163: Chapter 163 Not bad, kid!

No one expected that just as the two Earth Venerables were about to reach Su Lin, Su Lin wouldn't move; instead, it was the divine sword fruit tree that moved!

An unprecedented life-or-death crisis instantly emerged in the hearts of He Yufan and Yu Haotian; the thick tree roots of the divine sword fruit tree, radiating dazzling golden light, were actually faster than them.

In a daze, He Yufan instantly felt an immense pain erupt throughout his entire body. By the time he realized what was happening, his pupils contracted as he watched his body being struck by the golden tree root, and in less than a second, he completely lost consciousness.

A massive, dull thud that resounded across the sky arrived. Everyone who heard it felt their scalps tingle and their bodies tremble, as if they were the ones being struck by the golden tree root. The crowd watched in horror as below, He Yufan's entire body exploded into a mist of blood, instantly turning into a bloody shadow. After being struck by the golden tree root, he flew thousands of meters out of the Sword Pressure Domain, faster than a shooting star. No one knew how far he flew, but he crashed directly into a huge lake like a meteorite, instantly kicking up a thousand-meter-high spray of water.

He Yufan's life or death was unknown, and when Yu Haotian saw He Yufan take such a terrifying blow, his face instantly turned pale. He immediately used a secret technique again, his speed skyrocketing several times over as he flew backward, retreating from the scene.

Yu Haotian's expression was grim; the miserable sight of He Yufan from a second ago kept replaying in his mind.

"Holy crap!! What kind of tree root is this!?"

"He Yufan hasn't been beaten to death, has he!?"

Yu Haotian turned into a series of afterimages, escaping the Sword Pressure Domain in the blink of an eye. Even after rushing out, he didn't dare stop at all, continuing to fly for several thousand more meters without pause.

"I'll be fine once I'm out! I've already flown out of the Sword Pressure Domain, so I should be safe..."

Yu Haotian immediately felt a sense of surviving a disaster. Fortunately, his reaction was quick; after seeing He Yufan get struck and sent flying, he had immediately halted his forward momentum and fled backward, otherwise, his fate would surely have been as miserable as He Yufan's.

However, Yu Haotian's face suddenly turned as pale as snow. Although he still didn't dare stop his flight, his gaze inadvertently swept over the shadow on the ground below.

He saw that besides his own shadow as he flew at high speed, a thick, long object above him had been paralleling his movement. Because he had been in a state of panic, it was only now that he noticed this terrifying shadow on the ground.

"No way!!"

An extremely ominous premonition erupted from the bottom of Yu Haotian's heart. He stiffly turned his head and saw that the huge golden tree root had actually followed him from the Sword Pressure Domain, stretching all the way to this place, continuing to fly alongside him at high speed.

Yu Haotian's pale face seemed frozen by ice, and at this moment, the huge golden tree root lashed out fiercely toward him. In Yu Haotian's contracting pupils, the golden tree root grew larger and larger.

Before it even struck Yu Haotian's body, he already felt the pain of skin tearing and bones cracking. He dared not imagine if he could still survive after being struck by that terrifying tree root.

Another explosive, dull thud came from the distance. Even without looking, the crowd watching above the Sword Pressure Domain knew for sure that Yu Haotian had been struck by the golden tree root.

A figure like a meteor shot out from the distance; no one knew how far it flew before crashing directly into a large mountain. The entire mountain shook as if there were an earthquake, nearly shattering and collapsing.

The Lingyun Realm veterans saw the nearly shattered mountain and couldn't imagine what kind of violent impact could cause such destruction, and the injuries Yu Haotian must have sustained inside made their skin crawl.

Swish! Swish!

Under the shocked gazes of the crowd, a golden tree root stained with fresh blood retracted from an unknown distance away. It moved at extreme speed, returning to the Sword Pressure Domain in the blink of an eye.

The whole scene was deathly silent. Everyone stared blankly at the Sword Pressure Domain, where the youth drinking milk tea was playing with the second sword fruit in his hand.

Su Lin, who had just been subjected to a life-or-death attack in front of everyone, was still standing there unscathed, while those two Earth Venerable-level martial artists, who had been so aggressive and murderous just moments ago, were now in unknown condition.

As a stormy sea of shock rose within the crowd, they slowly accepted this astonishing fact.

"It's a good thing I didn't rush in to grab anything just now, otherwise my fate..."

"No wonder Su Lin wasn't afraid at all, not even running when facing He Yufan and Yu Haotian. Could it be he knew the divine sword fruit tree would help him!?"

"I can understand He Yufan being struck away, but Yu Haotian had clearly left that golden area, so why did the golden tree root continue to pursue him relentlessly? It actually chased him so far away!?"

A shocking thought appeared in everyone's minds; they couldn't even bring themselves to believe it.

"Could it be that Su Lin can control the divine sword fruit tree!?"

"Holy crap!! That's impossible, right!?"

"If he can't control it, why would the divine sword fruit tree keep relentlessly chasing Yu Haotian? The area protected by the divine sword fruit tree should at most be just that golden region."

"Yeah, only that golden area is off-limits; otherwise, wouldn't those of us watching from the outside be in danger too? Unless someone is controlling it, the divine tree wouldn't extend its attacks outside..."

As the crowd gasped, they increasingly felt that it was Su Lin who had controlled the divine sword fruit tree to launch the attack. Even the two strongest Earth Venerables of the Sword Dao Academy had been instantly defeated, with miserable outcomes, their life or death unknown.

Now, the opponents who had fallen by Su Lin's hand were no longer just multiple Lingyun Realm cultivators; two Earth Venerables had been added to that list just now!!

The Lingyun Realm veterans watching from above looked at Su Lin below, who seemed like a demon god, and couldn't help but shudder. This Su Lin was even more terrifying than the rumors suggested!

Everyone immediately felt the urge to retreat. Originally, they had planned to wait for Su Lin to leave and then explore this golden area themselves, but almost everyone had abandoned that idea now. They were terrified that if they displeased Su Lin even slightly, they would face a fate worse than death; they had already witnessed the miserable state of He Yufan and Yu Haotian with their own eyes.

Even those who had previously looked down on Su Lin had completely changed their attitude toward him 180 degrees. They didn't even dare to speak ill of Su Lin behind his back anymore, and, feeling guilty and trembling all over, they immediately became the first group to quickly evacuate the area.

"I have something to take care of, I'm leaving first."

"The fortune here should be left to you guys..."

Just as Su Lin in the Sword Pressure Domain put away the second sword fruit and everyone watching from high above was also considering retreating, a voice like heavenly might suddenly echoed from the sky above the area.

"Not bad, kid!"

"Come over here and have a chat with me."

A few simple words actually caused the sky to ripple, layer upon layer, continuously.

The crowd in the sky was crushed from the heavens to the ground by this terrifying sound pressure, as if they had instantly transformed from Lingyun Realm martial artists into mere mortals.

Countless people fell from the sky to the ground, hitting the earth hard. Looking up at the sky that kept rippling, the crowd was drenched in cold sweat, their voices trembling as they said:

"This pressure!! It's the Saint King Realm!!"

"This is the voice of a Sword Saint!!"