"You?"
Glancing at Lin Xuan, the few of them frowned slightly.
From beginning to end, they had never given Lin Xuan a proper look, merely treating him as a junior of the "black-robed man."
Now, that did not seem to be the case.
Between the two, the young man in white-Lin Xuan-seemed to be the one in charge.
"There's no time to waste. More people will be here soon. How about this? I'll give you another half share. You take twenty percent!" The alluring woman grew somewhat impatient, afraid that if they dragged this out, other experts would arrive one after another.
The other three looked at Lin Xuan at the same time.
To their surprise, Lin Xuan still shook his head!
"Boy, don't take a mile when you're given an inch! Believe it or not, if we join forces, we can kill the man behind you before anyone else gets here! Then you won't get even ten percent!" Of the two men, the sinister-looking middle-aged man fixed Lin Xuan with a cold, vicious stare.
Faced with such a threat, Lin Xuan still wore a smile. Looking at the sinister middle-aged man, he said, "I don't believe you."
Boom!
Terrifying pressure erupted from the sinister middle-aged man's body. He had already gripped the long saber on his back and was about to attack Lin Xuan.
"Wait!"
The seductive woman reached out to stop him.
Despite how easily the sinister middle-aged man had said it, the truth was that even with all four of them working together, they might not be able to take down the man behind Lin Xuan in a short time.
No one who cultivated to the King Realm was simple.
Looking coldly at Lin Xuan, the seductive woman spoke again. "Then how do you intend to divide it?"
Instead, Lin Xuan looked at her in puzzlement, his words growing ever more shocking. "Divide it? Who said I was going to share it with you? This spirit spring is one hundred percent mine. As for you? Get lost!"
Share my things? Are the few of you even worthy?
A few mere King Realm first layers wanted to share my things?
Even before breaking through to the King Realm, Lin Xuan would not have feared them, much less now.
"You seem pretty arrogant."
Lin Xuan looked at the sinister middle-aged man, the corner of his mouth lifting as he told the Demonic Shadow Clone behind him, "Go. Kill him."
Hum!
At his words, the Demonic Shadow Clone raised its sword and slashed at the sinister middle-aged man without the slightest hesitation.
The Demonic Shadow Clone had no independent consciousness. Whatever Lin Xuan said, it simply obeyed.
Bang!
No one had expected Lin Xuan to attack the moment he said he would. By the time they reacted, the sinister middle-aged man had already been blasted away by a single strike from the Demonic Shadow Clone!
The traces of blood seeping from the corner of his mouth made the ferocity of that sword strike plain!
A single strike had decided the victor!
"What are you waiting for? Attack with me and take this scoundrel down! You heard what that little bastard said! Only by killing them can we take this spirit spring!" After a few dry coughs, the sinister middle-aged man had clearly lost some nerve. Knowing full well that he was no match for the Demonic Shadow Clone, he immediately began urging the others on.
The seductive woman exchanged a glance with the other two. Without hesitation, they attacked the Demonic Shadow Clone almost simultaneously!
Utterly fearless, the Demonic Shadow Clone turned into a streak of black light and shot forward! It charged straight into their midst, fighting four opponents alone without falling behind in the slightest!
As for Lin Xuan, he tossed two more pills for restoring spiritual power into his mouth and continued healing, watching everything quietly like a spectator.
Several times during the battle, the seductive woman tried to shake off the Demonic Shadow Clone and attack Lin Xuan, but every attempt failed.
Whenever it sensed someone trying to slip past it to attack Lin Xuan, the Demonic Shadow Clone would launch a frenzied assault on them!
Of the four, the sinister middle-aged man suffered the most.
Several times, he was nearly slain beneath the Demonic Shadow Clone's sword. If the seductive woman and the other two had not kept it occupied, he would probably have been killed long ago.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, after the seductive woman unleashed a powerful wave of fire that forced the Demonic Shadow Clone back half a step, the sinister middle-aged man seized his chance and vanished from the spot. When he reappeared, he was already close to Lin Xuan!
Lin Xuan froze, then his face turned somewhat pale, terror flashing in his eyes!
Seeing this, the sinister man's delight grew. Madness and venom flickered in his eyes as his blood-red gaze locked onto Lin Xuan. Then he burst into crazed laughter. "Little bastard! Now you're afraid?"
"Where's all that arrogance from before?"
"Go on, act arrogant again!"
"You want to kill me?"
"I'll kill you first!"
Roaring, the sinister middle-aged man lunged at Lin Xuan!
With terror on his face, Lin Xuan retreated two steps. Yet in the next second...
The terror vanished, replaced by a faint trace of mockery.
"Fooled you."
As his words fell, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of Lin Xuan, blocking the sinister middle-aged man's path. At that moment, he was only a few steps away from Lin Xuan.
Yet those few steps were a distance he could never cross in this lifetime.
Clad in black robes, its face obscured, the Demonic Shadow Clone's appearance made the sinister middle-aged man's expression freeze.
Wasn't this black-robed man... being held back by the seductive woman and the other two?
The sinister middle-aged man turned to look. The seductive woman and the other two were indeed surrounding and attacking that black-robed man. Then what was going on with the black-robed man before him?
"Feeling despair?"
Lin Xuan's voice rang out slowly.
Lin Xuan had cultivated Heavenly Demon Shadow to the fourth level, which allowed him to summon ten clones. Apart from the two with Su Lianxin and Wang Yan, he still had eight...
Lin Xuan had thought one Demonic Shadow Clone would be enough to deal with them. It turned out he had overestimated it.
Every additional Demonic Shadow Clone he summoned required another portion of his spiritual power. Right now, Lin Xuan urgently needed spiritual power to heal his injuries. Unless absolutely necessary, he really did not want to summon a second Demonic Shadow Clone.
Feeling despair?
Hearing that, a deep sense of helplessness rose in the sinister middle-aged man's heart...
One black-robed man had already given them endless trouble. Now... there was another.
The terror and pallor on that little bastard's face had all been an act!
He gave a self-mocking smile.
So the real clown... was me.
The seductive woman and the other two, who were surrounding the other Demonic Shadow Clone, were even more dumbfounded at the sight.
Originally, it had taken all four of them together to fight the black-robed man to a standstill. With the sinister middle-aged man gone, the pressure had doubled. They could only hope he would finish Lin Xuan quickly. Who could have imagined...
When they glanced toward Lin Xuan out of the corners of their eyes, they saw the figure of another black-robed man...
In that instant, the seductive woman and the other two were utterly stunned, a deep sense of despair rising from their hearts.
The Demonic Shadow Clone fighting the three seized that momentary distraction and unleashed an immensely powerful sword strike! The purple-robed woman was instantly swallowed by the dazzling sword light!
After that, with the two Demonic Shadow Clones working together, the others could offer no resistance at all. Mere moments later, only the seductive woman remained.
She was in an utterly wretched state, having exhausted every life-saving trump card she could use. Looking at the two black-robed men blocking her from the front and rear, preventing her escape, her eyes held nothing but despair.
Yet just as the seductive woman despaired, believing she was certain to die, sounds of figures tearing through the air rang out one after another.
More people had arrived!
And quite a few at that-a full eight!
All eight were King Realm cultivators!
That was only natural. Only King Realm experts could reach this place in such a short time.
"Everyone, that peerless treasure is on him!"
"But please be careful. This man is extremely strange. I don't know whether he's cultivated some evil method or what, but he can summon bizarre black-robed men comparable to king realm first level perfection."
The arrival of eight King Realm experts gave the seductive woman a glimmer of hope. She hurriedly pointed at Lin Xuan and addressed them.
While the two Demonic Shadow Clones were slaughtering the seductive woman's group, Lin Xuan had already collected the spirit spring into a small jade bottle and put it into his storage ring.
"This really never ends."
Lin Xuan could not help saying this, yet there was not the slightest hint of tension on his face.
The spiritual power within his body was recovering. Though it was slow, as long as he could gather a little spiritual power, he would have nothing to fear-not from these dozen or so King Realm cultivators, nor even from several dozen.
The eight newcomers also knew full well that the longer they delayed, the more people would arrive. Without another word, they charged straight at Lin Xuan!
Utterly fearless, the two Demonic Shadow Clones moved to meet them, blocking their path before Lin Xuan.
Besides those, Lin Xuan summoned two more Demonic Shadow Clones.
Against eight people-no, nine including the seductive woman, with a King Realm second layer among them-two Demonic Shadow Clones would probably struggle to match them.
Soon, the four Demonic Shadow Clones were battling the nine, neither side able to gain the upper hand for the moment.
Before long, more and more people gathered.
When they learned that the treasure that had caused the disturbance was on Lin Xuan, they too joined the siege against him.
Seeing the four Demonic Shadow Clones steadily driven back under the attacks of more than ten King Realm experts, Lin Xuan summoned another four Demonic Shadow Clones.
With four more Demonic Shadow Clones joining the battlefield, the disadvantage was reversed once again!
"Damn it! How are there still more?"
A King Realm cultivator who had been blasted away, coughing blood, roared furiously!
Yet no sooner had he spoken than a vast sweep of sword light slashed straight at him, splitting him in two and annihilating his soul!
A great battle involving more than twenty King Realm experts-the cultivators arriving from every direction were all shaken by the sight before them.
In the outside world, a battle of this caliber could generally only be seen in wars involving the ten great sects of each kingdom.
"Clan leader, are we really not going to act? You saw the disturbance that treasure caused. It must be an extraordinary supreme treasure. If we miss this..."
Yet not every King Realm cultivator who arrived chose to join the fray. One example was the Silver Frost Yan Household, who were watching the battle from afar.
The Silver Frost Empire was one of the Seven Moon-Reflecting Kingdoms. The Yan Clan was a king-tier lineage within the Silver Frost Empire, with four King Realm experts in total. Their clan leader, Yan Song, was a King Realm second layer expert who had fused two Great Daos.
At that moment, he and his clan's second elder were observing the battle from a distance, without joining the siege against Lin Xuan.
In truth, the Yan Clan's second elder was eager to join in. He had witnessed the earlier disturbance with his own eyes. It had to be an extraordinary supreme treasure, or it could not possibly have triggered such a phenomenon. Yet Yan Song had firmly stopped him from acting, leaving him able to do nothing but fret.
Although Lin Xuan, with his eight black-robed men, was currently holding his own against nearly twenty King Realm experts, those eight black-robed men were certain to lose as more people arrived!
That young man in white surely could not summon black-robed men endlessly. Those seven black-robed men were very likely his limit, and defeat was only a matter of time. If they did not join now and take a share, what would be left for the Yan Household once it was over?
The second elder's words brought a struggle to Yan Song's eyes. After wrestling with himself, he still shook his head.
He still vividly remembered the scene in Linyue City when Lin Xuan had killed King Mingkong and the Linyue City lord with a single sword strike.
It was not that he did not want a share. He did not dare.
Indeed, Yan Song had also been present when Lin Xuan slew King Mingkong and the Linyue City lord at the Dusk Moon Auction House.
Precisely because he had witnessed that scene, he had stopped the second elder.
The treasure was precious, certainly, but if they lost their lives, what use was it, however precious it might be?
Everyone thought the young man in white relied only on those eight black-robed men. Little did they know... the most terrifying one was actually the young man himself!
"Alas..."
The Yan Clan's second elder let out a long sigh, utterly disappointed in Yan Song as their clan leader.
As more and more King Realm cultivators arrived, Lin Xuan's eight Demonic Shadow Clones gradually began to fall behind.
However strong the eight Demonic Shadow Clones were, they had ultimately been formed before Lin Xuan broke through to the King Realm, possessing only twenty percent of his strength before his breakthrough. Holding out this long against more than twenty King Realm experts was already extremely remarkable.
"Die!"
As the first Demonic Shadow Clone was destroyed, the battle began to turn one-sided. The remaining seven Demonic Shadow Clones were defeated one after another.
Only when the final Demonic Shadow Clone was killed did this great battle, involving more than thirty King Realm experts, finally draw to a close.
The battle had been nothing short of brutal. Most of the attacking King Realm cultivators had suffered injuries of varying severity, and a full five King Realm experts had fallen at the hands of those eight black-robed men...
Anywhere in the Seven Moon-Reflecting Kingdoms, King Realm experts were unquestionably considered powerful. Yet a full five had fallen in this battle!
"It's over."
Seeing that Lin Xuan summoned no more black-robed men, everyone knew this was probably his limit.
Without the black-robed men, Lin Xuan was merely a fish on the chopping block.
"Yes... it's over."
Lin Xuan shook his head. It truly was time to end this.
Taking one step, Lin Xuan instantly appeared in midair. Then a terrifying pressure swept out!
Boom!
Beneath that pressure, everyone felt an urge to bow in worship.
The more than twenty King Realm experts targeted by that pressure spat out blood and fell to their knees.
They struggled to raise their heads toward the young man who resembled a banished immortal, their eyes filled with disbelief.
"Heavens, what terrifying pressure is this?"
Someone exclaimed in astonishment. His pressure alone had forced a group of King Realm experts to their knees!
Just how powerful did one have to be?
So those eight black-robed men were not the most terrifying after all. The truly terrifying one was the young man in white!
"Senior, I..."
Among the twenty-odd King Realm experts, the strongest, an old man at the King Realm second layer, was about to beg for mercy. Yet Lin Xuan did not wait for him to finish before slashing out with his sword!