Chapter 5: Crisis of the Lin Family!

Time rewinds by one hour.

Taixuan Realm, Lin Family Ancestral Land.

Lin Bufan paced anxiously, and the many Lin Family disciples below all felt despair.

They had already drained all the essence blood they could, yet Potian Ancestor still had not returned...

Lin Yanran wiped the sweat from her forehead and asked:

"Patriarch, there is not much time left for us, and Potian Ancestor cannot return for the moment. Why don't you think carefully again—does our Lin Family have any other means to resist the Wang Family?"

"Have you still not made contact with the Ancestor?" Lin Bufan stopped his pacing and asked this question abruptly.

Lin Yanran revealed a look of difficulty and nodded arduously.

The surrounding Lin Family disciples felt as if they had fallen into an ice cellar at this moment!

Lin Bufan's heart sank along with them; his expression was incredibly ugly, and he forced a smile:

"Naturally, there are; resisting the Wang Family for a few days should not be a problem!"

But as the Lin Family Patriarch, Lin Bufan undoubtedly knew the most.

What he had just said... was all a lie.

The Lin Family's supreme treasures had long since been exhausted; the only thing remaining was the Protective Clan Array, which was said to be able to block a strike from a Great Emperor.

Furthermore, this array required a powerhouse at the Quasi-Emperor level to activate; if one were below this realm, not only would the effect be poor, but there would also be only one outcome...

That is, a dead end!

Lin Bufan was very worried; given the Wang Family's foundation, if one of their ancestors had truly reached the Great Emperor realm, or if a Quasi-Emperor peak expert nearing the Great Emperor realm came holding an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon...

Then the Lin Family would be completely finished!

Moreover, the five days given by Wang Teng had already arrived.

Boom, boom, boom!

What one fears comes to pass; the Wang Family's war vessels blotted out the sky and covered the sun, sailing from the void in a mighty, surging force.

Wang Teng stood at the very front of the war vessel, hands behind his back, looking down at the Lin Family members below with disdain!

The terrifying aura of a Great Saint peak instantly enveloped the entire Lin Family!

Inside the Lin Family's great hall, countless clansmen looked toward the sky in terror and unease!

That pitch-black Wang Family army exerted an overwhelming sense of pressure...

To take down the Lin Family this time, Wang Teng had truly spared no expense; not only did he, the Great Saint peak Wang Family Patriarch, descend in person, but there was even the Third Ancestor at the Quasi-Emperor realm guarding the rear to ensure nothing went wrong.

Behind Wang Teng were thousands of elite powerhouses with strength between the Spirit Bridge Realm and the Saint King realm!

"Lin Family, the time has come. Have you considered it?"

Wang Teng's voice spread throughout the entire Lin Family like a thunderclap; many geniuses were trembling in fear, looking toward Patriarch Lin Bufan for help.

At a time like this, Lin Bufan was their backbone.

Lin Bufan glanced at Lin Yanran, who also wore an anxious expression, and knowing she had not yet made contact with Potian Ancestor, he could not help but feel agitated.

"Alas, clan elders, protect Yanran well. I am going!"

Lin Bufan sighed and walked out of the Lin Family great hall with a look of resignation!

Looking at the pitch-black Wang Family army in the void and Wang Teng standing at the very front, looking down on everything, Lin Bufan lowered his posture for the first time, bowed his waist, and requested:

"Could you please give us a little more time to consider?"

Lin Bufan was humble to the extreme; although he did not know if Lin Yanran could successfully summon the Ancestor, all he could do now was try his best to stall for time.

The longer he could drag it out, the better!

But unexpectedly, Wang Teng wore a mocking and playful expression and said:

"You light those few pathetic candles, hoping to summon your Potian Ancestor from one hundred thousand years ago to come back and save you?"

"Hahaha, if I hadn't gone back to ask our Wang Family's Wuxiang Ancestor, I wouldn't have known that you Lin Family members all had water in your brains!"

"It's been one hundred thousand years; ordinary Great Emperors can only live for twenty thousand years. Even if your ancestor was the Strongest Great Emperor, he has long since turned to dust!"

Lin Bufan listened with an ugly expression, not daring to flare up at all; he even nodded in cooperation and laughed bitterly:

"You are right; it was indeed our Lin Family's wishful thinking. But could you give us a little more time to consider?"

Seeing Lin Bufan so submissive, the Lin Family members below had bloodshot eyes and clenched their fists.

Upon hearing this, Wang Teng said even more impatiently, "Don't play that 'act pitiful' trick on me. I have already given you enough time; let's speak plainly!"

"Hand over your Lin Family's Potian Record and the clan-protecting Emperor Weapon, the Immortal Cauldron, and have all your Lin Family members under fifteen years old and all clan elders who have reached the Saint Realm commit suicide! Perhaps then, I will consider leaving your Lin Family a path to survival."

Lin Bufan truly had not expected Wang Teng's viciousness; he could not possibly agree to the conditions proposed!

Furthermore, the Immortal Cauldron was not in the Lin Family right now; it was impossible to hand it over!

The Lin Family members below were even more filled with righteous indignation!

However, Lin Bufan hesitated...

He asked in a deep voice: "But how can I believe you will keep your word?"

Wang Teng smiled without mirth and said in a low voice:

"Heh, you don't have the right to bargain with me. Don't you see what situation your Lin Family is in?"

The dense crowd of Wang Family members behind him also burst into loud laughter, saying: "Do you still want our Patriarch to swear a Heavenly Dao Oath? What a joke!"

"Heh, as long as the Patriarch gives the order, all of you will die!"

"As for the Potian Record and the Immortal Cauldron, once we wipe you out, our Wang Family can go get them ourselves!"

Hearing the Wang Family refuse to give them any chance and even speak without any sense of morality, Lin Bufan, with a pale face, thought of that final method.

"Lin Family members, listen to my order: all of you, hide in the great hall! The Lin Family Protective Clan Array..."

"Open!!!"

A roar erupted from Lin Bufan's mouth!

His body also soared into the air, his entire body's essence and blood burning crazily, pulling on the mysterious Rune that extended from all directions of the Lin Family, weaving them together to completely envelop the entire Lin Family within it!

The Lin Family's Protective Clan Array was activated.

At the same time, Lin Bufan also clearly knew that after today, he would die.

But there was no other choice; Lin Bufan also felt he had to do this, and must do this.

Because even if an eagle is weak, it must still protect the fledglings beneath its wings.

"Still daring to resist? Then don't blame me for slaughtering all of you Lin Family members!"

Wang Teng looked coldly at the Lin Family's Protective Clan Array that had suddenly appeared below.

Without the slightest hesitation, his body swelled again and again, until it reached a thousand zhang.

His battle armor was even more imposing!

Wang Teng directly unleashed his Great Saint Dharma Image and stomped down fiercely toward the Lin Family's Protective Clan Array!

Boom!

Brilliant spiritual light erupted everywhere, and a terrifying air wave spread out!

The Wang Family members in the void hurriedly deployed defenses to withstand the shockwaves!

When they could clearly see the battle situation below, the Wang Family members were all stunned!

One by one, they were dumbfounded and exclaimed in surprise:

"The Lin Family's Protective Clan Array is actually this strong? A Protective Clan Array activated by a newly promoted Great Saint actually resisted the Patriarch's strike!"

"It seems I truly underestimated your Lin Family."

After slight surprise, Wang Teng looked with a deep expression at the Lin Family below, which remained completely undamaged.

"Great, the Wang Family Patriarch has been blocked, we can live on, the Lin Family won't be exterminated!"

Many people in the Lin Family cheered with joy.

"Patriarch, Patriarch..." The clan elders who knew the truth lowered their heads one by one, wiping away tears.

How could they not know that the Protective Clan Array could only be activated by those at the Quasi-Emperor realm or above, and for the Patriarch to activate it with only Great Saint Realm cultivation, there was only... a dead end!

The Patriarch is using his own life to protect the Lin Family!

Just as Wang Teng was preparing to strike again, the Wang Family's Third Ancestor, Wang Wuxiang, who had been sleeping with his eyes closed at the very back, suddenly opened his eyes!

He took a step forward, arrived at the very front of the battlefield, pressed down on Wang Teng's shoulder, and shook his head nonchalantly:

"You cannot break this Lin Family's Protective Clan Array; it was set up by their Lin Family's first-generation ancestor, the Strongest Great Emperor Lin Potian. Although ten thousand years have passed, its defensive effect is still extremely astonishing!"

"Let this old man do it himself!"

"Yes, Ancestor!"

The ferocious Wang Teng actually ceased his aggression instantly, voluntarily stepped back, and handed the battlefield over to Wang Wuxiang.

He stood alone in the void, his silver hair fluttering in the wind, looking down at the Lin Family Ancestral Land wrapped in the array, his expression somewhat solemn as he muttered:

"The Strongest Great Emperor? Truly a great reputation, but it's a pity... I wasn't born in the same era as you, otherwise... Heh!"

"What's more of a pity is that now, your Lin Family is about to be wiped out!"

Having said that, he turned his head with a glint in his eyes and shouted to the Wang Family members:

"Everyone retreat, retreat one hundred thousand li, to avoid accidental injury!"

Swish, swish, swish!

The Wang Family's battle ships immediately turned around and left without the slightest hesitation.

They were terrified of being accidentally injured by the shockwaves of the coming battle!

There was no other reason.

In the hearts of the Wang Family, Wang Wuxiang was already an invincible existence!

He... is a peak mighty figure at the Quasi-Emperor Seventh Heaven!

Tap, tap, tap, tap.

Wang Wuxiang walked straight down, stood still at the Lin Family gate, and even made eye contact with the helpless and panicked Lin Family members inside the Protective Clan Array, tilting his head and smiling:

"Your path has become narrow."

"This era belongs to our Wang Family; any product of the old era will fall under the Thunder means of our Wang Family!"

Having said that, Wang Wuxiang directly took out an object resembling a shuttle and poked it toward the Protective Clan Array...

Upon seeing this shuttle, Lin Bufan, who still retained a sliver of consciousness after merging his body with the array, fell into complete despair!

He recognized this item.

This is the Ye Family's Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, the Potian Shuttle.

It is known as being able to break any array!

As for the Ye Family, they had already been exterminated by the Wang Family a hundred years ago...

And he himself was merely a Great Saint; the Protective Clan Array he activated had absolutely no possibility of holding out against this item.

Sure enough, the moment the Potian Shuttle made contact, the Protective Clan Array trembled!

"No, don't! Block it for me!"

Lin Bufan in the array tried his best, roaring crazily, but it was useless, only increasing the speed at which his essence and blood burned...

The gap was simply too large.

Although a Quasi-Emperor is only one realm higher than a Great Saint, even ten peak Great Saints could not compare to a newly promoted mighty figure at the Quasi-Emperor First Heaven!

Let alone that this Wang Wuxiang was a peak mighty figure at the Quasi-Emperor Seventh Heaven, and was also holding the Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon, the Potian Shuttle.

"Alright, the ants' resistance is about to end, you are all about to die!"

Wang Wuxiang smiled playfully, using all his strength to activate the Potian Shuttle in his hand; he estimated that it would only take three breaths of time for this Lin Family's Protective Clan Array to be completely destroyed!

The Lin Family members had already closed their eyes to await death.

Just at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

It was as if there were dragon roars and tiger howls in the sky, and a torrential downpour began to fall!

The sky-covering cauldron light tore through the void and fiercely descended to shroud Wang Wuxiang!

Wang Wuxiang's expression instantly tightened, and he subconsciously looked up at the sky...

The continuously enlarging body of the Immortal Cauldron made Wang Wuxiang's pupils shrink instantly, and he subconsciously threw a punch to counterattack!

Bang!

Dust rose everywhere, and the earth shook and the mountains swayed!