bsp; chá jué dào zhè yì diǎn de jiàn hú gōng zhǎng lǎo ， rén rén liǎn shàng ， jiē lù chū jǐ fēn hài rán zhī sè， zhè lín xiǎo zi ， bǐ xiǎng xiàng de hái yào kě pà dé duō 。
bsp; 察觉到这一点的剑湖宫长老，人人脸上，皆露出几分骇然之sè，这林小子，比想象的还要可怕得多。
The elder from Sword Lake Palace, upon realizing this, all showed a look of shock. This Lin Xuan was even more terrifying than imagined.
bù guò cǐ shí cǐ kè ， tā men yě méi yǒu xīn qíng shēn jiū le 。
不过此时此刻，他们也没有心情深究了。
However, at that moment, they had no time to delve deeper into it.
yǎn qián de fèng huáng ， jué bù jǐn jǐn shì qì shì páng bó ， duì fāng jiāng bǎo wù biàn huà chū rú cǐ xíng tài ， kěn dìng shì yǒu mù dì 。
眼前的凤凰，绝不仅仅是气势磅礴，对方将宝物变化出如此形态，肯定是有目的。
The phoenix before them wasn't just impressive in its presence; the opponent must have some purpose in transforming their treasures into such forms. Regardless of what it was, escaping this place as soon as possible seemed wise.
bù zhī dào shì shén me ， dàn zǎo yì diǎn táo lí zhè shì fēi zhī dì zǒng shì méi cuò 。
不知道是什么，但早一点逃离这是非之地总是没错。
Thus, the elders either cast spells or drove their treasures, making their遁光 (transcendent light) even faster.
yú shì nà xiē zhǎng lǎo men huò qiā jué ， huò qū shǐ bǎo wù ， dùn guāng biàn dé gèng jiā de xùn sù
于是那些长老们或掐诀，或驱使宝物，遁光变得更加的迅速
While this plan might be sound, it also revealed their cultivation levels. Lin Xuan didn't need to release his divine consciousness to roughly determine which were late-stage cultivators.
zhè yàng de dǎ suàn huò xǔ méi cuò ， dàn yě jiāng tā men de xiū wèi jìng jiè bào lù wú yí le ， lín xuān shèn zhì bù xū yào jiāng shén shí fàng chū ， jiù kě yǐ dà gài tuī duàn chū nǎ xiē rén shì fēn shén hòu qī de xiū xiān zhě 。
这样的打算或许没错，但也将他们的修为境界暴露无疑了，林轩甚至不需要将神识放出，就可以大概推断出哪些人是分神后期的修仙者。
After all, unless one had mastered the most advanced transcendent techniques, early-stage cultivators couldn’t match the speed of those in later stages.
bì jìng ruò bú shì xiū liàn yǒu zuì dǐng jí de dùn shù ， jiù yì bān qíng kuàng lái shuō ， fēn shén chū qī de xiū xiān zhě ， dùn guāng sù dù ， wú lùn rú hé yě jí bù shàng hòu qī cún zài de 。
毕竟若不是修炼有最顶级的遁术，就一般情况来说，分神初期的修仙者，遁光速度，无论如何也及不上后期存在的。
Though not entirely accurate, this was generally true.
suī rán yě bù néng yī gài ér lùn ， dàn dà tǐ yīng gāi shì zhè yàng méi cuò 。
虽然也不能一概而论，但大体应该是这样没错。
Lin Xuan’s gaze immediately fell on the fastest dozen or so遁光 (transcendent lights).
yú shì ， lín xuān de mù guāng ， yī xià zi luò zài le zuì kuài de shí jǐ dào dùn guāng shàng le 。
于是，林轩的目光，一下子落在了最快的十几道遁光上了。
Although he had used the True Spirit Transforming Sword Art, a secret technique, Lin Xuan didn't have the confidence to eliminate all the near hundred late-stage cultivators present. However, he wouldn’t let go of the leading dozen late-stage cultivators.
suī rán yī xià zi shǐ chū le zhēn líng huà jiàn jué zhè zhǒng yā xiāng dǐ de mì shù ， dàn lín xuān zì rán méi yǒu bǎ wò jiāng zài chǎng de jìn bǎi míng fèn shén qī xiū shì quán bù miè chú ， dàn wéi shǒu de shí jǐ míng hòu qī xiū xiān zhě ， lín xuān què bù dǎ suàn fàng guò 。
虽然一下子使出了真灵化剑诀这种压箱底的秘术，但林轩自然没有把握将在场的近百名分神期修士全部灭除，但为首的十几名后期修仙者，林轩却不打算放过。
If he could catch these later-stage cultivators in one fell swoop, Sword Lake Palace would suffer significant losses.
zhǐ yào néng jiāng zhè xiē hòu qī cún zài yī wǎng dǎ jìn ， jiàn hú gōng yě fēi yuán qì dà shāng bù kě
只要能将这些后期存在一网打尽，剑湖宫也非元气大伤不可
Lin Xuan’s strategy wasn’t perfect but was the best he could do at this moment.
lín xuān dìng xià de cè lüè suàn bù shàng wán měi ， dàn cǐ shí cǐ kè ， yě zhǐ néng zuò dào zhè yī bù 。
林轩定下的策略算不上完美，但此时此刻，也只能做到这一步。
He flashed and arrived above the phoenix's head. This wasn't truly the king of a hundred birds, yet its presence soared to new heights.
zhǐ jiàn tā shēn xíng yī shǎn ， yǐ lái dào fèng huáng de tóu lú zhī shàng ， zhè bìng fēi zhēn zhèng de bǎi niǎo zhī wáng ， rán ér cǐ kè de qì shì ， yě shì fú yáo zhí shàng 。
只见他身形一闪，已来到凤凰的头颅之上，这并非真正的百鸟之王，然而此刻的气势，也是扶摇直上。
"Quickly!"
“ jí ！”
“疾！”
Lin Xuan pointed his finger forward. The phoenix raised its head, let out a loud cry that echoed for miles, then spread its wings and extended its talons toward the void.
lín xuān yī zhǐ xiàng qián diǎn qù ， zhǐ jiàn nà fèng huáng yáng qǐ tóu lú ， yǐn jǐng gāo gē ， shēng chuán bǎi lǐ ， suí hòu liǎng zhǐ chì bǎng yī shàn ， yī duì tiě zhǎo gèng cháo zhe xū kōng yī tàn 。
林轩一指向前点去，只见那凤凰扬起头颅，引颈高歌，声传百里，随后两只翅膀一扇，一对铁爪更朝着虚空一探。
A terrifying force of law spread out.
yī gǔ kě pà de fǎ zé zhī lì suí zhī mí sàn chū lái 。
一股可怕的法则之力随之弥散出来。
Space Law!
kōng jiān fǎ zé ！
空间法则！
The sky turned pale instantly.
tiān kōng yī xià zi biàn chéng le cāng bái zhī sè。
天空一下子变成了苍白之sè。
Then, a hundred-meter-long space rift appeared.
suí hòu yī dào bǎi zhàng zhǎng de kōng jiān liè fèng píng kōng chū xiàn le 。
随后一道百丈长的空间裂缝凭空出现了。
Without saying a word, the phoenix pulled Lin Xuan into it. The red figure vanished from sight.
fèng huáng èr huà bù shuō ， dài zhe lín xuān yī tóu mò rù ， huǒ hóng sè de shēn yǐng yī xià zi xiāo shī bú jiàn le 。
凤凰二话不说，带着林轩一头没入，火红sè的身影一下子消失不见了。
...
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……
However, in another place a thousand miles away,
rán ér xià yī kè 。 jù cǐ qiān lǐ yǐ wài 。
然而下一刻。距此千里以外。
a black-clad man was rushing forward, enveloped by fierce winds. His appearance was extremely rough, and his cultivation level was late-stage division spirit.
yī hēi yī dà hàn 。 hún shēn zhèng bāo guǒ zhe è fēng ， xiàng qián jí dùn ér zǒu ， qí róng mào cū lǔ yǐ jí ， xiū wèi zhèng shì fēn shén hòu qī 。
一黑衣大汉。浑身正包裹着恶风，向前急遁而走，其容貌粗鲁以极，修为正是分神后期。
His surname was Wu. He had once argued with the woman in court attire, making him one of the elders from Sword Lake Palace.
cǐ rén xìng wú ， céng yǔ gōng zhuāng nǚ zǐ zhēng zhí ， nǎi shì jiàn hú gōng zhǎng lǎo zhī yī 。
此人姓吴，曾与宫装女子争执，乃是剑湖宫长老之一。
He had never taken Cloud Concealing Sect seriously. However, Lin Xuan's display of great divine power utterly destroyed his confidence.
tā céng jīng bù jiāng yún yǐn zōng fàng zài yǎn lǐ ， rán ér lín xuān zhǎn xiàn chū lái de dà shén tōng què jiāng tā de xìn xīn chè dǐ huǐ qù 。
他曾经不将云隐宗放在眼里，然而林轩展现出来的大神通却将他的信心彻底毁去。
Not necessarily greedy or cowardly, but faced with such a formidable opponent, he no longer dared to fight. Together with his fellow disciples, they each displayed their abilities, hoping to escape far away.
shuō bù shàng tān shēng pà sǐ 。 zǒng zhī ， miàn duì zhè yàng de qiáng dí ， tā zǎo yǐ méi yǒu le yǔ zhī yī zhàn de yǒng qì ， yú shì yǔ qí tā shī xiōng dì yì qǐ ， gè zhǎn shén tōng ， xī wàng néng táo dé yuǎn yuǎn dì 。
说不上贪生怕死。总之，面对这样的强敌，他早已没有了与之一战的勇气，于是与其他师兄弟一起，各展神通，希望能逃得远远地。
Although Lin Xuan was an old ancestor at the tribulation stage, he was only one person and couldn’t do everything. Most of them still had a chance to survive.
lín xuān suī shì dù jié qī lǎo zǔ 。 dàn bì jìng zhǐ yǒu yí gè rén ér yǐ ， fēn shēn fá shù ， tā men zhōng de jué dà duō shù rén ， hái shì yǒu jī huì táo chū shēng tiān de 。
林轩虽是渡劫期老祖。但毕竟只有一个人而已，分身乏术，他们中的绝大多数人，还是有机会逃出生天的。
The man’s speed wasn't particularly impressive; it was just average for late-stage division spirit cultivators. Many of his fellow disciples were in their early or middle stages. Initially, he thought he could escape but ended up becoming Lin Xuan's first target by sheer luck.
dà hàn de dùn sù tán bù shàng bù sú ， yě jiù pǔ tōng fēn shén hòu qī de shuǐ zhǔn bà le ， chū qī zhōng qī de tóng mén hái yǒu xǔ duō ， yuán běn tā yǐ wéi zì jǐ néng gòu táo guò ， nǎ zhī dào jī yuán qiǎo hé 。 què chéng le lín xuān de dì yí gè liè wù 。
大汉的遁速谈不上不俗，也就普通分神后期的水准罢了，初期中期的同门还有许多，原本他以为自己能够逃过，哪知道机缘巧合。却成了林轩的第一个猎物。
Sizzle...
cī lā ……
刺啦……
Without any warning, a hundred-meter-long space rift appeared above him.
shì xiān bàn fēn zhēng zhào yě wú 。
事先半分征兆也无。
Then, red light flashed. The enormous phoenix came into view.
yī dào bǎi zhàng zhǎng de kōng jiān liè fèng chū xiàn zài le tā de tóu dǐng zhī chù 。
一道百丈长的空间裂缝出现在了他的头顶之处。
How is this possible?
suí hòu hóng guāng yī shǎn 。 nà jù dà de fèng huáng yìng rù yǎn lián 。
随后红光一闪。那巨大的凤凰映入眼帘。
The man was both shocked and angry, his face full of disbelief.
zěn me kě néng ？
怎么可能？
He knew that tribulation-stage beings could communicate with the laws of heaven and earth. However, the opponent was just an early-stage existence. He knew that among all the laws of nature, space law ranked high, so how could it be understood by this opponent?
dà hàn yòu jīng yòu nù ， liǎn shàng mǎn shì bù kě sī yì de shén sè。
大汉又惊又怒，脸上满是不可思议的神sè。
In truth, his reasoning wasn’t entirely wrong.
tā dāng rán zhī dào dù jié jí bié de cún zài néng gòu gōu tōng tiān dì fǎ zé 。
他当然知道渡劫级别的存在能够沟通天地法则。
Lin Xuan’s strength far surpassed those of his peers, but he hadn't mastered the space law either, let alone used it so effortlessly.
rán ér duì fāng zhǐ shì chū qī de cún zài bà le 。 ér méi chī guò zhū ròu zǒng jiàn guò zhū pǎo ， dà hàn yě zhī dào ， zài suǒ yǒu tiān dì fǎ zé zhōng ， kōng jiān fǎ zé shì pái míng qián liè de ， duì fāng zěn me kě néng lǐng wù ？
然而对方只是初期的存在罢了。而没吃过猪肉总见过猪跑，大汉也知道，在所有天地法则中，空间法则是排名前列的，对方怎么可能领悟？
However, True Spirit Transforming Sword Art was one of the most powerful secret techniques in Moonlit Black Moon Sect. Based on Nine Palaces Momentary Sword, it drove the divine blood of the celestial phoenix to transform into this king of a hundred birds, which wasn’t just an ordinary transformation but had some of the phoenix’s abilities.
píng xīn lái shuō ， zhè fān chuǎi mó méi yǒu cuò 。
平心来说，这番揣摩没有错。
Since the phoenix could naturally control space law, even if this one couldn't master it perfectly, simply using it was no problem.
lín xuān shí lì suī yuǎn shèng tóng jiē cún zài xǔ duō ， dàn yě méi yǒu lǐng wù kōng jiān fǎ zé ， gèng bié tí zhè yàng jǔ zhòng ruò qīng de shǐ yòng le 。
林轩实力虽远胜同阶存在许多，但也没有领悟空间法则，更别提这样举重若轻的使用了。
The man's face showed sheer terror. His arrogance and domineering nature vanished, replaced by a pale complexion.
rán ér zhēn líng huà jiàn jué nǎi shì mò yuè tiān wū jué zhōng zuì lì hài de jǐ zhǒng mì shù zhī yī ， yǐ jiǔ gōng xū yú jiàn wèi jī chǔ ， qū shǐ tiān fèng líng xuè biàn huàn chū lái de bǎi niǎo zhī wáng ， bìng bù jǐn jǐn shì pǔ tōng de huà xíng zhī shù ， ér shì zhēn yǒu jǐ fēn fèng huáng de shén tōng 。
然而真灵化剑诀乃是墨月天巫诀中最厉害的几种秘术之一，以九宫须臾剑为基础，驱使天凤灵血变幻出来的百鸟之王，并不仅仅是普通的化形之术，而是真有几分凤凰的神通。
"Senior, spare me!"
fèng huáng ， zì rán néng gòu qū shǐ kōng jiān fǎ zé 。
凤凰，自然能够驱使空间法则。
Even ants try to survive. Faced with such fear, the man couldn’t help but beg for mercy.
yǎn qián jiǔ gōng xū yú jiàn biàn huà chū lái de zhè ge ， suī rán dá bú dào jīng shàn de chéng dù ， dàn jǐn jǐn shì jiǎn dān de shǐ yòng ， zì rán fēn háo wèn tí méi yǒu 。
眼前九宫须臾剑变化出来的这个，虽然达不到jīng擅的程度，但仅仅是简单的使用，自然分毫问题没有。
But it was useless. Lin Xuan wasn't a merciful cultivator; he had known this from the start. There was no turning back in the cultivation world; one must pay the price for their actions.
nà dà hàn liǎn shàng mǎn shì huáng kǒng ， yuán běn de xiāo zhāng bá hù yī fēn yě wú ， wéi shèng xià yī liǎn de cāng bái zhī sè。
那大汉脸上满是惶恐，原本的嚣张跋扈一分也无，唯剩下一脸的苍白之sè。
Lin Xuan ignored him and raised his right hand, spreading his fingers. A streak of green light shot out, transforming into several dazzling sword beams that struck forward.
“ qián bèi ráo mìng ！”
“前辈饶命！”
The man's face turned pale instantly.
lóu yǐ shàng qiě tōu shēng ， cǐ shí cǐ kè ， miàn zi zì rán suàn bù liǎo shén me ， dà hàn jīng pà zhī yú ， rěn bú zhù kāi kǒu qiú ráo le 。
蝼蚁尚且偷生，此时此刻，面子自然算不了什么，大汉惊怕之余，忍不住开口求饶了。
His eyes filled with fear to a degree beyond words. But he wouldn’t sit idly by; he stretched both hands and tapped his waist, producing five or six shields from his storage bag.
rán ér méi yǒu yòng chǔ ， lín xuān kě bú shì xīn cí shǒu ruǎn de xiū xiān zhě ， zǎo zhī jīn rì， hé bì dāng chū ， xiū xiān jiè méi yǒu hòu huǐ yī tú ， rén zǒng yào wèi zì jǐ de xíng wéi ， fù chū dài jià de 。
然而没有用处，林轩可不是心慈手软的修仙者，早知今rì，何必当初，修仙界没有后悔一途，人总要为自己的行为，付出代价的。
They spun around him, forming layers of defense.
lín xuān shì ruò wú dǔ ， yòu shǒu tái qǐ ， wǔ zhǐ wēi zhāng ， dùn shí yī dào qīng xiá fēi juǎn ér chū ， huà zuò shù dào yào mù de jiàn guāng cháo zhe qián fāng jī shè。
林轩视若无睹，右手抬起，五指微张，顿时一道青霞飞卷而出，化作数道耀目的剑光朝着前方激shè。
No wonder Sword Lake Palace’s elders could produce so many defensive treasures in one move.
dà hàn de liǎn shuā de yī xià bái le 。
大汉的脸刷的一下白了。
Unfortunately, it was useless. The sword beams merged into a single beam that struck hard.
yǎn zhōng de wèi jù zhī yì yǐ nóng dào wú fǎ yòng yán yǔ xíng róng de dì bù ， dàn tā zì rán bú huì zuò yǐ dài bì ， shuāng shǒu shēn zhǎn ， zài yāo jiān lián pāi ， dùn shí yī lián wǔ liù gè dùn pái cóng chǔ wù dài zhōng fēi le chū lái 。
眼中的畏惧之意已浓到无法用言语形容的地步，但他自然不会坐以待毙，双手伸展，在腰间连拍，顿时一连五六个盾牌从储物袋中飞了出来。
Sizzle...
dī liū liū zhí zhuǎn ， céng céng dié dié de dǎng zài shēn qián 。
滴溜溜直转，层层叠叠的挡在身前。
The sound of shattering echoed as the once-solid defenses crumbled instantly.
bù kuì shì jiàn hú gōng zhǎng lǎo ， jǔ shǒu tóu zú ， jiù néng ná chū rú cǐ duō fáng yù de bǎo wù 。
不愧是剑湖宫长老，举手投足，就能拿出如此多防御的宝物。
Fear spread across the man's face as blood splattered out. His head was already taken off.
kě xī méi yǒu yòng tú 。
可惜没有用途。
The sword light remained glaring, and his essence body had no chance to escape either. Once Lin Xuan acted, he wouldn’t give him a chance for revenge.
lín xuān gēn běn jiù shì ruò wú dǔ ， nà shù dào jiàn máng lián chéng yī piàn ， hěn hěn de pī kǎn guò qù le 。
林轩根本就视若无睹，那数道剑芒连成一片，狠狠的劈砍过去了。
This arrogant fellow had met his end; even one of Lin Xuan’s moves proved too much for him.
cī lā ……
刺啦……
Around them, the cultivators were stunned.
suì liè shēng chuán rù ěr duǒ ， yuán běn jiān gù de fáng yù jìng yǒu rú zhǐ hú ， qǐng kè jiān jiù bīng xiāo wǎ jiě diào le 。
碎裂声传入耳朵，原本坚固的防御竟有如纸糊，顷刻间就冰消瓦解掉了。
They knew tribulation-stage old monsters were strong but never imagined they would be this powerful.
dà hàn liǎn shàng bù kě yì zhì de lù chū kǒng jù zhī sè， xuè huā fēi jiàn ér chū ， suí hòu yǐ bèi qǔ xià le tóu lú 。
大汉脸上不可抑制的露出恐惧之sè，血花飞溅而出，随后已被取下了头颅。
A thousand miles apart, he caught up in an instant.
jiàn guāng yī jiù cì mù ， dà hàn de yuán yīng tóng yàng méi yǒu jī huì táo chū ， lín xuān jì yǐ dòng shǒu ， dāng rán bú huì gěi tā jī huì fù chóu 。
剑光依旧刺目，大汉的元婴同样没有机会逃出，林轩既已动手，当然不会给他机会复仇。
One move and a tribulation-stage cultivator was killed; heaven or earth, what kind of existence was this?
zhè kuáng wàng de jiā huo yǐ hún guī dì fǔ ， lián lín xuān de yī zhāo dōu wèi dǎng zhù 。
这狂妄的家伙已魂归地府，连林轩的一招都未挡住。
Poor Sword Lake Palace’s cultivators had been terrified, but Lin Xuan wouldn’t show any mercy because these foolish fellows dared to provoke the might of the mountain.
zhōu wéi de xiū shì yǐ jīng dāi le 。
周围的修士已惊呆了。
Having killed the black-clad man, Lin Xuan turned his head and locked onto the nearest cultivator, an elderly woman with white hair, also at late-stage tribulation, only ten miles away.
tā men zhī dào dù jié qī lǎo guài hěn qiáng ， dàn zuò mèng yě bù céng xiǎng ， huì qiáng dào zhè ge dì bù 。
他们知道渡劫期老怪很强，但做梦也不曾想，会强到这个地步。
This time, Lin Xuan didn’t need to use space law; even with True Spirit Transforming Sword Art’s assistance, it was still a significant expenditure of power.
shuāng fāng xiāng jù ， míng míng yǒu qiān lǐ zhī yuǎn ， tā què hū xī zhī jiān ， jiù zhuī le shàng lái 。
双方相距，明明有千里之远，他却呼吸之间，就追了上来。
Ten miles wasn't much for them. There was no need to do so.
yí gè zhào miàn ， jiù miè shā dù jié qī xiū xiān zhě ， tiān nǎ ， zhè jiū jìng shì dù jié qī cún zài hái shì guài wù 。
一个罩面，就灭杀渡劫期修仙者，天哪，这究竟是渡劫期存在还是怪物。
"Fall!"
kě lián jiàn hú gōng de zhòng xiū shì yǐ bèi xià pò dǎn le ， dàn lín xuān dāng rán bú huì yīn cǐ jiù yǒu bàn fēn de lián mǐn tuì suō ， shuí ràng zhè xiē yú chǔn de jiā huo ， gǎn dào tài suì tóu shàng lái dòng tǔ 。
可怜剑湖宫的众修士已被吓破胆了，但林轩当然不会因此就有半分的怜悯退缩，谁让这些愚蠢的家伙，敢到太岁头上来动土。
Lin Xuan pointed his finger forward. The phoenix's tail swayed, and several feathers shot out.
miè shā le hēi yī dà hàn ， lín xuān zhuǎn guò tóu lú ， suǒ dìng jù lí zì jǐ zuì jìn de yī míng xiū xiān zhě ， nà shì yī bái fà lǎo yù ， xiū wèi tóng yàng shì dù jié hòu qī ， jù lí zì jǐ bù guò shí yú lǐ 。
灭杀了黑衣大汉，林轩转过头颅，锁定距离自己最近的一名修仙者，那是一白发老妪，修为同样是渡劫后期，距离自己不过十余里。
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The elder from Sword Lake Palace, upon realizing this, all showed a look of shock. This Lin Xuan was even more terrifying than imagined.
However, at that moment, they had no time to delve deeper into it.
The phoenix before them wasn't just impressive in its presence; the opponent must have some purpose in transforming their treasures into such forms. Regardless of what it was, escaping this place as soon as possible seemed wise.
Thus, the elders either cast spells or drove their treasures, making their遁光 (transcendent light) even faster.
While this plan might be sound, it also revealed their cultivation levels. Lin Xuan didn't need to release his divine consciousness to roughly determine which were late-stage cultivators.
After all, unless one had mastered the most advanced transcendent techniques, early-stage cultivators couldn’t match the speed of those in later stages.
Though not entirely accurate, this was generally true.
Lin Xuan’s gaze immediately fell on the fastest dozen or so遁光 (transcendent lights).
Although he had used the True Spirit Transforming Sword Art, a secret technique, Lin Xuan didn't have the confidence to eliminate all the near hundred late-stage cultivators present. However, he wouldn’t let go of the leading dozen late-stage cultivators.
If he could catch these later-stage cultivators in one fell swoop, Sword Lake Palace would suffer significant losses.
Lin Xuan’s strategy wasn’t perfect but was the best he could do at this moment.
He flashed and arrived above the phoenix's head. This wasn't truly the king of a hundred birds, yet its presence soared to new heights.
"Quickly!"
Lin Xuan pointed his finger forward. The phoenix raised its head, let out a loud cry that echoed for miles, then spread its wings and extended its talons toward the void.
A terrifying force of law spread out.
Space Law!
The sky turned pale instantly.
Then, a hundred-meter-long space rift appeared.
Without saying a word, the phoenix pulled Lin Xuan into it. The red figure vanished from sight.
...
However, in another place a thousand miles away,
a black-clad man was rushing forward, enveloped by fierce winds. His appearance was extremely rough, and his cultivation level was late-stage division spirit.
His surname was Wu. He had once argued with the woman in court attire, making him one of the elders from Sword Lake Palace.
He had never taken Cloud Concealing Sect seriously. However, Lin Xuan's display of great divine power utterly destroyed his confidence.
Not necessarily greedy or cowardly, but faced with such a formidable opponent, he no longer dared to fight. Together with his fellow disciples, they each displayed their abilities, hoping to escape far away.
Although Lin Xuan was an old ancestor at the tribulation stage, he was only one person and couldn’t do everything. Most of them still had a chance to survive.
The man’s speed wasn't particularly impressive; it was just average for late-stage division spirit cultivators. Many of his fellow disciples were in their early or middle stages. Initially, he thought he could escape but ended up becoming Lin Xuan's first target by sheer luck.
Sizzle...
Without any warning, a hundred-meter-long space rift appeared above him.
Then, red light flashed. The enormous phoenix came into view.
How is this possible?
The man was both shocked and angry, his face full of disbelief.
He knew that tribulation-stage beings could communicate with the laws of heaven and earth. However, the opponent was just an early-stage existence. He knew that among all the laws of nature, space law ranked high, so how could it be understood by this opponent?
In truth, his reasoning wasn’t entirely wrong.
Lin Xuan’s strength far surpassed those of his peers, but he hadn't mastered the space law either, let alone used it so effortlessly.
However, True Spirit Transforming Sword Art was one of the most powerful secret techniques in Moonlit Black Moon Sect. Based on Nine Palaces Momentary Sword, it drove the divine blood of the celestial phoenix to transform into this king of a hundred birds, which wasn’t just an ordinary transformation but had some of the phoenix’s abilities.
Since the phoenix could naturally control space law, even if this one couldn't master it perfectly, simply using it was no problem.
The man's face showed sheer terror. His arrogance and domineering nature vanished, replaced by a pale complexion.
"Senior, spare me!"
Even ants try to survive. Faced with such fear, the man couldn’t help but beg for mercy.
But it was useless. Lin Xuan wasn't a merciful cultivator; he had known this from the start. There was no turning back in the cultivation world; one must pay the price for their actions.
Lin Xuan ignored him and raised his right hand, spreading his fingers. A streak of green light shot out, transforming into several dazzling sword beams that struck forward.
The man's face turned pale instantly.
His eyes filled with fear to a degree beyond words. But he wouldn’t sit idly by; he stretched both hands and tapped his waist, producing five or six shields from his storage bag.
They spun around him, forming layers of defense.
No wonder Sword Lake Palace’s elders could produce so many defensive treasures in one move.
Unfortunately, it was useless. The sword beams merged into a single beam that struck hard.
Sizzle...
The sound of shattering echoed as the once-solid defenses crumbled instantly.
Fear spread across the man's face as blood splattered out. His head was already taken off.
The sword light remained glaring, and his essence body had no chance to escape either. Once Lin Xuan acted, he wouldn’t give him a chance for revenge.
This arrogant fellow had met his end; even one of Lin Xuan’s moves proved too much for him.
Around them, the cultivators were stunned.
They knew tribulation-stage old monsters were strong but never imagined they would be this powerful.
A thousand miles apart, he caught up in an instant.
One move and a tribulation-stage cultivator was killed; heaven or earth, what kind of existence was this?
Poor Sword Lake Palace’s cultivators had been terrified, but Lin Xuan wouldn’t show any mercy because these foolish fellows dared to provoke the might of the mountain.
Having killed the black-clad man, Lin Xuan turned his head and locked onto the nearest cultivator, an elderly woman with white hair, also at late-stage tribulation, only ten miles away.
This time, Lin Xuan didn’t need to use space law; even with True Spirit Transforming Sword Art’s assistance, it was still a significant expenditure of power.
Ten miles wasn't much for them. There was no need to do so.
"Fall!"
Lin Xuan pointed his finger forward. The phoenix's tail swayed, and several feathers shot out.
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