Chapter 22

The battlefield situation, because of Lin Xuan's return, instantly reversed!

Under the "Inch by Inch" supernatural power, Lin Xuan's figure was like a ghost, shuttling in the siege of three Golden Core cultivators. Deacon You's huge ghost claw seemed to be about to catch him every time, but it was always a hair's breadth away, only able to tear apart a gradually dissipating afterimage. The attacks of the other two elders missed repeatedly, instead accidentally injuring many City Guard soldiers who were too close.

"Rat! Only know how to hide?!" Deacon You was so angry that his seven orifices were smoking. Lin Xuan's slippery fighting style made him have power but nowhere to exert it, feeling incomparably frustrated. His old injury of spiritual sense was even faintly painful because of frequent urging.

"Old Ghost, if you're old, go home and retire, what are you jumping out for?" Lin Xuan said while performing body techniques, stimulating him with words, "Look at you, panting, kidney deficiency?"

【Ding! Detected Deacon You's rage, emotion value +999!】

At the same time, in the direction of the stronghold gate, Black Bear was like a mad beast, carrying full anger and frustration, leading the bandits whose morale was boosted, like a sharp knife, fiercely inserted into the City Guard formation that had fallen into chaos because the commander was attacked!

"For Black Wind Stronghold! For Advisor Lin! Kill!" Black Bear roared, his big knife dancing like a windmill, ordinary City Guard soldiers collapsed at his touch!

"Brick team! Smash for me!" A small leader shouted desperately, and a group of bandits behind him threw bricks and stones soaked in black dog blood and drawn with evil-expelling talisman runes, specifically targeting those Youming Sect Qi Refining disciples and officers in the City Guard!

Pitter-patter! The sound of screams was endless!

The City Guard had already been disrupted by Lin Xuan's surprise attack, and now being charged by this group of bandits who were like mad tigers out of the cage, they collapsed instantly! Once the military formation was scattered, individual combat power was far inferior to these bandits who licked blood with knives, and the scene presented a one-sided situation!

Zhao Wuji had just stabilized his figure when he saw his army being defeated by a group of bandits, shocked and angry: "Hold on! All of you hold on for this City Lord!" However, as soon as he finished speaking, the warhorse under him stumbled for some reason (bad luck curse took effect), throwing him directly off the horse, falling into a mess, causing even more military chaos.

"The City Lord fell off the horse!"

"Run!"

Defeated like a mountain!

Deacon You saw that the general situation was gone, knowing that he couldn't drag it on any longer. A trace of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and he roared at the two elders: "Form the Three Talents Youming Array! Trap him! At all costs!"

The three Golden Core cultivators instantly gave up the pursuit, stood in a triangular position, formed bizarre seals with their hands, and rich black death aura surged from their bodies, quickly intertwining, turning into a huge black triangular cage, emitting a fluctuation of imprisoning space, and shrouded toward Lin Xuan!

Once this array came out, Lin Xuan felt that the surrounding air became incomparably viscous, and the performance of "Inch by Inch" was greatly restricted!

"See where you run this time!" Deacon You sneered, the three urged spiritual power at the same time, the black cage shrank rapidly, and strands of corrosive Youming chains shot out from the inner wall of the cage, entangling toward Lin Xuan!

At the critical moment, Lin Xuan was not panicked. He was waiting for this opportunity—the opportunity for the other party to give up movement and form the array with all their strength!

"System! Use Luck Plunder Talisman, target Deacon You!"

【Ding! Luck Plunder Talisman (Entry Level) used! Successfully stole a small amount of the target's luck, duration: one stick of incense!】

An invisible power fluctuation swept over, Deacon You felt a palpitation for no reason, as if he had lost something important, but couldn't say why.

And just in this flash of lightning, Lin Xuan made a move that everyone didn't expect!

He didn't try to forcibly break the cage, nor did he go to dodge those Youming chains, but poured all his spiritual power, together with that trace of weak luck just plundered, into his legs!

"Inch by Inch" — extreme burst!

Hum!

His body made a hum that couldn't bear the load, but the speed increased to an incredible extreme in an instant! Actually, at the moment before the black cage completely closed, he forcibly rushed out like a teleportation!

And the direction he rushed was not away, but straight toward one of the early-stage Golden Core Youming Sect elders who was temporarily unable to move because of forming the array!

"What?!" The elder's pupils shrank, never expecting that Lin Xuan could break through the Three Talents Youming Array, and never expecting that he would rush back desperately! In a hurry, he could only barely raise his arm, condensing death aura to defend!

"Your opponent is me!" Deacon You and the other elder were shocked and angry, hurriedly wanting to rescue, but the array backlash and the gap between old power gone and new power not yet born made them half a beat slow!

This half beat decided life and death!

"Eat my move—Evil-Expelling·Super·Invincible·Brick!"

Golden light flashed in Lin Xuan's hand, not any profound magic technique, but... a golden brick wrapped in pure Golden Core spiritual power, with enhanced evil-expelling talisman runes redrawn with cinnabar mixed with his own essence blood!

This brick left his hand, its speed faster than spiritual sense capture, wrapped in Lin Xuan's full Golden Core power, the ultimate restraint on Youming cultivation techniques, and that trace of bizarre luck just plundered that disrupted the other party's fortune, like a shooting star chasing the moon, ignoring the death aura defense that the elder had hastily arranged!

"No—!" The elder's eyes were full of horror and disbelief!

"Puff!"

A muffled sound that made teeth ache!

That golden brick accurately slapped on the back of his head!

Time seemed to stand still at this moment.

Powerful spiritual power, domineering evil-expelling talisman runes, bizarre bad luck, the three combined, instantly destroyed his protective death aura, shattered his skull, and even directly annihilated his soul!

The expression on his face solidified in horror and confusion, his body swayed, and he fell straight down from the air, his aura gone!

One brick! Slapped a Golden Core to death!

Quiet!

The entire battlefield appeared in a moment of deathly silence!

Whether it was the bandits charging frantically, the defeated City Guard, or the remaining two Youming Sect Golden Cores, all stared dumbfounded at the figure of the elder who had fallen, and the brick that had completed its mission, lost its golden light, and turned back to its ordinary appearance, falling to the ground.

Brick... slapped a Golden Core elder to death?!

What kind of magical realism is this?!

【Ding! Detected the extreme shock and confusion of the entire field, emotion value +!】

【Ding! Detected Deacon You's Dao heart shaking violently, emotion value +1666!】

【Ding! Detected Zhao Wuji's soul flying away, emotion value +1444!】

【Ding! Achieved the legendary achievement of "Brick Destroys Golden Core"! Received reward: slacking off points, special title "King of Bricks" (after equipping, affinity with brick-type weapons greatly improved)!】

"Ah!!" Deacon You was the first to react, letting out a shrill roar like a wounded beast! A Golden Core elder, the backbone of the sect, was slapped to death by a brick in front of him?! This is simply a great shame! It is a shame that has never happened since the founding of the Youming Sect!

His Dao heart suffered an unprecedented impact at this moment, and even cracks appeared!

The other elder was also liver and gallbladder splitting, looking at Lin Xuan as if looking at a demon crawling out of hell!

Even Lin Xuan was a bit surprised looking at his hand. He knew this blow would inevitably succeed, but didn't expect the effect to be so good, directly killing in seconds! It seems that the cooperation of the Luck Plunder Talisman and the other party's loss of mind produced a qualitative change effect!

He took a deep breath, suppressed the surging blood, and looked coldly at the remaining Deacon You and the elder, as well as Zhao Wuji who was already scared out of his wits.

"Now, whose turn is it?"

His voice was not high, but it was like a whisper of the god of death, clearly entering the ears of everyone present.

Deacon You's face was pale, looking at the murderous Lin Xuan, and then looking at the defeated City Guard below and the fellow disciple who was slapped to death by a brick, a chill from the soles of his feet rushed straight to the top of his head!

He knew that today was completely planted! If he didn't leave, I'm afraid even he would stay here!

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Deacon You roared the order, no longer caring about any face or mission, his figure turned into black smoke, fleeing frantically toward the distance!

The other elder had long since lost his will to fight and followed closely behind.

The two Golden Core cultivators fled, and the remaining Youming Sect disciples and City Guards completely collapsed, crying and fleeing in all directions.

"Won! We won!" Black Wind Stronghold erupted into thunderous cheers!

Black Bear and others looked at the figure like a god of war in the air, moved to tears.

Lin Xuan did not chase, the continuous high-intensity battle and performing supernatural powers also consumed him greatly. He slowly fell from the air, stood on the messy battlefield, looked at the cheering crowd, and finally showed a look of relief.

However, his gaze swept over the equipment abandoned by the City Guard and the corpses left by the Youming Sect disciples, and his eyes became deep again.

The collusion between the Zhao family and the Youming Sect was deeper than he thought. Although they were repelled this time, the trouble was far from over.

Especially the Youming Sect... losing a Golden Core elder, they will never give up.

Just then, a long horn sounded in the sky.

Everyone looked up and saw a caravan of considerable scale, surrounded by a team of elite guards, slowly moving toward Black Wind Stronghold. On the flag, the emblem of the Four Seas Trading Firm was clearly visible.

The leader, dressed in luxurious clothes, was none other than the playboy he had met once at the trading firm—Qian Duoduo. He looked at the battlefield below that seemed to have been plowed once, and Lin Xuan standing proudly in the field, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, then he returned to that playful smile, arching his hands from afar:

"Tsk tsk, Mu... oh no, Fellow Daoist Lin, it seems we came at the wrong time? Your welcome ceremony is a bit too enthusiastic!"

Lin Xuan looked at Qian Duoduo and the team behind him that was clearly not an ordinary caravan, his heart moved slightly.

Four Seas Trading Firm, appearing at this time, is it a coincidence, or...?

(Chapter 22 End)