A Lantern Across Mountains and Seas
Chapter 141

Sheathing the Blade

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Xun Lingyin had also passed out. The instant Chao Zhilin landed and struck, she had already squeezed him unconscious. He fainted with his heart full of desolation. His fellow disciples truly would not care whether he lived or died.

Xiang Lan'er supported Xun Lingyin's neck with one hand and pressed down on the back of Chao Zhilin's neck with the other, glaring coldly at the combatants on the other side. She wanted to see just what gave those two the confidence to take on one of the foremost sects on the Mystic Continent. Did they really think that great sect's illustrious reputation was all bark and no bite?

Both men restrained beneath her hands were dripping blood.

Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang had just turned back to face her, intending to rescue her, only to witness Chao Zhilin being subdued in a single exchange. It truly gave them both a fright.

Could someone with Initial Martial cultivation possibly do that?

But Mao Zhong and Zhu Ze had their backs turned as they charged and saw nothing. Even when they heard the sounds of fighting, they did not look back. Neither thought there was any reason to worry about Chao Zhilin's strength. They only needed to swiftly dispose of the two survivors before them.

Once this was finished, they still had another round ahead of them: wiping out the Jade Tide Sect group.

Thus, neither showed any courtesy. Their opening moves were killing blows.

Seeing the Origin Sword Palace's killing techniques for the first time, Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang watched dozens upon dozens of faint points of light suddenly appear around the charging Mao Zhong and Zhu Ze, like a host of stars accompanying them.

Before the men arrived, those starlights shot ahead with a series of whistles as Mao

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