Chapter 42

Accompanied by the thunderous roar like a torrential rain, one long sword after another stabbed into the body of the colorful-scaled python. The scales, comparable to third-tier treasured weapons, were gradually penetrated, and in no time, hot blood drenched the entire body of the python, causing this terrifying beast to roll in agony, feeling the intense pain coursing through its body.

This was the pain of being sliced into a thousand pieces!

“Wait, wait until this kid is exhausted, his true essence depleted. I will definitely skin him alive and pull out his tendons to relieve the hatred in my heart!”

Looking at the colorful-scaled python in front of him, which was screeching and howling, the old man of the Spirit Snake felt a bit frightened. This was a beast he had invested greatly in cultivating, and the colorful-scaled python was an extraordinary species among beasts. Its terrifying defense was not something a Qi Sea realm cultivator could break through easily; much of the old man’s reputation was built on the back of this python.

“Little Flower, I will avenge you!”

The old man of the Spirit Snake’s face turned cold as he looked viciously at the figure in white, filled with intense resentment.

At this moment, the swords continued to pierce into the colorful-scaled python’s body, and they were also visibly being consumed.

Just as only a few swords remained, the old man of the Spirit Snake finally moved from behind the python.

“Kid, I’m going to make sure you die a miserable death!”

With a furious roar, the old man leaned on his staff, and immense true essence coalesced above his head into a green poisonous python, roaring like an ancient behemoth. This was the manifestation of the “Green Snake’s Ten Thousand Poisons Technique” cultivated to its peak by the old man.

The power at the pinnacle of the Ninth Heaven of the Qi Sea erupted like a volcano, transforming into a poisonous python that charged toward Lin Xuan like a mountain crashing down.

“Kid, so what if you have fortuitous encounters? In terms of actual combat experience, you’re still far behind me!”

“Die!”

The old man of the Spirit Snake laughed maniacally, as if he could already see Lin Xuan’s figure being corroded by the poisonous python.

His face twisted in a grimace of malice.

However…

“With the vastness of heaven and earth, righteousness endures. I do not seek to slay immortals, but to cut down demons and gods.”

Accompanied by a chant like a heavenly sound, an ominous premonition arose in the old man of the Spirit Snake.

Threads of sword intent coalesced into substance, and then a brilliant sword qi whistled out, forming an unstoppable momentum as it struck down toward the old man of the Spirit Snake.

This was the ultimate attack technique, offense replacing defense, advancing relentlessly!

In that moment, Lin Xuan finally unleashed the complete version of the “Slay Demons and Gods” technique. Once the sword was drawn, even demons and gods would fall beneath its edge!

Puff!

The sword light cut through the sky, splitting the green poisonous snake conjured by the old man of the Spirit Snake in half. However, the sword light did not diminish, charging straight toward the old man.

“What?!”

The old man of the Spirit Snake’s expression changed dramatically. He never expected Lin Xuan had another hand hidden up his sleeve, and such a terrifying killing technique. But it was already too late for him to defend.

The speed of this sword light was simply… too fast!

So fast that he could not react in the slightest.

Boom!

The old man of the Spirit Snake was struck by the sword qi, and in an instant, the ground shook as if a dragon had turned over, erupting with a sharp roar. The fierce sword qi rampaged, and the blazing divine light exploded, dazzling to the point where everyone had to close their eyes.

At that moment, everyone had their answer.

As the sword intent gradually dissipated, only a young man stood quietly at the scene, dressed in white, his gaze calm, like a god reborn.

Where was the figure of the old man of the Spirit Snake just moments before?

Oh no.

Lin Xuan stepped forward, unfazed, picking up a colorful inner core and a storage ring from the ground, then calmly putting them away.

The inner core of a fourth-tier beast, and an extraordinary one at that. If auctioned, it could fetch at least several million low-grade essence stones, not to mention that this beast had been nurtured by the old man of the Spirit Snake for nearly a century with countless treasures. Its strength was such that even a Qi Sea realm cultivator at the seventh or eighth level would have to avoid its edge, and the immense energy contained within this core was several times greater than that of an ordinary fourth-tier beast.

Unfortunately, the beast’s body had been effectively flayed by Lin Xuan’s hundred swords returning to one, losing the protection of its scales, and now, having suffered from the Slay Demons and Gods technique, it was reduced to nothing but bones. The remaining inner core was a pleasant surprise; otherwise, the beast’s scales could have been used by the family to forge weapons.

The old man of the Spirit Snake, a peak Qi Sea realm master who had dominated the Great Yan Dynasty for a century, had accumulated countless treasures, all of which now fell into Lin Xuan’s hands. He probably never imagined he would die in such an inconspicuous place as Tai’an City.

One could only say that fate is capricious.

A peak master of the Ninth Heaven of the Qi Sea!

A powerful being ranked fifteenth on the Slaughter List!

And he died right before them, leaving not even a corpse!

The elders and juniors of the Lin family all displayed expressions of shock at that moment.

Although the old man of the Spirit Snake had not yet stepped into the Divine Ability realm, he was still among the top tier of experts in the Great Yan Dynasty!

What did this represent?

Lin Xuan… a sixteen-year-old boy… was able to become one of the top few in the Great Yan Dynasty!

What talent, what prodigy? At this moment, they all seemed like jokes.

Compared to the young man in front of them, the so-called number one talent of the Great Yan Dynasty appeared utterly ridiculous.

Lin Qing’er’s expression turned bitter. At sixteen… killing a peak master of the Ninth Heaven of the Qi Sea, turning the tides single-handedly, made those so-called geniuses of the royal capital seem like toddlers learning to walk, unable to catch up to even his shadow.

How much commotion would this event cause if it were to spread?

“Teacher, it seems… the crisis has been averted!”

Lin Yan looked at the figure resembling a heavenly deity in the distance with admiration.

One move annihilated the Chu family’s hundreds of elites, and another killed a peak master of the Qi Sea. According to what his teacher said, Lin Xuan had just recently stepped into the Qi Sea realm.

“Teacher… do you think I can ever keep up with Lin Xuan’s pace in this lifetime?”

Lin Yan murmured to himself in his mind. This time, he no longer wished to surpass Lin Xuan, just to keep pace and follow in his footsteps; being able to look up to him was already very satisfying.

But this time, his teacher did not respond.

“With a perfected spiritual body, understanding of sword intent, and fully mastering a transcendent inheritance above the heavenly tier, such talent would surely attract the attention of the holy lands.”

“If no one had guided him, then… this understanding is truly… rarely seen in ten thousand years!”

His teacher’s tone was heavy in Lin Yan’s mind.

If there had been a strong figure to guide him to this point, it could be understood. But if that young man had reached this stage entirely on his own, this level of talent… he seemed to see another supreme powerhouse rising to ascend the eternal throne of the ancient world!