NOVPUB"You are not even human," Lin Qian clasped his wrist, instinctively retorting, but he soon realized that Zhang Qi indeed was not human.
However, Zhang Qi’s strength surprised Lin Qian much more than he had anticipated.
In Lin Qian’s view, it was no wonder that he was the strongest talent among the younger generation of his branch clan. Truly impressive.
However, Lin Qian completely overlooked one thing—he had defeated Zhang Qi, who was at the First Level of the Life and Death Realm, while only at the First Level of the Sky Breaking Realm!
Looking at Lin Qian before him, Zhang Qi didn’t know what to say. The Emperor of the Huaxia Empire’s strength far exceeded his expectations.
The Sky Breaking Realm, whether in terms of Soul Power or physical strength, was terrifying. He was not at a disadvantage even when clashing directly with Zhang Qi, and there was even a hint of suppression.
Moreover, Lin Qian possessed two types of Soul Power attributes, one being thunder and the other cold ice.
Coincidentally, these two types of Soul Power were very effective in water, unaffected and even enhanced by it.
Zhang Qi also realized why Lin Qian had mentioned there was no need to isolate the seawater, as his combat power was unaffected by it, and could even be enhanced.
What surprised Zhang Qi the most was Lin Qian’s combat experience, which was even richer than his own.
In front of Lin Qian, he felt like a naive infant, all his maneuvers easily predicted.
How ludicrous it was that he had offered to give Lin Qian guidance earlier, now it seemed that he himself was the one in need of guidance.
"So strong, this is the Sky Breaking Realm. If Emperor Lin breaks through to the Life and Death Realm, that would be formidable!" Zhang Nianxin exclaimed in disbelief at the scene.
Seeing the Ninth Layer Soul Light on Lin Qian, Ye Xin chuckled, shaking her head: "Little Qian hasn’t even given his full effort yet."
"Impossible, right?" Hearing Ye Xin’s words, Zhang Nianyi quickly shook his head beside her, "Lady Ye, Emperor Lin possesses such combat power at the Sky Breaking Realm, it’s already extraordinary, and you say he hasn’t used his full strength?"
Ye Xin nodded slightly, not elaborating further.
Lin Qian was a Twelve Cycle Nirvana, now displaying only Ninth Layer Soul Light, clearly suppressing his strength.
Moreover, he hadn’t even deployed his Dual Martial Souls’ Elemental Weapon Armament.
It could be said that Lin Qian’s current power displayed, defeating Zhang Qi, was only at fifty percent.
After all, it wasn’t a fight to the death; if he wanted to completely annihilate Zhang Qi, Lin Qian would need to exert at least seventy percent of his strength.
After leaving the arena, Zhang Nianxin greeted him beamingly, extremely delighted.
He really hadn’t expected Lin Qian to be so formidable.
With this, their branch clan would surely achieve excellent results at the clan meeting.
At this moment, the elders of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan looked at Lin Qian with even more respect due to his formidable strength.
"Clan Leader Zhang, when do you plan to set out for this clan meeting?" Lin Qian asked, approaching Zhang Nianxin.
Zhang Nianxin, with a smile, waved his hand: "With Emperor Lin’s warships, we can arrive in two months. There are still six months until the clan meeting, so we can set out in about two and a half months."
Lin Qian also nodded: "That’s good. It’ll give us time to address the issue in the Coastal State and also to start setting up the embassy."
"Is two months enough time?" Ye Xin asked puzzledly upon hearing Lin Qian’s words, "Could it be that the Shengtian Sect lacks the patience so much that they would crush the Wanxiang Sect and move against other powers within just a couple of months?"
"Of course they would, their character is just that despicable!" As Lin Qian mentioned this, a hint of anger flashed in his eyes.
This was because Zhao Wei, who had accompanied him, had shown the portrait of the person who had tricked his ancestor out of his storage ring to Wei Wushuang.
After his master had seen it, Lin Qian got confirmation from Wei Wushuang’s mouth that the person in the portrait was indeed Yuan Wuji of the Shengtian Sect.
Ye Xin was not yet aware of this matter, only knowing that the humans of Origin State had been brutally deceived, crushing their hopes.
Unexpectedly, that person was Yuan Wuji of the Shengtian Sect.
After knowing this confirmed news, a look of disgust filled Ye Xin’s eyes.
"Under those circumstances, he could coldly watch his fellow clansmen die, focusing only on his own interests. It’s only natural for him to move against other forces now," Ye Xin said, frowning.
Listening to this, Zhang Nianxin was curious and asked out loud. After all, this was not a secret, so Lin Qian told him about the past sufferings of the humans of Origin State and how they were deceived by someone from the Shengtian Sect.
After hearing this, the people of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan also felt unusual anger, astonished that someone could have such character.
Their own people enduring such hardships, and yet someone exploited them, tricking them out of their wealth.
Zhang Nianxin made it clear that the Eight-Armed Sea Clan could help Lin Qian, but Lin Qian refused again.
"I will handle this matter personally, and once it is settled, I will return for the appointment," Lin Qian said, looking at Zhang Qi, suddenly smiling, "I do have an unkind request, could I borrow Zhang Qi for a while?"
"Hmm?" Hearing Lin Qian’s words, Zhang Qi was extremely puzzled but still nodded: "No problem."
Following, Lin Qian left the sea territory and returned to his warship to regroup with the Wanxiang Sect and others residing there.
Not long afterward, Zhang Qi understood what Lin Qian had intended by calling him.
Sparring!
Turns out, next to Emperor Lin, there was a follower named Lei Qian. Over the following days, he was practicing with him.
Although this Lei Qian, a human, was also just at the Sky Breaking Realm, his combat experience was also extremely rich, only slightly less so than Lin Qian’s.
Even so, through the process of sparring with him, Zhang Qi felt he was learning a lot. 𝖓𝔬𝔳𝔭𝖚𝖇.𝔠𝔬𝖒
After all, Lei Qian’s combat power, although much weaker than Lin Qian’s, provided a better learning opportunity during battle.
Just half a month after Zhang Qi arrived with Lin Qian, there was finally movement in the Coastal State.
The Shengtian Sect made their move.
Just as Lin Qian had guessed, the Shengtian Sect could not contain themselves any longer and began to target other powers.
The first to be targeted were the Medical Sect, masters in Alchemy, and the Quenching Fire Sect, experts in Artifact Refining.
Both powers stood no chance against the flourishing Shengtian Sect, and before the Shengtian Sect could even act, just by hearing their intentions, both begrudgingly pledged allegiance, becoming Alchemy and Artifact Refining departments of the Shengtian Sect.
After conquering these two powers, the next target of the Shengtian Sect was something no one expected.
The Great Spear Sect, the most loyal lackey to the Shengtian Sect, ironically became the very first to be cut down.
