Chapter 226: Fear Between Life and Death

Time passed, and the aura of the girl in the green dress stabilized first, becoming completely indistinguishable from a Golden Core. Her special technique, which already contained the Fake Core method, allowed her to temporarily raise her realm in this critical environment.

With the technique circulation complete, her expression gradually became confident. However, sensing the state of her opponents in depth, she took another deep breath, somewhat regretting her choice.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have been greedy for that supreme treasure..." she pursed her lips.

Through activating his Sea Clan bloodline, the boatman youth had turned into a monster with green skin, like a merman, with a terrifying aura, revealing bloodline fluctuations like a supreme demon king. His transformation was still continuing; the quality of water spiritual energy in this cave heaven exceeded his imagination.

"Only the quality of water spiritual energy in the Water Moon Immortal Island and the ancient Dragon Palace could compare to this cave heaven, right?"

It was worthy of being an immortal's cave heaven.

As he muttered, he was also enjoying it, his monster nature revealed without doubt, instantly making the girl in the green dress feel that this person was not easy to deal with.

As for the Lightning-Fire Bead in Lei Zhen's hand, it was even more terrifying, with a diameter already reaching one meter. Held high above his head, it was still increasing, and its power continued to rise. Seeing this Lightning-Fire Bead, the girl in the green dress dared not underestimate it in the slightest, very worried that she would become the first target to be smashed.

Even if she successfully resisted, she would suffer severe damage!

Looking around, she found that only Lin Jing, who was taking the Yuan-Replenishing Pill, looked the weakest. Not only was his cultivation low, but he also had no powerful killing moves, and he didn't seem to be in his peak state, with severe true essence consumption; otherwise, he wouldn't be in such a hurry to replenish it.

Consequently, as the one who looked the most harmless, Lin Jing became the first target of attack.

"Solve this weakest one first..."

"He is an alchemist; there must be many pills in his storage bag. Solving him and harvesting the pills will allow me to better face the other two!"

"If I fight this alchemist, both sides will inevitably consume energy, weakening each other's strength. That golden-haired youth, in order not to let the Sea Clan member benefit, will definitely not join our fight, forming a three-way chaotic battle and letting the Sea Clan youth remain unconsumed. Therefore, the spell he is condensing will likely be used on that Sea Clan member..."

"In this way, it is the optimal solution for me to survive to the end."

The girl in the green dress's eyes flashed, her delicate hand flipped, and countless incredibly tough vines shot out, entangling toward Lin Jing. While attacking Lin Jing, the girl in the green dress paid more attention to the Sea Clan youth and the golden-haired youth...

However, it was this momentary negligence...

Swish!

Accompanied by a flash of red sword light, with a "bang," the girl in the green dress's brain roared, and the world seemed to spin.

"What is this..." she muttered, her expression unbelievable, seeing her own body, seeing the vines in mid-air, and discovering that her head had already been decapitated by a flame flying sword from her neck, separated from her

body, and fallen to the ground.

A look of horror appeared in her pupils; the burn marks on the wound and the passing of life made it hard for her to accept.

"I am..."

She just wanted to scream in collapse, that she had obtained the power of a Golden Core, but before she could shout it out, her life consciousness completely dissipated, dying with eyes wide open.

This scene left the Sea Clan youth, Xia Yan, the female artifact cultivator, and Lei Zhen unable to react, until the flying sword composed of flames returned to Lin Jing's side.

This flying sword was composed of basic spiritual fire, yet such a simple flying sword of spiritual power had directly killed a Fake Core cultivator in seconds, making everyone feel it was unbelievable. After all, Lin Jing's cultivation was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment; how could such a large realm gap be achieved... Even if the girl in the green dress's protective true essence was wood-attributed and restrained by fire, this was still too exaggerated.

"This guy has a problem!"

Lei Zhen reacted quickly, no longer using the Lightning-Fire Bead to intimidate his opponents, but throwing it toward Lin Jing, seeing that Lin Jing was not simple.

Although Lin Jing was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, he had performed Foundation Establishment with the thirteenth layer of Qi Refining, with a deep foundation and extremely high true essence strength, comparable to a Golden Core. Even without relying on the power of his pet beasts, his strength was terrifying.

The spiritual flame transformed from true essence and basic fire control techniques could help him sweep away weaker opponents.

It was precisely because he felt Lin Jing's threat that Lei Zhen bypassed the Sea Clan youth and treated Lin Jing as his number one enemy first———

"Break———"

Unfortunately, with a simple word from Lin Jing, Lei Zhen's heart nearly collapsed. He saw the flame flying sword transform into sparks as it circled, condensing on Lin Jing's raised palm. In an instant, a large handprint composed entirely of flames rose out of thin air.

The flame palm was huge, and what was even more outrageous was that this palm was no longer composed of ordinary spiritual flame, but gradually transformed into a strange fire that Lei Zhen couldn't understand. It was pure white, and the five fingers were like five divine dragons. As they opened and closed, it was like a blooming flame lotus, and then it just slapped the Lightning-Fire Bead in mid-air until it exploded!

The violent explosion resounded through the main hall, but it didn't deform the flame palm in the slightest. The white flames still rolled and flowed, and the palm's advance, sweeping with violent spiritual power fluctuations, continued.

As Lei Zhen's pupils shrank, he took out a battle halberd at the level of a mid-grade magic treasure, his whole body surging with lightning flames, roaring as he attacked. But no matter how loud the sound was, it was quickly drowned out under the ruthless flame palm. Accompanied by the palm's fall, his entire body was pinched into the flames in mid-air, and the movement gradually vanished...

This prodigy, who was quite famous in Martial Emperor City, revealed incomparable fear in his eyes before death, not understanding what kind of sacred being was standing opposite him.

"Ahhhhh!!!" With Lin Jing's simple move, the Sea Clan youth on the side was nearly scared out of his wits. Whether it was the girl in the green dress's technique or Lei Zhen's Lightning-Fire Bead, although he was wary, he hadn't reached the point of fear. But Lin Jing's act of destroying both sides in one move scared the Sea Clan youth out of his wits.

During the exchange between Lin Jing and Lei Zhen, his body's warning had exceeded his brain's reaction speed. He covered his arm with water flow, condensed a trident, and moved at high speed, attempting to sneak attack Lin Jing.

However, facing this Sea Clan youth, Lin Jing just turned his back to him, not saying a word. The sneaking Sea Clan youth suddenly felt his heartbeat accelerate and his blood vessels contract. That less than half of his Sea Clan bloodline immediately became his death warrant. In the extreme fear in his pupils, his heart suddenly contracted, as if pinched and exploded by an invisible large hand.

At this instant, the Sea Clan youth, bleeding from his seven orifices, had a feeling that the alchemist in front of him was like the natural master of sea beasts, completely unable to resist. The emotion called regret permeated his gradually dissipating consciousness.

"The Immortal Dao is ruthless. Don't cultivate immortality in your next life."

After Lin Jing solved the three Foundation Establishment geniuses, he waved his hand, and the three people's storage equipment flew over. Having obtained the relics of his opponents, his gaze slowly looked toward the two people outside the main hall. At this time, Xia Yan and the female artifact cultivator, although they had not participated in the competition for the heaven-bestowed treasure, seeing such an overwhelming battle, felt as if they had died once, their eyes full of fear and lingering dread.

"Mon... monster..." At this moment, the female artifact cultivator reached a consensus with Xia Yan, her heart churning. However, even Xia Yan, although he had guessed that Lin Jing would have extraordinary strength, was still shocked by such terrifying combat power and felt fortunate for the choice he had made. ===== CHAPTER 227 =====

"M... monster..." At this moment, the female artifact-refining cultivator reached a consensus with Xia Yan, her heart churning. However, even for Xia Yan, although he had guessed that Lin Jing would have extraordinary strength, such terrifying combat power still left him horrified, and he felt fortunate for the choice he had made.