"Junior, don't think breaking through to Great Emperor makes you invincible!"
"Know that beyond every man stands another, and beyond every heaven lies another heaven. Too much arrogance leads to an early death. You must show reverence before powerful elders!"
Sensing Lin Dong's killing intent, the Luo Family Ancestor calmly stepped forward and stood with his hands behind his back, seemingly paying this junior no heed at all.
"Is that so? Old fool, you, at least, have no right to say that. Take a strike from me first!"
Lin Dong's gaze settled on the Luo Family Ancestor, then he looked at Lin Fan and smiled. "My son, watch this strike closely!"
The corner of Lin Fan's mouth twitched slightly. He nodded, inwardly grumbling, Even at a time like this, Dad doesn't forget to show off...
A sword rang!
Without another word, Lin Dong attacked, forming a sword gesture with his fingers and sweeping them through the air.
The sword's cry shook heaven and earth. An incomparably sharp flash of sword light cleaved the world apart, illuminating this expanse of sky. With enough power to destroy heaven and earth, it slashed toward Shenshang and the Luo Family Ancestor.
Facing Lin Dong's strike, the Luo Family Ancestor snorted. "I offered you kindness, but I can teach you a lesson!"
He lightly raised his withered old hand, his words brimming with scorn and contempt, his manner every bit that of an elder instructing a junior.
But the moment his hand touched Lin Dong's strike, his expression changed drastically. "Late Great Emperor!"
Terrifying sword might erupted from the Luo Family Ancestor's hand.
This strike could instantly kill an Early Great Emperor. Its Late Great Emperor might caught him somewhat off guard.
But the Luo Family Ancestor was a Great Emperor, after all!
He reacted in an instant, unleashing the might of the Middle Great Emperor Realm on the spot. A river of blood surged sky-high, instantly turning the entire sky into a blood-colored hell and blocking the blow.
Yet the Luo Family Ancestor was still hurled back tens of thousands of zhang. His most intimate right hand was severed and sent flying, imperial blood scattering across the sky as he let out an involuntary howl of anguish.
"Junior! Junior, you were playing the pig to eat the tiger?"
"Old fool! What kind of tiger are you? At most, you're a weak chicken!"
"When did this Emperor ever say I was an Early Great Emperor? That was merely your own assumption!"
"And if you have no real ability, stop running your mouth! What's this nonsense about instructing juniors? You could easily get hacked to death by a flurry of swords when you leave home!"
Lin Dong's white robes fluttered, his black hair dancing as the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
He gave the impression of a peerless sword immortal, wild and unrestrained.
Unwilling to accept this, the Luo Family Ancestor said, "Junior, I was merely careless just now. Don't get too pleased with yourself..."
But how could Lin Dong give the Luo Family Ancestor so many chances? He charged in with his sword again, ten thousand rays of sword light slashing toward the Luo Family Ancestor, falling like a meteor shower, dazzling and terrifying.
Blood-Colored Heavenly River!
The Luo Family Ancestor dared not be careless. He unleashed his trump card, a river of blood surging sky-high. The falling sword light sank like stones into the sea, barely stirring any waves.
Yet terrifying wisps of Sword Qi continued to spill from those ten thousand rays of sword light, slicing the Luo Family Ancestor's flesh and leaving wounds across him.
When a peerless sword cultivator struck, blood would surely be drawn.
Blood seeped from the Luo Family Ancestor's mouth, his expression as ugly as if he had eaten shit.
Wounded, the Luo Family Ancestor could barely attend to himself, let alone protect Quasi-Emperor Shenshang beside him.
Sword Qi ran rampant. Shenshang, who was only in the Quasi-Emperor Realm, could barely withstand even the residual might of an Emperor, much less this terrifying Sword Qi. It sliced him into ten thousand pieces, killing him on the spot.
[Ding! The host has completed the mission: kill Quasi-Emperor Shenshang. After merging with the Chaos Gods and Devils Body, you will naturally awaken an innate divine ability.]
The sight greatly relieved Lin Fan's anger. The old bastard had called him a little beast over and over and had even injured Uncle Fu. The only pity was that he had died too quickly.
Boom!
Before Lin Fan could think further, a deafening crash came from the sky.
Facing Lin Dong's terrifying assault, the Luo Family Ancestor, who was one minor realm below him, finally failed to hold out. The river of blood shattered on the spot.
Splurt! Aah...
Sword light struck the Luo Family Ancestor, turning half his body into a sieve as imperial blood scattered across the sky.
Steadying himself, he was covered in blood, his body in tatters. But he could not concern himself with any of that, staring at Lin Dong with blood-red eyes.
He had just been about to utter a threat, but before he could think further, he resolutely turned and fled.
For Lin Dong was charging toward him with his sword. Like a sword immortal striking, he made the swords between heaven and earth hum incessantly, seemingly in submission, leaving the world utterly shaken.
"Old fool, why are you running?"
"Didn't you say you were going to instruct me?"
"You can't even beat a junior. Have all those years of yours been wasted on a dog?"
The Luo Family Ancestor had originally only wanted to probe the Lin Clan's hidden reserves, only to suffer such a tremendous loss. Knowing he was no match for Lin Dong, he could not spare the time to speak and fled toward the Luo Clan.
"You really think you can escape?!"
"You dared bully my Lin Clan. If your Luo Clan doesn't pay a price today, the world really will think my Lin Clan has declined and is easy to bully!"
"This Emperor will tell you all: the Lin Clan is not to be violated!"
"Today, this Emperor will slaughter an Emperor!"
Seeing the Luo Family Ancestor flee, Lin Dong pursued him, crossing hundreds of thousands to a million li in a single step. A moment later, terrifying tremors erupted in the void, and dreadful imperial might shook heaven and earth.
Lin Dong and the Luo Family Ancestor began an Emperor battle within the void.
Hiss!
At the sight, the powerful figures of Archaic could not help drawing sharp breaths.
Who could have imagined that Lin Dong, the Lin Clan's patriarch, who had broken through less than ten thousand years ago and had not fought for several thousand years, had actually reached Late Great Emperor?
Even a veteran Great Emperor like the Luo Family Ancestor could not withstand more than a few exchanges against him. He had watched helplessly as his junior perished and had even lost an arm.
With Quasi-Emperor Shenshang dead, the Luo Clan had effectively lost a Great Emperor.
After all, Quasi-Emperor Shenshang had been only half a step from becoming a Great Emperor. Given a little more time, the Luo Clan would surely have gained another Great Emperor.
Was he truly going to slaughter an Emperor?
Archaic had lain quiet for over a thousand years!
Such a feat-perhaps no Great Emperor had fallen in over a thousand years. Was the Lin Clan about to unleash a great war?
Now that the Lin Clan's patriarch was pursuing the Luo Family Ancestor, could he be planning to chase him all the way to the Luo Clan and destroy that imperial clan?!
The heavens were about to change!
Who said the Lin Clan had declined?
Many imperial clans, orthodoxies, and other factions sighed. Only the Lin Clan's patriarch had acted, leaving the clan's true reserves unprobed. It was rather a pity.
Just one Great Emperor of the Lin Clan had fought, and he had beaten the Luo Family Ancestor into fleeing like a homeless dog. If the Lin Clan's ancestors and others all acted together, they would surely unleash a tide of blood across Archaic!
Many powerful figures turned toward Lin Fan nearby. The root of all this lay with the Lin Clan's most favored imperial son!
A different light flickered in each person's eyes.
Powerful figures from factions friendly with the Lin Clan smiled at Lin Fan.
Those from orthodoxies that had grudges with the Lin Clan had an inscrutable cold gleam in their eyes, especially those from the supreme imperial Wang Clan and the like.
They did not wish to see another monstrous talent like Lin Dong emerge in the Lin Clan. Such a figure would pose an enormous threat to them.
"Lin Fan greets you, seniors."
Lin Fan sensed their gazes. Everyone present was a Sage or above, yet he met their eyes without fear.
He returned the goodwill of friendly experts with a smile, while those who harbored hostility received not the slightest attention.
At the sight, quite a few experts nodded slightly. He showed not a trace of timidity before so many powerful figures of Archaic. He was indeed an outstanding young man!
"Haha, such an outstanding young man. A pity he's merely trash, nothing to fear!"
Just then, an old man sneered. Many experts' gazes sharpened as they recognized him as a Quasi-Emperor from the supreme imperial Wang Clan. What did he mean?
"Wang Kun, what do you mean?"
A Quasi-Emperor from the Ji Clan looked at the old man who had spoken and rebuked him. The Ji Clan was Lin Fan's maternal clan and naturally enjoyed close ties with the Lin Clan.
The Lin Clan's eighth elder also stared coldly at him. "Keep spouting nonsense, and I won't care what damned Wang Clan you belong to! I'll kill you!"
Quasi-Emperor Wang Kun said leisurely, "What do I mean? Look for yourselves. This boy has been afflicted with the Immortal-Exterminating Curse!"
He had been pondering how to kill Lin Fan under the eyes of the entire world when he suddenly discovered the problem with the boy's body, like breaking through the clouds to see the clear sky.
He was crippled!
For a cripple, why should he risk falling out with the Lin Clan?
At these words, many experts looked toward Lin Fan, their pupils involuntarily contracting. They could see wisps of black Qi rising from Lin Fan's dantian, corroding his cultivation.
It really was the Immortal-Exterminating Curse!