The spear in Lin Hao's hand seemed unchanged, apart from a trace of crimson on its tip.
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He still held it behind his back with one hand.
Yet Elder Sima, who faced him, had already fallen toward the ground in pieces, the smile from blocking that strike still lingering on his face.
His rapidly dissipating remnants of Divine Soul were still giving off fluctuations of disbelief and terror.
"This is impossible! I clearly blocked it! This is impossible! Family head, save me!"
But with the divine weapon having pierced straight through him and torn him apart, even shredding his Divine Soul, all the Wang Family Patriarch could do with the Emperor Formation was divert the lingering power of Lin Hao's strike into the void.
Watching the scattered remains and the dissipating fluctuations of Divine Soul, he merely twitched his lips.
Even the Wang Family had lost some face this time.
"Reverse Cause and Effect... truly remarkable..."
The Wang Family Patriarch sighed, identifying the defining feature of the attack.
"You flatter me. My apologies for making a mess."
Lin Hao bore the Wang Family no particular ill will, and his reply was calm.
Only then did he sweep his gaze over the remaining people. "Next."
Elder Sima, the strongest among them, had been killed instantly by a single thrust.
His body parts were still falling, the shock waves from his exploding essence blood were still being absorbed by the Emperor Formation, and his dissipating Divine Soul was still wailing over there.
Now, faced with Lin Hao's sweeping gaze, none dared meet his eyes, even if they suspected that unleashing that thrust had already exhausted him!
Elder Sima had already transcended mortality and become a Saint!
The fall of a Saint was a tremendous blow to the entire Sima Family!
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