Chapter 197 - Team Annihilation

“Eagle Claw Hand!”

Five beams of light shot from the fingers, forming a gigantic claw in the air that crashed down loudly.

Boom!

The ground cracked, revealing five deep trenches, each dozens of meters long, fierce and terrifying.

Lin Xuan quickly dodged, a blue bead appearing in his hand.

This was a Thunder Pearl, obtained from Cang Lei, said to have the power to kill any martial artist below the Spirit Sea Seventh Layer.

Lin Xuan’s body darted forward, charging towards the gray-clothed elder.

In the sky, the enormous eagle claw emerged again, striking down with an extremely sharp posture.

The sound of tearing through the air rang out continuously, as if five long spears were thrusting, piercing through the void itself.

Lin Xuan seemed like a wisp of green smoke, drifting in the fierce wind.

The seemingly perilous attacks were all dodged by him, one by one.

Swoosh!

He moved again, flicking the Thunder Pearl from his hand.

The Thunder Pearl blended into the wind, causing no disturbance at all.

Only when it neared the gray-clothed elder did the latter realize its presence.

The young man in the distance wore a cold smirk, deciding that once he captured Lin Xuan, he would torture him thoroughly to death!

However, a thunderous roar that shook the heavens awakened him.

The spot where the gray-clothed elder stood was enveloped by a terrifying thunder energy.

Within dozens of meters around, everything was filled with blue electric light, as if multiple Thunder Dragons were rolling.

As thunder and lightning spread in all directions, a group of people were stunned.

The young master’s face showed an array of expressions, changing several times until finally, a look of panic appeared.

“Don’t worry, young master, Elder Zhou is a Spirit Sea Sixth Layer practitioner, he should be fine!”

The thunder light dissipated, revealing the scene inside.

A crater tens of meters in diameter and more than ten meters deep appeared, its surface scorched black.

The gray-clothed elder was covered in blood, one arm seemingly blasted off, and a horrifying wound appeared on his chest.

“Boy, I want you dead!”

The gray-clothed elder had a fierce look, spitting out a large amount of blood with every word.

He had sustained very heavy injuries.

“If you hadn’t had ill intentions initially, this wouldn’t be happening now,” Lin Xuan’s voice was cold, “You all brought this upon yourselves!”

“Wind Emperor’s Sword!”

His figure became erratic and illusionary, his speed reaching an extreme!

A flash of sword light passed, and the gray-clothed elder’s eyes widened in anger as he fell to the ground.

Lin Xuan turned around, his gaze indifferent as he looked towards a group of people in the distance.

“You, don’t come any closer!” The young master’s voice trembled, lacking his initial arrogance.

“We are from the Qu Family of Ying Country, killing us, you won’t escape either!”

Lin Xuan’s expression was silent as he steadily walked forward.

“Remember, be a good person in your next life!”

His voice was cold, as he slowly raised his long sword.

“Run!”

No longer able to bear it, the group scattered in all directions.

“If even one person escapes, you’ll end up with no place to bury!” the young master said viciously.

“Is that so?”

Lin Xuan thrust with his sword, a cyan-golden Sword Wave spreading in all directions from him.

Thud, thud, thud!

Every martial artist touched by the Sword Wave was cleaved in two.

The range of the Wind and Thunder Sword Wave was very large, now able to slay everyone within twenty meters.

None of the martial artists escaped, including the young master, who was also bisected by the Sword Wave.

Taking their storage rings, Lin Xuan quickly left the area.

Huff!

A cold wind blew, and the surrounding snow quickly enveloped the people…

Lin Xuan galloped all the way towards the Fire State.

He had tamed a Snow Wolf for transportation, while he himself was constantly in a state of cultivation.

As he was about to reach the border of Snow State, Lin Xuan awakened from his cultivation.

He had now reached the peak of the Spirit Sea Third Layer and would soon break through to the Spirit Sea Fourth Layer Heaven.

Thanks to the Ice Platform, otherwise, it would have taken him at least two to three months to reach the peak of the Spirit Sea Third Layer.

“It seems your progress is faster than expected,” Lord of Wine said with a smile, “It’s time to move on to the next step.”

Lin Xuan nodded, fully aware of what the next step entailed.

Now, he had adapted to the cold of the Ice Platform and could attempt to temper his body with the aura of Profound Ice.

Of course, even he couldn’t directly contact a strand of Profound Ice aura.

Keep in mind, even the mysterious green-haired man was frozen by it, let alone him!

Lord of Wine divided a strand of Profound Ice aura into nine filaments, which could allow Lin Xuan to withstand the cold and temper his body.

The preparation began, but first, he needed to organize.

He rode the Snow Wolf to a clean area.

With a wave of his hand, the Storage Rings of the Qu Family Martial Artists all appeared in his hands.

Among them, Lin Xuan was most interested in two of the Storage Rings, one belonging to the young master and the other to the grey-clothed elder.

He first checked the grey-clothed elder’s Storage Ring.

Inside, there were five hundred thousand low-grade spiritual stones, three Human-level Treasures, some Elixir Pills, and more.

In addition, there were some Martial Arts.

For example, there was a Low-level Spiritual Martial Arts, Eagle Claw Technique.

Lin Xuan had already witnessed the power of this Martial Arts; although he had no interest in cultivating it, he could sell it.

A Low-level Spiritual Martial Arts was worth about three thousand mid-grade spiritual stones, which was quite valuable.

After checking the grey-clothed elder’s items, Lin Xuan delved his Soul Power into the young master’s Storage Ring.

Lin Xuan sighed softly; the contents were even richer than those of the grey-clothed elder!

“Truly befitting a young master of a great family!”

Lin Xuan briefly overviewed and found eight hundred thousand low-grade spiritual stones, five hundred mid-grade spiritual stones, a Xuan-grade Long Spear, several Cultivation Techniques, and an ancient map inside.

Just the belongings of these two were worth over two million low-grade spiritual stones!

Lin Xuan took out the map and examined it closely.

The map was the size of two hands but was incomplete, as if the edges had been cut by a sharp instrument.

At a few mountain tops, red dots were marked, and Lin Xuan counted a total of five red dots.

At the bottom of the map was a forceful and powerful character “Spirit”.

“Spirit…” Lin Xuan’s eyes flickered, suddenly remembering the map Lin Feng had obtained at the auction.

“Spiritual Grade Treasure?” his voice was filled with uncertainty.

“No matter, after the affairs at the Engraving Tower are settled, I’ll go take a look!”

After packing everything up, Lin Xuan communicated with Lord of Wine telepathically.

He wanted to thoroughly investigate what the green-haired man was!

A black vortex appeared out of nowhere, and a huge ice sculpture landed on the ground.

Lin Xuan approached and stared unblinkingly at the green-haired man inside.

Inside, although the green-haired man was frozen, his eyes seemed still able to move.

When he saw Lin Xuan, two green flames burst from his eyes.

“Damn, he’s still alive!” Lin Xuan cursed softly.

“Lord of Wine, do you have any way to find out his identity?”

“Even though he is just a clone, you can still brand him with a Slave Seal, making him obey you,” Lord of Wine replied indifferently.

“A Slave Seal?” Lin Xuan’s lips curled into a slight smile, “That’s happily decided.”

Inside the ice, the green-haired man seemed to hear Lin Xuan’s words, his green light flickering, obviously not lightly angered.

“However, applying the Slave Seal is not simple; first, you need to elevate your Soul Power to the level of a Second Grade Rune Master,” Lord of Wine slowly said.