Chapter 180: Instantly Disrupting the Rhythm of Battle

Damn it!

Lin Bai's right eye was sore and tearing up; he cursed in frustration.

It was fortunate that his left eye was hidden behind his head to observe the enemy, preserving half of his vision.

Otherwise, that sudden, violent blinding effect after rushing out of the thick fog would have been enough to cost him half his life...

A Yuan Ying True Person's Spiritual Sense is not enough to completely replace eyesight.

Lin Bai felt a lingering fear; it was lucky he had obtained the full set of quest rewards for the Great Demon Unbinding Book, otherwise he would have really capsized this time.

He had taken Huilong Temple with ease and once thought his strength was enough to dominate the region, but he hadn't expected that a few Yuan Ying cultivators on the other side, combined with Dharma Treasures, would make him this miserable!

He had been careless!

These old foxes who had cultivated for hundreds of years possessed combat experience far beyond what he, a fast-tracked expert raised in an era of peace, could compare to.

"Strike while he's down!" Daoxu Zhenren had also been blinded, but instead of being alarmed, he was overjoyed. Weeping, he traced a talisman with his finger to block Pei Yanzong's furious strike for Lin Bai, excitedly explaining his own weaknesses to the surrounding enemies, "Don't let Lin Bai recover, I beg you, everyone! Strike hard when you attack me; you must kill me in one blow. As long as I have a breath left, I won't die."

F***!

Pei Yanzong cursed in frustration, even though he knew what Daoxu said was the truth.

But for him to be drawing talismans to help Lin Bai block his own attacks while clamoring for him to kill him—no matter how you looked at it, it was a Provocation!

Too shameless!

He wanted to finish off Daoxu quickly too!

But since they were both Yuan Ying, even if Daoxu couldn't see, it wasn't easy to take him down in a short time, let alone kill him instantly.

Qingyu and the other few Puppets with Golden Core cultivation could play no role in a battle between Yuan Ying experts.

Even if Lin Bai had given them orders to guard him, they were doing their best but couldn't even keep up with Lin Bai's speed; they were willing but lacked the power to protect him.

Pei Yanzong's offensive was blocked by Daoxu.

Xin Shang, Ge Feiyun, Shen Kuang, and Zhao Tulong were not idle either, quickly attacking Lin Bai from different directions.

Shrouding Xin Shang was a mass of blood mist ten meters in diameter;

Ge Feiyun stepped on a massive cloud of black energy.

Within the black energy, one could vaguely see giant pythons, fierce tigers, and skeletons circling and hissing, as if they might break through the constraints of the black energy at any moment to pounce out and devour the opponent's flesh and blood completely.

Zhao Tulong held a blood-colored long blade, which was wreathed in blood energy as if it were a living thing; this was his famous weapon, the Bloodthirsty Blade.

The Bloodthirsty Blade would make the wielder extremely violent in battle, increasing their combat power by at least two times.

And the blood energy on the Bloodthirsty Blade would also cause the opponent's blood to surge; once it invaded the meridians, the blood in the body would burst out, unstoppable.

Zhao Tulong's enemies were rarely hacked to death by him; they often died from their blood energy running dry.

As for Shen Kuang of the Profound Underworld Sect, every gesture carried bone-chilling cold energy; his fighting style was similar to Huaxi Furen's, capable of instantly condensing into ice and freezing everything he saw.

Of the five sect masters of the Evil Five Sects, Shen Shishui looked the most like a righteous person.

But once his cold energy invaded the body, unless one had the appropriate technique to neutralize it, the cold poison would erode deeper and deeper, making one wish for death in agony...

"Lin Bai, today is the day you die." Zhao Tulong was the fastest, arriving in front of Lin Bai in the blink of an eye. He grinned hideously and raised his blade to hack down at his head.

Dozens of strands of blood energy formed a net, shrouding Lin Bai within it.

【Your pet is under attack】

A notification came to his mind.

But Lin Bai could no longer worry about that; he had long since returned his left eye to its original position, and the surrounding environment was clear at a glance.

Xin Shang and the others rushed up to surround him.

The remaining Disciples of the Evil Five Sects were not far away, forming a surrounding formation to trap him. They did not rashly launch an attack; these Golden Core Cultivators knew that in the face of Lin Bai's Lightning Storm, rushing up was just throwing their lives away—if they were going to fight, it wouldn't be now.

With thirty Agility, plus the Spiritual Power shared by Daoxu Zhenren, although Lin Bai couldn't shake off the encirclement of several Yuan Ying experts, it wasn't easy for them to hit him either.

Dodging Zhao Tulong's move by a hair's breadth, Lin Bai raised his left hand and fired a volley of lightning at him; Zhao Tulong retreated, dodging the barrage of Palm Thunder.

A Yuan Ying True Person's speed was not faster than lightning, but their super-strong predictive ability allowed them to clearly judge where the lightning would land, so it wasn't easy for Lin Bai's Palm Thunder to strike him.

After all.

Lin Bai's Palm Thunder was fired one bolt at a time, not truly a wide-area spray; it was just that the interval between the rapid-fire shots was short, creating the effect of a Lightning Storm.

Seeing Zhao Tulong dodge, Lin Bai recalled the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set and flung it at the Bloodthirsty Blade in his hand.

Zhao Tulong knew the power of the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set and dared not let the Bloodthirsty Blade collide head-on with the set, so he was forced to retreat again.

Another volley of Lightning Storm.

The Six-Piece Set smashed repeatedly.

One round of combat.

The encirclement formed by the four sect masters was torn open by Lin Bai.

Zhao Tulong was anxious but helpless; he was a Yuan Ying True Person, but he dared not take a direct hit from either the lightning or the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set...

Having forced back Zhao Tulong, Lin Bai turned his left hand, and the Lightning Storm swept toward Ge Feiyun on the side without hesitation.

Ge Feiyun was panicked and hurriedly dodged, but the evil spirit black energy cloud beneath her feet was too massive; it might have been an advantage when fighting others, but it was countered perfectly by Lin Bai's Lightning Storm.

Dozens of lightning bolts submerged into the black energy, and the evil spirits she had accumulated let out shrill, painful screams, losing a tenth of their number in an instant.

Ge Feiyun was terrified: "Fellow sect brothers, Lin Bai's Thunder Technique counters me; allow me to withdraw for a moment."

Without waiting for a response from the others.

She had already steered her black cloud and fled in a panic from the attack range of the Lightning Storm.

With a great enemy at hand, Lin Bai naturally wouldn't fly his left hand out to hit her; his single eye swept over Ge Feiyun with contempt, while his right hand took the opportunity to turn off several Recording Pens.

Lin Bai had originally thought that his Internal Energy, combined with the Spiritual Power shared by Daoxu and the others, would be enough to support him through this battle.

But he underestimated the consumption rate of Lightning Storm; firing over two thousand lightning bolts in one round was almost like a Gatling gun, and the mana drain was too fast.

Especially when the disposable Puppet cards were wiped out by Pei Yanzong one after another, the Internal Energy pool shared by Lin Bai dropped by a large chunk, making it even harder to maintain such high-intensity firepower when he couldn't even hit his targets.

That traitorous fellow Daoxu was originally a stable source of mana, but having regained his sanity, he was now seeking death, unleashing his biggest moves and only thinking of exhausting his Spiritual Power so Pei Yanzong would kill him; his mana consumption was even faster than Lin Bai's.

It was simply lethal!

Moreover, using such a dense Lightning Storm against five people was truly a waste, and the key was that he couldn't hit them; he had to save some Internal Energy to protect his life.

……

As the imposing Lightning Storm ceased, everyone breathed a sigh of relief in unison.

"Fellow Daoists, kill him quickly." Xin Shang was overjoyed, "His Spiritual Power is exhausted; he can no longer support such rapid Palm Thunder."

"If we don't kill him, the Evil Five Sects will never have another day of peace," Shen Kuang roared with bloodshot eyes.

Lin Bai's Palm Thunder had terrified all of these fellows.

Since the ambush began, Lin Bai's Palm Thunder had not stopped; by now, it had been nearly a quarter of an hour.

A rough estimate suggested that Lin Bai had released at least ten thousand Palm Thunders.

A single Palm Thunder was enough to kill or cripple a Golden Core True Person.

Even a Yuan Ying True Person who could replenish Spiritual Power directly from the heavens and earth could not withstand such massive consumption!

One must know that the total number of Golden Core True Persons across their five sects did not exceed ten thousand.

Only by facing him personally could one realize the terror of Lin Bai.

To be honest.

If Lin Bai's Palm Thunder could still continue, the few of them might have collapsed without a fight.

A great reputation is never without merit; this young man was too terrifying.

If they didn't take his life while he was weak, and he managed to escape?

Which sect could withstand a fellow like this?

"I'm dying, Pei Yanzong, put in more effort!" As the Lightning Storm stopped, Daoxu also saw the opportunity and taunted him with pleasant surprise, "Shen Shishui, come over and lend a hand, kill me first, otherwise, I will..."

"Shut up!" Pei Yanzong roared in exasperation; the fellow opposite him kept calling for death but used only his strongest moves, forcing him to fight hard, and whenever he tried to shake off Daoxu to attack Lin Bai, the blind Daoxu would always manage to block his path in time.

In this short while, his own Spiritual Power had also been mostly consumed; if Lin Bai hadn't been ignoring him, he might not have been able to dodge a barrage of lightning.

"Experience the magic of the Dao of Love!" Lin Bai dodged the ice ring shot by Shen Kuang, forced him back with the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set, laughed with Zhaofeng, and took out Cupid's Bow, "You idiots, I was just clearing my hands to shoot arrows!"

"Oh no, retreat, exhaust his arrows." Seeing the bow in Lin Bai's hand, the expressions of the group changed again, and they turned to flee.

【Human Disqualification】 had sold Lin Bai out completely; Daoxu had gone mad after being hit by an arrow, so they naturally knew the strangeness of Cupid's Bow and no one wanted to follow in Daoxu's footsteps.

"Too late!" Lin Bai's right eye vision gradually recovered; watching the crowd turning to flee, he chuckled, released the bowstring, and the Love Arrow plunged straight into Pei Yanzong's heart.

Seeing Cupid's Bow, Pei Yanzong had also wanted to flee. But before Lin Bai shot the arrow, he had changed Daoxu's guard mode to attack.

Daoxu struck out with a palm, forcing Pei Yanzong to turn and defend, which happened to bring him face-to-face with Daoxu Zhenren, and then, he fell in love with him instantly.

"Pei Yanzong, kill me!" Daoxu roared with a ferocious expression.

"Xu-xu, how could I bear to kill you? I would rather die myself than hurt you in the slightest!" Pei Yanzong dodged his moves, his gaze turning gentle in an instant, "Baby, don't worry, I will save you from Lin Bai's hands."

"……" Daoxu's vision had also recovered; looking at Pei Yanzong's old face filled with deep affection, goosebumps rose all over his body instantly, and unbearable memories flooded his mind; his chest felt stifled, his blood surged, and while he could still attack, he gathered his Internal Energy into both palms and pushed out his most powerful move, Mountain-Toppling Sea, toward Pei Yanzong, "Go to hell, stop disgusting this old Daoist..."

(End of this chapter)