138: Chapter 138 Killing Lin Xiao

After Baili Yunche emerged from the Creation Divine Cauldron Space, his figure had just materialized in the dense forest of the Sunset Mountain Range when a furious shout came from afar.

"Well, you little bastard, I didn't expect you to be so good at hiding!"

Lin Xiao snapped his head around, his gaze locking tightly onto Baili Yunche's figure with a furious and ferocious expression.

He had searched within a radius of dozens of miles for a full half-day, using his Divine Sense to comb through almost every inch of land, yet he hadn't even found a shadow of his target.

Allowing a Cultivator at the Golden Core Fourth Layer to escape right under his nose was simply an absolute humiliation to him!

"It would have been one thing if I hadn't killed you, but to actually let an ant at the Golden Core Fourth Layer slip away right under this Young Lord's nose!"

Lin Xiao gritted his teeth, his voice hoarse and full of venom,

"Most importantly, not only did you not take the opportunity to run for your life, you actually dared to jump out and provoke me? Do you feel like you aren't dying fast enough?"

Anger surged overwhelmingly within him, while at the same time, a thick sense of confusion welled up.

Over this half-day, he had practically turned the nearby mountain forests upside down, even using his Divine Sense to probe underground, yet he had completely failed to find any trace of spatial fluctuations or concealing Formations.

Where on earth had this person hidden?

"I'm curious, why didn't you keep hiding?"

Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes, looking Baili Yunche up and down, attempting to find any clues from him,

"By coming out, do you think you now have the capital to oppose me? Mere half a day's time, what do you think you can change?"

"That's right!" The corners of Baili Yunche's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a playful smile.

"Ridiculous! In half a day, could you possibly achieve a Breakthrough?"

Lin Xiao sneered, his face full of disdain.

In his understanding, for a Golden Core Stage Cultivator to break through each layer, it required years or even decades of bitter cultivation accumulation.

Half a day? It wasn't even enough to stabilize one's Realm!

However, Baili Yunche merely chuckled softly, and the spiritual power all over his body suddenly erupted!

Boom!

A scorching and majestic aura swept out from within him, and the scarlet-gold spiritual power soared into the sky like a volcanic eruption, scorching the surrounding trees until they crackled.

His aura climbed step by step, skyrocketing all the way from the Golden Core Fourth Layer—Golden Core Fifth Layer, Golden Core Sixth Layer... and finally steadying steadily at the Peak of the Golden Core Sixth Layer!

"Impossible! How could you break through two layers in just half a day?!"

Lin Xiao's pupils suddenly contracted, his eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets, and the disdain on his face instantly froze, replaced by endless shock and disbelief.

He subconsciously took half a step back, as if he had seen some kind of monster.

It was simply too contrary to common sense!

Even if one consumed a Heaven And Earth Treasure, it would still take time to refine and absorb it.

Breaking through two layers in half a day completely exceeded his understanding of the Cultivation World!

"Why is it impossible?" Baili Yunche shrugged, the playful look on his face growing even thicker,

"Just because you can't doesn't mean others can't. A frog at the bottom of a well, how could it know the greatness of the heavenly river?"

His tone was relaxed and arrogant, carrying undisguised contempt in his gaze.

"So what if you're at the Golden Core Sixth Layer? You're still going to die!"

Lin Xiao snapped out of his shock, the killing intent in his eyes almost condensing into substance.

With an angry roar, he once again conjured the blood-red short axe in his hand, transforming it into a streak of blood light that smashed down fiercely toward Baili Yunche's head!

"Heaven-Splitting Strike!"

The blood-red short axe trembled violently, and a phantom of a demonic ape roared out, sweeping over with a heaven-destroying and earth-shattering might.

Baili Yunche sneered as the blazing fire sword appeared in his palm.

The flames on the sword body surged by several feet, emitting a scorching and fierce aura.

His figure didn't move, and he simply slashed out with a single, straightforward sword strike.

"Clang!"

Sword and axe intersected, producing a deafening sound of metal clashing.

A violent wave of air swept outward with the two of them at the center, completely destroying the surrounding trees.

"Damn it!"

Lin Xiao only felt a massive force transmit from the axe body, numbing both of his arms and causing his figure to involuntarily slide backward by several zhang.

His expression instantly turned ashen, and horror filled his heart.

Half a day ago, he could still send this person flying with a single axe strike, yet now the opponent could actually go toe-to-toe with his Heaven-Splitting Strike without falling into a disadvantage?

"Blood-Sucking Mosquitos, get them!"

Lin Xiao roared angrily, and the Spirit Beast Pouch at his waist burst with dazzling light. Sky-darkening Blood-Sucking Mosquitos swarmed out once again, transforming into a blood-red dark cloud that swept toward Baili Yunche.

However, this time, facing the Blood-Sucking Mosquitos, Baili Yunche's gaze was sharp and exposed, completely fearless.

His Battle Intent soared, and the majestic spiritual power of the Golden Core Sixth Layer surged endlessly within his body, giving him an unprecedentedly powerful confidence.

"Well-timed!"

Baili Yunche executed the Startled Swan Swimming Dragon Step, his figure shuttling through the swarm of Blood-Sucking Mosquitos like a ghost.

The blazing fire sword transformed into countless crimson sword images, every single strike precisely slaying dozens of Blood-Sucking Mosquitos.

In the Cultivation World, although Blood-Sucking Mosquitos were troublesome, they were not truly immortal.

Although those Blood-Sucking Mosquitos constantly regenerated, the speed of their regeneration already fell far short of his killing speed!

The number of Blood-Sucking Mosquitos grew fewer and fewer, and the blood-red dark cloud thinned at a rate visible to the naked eye.

The more Lin Xiao watched, the more flustered he became, fine cold sweat seeping out from his forehead.

His greatest reliance was rapidly disintegrating, yet the opponent's battle prowess was several times stronger than before!

"Setting Sun Sword Technique!"

With a single sword strike, Baili Yunche obliterated the last patch of Blood-Sucking Mosquitos, his figure moving like lightning as he galloped toward Lin Xiao.

The blazing fire sword transformed into a crimson stream of light, piercing straight toward Lin Xiao's throat!

Sensing that fatal crisis, Lin Xiao's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly held the blood-red short axe horizontally in front of him.

"Boom!"

The blazing fire sword heavily slashed onto the axe body, producing a loud explosion.

Lin Xiao only felt an irresistible, massive force transmit over, and the blood-red short axe was actually knocked flying directly, spinning and embedding itself into the ground in the distance, its handle vibrating with a hum.

"Myriad Phenomena Thunder Fist!"

Baili Yunche's left fist followed closely behind, its fist aura like thunder, roaring and exploding!

A scarlet-gold fist image wrapped in the momentum of a thunderbolt struck fiercely against Lin Xiao's chest!

"Puff!"

Lin Xiao spat a mouthful of blood, his figure flying backward like a tattered sack. He spat out three consecutive mists of blood in mid-air before crashing heavily onto the ground, smashing a deep pit into the earth.

How could Baili Yunche give him any breathing room?

He executed the Roaming Dragon Step, his figure flashing as he stepped across the void, crossing over and instantly appearing before Lin Xiao.

Holding the blazing fire sword high above his head, the flames on the sword body surged violently, emitting an aura of death.

"Go to hell!"

With a single sword thrust down, it pierced through Lin Xiao's chest, the tip of the sword protruding from his back as blood gushed out like a fountain.

"No... Impossible..."

Lin Xiao lowered his head to look at the blade in his chest, his eyes filled with unwillingness and disbelief.

Never in his wildest dreams would he have thought that he, a dignified Young Sect Master of the Wanshou Sect and a Prodigy at the Nascent Soul First Layer, would actually die here, dying at the hands of a previously unknown kid!

"I... I am not reconciled..."

He opened his mouth, blood spilling from the corners of his lips as the light in his eyes rapidly dimmed.

Afterwards, his head tilted sideways, and he completely closed his eyes, all aura completely gone.

Having resolved Lin Xiao, those Blood-Sucking Mosquitos that had lost their master's control also plummeted one after another, transforming into pools of blood water that seeped into the soil, perishing completely.

Baili Yunche pulled out the blazing fire sword, searched Lin Xiao's corpse, put away his Storage Pouch and the blood-red short axe, and then with a thought, returned to the Creation Divine Cauldron Space.

"Did you take care of Lin Xiao?"

Liu Ruyan greeted him, surprise and concern filling her beautiful eyes.

"Mm-hm." Baili Yunche nodded, tossing the Storage Pouch to her. "See if there's anything useful."

"Let's go, we'll head out now, and then go deep into the Sunset Mountain Range to search for the purple heart lotus," Baili Yunche said.

"Mm-hm," Liu Ruyan responded, obediently following behind him.

Emerging from the Creation Divine Cauldron Space, the two of them walked toward the depths of the Sunset Mountain Range.