17: A war of annihilation!

Two days passed in a flash.

[Proficiency: Yellow Emperor Sword Canon 80/100]

[Proficiency: Yellow Emperor Sword Canon 81/100]

[Proficiency...]

Lin You was still cultivating in seclusion.

Suddenly,

A prompt from the System sounded in his mind.

[New Mission: The Clan Annihilation War!]

[Mission Reward: Super Critical Hit Roulette x2]

[Critical Hit Duration: One day!]

[Note: The Super Roulette provides a minimum of one hundred times acceleration!]

Lin You looked utterly bewildered.

What was going on?

Clan Annihilation?

Whose clan was being annihilated?

The Lin Family?

Don't joke around!

We haven't even been promoted to the Sixth-Rank Star Domain yet.

But this Super Critical Hit Roulette...

It looks incredibly tempting!

A minimum of a hundred times, and the maximum... wouldn't that send me straight to heaven!

Thinking of this, Lin You couldn't help but smile.

He was already fantasizing about flying through the skies, burrowing through the earth, and doing whatever he pleased.

"Just a little bit more..."

"I'm about to Breakthrough to the True Fire Refining Spirit Realm!"

"Charge!!"

Lin You roared.

The Spiritual Qi within his body had reached its threshold.

The True Fire Refining Spirit Realm.

It was the first step toward entering the Martial Immortal Realm.

Refining the Divine Soul.

After reaching the Martial Dao Profound Realm, if the opportunity was right, one could directly Breakthrough to the Martial Immortal Realm!

—Boom.

An extremely powerful wave of Qi erupted from around him.

The next second,

A muffled explosion, like a bursting gourd, sounded within Lin You's body.

Immediately afterward, his aura began to drop rapidly.

A miniature figure identical to him burst forth inside his body.

The moment it appeared,

The miniature figure began to fluctuate as if feeding back energy.

Lin You's aura gradually climbed.

True Fire Refining Spirit Realm!

Success!

He clenched his fist and gently threw a punch.

The Void Realm shattered inch by inch, emitting a dull echo as if unable to bear the weight.

"So strong."

"If I were to fight Qin Feng right now,"

"I probably wouldn't even need to use a single move; I could crush him just with my coercion!"

Feeling the power radiating from his palm, Lin You couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Just as he was about to share his joy,

He was astonished to discover that

Aside from the unrelated servants throughout the Lin Family,

None of his uncles were present.

"Brother Tao?"

"Where is everyone?"

Lin You's heart sank.

Combining this with the mission the System had released earlier,

He vaguely sensed that something bad had happened.

“...”

"It couldn't be that while I was in seclusion..."

"The Lin Family was annihilated, right?"

Lin You swallowed hard and slowly extended his Divine Sense.

But after searching the entire Lin Family,

He still couldn't find any trace of them.

"Wuwu..."

"Eldest Uncle, Uncles."

"You died such miserable deaths."

"Whoever killed you, tell me in a dream tonight!"

"I will avenge you!"

Lin You was almost moved to tears.

In just two short days,

The previously harmonious Family had vanished into thin air.

"Is this the fate of having a System?"

"I don't want a catastrophic starting scenario!"

Lin You wailed sorrowfully.

The next second,

Eight figures rushed in from outside the courtyard.

Every one of them had blood-stained clothes and was breathing heavily.

Their auras were also extremely unstable.

Before Lin You could ask what was happening, Lin Tao slapped him.

"You brat."

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Did cultivating make your brain stupid?"

"We heard your wailing from a mile away!"

Lin You covered the back of his head, wincing in pain.

"You guys aren't dead?"

—Slap.

Second Elder also followed up with a slap.

"Can't you wish for something good?"

Immediately after,

Under Lin You's bewildered gaze,

Everyone threw him a Storage Pouch.

He opened them and looked inside.

They were densely packed with Spirit Stones and various Heaven And Earth Treasures.

If this wealth were taken out,

It could probably raise several True Elixir Realm Cultivators!

The Spirit Stones were piled up like mountains.

They seemed less valuable than pebbles on the roadside.

"This..."

"What's the situation?"

"Brother Tao, what did you guys do?"

Lin You asked blankly.

Lin Tao showed a triumphant smile and gave a thumbs-up.

"We enacted swift revenge."

"We struck directly at the Li Family while they weren't prepared."

"Those bastards were planning to launch a surprise attack on us tomorrow. We annihilated one today."

"That's one less to fight tomorrow."

Holy crap?

Lin You's face twitched.

So, all this stuff was acquired through raiding a Family.

The Clan Annihilation War... what the heck?

Eighth Elder chuckled, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth.

"No problem."

"Such deep blood enmity must be repaid sooner or later."

"Those old bastards probably don't know that we've been watching them constantly!"

"Youer, the largest share in the Storage Pouch is from your Eighth Grandpa!"

Sixth Elder disagreed.

"Don't listen to his nonsense."

"Mine is clearly the most; I snatched it from his Storage Pouch."

"Youer, look closely, Sixth Uncle is the best to you."

"Wait? Who is Eighth Grandpa? Old Eight, how dare you take advantage of me!"

The two instantly started fighting in the Void Realm.

The posture they struck,

It looked as if they were genuinely trying to decide life and death.

Eighth Elder roared furiously.

"I knew that damn Rainbow Fruit disappeared for no reason."

"I asked you to take the Storage Pouch, and you acted like a thief!"

Sixth Elder's old face flushed, and he retorted stubbornly.

"Yours is mine."

"How can taking one's own property be called stealing?"

The Void Realm shattered inch by inch.

The two were fighting enthusiastically.

Suddenly,

The color of the sky changed.

Lin You thought they were fighting with True Fire and quickly tried to mediate.

"Two Uncles."

"Stop fighting!"

"A lot, everyone has a lot!"

"Everyone has more than Brother Tao, alright?"

The next second,

A figure shot out violently.

Eighth Elder was deeply embedded in the ground, coughing up blood repeatedly after being struck.

His surrounding aura also dropped to its lowest point.

He was on the verge of collapse!

"What's going on?"

"We are all brothers."

"Old Six, do you have no sense of propriety!"

Lin Tao shouted angrily.

But immediately after,

He heard Eighth Elder's weak voice.

"It's... them."

"Quickly go support Sixth Brother!"

"The Grand Array is blocking perception, they came prepared!"

—Boom.

Upon hearing this, everyone's hearts immediately froze.

Second Elder's sleeves fluttered.

The mist in the sky was instantly swept aside,

Revealing a figure.

Inside the Red Four-Sided Grand Array, four Profound Martial Arts Realm experts were besieging Sixth Elder!

"Old Six!"

"Lin Kai!"

"Quick, save him!"

Lin Tao led the other five Elders straight toward the sky.

Before they could even get close,

Four figures in the Void Realm blocked their path.

Their aura was as decaying as an Ancient Tomb.

They were visibly aged.

Appearing alongside them were the Patriarchs of the Four Great Families.

Including those inside the Grand Array, there were a total of twelve Martial Dao Profound Realm experts!

The Old Man in Daoist Robe smiled sinisterly.

"Fellow Daoist, why are you so anxious? Have you run into trouble?"

"We are all in the same domain; lending a hand is certainly possible."

The Two-Headed Divine Shadow led five people to block their retreat.

"Why waste words with them."

"The Lin Family will be completely annihilated today!"

Inside the Grand Array.

Sixth Elder, besieged by four Profound Martial Arts Realm experts, was at a disadvantage.

No matter how strong the Lin Family members' combat power was,

It was impossible to achieve a one-versus-four victory in the same realm!

Lin Tao clenched his fist, and crimson blood flowed from his palm.

Without a word of nonsense,

"Kill!"

His soaring aura shot up into the sky!

"If you want to annihilate our Lin Family!"

"In your next life!"

Lin Tao was the first to rush out, fighting fiercely with three opponents.

At this moment, Lin Family's Sixth Elder was surrounded.

Every second that passed increased the danger.

Eighth Elder had lost his combat ability.

The Lin Family was forced

To fight six against eight!

"Big Brother."

"I'll help you!"

Second Elder roared and was the first to break free from entanglement.

"Don't worry about me."

"Save Lin Kai!"

Lin Tao turned and shouted angrily.

For a time,

Despite being outnumbered, they surprisingly did not fall into a disadvantage!

The Old Man in Daoist Robe suddenly spat out a mouthful of vital essence blood.

His already powerful aura climbed once more.

"Hold them back!"

"Wait for the battle inside the Grand Array to conclude."

"That will be the moment the Lin Family is annihilated!"