However, a force suddenly blocked the war blade, making its descent difficult.
Lin Xuan frowned. Just as he was about to retreat, that force loosened, and the war blade met no further obstruction.
"Hmph... Kill them for me! They dare break the rules—leave none alive!"
Liu Lubai's cold snort rang through the sky. Lin Xuan did not need to think to know what had happened.
The war blade did not stop, already reaching Zhan Poyun's head.
"No, don't..."
"Please..."
The once-proud Zhan Poyun, the Hidden Dragon Ranking's twentieth-ranked prodigy, finally began to beg.
But before he could finish speaking, Lin Xuan's war blade had already fallen.
"Splat!"
With a soft sound, Zhan Poyun's wide-eyed head immediately soared high into the air, his life extinguished in an instant.
"Rumble!"
The Adamant Realm battle erupted at the same time, terrifying ripples of power spreading outward.
"Young Master Poyun!"
"Divine Firmament, you're courting death!"
"Ah!"
The Central Region experts were enraged. Zhan Poyun was dead—the Zhan clan would surely go mad.
At this moment, no rules mattered anymore. They had to avenge him!
"The ones courting death are you!"
The Divine Firmament experts were utterly disdainful. Under Liu Lubai's lead, they directly launched into battle.
Lin Xuan retreated. The aftermath of an Adamant Realm battle was incomparably terrifying; he could not linger.
"Splat!"
While retreating, Lin Xuan casually slew Zhang Qiong with a single slash.
Zhang Qiong's eyes were wide as well, his corpse falling from the sky into Endless Lake.
"Young Master!"
"Damn you, Lin Xuan!"
"Ah... I'll kill you..."
Those furious roars erupted again, but Lin Xuan paid them no heed and retreated at top speed.
Around him, Jade Core Realm and Golden Core Realm experts continually flashed past, heading for the entrance to Endless Lake.
"Take the entrance to Endless