Boom!
Lin Hengyang's body strained to repair itself, only to be cleaved apart once more.
This was already the ninth time.
Li Jiusheng had struck nine consecutive times. Before the major factions and independent Cultivators, he had crushed Lin Hengyang alive nine times.
Lin Hengyang was furious and shocked. Being blown apart nine times had caused his peak Venerable Realm cultivation and foundation to plummet rapidly.
Each time he was blasted apart, he fell an entire level. He was now only at the first level of the Venerable Realm.
If he were blasted apart again, he would fall out of the Venerable Realm altogether. He might not even be able to restore his body, perishing completely.
"Enough!" Lin Hengyang roared. As he restored his body for the tenth time, he exhausted the resources his patriarch had left him, barely managing to maintain his Venerable Realm cultivation.
"You are far too tyrannical! Your sect's disciple stole a divine medicine discovered by a disciple of my Supreme Dao. I came to hold him accountable, yet without distinguishing right from wrong, you blew me apart ten times. How is such conduct any different from the demonic path?"
"All fellow Daoists present can bear witness. Are you not afraid of punishment from the patriarch?"
Lin Hengyang spoke rapidly. He could no longer endure having his body blasted apart, though his heart bled as he stared venomously at Li Jiusheng.
Yet he was clever as well. He knew he was no match for Li Jiusheng, and he knew Li Jiusheng was tyrannical by nature. He could not confront him head-on, so he began laying out reason and facts, intending to use the overwhelming tide of public opinion to force Li Jiusheng to lower his head.
At his words, the other Cultivators in the small town