96: Chapter 96 Xia Jin's Intimidation, People Fleeing in All Directions

The scene of Xia Jin blasting the Wolf Lord into the ground with a single punch sent a shock through the hearts of the remaining people present.

Daoist Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming exchanged a glance, both seeing doubt in each other's eyes.

"Senior Brother, just who is this person? Among the Land Immortal Realm experts of the East Profound Continent, I have never seen him before!" Daoist Ziyang turned to look at Daoist Xuanming beside him.

But Daoist Xuanming also just shook his head, his gaze fixed intently on Xia Jin.

At such an age, this person was definitely among the youngest of the Earthly Immortals in the East Profound Continent. Moreover, being able to easily crush the long-renowned Wolf Lord with just the strength of his Physical Body was simply appalling.

On the other side, the Black and White Ghosts also looked at Xia Jin with extreme wariness.

Now that the two of them had used their Body Integration technique, their internal power was nearly exhausted; they could only flee when facing the Wolf Lord, let alone this fierce man who had driven the Wolf Lord into the ground with a single punch.

"The East Profound Continent... when did such a monster appear?"

The field fell silent for a moment, with only Xia Jin still observing the expressions on their faces with interest.

Finally, Daoist Xuanming took a deep breath, stepped forward half a pace, cupped his hands toward Xia Jin, and said with a hint of flattery, "This... Fellow Daoist, I am Xuanming. We should be considered strangers with no grievances or enmity! Why does Fellow Daoist wish to kill us?"

Seeing this, Daoist Ziyang quickly added, "Fellow Daoist, why not help us deal with those Black and White Ghosts! Afterward, as long as Fellow Daoist is willing, my Lieyang Dynasty will provide full support to help you unify the Great Qian and the Three Northern Frontier Kingdoms and ascend to the imperial throne!"

Hearing this, the smile on Xia Jin's face became somewhat strange, but he still didn't speak, his playful gaze sweeping over Ziyang and Xuanming before glancing at the Black and White Ghosts on the other side.

"These two 'ox-nose' old Daoists are truly shameless!"

Hearing the conditions offered by Daoist Xuanming, Lu Lingxiao of the Black and White Ghosts suddenly felt a chill down his spine and almost burst into curses.

"Fellow Daoist, do not listen to the nonsense of these two 'ox-noses'! They are the most hypocritical; today they promise you the realm, but tomorrow, once you have no utility, they will surely plot against you!"

"We two brothers can swear to the heavens that as long as you join forces with us to eliminate these two old Daoists across from us, we guarantee that the entire foundation of the Lieyang Dynasty will belong to you, little brother!"

"Bullshit!! What right do you Black and White Ghosts have to say that!" Daoist Ziyang pointed at them, sneering repeatedly.

...

Listening to the two sides trying to win him over word by word, Xia Jin finally couldn't help but chuckle.

"Hahahaha!!" His gaze moved slowly across the four faces, revealing a look of mockery. "Are you... stupid? Or do you think this Prince is as stupid as you?"

His smile vanished, and his eyes became icy cold. "If I kill you, won't your things all belong to this Prince? Great Qian, the Three Northern Frontier Kingdoms, Lieyang... this Prince wants them all!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of Daoist Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming instantly turned as gloomy as water, and the Black and White Ghosts also clenched their fists tightly.

This guy really treated them like fish on a dinner table!

Xia Jin's gaze suddenly shifted toward the direction of the huge pit formed by the Wolf Lord's fall, a hint of killing intent flashing in his eyes.

"Hmph! Trying to play dead and escape? You're being far too naive."

How sharp was his Divine Sense now? Just a moment ago, an incredibly weak aura was frantically escaping from deep underground, heading away from this place—it was the Wolf Lord who had been blasted into the ground! This guy seemingly had been heavily wounded by Xia Jin's punch, but he was only playing dead, waiting for the right moment to decisively choose to flee.

"Can you escape before this Prince?"

Xia Jin's eyes turned sharp. Ignoring the four people in front of him, he casually pointed his finger in the direction the Wolf Lord was escaping!

"Boom~!"

The originally cloudless sky suddenly darkened, and thick dark clouds instantly covered a radius of dozens of miles. Within the cloud layer, lightning flashed and thunder roared!

In the next moment, a pillar of lightning as thick as a water vat descended from the sky, accurately striking a certain spot in the distance with a crash!

The lightning pillar instantly plunged into the soil, chasing after the fleeing aura deep underground!

"No~!!"

Vaguely, a shrill cry of pain came from deep underground in the distance. That patch of ground bulged violently and exploded, and a huge charred gully spread into the distance, a truly terrifying sight.

Under this strike, the Wolf Lord's aura could no longer be detected at all.

Xia Jin slowly withdrew his finger, but his air of disregard for life made the remaining Daoist Ziyang and the others feel a chill throughout their bodies.

After killing the Wolf Lord with a casual finger, Xia Jin's gaze turned back, falling upon Daoist Ziyang, Daoist Xuanming, and the Black and White Ghosts.

"Go!! While we still can, escape in different directions!!"

At almost the same instant, the four of them actually exchanged a tacit glance and shot off in pairs in two completely opposite directions!

"Thinking of leaving only now? Too late." Xia Jin sneered, seemingly having long anticipated this scene.

He raised his hand again, this time pointing in the direction where Daoist Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming were fleeing.

"Fall."

A single, airy word.

But what fell was a pillar of lightning even thicker and more violent than the one that killed the Wolf Lord, descending with a crash! Even before the lightning arrived, the locked-on aura made both Daoist Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming feel their hair stand on end.

Daoist Ziyang roared in terror, "Senior Brother!"

At the critical moment when the destructive lightning pillar was about to swallow the two of them, a flicker of heartache flashed across Daoist Xuanming's face. He slammed the broken compass in his hand against his chest while biting the tip of his tongue and spitting a mouthful of Essence Blood onto the compass.

Daoist Ziyang immediately performed the same action.

"Buzz~!"

The compass suddenly shot out a golden light, instantly enveloping Daoist Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming.

In the next moment, the lightning pillar crashed down!

"Boom!!!"

The ground suffered another heavy blow, exploding into an even more terrifying pit. Lightning raged, turning that area into an absolute dead zone.

But Xia Jin's brow furrowed slightly. In his perception, at the very instant before the lightning pillar fell, the auras of Daoist Ziyang and Daoist Xuanming had actually vanished into thin air! Although the lightning pillar was matchlessly powerful, it seemed to... have missed?

"What kind of method is this!?" Xia Jin's expression was somewhat ugly. He hadn't expected these two old Daoists to have such a trump card, actually managing to escape from his heavenly lightning lock.

He immediately turned his gaze to the other side.

The fleeing speed of the Black and White Ghosts was clearly far inferior to that of the two Ziyang Daoists, and they lacked such life-saving items. Without any hesitation, Xia Jin pointed again in the direction they were escaping.

"Extinguish."

The third lightning pillar arrived as expected, enveloping the two wretched black and white figures fleeing in panic.

"No~!!"

The two brothers, Lu Lingfeng and Lu Lingxiao, only had time to let out one final roar before they dissolved like ice and snow under the extremely yang and unyielding lightning, their souls and bodies utterly destroyed.

Almost at the same moment the auras of the Black and White Ghosts completely dissipated, a familiar System prompt sounded in Xia Jin's mind:

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing Mission Two: Kill the Great Qian Dynasty Earthly Immortals, the brothers 'Lu Lingfeng and Lu Lingxiao'.]

[Congratulations on obtaining the System reward: Soul-Shocking Spike (Entry-Level), one thousand years of Cultivation!]