A cool voice rang out. Lynn caught Xiao Yan's attack with one hand, the other held behind his back as he looked down at Xiao Yan from above.
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"Who are you?"
Watching Lynn appear out of nowhere, Xiao Yan's expression changed.
"Lynn."
"Lynn?" Xiao Yan furrowed his brow and murmured the name, as if trying to remember something.
"Never heard of you. I'm going to teach him a lesson today. Are you sure you want to stop me?" After thinking briefly, Xiao Yan shook his head and pointed at Wilbur, killing intent written across his face.
"M-Master!" Wilbur, the target of Xiao Yan's finger, swallowed nervously and cowered behind Lynn.
"I owe him a favor. You... can't touch him." Lynn's expression remained cool.
"What the hell are you?" Xiao Yan growled and swung the Heavy Ruler in his hand.
Crackle!
Terrifying flames surged upward, scorching the air and creating wave-like ripples of heat.
"Flame Splitting Wave Ruler!"
"How dare you!"
Furious at Xiao Yan's sudden attack, Lynn held out his hand with his fingers together.
In an instant, the skies shifted. The clouds swirled into a vortex, and a gigantic, primeval finger slowly emerged from its center.
"Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger!"
"First Finger Moves Heaven and Earth!"
Rumble!
The finger slammed into the flames. At the point of impact, even space rippled, as though it could shatter at any moment.
Explosions thundered one after another.
Below the battlefield, people in the plaza of the Zhongyuan Empire's capital noticed something happening in the sky.
The once-clear blue sky had become a barren vortex. Murky clouds churned within it, sinking toward the ground under immense pressure.
A tremendous rumbling came from within the vortex, creating the illusion that the heavens were about to fall.
"T-The sky... the sky is falling!" a soldier cried out.
"What's happening?" the Starfire King stared nervously at the sky.
"Saint Domain fighters are battling!" Baige, the strongest person in the plaza, sensed what was going on.
"How is that possible? This is the capital! Who would dare cause trouble here?" Luo En stared in disbelief.
"Could Lord Albert and Lord Xiao Yan have started fighting the empire's Saint Domain experts?" Remembering Xiao Yan and Albert soaring into the sky earlier, Luo En couldn't help guessing.
Suddenly, voices came from the heavy clouds.
"I'm killing him today. Let's see who can stop me!"
"Eight Extremities Collapse—die!"
"Second Finger Moves Heaven and Earth! I told you, today... you can't touch him!"
Two distinct young voices rang out, followed by a violent collision. Endless waves of energy swept in every direction.
A terrifying hurricane descended from the sky, striking the capital first.
Some of the weaker people in the plaza had their eyes bloodied by the gale and their eardrums ruptured by the shock waves.
"A Saint Domain battle... it's a Saint Domain battle!"
"Quick... hide!"
Nobles shouted as the plaza descended into chaos, with countless casualties in an instant.
In the midst of their "battle," Xiao Yan and Lynn noticed the turmoil below. They both frowned and exchanged a look.
"Let's fight above the ninth heaven!" Lynn called, flying upward first.
"Why would I be afraid?" Xiao Yan held the Heavy Ruler aloft and stepped through the air, one step at a time. Flames sprang into existence wherever he went, forming red lotuses.
Rumble!
"This..." The two had flown away, but Wilbur still hadn't come to his senses.
"No, what's wrong with him? Nobody told me he was this strong!" Wilbur watched Xiao Yan's departing figure, on the verge of a breakdown.
Wilbur felt he'd had nothing but bad luck lately. First, Lynn had suddenly stormed in, slaughtered the Church of Light's upper ranks, and threatened him into finding someone. Now he'd merely uttered a few harsh words and ended up provoking Xiao Yan, who could fight Lynn.
Looking back through the history of the Azeron Continent, Wilbur had never heard of a genius who, before the age of twenty, possessed strength approaching the peak of the Saint Domain—not in the million years recorded in its annals.
And now, two such once-in-a-million-year geniuses had appeared in the same era, and Wilbur had crossed paths with both of them.
"I can't spend another day in this Material Plane. I'm leaving—I have to go to the Supreme Plane!" Feeling the commotion above, Wilbur made up his mind.
The battle above the ninth heaven continued. Collisions thundered, and powerful shock waves of energy spread in all directions, sending ripples through space wherever they passed.
The clouds evaporated in the intense heat. Powerful air currents formed a massive vortex that swept up the stars unique to the Coiling Dragon World and ground them to dust.
Suddenly, the commotion above the ninth heaven stopped.
Amid the terrifying stillness, an angry shout rang out.
"Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of it!"
"Lynn, I'll remember today's defeat. One day... I'll personally come to the Roland Empire and challenge you!"
"Hmph. You think you can leave just by admitting defeat? You're leaving something behind!"
"Ah!"
A scream came from the sky. A huge crimson hand quickly took shape, grabbed the watching Albert, and vanished in an instant.
"Sir won!" Some color returned to Wilbur's pale face. At least the worst hadn't happened.
Rumble!
As if responding to Wilbur, a black-robed figure descended calmly from the center of the vortex above the ninth heaven.
Drip... drip...
Lynn held a severed arm in his hand, still bleeding. It belonged to Xiao Yan.
His gaze fell on the Spatial Ring on the arm's middle finger.
"The Pseudo Soul Gold Bead is secured."
"Now that this is settled, it's time to leave."
"Thank you for saving me, sir." Wilbur approached, his face full of gratitude.
Lynn glanced at him coolly. "I've repaid my debt. From now on, we're even."
"That..." Wilbur's expression changed.
Lynn turned to leave.
Wilbur hurried after him. "Mr. Lynn, if that scoundrel Xiao Yan attacks again, the Zhongyuan Empire may not be able to stop him."
"What does that have to do with me?" Lynn replied calmly. His cold gaze left Wilbur frozen in place.
Only then did Wilbur understand: from beginning to end, he had never been in a position to order Lynn around.
"Farewell, sir!"
Lynn disappeared on the distant horizon. As he made his way back, he couldn't help shaking his head.
"That Wilbur... really thought I was his free bodyguard."
"If Kasa hadn't made it through this ordeal, I would've slaughtered the Zhongyuan Empire's Imperial Family already."
A cold glint flashed in Lynn's eyes.
After bringing Kasa back to the Roland Empire and speaking with him, Lynn learned more about what had happened—details he hadn't known before.
One of them was that when the Church of Light attacked Qingli City, not one of the empire's dozen or so Saint Domain experts came to defend it.
Even the Rivas Family's ancestor, the Qingli Sword Saint, had abandoned Qingli City outright, treating Kasa and the other soldiers defending it as expendable.
In the frigid depths of the South Sea, glaciers that had endured for millions of years encased the ocean's surface. On the highest peak lived Roger, the Plane Overseer of the Azeron Plane.
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