30: You are the first one who dares to knock on my door

Feng Jiannan saw Lin Mu shatter their combined divine sword.

And then charge towards them.

He immediately sat down cross-legged, muttering incantations.

Seeing this, Feng Jianbei channeled all his spiritual energy and poured it into Feng Jiannan's body.

Immediately after, Feng Jiannan shouted, “Myriad Swords Return to Origin!”

With his words, all the swords carried by everyone present flew out of their scabbards.

They then hovered above Feng Jiannan, humming loudly.

Feng Jiannan suddenly flicked his fingers, drawing a circle in the air.

He declared, “Divine Prison Cage, appear!”

The thousands of humming flying swords circled Feng Jiannan and his brother, moving up and down.

Around them, a gigantic circular sword formation formed.

This sword formation was precisely the 'Myriad Swords Return to Origin Great Formation' that the two brothers had just successfully cultivated during their recent seclusion.

This formation was both offensive and defensive, with unpredictable variations.

Its current form was called the Divine Prison Cage.

Not only could it resist external attacks, but it could also reflect attacks back multiple times to injure the enemy.

If necessary, it could trap people within the sword formation, causing them to die from a thousand sword piercings.

Through the previous battle, Feng Jiannan had already figured out Lin Mu's fighting style.

Lin Mu possessed astonishing defense and boundless strength.

The Divine Prison Cage perfectly countered Lin Mu's fighting method; the stronger Lin Mu's attack, the greater the reflected damage he would suffer.

Feng Jiannan looked at the charging Lin Mu and laughed loudly, “Boy, prepare to be killed by your own strength! Hahaha!”

However, the smile on his face quickly turned to horror.

Lin Mu's seemingly casual punch, when it struck the formation, actually tore a rift in the sword array.

As soon as the rift appeared, it spread rapidly, and the entire sword formation shattered in an instant.

With the sword formation broken, Feng Jianbei suffered a backlash from the sword qi, falling to the ground and spitting blood incessantly.

Feng Jiannan, as the primary controller of the sword formation, was even worse off.

Not only did he vomit blood continuously, but his soul was also severely wounded.

He slumped to the ground, looking dispirited, unable to exert even a trace of strength.

Lin Mu, having broken the sword formation with one punch, did not stop and unleashed another punch towards Feng Jiannan.

Feng Jiannan was pulverized before he could even utter a plea for mercy.

Due to Feng Jiannan's soul being severely wounded, his soul also failed to escape, resulting in his complete death.

Feng Jianbei saw his elder brother completely annihilated, and a look of madness appeared on his face.

“Boy, I’ll make you pay for this with your life!”

As he spoke, his aura surged, and spiritual energy gushed out wildly.

Then, a deafening roar erupted, and an impact force comparable to a nuclear bomb explosion spread outwards.

Hundreds of meters in every direction were reduced to dust.

After the impact dissipated, a massive crater, dozens of meters wide, formed in the ground.

Feng Jianbei's soul self-detonation, aside from taking the lives of several hundred Qingyang Sect disciples, only caused Lin Mu's clothes to turn to air.

At this moment, Lin Mu stood naked at the bottom of the crater, with his arms bent to protect his face.

Lao Mo had protected Xu Liying the moment the explosion occurred.

Now, Lao Mo flew towards Lin Mu with Xu Liying.

Before they even arrived, Xu Liying's anxious voice rang out, “Big Brother Lin, are you alright?”

Although Lin Mu was unharmed, he was still dizzy and disoriented from the roar of the explosion.

Hearing Xu Liying call out to him, he instinctively replied, “I'm fine.”

As soon as Lin Mu finished speaking, he saw Lao Mo bringing Xu Liying to land a few meters in front of him.

At this moment, Lao Mo's expression was strange, and Xu Liying let out an “Ah” and turned her head away, covering her face.

Seeing this, Lin Mu shook his somewhat dazed head, feeling confused.

Then he felt a chill below his waist, looked down, and his entire face turned beet red.

“I actually greeted a girl while completely naked?”

For the first time, Lin Mu felt an urge to commit suicide.

Even though he was usually uninhibited and shameless, at this moment, he felt utterly mortified.

Lin Mu fumbled to take out a spare set of clothes from his storage ring and put them on.

Then he said awkwardly, “I’m dressed now.”

Hearing Lin Mu's voice, Xu Liying slowly turned around, somewhat skeptical.

Seeing that Lin Mu had indeed put on his clothes, she then ran over.

“Big Brother Lin, are you really alright?” Xu Liying asked, looking at the huge crater around them, still a bit worried.

Lin Mu, without thinking, blurted out, “Didn’t you just see it? I’m really fine.”

Hearing Lin Mu's unrestrained words, Xu Liying blushed again and said, “Don’t talk nonsense, I didn’t see anything.”

Lao Mo looked at the two of them and suddenly thought of a song, “Should I quietly walk away?”

Lin Mu awkwardly looked up and around, then changed the subject:

“It’s a good thing no one else saw it around here, otherwise, I might have had to wipe out the Qingyang Sect today.”

As soon as Lin Mu finished speaking, he heard several thudding sounds.

It was as if someone was beating a drum. Each time the drum sounded, space vibrated along with it.

The group flew out of the crater and saw a figure stepping on the void, walking step by step towards the crater.

With each step he took, the drum sound followed.

His pace seemed slow, but each step covered dozens of feet, and in just a few steps, he arrived in front of Lin Mu and the others.

The Qingyang Sect disciples, who had been scared out of their wits, knelt down excitedly and shouted upon seeing the newcomer, “Greetings, Sect Master!”

“The Sect Master has come out of seclusion! He will surely slay the invading enemy now!”

“Indeed, the Sect Master was already in the Venerable Ninth Heaven Realm over a hundred years ago. Now that he has emerged from seclusion, has he perhaps made another breakthrough?”

Listening to the discussions of the many disciples, only the Grand Elder knew.

The Sect Master was only forced to emerge from seclusion because he learned that something major had happened within the sect.

How could breaking through to the Great Emperor Realm be so simple?

Qingyang Sect Master looked at the ravaged Qingyang Sect and spoke faintly:

“I founded the Qingyang Sect over a thousand years ago, and you are the first person to dare to attack my gates.”

His voice showed no emotion, as if he were narrating something unrelated to him.

Lin Mu looked at this imposing Middle-aged man (Fang Yan) and said:

“As the Sect Master, you have been lax in disciplining your disciples. Today, I am merely teaching them a lesson for you, to make them abide by the rules.”

Qingyang Sect Master heard this and showed no anger, only stating calmly again:

“I have roamed the Nine Nether Continent for over a thousand years. I always focus on results, not reasons.”

“You have not only destroyed the Qingyang Sect’s main gate but also killed many of my disciples.”

“Today, no matter why you are here, I will make sure you remain in this place.”

As he spoke, he always tilted his head slightly, as if looking down on everything.

“Holy cow, this guy has taken showing off to the highest level!” Lin Mu couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Xu Liying had heard legends about this Sect Master.

The Qingyang Sect Master, Yun Feiyang.

He burst onto the scene a thousand years ago, challenging dozens of sects in the Yanshan Kingdom consecutively, without a single defeat.

Finally, he even set up a hundred-day life-and-death arena on Qingyang Mountain, and all who challenged him died.

Even masters from other empires who heard the news and came met their end in this foreign land.

During the hundred-day arena, he killed over three hundred people, with no less than ten of them being in the Venerable Realm.

Since then, he established his sect, and the Qingyang Sect rose in power, becoming the number one sect in the Yanshan Kingdom.

Xu Liying was afraid that Lin Mu was not Yun Feiyang's match, so she stepped forward and bowed to Yun Feiyang, saying:

“This humble girl is Xu Liying. My Senior Brother is Wang Changhe of Luocheng Mountain. This humble girl greets Senior on behalf of my Senior Brother.”

Yun Feiyang heard Wang Changhe’s name, stopped tilting his head, and narrowed his eyes, saying:

“Shadowless Sword God, Wang Changhe?”