Chapter 2892 Breaking the Trap

The figures emerged one after another from the colossal vortex of flowing light, coming to stand in a half circle before it. Each figure was shrouded in mist that obscured their faces. All but Tao Leng, whose face was laid bare before them. He hung limp in their grasp, unconscious, his neck clutched in one hand.

Lin Xun rose slowly to his feet. Then, he suddenly laughed.

The black-robed figure frowned. “Lin Xun, hand over the Divine Rank law immediately! If you dare make a single move, Tao Leng dies where he stands!”

Lin Xun sighed, his expression unreadable. “Everyone here are elders of the Origin Sect, yet you are using your own to threaten me. If this ever spreads...tell me, how will the world view our sect?”

His words hit like a slap of thunder.

“Enough of your nonsense!” The black-robed figure barked, voice sharp with fury. “Delay any longer, and don’t blame us for being merciless!”

Lin Xun laughed again. “Merciless? You’ve gone to such lengths to lure me here...was that not your intention from the start? Why bother pretending otherwise? You’ll only make me despise you more.”

”You...”

The black-robed figure was seething, about to retort when a cold voice interrupted, “Enough. Although this brat’s words are venomous, he’s right. There’s no need for disguises.”

Swoosh!

Light rippled through the air as the man at the center dropped his concealment. It was Fu Wenli, Deputy Pavilion Master of the Origin Sky Pavilion.

One after another, the others followed suit. Qi Xiaoyun, Chi Wen, and Tang Qiu, all deputy pavilion masters, stood revealed beneath the starlight.

The black-robed figure was Qi Xiaoyun! Now, four towering figures of the Origin Sect faced Lin Xun, their gazes like blades, their killing intent flooding the void.

Lin Xun let out a low chuckle. “Four deputy pavilion masters joined hands just to deal with me, and even resorted to such tricks. Truly...an eye-opener.”

When he first joined the Origin Sect, he was only at the Supreme Emperor Ancestor Stage. Back then, these deputy pavilion masters were giants he could only look up to. Now, in just a few short decades, everything had changed. The flowers may bloom year after year, but the people...were never the same.

Fu Wenli and the others’ expressions darkened slightly. They knew well that their methods were shameful, but for the Divine Rank law, such scruples no longer mattered.

Chi Wen barked, “Enough chatter! Hand over the Divine Rank law!” He tightened his grip on Tao Leng’s neck, veins bulging with murderous intent.

Lin Xun’s tone was calm. “Release Elder Tao Leng first. I’m already here. Do you think I can escape?”

Everyone frowned.

Fu Wenli’s gaze flickered. “Give him Tao Leng.”

With a flick of his wrist, Chi Wen hurled Tao Leng through the air. At the same instant, blinding dao light erupted as the four old monsters struck in unison. The starry heavens quaked and roared as divine weapons screamed through the void.

Their attacks were so swift they seemed to tear through time itself! Years of battle-hardened experience turned their ambush into a seamless killing formation! Each movement was swift and precise, and every strike was perfectly synchronized.

An ordinary cultivator would have faltered, torn between rescuing Tao Leng or evading the onslaught. That single heartbeat of hesitation would have given the enemy full control of the battle.

However, Lin Xun’s response was simple and decisive. He moved like lightning, rushing toward Tao Leng without a trace of hesitation or delay.

There was a chill in Fu Wenli and the others’ eyes. In their view, Lin Xun’s reckless charge was nothing short of courting death. Perhaps he could save Tao Leng, but in the next instant, both would be obliterated beneath their barrage of attacks.

However, in the very next heartbeat, their expressions froze. They saw five dao bodies bursting forth from Lin Xun, each unleashing its own supreme dao art.

Rumble!

Heaven and earth shuddered. Mist and divine light surged like tidal waves, filling the starry void with thunderous brilliance. Those five dao bodies intercepted and dissolved every attack. Amidst that chaos, Lin Xun’s true body cut through the storm, rescuing Tao Leng with effortless precision.

Fu Wenli and the others stared wide-eyed as disbelief ripped across their faces. The combined strike of the four of them was enough to annihilate any peer at the same cultivation stage, but Lin Xun, who was only at the initial Transcendence Stage, managed to withstand it all!

Unthinkable. Impossible.

Lin Xun first examined Tao Leng and found there were no injuries. With a flick of his sleeve, he placed him safely into the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron.

Then, he raised his gaze toward the four deputy pavilion masters, who still looked dazed and uncertain. A faint mocking smile curved his lips. “Ah, I see now. You don’t know what happened on my journey back to the sect. No wonder you were so confident and fearless.”

His voice was calm, but every word dripped with irony. Back then, while fleeing pursuit, Lin Xun had slain Wang Zhongyuan, Zu Wenheng and other beings who were at the perfect Transcendence Stage. That battle shook the heavens, and since then, no one who knew of it would dare underestimate him again.

Unfortunately for these four, they were unaware of the truth, and that ignorance would soon be their ruin.

“What do you mean?” Fu Wenli demanded, his brows knitting together.

“It means exactly what I said.” Lin Xun burst out laughing, and in the next instant, his true body and five dao bodies surged forward as one.

“Kill him!”

“Use your full strength! Don’t give him a chance!”

“Understood!”

Fu Wenli’s, Qi Xiaoyu’s, Chi Wen’s, and Tang Qiu’s eyes blazed with killing intent as they erupted with their full strength. For a single general’s triumph, ten thousand had to perish beneath his feet.

To rise step by step to the rank of deputy pavilion master within the Origin Sect, such figures had to stand at the absolute pinnacle of their realm. Their foundations were deeper than canyons and their power struck fear even into their equals.

They had lived through countless ages, and with unmatched battle experience. Not only in the Seventh Heaven Domain, but also in the Eighth Heaven Domain, they would be unshakable pillars of great clans!

After all, even among the Ten Immortal Giants, the strongest of them had only ever reached the perfect Transcendence Stage. Now, as the four deputy pavilion masters struck in unison, their combined might surged like a storm capable of tearing the heavens apart.

Boom!

For a moment, the starry sky roiled in chaos, and countless stars and meteorites shattered into dust, unable to withstand the crushing might radiating from the four old monsters. However, what made their faces pale was that, even beneath such a terrifying barrage, Lin Xun and his five dao bodies stood utterly unshaken!

No matter what divine arts or dao weapons they unleashed, everything was effortlessly dissolved by Lin Xun and his dao bodies. It completely defied their understanding!

“How can this be?!” Qi Xiaoyun’s face darkened in disbelief.

The four had already cast aside their pride by joining forces just to kill Lin Xun. In their eyes, this operation should have been nothing different from crushing an ant beneath their feet. Had they not feared news of it spreading, they would never have gone to such lengths to lay this secret trap.

Who could have imagined that Lin Xun, who came alone, would unleash a power that defied the very heavens?! It was a truth they found impossible to accept.

Ten years ago, he was nothing more than a youth at the initial Nirvana Spirit Stage, a junior they had watched for years beneath their very eyes. Now, he possessed the power to stand as their equal!

Who in this world would dare believe it? So this was the darkness beneath the lamp. The more you discover and understand, the harder it was to believe or accept when everything suddenly turned upside down!

This was exactly the case for Fu Wenli and the others. They had watched Lin Xun enter the Origin Sect, watched him rise to prominence, and knew every detail about him. However, in just ten short years, everything had changed beyond recognition.

This was utterly beyond their expectations!

Rumble!

The battle raged with terrifying ferocity. Lin Xun soon realized that the four deputy pavilion masters possessed overwhelming power, far superior to Wang Zhongyuan and the others, and even stronger than Earth Shaman, Zu Wenheng.

Once, throughout the world, only those who had ascended to the Eternal Realm could suppress such ancient monsters.

However, Lin Xun was no ordinary cultivator. He walked the Eternal Supremacy Path. When he broke through to the Transcendence Realm, the years of potential he had quietly amassed erupted in full, transforming him into something far beyond his former self.

At this moment, his true body and the Red Flame Dao Body were locked in combat with Qi Xiaoyun, while his remaining four dao bodies clashed with Fu Wenli, Chi Wen, and Tang Qiu. Whether his true body or his dao bodies, each radiated the heaven-defying, invincible might of this realm!

Not only was Lin Xun not suppressed, but he was also beginning to overwhelm them all!

“Die!”

Before long, Lin Xun let out a thunderous roar. The Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron crashed forth with a resounding clang, violently knocking the black halberd from Qi Xiaoyun’s grasp. It continued forward without losing momentum, slamming straight into Qi Xiaoyun with unstoppable might.

PU!

Qi Xiaoyun spewed blood from his mouth and nose, his chest caving in as his defenses shattered completely. In that instant, the Red Flame Dao Body lunged forth and slammed out a burning palm strike.

Bang!

Qi Xiaoyun had no time to react before his body exploded, scattering into ashes across the void. A veteran old monster who had served as deputy pavilion master of the Origin Sky Pavilion for countless years was slain in an instant!

Fu Wenli and the others went deathly pale, a chill seeping through their bones. Only then did they finally understand why Lin Xun had dared to come alone. With his current strength, he had no need for anyone’s help.

Lin Xun’s gaze was cold as ice as his voice rang across the battlefield like a death knell. “Now, do you understand how I returned alive? I’ll tell you...Wang Zhongyuan and nine other old monsters of the Ten Immortal Giants, and even the Shaman Sect’s Earth Shaman, Zu Wenheng...were all slain by my hand.”

His tone remained calm, almost coldly indifferent. “Deputy Pavilion Master Xuan Feiling and the others already know of this. I simply chose to keep you in the dark. Who could have imagined you’d be so foolish enough to strike at me? How is this any different from courting death?”

Fu Wenli and the others’ faces contorted with rage and humiliation.

“Kill him!” they roared, unleashing every forbidden art and secret technique at their disposal.

Unfortunately, it was futile. Lin Xun and his dao bodies moved in perfect unison. Six against three, their flawless cooperation completely crushed Fu Wenli and the others.

“Die!”

Before long, the Black Water Dao Body let out a thunderous roar and joined forces with the Green Wood Dao Body. Together, they struck and obliterated Chi Wen on the spot. His body exploded and his primordial spirit was ground to dust. It was a swift and gruesome death.

“Run!”

Terror gripped Fu Wenli and Tang Qiu so fiercely that their souls nearly fled their bodies. No longer daring to resist, they fled at once, activating forbidden escape arts that turned their bodies into streaks of light.

They did so to guarantee their escape. At that same instant, Lin Xun too unleashed his innate divine power——The Seal of Temporal Restriction!

In that instant, the laws of time themselves were stirred. Heaven and earth fell silent as countless threads of time intertwined and fused, weaving into a forbidden power that sealed the entire starry sky.

Bang! Bang!

Mid-flight, Fu Wenli and Tang Qiu slammed headfirst into the Seal of Temporal Restriction. The violent recoil made their vision flash with stars and blood surge up their throats. When they looked again, the Seal of Temporal Restriction hadn’t even shifted, only rippling faintly.

Unshakable as divine iron.