80: Chapter 80 Entering the Game and Facing the Enemy: The Slaughter of Canglang!

The arms of the two hundred Mortal elites clad in cold iron heavy armor were already numb and trembling, and blood from their split palms dripped along the crossbow mechanisms onto the cold bluestone floor.

At this life-and-death moment...

"Step back."

Village Chief Lin Cang's body shook as he abruptly turned his head.

Deep within the light curtain of the Water-Moon Heaven-Blurring Array, beneath the eaves of a wooden house on the water, a youth in a green robe stepped out over the waves with his hands behind his back.

"Since you bandits who live on the edge of a blade in the Inner Sea are in such a hurry to die, I will grant your wish."

Lin Ze directly activated the Water-Moon Labyrinth Array to meet these fierce bandits head-on.

"Water-Moon, open the Formation!"

With Lin Ze's low shout, the azure light curtain rippled violently to both sides before completely dissipating between heaven and earth.

"Immortal Master?"

Village Chief Lin Cang and the two hundred heavy-armored guards were struck with terror. If the Formation was withdrawn, wouldn't their hundreds of people be directly exposed to the claws of these rampaging poisonous beasts?

However, before the Mortals could even cry out in alarm,

Lin Ze had already formed a sword gesture with his right hand and pointed sharply toward the river.

"Canglang Sword Array, strangle them for me."

"Hum!"

The ring of a sword soared from the deepest depths beneath Reed Island straight into the ninth heaven.

In an instant, the water veins of the Yunmeng Great Marsh for miles around erupted in a riot. Twelve water shadow snake bone swords, at the Peak of First-Order Medium Grade and serving as the Formation eyes, burst out from the water.

Puchi!

Puchi!

Puchi!

Deep blue Sword Qi crisscrossed through the beast tide. Any poisonous beast that touched the Sword Qi was instantly sliced into pieces of meat.

Under the power of the Canglang Sword Array, the beast tide was completely transformed into a mist of blood that rained down upon the river.

On the shoals, the two hundred Mortal guards stood with their mouths agape, having forgotten even to breathe.

...

Five miles away, on the flagship of the Blood Shark Mercenary Group.

"What?"

At the front of the deck, Li Sha, who had been waiting to see the Mortals swallowed alive, now felt the flesh on his face twitch violently. He crushed the wine cup in his hand, staring into the distance.

"That Formation... it wasn't the defensive Water-Moon Heaven-Blurring Array?"

"Sword Qi taking form, drawing from a hundred miles of water veins... this is a second-order killing array. How can a mere outcast of the Lin Family control such a high-level killing array?"

The deacon beside him was so terrified his face turned bloodless, and his legs were shaking.

"G-Grand Elder, that kid actively withdrew the defensive array; this is clearly a provocation toward us."

"What are you panicking for? He is nothing but an ant."

"How much spiritual power does a second-order array consume? By forcibly triggering this strike, the true essence in his body must be completely depleted. Keeping such a treasure in his hands is simply a waste!"

Li Sha suddenly drew the blood-colored ghost-headed saber from his waist and pointed toward Reed Island with a roar.

"Blood Butcher, Gui Ying, you two lead a team and charge! While his spiritual power is dry, chop off his head, and seize that dragon egg and the Formation Plate for me!"

"Understood!"

With two loud shouts, two figures burst forth from the shadows of the flying ship.

"Lin Family brat, hand over the treasure and I'll leave your corpse intact!" Blood Butcher laughed, his voice echoing across the river as he brandished two massive, dripping axes.

...

At Reed Island, in front of the water walkway.

Lin Ze stood upon the water, the breeze fluttering his green robes. He slowly raised his eyes, watching the two blood-colored streaks of light approaching with murderous intent.

Deep within Lin Ze's Dantian, the Heavy Water Vortex let out a roar.

"Since you've come, then don't bother leaving."

Lin Ze raised his right hand, and a water shadow snake bone sword emitting a deep blue cold light shot into the air, hovering before him. He did not use the Canglang Sword Array, intending instead to use his own foundation to test the mettle of these Inner Sea outlaws.

Just as Blood Butcher and Gui Ying were less than a hundred feet from Lin Ze and about to unleash their thunderous killing moves...

"Woo!"

The blast of a conch horn suddenly exploded from behind the Blood Shark Mercenary Group's warships, deep within the vast mists of the Yunmeng Marsh.

Immediately following, the river surface vibrated violently as the waves were brutally torn apart.

A flying cloud wave-breaking ship appeared at the edge of the battlefield.

"Who dares touch the Qilin son of my Lin Family? This old man will have your entire sect buried with him!"

A furious roar rolled out from the main deck of the warship, shaking the surrounding ice until it cracked inch by inch.

"A F-Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator? Why would a Lin Family warship appear here?"

In mid-air, the pupils of Blood Butcher and Gui Ying, who were about to strike, shrank. They nearly fell off their blood-colored bone shuttles. They never expected that a youth rumored to be an "outcast" would have the Lin Family's Old Ancestor personally piloting a ship to protect him.

"Great-Grandfather." Lin Ze looked at the Family warship.

"Zeler, do not panic. This old man will hold the perimeter for you and stop that ninth-level Qi Refining Devil Head. These two eighth-level Qi Refining pests we shall crush together, grandfather and grandson."

Patriarch Lin Zhenhai stood at the bow and suddenly performed a hand seal.

"Feiyun main cannon, fire!"

Boom.

On the flying cloud wave-breaking ship, the second-order spiritual heavy water main cannon personally forged by Lin Ze let out a heaven-shaking roar. A pillar of light grazed the scalps of Blood Butcher and Gui Ying, blasting straight toward the Blood Shark flagship five miles away where Li Sha was.

"Not good, full defenses!" Li Sha frantically activated the flying ship's arrays to block the cannon fire.

And in this isolated section of the battlefield,

The Old Patriarch's warship's cannons suppressed the main force of the Blood Shark Mercenary Group, leaving Lin Ze to face those two eighth-level Qi Refining bandit cultivators.

"The old dog is pinned down. Kill this kid first and take him as a hostage."

Blood Butcher and Gui Ying exchanged a glance, their desperate ferocity fully erupting as they flanked Lin Ze from the left and right.

"Blood Sea Mad Axe."

"Netherworld Ghost Sting."

Two full-power strikes, comparable to the Peak of the eighth level of Qi Refining, sealed off all of Lin Ze's paths of retreat.

"Take me as a hostage?"

Lin Ze stood on the river surface, his hands rapidly forming seals before his chest.

"Perfection-grade Water Arrow Technique, Heavy Water Ground-Wash, suppress!"

Dozens of water lines poured frantically from his fingers.

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

Blood Butcher brandished his massive axes to desperately block, but the moment the water lines collided with the axe blades, he discovered to his absolute horror that this wasn't water—it was like being hit by meteors!

Crack!

The massive axes, which were First-Order High Grade Magical Artifacts, were actually shattered into a spray of iron filings by the continuous impact of the heavy water lines.

The water lines continued unabated, piercing straight through Blood Butcher's protective spiritual light.

"Ah! This is impossible! You're only at the Fifth Level of Qi Refining, how can your spiritual power be even more abundant than mine!" Blood Butcher screamed as he fell from mid-air.

On the other side, Gui Ying, known for his eerie movement techniques, was just about to circle behind Lin Ze for a sneak attack when...

"Major Achievement-grade Spirit Net Technique, Ensnaring Web."

Lin Ze flipped his left hand. Invisible threads of water veins had already been laid out as an inescapable net, instantly binding Gui Ying tightly in mid-air; the more he struggled, the tighter they constricted.

"Great-Grandfather, send them on their way!" Lin Ze shouted.

"Good lad, well done!"

"Lin Family Sword Qi, slash!"

A sword beam crossed the Void Realm and slashed down fiercely upon the trapped Blood Butcher and Gui Ying.

"No! Commander, save us!"

Accompanied by two screams, the two notorious eighth-level Qi Refining bandit leaders of the Inner Sea were torn into two clouds of exploding blood by that heaven-shaking sword strike, thanks to the perfect coordination of the grandfather and grandson.

The blood mist fell upon the ice of the Yunmeng Great Marsh.

Lin Ze stepped on the waves, his green robe unstained by a single speck of dust.

With a wave of his hand, he pulled the two blood-stained High Grade Storage Pouches into his sleeve, then slowly raised his head. His eyes looked past the flames of war to stare fixedly at the flagship in the distance.

"Next, it's time to settle accounts with the main culprit."