'Insignificant Strength'

"Miss Ling, you flatter me. Lin is merely of ordinary talent; compared to your peerless gifts, I still fall far short!"

After raising his hands in a cupped-fist salute toward Ling Qingzhu, Lin Xuan spoke with considerable courtesy.

"However, the treasures within this Ancient Tomb Mansion are of great importance to Lin. Therefore, I dare to rely on my meager strength to contend with you for this Nirvana Heart!"

Feeling that dangerous aura within her body recede, Ling Qingzhu lightly furrowed her Dai Eyebrows before replying with a soft laugh.

"You are too courteous, Young Master Lin. As for the Nirvana Heart, we shall each rely on our own abilities!"

"Since everyone is here, why not join forces and break this seal together?"

Qin Shi spoke softly from the side, his gaze mainly directed at Ling Qingzhu and Lin Xuan. Of everyone present, these two possessed the greatest strength.

If Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu did not act, breaking this seal would likely prove rather troublesome.

"Hehe, very well."

Having once again regained his former aloof arrogance, Lin Langtian chuckled and nodded. There was a somewhat different look in his eyes as he gazed at Ling Qingzhu.

Even Wang Yan, who had always been arrogant and overbearing, was incomparably well-behaved at this moment. He did not dare utter a single extra word, merely nodding along with Qin Shi.

"Then let us all attack together!"

Ling Qingzhu spoke softly. The instant her words fell, Qin Shi beside her took the initiative to raise the dark-blue feather fan in his hand. In the next moment, a blue tidal wave formed from Origin Power surged forth, roaring toward the seal atop the mountain.

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

The sound of the waves allowed everyone below to clearly sense the strength of a Shaping Realm expert.

Unwilling to be outdone, Wang Yan stomped on the massive golden spear beneath his feet. The spear shaft immediately began to tremble violently, while dazzling golden light surged from its tip.

Very quickly, that golden light condensed into a golden spear radiance several zhang long, which shot toward the seal in the sky. As it streaked through the air, it produced a series of sonic booms, its momentum equally astonishing.

As Wang Yan and Qin Shi attacked one after another, Lin Langtian was likewise unwilling to lag behind. He made no visible movement, yet in the next instant, an enormous vortex appeared above his head.

The moment the vortex formed, terrifying Origin Power fluctuations erupted from Lin Langtian's body. In the blink of an eye, violent Origin Power had condensed into a massive fiery-red longsword above him.

Yet the instant that enormous fiery-red longsword, so imposing and spectacular, appeared, the people below—who had all been full of admiration—subconsciously turned to look at the white-robed young man who gave off no aura whatsoever.

When it came to swords, everyone in the camp who had witnessed yesterday's scene—including the experts of the Wang Clan—would always think first of that young man in white robes, whose swordsmanship had already reached a transcendent, saintly level.

Although Lin Langtian's sword was immensely grand in scale and overwhelmingly imposing, it still could not compare to the brilliance of yesterday's strike.

Yet Lin Xuan, the focus of many gazes, did not move. He merely watched as the magnificent attacks of Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, and Qin Shi swept toward the seal overhead.

Ling Qingzhu beside him likewise did not move, simply standing quietly to one side.

Under the watchful eyes of Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu, the Origin Power between heaven and earth began to churn violently due to the actions of Lin Langtian and the other two.

As the three attacks drew closer and the Origin Power of heaven and earth fluctuated fiercely, the sky became visibly distorted. Immediately afterward, a screen of energy rapidly condensed into existence.

Faintly visible upon that energy screen were numerous peculiar patterns, resembling some kind of miraculous runes.

"Whoosh, whoosh!"

The tidal wave formed from pure Origin Power arrived beneath the screen first. In the next instant, terrifying Origin Power fluctuations poured forth in full, sending ripples spreading across the screen.

The next moment, Wang Yan's powerful spear radiance followed close behind. The violent and razor-sharp spear radiance struck the very same spot.

Boom!

After suffering the successive attacks of two Shaping Realm experts, the ripples on the energy screen became more urgent, while its light dimmed slightly.

Then, in the very next instant, Lin Langtian's crimson-red giant sword, majestic in momentum, slammed fiercely into the energy screen.

"Explode!"

As Lin Langtian spoke softly, the crimson-red giant sword erupted in the next instant with an exceptionally violent wave of Origin Power that swept outward in all directions.

Boom!

As the Origin Power fluctuations dissipated, the energy screen remained firmly in place. However, all the mysterious runes upon it had dimmed, and quite a few had even vanished entirely.

"Young Master Lin, it is our turn now."

Ling Qingzhu lowered her head to glance at Lin Xuan below, her eyes carrying a trace of inquiry. She had a feeling that Lin Xuan had likely sensed something.

"Lin's strength is insignificant. I shall still need to rely on Miss Ling!"

Lin Xuan replied softly. After his gaze paused briefly on the longsword in Ling Qingzhu's hand and the Azure Lotus beneath her feet, he turned to look at the energy screen.

In the next instant, a sharp Sword Qi blanketed the entire world, causing Ling Qingzhu's pupils to widen at once. The Ancient Azure Sky Lotus beneath her feet even gave off a faint azure glow, directly protecting her within it.

Clang!!

The Sword Cry was like a dragon's roar from the ninth heavens, like a phoenix's cry amid the jade skies. It exploded beside everyone's ears in an instant, and then, in everyone's world, there remained only a single light—a sword light, an incomparably dazzling and resplendent sword light.

"The universe has no bounds, Heaven and Earth One Sword!"

As a clear shout rang out, the entire world lit up once more in the next instant. Then everyone saw a streak of sword radiance flash past, and in the following moment, that screen of light shattered into specks of starlight that drifted down.

After a flicker of shock passed through Ling Qingzhu's eyes, she reacted quickly. In the next moment, with a wave of her delicate hand, a petal fell from the Ancient Azure Sky Lotus beneath her feet and silently flew toward the seemingly empty sky.

Whoosh!

Though that petal appeared exceedingly frail, it reached the air above the mountain peak in the blink of an eye.

Buzz!

A peculiar fluctuation spread from the petal. Then, within that invisible stretch of sky, something seemed to slowly dissipate.

However, nearly everyone was still immersed in that dazzling sword strike from moments ago. Hardly anyone had clearly seen Ling Qingzhu make her move.

Yet Lin Xuan, standing below, had taken in the entire scene.

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