Soaring Heavens Alliance

"Kid, the Soaring Heavens Alliance has taken a fancy to the fruit in your hand. If you know what's good for you, hand it over obediently, or you might lose your life."

Behind Lin Bai, a dozen men and women with unfriendly expressions appeared at some point.

Although there were more than a dozen of them, their martial arts cultivation wasn't high: five at the fourth level of the Martial Dao, seven at the third level, and two at the second level.

"Soaring Heavens Alliance?" Lin Bai asked, puzzled.

Along the way, Lin Bai had met many people in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range and had heard about the Soaring Heavens Alliance.

In the Azure Spirit Mountain Range, there were two major alliances: the Demon Slayer Alliance and the Soaring Heavens Alliance.

These two alliances were formed specifically for hunting demonic beasts. Joining the alliance granted access to many resources, such as information about dangerous areas in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range, places where demonic beasts congregated, and locations of True Martial Realm level demonic beasts.

Knowing this information would have prevented Lin Bai from blindly wandering around the Azure Spirit Mountain Range as he was now.

Originally, Lin Bai planned to join an alliance after obtaining the Spirit-Bearing Fruit to get information on high-level demonic beasts and hunt them down.

Within the Soaring Heavens Alliance, the leading man impatiently shouted at Lin Bai, "I told you to hand over the fruit, are you deaf? Didn't you hear me?"

Lin Bai's expression turned cold as he put the three Spirit-Bearing Fruits into his chest and said, "If you want the fruit, come and get it yourselves!"

Lin Bai had wandered around the Azure Spirit Mountain Range for over half a month to find the Spirit-Bearing Fruit, and he wouldn't hand it over easily.

Lin Bai said coldly, "I advise you to leave now, and I can let bygones be bygones. If you insist on seeking death, I don't mind sending you on your way!"

"Hahaha, this guy's got a screw loose. You're only at the fourth level of the Martial Dao, and we have five Martial Dao fourth-level cultivators. What are you going to fight us with?"

"This is hilarious, he actually wants to kill us?"

"Brothers, since he's so unappreciative, let's show him the power of our Soaring Heavens Alliance!"

After a burst of ridicule, the Soaring Heavens Alliance cultivators approached Lin Bai with playful expressions and an air of ease.

In their view, with five fourth-level Martial Dao cultivators on their side, how could they not deal with a single fourth-level Martial Dao cultivator?

Lin Bai was as good as dead.

"Obstinate!" Lin Bai revealed the Spirit Severing Sword!

"Kill!"

"Black Beard Heart Pierce!"

"Raging Bull Fist!"

"Autumn Wind Swordplay!"

"Army Sweeping Strike!"

"Asura Palm!"

These dozen or so Soaring Heavens Alliance cultivators charged at Lin Bai as if they were hunting a demonic beast.

"Since you're here to seek death, I'll grant your wish!"

"One Sword Bloodspray!"

A lightning-fast sword light flashed among the crowd.

"Ah! Ah~~"

"Spare me!"

"Hero, spare me!"

With one sword strike, Lin Bai instantly killed three fourth-level Martial Dao cultivators.

"Rivers of Blood!"

A large swath of sword light fell, and Lin Bai killed all the remaining cultivators under his sword.

After all, Blood Weeping Swordplay was still a Yellow-grade ninth-rank martial skill, and its power was not to be underestimated. Even the White-Headed Eagle, whose martial arts cultivation was one level higher than Lin Bai's, had died at Lin Bai's hands.

One could imagine how powerful this Blood Weeping Swordplay was.

The swordplay, fist techniques, and palm techniques used by these Soaring Heavens Alliance cultivators were basically all Yellow-grade first-rank or second-rank martial skills, which were simply not worth mentioning.

After Lin Bai killed the other cultivators of the Soaring Heavens Alliance, only the leading man of the Soaring Heavens Alliance was left, and he was only slightly injured.

The leading man looked around and saw that all his allies were dead. He sneered, "Kid, do you know that you've already stepped one foot into King Yama's Hall? In the Azure Spirit Mountain Range, no one dares to go against our Soaring Heavens Alliance!"

"I don't want to go against you at all. You're the ones who insisted on seeking death!" Lin Bai said coldly.

"Seeking death? I don't think so. Maybe we'll see who lives and who dies. It's good that these cultivators are dead, then the spiritual fruit and sword on you will be mine alone."

Not only was the leading man not saddened by the deaths of these cultivators, but he also revealed a sinister smile.

Suddenly, Lin Bai had a premonition that this leading man had deliberately let Lin Bai kill these cultivators?

"Hmph, Sky Dragon Fist!"

The leading man sneered, his muscles bulging, and a surge of violent and uneasy power surged in his arm.

With a fierce punch, a loud and clear dragon roar stirred the surrounding sound waves, rolling and pouncing towards him.

"Pfft—"

Caught off guard, Lin Bai was struck in the chest by the leading man's fist, sending him flying. He spat out a mouthful of blood as he struggled to his feet.

"Yellow-grade, seventh-rank martial skill, truly formidable! You wretched thing, to die by my trump card, you can rest in peace!" After striking Lin Bai, the leading man didn't hesitate. He charged forward again, his fist descending like the heavens upon Lin Bai.

"Sky Dragon Fist, second form, Flying Dragon Ascends the Sky!"

The leading man leaped into the air, his momentum soaring to the clouds, then descended with a fist poised to kill Lin Bai!

"Die!"

With such a ferocious blow, the leading man was certain that Lin Bai would die without a doubt.

"Blood Weeping Swordplay, third form, Bloody Tempest!"

Bang!

The two collided, and the instant their immense power made contact, a shockwave shattered the grass within a ten-meter radius.

"How is this possible!" Seeing Lin Bai block his fist, the leading man was terrified, then exclaimed in horror, "Your swordplay, your swordplay is at least yellow-grade, ninth-rank, otherwise, how could you be a match for the Sky Dragon Fist!"

"Do you have any last words? If not, then be on your way." Lin Bai's expression hardened as he charged forward.

The leading man finally began to panic: "You dare kill me!! You really dare kill me! I am a disciple of the Soaring Heavens Alliance, and also a hall master under the Soaring Heavens Alliance. If you kill me, the Soaring Heavens Alliance will never let you off!"

"I advise you to obediently hand over the fruit, then cripple your cultivation and sever both arms. Perhaps I can beg the leader of the Soaring Heavens Alliance to leave you with a complete corpse!"

Relying on the backing of the Soaring Heavens Alliance and his high position within it, the leading man showed no fear of Lin Bai, instead threatening him.

"Noisy!" Lin Bai said impatiently, thrusting his sword straight at the man's throat.

The man hurriedly said again: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, hero, I am the illegitimate son of the Soaring Heavens Alliance leader. As long as you don't kill me, I can ask my father to give you many, many treasures, many, many spiritual medicines!"

Pfft—

Lin Bai had no interest in listening to the man's nonsense. With a decisive strike, he pierced his throat, ending his life.

"They must have been attracted by the White-Headed Eagle's screams."

"I wonder how many other martial artists heard the White-Headed Eagle's screams…"

"This place is not suitable for a long stay! I should find a place to refine the Spirit-Bearing Fruit first."

Before leaving, Lin Bai looted all the valuables from these martial artists.

Then he left the mountain.

Not long after Lin Bai left, a group of Soaring Heavens Alliance experts rushed to the mountain. A middle-aged man with graying hair saw the leading man, whose throat had just been pierced by Lin Bai's sword, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"Tian'er!"

The middle-aged man with graying hair cried out in pain.

At this moment, a refined scholar whispered in the middle-aged man's ear: "Alliance Leader, I have examined the others brothers and… Hall Master Yang Tian, all were killed by a decisive sword strike!"

"This person should be a swordplay expert, and the swordplay he used is of a high grade, at least a yellow-grade, seventh-rank martial skill or higher!"

The middle-aged man with graying hair wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said angrily: "A swordplay expert with a yellow-grade, seventh-rank martial skill or higher, there wouldn't be more than ten such people in the Azure Spirit Mountain Range!"

"Find him for me, dig three feet into the ground, and find him. I want to tear him to pieces!"

"Yes!" the scholar replied.