly.
Hoping he had seen wrongly.
Yet no matter how he peered with a fixed gaze, and peered a second time...
Ye Fan lay right there in place like a dead dog.
Fresh blood bubbled out from his smashed head.
Fan'er!
The Daoist Robe Elder wailed in agony.
My Ye Family Kirin Son...
A genius prepared specifically for this Heavenly Pride Competition for over a decade.
Just... just like that, he died?
How is it possible!
That brat is actually an existence in the True Core Realm!
--Boom.
As these words left his mouth.
The other four great families were dumbfounded on the spot.
The Two-Headed Divine Shadow stood frozen as if petrified, unable even to speak coherently.
Tru... True Core Realm?
An eighteen-year-old True Core Realm cultivator?
Impossible! Even among Everlasting Families, there are very few who can achieve such a step at this age!
At the mere thought of this.
A layer of cold sweat instantly broke out across his back.
Not good.
My Liu Family lads—
Before the sound of his voice had even faded away.
He saw that within the Land of Blood Slaughter,
four arrogant and despotic figures forcefully shoved aside other prodigies.
And charged straight toward Lin You in a head-on rush.
That appearance—
was as arrogant as if they had locked onto their prey.
Outside, the Two-Headed Shadow hopped about in anxious panic, roaring with the entirety of his strength.
Don't go!
He's already reached the True Core Realm!
Don't do it, waaaaah!
Yet the grand array had already completely sealed off all spiritual sense and auras.
Inside the Land of Blood Slaughter,
four existences at the Five Qi Towards Origin Realm surrounded Lin You.
Liu Neng carried a broadsword across his shoulder, his face wreathed in smiles.
Lin Lineage...
It ends here!
"Huh? Where is Brother Ye Fan, why hasn't he come yet?"
"It's fine, we can just make our move directly and it'll be the same."
He raised his head.
Just as he was about to make a move.
Through the formation array, he caught sight of their ancestor wildly waving his hands.
While he was still in the middle of his confusion,
a flying fist came hurtling straight toward his face.
Feeling this terrifying aura, Liu Sandao's pupils dilated frantically.
We can't block this...
How is this possible!
What the fuck, a tr... True Core Realm cultivator?
--Bang.
One punch.
Body and soul destroyed utterly.
The other two finally realized that something was wrong.
In the peripheral vision of their eyes' corners,
they seemed to catch sight of a headless corpse resembling Ye Fan.
Yet everything was already too late.
One person, one punch.
With zero capacity for resistance.
Smashed to pieces on the spot!
--Thud.
Outside the Land of Blood Slaughter,
the ancestors of the five great families collapsed limply to the ground in unison.
The young masters they had cultivated with painstaking effort had just died like that...
And moreover, they had been strung up and beaten with zero resistance to speak of.
What the fuck... truly heaven-defying, right? Who said he had no cultivation base?
Is this a fucking eighteen-year-old?
That brat's cultivation is so strong it reaches the heavens, and he's even allowed to participate in the Heavenly Pride Competition?
I want to report this; Lin Lineage's Lin You was possessed by their ancestor, absolutely no way!
Are the bros with the Supreme Bone feeling panicked right now? An eighteen-year-old True Core Realm expert just popped out of nowhere!
The crowd offered various sarcastic remarks one after another.
None failed to be shocked by Lin You's age and cultivation base.
An existence of this caliber.
Shouldn't have appeared in the Heavenly Pride Competition of the Seventh-grade Star Domain at all.
An Everlasting Family would be more like it!
At this moment, the members of the Lin Lineage were all grinning from ear to ear.
You'er is fucking awesome! No wonder he wouldn't let us check his cultivation earlier; it turns out he was hiding it right here!
Who dares say the Lin Lineage has no Great Emperor? You'er is the next Great Emperor!
Shh~ Keep it low-key, don't piss those other old fogeys to death. It's just the True Core Realm, totally a walk in the park~
The crowd chimed in, one echoing the other.
The expressions of the remaining five great families were as unsightly as if they had eaten shit.
This battle—
Regardless of victory or defeat.
They had lost utterly and completely.
The most promising youths of their lineages had been buried!
As long as the Lin Lineage persevered, with a prodigy like Lin You around.
Their annihilation was merely a matter of sooner or later.
Lin Dong laughed out loud.
Good lads ought to be just like this.
* So refreshing!*
"Big Brother? You've had your moments of misjudgment too. Who was it just now that said You'er was bound to die without a doubt?"
Lin Tao awkwardly rubbed his nose, suddenly feeling that his old face couldn't quite hold up.
Yet an old Jianghu remained an old Jianghu, flipping his face faster than turning the page of a book.
He flicked his sleeve.
Actually, I saw through You'er's cultivation long ago.
I was merely holding back the punchline on purpose.
The words had barely left his mouth before a throng of his brothers exposed him.
Cut the crap, Big Brother, when you just saw You'er run into Ye Fan, you were practically frantic enough to cry!
That's right, I hereby declare the Stud Plan officially canceled!
What about that Aphrodisiac Powder?
Better save it for Big Brother!
The Daoist Robe Old Man had been driven half-mad with rage.
He rose to his feet, trembling as he leaned on his cane.
I'm reporting this!
The Lin Lineage deliberately set up a scheme and altered the matching mechanism!
That's the only reason my Ye Family lad ended up landing in the exact same place as him!
Yet the very next second,
a boundless fury rolled down from the vault of heaven.
An envoy dispatched by the Everlasting Family sent the Daoist Robe Old Man crashing heavily to the ground with a single slap, severely injuring him.
Spit out your dog shit.
Are you questioning the majesty of the Everlasting Family?
Immediately following that,
the envoy slowly descended while treading upon auspicious clouds.
He cast a disdainful glance toward the gathered members of the Ye Family, but turned around to display a face full of smiles.
Fellow Daoist Lin.
Does the Lin Family's Kirin Son... harbor any intentions of entering a matrilocal marriage?
This humble self is an Elder Zhuge of the Everlasting Family, and the young lady within our clan is currently unwed.
With Lin You's talent, he is entirely qualified to join the Everlasting Family.
What the fuck?
As these words left his mouth.
The remaining five great families plunged entirely into panic.
Internally, they chanted relentlessly.
Don't agree, don't agree.
I'm begging you!
Because the very second the Lin Lineage nodded, they would inevitably become a Mid-Third Grade Family.
And the remaining five great families, who held blood feuds with the Lin Lineage, would surely face a thorough cleansing in blood.
Most crucially of all—
What about the face of the Everlasting Family?
What the fuck!
How could you lower your status to seek a son-in-law from a Lower Star Domain!
The brothers silently turned their gazes toward Lin Tao.
As the eldest brother of the household, such matters naturally fell to him to decide.
Climactic backing from an Everlasting Family was best if they could secure it.
If they couldn't, it didn't matter either; the Lin Lineage had no habit of eating soft rice by leeching off others.
Lin Tao coughed lightly.
Out of regard for the face of the Everlasting Family, refusing wasn't an option, but agreeing...
He wasn't willing either.
About that matrilocal marriage business—
Once you enter a wealthy gate the sea runs deep, and from that day on your lineage is a stranger.
Thinking about how Lin You would have to kowtow to the woman's family for everything he did from now on, Lin Tao felt a bitter taste in his mouth.
"Fellow Daoist need not stand on ceremony."
"Speak your mind freely."
Envoy Zhuge seemed to have seen through Lin Tao's misgivings, and spoke directly.
Lin Tao nodded and politely declined.
"This matter."
"I'm afraid it won't do."
"Lin You is far too young to shoulder such heavy favor."
???
All eyes turned to line up with the Lin Family.
They had originally thought that facing such a fortuitous opportunity, the Lin Family would surely be moved to tears of gratitude and agree on the spot.
Yet who could have expected it.
You actually refused?
Stop joking around!
This was one of the Everlasting Families.
A behemoth ranked in the upper three star domains, ruling over the heavens!
Had they lost their minds?
As long as the Lin Family nodded, they could break away from the lower-grade lineages from that day forth.
And become a pillar-like existence among the middle three grades!
Envoy Zhuge was stunned for half a second.
Then he nodded deeply.
"So be it."
"Since the Lin Family is unwilling, it is not our place to force the matter."
"It simply means our affinities have not yet arrived."
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