NOVPUBWalking into the small house at the deepest part of the courtyard, Lin Qian approached the bed with two layers of mattresses and lifted them, then leaped onto the bed.
The moment Lin Qian’s feet touched the bedframe, the array’s fluctuations began to flow, and the seemingly solid bedframe suddenly turned into flowing water, melting away.
As Lin Qian’s figure merged into the bedframe turned stream, stone cavern walls suddenly appeared around him, and he slipped down the vertical passage.
Not knowing how long he had been sliding downward, suddenly a repulsive force came from below, causing his rapidly descending body to halt and form a buffer.
When the repulsive force dissipated, Lin Qian gently stretched out his legs and touched solid ground.
At this moment, what entered Lin Qian’s vision was a hidden cavern, extremely spacious and equally simple.
In the center of this cavern, Lin Qian immediately saw his mentor, Wei Wushuang, sitting with his eyes closed, seemingly still immersed in cultivation.
Beside his mentor stood a young man, eyeing the cultivating Wei Wushuang.
"Ha, I really didn’t expect you to appear here, Gao Benli!" Lin Qian stared coldly at the young man and scoffed.
The young man slowly turned around, and looking at Lin Qian who suddenly appeared, he sneered with a hint of scorn, "Well, if it isn’t Lin Qian, the recent celebrated Young Emperor of the Wanxiang Sect, I do want to see if you are as formidable as the legends say!"
As his words fell, the mysteriously present Gao Benli released his Sky Breaking Realm’s Soul Power from his body, displaying formidable might, and his Soul Light intensified layer by layer, reaching the Ninth Layer.
Clearly, this Gao Benli was also once a genius who had broken through to the Sky Breaking Realm after nine cycles of Nirvana.
After consolidating his Soul Power, Gao Benli dashed towards Lin Qian in a flash, his right fist wrapped in blazing-red Soul Power.
The intensely hot flame punch lit up the slightly dim cavern brightly, and Gao Benli seemed like a Fire God rolling towards Lin Qian, as if to completely burn him to ashes.
Seeing Gao Benli’s imposing figure, the corners of Lin Qian’s mouth slightly lifted, and the golden-red Thunder Soul Power surged from within his body, thunderously resounding non-stop inside the cavern, producing deafening sounds.
At this moment, Lin Qian had completely unleashed the Soul Power within his body, revealing a dazzling twelve layers of Soul Light.
"Twelve cycles of Nirvana?" The transformation in Lin Qian shocked Gao Benli, causing his forward rushing figure to briefly falter, but ultimately, as a strong practitioner of the Sky Breaking Realm and a genius of the Coastal State, he immediately steadied himself.
The intensely hot flame punch and the whistling thunder punch collided magnificently in the center of the cavern.
As fire and thunder intertwined, Soul Power instantly erupted, generating terrifying fluctuations twisting through the cavern.
Bang!
The loud impact sounded, and after exchanging punches, Gao Benli and Lin Qian were forced backward respectively.
Lin Qian took three steps back and then fiercely stomped on the ground to stabilize his body that was about to be blown away.
At the same time, Gao Benli took more than ten steps back at the spot before he could stabilize his shaken figure.
Once steadied, Gao Benli stood in place, his eyes revealing an unmistakably shocked expression, extremely astonished; he truly hadn’t expected Lin Qian, with only the sixth level of the Nirvana Realm, to be so powerful.
What shocked him even more was not just the collision of punches, but the twelve layers of Soul Light on Lin Qian’s body. The number of Soul Light layers represented how many cycles of Nirvana had been completed during the breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm.
Or it could denote that compensation cycles were completed during the Nirvana Realm.
The number of Soul Light layers wasn’t the entirety of strength, but it did represent the foundational standard of a Soul Martial Artist.
"I seem to have underestimated you, Young Emperor of the Wanxiang Sect!" Gao Benli said, taking a deep breath. As he stretched out his hand, nine floating Elemental Components appeared in front of him, with a long staff-like Elemental Artifact Heart at the center.
"Elemental Weapon Armament!"
After shouting, Gao Benli reached out and grabbed a red eyebrow-length long staff.
The Elemental long staff, with just a gentle swipe in Gao Benli’s hands, brought forth broad waves of flames, making Lin Qian, not far away, feel the intense heat.
Lin Qian also took a deep breath, taking out the special Elemental Artifact Heart and Elemental Components crafted by the Heavenly Art Department. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
"Elemental Weapon Armament!"
As Lin Qian’s words fell, his reddish-gold Thunder Soul Power began to flow out, climbing onto the Elemental Components.
The Elemental Components, upon contact with the Soul Power, instantly melted into a metallic liquid, completely enveloping the Elemental Artifact Heart. At the same time, the shadow of the Thunder Night Sword’s Martial Soul projected from Lin Qian’s Dantian.
In an instant, the dark blade of the Thunder Night Sword, branded with reddish-gold patterns, was held in Lin Qian’s hand.
Clutching the wide-bladed Thunder Night Sword, Lin Qian instantly charged forward, mercilessly slashing at Gao Benli’s face.
The reddish-gold Thunder Soul Power on the blade howled, churning tumultuously, and instantly approached Gao Benli.
The speed of Lin Qian’s strike was so fast that it startled Gao Benli. He quickly raised the long staff in his hand, holding it horizontally in front of him to block the incoming slash.
Clang!
The black Thunder Night Sword heavily struck the long staff, sparking flares and the crawling of lightning serpents.
Having withstood such a blow, Gao Benli’s expression changed, for he clearly felt an extremely terrifying force transferring from the twin staves in his hands, causing his hands to numb somewhat.
"What strength! Your physique is indeed as fearsome as it used to be!" With his arms slightly trembling, Gao Benli chuckled bitterly and shouted at Lin Qian.
Lin Qian grimaced with a smile, slashing another sword at Gao Benli, "This is just the appetizer!"
After speaking, Lin Qian frantically waved the Thunder Night Sword in his hand, relentlessly attacking Gao Benli.
Facing such a furious onslaught from Lin Qian, Gao Benli could only defend passively, still looking for opportunities to counterattack.
However, Gao Benli was shocked to discover that when he targeted a weak spot in Lin Qian with a stab, he actually fell into an even deeper trap set for him.
Over time, Gao Benli even found himself at a disadvantage, with cracks gradually appearing on his fiery red long staff.
Crack!
With the sound of breaking, Gao Benli’s long staff in his hand instantly collapsed, shattering into countless metallic pieces.
At that moment, Lin Qian’s Thunder Night Sword also broke through the protective Soul Power and its blade headed straight for Gao Benli’s face.
Just as Lin Qian’s sword tip was about to scar Gao Benli’s face, it stopped abruptly.
"What a disgrace!" Gao Benli slapped away the Thunder Night Sword in front of him, turned around with a mournful face, and walked towards Wei Wushuang, who had opened his eyes at some unknown time, "Master, my junior brother is bullying me, please intervene!"
