"Water Mist Annihilation."
Xu Fuguan uttered softly, rapidly forming hand signs. At this moment, the pair of gloves he had been wearing had vanished without a trace. As the hand signs were executed, a massive surge of water attribute energy fluctuated abruptly, quickly condensing at a visible speed. Within two breaths, the vast water attribute energy in the space around them had gathered into a violent water mist.
Within the mist, dazzling blue light was so profound that a mere glance seemed to swallow one's soul. Countless blade-like energies whirled within, tearing through space with an absolutely terrifying energy spreading out.
"Xu Fuguan is going all out," Zheng Ying tensed up, realizing Xu Fuguan had unleashed his full power. The Sect Leader was only at the Martial Master level, could he really withstand this?
"Snap snap..."
The rushing water mist caused a series of sonic booms, swiftly tearing open space and creating spatial ripples. In a flash, it collided fiercely with the Vermilion Bird Articulation Li Lin had conjured.
Both attacks, carrying a terrifying energy that astonished everyone, collided like a bomb under the gaze of hundreds, creating a massive explosion.
"Caw caw..."
A high-pitched screech from the phoenix energy body pierced through space as the two terrifying energies collided. The massive phoenix energy body, carrying scorching heat, smashed into the violent water mist blades.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
A thunderous explosion sounded like a bolt from the blue, with both terrifying energies creating ripples in space, eroding each other with their violent forces, causing the space to distort extremely.
Li Lin executed his final hand sign, his face turning pale instantly. Simultaneously, the crimson phoenix-like energy body flapped its wings vigorously. The water mist blades that had been sweeping towards them from all directions instantly turned to ash. The phoenix illusion vanished, finally condensing into an incredibly hot massive fireball that exploded and expanded rapidly, tearing open the space around it.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
Flames dispersed, engulfing the entire space, while the water mist ravaged the surroundings. Nearly a kilometer around was swept up by the energy, turning into a violent storm.
"Rumble rumble..."
The space kept exploding with huge, terrifying energy ripples spreading out from the explosion, solidifying like reality. Under this fearsome energy ripple, the disciples of Flying Spirit Gate, including Zheng Ying, hastily retreated, well aware that contact with this violent energy would spell disaster. Even Zheng Ying dared not let this energy touch her.
After the violent and terrifying aura dissipated, calm gradually returned, but the vast space was left in disarray, with a large crater appearing before everyone. The entire plaza was shattered, with the ground swept clean.
"Thud thud..." A terrifying gust swept through, Li Lin's body was sent flying, landing dozens of meters away before he managed to get up, spitting out a trail of blood, his Qing Ling Armor dimmed.
After the violent wind faded, Xu Fuguan also staggered back, his complexion turning even paler as blood churned within him, barely suppressing a mouthful of blood.
To Xu Fuguan's astonishment, the opponent, a Second Layer Martial Master, had managed to withstand his Second Layer Martial Soul strike. How was this possible?
"The Sect Leader is alright."
As the terrifying energy dissipated, seeing the Sect Leader still standing in the distance, the people of Flying Spirit Gate breathed a sigh of relief, excitement stirring among them.
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"Little dragon, block him for a moment." Li Lin wiped the blood from his mouth, a flash of coldness in his eyes. A Martial Soul powerhouse, a whole level above him in strength, could not be defeated by him using the Vermilion Bird Articulation alone; he had fallen into disadvantage, but he was determined to take down this person today.
"Hiss hiss..."
Little dragon, prepared for action, surged up again. Its massive eyes flashed coldly, with scorching golden flames emanating from its body. Enveloped in golden flames, it swept through space, causing continuous sonic booms, its formidable presence unmatched by any fourth-order demonic beast.
"Damn it." Xu Fuguan's expression turned extremely ugly, realizing he was getting no advantage today. With the opposition in greater numbers, if a few more elders joined, he wouldn't be able to escape. But now entangled by Little dragon, he was unable to break free.
In an instant, Xu Fuguan found himself entangled with Little dragon. His energy expenditure had reached a critical point, and under Little dragon's assault, he was unable to gain any advantage.
Simultaneously, Li Lin quickly moved among the Flying Spirit Gate members, targeting the two First Layer Martial Master disciples captured by the Flying Spirit Gate.
"These two are mine," Li Lin declared coldly, without hesitation. His claw marks directly targeted the heavenly covers of the two Raksha Sect First Layer Martial Master disciples, unleashing a ferocious devouring force from the Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Technique.
With a scream, the two were unable to resist as their Qi within the Dantian was uncontrollably devoured. Their internal channels, filled to bursting with Qi, expanded and tore, nearly rupturing.
The onlookers were astonished at this scene, but the sight of the Raksha Sect disciples screaming in agony filled them with a sense of excitement.
"Boom boom..."
In the distance, Xu Fuguan was desperately trying to find a way to escape but was unable to break free from Little dragon's entanglement. The ongoing struggle between the beast and the man caused continuous explosions.
In just moments, the two Raksha Sect disciples had turned into dried corpses. Li Lin, with spiritual fire emanating from his hands, turned the corpses into ashes. Displaying the devouring power of the Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Technique in public, Li Lin did not want to leave any traces behind, even though there were no outsiders present, he promptly disposed of the bodies.
At the same time, Li Lin formed another hand sign. The Qi energy from the two First Layer Martial Master disciples he had just absorbed was still settling within him. As he executed mysterious hand signs, an array of divine lights burst forth in front of him, the aura around him undergoing a peculiar transformation. Divine lights appeared before Li Lin, infusing with spiritual power and then beginning to condense, emanating a terrifying energy aura. This terrifying energy caused even the void around to start distorting.
Simultaneously, Li Lin channeled the freshly absorbed power into this terrifying energy. As this formidable force merged, Li Lin's own Qi was devoured by this energy like a flood, causing a terrifying and heart-palpitating aura to surge around him, becoming increasingly violent.
Li Lin was determined to defeat Xu Fuguan, not allowing the Raksha Sect to underestimate the Flying Spirit Gate any longer. Having previously increased the power of the Vermilion Bird Articulation by absorbing Qi, Li Lin planned to do the same now. By absorbing the Qi of the two First Layer Martial Masters and integrating it into the Vermilion Bird Articulation, he hoped to defeat Xu Fuguan.
Injecting this Qi energy, his meridians instantly expanded, with Qi rampaging within him like a herd of wild beasts. The pressure exerted on his meridians was imaginable.
Li Lin had experienced this pain before and now gritted his teeth to withstand it, his broad meridians allowing the rampant Qi to flow freely.
"Merge for me." Li Lin pressed his hand signs together. Merging foreign Qi was not easy, but having succeeded once before, it was slightly easier this time.
"Pfft..."
As the Qi energy was injected, a seven-colored light spread out. Controlling the three energies to converge, Li Lin felt a severe pain in his mind, the terrifying energy he was condensing suddenly became chaotic, and a muffled groan escaped his throat as blood spurted out.
Merging external forces into oneself was risky, a gamble with one's life. Typically, even Martial Commanders might not dare such a feat, as a slight misstep could lead to severe injury. This required extremely delicate control over one's soul power and a comprehensive understanding of the forces involved.
Li Lin was acutely aware of the risks but had no other choice if he wanted to defeat Xu Fuguan. He had to merge external forces into the Vermilion Bird Articulation as he had done before.
"Condense."
With a heavy heart, Li Lin let out a low shout within himself, enduring the extreme pain and expansion of his meridians. Under his control of soul power, he merged the Vermilion Bird Articulation once more. The invisible soul power surged out like lightning, finally controlling the chaotic seven-colored lights without any leakage, drawing them from all directions and condensing them together.
Enduring the pain, Li Lin managed to begin merging the seven-colored lights again. The lights became even more dazzling than before, with the seven colors interchanging, creating a somewhat mystical appearance. The terrifying energy emanating started to distort the surrounding air flows.
As Li Lin's complexion turned to a terrifying shade of pale, his hand signs changed again. The energy above pressed down, becoming more violent, spreading a boundless force rapidly.