The claw mark penetrated to the bone, and a surge of formidable power suddenly erupted. Zheng Ying felt a piercing pain in her left shoulder as blood immediately began flowing down from it, eventually dripping down her arm.
At this moment, amidst her pale complexion, Zheng Ying quickly formed hand signs, and her body erupted with scorching Qi. The Qi surged around her, and her aura suddenly increased significantly. Then, from her right hand, a flame whistled out, quickly forming into shape.
"Flame Spinning Knife!" Zheng Ying shouted, as the flame in her hand transformed into a blade of light that whistled out. The flame roared, the blade of light rampaged as if slicing through space, fiercely slashing towards Xu Fuguan.
This was precisely the Yellow-grade, low-tier fire martial technique "Flame Spinning Knife" that Zheng Ying had recently mastered, taken from the secret chamber. Now, under Zheng Ying's execution, its power was absolutely astonishing, causing the entire space to ripple with intense fluctuations.
"Eh? A Yellow-grade, low-tier martial technique?" Feeling the sudden surge in Zheng Ying's aura, Xu Fuguan was surprised. He rapidly retreated as his claw marks spun back, a burst of blue light surged out, and with a twist of his hand claw, a dense Qi transformed into a fierce claw mark at his fingertips, instantly confronting Zheng Ying's Flame Spinning Knife.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The two powerful forces collided, finally smashing into each other with the force of splitting mountains, and from the point of their impact, an explosive sound echoed through the heavens.
The shockwave swept through the surrounding space, flames dispersed, and the violent Qi tore open the ground, with cracks spreading far and wide, and dust filled the air around the area...
"Thud, thud..."
Amidst the violent forces, both individuals staggered backwards. Zheng Ying, already injured, now had blood spraying from her wound, her complexion turning ghastly pale. Although Zheng Ying's recently executed Flame Spinning Knife was extremely powerful, Xu Fuguan, although not visibly injured, also turned pale, clearly having expended a lot of energy.
"I didn't expect you to have a Yellow-grade, low-tier martial technique. Once I capture you, we'll see if your Sect Leader continues to hide away," Xu Fuguan said coldly, looking at Zheng Ying and inwardly relieved that he had some advantage on his side, otherwise, he couldn't have dealt with Zheng Ying.
"Is that so? You wish to see me that much?" Just then, a voice was heard, and as the voice fell, a figure in a green robe appeared beside Zheng Ying.
The newcomer, dressed in a green robe with a pale yellow snake coiling around his shoulder, emitted a chilling aura. It was Li Lin, who had just emerged from seclusion.
Li Lin, having just finished his seclusion, heard the commotion here and came straight over. He had already sized up everything in the scene, even recognizing Xu Fuguan from Huang Haibo's memories. He had guessed that it must have been the Raksha Sect coming to their door, an inevitable confrontation.
Looking around, Li Lin's chill deepened, spreading a cold aura.
"Who are you?" Xu Fuguan's expression changed slightly upon seeing the young man who had suddenly appeared, not having felt his arrival. Even now, he couldn't make out the young man's aura.
"I am the Sect Leader of the Flying Spirit Gate. Weren't you looking for me?" Li Lin raised an eyebrow, his expression filled with a cold determination. The Raksha Sect really dared to provoke them first. If he didn't kill this man today, the Raksha Sect might really think the Flying Spirit Gate was easy to bully.
"You are the Flying Spirit Gate Leader?" Xu Fuguan had heard that the Sect Leader of the Flying Spirit Gate was a young, inexperienced boy, but seeing him in person now, he was somewhat surprised.
"You came at a good time. My cousin was killed by your Flying Spirit Gate. You owe me an explanation today, or else, my Raksha Sect will not let this go," Xu Fuguan said after sizing up Li Lin for a moment.
"Xu Fuguan, you, Huang Haibo, and another person from the Raksha Sect, the three of you ganged up and killed the former Sect Leader of the Flying Spirit Gate. I'll settle this account with you today," Li Lin snorted coldly. In Huang Haibo's memories, Li Lin knew that Li Qing was killed in an ambush by Huang Haibo, Xu Fuguan, and another elder from the Raksha Sect. Xu Fuguan had to die today.
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"How do you know..." Xu Fuguan's face changed drastically. This matter was known only among a few elders of the Raksha Sect and Huang Haibo. He was shocked that the young man before him also knew about it.
"Humph, if you don't want others to know, don't do it yourself," Li Lin snorted coldly, then turned to Zheng Ying and asked, "Elder Zheng, have the other elders not emerged from seclusion?"
Seeing Zheng Ying with a severe shoulder injury, unable to continue fighting against Xu Fuguan, and with the other elders likely in seclusion, Li Lin realized it wouldn't be easy to kill this man now.
"No, I will have all the elders come out of seclusion," Zheng Ying said, about to notify the other elders, unable to confront Xu Fuguan herself due to her injuries.
"No need. Let the elders continue their seclusion. I will handle this person," Li Lin immediately said. If the other elders were in the middle of a breakthrough, disturbing them would be a great loss. If a few elders managed to break through, it would undoubtedly be a significant help to the Flying Spirit Gate's strength.
As for Xu Fuguan, with his Second Layer Martial Soul realm strength, Li Lin knew he naturally couldn't handle him on his own. However, Li Lin had Little dragon (Little Dragon) by his side. Relying on Little dragon, he wasn't without the strength to fight. Moreover, now that he had mastered martial techniques from all five elements, he had no choice but to reveal them if necessary, but today he must kill this man.
"Sect Leader, this person has reached the Second Layer Martial Soul realm," Zheng Ying said in surprise, reminding Li Lin. She knew Li Lin's strength was only at the Martial Master level; how could he contend with Xu Fuguan's Second Layer Martial Soul?
"It's alright. You go handle the other Raksha Sect members; leave this one to me," Li Lin said indifferently. Little dragon was already moving on Li Lin's shoulder, its gaze locking onto Xu Fuguan.
"Yes, Sect Leader, but be careful, especially with those gloves he's wearing," Zheng Ying replied doubtfully, then immediately dashed towards the fray. Injured as she was, she couldn't take on Xu Fuguan, but dealing with the Raksha Sect's Martial Master and Martial Warrior disciples was easy for her, requiring hardly any effort.
"Boom, boom..."
With Zheng Ying joining the fight, a Raksha Sect disciple at the Second Layer Water Martial Master level was instantly blasted dozens of meters away, soon to be surrounded and sliced into pieces by a group of Flying Spirit Gate disciples.
"Boy, you think you can take me on?" Xu Fuguan said, his face darkening, then he sneered. The youth was at most seventeen or eighteen years old. Even if he had started cultivating from the womb, his strength couldn't be that great. Naturally, he didn't take him seriously, remembering that this young man had injured one of their disciples, whose strength was at most at the Martial Master level.
"Enough to deal with you," Li Lin responded coldly, already having silently prepared Little dragon.
"Keke, such arrogance. Just with you, a naive little boy, you don't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth," Xu Fuguan sneered disdainfully with a glance at Li Lin.
Li Lin ignored Xu Fuguan's sneer, slowly approaching him with a slight cold smile on his lips, his Qi beginning to surge violently. Facing a Second Layer Martial Soul opponent while he himself was only a Second Layer Martial Master, today he would try if he could overcome this challenge.
Seeing Li Lin approach, Xu Fuguan's eyes turned even colder, feeling the surging Qi around Li Lin, he coldly said, "So you're a Second Layer Martial Master, an arrogant kid. In front of me, you're too weak."
"Let me show you the difference between Martial Soul and Martial Master," Xu Fuguan shouted, watching Zheng Ying kill two more Raksha Sect disciples from afar, anger surging within him. A powerful Qi burst out from within him, blue Qi swirling around him like mist, shaking the space around, and a water column shot out instantly.
Meanwhile, Li Lin appeared relaxed, but he was very cautious inside. Forming a hand sign, he immediately set up the Qing Ling Armor, covering his body with pale yellow scale armor. Stepping forward rapidly, he dodged to the side as a water column the size of a baby's fist, carrying a sharp wind, grazed past his nose, the forceful wind prickling his skin.
"Not much to it," Li Lin said lightly, having dodged Xu Fuguan's attack.
The miss took Xu Fuguan by surprise, not expecting Li Lin's reaction to be so quick. He also noticed the scale armor on Li Lin, his expression darkening, muttering, "You even have defensive martial techniques?"
"Come on, then," Xu Fuguan sneered, his Qi trembling under his feet as he leaped up, a powerful force bursting out. In mid-air, his hands formed a sign, and a claw mark shot through those sharp gloves, tearing through the air like a blade, a howling wind sound sharp and piercing, shaking the spatial ripples directly.
"Indeed, somewhat peculiar," Li Lin observed this attack, having been warned by Elder Zheng Ying to be wary of Xu Fuguan's gloves, which were truly formidable, no ordinary item.
Li Lin immediately retreated rapidly, and at the same time, a pale yellow streak of light shot out like lightning, directly aiming for Xu Fuguan.
"Little snake..."
Xu Fuguan's expression changed upon seeing the small snake from Li Lin's shoulder darting towards him. He hadn't paid much attention to it initially but was taken aback by the snake's astonishing speed. Changing his claw strike, he immediately altered his attack trajectory, aiming straight for Little dragon.