C23 Battle Level up

"F * ck you, don't you get annoyed? You said that from the beginning, but I'm still alive and well now, aren't I?"

No matter if he was strong enough or not, he could not lose in posturing.

Lin Xiao had never lost to anyone before, so he naturally could not be at a disadvantage now.

When Yan Lie heard this, his face immediately darkened. The purple flaming long spear struck again. This time, it was Lin Xiao's chest.

"Destruction Death Beam!"

Lin Xiao didn't dare to hide anything anymore. He struck out with his ultimate attack. Both of his eyes shone with a red light as he faced the long spear in Yan Lie's hand.

This time, the system didn't let him down. Although his strength was only at the late Golden Core realm, it was still greatly reduced. However, when he was still at the late stage of the Building Foundation Stage, the Destruction Death Ray was able to compete with Night Ghost Luo Sheng, who was already at the early stage of the Nascent Soul Stage. At this time, his strength had already risen to the late stage of the Golden Core Realm. Presumably, the difference in strength between him and Luo Sheng was... Now, the gap in strength between him and Yan Lie was even smaller.

Although the further they went, the greater the gap in strength between cultivator and Luo Sheng. However, Lin Xiao's attack had indeed caught Yan Lie off guard. The long spear condensed from flames collided with the destructive light beam. * Hong Long...... *

Yan Lie's right hand, which was holding the long spear, thought that it was not retracted at all. It was swallowed and destroyed by the Destruction Death Beam from below his elbow.

"Aaaaaaaaah..."

Yan Lie roared. His eyes looked like they were going to tear apart. He had never thought that... He had actually suffered such a great loss in the battle with a late Golden Core cultivator. Although his strength would increase later on, there was still a chance for his arm to return to its original state. However, what Lin Xiao had done to Yan Lie wasn't just physical injuries. * Hong Long...... *

Yan Lie felt that this was the greatest humiliation he had ever suffered in his life!

Along with his roar, countless clones appeared in an instant. Each of them was holding a long spear condensed from flames, making it impossible for Lin Xiao to tell which one was the real him.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Countless explosions were heard. Lin Xiao didn't even have time to react before he was struck by several long spears. A few holes were instantly created on his body.

If it wasn't for the fact that he had already become alert the moment Yan Lie transformed into his clone and tried his best to avoid any harm when the danger arrived, he would have been riddled with holes.

"Argh! Argh! Argh!"

Countless' Yan Lie 'roared at the same time. The entire heaven and earth shook. Lin Xiao could even see cracks appearing in the surrounding space.

When the Nascent Soul got angry, the sky and earth changed color.

Lin Xiao's facial expression changed as well. The destructive Death Ray was his strongest attack. It consumed a lot of True Qi, although his True Qi was a few hundred times more than when he was at the Foundation Establishment stage. However, the Destruction Death Beam also leveled up, even though it did not consume as much True Qi as the Foundation Establishment stage. However, that strike just now had also drained a third of the zhenqi in his body. Adding on the previous consumption, the True Qi in his body was now less than half.

The problem was that at present, the only thing he could do to Yan Lie was to destroy the Death Ray. But now that Yan Lie had transformed into countless of them, he had no idea which one he should attack.

If he made the wrong choice, the only thing waiting for him when his true qi was exhausted was death. He didn't even have the chance to escape.

"System, can you tell which one of these clones is the real body?"

Under such circumstances, even though Lin Xiao had some complaints about the system, he had no choice but to treat it as his last reliance.

The system's voice quickly sounded, "The difference in strength between the two of them is too great, so it's impossible to distinguish them. However, these clones are all formed by True Qi. And with such a large number of clones, it seems like every single one of them is incomparably powerful. In reality, they are only at the middle-stage of the Golden Core Realm. I suggest that the host can use the Return of Ten Thousand Swords. Kill these clones and wait until the true body appears before using Destruction Death Beam. "

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up when he heard this.

The system was right. Even if Yan Lie was at the great circle of the Nascent Soul Stage, he was still at the Great Circle of the Nascent Soul Stage. It was impossible for every one of them to have the same strength as him. Otherwise, not to mention the fact that no one at the same level as him was a match for him, perhaps even a Soul Formation expert would be exhausted to death by him.

In other words, although these clones also had a certain level of power and would cause some damage to the enemy, it was actually not very high. It could only confuse the true body by hiding in the shadows and dealing a fatal blow to the enemy.

Lin Xiao could tell this from the few spear strikes he had been stabbed with earlier. Moreover, the clones' movements were not flexible. Otherwise, he, a late Golden Core cultivator, would not be able to avoid them at all.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao suddenly felt enlightened. He immediately followed the instructions of the system and activated the Return of Ten Thousand Swords.

Clang, clang, clang...

Countless energy swords danced in the air, creating a beautiful chase in the air.

"It's useless. This move of yours will not be able to harm me at all."

Yan Lie's voice came from all directions. His tone was indifferent, as if no matter what Lin Xiao did, it would be futile.

The more he acted this way, the more certain Lin Xiao became in his heart that the system's suggestion this time was correct.

Otherwise, Yan Lie only needed to focus on dealing with his clone and give him a fatal blow from a tricky angle.

He could also guess that the current Yan Lie wouldn't dare to attack him, because once he displayed a strength that exceeded these clones', he would definitely be noticed by him, and his figure would be completely exposed.

Lin Xiao, who had figured this out, felt lucky and amused at the same time. He was afraid that Yan Lie would be ashamed to death even if he didn't die in his hands in the future.

If he had the courage to sacrifice himself and fight with his life on the line, he was afraid that he wouldn't have a chance at all.

However, he didn't expect that a great circle Nascent Soul cultivator would be so afraid of death when fighting against him, a late Golden Core cultivator. He didn't even dare to suffer any injuries.

That was why he had lived until now.

In fact, if Yan Lie knew what Lin Xiao was thinking, he wouldn't need to fight anymore, because Yan Lie would die of anger.

Imagine, who would care about an enemy who was confident enough to kill him with a wave of his hand?

Once they found out that this opponent, who was not worth mentioning in their eyes, suddenly had the ability to fight with them, or even kill them with just a slight carelessness, who wouldn't be afraid?

They could clearly kill their opponent with their powerful strength, so who would take the risk of being killed to fight with them?

Therefore, in Lin Xiao's opinion, this was the most wretched and cowardly way of fighting. Compared to Yan Lie, this was the safest and least risky way.

The broken arm that was destroyed by Lin Xiao still hurt.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

As the Qi sword danced in the air, just like what the system had said, wherever the Flying Sword passed by, the clone would scatter upon contact. It didn't even have the ability to resist.

In an instant, more than half of the clones that filled the sky were destroyed by Lin Xiao in the blink of an eye.

"Bastard, you are courting death!"

Yan Lie could no longer be vulgar, because he realized that... If this continued, Lin Xiao would kill all of his clones sooner or later. At that time, not only would he not be able to confuse Lin Xiao with this technique, he would also be able to kill all of his clones. On the contrary, because of the disappearance of his clones, he had consumed too much of his true qi. If Lin Xiao still had a trump card, he would suddenly give it to him. That would be really sad.

The more Yan Lie thought about it, the more terrifying he felt. What was even more terrifying was that he actually felt fear towards a late Golden Core weakling.

He knew that he couldn't continue hiding, because of Lin Xiao's existence. It had already cast a shadow in his heart. If he couldn't defeat and kill Lin Xiao, he was afraid that his Dao Heart would be affected in the future, and his strength wouldn't be able to improve by even half an inch.

Therefore, he kept all the remaining clones and once again appeared in front of Lin Xiao.

This time, Lin Xiao could clearly feel that the killing intent on Yan Lie's body was so strong that it was almost suffocating.

If Yan Lie had been playing with him before, then now, his opponent was really going to kill him, and it would be a fight to the death.

Although he didn't know why Yan Lie had changed, Lin Xiao felt a little excited when he felt a strong sense of danger.

In this kind of life and death battle, it was the one that could improve one's understanding of the Heavenly Dao. Lin Xiao could feel that as long as he killed Yan Lie, his strength would increase by another level.

As expected, only actual combat was the best way to accumulate experience.

Of course, there was another more important thing, and that was that he didn't have much true qi left in his body. Besides the true qi that he had reserved to destroy the Death Light once more, there was only a little bit left.

In other words, this battle had already come to an end. In the following exchange, the victor was about to be decided.

And this battle was a gamble for Lin Xiao, and the bet was his own life.

He was betting that his destructive death light would successfully hit Yan Lie's vitals, and kill him. Otherwise, the True Qi in his body wouldn't be able to support his next attack.

To Yan Lie, this was actually a gamble. He was betting that Lin Xiao's previous attack would not be able to be used again. Or rather, even if he used it, it would not cause him any fatal injuries.

Otherwise, if a man who was at the great circle of the Nascent Soul realm was killed by a kid who had forcefully advanced to the late Golden Core realm using the Arcane Art, he would probably become the laughing stock of countless people in the future.

This was something Yan Lie couldn't accept. Therefore, this battle could only be won, not lost!

Unknowingly, Yan Lie's attitude towards this battle had changed from a playful attitude from the beginning to a serious one.

It was as if Lin Xiao was no longer just a late Golden Core cultivator to him, but a Soul Formation cultivator.

One had to say that if Lin Xiao knew about this, he would still have a sense of accomplishment.

What kind of satisfaction was it to make an expert at the great circle of Nascent Soul and a Soul Formation cultivator pay attention to him? Even if this was because the opponent wanted to kill him.

Gradually, the two of them stood in the arena and faced each other. Their eyes were shining with the light of victory.

Yan Lie suddenly put away all the flames that filled the sky, including the ones that were attached to Lin Xiao and Ji Baihua. He also put them all into his body, and then he saw his only left hand. He placed it in front of his chest and pulled it hard, revealing his sturdy chest.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? Even if you can't beat me, you don't have to do this. Let me tell you, I don't have any hobbies in that field."

The solemn atmosphere was completely destroyed by Lin Xiao's words.

However, Yan Lie acted as if he didn't hear Lin Xiao's words at all. His expression became more and more serious. Then, his left hand made a gesture of holding something in front of his chest.

At this moment, a sword hilt really appeared in front of his chest. The sword hilt appeared very suddenly, as if it had always existed there. He only casually held onto a sword that had originally been placed in that place.

But Lin Xiao knew that this action of his was not casual. Because when Yan Lie placed his left hand on the hilt of the sword, the surrounding temperature suddenly rose. It was even higher than when the entire space was covered in flames.

In just a moment, he was covered in sweat.