After their brief clash, Lin Jin and the guard immediately pulled apart.
So... so strong! He caught my full-strength strike with one hand.
That was close. Good thing I reacted in time. I absolutely can't get hit here, or I'll never be able to explain this.
Those thoughts lasted only an instant. Seeing a fight break out, the surrounding insects immediately fled to safety.
Through his perception of temperature, Lin Jin sensed other guards heading over in response to the disturbance.
Before long, a whole swarm of guards would surely surround this place in layer after layer.
Lin Jin knew he had little time left.
He could either clear things up with the guard or run for it.
But the former was clearly impossible. How could he possibly explain this? His only choice was the latter: flee immediately.
"As long as there's light!"
Lin Jin raised his free hand, the one not holding his blade, and a torrent of light immediately burst forth.
"What is that?!"
"Soulfire! And a type focused on the domain of light!"
"Isn't that something only the Ashen Clan can use? Who is he?!"
Shock, confusion, disbelief-all kinds of emotions surfaced on the faces of the watching insects.
The Ashen Clan was the spearhead of the Expedition Army and a role model for every resident.
Yet now, the power bestowed by the Sunfire God, supposedly exclusive to the Ashen Clan, had appeared in an outsider.
It was a bolt from the blue.
The guards arriving nearby immediately noticed it too, but the blinding white light prevented them from looking directly at its source.
They shared the same doubts as well.
Surely someone who could wield this power should have been able to pass the trial at the border gate?
Why sneak into the city, then?
Still,