Bang!
The Fifth Elder had just been about to strike when he froze in place. A dignified Saint Realm expert, he did not even have the chance to react before bursting into a cloud of bloody mist on the spot. No one even saw how he died.
"Who's there?"
"You dare kill an elder of our holy land? If you don't give us an explanation, don't blame our holy land for showing no mercy!"
With their elder slain, the holy land's elders roared, their killing intent soaring into the sky.
Yet upon sensing this mighty Sage King Realm presence, the Primordial Holy Land's Grand Elder and the others paled. Their breath caught, their expressions shifting uncertainly.
"Hiss! What terrifying pressure!"
"A Sage King manifestation! This is a Sage King Realm mighty figure!"
"Senior, what happened just now was a misunderstanding. Please forgive us! May we ask which senior has descended upon our Primordial Holy Land? Forgive us for failing to welcome you!"
The holy land's elders felt their scalps prickle. This was someone their holy land could not afford to offend.
He had struck without a trace, instantly killing a Saint Realm expert.
His appalling might was probably greater than the Supreme Elder's. He was undoubtedly one of the strongest in the Sage King Realm.
"Why would such an expert descend upon the Primordial Holy Land at a time like this? I don't recall our holy land ever offending such a terrifying expert."
The Grand Elder looked toward the heavens and frowned.
Above the Primordial Holy Land stood a towering manifestation one hundred thousand zhang tall. Bloody mist surged into the sky, and killing intent filled the nine heavens, blotting out the sky and sun as it gazed down upon the holy land.
Billowing saintly might enveloped the entire holy land, as though a single strike could annihilate it.
Some disciples with weaker cultivation could not withstand it at all. They lay prostrate on the ground, unable to move, bleeding from all seven orifices as screams rang out endlessly.
"Such overwhelming blood baleful intent... could it be the Godslayer Saint King?"
"Why would the Ji-no, the Lin Clan's renowned Sage King descend upon our holy land?"
Some elders recognized the origin of the towering manifestation. Utterly shaken, they involuntarily bowed respectfully to the Sage King manifestation.
The dignified Primordial Holy Land had lost a Saint of its own, yet dared not let out so much as a fart and even had to bow respectfully to the newcomer. His power spoke for itself.
Who did not know the Godslayer Saint King's fearsome reputation?
He had once carved out an illustrious name through slaughter across the Ancient Continent, killing Sage Kings of the same realm like chickens and dogs. Even against Quasi-Emperor experts, he could fight without suffering defeat.
With such a great figure personally arriving at the Primordial Holy Land today, how could the holy land not be shocked?
Everyone in the holy land privately speculated about the Lin Clan's Godslayer Saint King's purpose.
The Lin Clan... wait, he had just mentioned the Lin Clan's Imperial Scion...
Could it be... he had come for Lin Fan?
At that thought, the holy land's elders could not help feeling afraid.
Coupled with what Lin Fan had just said, could his words have been true? Was he really... the Lin Clan's Imperial Scion? The Imperial Scion of the supreme imperial Lin Clan, the most doted-on Imperial Scion of two supreme imperial clans, the person with the most exalted status in the Archaic Continent.
"So it is Senior Divine Butcher!"
"Please forgive us for failing to welcome you!"
"We heard that you have come for the Lin Clan's Imperial Scion, Senior, but our holy land has never had such a person. Could you perhaps be mistaken?"
The holy land's Fourth Elder rose and looked toward Divine Butcher's manifestation in the sky, solemnly cupping his hands. His hands trembled incessantly; he smiled on the surface while cursing inwardly.
That damned Grand Elder! He caused this mess himself, then sent me out?
The Fifth Elder had died right in front of him, and the blood splashed onto his face was still trickling down. Of course he was panicking!
Barring any surprises, Lin Fan's words must have been true!
The Lin Clan's Imperial Scion!
The holy land had slandered the Imperial Scion and even put him on trial. What were they supposed to do now?
There was no other reason: the supreme imperial clans' reputation was simply too great. Their tiny Primordial Holy Land could not afford to offend them at all.
Any Great Emperor from the Lin Clan could descend and wipe out the Primordial Holy Land with one booming slap.
Never mind a Great Emperor-the Godslayer Saint King before them was enough to wipe out the Primordial Holy Land.
The supreme imperial clans' reputation across the Ancient Continent was far too terrifying.
There were many imperial clans in the Ancient Continent, but only five supreme imperial clans in the entire Archaic Continent. Every supreme imperial clan had once produced supreme experts and possessed the prestige of having ruled the Archaic Continent.
From ancient times to the present, countless imperial clans had perished, yet they had remained standing.
They were absolute behemoths of the Archaic Continent, powers that even Great Emperor experts dared not offend lightly.
An imperial clan had once offended a supreme imperial clan. Despite possessing a foundation of three Great Emperors, it had vanished into the river of time by the next day.
Even though the Lin Clan had suffered a great calamity in antiquity, sustaining terrible losses and declining somewhat, it was still a colossus no holy land could afford to offend. After all, even a starved camel was bigger than a horse.
Having offended the Imperial Scion of a supreme imperial clan, not just the Primordial Holy Land-even ten holy lands would be destroyed.
They could only pray in secret that the Godslayer Saint King had not come for Lin Fan.
The manifestation vanished!
Whoosh!
At some unknown moment, a stooped figure appeared beside Lin Fan. Ignoring the holy land's experts, he bowed slightly to Lin Fan. "Greetings, Imperial Scion!"
On closer inspection, the old man's face was identical to the Godslayer Saint King's manifestation high in the sky moments earlier. He was none other than the guard Lin Fan had mentioned, the Godslayer Saint King.
The sight made the holy land's Grand Elder and the others freeze. Their pupils abruptly contracted, and a chill shot from the soles of their feet to the crowns of their heads.
So it really was true...
The Grand Elder and Luo Chen exchanged a glance, their expressions as ugly as if they had eaten shit.
The Godslayer Saint King was bowing to Lin Fan? Who could fail to see the truth now? Lin Fan really was the Lin Clan's Imperial Scion!
The holy land was truly finished!
They had accounted for the Supreme Elder taking action, yet despite all their calculations, they had overlooked this!
Liu Yanran felt as though she had been struck by lightning. In disbelief, she said, "Impossible, absolutely impossible! Wasn't he an orphan? How could he be the Lin Clan's Imperial Scion?"
Intense regret actually welled up in her heart...
The Imperial Scion. He was actually the Lin Clan's Imperial Scion.
His mother was the very goal she pursued on the Great Dao: the Ji Clan's empress.
Yet for the benefits Luo Chen offered, she had framed Lin Fan...
She had actually buried her own future with her own hands.
No, she still had a chance...
Given her understanding of Lin Fan.
As long as she asked Lin Fan for help, he would grant her request without hesitation. She still had a chance to qualify as the future daughter-in-law of a supreme imperial clan.
As long as she entered the Lin Clan, she could use her status as its future daughter-in-law to obtain resources and become a peerless empress of her generation.
[Ding! Detected a high-grade Daughter of Fortune, Liu Yanran.] [Ding! The Daughter of Fortune has felt a trace of regret toward the host. Obtained 3,000 Villain Points.] [Daughter of Fortune's name: Liu Yanran] [Identity: Holy Maiden of the Primordial Holy Land] [Realm: Spirit Sea Realm Third Layer] [Life script: Lin Fan's fiancée, Luo Chen's future Dao companion, a future peerless empress. For the sake of the Great Dao, she knowingly cooperated with Luo Chen's plot to frame Lin Fan!]
Lin Fan paused, then sneered inwardly. It seems she felt regret after discovering that I'm the Lin Clan's Imperial Scion...
"Uncle Fu, there's no need for such courtesy. Please rise!"
Lin Fan gave it no further thought. He looked at Uncle Fu with a faint smile and helped the old man up, joking, "If you'd come any later, you'd never have seen your Fan'er again!"
Uncle Fu was his personal guard and had watched him grow up since childhood. He had remained by his side protecting him for the past two and a half years, and Lin Fan had long since regarded him as family.
"Hmph! With me here, who could lay a hand on our Lin Clan's Imperial Scion?"
"Never mind a tiny holy land-even an imperial clan would pay with the extermination of its entire clan!"
Uncle Fu spoke calmly, his eyes as sharp as lightning. An immense, invisible pressure left the holy land's elders not daring to breathe loudly.
As Lin Fan called them to account, the Grand Elder's expression shifted uncertainly.
One elder panicked. Braving the tremendous pressure, the others jumped out one after another to echo him, apologizing frantically.
"No, Lin Fan... no, no! Senior Divine Butcher, there must be a misunderstanding!"
They feared Uncle Fu would kill them as he had the Fifth Elder. After all, the title Divine Butcher was no empty boast, but an illustrious reputation he had carved out through slaughter!
They had not known earlier that Lin Fan was the Imperial Scion.
Had they known, even given several hundred times the courage, they would never have dared disrespect Lin Fan! Who would dare speak of defilement? What defilement? For the Imperial Scion to take a fancy to Mengdie was her honor.
She had failed to recognize who she was dealing with and deserved to die!
The other disciples stared dumbfounded at this scene. Those who had once hurled abuse at Lin Fan, in particular, felt as though the sky were about to collapse.