Chapter 108: Love Your Brothers or Love Gold?

The Holy Emperor was taken aback, then his expression immediately became fascinating. A single move to decide the winner?

Fine!

Then let a single move decide the winner!

"Tongtian One-Word Slash!"

The Holy Emperor let out a loud shout, quickly retracting the finger light he had originally used, summoning the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade; all the Dao Law from the dissipated finger light attached itself to the blade like an enchantment, and he slashed forward violently!

Furthermore, from beginning to end, the Holy Emperor kept his cultivation firmly suppressed at the Great Emperor First Heaven, maintaining it at the same level as Lin Hao's realm—truly a contest between equals!

"Whether Hao's Transformation-at-Will Art is stronger, or the Holy Emperor's Tongtian One-Word Slash is stronger, we will have the result in a moment."

Lin Potian's palms were sweating even without him clenching them; if Lin Hao were to be defeated, he would strike in an instant to neutralize this Tongtian One-Word Slash!

The power of a divine ability depends on one's realm; since the Holy Emperor had suppressed his cultivation to the Great Emperor level, Lin Potian could naturally neutralize it with a flick of his hand.

But in his heart, to be honest, Lin Potian did not believe Lin Hao would be able to withstand this Tongtian One-Word Slash.

After all, the Holy Emperor was the Tower Spirit possessing Immortal Emperor-level Dao Law, and his own cultivation had already reached the Extreme Realm Immortal Venerable level through empowerment. As the saying goes, a starving camel is still bigger than a horse; compared to the Holy Emperor, the current Lin Hao truly could not compare.

"No wonder those two Dragon-man seniors were so afraid of him!"

Watching the blade light whistling toward him, Lin Hao muttered to himself.

Since the Holy Emperor had already revealed his identity, Lin Hao naturally understood that this was the terrifying Tongtian Tower Tower Spirit, the Holy Emperor!

When Ao Yin and Ao Wushuang left, they had warned the members of the Lin Family a thousand times over not to offend this terrifying Tower Spirit, the Holy Emperor, otherwise, a great disaster would befall them!

But looking at it now, other than the Holy Emperor having a very arrogant personality, everything else... didn't seem to have any problems?

Shaking his head and casting aside all distracting thoughts, Lin Hao gripped the Heaven-Slaying and Earth-Destroying Sword in his hand and took a deep breath; his Transformation-at-Will Art was already prepared.

The next second, Lin Hao moved, leaping high to face the blade light head-on, and likewise slashed out a sword light!

Boom...!

The sword and blade lights collided instantly, and a terrifying shockwave swept out immediately; the arena trembled continuously and nearly shattered!

At the same time... it seemed there was more than one sword light?

In just a split second, a phantom of a long and chaotic River of Time suddenly emerged, spanning across the arena!

"What, how is this possible!"

"What kind of move is this!!"

Phantoms of the Holy Emperor from every period of his life appeared on the arena, leaving even him stunned!

The next second, countless dazzling sword lights burst forth from the void like the light of dawn; they defied physics and ignored space, each one precisely locking onto the Holy Emperor's phantoms at different points in time!

"The River of Time, that is the River of Time; Hao has actually manifested a phantom of the River of Time!"

Lin Potian's eyes widened, and he looked at Lin Hao on the stage in disbelief, his heart nearly jumping out of his chest!

This was too exaggerated; manifesting the River of Time in a single strike?

Although he could also do it, the fact that he could precisely lock onto the Holy Emperor at every point in time was truly heaven-defying!

And if the person he was fighting were not the Holy Emperor, but someone else, or if Lin Hao had already reached the pinnacle of using the Transformation-at-Will Art...

"Unsolvable!"

Lin Potian felt his breath hitch, and he called it unsolvable!

Just imagine, an opponent always has a time when they are weak, right?

With this move, Lin Hao could completely trace back to the past and destroy the opponent at the source, resolving all future matters...

Just thinking about it was terrifying!

Lin Potian couldn't help but sigh again, "From ancient times to the present, from people I have seen to those I have only heard of and who exist only in legends, Hao's talent is absolutely inferior to no one."

As he finished speaking, the members of the Lin Family fell into a dead silence; they did not refute it in the slightest, as the shock in their hearts had also reached an insurmountable level!

Yet Lin Potian still believed that Lin Hao would not win today, because he was facing the Holy Emperor.

An existence whose past was his peak.

Sure enough, the next second, all those sword lights were shattered without exception!

Even in the more distant River of Time, before the Holy Emperor's phantom had even appeared, Lin Hao's sword light had already exploded...

"What kind of existence is his past!"

Lin Hao's pupils shrank to the size of needle tips, leaving only horror!

Furthermore, more than half of the power of the Tongtian One-Word Slash remained, falling violently toward Lin Hao!

Lin Potian could not hold back any longer and was about to intervene to neutralize it.

"Dissipate."

But the Holy Emperor was faster; after all, it was his own divine ability, and with just one word, the Tongtian One-Word Slash vanished into thin air.

Tap, tap, tap...

The Holy Emperor walked up to Lin Hao and stood still, tilting his head to look at him, "Can you tell me who taught you this move, and can you teach it to me?"

Lin Hao was stunned and blurted out, "You want to learn?"

"Yes, I want to learn." The corners of the Holy Emperor's mouth twitched violently; he really wanted to turn around and leave!

How could this descendant of the Young Master be so infuriating!

He was even better at putting on airs than he, the Holy Emperor!

To use the words from his hometown, he was a typical case of someone asking for a beating!

"Sure, if you want to learn, I'll teach you!"

"After all, you won, and I am indeed slightly inferior."

Lin Hao took a sip of wine, his long hair swinging uninhibitedly; he knew he had already lost this match.

And according to the agreement before the match, the Holy Emperor could make any request he wanted; in this way, Lin Hao felt he had fulfilled his promise.

Immediately, he handed the handwritten method for practicing the Transformation-at-Will Art to the Holy Emperor.

The Holy Emperor was taken aback and blurted out, "Do you not know that the Dao cannot be lightly imparted? You are just giving it to me like this??"

Lin Hao let out a drunken hiccup, frowned slightly, and spoke helplessly, "What else? You won, and I can afford to lose; I am simply keeping the agreement made before the contest."

Upon hearing this, the Holy Emperor fell silent; had he truly won?

Not necessarily.

If judging only by the result, he had indeed won, but it was actually unfair, because his own past was almost invincible in the world, save for his master, Xiao Buwen.

No, even his master was only his master because he was his master.

But if Lin Hao were to continue cultivating, the outcome would truly be unpredictable.

Suddenly, the Holy Emperor felt a strange impulse again; Lin Hao was very much to his liking, but this time he did not intend to take him as a disciple, but rather...

"Lin Hao, let me ask you, do you love your brothers, or do you love gold?"

The Holy Emperor abruptly asked a bizarre question.

Lin Hao was stunned, and not just Lin Hao—all the members of the Lin Family were petrified!

Even Lin Potian was dumbfounded and shook his head with a laugh; the Holy Emperor was acting up again, spouting nonsense.

"Gold? Are you talking about the kind of gold in the mundane mortal world? What use would I have for that? Of course I love my brothers!" Lin Hao answered the three questions in succession and shook his head affirmatively.

Hearing this, the Holy Emperor realized Lin Hao had misunderstood him and hurriedly waved his hands, saying, "No, no, no, I mean if it were between an extremely precious object and a brother, which would you choose?"

"It's all the same, I love my brothers!"

"Alright, big brother, stop asking..." Lin Hao's face grew impatient; he really felt, what kind of question was this?

Was there anything comparable to a brother?

Nothing could compare to Lin Yi.

Lin Potian walked over, looked at the Holy Emperor, and laughed, "Alright, Holy Emperor, Hao doesn't understand what you're saying, so stop asking such meaningless things. Time is of the essence now; there isn't much time to waste. It's time to go."

The next moment, the Holy Emperor stepped forward, a serious expression appearing on his face, his eyes burning as he looked at Lin Hao, and he said something shocking: "Lin Hao, I want to become your sworn brother; from now on, if anything happens, your Brother Holy Emperor will have your back!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding air froze...

"Huh?"

Lin Hao widened his eyes, his face full of disbelief; he almost dropped the wine gourd in his hand!

Lin Potian was also incredibly astonished; was this what they called birds of a feather flocking together, a mutual appreciation?

After a fight, the Holy Emperor was actually saying something shocking, wanting to become sworn brothers with Hao?

Wouldn't that make the relationships a mess?

The main thing was that Lin Potian had not expected the Holy Emperor to pull this, and for a moment, even he was bewildered!

Immediately after, the Holy Emperor took an ancient Jade Pendant from his bosom; the Jade Pendant was carved with intricate patterns and emitted a faint glow. He solemnly handed the Jade Pendant to Lin Hao, his eyes full of sincerity, and said, "That contest just now had no winner or loser. You gifted me the Great Freedom Art, so I will trade sincerity for sincerity. This is the Qilin Pendant, which contains the True Qilin Art; it is no worse than your self-created divine ability. Take it!"

"Also, are we becoming brothers or not? Give me an answer, don't waste time!"