Chapter 927: The Emperor

In the Star Ruin sky.

Xu Jin appeared abruptly before a Silverwing Clan fourth-realm True Person alongside Zhu Linxiao.

The instant they appeared, the Silverwing Clan fourth-realm True Person immediately sensed them and moved to attack.

But as starlight flickered and the positions where Xu Jin and Zhu Linxiao stood shifted strangely, Zhu Linxiao softly blew through his lips—a dark-green wind calamity rose from beneath the Silverwing Clan fourth-realm True Person’s feet.

In the instant it scattered his protective starlight, the True Person’s Nascent Soul froze as if plunged into an ice cellar, immobilized; his physical body shimmered with starlight, temporarily resisting Zhu Linxiao’s divine art Yutang Bi.

Controlled.

But Xu Jin did not deliver the finishing blow.

The next instant, Zhu Linxiao blew again—dark-green wind calamity surged once more, and this time the True Person’s physical body began dissolving like ash, his spiritual essence trembling; his Nascent Soul, barely recovering, turned icy and rigid again.

Zhu Linxiao’s innate killing weapon shot forth—slashed!

As Zhu Linxiao swiftly retrieved the True Person’s blood crystal and the Nirmāṇakāya space, Xu Jin’s eyes brimmed with admiration.

Since the Star Surge battle began and they discovered the alien space True Person, Xu Jin had been testing the power of Zhu Linxiao’s divine art Yutang Bi.

Now, its power had been tested sufficiently.

This was the bloodline divine art of the peerless ninth-realm Yutang True Person; the art itself should retain about ninety percent of its original power, but limited by Zhu Linxiao’s own cultivation base, it could only manifest fifty to sixty percent of the ninth-realm Yutang True Person’s former might.

Zhu Linxiao, alone, could instantly kill even a space True Person of the low-rank realm, without any enhancement from Xu Jin.

He could kill with Yutang Bi alone.

A peerless ninth-realm True Person’s supreme divine art, nurtured for centuries, should possess such power.

But facing mid-rank True Persons, Zhu Linxiao’s current cultivation made it difficult—especially against space True Persons.

For Yutang Bi to dissolve an opponent’s physical body and spiritual essence, a prerequisite was to break through their protective starlight.

Once the protective starlight was shattered—even if the opponent wore battle armor—so long as there was the tiniest gap, Yutang Bi could slip through and erupt.

The first strike earlier had obliterated their protective starlight, then, while they were still vulnerable, Yutang Bi corroded their Nascent Soul, followed by the fatal strike.

But if a cautious mid-rank True Person was involved, it became harder.

Yet when Xu Jin used time acceleration to grant Zhu Linxiao absolute initiative, Zhu Linxiao could effortlessly instantly kill fourth-realm or even fifth-realm True Persons.

As for high-rank True Persons, Xu Jin’s cooperation would be required.

But Xu Jin was pondering another question: Would an Emperor-level cultivator be affected by Yutang Bi’s wind?

If Yutang Bi’s divine art could affect even for an instant, under Xu Jin’s time acceleration, that instant could be magnified into a fatal wound or an escape opportunity.

From this perspective, Zhu Linxiao’s divine art was the perfect complement to Xu Jin’s offensive capabilities.

This was one reason Xu Jin had brought Zhu Linxiao here today.

After a sweep, Xu Jin eliminated four space True Persons and five Silverwing Clan Star Lords.

He had likely wiped out all the space True Persons dispatched by Tiger Spirit Star Island.

Xu Jin leisurely gathered the spoils alongside Zhu Linxiao, continuously activating Mingqian Touch to sense for threats.

Half a quarter-hour later, Bai Changshan arrived with several high-rank True Persons.

Trusting Xu Jin implicitly, Bai Changshan boldly led the mid- and high-rank True Persons who could keep up, rushing forward immediately upon receiving Xu Jin’s signal to seize the star realm fragments.

As they lunged toward the star realm fragment, he laughed loudly, “Damn it! A medium-sized star realm fragment—finally our turn!”

“Great Saint, keep guarding!”

The other mid- and high-rank True Persons who followed also had gleaming eyes; this was the first time they had so effortlessly claimed a medium-sized star realm fragment.

“Hurry up—the enemy scouts have mostly been slain; no sign yet of Tiger Spirit Star Island’s main force.”

“Understood!”

Xu Jin continuously activated Mingqian Touch, sensing potential dangers and searching for opportunities.

If he encountered a lone True Person—or even a group of three or five—he wouldn’t mind.

With Zhu Linxiao beside him, even if the enemy team included a ninth-realm True Person, Xu Jin was unafraid.

All Zhu Linxiao needed to do was activate Yutang Bi—a single rule-art combo could severely wound or instantly kill a ninth-realm True Person.

Xu Jin now spent daily time refining his Dao Embryo and forging the Purple Yuan Bone Veins using the two-thousand-year Purple Yuan Bodhi Branch, upgraded in rank.

He had already forged nine veins of Purple Yuan Bone Veins; compared to before, his spiritual essence cultivation had increased nearly fifty percent.

The maximum sensing range of Yuanqian Touch had long reached 230,000 li; even within the chaotic void of the Star Ruin, where its range was heavily suppressed, Yuanqian Touch could still extend 23,000 li, offering some warning of danger.

As more True Persons arrived, the pace of capturing star islands quickened.

Half an hour later, the Star Lord main force had not yet arrived, and Bai Changshan had already climbed onto the medium-sized star realm fragment.

He began slowly drawing it in.

Fifteen minutes later, as the star realm fragment began accelerating, Tiger Spirit Star Island’s main force still had not arrived.

After informing Bai Changshan, Xu Jin took Zhu Linxiao to search for battle opportunities, hoping to ambush a small squad of True Persons.

Fifteen minutes later, Xu Jin finally located Tiger Spirit Star Island’s main force.

But as he cautiously approached, his expression turned sharply displeased.

When had these alien True Persons become so cautious?

Tiger Spirit Star Island had many True Person elites—twenty-six in total, including two ninth-realm, two eighth-realm, and three seventh-realm True Persons; the rest were all low- and mid-rank.

But damn it—these twenty-six True Persons were linked head to tail, subtly forming a formation.

Even more astonishing: the three hundred-plus Star Lords behind them were divided into ten squads, each squad’s head crowned with a bloodline phantom—already connected by bloodline.

In other words, these ten Star Lord squads were also ten True Person elites.

Xu Jin cursed inwardly.

Do they really have to be this cautious?

Is the Tiger Spirit Star Island’s Tiger Guard True Person really this careful?

With such a prepared defense, Xu Jin could only retreat cautiously.

Even if an Emperor-level cultivator charged in now, they’d likely suffer losses.

Xu Jin did not know that the reason Tiger Spirit Star Island’s True Persons were so cautious and so heavily prepared was because of him.

Chi Feng Star Island’s strength was no small matter.

Among Chi Feng Star Island, Tiger Spirit Star Island, and Luan Xiang Star Island, Luan Xiang was strongest in combat, Chi Feng second, and Tiger Spirit Star Island weakest.

Yet Chi Feng Star Island had been quietly and utterly eradicated by the human race—annihilated to the last man.