Chapter 1308 Advance Or Retreat

One sword strike petrified everyone!

Even Yuan Fatian and Little Golden Winged Dapeng King could not help but inhale sharply, trembling inwardly.

The sword made them feel threatened and think about how they would counter the blow if they had to face it themselves.

As for the other experts, they had a blank, lifeless look on their faces.

Ever since the battle began, Lin Xun had successively wounded Yu Xi from the Yalu Lineage, Yao Li, a spirit offspring, and Bai Qian, a descendant of the White Tiger Lineage...

On the other side, the Broken Blade was suspended in the air like the sun shining upon the world, suppressing Wanyin, an unparalleled swordswoman, to the extent that she barely held on!

But at this moment, the spectacular sword strike put an end to the encirclement against Lin Xun!

The power of a demon god was displayed in its fullness at this moment.

Scarlet blood splattered, dyeing the void red.

The bodies of the twin brothers Yan Shan and Yan Hai were destroyed, but strangely, their flesh and blood constantly repaired themselves as they had their own life force.

This was the terror of embarking on the Saint’s Body Path. A destroyed physical body could be restored, and there was only one way to kill such cultivators.

By utterly destroying their flesh and blood!

The primordial spirit and thoughts of physical cultivators were all imbued within their flesh and blood. Their physical body was their great dao root in conquering the world.

Why was a physical cultivator of the Saint Stage able to restore themselves to their original state even if all that remained of them was a drop of blood?

That drop of blood was like a divine treasure, containing their primordial spirit, power, and cultivation base.

“They’re recovering...” said someone in a trembling voice.

Only Lin Xun was unfazed, and he did not even bother to look at them again.

A’lu exclaimed, “Big Brother is amazing. The power of that sword has already seeped into the flesh and blood of the two and unleashed destruction. This is tantamount to completely destroying their cultivation!”

As a fellow physical cultivator, he knew better than others that Lin Xun’s sword not only severed the physical bodies of Yan Shan and Yan Hai, but also destroyed their great dao foundation!

This was what was most terrifying about Lin Xun’s attack.

Sure enough, when Yan Shan and Yan Hai finished their repairing process, their auras were extremely faint and weak, and their faces were ashen and contorted with bitterness and despair.

They had become Supreme Kings and stepped onto the longevity path and should have an extremely bright future.

But that sword crushed all their hopes, potential, future, ambitions...!

Even if they recovered completely, it was unknown when they could rebuild their foundation!

“Who can withstand this sword?” As Lin Xun’s indifferent voice resounded throughout the world, he ran his eyes over Bai Qian, Yu Xi, and Yao Li.

The three went stiff, as if frozen in an ice cave.

At this point in the battle, only an idiot would not realize the gap between them and Lin Xun.

“This is called bringing humiliation upon yourselves, and your deaths will not be pitied!” The ice-cold voice felt like a bugle calling on death.

“Quickly run!” Wanyin screamed in the distance.

Before this, she looked mysterious and hazy like the misty rain, exuded a high and mighty demeanor like the celestial moon, and spoke with calmness and dignity. It was as though she could easily take care of Lin Xun.

But now, the expression on her pretty face was morphing constantly, and her eyes seemed to be splitting in the corners. She had completely lost control of her emotions, struggling to remain calm.

The tremendous power of Lin Xun had completely chilled her to the bone, and now only emotions such as regret, bitterness, worry, and self-blame were fermenting in her heart.

Unfortunately, it was too late for her to regret her actions. And her reminder to the others was also too late—

Boom!

As soon as Lin Xun’s voice rang out, a blast of fist power surged through the air like a giant dazzling dragon, eyes locking on target.

The punch only made Bai Qian, Yao Li and Yu Xi think of two words: Inescapable and unavoidable!

An endless feeling of terror and dread flooded them like a cold current, driving their minds to the brink of breakdown. Their expressions became distorted with strong bitterness and despair.

But as peerless figures of the world, would they willingly accept death?

At this moment, they had lost all hope!

“No—!” Wanyin roared with fury, blood trickling down her lips.

The feeling of regret and hatred slashed at her heart like a knife.

It was at that critical juncture that a sigh sounded—“Brother Lin, please have mercy.”

The voice, filled with majesty, penetrated the mind like the morning bell.

As the voice rang out, a figure flew out of nowhere and blocked Lin Xun’s punch.

However, to everyone’s astonishment, the figure did not strike back. Instead, it just forcibly absorbed the force of the blow.

Bang!

The figure reeled a few steps, swaying, and a streak of blood dripped down the corner of his lips.

The entire audience was stunned into silence.

When they looked closer, they saw that the man had an imposing figure, pretty eyes, and handsome brows. He was clad in a wide-sleeved robe that did no justice to his indescribably good-looking face.

Even though he was knocked back by the punch and tried to steady himself, he did not fluster in the slightest. He exuded the calmness and aura of a lofty mountain standing among a still lake.

“Lord Imperial Son!”

A chorus of exclamations rang out.

Bai Qian, Yu Xi and Yao Li, who were already filled with despair, regret and bitter acceptance, all fell into a trance-like state, their eyes reddening.

At the critical moment of standing at death’s door, how could they have thought that Imperial Son would show up and help them block a blow with his own body!

Watching the blood flow down the corner of Imperial Son’s lips, they struggled to understand what he was thinking. Given his strength, he had no problem defending against that blow, but why...

Why did he not fight back?

The scene bewildered everyone else.

The person who came was the overlord who dominated first place on the Genius Gold Rankings, the young master of the Astral Imperial Clan, the unrivaled prodigy who was currently invincible in the Upper Nine Realms—Shaohao!

But such a character whose divine power outshone all his peers and was as mighty and dazzling as the sun in the sky did not counter Lin Xun’s attack.

Why was that?

The area was filled with bewilderment.

Even Lin Xun was taken aback for a moment, before a flash of realization dawned on him and he could not help scrunching his brows.

“Brother Lin, can you give me some face and stop now?” Shaohao smiled wryly and bowed his head.

Many people gasped. Given Shaohao’s current status and strength, he had no need to lower his head like that, but he did so.

𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

This was completely unexpected!

“Lord Imperial Son, you...”

Bai Qian and the others were also dumbfounded, unspeakable anger bubbling in their hearts.

Imperial Son was a legend-like existence to them, but he bowed his head to Lin Xun and begged for mercy for them.

How could they stand that?

Shaohao frowned and shot a look of disappointment at Bai Qian and the others. “No need to say anything. If you have done something wrong, then you need to admit it and apologize! If you had known that this would be the outcome, then would you have come to stir up trouble without consulting me?”

Bai Qian and the others bowed their heads in shame.

Lin Xun sighed and withdrew the Broken Blade.

“Thank you Brother Lin!” Shaohao smiled like a weight was lifted off him.

From the first moment he appeared, he had been humble, apologetic and unapologetic. He had no airs, which did not match his status as the number one on the Genius Gold Rankings.

It was hard not to wonder whether Shaohao deserved the fame.

But Toady and A’lu, as well as Yuan Fatian and Little Golden Winged Dapeng King, all assumed serious and dignified expressions.

This was truly called free to advance or retreat!

Advance, and he was famous all over the world, topping the Genius Gold Rankings and rising above the heroes in the world.

Retreat, and he was humble and good mannered and not bound by the opinions and views of the secular world.

It was rare to find someone as bold and broad-minded as him.

“Young Master, this incident started because of me. Bai Qian and the others were only following my orders, please don’t blame them. I am willing to bear the consequences of my action alone, even if it means death I have no regrets!” Wanyin fluttered over, her pretty face deathly pale, and bowed her head respectfully.

Shaohao sighed, a glance of tenderness mixed with disappointment flashed across his eyes. “Wanyin, please step aside.”

He drew a deep breath and turned to look at Lin Xun. “Brother Lin, what happened today was ultimately caused by my people. I am willing to take full responsibility for it. Brother Lin, if there is anything that you are unhappy about, feel free to raise it with me. I promise to do my best to make it up to you. I hope we can resolve this misunderstanding and avoid any enmity.”

His apologetic and submissive attitude surprised the audience.

Who would have imagined that the high and mighty Imperial Son Shaohao would apologize to Lin Xun in such a sincere and serious manner and not show a flicker of irritation?

If this spread out, how would the world view this matter?

However, everyone knew that Shaohao did so not because he was afraid or awed by Lin Xun!

Lin Xun also knew this, and so he couldn’t help but think back to his first meeting with Shaohao.

At that time, he already knew that Shaohao was an extraordinary character, with great courage, great determination, and great ambition. He had all the qualities of a leader.

If Shaohao had tried to overpowered him as soon as he appeared, then he would not have stopped like he did.

Moreover, when Shaohao appeared, he first blocked the punch with his body and did not attempt to counter it, and then he apologized with utmost sincerity. This made Lin Xun feel bad to take things further.

After all, he had no grudge with Shaohao, and there was no need to tear into each other’s faces over some unimportant people.

“Not to mention other things, shouldn’t the fact that I badly injured your subordinates make you want to avenge them?” Lin Xun asked casually.

Shaohao smiled wryly and then sighed, “They brought it upon themselves and can’t blame anyone. I originally planned to visit you to catch up and discuss world affairs with you before they made this mistake. Who would have predicted this would happen?”

As he was speaking, he gave a cupped fist salute. “Brother Lin, back when we were at Fallen Star Peak, I already knew that you and I would meet again very soon, but I did not expect it to be like this. Regardless of what you think about this, it was my friends who were in the wrong in the first place, so I would not harbor any grudge because of this. Likewise, I hope that today’s incident will not make you resentful and ruin our relationship.”

Hearing this, many people sighed.

Shaohao’s sincerity was apparent.

Lin Xun chuckled and returned a cupped fist salute. “One who does not know is not guilty. Brother Shaohao is so broad-minded. How can I, Lin Xun, fuss over this trivial matter?”

After a pause, he continued, “What is a better time than now? Since you and I have met again here, let me be a good host and have the honors of preparing some drinks to enjoy together. What do you say?”

Shaohao was flabbergasted for a moment and then he laughed heartily, “How can I say no? I’d love to have a drink with Brother Lin!”

“This way.” Lin Xun smiled slightly.