395: Chapter 320: The Sword of Salvation 395: Chapter 320: The Sword of Salvation Boom!
The youth and the elder from Immortal Palace erupted simultaneously, their ferocious strength colliding and exploding into cascading waves of energy, radiating outward in sweeping shockwaves.
But amid this surging assault, a figure boldly charged against the explosion’s blinding light and impact to appear before the two combatants.
Roar!
“You’re all going to die by my fist!”
Lin Xing, and the phantom shadow behind him, threw a punch that suppressed the youth and the Immortal Palace elder’s powers, triggering an even more violent explosion.
Amidst this devastating force, three shadows continued to interweave and clash relentlessly.
It was a fierce confrontation involving Lin Xing, the Immortal Palace Leader, and the youth.
The three moved and battled in tandem, exchanging blows that shattered forests and ground alike, sending rivers surging skyward and entire cliff faces tumbling down.
At that moment, the three possessed nearly the pinnacle of power in this world, allowing no other forms of life to exist in the wake of their outburst.
Bang!
As Lin Xing launched a punch at the Immortal Palace Leader, the youth took advantage and swooped in from another direction.
Facing the combined attack, the Immortal Palace Leader, with his five remaining Holy Swords, emitted a blinding light, but he was still sent flying.
No sooner had the Immortal Palace Leader been sent sprawling, Lin Xing roared and charged at the youth who was closer to him.
As for the Immortal Palace Leader, coughing out blood, he promptly joined in the siege against the youth.
In the heat of this tense battle, the youth and the Immortal Palace Leader still didn’t cease their deadly duel.
Sometimes they resisted Lin Xing’s power together, sometimes they attacked each other, combining Lin Xing’s offensive might to target their foe.
Only because they knew that Lin Xing, now in this frenzied state, had become more powerful but also acted more on pure instinct.
Facing this version of Lin Xing was less dangerous compared to the shrewd and calculating Lin Xing from earlier.
And this is why they anticipated that the other would take this opportunity to strike, so they had to act first to gain the upper hand…
One could say that their mutual trust had completely vanished, or perhaps it was that they each had absolute faith in the other’s determination to kill at all costs!
Immortal Palace Leader: “My good son, if we keep fighting like this, we both might end up dead at your brother’s hands.”
The youth sneered coldly, “Old dog, this time I’ll gamble with my life to ensure you don’t survive.”
A sinister smile appeared on the Immortal Palace Leader’s face: “Then let’s gamble!”
Watching as the Immortal Palace Leader wielded the five Holy Swords, capitalizing on Lin Xing’s momentum to strike, the youth did not resist this time but instead pivoted and retreated.
At the same time, a folding gate behind him suddenly distorted and enlarged, turning into a portal to the terrestrial world.
As the Immortal Palace Leader witnessed this, his heart sank: “Another portal?
Was he maintaining the portal ritual while fighting just now?”
“This time it’s a deliberately enlarged portal.
Obviously, it’s a trap to lure us in, no doubt filled with a net of heaven and earth inside for an ambush…”
While the Immortal Palace Leader pondered, the youth had already surged into the gateway.
Then, with a crazed expression, Lin Xing followed immediately after, disappearing into the portal almost at the same time.
“If this chance is lost and the kid escapes, given his current caution, finding him again would be purely a matter of luck…”
With no time for further thought, the Immortal Palace Leader finally entered the portal just before it vanished, stepping into the terrestrial world.
And as he entered, what he saw was a blinding whiteness, a complete radiance accompanied by an all-penetrating extreme heat, and from the front came a tsunami-like shockwave.
It was a terrifying explosion.
The Immortal Palace Leader stepping through the portal was stepping right into the epicenter of the blast.
Flesh deformed and twisted under the impact, with internal organs threatening to char and carbonize amidst the intense heat.
But just as the explosion’s impact faced him, the five Holy Swords burst with earth-shattering power, their sword lights arcing around him, fiercely protecting him from harm.
Simultaneously, the Immortal Palace Leader stomped downwards, and as the ground shattered, he burst into the depths below.
“Damn this brat…”
Feeling the continuous tremors from within the earth, one could imagine the ferocity of the explosion above.
“He must have colluded with the powerful nations of this world and subjected this area to continuous bombardment.”
Just as the Immortal Palace Leader had figured, the region they were in, spanning more than ten kilometers, was under a relentless barrage.
Countless explosives, artillery, rocket fire… The relentless bombardment had turned the whole region into a death zone.
And this saturation bombing lasted for a full five minutes, rendering the entire land into a thoroughly scorched earth.
“Is it over?”
“If you really stood still and got bombarded like that for five minutes, then I definitely would have been dead for sure.”
“But no expert in this world would ever do that…”
The Immortal Palace Leader slowly emerged from the ground, the first thing he felt was the scorching heat wave hitting his face.
He then saw the young man and Lin Xing, who had also burrowed their way out from underground.
Even in his frenzied state, Lin Xing, when sensing a threat to his life, still instinctively took evasive action to hide.
Watching this scene, the Immortal Palace Leader slightly smiled and said, “Good son, cooperating with the powers of the present world to ambush using such bombings is indeed a good idea, and it would kill any ordinary expert who didn’t react in time, perhaps the moment they stepped through the gates of immortality.”
“But for high-level experts like us, even when faced with a bombardment, it is impossible to die instantly—as long as we respond immediately and dodge the subsequent blasts, we can easily survive.”
“Relying merely on such an ambush is far from enough to kill us, my good son.”
However, the young man didn’t care at all about the Immortal Palace Leader’s mockery and simply said, “Of course, I know that just doing this won’t be enough to kill you…”
Roar!
Without the patience to listen to the other side’s words, Lin Xing roared and charged forward.
But at that moment, with the young man as the center, countless shells bombarded all around him.
At the same time, a large number of drones flew towards Lin Xing and the Immortal Palace Leader, locking on to attack both of them.
“Bombarding one’s own surroundings and using drones to block us…”
While Spiritual Manipulation shaped sword light to shoot down drone after drone, the Immortal Palace Leader thought to himself, “Is he buying time?
What on earth is this little devil planning?”
On the other side, within the intense bombardment, the young man’s voice resonated firmly, “The previous bombing was just a prelude for my next move.”
“For the prelude of this salvation-bringing sword!”
An overwhelming surge of life force gathered from all around, rushing directly into the young man’s body.
The young man’s previously dried-out and shrunken body began to swell at a visibly rapid rate with the infusion of this life force.
Even the shattered arm regenerated once again.
The Immortal Palace Leader, who had been observing the battlefield, felt a slight change in his expression.
Sensing the life force surging toward the young man, he was startled, “Is this the Blood Sacrifice Technique of the Zhou Tian Sect?
Only the Great Elder of the sect mastered this forbidden technique, did he subdue that guy?”
“And such a massive amount of life force…
how many people did he sacrifice?”
Meanwhile, the young man’s resounding voice pierced through the battlefield like thunderous rolls, exhibiting limitless, formidable power.
“Are you wondering how many people I’ve sacrificed?”
“Ever since the last battle, I’ve been pondering, wondering exactly how to completely defeat you, you old dog.”
“But I had already played all my cards in that battle, so what moves do I have left?”
With a laugh, infinite life force converged onto him, then flowed from his palms, transforming into a crimson sword energy.
“Finally, I realized that I could also put my own life on the line.”
“Not just my life, since I need to save the world, it’s natural to let countless others contribute their lives along with mine!”
Endless streams of life force poured into the crimson sword energy.
And from kilometers away, one could see vast expanses of city ruins, numerous severed limbs and body parts.
This bombardment had actually taken place in the center of a city in the present world?!
Simultaneously, the sword energy erupted like the sun, blazing with a world-shaking brilliance.
“Over the years, I’ve spent countless efforts to subdue White Eagle Country, to take control of the Zhou Tian Sect…”
“I’ve prepared weapons, arranged a Blood Sacrifice, controlled countless experts and key figures…”
“Today, by sacrificing millions in one breath, I have brought forth this salvation-bringing sword, this strike that gathers the power of the masses!”
Within that sword energy, it seemed as though countless faces appeared, letting out waves of agonizing screams.
And as the sword energy was lifted by the young man, skies were bathed in a scarlet light, painting the whole world blood-red.
The cries of millions filled the atmosphere, strong enough to shatter one’s sanity in an instant.
While the young man had only spoken a few words, the Immortal Palace Leader had already turned tail to run.
The Immortal Palace Leader had no semblance of dignity or formality—faced with such a disadvantage, he would immediately flee.
The young man leapt up, watching the other create a blur as he flew out of the battlefield, and scoffed coldly, “Even if you run like a dog today, you absolutely won’t be able to escape.”
With a thunderous shout, the bloody sword energy aimed directly at the direction in which the Immortal Palace Leader was retreating.
“For all the beings of this world, follow me to salvation!”
The next moment, the young man merged with his sword, slashing toward the Immortal Palace Leader like a crimson bolt of lightning.