Chapter 3 - The Battle

"Flaming Sword, Burning Destruction!" The first expert shouted. His sword seemed to be able to pierce through the heavens, filled with immeasurable Sword Qi.

"Eight Triagrams Spider Seal!" The second expert formed spiderwebs out of nowhere, which seemed to be elastic yet strong, capable of sealing the Earth. Lin Cheng stood from a far distance away, admiring the fight. He wondered if he would ever get as powerful as that. Little did he know that at the peak of his power, he would be capable of beating millions, no, billions of experts like that just by waving a hand...

The spiderwebs tried to restrain the sword, but it seemed too powerful and after a few seconds, it broke out of the web, flying towards the second expert with an even more powerful aura...

The second expert panicked, and shouted, "Adamantium Shield, stopping ten thousand blades!" The Dou Qi shield he made was enormous, and Thale sword slowly came to a stop, eventually shattering into pieces, repelled by the shield.

However, that technique seemed to use his life force to create the shield and it was clearly evident by the new wrinkles forming on the second expert's already old face. He also spat out a mouthful of blood. It appeared that the technique had caused him some internal injuries as well.

"Just one attack, and you are forced to use a life consuming technique? Just forfeit this match and let me kill you. I am a peak Ban Sheng while you are an initial one. I doubt even the Flame Di Xiao Yan can think of a way for you to bridge that gap and defeat me."

"Underestimating me will only lead to your death."

"Oh really? Show me what you got then!"

The Divine Flame Sect expert immediately lashed out with another attack, more powerful than the last one. The other expert looked panicked.

"You forced me to do this..." After that, he spat out three words, each seeming to take him more effort than the last, with him spitting out blood essence without any waste. "Thousand...Devil...Curse....go rot in hell."

The first expert was alarmed as chains of blood formed and latched on to him.

"The ancient devil arts...you are betraying humanity! Has a mere treasure caused you to lose your mind?" However, his enemy was already unresponsive. His body swelled up in an uncontrollable manner as the Divine Flame Sect expert was forced closer and closer to him by the chains.

The second expert's body seemed to reach a breaking point. It exploded without any restraint.

Bang! The tumultuous wave of fire and wind caused by the explosion enveloped everything in a thousand kilometer radius. The Lin Sect compounds was not spared as well: buildings were destroyed and the only thing left behind were pieces of rubble.

After a few minutes, the surroundings calmed. Out of the chaotic fog and mist, two figures appeared. One was dead, his body rotting and filled with some horrendous black paste, and another alive, but in critical condition.

The two Lin family Patriarchs quickly rushed to the surviving expert's side without any hesitation.

"Quick, get him the ten-thousand year Mystical Fruit and get Medic Elder Zhu to take care of him! Hurry! Elder Qin, Elder Bi, direct the disciples and bring them to their temporary residences. All sect members of Dou Huang cultivation level and above, rebuild the sect. Go!"

Immediately after the Patriarch's instructions, two old elders landed by our side. One of them tapped on his spatial ring. There was a tremendously loud sound as a huge mobile cave landed in front of all of us. "There is enough space for all the disciples in here. Quickly enter. This will be your residence for the next few days. "

Lin Huang received a voice transmission from his father. "Keep calm. It's under control. Dad will accompany you after I settle some matters."

Just like that, Lin Huang entered the cave, where he would be staying for the next few days.

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