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Chapter 696: Chapter 702: Extreme Speed
Two groups of cultivators who had never met before didn’t communicate but found themselves fighting at the same time.
The three of them took advantage of the chaos to look for Golden Core cultivators practicing fire-attribute skills, while the other group targeted a weaker Golden Core family. Afterwards, they incited trouble among the loose cultivators, framing and framing the Li family.
"Mr. Lin, someone is attacking our clan!"
This Lin family had but two Golden Cores and were of average strength, making them a target.
"Do you think they are cultivators from the Li family?"
Clan Leader Lin pondered for a moment and shook his head, "It doesn’t seem like it."
Everyone knew the Li family was a Beast-Taming Family, yet had not seen those cultivators summon any Spirit Beasts. Moreover, if they truly intended to act against them, why not directly send a Nascent Soul to do so?
At the very least, deploying more Golden Core cultivators would suffice, but this group had only five Golden Cores and no more than twenty or thirty lower-rank cultivators.
"It looks like someone is plotting against the Li family!"
Mr. Lin’s eyes sparkled as he said, "If we could lend the Li family a hand, might we receive their reward and trust afterward?"
"But by doing so, we’ll also offend the forces behind these cultivators. Those who dare attack the Li family must at least be a Nascent Soul power. How can the Lin family withstand such retaliation?"
Another Golden Core was neither willing nor inclined to gamble, "Better to temporarily hold them off. If they see no hope of breaking through the Formation after a while, they will naturally retreat."
"Nineteenth Brother, you’re thinking too simply," Mr. Lin shook his head and said, "If we block today’s attack, won’t we have disrupted their plans? Better to report to the Li family, capture all these cultivators, please the Li family and remove the trouble."
"This..."
Clan Leader Lin weighed the options and finally decided to take the risk, "Uncle, Mr. Lin is right. The Lin family is already involved; avoiding the issue will only put our clan in greater danger."
"Didn’t the Li family specifically send over a Communication Talisman a few days ago? Today it will come in handy."
In order to stabilize the situation as quickly as possible, the Li family had paid a considerable price. Just sending a third-rank Communication Talisman to every affiliated force was quite valuable!
With the activation of this Communication Talisman, the Li family’s stationed cultivators across the region promptly took action, at all costs, to send the message back to Wanxian Island in a quarter of an hour.
Li Zhirui, upon receiving the message, immediately used a Soul Voice Transmission secret technique, commanding Xiaoqing to rush to the Lin family with Feng Peng at the highest speed.
"I’ve used a secret technique to have Xiaoqing get there as soon as possible; they won’t escape!" A cold killing intent surfaced in Li Zhirui’s eyes. It seemed the world had forgotten over the years just how the Li family came to own such vast territory!
"Phew! As long as we capture these cultivators, that will settle the matter." Li Wenli sighed a breath of relief upon hearing this.
If the Lin family were annihilated, the prestige of the Li family would be greatly diminished! This was something he absolutely did not want to see.
"It’s not so simple; there’s still another group of cultivators," Li Zhirui shook his head. He had suspected there were others involved, and the news from the Lin family confirmed his suspicion.
"No news on the cultivators who made a move on Cheng Huo and Cheng Hua before." In his view, the threat from these three was even greater.
Behind them was a Nascent Soul True Lord, who once they experimented with accelerating cultivation through cultivators, they would inevitably become addicted, deeply ensnared, unable to extricate themselves in the future.
Yet thus far, no clue about them had been found.
Meanwhile, Xiaoqing, having received the message, was flying at full speed with Feng Peng towards the Lin family.
Both being wind-attribute Spirit Beasts, they were unimaginably fast once they burst forth. In just a quarter of an hour, they covered a distance of over a thousand miles and arrived at the Lin family’s territory.
Boom!
The oppressive force of two fourth-order Spirit Beasts in full eruption, along with their figures resembling gigantic peng birds, dominated the scene and intimidated the group of cultivators as soon as they appeared.
"This is bad! How did the Li family send someone so quickly!"
They knew before they took action against the Lin family that the distance from here to Wanxian Island was thousands of miles away, and even a Nascent Soul cultivator flying at full speed would need at least an hour!
But now, less than half an hour had passed since they had made their move!
This was without counting the time it took for the message to be relayed. According to their calculations, they should have been able to deal with the Lin family before anyone from the Li family arrived.
Unfortunately, they had underestimated the importance the Li family placed on this matter.
"Everyone, commit suicide! Do not drag the family down!" The leading Golden Core cultivator roared and then stimulated his mana, intending to self-destruct.
Facing two fourth-order Spirit Beasts, how could they, the Golden Core cultivators, possibly save their own lives?
The group had considered the possibility of failure before taking action, but when truly faced with death, some still wanted to retreat and save their own lives.
And how could the powers behind them not have contemplated this scenario?
The death soldiers lurking among the crowd, seeing some unwilling to die and even planning to betray their backing power in an attempt to save their lives, immediately activated the poison insects within their bodies.
In the blink of an eye, all the black-clothed cultivators dissolved into a pool of pus!
The speed was so fast that Xiaoqing didn’t manage to see their faces.
"Family?" Xiaoqing muttered to herself, recalling the man’s final roar, but after a careful thought, where nearby the Li family was there a Nascent Soul family?
"Mr. Lin from the senior Lin family pays respect to the two seniors, thank you for your life-saving grace!" Two Golden Core cultivators, along with a group of family members, stepped forward to express their gratitude.
Xiaoqing was pulled from her thoughts, nodded slightly, and said in a gentle tone, "No need for formalities, you did well in this matter, and the family will remember it."
Mr. Lin was overjoyed upon hearing this, for was this not exactly the gamble they took? He immediately spoke up, expressing his loyalty to the Li family.
Xiaoqing nodded perfunctorily and said, "Rewards will be distributed by family members soon. I have important matters to attend to and must leave now."
After speaking, she didn’t wait for their response and flapped her wings to leave.
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In some marketplace.
As the situation grew increasingly tense, many Loose Cultivators dared not linger in Li family territories and worried about encountering danger on the road, so they wanted to gather companions to leave.
Yet there were always some who couldn’t find their companions or who believed in their own strength, opting to travel alone.
And those three cultivators, after lying in wait for several days, finally spotted a suitable Golden Core cultivator.
Once he left the city, the three of them followed, and upon reaching a deserted area, they could no longer restrain themselves and launched an attack.
"Who are you? Why are you attacking me!" The Golden Core cultivator was shocked and distressed, while warding off the frenzied lethal onslaught, trying to escape, and creating various loud disturbances, hoping nearby cultivators would pass by and help him.
"Who we are is not important. You just need to know that you’re unlucky to have caught the attention of us three brothers!"
