Chapter 116 - First Battle in the Spirit Sea

Lin Xuan had already sensed the presence of people nearby, but since they were all from the Ninth Rank of Congealing Veins, they couldn’t impact him.

When a Spirit Sea Realm Martial Artist arrived, there was a change in Lin Xuan’s expression, and at that moment, a massive Mutated Water Crocodile emerged in the river, over thirty feet long, its demon energy soaring to the sky.

The crocodile reached the shore and immediately opened its massive jaws to release a water pillar that shot straight forward.

Lin Xuan’s body swayed, dodging the attack.

He didn’t counterattack immediately because the Spirit Sea Realm Martial Artist had already approached.

Sure enough, a figure landed on the ground with a light ‘eh’.

“What thick demon energy, I just happen to need a Water Element Demon Beast Crystal Core.

It seems heaven hasn’t treated me too poorly!”

This was a young man dressed in a long gown, ordinary in appearance, but his eyes were exceedingly sharp.

He looked at Lin Xuan and commanded coldly, “Brat, you can scram!”

Lin Xuan’s mouth curled into a slight smile, his voice resolute, “This is mine!”

“Ignorant fool!” The ordinary-looking young man sneered, his aura suddenly erupting like a volcanic explosion, sweeping across the area.

Looking down from above at Lin Xuan, he thought that once he released the aura of the Spirit Sea Realm, the little brat would definitely be scared witless.

However, Lin Xuan still smiled, his posture unyielding like a boulder.

Instead, the demon beast, sensing this aura, growled lowly and became extremely restless.

“He probably doesn’t know what the Spirit Sea Realm is!” The young man frowned, feeling unusually annoyed.

On a normal day, any Merged Vein Martial Artists who saw him would bow their heads in a flattering manner!

“It looks like he needs a reminder!” The young man’s face darkened, “Kid, I am a Spirit Sea Realm Martial Artist, aren’t you afraid!”

With that said, he swept his palm, and an enormous, hazy light palm appeared, striking towards the Water Crocodile nearby.

Boom!

The Water Crocodile screamed in agony as its body shattered under the impact, blood splattering everywhere.

“That should scare you enough!” The young man internally celebrated after killing the Water Crocodile with a single palm, eager to see Lin Xuan’s frightened expression.

However, Lin Xuan only furrowed his brow slightly and otherwise remained unchanged.

The young man didn’t know that inside Lin Xuan’s heart, there was a tumult of emotions.

Witnessing the power of a Spirit Sea Realm Martial Artist for the first time, he aspired to reach it, but letting go of this Water Crocodile was absolutely impossible.

“Scram!” Lin Xuan coldly shouted, his dislike evident on his face; he could tell this man was a bully who preyed on the weak.

The young man was momentarily stunned; despite all his thoughts, he hadn’t imagined Lin Xuan would dare to curse him.

Who was he?

A Spirit Sea Realm Martial Artist!

And Lin Xuan was merely an Eighth Rank Congealed Vein disciple.

“Does he have some kind of backing?” The young man was inwardly alarmed, his gaze swiftly scanning the surroundings.

Indeed, some families do assign powerful Martial Artists to guard secretly.

After scanning the area and seeing no one else, his expression darkened further.

A mere Merged Vein Martial Artist had dared to curse him, how could he not be furious!

“Boy, your fate will be worse than that of the demon beast!” His palm glowed as he furiously swung it down.

A half-meter-long light palm flew out, moving swiftly through the air, severing grass and trees in its path.

It resembled a small mountain crashing down, the pressure it emitted awe-inspiring.

“Illusion Thunder Step!” Lin Xuan’s figure flickered, vanishing from his original spot and reappearing in another direction.

Where he had been standing, the ground was shattered.

“Not bad speed!” The young man’s eyes glinted with cold light after missing his target, “If this is your source of confidence, then you can go to die!”

Before his words could all leave his lips, the young man’s form vanished, then reappeared right in front of Lin Xuan.

“So fast!” Lin Xuan’s pupils contracted; he could only catch a trace of the afterimage.

This speed was entirely beyond the limits of the Congealing Veins Realm, no wonder this young man was so arrogant.

A pair of palms appeared above his head, fierce Spiritual Power surging like molten lava spewing forth.

“Get lost!”

Lin Xuan pushed his Spiritual Power to the limit and simultaneously activated his Half-step Sword Intent to counter the Light Palm.

A sky-reaching Sword Qi surged forth, shining with sharp brilliance as if a Divine Sword was drawn from its sheath, overwhelming the spirit of the onlooker.

“What?” Despite the young man’s strong cultivation, his Soul Will was average, unable to withstand such close-range Sword Intent.

Bang!

The Light Palm had just condensed when, in his panic, it dispersed, and he swiftly moved away from Lin Xuan.

“Sword Intent!

This is Sword Intent!”

The young man exclaimed, his eyes filled with deep jealousy.

Such a conceptual thing was incredibly elusive; how could a mere ninth ranker of Congealing Vein grasp the Sword Intent!

Though jealous, the young man didn’t make a move; his wariness prevailed.

Across from him, Lin Xuan, while not highly cultivated, was like a Sword Demon with a terrifying killing aura, and his eyes even flickered with orange light.

“Humph, it’s just a Second-order Demon Beast, giving it to you is trivial!” The young man snorted coldly and ran off into the distance.

Lin Xuan had been prepared to fight desperately, but unexpectedly, his opponent fled.

He couldn’t be careless, bolstered his Sword Intent, and with a single strike, he split the dead Mutated Water Crocodile, extracting a walnut-sized Demon Crystal into his hand.

“Facing a Spirit Sea Realm Martial Artist is still too forced; it seems I need to advance quickly.”

“Don’t worry, with this Demon Crystal and Spirit Grass, I can soon concoct the suitable Spiritual Wine for you,” whispered the Lord of Wine.

Lin Xuan nodded and, gathering his utmost spirit, rushed towards the distance.

At the same time, in other areas of the Blood-colored Trial Land, various events unfolded.

Several powerful disciples quickly moved out of the peripheral zone, entering the Blood-colored Forest, moving several times faster than ordinary disciples.

Among them, Murong Qianling and Tang Yi cautiously proceeded together, while Zheng Jun moved with other disciples.

In the dense forest, a young man in white swung his sword, sending Sword Energy slashing across more than ten meters, cleaving a Demon Beast in two in front of him.

Behind him, Ling Ze and others looked on enviously.

In another direction, a group of young women in purple clothes moved through the woods, one of whom was the Zixia Fairy.

She floated in her purple clothes, her face veiled as if a fairy had descended.

But a closer look revealed that the leader of this group was not her but an ordinary-looking girl; the others faintly feared this girl, and even the Zixia Fairy had a hint of fear in her eyes.

“Where is the bat cave?” the ordinary girl asked.

“To the southeast,” the Zixia Fairy replied respectfully.

This group was actually heading to the bat cave, a forbidden area in the Trial Land.

Apart from this mysterious girl, there were also other hidden forces.

A disciple from the Chen Family suddenly stopped running, his body enveloped in black mist.

“Ah!” The disciple screamed horrifically, startling nearby wild beasts; luckily, there were no people nearby, or they would have been frightened away too.

Moments later, the screaming of this Chen Family disciple stopped, and he slowly stood up, his movements somewhat stiff, his eyes flickering with red light.

“Hehe…” The disciple sneered a few times, then disappeared into the forest.