But Ling Dongchuan's whole body... Pwah!
A third mouthful of blood gushed out. With a series of crackles, jets of blood burst from all over his body. He rolled through the air and crashed down in front of the First Elder and the others, instantly turning into a man of blood.
"Patriarch..."
The First Elder and the others from the Patriarch's faction rushed over, hurriedly supporting him and examining his injuries.
In an instant, the First Elder made his judgment. "His true qi erupted too violently. The backlash has nearly severed every meridian in his body."
The moment his words fell, Sikong Jing's faint voice rang out...
"What a pity..."
"At the last moment, the Patriarch erupted with true qi and blocked my sword... but it is not such a pity. He is temporarily unable to fight again."
"Patriarch, didn't Ling Dongwei tell you that true qi cannot be used recklessly in the Void Rift World?"
"It seems you still have not fully adapted to the Void Rift World."
That was right...
Ling Dongchuan had just been furious enough to charge at Sikong Jing. Yet upon sensing the threat in Sikong Jing's sword, he instinctively erupted with true qi. Naturally, he had erupted too fiercely and suffered a grievous backlash.
And Sikong Jing had deliberately provoked them. Though he had failed to kill Ling Dongchuan, he had already taken one of them out.
Even if Ling Dongchuan had not been crippled, he would be powerless to fight again for a while.
At that moment, Ling Dongchuan caught his breath and tremblingly pointed at Sikong Jing...
Only now did he realize he had been set up. The dignified Patriarch of the Heaven-Soaring Imperial Family had been turned half-crippled by this brat in one stroke.
But he was unwilling to accept it,