At that moment, Elder Lin Xia was just like Shi Kang: his spiritual energy was exhausted, and he was grievously wounded, teetering on the brink of death.
Elder Lin Xia knew perfectly well that he stood no chance against a madman like Shi Kang in hand-to-hand combat.
Run!
That was the only thought left in his mind.
Lin Xia hopped frantically on his one remaining leg, fleeing for his life while inwardly cursing the two subordinates who still had not come to his aid.
Little did he know that, after falling far behind, those two geniuses at Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection had decided their Hall Master had victory in the bag. Following him would be a wasted trip, so they had turned back to collect Lin Dong's corpse.
"Old bastard, you chased me for so long. Had your fun? Now it's my turn!"
Ignoring his wounds as they tore open further, Shi Kang gritted his teeth against the agony and pursued him with long strides.
How could the one-legged Lin Xia outrun Shi Kang on two legs?
Shi Kang soon caught up and slammed a vicious punch into his back.
He was a powerful body cultivator to begin with. Even without true qi reinforcing it, that punch still carried crushing weight.
Bam!
Lin Xia crashed face-first into the ground, his back caving in with an audible crunch of shattering bones.
Already mortally wounded, that single punch left him barely clinging to his last breath.
Lin Xia's eyes brimmed with resentment and venom as he roared hoarsely:
"No... impossible... I'm a Heavenly Sovereign... how could I lose to an Earthly Sovereign like you...?"
A mighty Heavenly Sovereign like him had actually been outfoxed by a brat at Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection!
Shi Kang knew better than to give a wounded enemy