Chapter 307: Undying and Unending?

For thousands of years, when had he ever endured such humiliation?

A Shamanic Blessing Dance?

Is there actually someone in this world who dares to humiliate a Tribulation Transcendence Realm expert like this? Does he want to become the public enemy of the world?

Ancestor Tuohai mobilized the Spiritual Power within his body, wanting to break free from the restraints of Phoenix Seeks Phoenix, but he discovered he could not do it no matter what; his body danced without a moment's pause, displaying his burly and robust physique to the woman before him...

Watching as more and more people around him displayed their talents, Ancestor Tuohai's mood gradually shifted from initial fury to horror. He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and looked coldly at Cen Qing: "Are you from the Moon Spirit Sect?"

"Yes." Cen Qing's face turned pale, her breathing was somewhat difficult, and she froze in place, not daring to move a muscle.

More and more people surrounded her, and every single one of them was showing off their talents to her, including Tribulation Transcendence Realm and Great Vehicle Realm experts.

It could be said that this was the most glorious moment of her life.

But at this very moment, Cen Qing's heart was filled entirely with fear.

She dared not imagine whether this group of angry people would tear her into shreds after Phoenix Seeks Phoenix ended.

If she had not seen wrong, the few people closest to her were those Tribulation Transcendence Stage powerhouses from the Blood Sect; if these fellows acted regardless of the consequences, it would trigger a lightning tribulation.

Cen Qing glanced sideways at Ancestor Nan Rong, who was doing somersaults, her mouth dry and parched. Lin Bai was too excessive, actually forcing a Tribulation Transcendence Stage ancestor to perform somersaults in front of her...

"What kind of divine ability is this?" Ancestor Tuohai asked.

"Phoenix Seeks Phoenix." Cen Qing answered honestly, then honestly shifted the blame, "It has nothing to do with me; it is the divine ability of Alliance Leader Lin Bai."

"How do I stop it?" Ancestor Nan Rong's voice was hoarse, as if he were going mad.

In this short while, he had already done over a hundred somersaults, and he had to keep doing them.

For a Tribulation Transcendence Stage ancestor, this was a public execution.

The pressure he endured was much greater than Tuohai's. If this matter spread, and he did not ascend, what face would he have left to live in this world?

Of course, he was not the most miserable one; there was someone next to him imitating bird calls!

"I don't know." Cen Qing was about to cry.

"You are that Lin Bai's subordinate, how could you not know?" Ancestor Tuohai roared angrily.

"Not knowing means I don't know, what can you do to me?" With the pressure reaching its limit, Cen Qing also threw caution to the wind, glared at Tuohai, and said irritably, "Do you think I want this? This is Lin Bai's divine ability, why are you going crazy at me? If you have the ability, go fight Lin Bai!"

The initiative was indeed in her hands, but what else could she do?

Did she dare to call a stop to it?

Even if Lin Bai told her to stop right now, she probably wouldn't dare...

Currently, the Blood Sect had over thirty Great Vehicle Realm experts in the sect.

Because of the nature of their cultivation techniques, the proportion of male cultivators in the Blood Sect was far higher than female cultivators.

Among the thirty-plus Great Vehicle Realm experts, there were only nine female cultivators.

All the female cultivators in the Void Refinement Realm added together did not exceed fifty, and the number of Spirit Transformation realm cultivators was relatively higher, but the combat power of the Spirit Transformation realm could be ignored.

Phoenix Seeks Phoenix controlled all the male cultivators, while the female cultivators were frightened by the sudden grand scene and did not know what to do for a moment.

But Lin Bai did not give them a chance to react; he slapped his storage bag.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The pre-refined ropes flew out one after another, threading through shoulders and wrapping around legs, as if controlled by a pair of invisible hands, hanging up all those dazed female cultivators.

Female cultivators had always paid attention to maintenance and appearance; even without the Danling Sect's techniques, after achieving success in their cultivation, they would mostly seek out pills like the Youth Preserving Pill to retain their youth.

Thus, the Rope Binding exerted its ultimate effect on them, making them look curvaceous and exceptionally enchanting.

The ropes used this time were refined by the Weapon Refinement master Zuo Lan, much sturdier than the ropes temporarily refined outside Zhen City, and they could not be broken for a while; instead, they formed an effective stimulation to their bodies.

Amidst the noisy cursing, the occasional involuntary sounds that escaped were enough to stir the imagination...

Many natives and players of the Justice Alliance were stunned on the spot; many male cultivators subconsciously pursed their lips. Binding Immortal was an art, and even if they had practiced it in private, they could not reach the standard of the system's binding; the effect was just too alluring.

Xu Longyun looked at the hung-up female cultivators, lightly pursed her lips, and looked at Lin Bai with somewhat resentful eyes, not knowing what she was thinking in her head.

But Lin Bai did not think that much.

In his heart, no matter how good-looking they were, if they hadn't been tamed, they were enemies.

Even a hint of being blinded by lust could lead him into a state of eternal damnation.

Those female cultivators tied up by the ropes had lived for who knows how many years; what hadn't they seen?

Moreover.

There was a limit to how sturdy the refined ropes were; they couldn't trap a Great Vehicle Realm expert for long...

"Ye Song, Xiao Yu, Ancestor Ziyi... don't just stand there, get to work." Lin Bai greeted, and with a lift of his hand, the Blacksmith Six-Piece Set had already smashed toward one of the female cultivators.

To quickly resolve the opponent, one naturally had to break their protective Magic Tool first.

Clang! Clatter!

The Magic Tool was destroyed.

At the same time.

The attacks of the four Great Vehicle Realm experts—Ye Song, Zuo Lan, Ancestor Ziyi, and Xiao Yu—landed simultaneously on this poor Great Vehicle Realm female cultivator, instantly dismantling her defenses and leaving her in a near-death state, without her being able to utter a single word from start to finish.

The next moment.

A silver card was already hovering above her head, taking her inside. Lin Bai retrieved the card, and when he released her again, she had already become a muddled Puppet, guarding by Lin Bai's side...

The series of actions were as smooth as an assembly line operation.

The remaining Great Vehicle Realm female cultivators saw this scene and were scared out of their wits; they no longer thought of resisting, and one by one, they stopped struggling and vied to surrender.

"Alliance Leader Lin, please show mercy, Tong Lin is willing to join the Justice Alliance."

"Gu Yun is willing to surrender!"

"Qian Jing is willing to surrender!"

Seeing that even those in the Great Vehicle Realm had surrendered, the cultivators in the Void Refinement Realm had even less desire to resist; the sounds of surrender rose one after another, the chirping voices even drowning out the curses of the male cultivators who were being forced to perform talents.

Hearing the sounds of surrender, Ye Song and the others stopped what they were doing, waiting for further instructions from Lin Bai.

At this moment.

Their attitude toward Lin Bai was exceptionally respectful, the arrogance they once held long gone.

Having dominated the world for tens of thousands of years, the Blood Sect, one of the dignified Demonic Five Sects, had not lasted a single round under Lin Bai's hand before being completely wiped out; to be defeated by such a person was no disgrace.

"Tong Lin, to surrender without a fight, you all have failed the sect's cultivation; you are the most shameless of all." The talent Tu Yan was performing was imitating a duck walk, his hands placed at his sides, swaying back and forth as he moved through the sky.

He had seen that the female cultivators were not restrained and had pinned his hopes of escape on them, but in an instant, all the female cultivators had scrambled to surrender; with his only hope extinguished, he could not help but burst into a torrent of abuse.

"Ancestor Tuohai is also trapped; if you kill the woman in the middle, with the Ancestor presiding, it is not impossible to fight," the Great Vehicle Realm cultivator performing a hip-swaying dance said with a flushed face, filled with grief and indignation.

"Hold on for a moment, fellow Daoists from the Shengji Sect and Wanhun Valley will soon come to assist..."

"Ahem!" Lin Bai coughed, drowning out all the noisy sounds; he stepped out from the crowd, his eyes sweeping over the female cultivators who were hanging by ropes with flushed faces, and asked, "Are you truly willing to surrender?"

The chaotic voices of the female cultivators rose again.

"Willing to surrender!"

"Alliance Leader Lin, willing to surrender."

They paid no mind to the grumbling of the male cultivators; it wasn't them who were being hung up, and it was fine if the ropes could be broken.

Bound by the ropes, their protective Magic Tools were destroyed before they could even take effect.

In an instant, hundreds or thousands of years of cultivation could be ruined and one could be turned into a Puppet; who would be willing to bear such a price?

Furthermore.

A single Law.

The entire sect was singing and dancing for one woman, and even those in the Tribulation Transcendence Stage could not break free.

To go against such a powerhouse, was that not courting death?

"Since you are willing to surrender, the Justice Alliance will accept you. However, it is easy to paint a person's skin but hard to know their bones, and it is easy to know a person's face but hard to know their heart. Surrendering to the enemy in the heat of battle is ultimately unsettling." Lin Bai looked at them and said, "If you are willing to surrender, then stop struggling and continue hanging in the air, how about that?"

A brief silence.

The female cultivators stopped struggling and simply endured the humiliation, hanging in the air.

It is better to live in disgrace than to die.

Senior Sister Xiu Yun's encounter was there for all to see; what did it matter to be hung up for a while? Could it be more humiliating than a Tribulation Transcendence Stage ancestor performing backflips there?

"Ye Song, take them to the side and keep them under concentrated guard. If anyone's rope breaks, do not hold back; kill them immediately." Lin Bai turned back to look at Ye Song and said with murderous intent, "We and the Blood Sect are already in a life-or-death struggle; better to kill the wrong person than to let one go."

"Yes, Master." Ye Song responded immediately.

In Zhen City, Lin Bai had once said that the Blood Sect and them were in a life-or-death struggle,

Later, seeing the range of the sonic attack, he felt that what Lin Bai said made a lot of sense.

But now, with the entire Blood Sect being played in the palm of Lin Bai's hand, saying it was a life-or-death struggle felt a bit unreasonable.

From top to bottom, the Blood Sect had no qualifications to be in a life-or-death struggle with you!

The female cultivators hanging in the air turned green in the face; some high-cultivation Great Vehicle Realm cultivators had almost broken their ropes, but upon suddenly hearing Lin Bai's words, they hurriedly restrained their bodies, not daring to move an inch, fearing that in the process of shifting, they might accidentally break the ropes and cause a misunderstanding with Lin Bai.

To protect the fragile ropes, they even spared no Spiritual Power to nourish the fragile ropes, keeping them in their current state.

"Fellow Daoist Ye, we will be one family in the future; please, Daoist brother, move us gently, don't break the ropes..."

"If that really won't do, if there are extra ropes, we are willing to have you reinforce us with a few more."

"Shameless!"

"Scum!"

"I am ashamed to be associated with you."

"When we break free, we will surely be in a life-or-death struggle with you."

Tu Yan and other cultivators did not know what their fate would be, and continued to relentlessly curse the surrendering female cultivators, using this to vent the depression in their hearts.

Looking at the many cultivators trapped by the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, Lin Bai also felt a headache; the number of these guys was too large. If Cen Qing dared to let them go, one moment of carelessness, and these guys could tear Cen Qing into pieces...

"Which one is Tong Lin?" Lin Bai turned back to look in the direction of the female cultivators.

"I am." A female cultivator dressed in purple responded to the sound. She was bound in the Longest Four-Horse Binding, both hands and feet tied behind her back, her neck tilted upward, making it impossible to maintain a standing position. She was using a levitation technique to lie prone in the air; it was only because of a cultivator's physical constitution that she could manage, as for an ordinary person, this style of binding would have long since caused numbness in the limbs and a feeling of suffocation due to poor blood circulation.

"I don't recognize the cultivators of your sect very well; come over and help me introduce them." Lin Bai flashed to her side, reached out and grabbed the rope behind her, and flashed into the center of the talent show, beside Cen Qing.

Cen Qing smiled at Lin Bai with difficulty: "Alliance Leader, what should I do?"

"Don't be afraid, take your time." Lin Bai held Tong Lin in one hand while comforting Cen Qing, "It is the Blood Sect members who are trapped, not you, what are you worried about? The Dao Method is nearly unsolvable; if they still harbor hostility toward you, just let them continue like this. You eat and drink as you should; it is nothing more than having a group of people performing talents around you..."

"I truly find it hard to imagine that someone who has mastered the Dao Method is such a devious person." Ancestor Tuohai looked Lin Bai up and down and said with a gloomy face, "I do not believe that this Dao Method can truly trap us for a lifetime. I swear, the moment I break free will be the time of your death."

"Tong Lin, who is he?" Lin Bai asked in confusion.

Tong Lin adjusted her posture, changing from lying flat to upright. As a traitor, her eyes darted around, not daring to look at her sect's ancestor, but she still replied: "Reporting to the Alliance Leader, he is our sect's Ancestor Tuohai, in the Tribulation Transcendence Stage."

Ptooey!

Tuohai spat at Tong Lin, but that mouthful of saliva simply could not exceed his dance range; while the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix protected him, it also restricted his Spiritual Power.

"So it is a senior in the Tribulation Transcendence Stage." Lin Bai let go of Tong Lin and cupped his hands in a show of courtesy, "Lin Bai, Sect Master of the Justice Sect, greets you."

"Lin Bai, do you dare to release Tuo, and let the two of us fight to the death in a fair and square manner?" Tuohai glared at Lin Bai, "Using such despicable means to win against the Blood Sect will not convince the masses."

"Senior Tuohai, I have never thought about convincing the masses; what I want is conquest." Lin Bai shook his head, sighed suddenly, and said, "Since you were able to appear on the battlefield, you must know something about me. That I can reach today is all thanks to the Righteous Seven Sects and the Demonic Five Sects. If they had offered an olive branch instead of a Slaughter Blade at the beginning, perhaps we would be happily studying the Dao Method together; how could we have fallen into this life-or-death situation today? It is timing, it is fate; everything is just fortune playing tricks on people..."

"..." Tuohai froze, the corners of his mouth lifting, forced into a smile. He recalled the Law of Resonance regarding Lin Bai in the *Justice Weekly*, and his heart grew increasingly horrified. Those in the Tribulation Transcendence Realm could break through the heavens at any time; he had thought he could resist the Law, but he had not expected that he would not be exempt either.

"Before, I was willing to play along with the Righteous Seven Sects and the Demonic Five Sects because my own cultivation was insufficient. Now that my Dao Method has achieved some small success, naturally I will no longer endure. What I think of now is to pacify the world as soon as possible, and then study the Dao Method with you all to deal with the catastrophe of heaven and earth." Lin Bai looked at the strange smiles all around and continued, "Speaking of which, it can be considered reaching the same goal by different paths!"

"Since that is the case, why do you not bind us with ropes and refine us into Puppets?" the backflipping Ancestor Nan Rong said through gritted teeth, "I fear even you yourself cannot control this Fazhe Zhidao, can you?"

"Who is this backflipping Ancestor?" Lin Bai asked again.

"That is Ancestor Nan Rong," Tong Lin said softly, her face flushing red.

"Senior Nan Rong is correct; the Fazhe Zhidao is profound and unfathomable, and I, Lin, am also unable to control all of you who are trapped by the Phoenix Seeks Phoenix..." Lin Bai said candidly.

"Just as I expected, the Phoenix Seeks Phoenix is related to that woman, is it not?" Ancestor Nan Rong said hideously, "When I break free, that day will be the day I perish together with you little thief."

"Senior Nan Rong, that is where you are wrong," Lin Bai said, looking at the backflipping Nan Rong with composure, "I, Lin, truly cannot do anything to all of you, but I fear you also cannot rely on yourselves to break free. To me, trapping you is not much different from beating you to death. If you have the perseverance, Senior, you may continue flipping for a hundred or eighty years. I have grown to this point in three months; in a hundred or eighty years, perhaps I will have already become the Heavenly Dao, and by then, it will be impossible for you, Senior, to perish together with me!"

(End of chapter)