A slash that stunned everyone!

Despite the great distance, the overwhelming pressure still surged toward him, leaving him barely able to breathe.

An ordinary person would probably have been scared out of their wits and fled in utter panic long ago.

Yet Lin An steadied his mind with the saber intent he had mastered.

In the blink of an eye, the nearest Sin Beast had closed to within a hundred meters of Lin An.

The hideous, terrifying beasts bared their fangs and brandished their claws, savage light flashing in their eyes as though they could hardly wait to tear the insignificant human before them to pieces.

Lin An dared not hesitate in the slightest.

He took a deep breath, then mobilized all the spiritual power in his body and poured every last bit of the immense power he had previously gathered in the earth veins into the saber in his hand.

In an instant, the saber hummed, dazzling spiritual light shining along it as a terrifying, heart-stopping aura streamed ceaselessly from its edge.

"They're coming!"

Lin An's heart tightened. He stared fixedly at the Sin Beasts now less than fifty meters away, slowly raising his saber.

Just then, a tremendous boom erupted, and a fierce saber intent shot into the heavens.

Immediately afterward, under everyone's astonished gazes, a gigantic saber phantom over a thousand meters long appeared out of thin air.

"One Saber Slash!"

With a furious shout, Lin An brought his saber crashing down with world-destroying might.

A dazzling blade of light tore through the night sky like lightning, hurtling toward the Sin Beast horde ahead with overwhelming force.

As the charging Sin Beasts sensed the might of this slash, fear instinctively appeared in their eyes.

But before they could react, the saber light had already fallen.

Boom!

In an instant, a vast swath of Sin Beasts was slain outright, blood mist filling the air.

When the saber light dissipated, a trench a full thousand meters long and over ten meters wide had appeared amid the horde.

That single slash had killed at least several thousand Sin Beasts, raising Lin An's points by more than thirty thousand.

And as those Sin Beasts died, Lin An, who had exhausted all his strength and turned pale, instantly became brimming with vitality again, like a withered tree finding spring anew.

Divine ability: Spirit Devouring!

Sensing that the power within him was almost entirely unspent, Lin An could not help smiling.

The divine ability Spirit Devouring was what gave him the confidence to encircle and slaughter a hundred thousand Sin Beasts alone.

Especially after Spirit Devouring had leveled up, he could receive power in return whenever he injured an enemy, greatly increasing his staying power.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Although several thousand Sin Beasts had died, the remaining beasts did not retreat.

The trench Lin An had carved with his slash was instantly filled by Sin Beasts again.

Their eyes red, the Sin Beasts continued lunging at Lin An like mad.

Yet Lin An showed no fear. He pushed off hard, shooting toward the horde like a cannonball, and swung his saber as he plunged into the slaughter.

His perfection-level One Saber Slash allowed him to unleash saber qi.

Though he had no opportunity to gather power again, and its might could not compare to the previous strike.

Even an ordinary slash could unleash saber qi over ten meters long.

Killing these Sin Beasts, which were merely at black iron, bronze, or even the Silver Realm, was still effortless.

Every swing killed several or even more than a dozen Sin Beasts on the spot.

Meanwhile, notifications popped up before Lin An's eyes.

[You killed a Black Iron Fifth Grade Sin Beast and gained 5 points.]

[You killed a Bronze Grade Six Sin Beast and gained 16 points.]

[You killed a Black Iron Third Grade Sin Beast and gained 3 points.]

Lin An's points began rising, but he had no time to check them. His eyes held only the Sin Beasts lunging at him.

While Lin An fought furiously, everyone atop Shenglin City's eastern gate stood dumbfounded.

"Holy shit, what was that? The young city lord is actually this strong? He wiped out over a thousand Sin Beasts with one slash!"

"I thought the young city lord had gone mad when he charged out alone. I never imagined he really had such incredible strength."

"..."

All the defenders had been stunned by Lin An's slash. Even from over a thousand meters away, they had felt its terrifying might.

"This is bad! The young city lord has exhausted himself! Hurry and find a way to save him!"

Some were quick to react, however. They knew that slash must have been the young city lord's all-out attack, and he would surely be exhausted afterward.

But just as they began to panic, another voice rang out.

"No, the young city lord isn't exhausted! Not only is he not exhausted, he's charged into the Sin Beast horde!"

At those words, everyone looked outside the city together. Sure enough, the young city lord had not retreated but charged forward with his saber instead.

Saber light swept in all directions, leaving Sin Beast corpses wherever it passed.

"The young city lord is actually this strong! I want to charge out like him too!"

On the city wall, Zhao Tao watched Lin An amid the Sin Beast horde with shining eyes, his face filled with excitement.

But the moment those words left his mouth, a palm smacked him on the head.

"You? Charge out there?"

"The young city lord is silver ninth grade. You're only bronze ninth grade, and you dare say something like that?"

"You'd be doing well not to piss yourself in terror at those Sin Beasts."

"Stay put, or we won't even have a chance to collect your corpse."

Zhao Tong snorted, his heart likewise filled with shock.

How long had it been? The young city lord was already stronger than him.

He was also silver ninth grade.

But he knew that even if he unleashed his full strength, he could never match the power of the young city lord's slash.

And even if he could, he would certainly exhaust himself and be unable to fight again.

Yet as he watched the young city lord slaughtering away amid the horde, he sank into profound self-doubt.

Am I really silver ninth grade?

Why is my silver ninth grade completely different from the young city lord's?

Zhao Tao smiled awkwardly. He had only been saying it; if he were actually told to charge out, he certainly would not dare.

Still, as he watched Lin An fighting amid the Sin Beast horde, he could not help looking at him with admiration.

When will I be as brave and fierce as the young city lord?

"City Lord, do we really not need to support the young city lord?"

Elsewhere, Feng Shan could not help turning to Lin Xiao beside him and asking.

"No need. I believe in him."

Lin Xiao, too, had been astonished by Lin An's performance.

In particular, he had noticed that Lin An had indeed fallen into a weakened state after unleashing his full power.

He had even been about to intervene and bring him back then.

But the next second, Lin An had recovered, as though he had spent no strength at all.

Is this the power of an Awakened One?

Lin Xiao could not help wondering.

He did not know exactly what ability his son had awakened, nor had he thought to ask before.

But now, it seemed the ability he had awakened was certainly extraordinary.

"Prepare for battle," Lin Xiao said.

Although Lin An had charged into the Sin Beast horde, he could not possibly stop a hundred thousand Sin Beasts from advancing all by himself.

So even now, large numbers of Sin Beasts were still charging toward Shenglin City.

Feng Shan nodded. All the defenders had long since made their preparations as well.

Soon, as the Sin Beasts rushed close to the walls, the defenders atop them began their counterattack.