195: The Saint Who Appeared for Less Than a Minute

The next day, early morning.

As the first faint, grayish-white light struggled to emerge from beneath the sea horizon, attempting to dispel the darkness, a pressure far heavier and more despairing than the night descended without warning!

“Boom—!!!”

The entire Linhai City shook violently, countless roof tiles rattled down, sleeping infants were startled awake, letting out heart-wrenching wails, and chickens and dogs barked and ran in terror.

The sky, in an instant, was dyed a terrifying dark blood color!

A Saint’s rage, and the world changes color!

“Su Family, hand over the murderer!!!”

A gaunt, ghost-like figure appeared out of thin air above the Su Estate, suspended beneath the rolling blood clouds.

It was the Wu Family Old Ancestor, Wu Tiansha!

He was clad in a wide, dark-red blood robe, upon which viscous blood seemed to slowly flow.

His face was shriveled, wrinkles deeply etched as if carved by knives and axes, yet his eyes were blood-red, burning with a mad fury and bone-deep hatred that seemed to consume everything.

The Saint’s pressure enveloped the entire city.

At this moment, Linhai City fell into complete dead silence.

Countless Cultivators and Mortals living in other areas, no matter where they were, trembled in their Souls under this supreme pressure, which originated from a higher life-level, their knees uncontrollably buckling as they fell to their knees in droves!

“Hand over the murderer! Otherwise, this Old Ancestor will not be finished with your Su Family today!!”

Inside the Su Estate, it was a mess.

Su Zheng Yuan, surrounded by several Elders, struggled to appear in the front courtyard, his face as pale as paper, with a trace of uncleaned blood still lingering at the corner of his mouth.

Under the direct impact of that Saint’s pressure, even though he was at the Peak of the Venerable realm, he felt as if struck by a heavy hammer, his Divine Soul shaking.

“Sister… I’m scared…” Su Qingya buried her face in her sister’s embrace, her voice choked with sobs, her small body trembling like a leaf in the wind.

That old monster in the sky was ten thousand times more terrifying than the most dreadful demon in her nightmares.

“Don’t be scared, Qingya, don’t be scared…” Su Qingyu’s voice was also trembling; she tried hard to hug her sister, but her gaze involuntarily turned towards Tingtao Courtyard.

The next moment,

A Saint’s pressure also rose within the Su Family, blocking all of the Wu Family Old Ancestor’s pressure outside the Su Family.

“Hmph! Old Wu, are you trying to bully my Su Family because you think we have no one?”

The Su Family Ancestor’s figure suddenly appeared in mid-air, facing the Wu Family Old Ancestor from a distance.

His eyes were filled with anger; the Wu Family Old Ancestor pressuring his Su Family like this was simply not putting him in his eyes.

“Hmph! Old Su, quickly hand over the murderer who killed my grandson, or else this Old Ancestor will not be finished with your Su Family today!” The Wu Family Old Ancestor showed no intention of retreating, still threatening.

Since he had already decided to place his bet, the Su Family Ancestor naturally would not hand over the person, and immediately shouted, “Don’t even think about it! No one can touch a guest of my Su Family within the Su Family, and neither can you, Old Wu!”

Just then, as Wu Tiansha was about to make his move, under the astonished gazes of countless people in the Su Estate, two figures unhurriedly walked out of Tingtao Courtyard.

Lin Xuan was in front, still in simple white clothes, his steps as composed as if he were strolling in his own backyard.

He slightly raised his head, glanced at the sky-obscuring blood clouds and resentful Souls, as well as the blood orb condensed with terrifying power, and his brow subtly furrowed, as if he had only seen an unsightly stain.

Immediately, his gaze fell upon the frenzied Wu Tiansha.

That gaze was utterly calm, without a single ripple.

There was no anger, no solemnity, not even a trace of the wariness one should have when facing a strong enemy.

There was only a pure, condescending scrutiny, like a deity from the Nine Heavens, indifferently looking down upon a clawing ant in the dust.

This gaze, more than any provocation, ignited Wu Tiansha’s madness!

“Little bastard! It’s you!!”

Wu Tiansha’s roar was like that of an injured Vicious Beast, his blood-red eyes instantly locking onto Lin Xuan and the other person; the dark-red blood orb condensed in his palm suddenly expanded to the size of a millstone, and the shrieks of countless resentful Souls inside reached their Peak, as if they wanted to tear one’s Soul apart.

“You killed my beloved grandson! This Old Ancestor will extract your Souls and refine your spirits, tormenting you for eternity! I will grind your bones to dust! To accompany my grandson to his grave!!!”

“Blood Sea—Devouring Heaven!!!”

His claw-like hands suddenly pushed forward!

Boom!!!

The millstone-sized dark-red blood orb suddenly exploded!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a chilling, viscous surging sound, as if billions of living beings were drowning simultaneously!

Boundless, viscous, and foul-smelling blood waves instantly surged out from the bursting blood orb, transforming in an instant into a monstrous blood sea that covered the entire sky above the Su Estate!

“It’s Old Ancestor’s ‘Blood Sea Devouring Heaven’!” Some experts from the Wu Family who had followed from afar roared excitedly from a distance, their eyes filled with fanaticism and cruelty.

Upon seeing this, the Su Family Ancestor was about to make a move when he heard Lin Xuan’s voice from below.

“No need to trouble Senior, leave this small matter to us.”

The Su Family Ancestor was startled, but in the end, he did not make a move.

Just as this overwhelming blood sea was about to engulf the entire Su Estate—

Lin Xuan moved.

He didn’t even look at the terrifying, sky-obscuring blood sea, his gaze still calmly fixed on the frenzied Wu Tiansha.

It was as if that world-destroying Saint Divine Ability was less worthy of attention than a buzzing fly in his eyes.

He merely casually raised his right hand, his fingers forming a Sword Finger gesture.

His slender fingers, set against the pale sky and blood-red light, appeared exceptionally fair.

Then, he casually swiped at the cascading, monstrous blood sea, which was capable of instantly corroding the entire Su Estate and everyone within it into a pool of foul blood.

The movement was gentle, natural.

There was no earth-shattering spiritual Qi explosion, no Law fluctuations tearing through space.

Only an invisible, intangible power, yet containing an ineffable supreme will, quietly spread out with his gentle flick.

Buzz—!

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

Immediately after, under the gazes of countless people filled with terror and disbelief, that blood sea, which was capable of severely injuring an ordinary Saint, instantly split open, as if it had been cleaved in two by something!

Dead silence!

A dead silence more profound and complete than when the blood clouds had pressed down on the city before!

The people kneeling on the ground forgot to breathe, forgot to tremble, forgot their fear, leaving only boundless bewilderment and absurdity.

That… that world-destroying Saint Divine Ability… just… just disappeared like that?

Was… was it gone with a light flick?

The Su Family Ancestor froze in place, his mouth unconsciously agape, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets, his mind a blank.

Holy cow! Are young people nowadays all this fierce?!

You know, that blood sea, even he found it quite troublesome to deal with…

Suspended in the air, the ferocity, venom, and madness on Wu Tiansha’s face solidified instantly, like frozen lava!

In his blood-red eyes, Lin Xuan’s infuriatingly calm figure was clearly reflected for the first time.

That lightly swiped Sword Finger, in his current perception, was billions of times more terrifying than any Divine Weapon or Sharp Weapon!

“No… impossible!”

Wu Tiansha’s voice was dry and hoarse, filled with unbelievable horror, and a trace of fear and trembling from the depths of his Soul that even he was unwilling to admit! “You… what exactly are you?!”

His “Blood Sea Devouring Heaven” was his innate Divine Ability, cultivated over hundreds of years of immersing himself in the Dao of Blood Fiend, slaughtering countless living beings!

Even a Saint of the same rank would need to resist with all their might, and might even have their Origin corrupted!

How could it… how could it be completely erased by such a casual flick? This had completely surpassed the limits of his comprehension!

Lin Xuan slowly retracted his hand.

He slightly turned his head, glancing at Lin Haoran beside him, his tone carrying a hint of imperceptible… disappointment?

“Haoran, it seems this remote borderland of the Eastern Continent is indeed a bit desolate.”

His voice was not loud, but it clearly pierced through the solidified silence, reaching the ears of everyone below, and also like cold steel needles, fiercely piercing into Wu Tiansha’s heart.

Lin Haoran responded in a deep voice, “Indeed, Brother Xuan.”

He looked at Wu Tiansha as if he were looking at a corpse.

Only then did Lin Xuan turn his gaze back to the Wu Family Old Ancestor, who was trembling like a flickering candle in the wind in the air.

His eyes remained calm and unruffled, and the corner of his lips even curved into a very faint, almost sighing arc.

“Is this all you’ve got?” He spoke softly, his voice not loud, but carrying a peculiar penetrative power, clearly resounding in the ears of everyone whose minds were greatly shaken.

“And you want to kill us?”

The moment his voice fell, Lin Xuan moved.

He merely casually raised his right hand, his fingers forming a Sword Finger, and waved again.

His movement was still casual, even a little lazy.

A Sword Qi, condensed to the extreme, as fine as a hair, yet exhibiting a pure glazed luster, shot out silently.

There was no world-shattering momentum, no spatial anomalies.

That finger wind was faster than the perception of time; it seemed to have reached its target the instant it flicked from Lin Xuan’s fingertip.

Wu Tiansha’s pupils, the moment the finger wind appeared, had already shrunk to pinpricks!

A warning of impending doom, originating from the deepest part of his life, like the most bone-chilling ice water, instantly flooded all his thoughts!

He didn’t even have time to mobilize a trace of protective spiritual Qi, nor to let out a scream!

Puff!

Suspended in the air, Wu Tiansha, that gaunt, ghost-like figure, suddenly trembled violently!

At the center of his brows, a barely perceptible glazed halo flashed and vanished.

Time, at this moment, seemed to completely halt.

The solidified horror, fear, and a trace of lingering madness on Wu Tiansha’s face instantly faded, leaving only a complete, hollow blankness.

The terrifying Saint’s pressure around his body, which could crush mountains, instantly dissipated without a trace, like a pricked balloon.

Immediately after, under the gazes of countless stunned people, Wu Tiansha’s body, starting from that point between his brows, silently turned into dust!

Like a paper man set on fire, or a sand sculpture scattered by the wind.

A gentle breeze blew by, stirring up a few tiny specks of dust, swirling and dispersing in the air.

Other than that, there was nothing else.

The spot where he had been suspended was empty.

This Wu Family Blood Saint Old Ancestor, who had lorded over Linhai City and struck fear into countless hearts, received his bento box directly, less than a minute after appearing!

Dead silence.

This dead silence was deeper and more complete than when the blood sea had dissipated before.

The people kneeling on the ground forgot to breathe, forgot their heartbeats, forgot fear itself.

Their minds were blank, having lost the ability to comprehend the scene before them.

A Saint… was just like an ant… erased with a flick of a finger?

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P.S.: Two chapters! (Sigh, for some reason, I feel a bit unable to write anymore…)