The indestructible vines were also cracking and splitting amidst the violent flames, layer by layer being destroyed into rising smoke, but as one layer was destroyed, another followed. When the violent flames finally reached the last layer, the person in the green robe was revealed, his face a picture of horror, but by then, the violent energy flames had also vanished without a trace.

"Could this be a Xuan-level martial skill?" The person in the green robe was horrified, that a martial artist of such a level could activate such terrifying power. If the power had been even slightly greater, he would have been in trouble, as resisting that terrifying strike had nearly depleted him.

"Young man, is this a Xuan-level martial skill? You've surprised me. But now you must have exhausted yourself, right? Now, accept your death. The difference between a martial artist and a Martial Soul is insurmountable." The person in the green robe sneered coldly, looking at Li Lin's pale face, guessing he must have exhausted himself.

"Is that so? Then let's try the real power of a Xuan-level skill." A coldness flashed across Li Lin's lips, taking advantage of his opponent's unpreparedness. The person in the green robe probably also suffered. With the coldness withdrawn, Li Lin's hand seals were struck simultaneously, and a low voice suddenly resounded: "Soul Blade Slash."

In the formless space, the old man in the green robe suddenly felt a surge of violent spiritual power fluctuations. Before he could react, a red blade light instantly broke through the spatial airflow, bearing down like Mount Tai with its violent force, arriving at his head with unparalleled speed.

"Spiritual power, how is this possible, you're also a Spirit Practitioner?" The old man in the green robe was instantly frozen in shock, his body retreating explosively, as boundless wood attribute true qi formed a dazzling light screen in front of him.

"Shoo shoo..."

Li Lin's condensed spirit blade cut through the void, with one slash causing the space to vibrate, the force of the air howling, creating sonic booms. The blade light brought up a series of afterimages, carrying a terrifying momentum, a dazzling light instantly shooting forth.

"Bang bang bang..."

The terrifying spirit blade, upon touching the old man in the green robe's wood attribute energy light screen, collided fiercely. However, at the same time, a soul attack penetrated directly through, distorting the space in an instant, the terrifying energy fluctuations finally erupting. Most of the spirit attack focused on the soul attack, leaving the old man in the green robe utterly unable to defend.

In the mind of the person in the green robe, a tremendous force pressed down, bulldozing its way to the depths of his mind, and then everything turned blank, losing consciousness.

"Bang..."

The person in the green robe's body fell face down to the ground, a trace of blood leaking from his mouth, his face pale.

"Is he dead?" Li Lin, pale-faced, arrived beside the person in the green robe, not letting down his guard. He flicked his finger, and a gust of wind lifted the cloth from the face of the person in the green robe.

"An elder of the Jiuhua Sect." Li Lin's expression darkened, he had seen this person in the Ghost Martial Sect, an elder of the Jiuhua Sect.

"Jiuhua Sect, remember this." Li Lin's coldness spread instantly.

"Shoo shoo..."

The little dragon shrank its body and affectionately approached Li Lin's side along with the Skywing Snow Lion. After being confined in the spatial beast bag for several days, their expressions seemed somewhat reproachful towards Li Lin.

"Little dragon, I'm really sorry, it won't happen again. I know it's uncomfortable for you in there." Li Lin hastily said.

"Sssss..."

The little dragon exhaled and affectionately licked Li Lin's cheek, responding to his words.

"Not dead yet?" After hesitating, Li Lin checked the elder of the Jiuhua Sect, finding his breath weak, his eyes lifeless, his soul heavily damaged, not far from death, but strictly speaking, not yet dead, merely reduced to a vegetative state.

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"Good, you'll be used to refine a humanoid puppet, Jiuhua Sect, I should really thank you." A cold smile crossed Li Lin's lips; this vegetative state made the perfect material for refining a humanoid puppet. The strength of this person, with an eight-tier Martial Soul cultivation, if refined into a humanoid puppet, its strength could slightly increase, indeed a rare material for a humanoid puppet.

Some corpses could also be refined into puppets, but compared to those refined from living people, the effect was significantly inferior. However, using living people to refine puppets was too cruel, not something ordinary people would do.

"Snow Lion, let's go back." Li Lin picked up the body of the Jiuhua Sect elder, also collecting the iron eagle into his storage ring. Although the iron eagle was a third-level low-rank flying puppet, it could not contend with an eight-tier Martial Soul, fortunately, it was not damaged.

Immediately, the Skywing Snow Lion took off, and Li Lin mounted its back, quickly leaving the mountain range with the Jiuhua Sect elder.

By this time, it was completely dark, but this did not affect the Skywing Snow Lion, as seeing in the dark was not difficult for it.

On the back of the Skywing Snow Lion, after sealing a few bloodline points on the body of the Jiuhua Sect elder, Li Lin finally relaxed, preventing any mishaps, then stuffed a third-grade healing pill into his mouth to start recuperating.

Damaging the elder of the Jiuhua Sect this time, Li Lin knew he was somewhat lucky, thanks also to the little dragon's help, otherwise, he could not have defeated this eight-tier Martial Soul powerhouse.

Li Lin was also surprised by the golden light attack of the little dragon, capable of directly affecting an eight-tier Martial Soul; the little dragon's strength was indeed terrifying.

The attack with the golden light by the little dragon had already caused certain damage to the elder of the Jiuhua Sect. Coupled with his own surprise attack and the Vermilion Bird Art followed by the Soul Blade Slash, only then could such an effect be achieved, and this was also him fighting desperately, his strongest strength.

This attack made Li Lin even more eager to increase his strength. Fortunately, it was an eight-tier Martial Soul from the Jiuhua Sect who attacked him this time. Underestimating him allowed him to fight back. If Mo Tianwen himself had come after him, that would have been troublesome, as Mo Tianwen was a fifth-tier Martial General.

"Strength, I must work hard to increase my strength." Li Lin thought to himself, planning to return to the Yunyang Sect after dealing with the Jiuhua Sect. The Yunyang Sect, being one of the Three Sects and Four Sects, should be able to help increase his strength significantly.

After a while, on the steady back of the Skywing Snow Lion, Li Lin entered a state of recuperation, his injuries severe, but recovering quickly.

All through the night, as the dawn dispersed, Li Lin exhaled a breath of turbid air to stop his recuperation. After a night's recuperation, his injuries had improved by more than ten percent, but his complexion was still pale.

At this moment, a familiar mountain range appeared before his eyes. The Skywing Snow Lion had flown through the night and had now arrived in the Flying Spirit Mountain Range.

"Whoosh whoosh..." A gust of wind came howling, and disciples of the Flying Spirit Gate immediately came out to see.

"The Sect Master has returned."

"Greetings, Sect Master."

Seeing the Skywing Snow Lion in the sky, the disciples of the Flying Spirit Gate knew the Sect Master had returned and promptly bowed in salute on the ground.

Li Lin directed the Skywing Snow Lion to his residence's grand hall. Upon dismounting, Huiling Poison Master Dong WuMing, Li XinTong, and Fang XinQi had already appeared before Li Lin.

"Brother, I've missed you." Upon seeing Li Lin, Li XinTong immediately ran up to him, her eyes shining with joy.

"I've missed you too, XinTong." Li Lin dropped the elder of the Jiuhua Sect he was carrying, hugged Li XinTong, and spun her around. He truly cherished this sworn sister of his.

"Kid, you're injured?" Dong WuMing's expression darkened slightly as he asked Li Lin.

"Yes, I encountered some trouble," Li Lin nodded.

"Who did it?" Dong WuMing's eyes darkened with a hint of killing intent starting to permeate.

"It was this person, an elder of the Jiuhua Sect," Li Lin said, pointing to the elder of the Jiuhua Sect on the ground.

"An eight-tier Martial Soul, the Jiuhua Sect's audacity grows," Dong WuMing said coldly.

"Elder Dong, let's talk inside. There were quite a few interesting incidents at the Ghost Martial Sect," Li Lin said with a slight smile.

"Oh, looking at you, boy, I guess you've gained quite a bit," Dong WuMing said with a light smile, knowing Li Lin's character well; he would only smile so brightly if he had indeed gained a lot.

"That's a long story," Li Lin smiled, then after letting the little dragon and the Skywing Snow Lion go to the back mountain for free movement, he and Dong WuMing went inside the room.

Li Lin roughly told Dong WuMing everything that happened at the Ghost Martial Sect, though he reserved some details, as Dong WuMing was not yet aware that Li Lin was a Spirit Practitioner. Li Lin planned to tell him after a while; Dong WuMing was already overly surprised upon learning Li Lin was a practitioner of all elements, and knowing about his Spirit Practitioner status might be too much for him to accept.

Regarding Lv Xiaoling's matter, Li Lin only mentioned what he could say, leaving out the part about the high-level Yellow-grade spirit technique. It wasn't that he didn't trust Dong WuMing, but rather he feared the Old Poisoner master would be too astonished.

"The elders accompanying that little girl, one surnamed Liu and the other Wang, I can't guess their identities. But her name is Lv Xiaoling, surname Lv. If I'm not mistaken, she must be someone significant," Dong WuMing pondered.

"Elder Dong, what's the background of Lv Xiaoling? Even the Ghost Martial Sect wants to win her over," Li Lin asked, curious about Lv Xiaoling's identity.