After severing contact, Kong Chen's figure rapidly retreated. He intended to stall for time until Northern Dipper arrived.
In fact, within the entire [Akatsuki] organization, aside from Lin Chuan, who was currently unaffected by the Immortal Ancient pressure because he had fused with Immortal Ancient aura during his breakthrough, there was one other person capable of resisting its effects: Kong Chen!
That was because Ling Luo came from the Immortal Realm.
However, this resistance was still slightly inferior to Lin Chuan's complete immunity. After all, Kong Chen had merely inherited Ling Luo's cherry blossoms and was not himself from the Immortal Realm. Yet when wielding the Falling Cherry Long Zither, he could completely ignore the Immortal Ancient pressure and unleash his full strength.
"Attack him! Kill him!" Zhang Lin roared, his face flushed red.
Kong Chen's resistance greatly enraged him. A mere Soul Formation cultivator dared challenge the authority of the Zhang Clan—dared challenge Zhang Lin himself. Where would that leave his pride?
Whoosh...
A middle-aged woman at the early Void Refinement stage rushed out. With a gesture of her right hand, a ribbon instantly flew from her waist and coiled toward Kong Chen.
The other cultivators also launched their spells at that moment. By now, though, everyone knew how formidable Kong Chen's cherry blossoms were and did not dare approach rashly. Most of them cast from afar, intending to severely injure Kong Chen before doing anything else.
Zhang Lin also chose to act at that moment, forming hand seals to cast a spell. As a mid-stage Void Refinement cultivator, he intended to use his strongest move and kill Kong Chen in one blow.
Cherry blossoms whirled through the sky as Red Cherry Karma Fire surged upward, burning away the spells rushing toward him. Though it temporarily blocked everyone's attacks,