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第四卷 七星岛 第五百九十八章 红绫立威

"Come out, friend. You've been hiding and peeking from the side. Are you planning to do something?" Lin Xuan said as he slowly turned his body, staring at a spot on the left that was empty. His gaze was filled with coldness.

"Ahh, your cultivation is young but your divine sense isn't weak either; you actually managed to detect my whereabouts. I must admit, I underestimated you," a soft and pleasant voice entered his ears. Although it was very pleasing to hear, Lin Xuan felt extremely uncomfortable for some reason.

The air around the place began to ripple like water waves as a beautiful maiden appeared in front of him.

This woman was no more than twenty years old, dressed in red, with skin as white as jade. She exuded an aura of refined spirit, especially her eyes which were lively and full of vitality. She was indeed a woman who possessed both beauty and grace.

Her appearance was tempting to behold, but Lin Xuan's expression suddenly became grave, his face even turning pale.

An old monster at the元婴期!

And it was in its middle peak stage.

This woman stood gracefully before him without moving an inch, yet her spiritual pressure already hit him like a wave.

Lin Xuan felt as if someone had punched him hard in his divine sense, causing his head to ache terribly. He was greatly alarmed and quickly took a deep breath, circulating his qi, focusing on the essence of his dantian, and gradually the discomfort subsided.

A formidable opponent!

Lin Xuan immediately made this judgment. Although he was only at the 凝丹期 stage of cultivation, he had encountered old monsters in the middle peak stage many times due to his unusual circumstances.

Just now, he had even fought against a human cultivator and a beast spirit. The beast spirit was indeed an actual中期化形 stage powerhouse. This woman should be on par with it, but the pressure from her was incomparable.

What was more strange was that Lin Xuan had never seen this woman before, yet for some reason, he felt strangely familiar with her.

Lin Xuan couldn't help raising his eyebrows and pondering deeply.

Suddenly, a flash of spiritual light appeared in his mind. He remembered it.

Red Silk Fairy!

Earlier, to find a way out from here, he had used secret techniques to forcibly search through the memories of the Corpse婴's consciousness. There seemed to be some information about this woman.

Although not intentionally seeking her, he managed to piece together some fragments and his face turned even paler.

She was also an ancient cultivator of Jade Profound Sect, one of its core figures. Although she wasn't a late-stage powerhouse, she was still an important elder.

What shocked Lin Xuan the most, however, wasn't this. It was that during the internal turmoil at Jade Profound Sect, she had brazenly attacked the sect's patriarch... a cultivator at the 离合期 stage.

Although her physical body was destroyed and her spirit infant sealed in ice, her survival indicated how powerful her abilities were.

Since she was an elder of Jade Profound Sect, it wasn't surprising that she knew this place and arrived here first to hide.

Lin Xuan understood the cause and effect. Although he felt some fear and trepidation, his demeanor remained calm on the surface. In such a dire situation, one must not panic; after all, he had faced many dangers before and couldn't afford to perish in this place.

Of course, pretending to be scared was a last resort. He decided to first gauge her intentions.

With that thought, Lin Xuan's internal法宝 trembled uncontrollably as he prepared for battle, but his face forced a smile: "Junior meets the Fairy."

Red Silk's lips curled slightly, and she revealed a playful expression. She truly admired this young man's intelligence.

If it were any other condensation period cultivator, they would either tremble with fear, kneel to beg for mercy, or grit their teeth in a desperate attempt to flee.

These were the most normal reactions but extremely foolish.

This young man, however, remained calm under her pressure. He was indeed a promising talent!

With time, he would surely achieve great accomplishments.

Unfortunately, his fate was not good.

Red Silk didn't say much more. Since she had taken something from Jade Profound Sect's treasures, it meant that she was destined to die.

A fierce look flashed in the female cultivator’s eyes as she sighed lightly and waved her hand.

Her movements were so graceful they seemed like a dance. However, when her sleeves moved, a pure spiritual force was released, forming a pinkish-red mist.

The mist wasn't much, but it seemed alive, wriggling as if it had life. Then, a one-foot-long spirit bird leaped out of the mist, let out a cry, and its eyes flashed red before diving towards Lin Xuan.

At first glance, this attack didn’t seem impressive.

However, Lin Xuan's expression became extremely serious.

He stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers on his storage bag. The Snowy Cloud Falling Sword flew up, transforming into an ice dragon about seven to eight zhang long, colliding with the spirit bird.

The size of both was disproportionate; from a visual perspective, the spirit bird should have been devoured by the dragon in one hit.

However, the result was entirely different.

Indeed, the ice dragon opened its mouth wide, but the spirit bird didn't get swallowed. Instead, it entered the dragon's belly headfirst.

Lin Xuan frowned. This victory seemed too easy. Then he quickly realized something wasn’t right; a red line suddenly appeared on the surface of the ice dragon. It started as a faint dot and gradually deepened and grew larger, spreading across the entire body like a demonic flame that burned fiercely.

The Snowy Cloud Falling Sword lost its spiritual essence instantly.

Lin Xuan's face turned pale. Although it wasn't his primary treasure, he naturally didn’t want to see it destroyed so easily.

He snapped his fingers again, causing the ice dragon to shrink into a blue light and return to his hand.

Red Silk smiled faintly but didn’t纠缠不放. With a slight mental push, she sent out a red light from the sword’s surface, transforming back into a spirit bird that hovered above her head.

"Friend, you don't need to waste your effort anymore. Your abilities are insufficient to resist me. I have a suggestion; would you be willing to listen?"

Lin Xuan's expression fluctuated as he looked at his three-foot-long sword, the Snowy Cloud Falling Sword. Although it wasn’t an顶尖之物, it was still a powerful ancient treasure.

He had used it with ease and divine assistance, but this time...

The sword was covered in scars, and many parts were broken. Hadn't he just destroyed his own treasure with one casual strike from the other side?

However, Lin Xuan didn’t dwell on his loss; more pressing was his fear. A hero without a name is a rare sight. No wonder that Corpse婴 feared Red Silk so much; her abilities far exceeded his imagination.

Seeing she didn't continue to attack, Lin Xuan felt somewhat surprised and took a deep breath to calm his fear: "What suggestion? Please speak."

Although he knew the conditions would be harsh after such a strike, Lin Xuan decided not to directly confront her. He wanted to hear what she had in mind before deciding whether to accept or reject it. After all, he could still consider his options even if he didn't agree.

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