Chapter 285: Lin Bai's Artistic Special Performance

It finally appeared!

Looking at Xiao Yun, who was being hung up by his own belt, Xu Longyun's face flushed slightly.

However, upon hearing that Lin Bai had actually named his new divine ability with the name she had casually come up with, a trace of romantic stirrings arose in her heart. In that instant, she even felt that even if she were to be bound by that rope, it wouldn't be unacceptable.

Little did they know.

Once Binding Immortal was unleashed.

Players both inside and outside the game exploded in an uproar at the very first moment.

Bullshit Binding Immortal?

Who isn't a lecher at heart!

Who in reality would tie someone up in this posture?

This is... too skillful!

Parents with young children immediately turned off the livestream, grumbling and cursing the game for being a bad influence. Then, they found an excuse to send the children away and quickly turned the livestream back on. It must be said, the game officials really have something; this technique is worth learning!

The members of the Lin Bai Support Group were silent. A moment later, half of the members were blushing. No one expected that playing a game could actually broaden one's knowledge!

The protective Dharma Treasure on Xiao Yu's body shattered upon impact, and Hu Qing's palm wind struck his forehead, finally knocking him awake.

Spiritual Power surged out from within his body, instantly snapping the belt that bound him. He roared in shame and anger, "You brat, I will not stand under the same sky as you."

At this moment.

Xiao Yu completely lost his sanity. Why would he care about the mood of the Purple-Clothed Ancestor? He raised his hand and struck a palm toward Hu Qing, who was attacking him at close range.

The Purple-Clothed Ancestor hailed from the Heaven Sword Sect, and his offensive power was number one in the world.

How could he allow Xiao Yu to harm his lover right in front of him? A sword Qi cut off Xiao Yu's offensive, and he followed up with a sword strike that nearly severed one of his arms.

Under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have succeeded so easily.

But Xiao Yu's protective Dharma robe had just been destroyed by the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set, and he was relying entirely on his own Spiritual Power, with not a shred of external defense...

Thus, Hu Qing attacked Xiao Yu regardless of everything, and the crazed Xiao Yu counterattacked Hu Qing. To protect Hu Qing, the Purple-Clothed Ancestor had no choice but to strike at Xiao Yu.

The three of them fought in a chaotic mess, leaving the people of the Heavenly Sword Sect and Wanhun Valley stunned. No one knew whether they should continue attacking Lin Bai or help their own Void Refinement Realm experts.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay. What kind of battle was this, for heaven's sake?

"Ye Song, if you don't strike now, when will you?"

Lin Bai looked at Ye Song and, with a smile, repeated the incitement he had heard from the people outside, mimicking them exactly.

"..." Ye Song looked at the beaten Xiao Yu and sighed silently. He took the initiative to step out of the Defense Array. Lin Bai had already pointed out the direction for him; if he continued to linger by Lin Bai's side without taking action, his act of joining the Justice Alliance would be too suspicious.

Looking at the fate of the Purple-Clothed Ancestor, who knew how Lin Bai would treat him? Moreover, he couldn't possibly give up the sweet temptation of being a Heavenly Dao Protector Venerable God!

"Duke, don't just watch the fun. Fire the Lu-Xian Cannon if you can. This is the moment to boost the prestige of our Taiyi Kingdom." Seeing Ye Song step out of the Defense Array, Lin Bai turned back to greet the Duke of the State.

The moment Xiao Yu was hung up, the giant skeleton stopped attacking, which made Lin Bai realize that the seemingly useless Rope Binding actually had a powerful effect.

Although it wasn't sturdy, it could interrupt any technique or move.

No one could channel their power to strike others while being bound by the rope.

When experts exchange blows, a difference of a hair's breadth leads to a thousand miles of error.

The moment of Rope Binding was enough to cause them heavy damage.

The Duke of the State was stunned, not yet understanding what was going on.

Outside the city, cries of surprise had already risen one after another.

One Cultivator after another had their belts pulled out, automatically binding their owners and tying them into all sorts of suggestive postures.

Regardless of gender, not a single person could escape.

The pressure on the Zhen City Defense Array vanished in an instant.

The Duke of the State looked at the bizarre scene outside, his old face darkening. Although he felt it was somewhat unethical to launch an attack at this time, his professional instincts still led him to issue the order: "Fire."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The Immortal-Extinguishing Cannon and Lu-Xian Cannon emitted the sounds of Spiritual Power tearing through the air. One after another, pillars of Spiritual Power as thick as buckets shot toward the Void Refinement Realm Cultivators who had been caught off guard and bound by their own belts...

Some Cultivators managed to break free from the ropes in time and dodged the bombardment, while others who didn't react in time were hit head-on by the Spiritual Power pillars, activating their protective Dharma Treasures...

Brilliant fireworks exploded in the sky.

The Cultivators besieging Zhen City couldn't have felt more stifled.

They had once thought that Lin Bai's Fazhe Zhidao would cause them some embarrassment, and they had even made targeted precautions against Love Separation.

But they never expected Lin Bai to have researched such a divine ability; it was truly impossible to guard against...

Those binding postures were clearly not meant for combat!

However.

This was only the beginning.

Once Lin Bai made a move, he would no longer be polite to them.

The thousand or so people from the Justice Alliance who had been killed by sneak attacks had long filled him with rage. Since his debut, he had been smooth sailing; when had he ever suffered such a great loss?

If he was going to fight, he would fight to his heart's content!

He also wanted to prove his strength to the Taiyi Kingdom.

The ropes that had been piled up in front of the competition viewing platform flew out one after another, entangling their targets...

These ropes, which were longer than belts, tied up even more elaborate patterns.

Wild Straight-Arm Binding;

The time-consuming Longest Four-Horse Binding;

The Tortoise Shell Binding, which best displays a graceful figure;

The Back-Hand Guanyin Binding, which quite tests one's flexibility;

The rather painful Ape Binding, Crab Binding...

Accompanied by the Spiritual Power fireworks of the Immortal-Extinguishing Cannons, Lin Bai used Meteor Hammers and Flying Cables one by one to perform a brilliant art show for everyone on the battlefield...

After a brief moment of astonishment, the well-trained Zhenbei Army had eyes shining with excitement; they operated the Immortal-Extinguishing Cannons like target practice, specifically aiming for the poses they liked;

The whistling from the spectating players rose and fell, and almost all the male players had their eyes fixed on the direction of the Moon Spirit Sect.

Those fairies, who had been meticulously maintained and transformed into perfection through body sculpting, became even more pleasing to the eye under the art of the ropes, making it impossible for people to look away.

Especially those fairies who were hit by the Immortal-Extinguishing Cannons, their protective Dharma Treasure robes torn to shreds, looked even more pitifully beautiful.

Every screenshot was saved, kept for future study and practice...

The Cultivators of the Justice Alliance Army were dumbfounded; watching this novel battle, they had long forgotten their previously dead and wounded companions, their eyes wide open, completely at a loss for what to say...

The Lin Bai Support Group was silent; faced with such a scene, even the die-hard fans didn't know what kind of slogans to shout for their idol.

It was too shameful.

How could their idol be like this?

During the use of his Skills, Lin Bai discovered a technique: ropes could indeed be easily broken and escaped by high-realm Cultivators.

However, the ropes he designated would appear instantly on the bound person like a Magpie Bridge, with absolutely no buffer process.

Moreover, during the binding process, the bound person could not destroy the ropes, and Cultivators with the Flash Forbidden Technique could not dodge the binding of the ropes either.

Thus, in order to buy more time for the Immortal-Extinguishing Cannons, Lin Bai began to use more of the cumbersome techniques that required fixing the entire body, such as the Longest Four-Horse Binding, Group Binding, and Reverse Group Binding.

Of course.

He was not idle while releasing the ropes.

Five Recording Pens were firing at full power; he swung his left hand out, and lightning struck down like raindrops onto the Void Refinement Realm Cultivators bound by the ropes.

The number of Immortal-Extinguishing Cannons was too small, so every little bit of help counted.

At the same time, the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set flew back and forth in the sky, wantonly destroying the Cultivators' Dharma Treasures...

This attack involved ten sects, each with one Great Vehicle Realm expert leading twenty or thirty Void Refinement Realm Cultivators.

Because they were all experts, the total number was not large.

The ropes contributed by the Zhenbei Army were more than enough.

Every Cultivator was trapped in an inescapable cycle of being bound by ropes, hit by Immortal-Extinguishing Cannons, breaking the ropes, and being bound again;

Painful and humiliated!

No one had expected that a proper war would end up in such a ghostly state.

Yet, in this annoying binding process, they couldn't even launch an active attack; the speed at which the ropes flew was too fast.

The only one still relatively orderly was the Beast Taming Sect; because of the number of ropes, Lin Bai prioritized the Cultivators, and the thousands of large Demon Beasts were temporarily not within his consideration.

However.

These Demon Beasts that had developed intelligence were also seeing such a scene for the first time; they stood there blankly, not knowing whether to continue the attack or help their masters escape, and if they continued forward, would those ropes bind them too?

Ye Song did not actively provoke the Great Vehicle Realm experts; he moved with ease among the many Void Refinement Realm experts troubled by the ropes, and every time he reached someone's side, a single palm strike would inevitably cause a Void Refinement Realm expert to fall from the sky.

The terrifying killing efficiency of a Great Vehicle Realm expert.

"Ye Song, you will die a horrible death."

"By attacking my Weapon Refinement Sect, are you not afraid of inciting a war between righteousness and evil?"

"Ye Song, you traitor..."

Ye Song's speed of killing was simply too fast.

Watching the falling Cultivators one by one, Lin Bai felt extra heartache and hurriedly shouted: "Ye Song, Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life; just beat them to the point of being severely injured and dying, there is no need to take their lives."

Ye Song was stunned, then immediately understood Lin Bai's intention and stopped dealing lethal blows.

Thus.

The Void Refinement Realm Cultivators who had been facing certain death turned to being severely injured and dying, which was not a good thing for them.

Because as soon as they lost consciousness, the next second, a card would descend from the sky, appear on the unconscious Cultivator, and then a white light would flash, and they would be collected into the card.

The Void Refinement Realm Cultivators were terrified to their souls, and the thought of wanting to escape sprouted in each of them; Lin Bai's Fazhe Zhidao was too terrifying.

Ye Song looked at Lin Bai collecting Puppets with black lines on his forehead; is this what you call Heaven having the virtue of cherishing life?

Xiao Yu, who was struggling under the slashes of the Purple-Clothed Ancestor, stole a glance at the horrific scene and regretted his initial actions.

Back then, when Lin Bai was collecting ropes, they knew about it, but no one took it seriously.

If they had known earlier that the ropes were for this, they would have told the undercover agents to destroy the ropes first, rather than slaughtering those low-level Cultivators of the Justice Alliance!

It was that bastard who said that if they cut off Lin Bai's wings, he wouldn't be able to jump around anymore; this dog-brained Lin Bai doesn't need subordinates at all, okay?

"Brother Purple-Clothed, at the end of the day, we have no grudges; it was all because of Lin Bai's instigation that we ended up in this situation. If we keep fighting, we'll just be a laughingstock for Lin Bai. Why don't we stop? I won't hit Hu Qing, and you don't hit me, and we can discuss how to solve the current predicament together, how about that?" Xiao Yu had been bound into a Group Binding again, took a Sword strike from the Purple-Clothed Ancestor, and after breaking free from the ropes, begged miserably, "We have already been defeated this time, and the Seven Righteous Sects and the Demonic Five Sects have lost all face. Even if I am killed by you, you are the culprit. If the Seven Righteous Sects can't kill Lin Bai, can't they kill you? By then, you won't be able to live together with Hu Qing..."

Hearing this, the Purple-Clothed Ancestor could not help but slow down his offensive.

Just now, he also had concerns and did not deal heavy blows to Xiao Yu; otherwise, just based on the huge openings caused by being bound by ropes from time to time, ten Xiao Yus would have been hacked to death by him.

Seeing the Purple-Clothed Ancestor slow down his offensive, Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, letting Hu Qing slap him one palm after another, while taking the opportunity to stuff a healing pill into his mouth without fighting back.

Hu Qing was only in the Void Refinement Realm and was a fox spirit good at Charm; being hit ten times by her was not as painful as being slashed once by the Purple-Clothed Ancestor...

The Purple-Clothed Ancestor was filled with such hatred; although he held back with each sword strike, in this short span of time, there was already not a single piece of intact flesh left on his body.

Watching as yet another rope coiled around his body, Xiao Yu was on the verge of tears. He looked up at the Purple-Clothed Ancestor: "Brother Purple-Clothed, you can see the situation on the field as well. As for the current plan, I fear only you can resolve the predicament at hand."

The Purple-Clothed Ancestor recovered from the maze of love, looked around, and clicked his tongue in wonder, feeling an increasing sense of awe toward the Law of Love.

But as for letting him resolve it, he couldn't resolve a damn thing!

Originally, he still harbored the thought of killing Lin Bai and resuming the path of love with Hu Qing.

Now, this thought had flown away; he even had the peculiar notion of defecting to the Justice Alliance, taking Lin Bai as his master, and joining the Justice Sect.

The future would surely be the era of laws.

After this thought flashed through his mind, a trace of determination crossed the Purple-Clothed Ancestor's eyes. He looked at Xiao Yu: "Brother Xiao, I do have a method, but it requires your cooperation."

"Speak," Xiao Yu said, his expression brightening.

"I will slash you into a state of serious injury, take you to claim credit with Lin Bai, feign surrender to the Justice Sect, trick them into opening the Defense Array, and once inside, kill him. What do you think?" the Purple-Clothed Ancestor said.

"..." Xiao Yu froze abruptly. Looking at the Purple-Clothed Ancestor's fierce gaze, he cursed his ancestors for eight generations in his heart, violently broke free from the ropes, used several Flashes to escape the Purple-Clothed Ancestor's side, and lunged toward the Zhen City Defense Array. As he ran, he shouted loudly, "Alliance Leader Lin, do not strike! Xiao is willing to join the Justice Alliance and become a lackey under the Justice Sect..."

"Good!" Lin Bai watched Xiao Yu delivering himself to his doorstep and, without the slightest bit of politeness, threw out a meticulously refined rope to bind him. He then backhanded Hu Qing back, released her by his side, and used the Magpie Bridge to bring the Purple-Clothed Ancestor over before calling out, "Ye Song, Purple-Clothed Ancestor, first beat Xiao Yu into a serious injury. We will defeat them one by one; we cannot let a single Great Vehicle Realm cultivator escape. The Justice Alliance is adding new members today..."

By making such a grand display, wasn't Lin Bai just trying to raise his own strength to the Great Vehicle Realm?

The Purple-Clothed Ancestor hesitated for a moment and did not make a move.

Ye Song, who had turned and flown back, looked at the hanging Xiao Yu and did not immediately make a move either.

It was common knowledge that Lin Bai's cards could seal Puppets. It was one thing for him to collect a few Void Refinement Realm Puppets, but once he collected a Great Vehicle Realm one, it would be no different than adding wings to a tiger for him. In the future, wanting to take Lin Bai down by force would be almost impossible.

Moreover, they also had to consider the problem of backlash.

If Lin Bai possessed a Great Vehicle Realm Puppet and then attacked them, with this Binding Immortal technique that was impossible to guard against, they feared they would not be able to resist it themselves.

Xiao Yu's expression changed abruptly. His Spiritual Power exploded, and he struggled hard against the rope, but surprisingly, he did not break free at the first attempt. He couldn't help but be stunned. He exerted his Spiritual Power again and shouted loudly: "Wen Ba, Cen Qing, Zuo Lan, Gu Yi... are you still not going to act? Are you waiting to be defeated one by one by Lin Bai and turned into Puppets?"

It would have been better if he hadn't shouted this.

As soon as these words were spoken.

The Great Vehicle Realm cultivators from the Weapon Refinement Sect, Danling Sect, and others who had been named by him did not hesitate for a moment. After snapping the ropes on their bodies, they abandoned the crowd of Disciples, turned around, and fled toward the opposite direction of Zhen City, burning their Spiritual Power and escaping outward at the fastest speed possible.

Better a dead fellow Daoist than a dead self. Xiao Yu was right; in this situation, it was obvious there was no possibility of victory. Could they just stay here and wait to be turned into Puppets by Lin Bai?

Xiao Yu observed everything around him and had long since seen the scene outside. For a moment, his heart was filled with despair, and he couldn't even be bothered to struggle against the ropes anymore. He looked at Lin Bai, a ferocious look appearing on his face, and roared at Lin Bai: "Lin Bai, I am willing to become your Puppet, but you must promise me that you will turn those guys who fled the battle into Puppets one by one to keep me company!"

"No problem, not a single one will escape. Those who offend my Justice Alliance shall be punished, no matter how far away they are." Lin Bai glanced at Ye Song with dissatisfaction and took out a golden card. "Brother Xiao, relax your mind. When you are enveloped by the golden card, you must not have any thoughts of resistance!"

(End of this chapter)