Chapter 67: The Initial Appearance of the Soul

  Xia Ling hastily stood up and paced back and forth beside Xia Man, saying worriedly: "Young Master's strength..."

  "Don't worry, strong one. Only in adversity can we grow! Moreover, have you forgotten how many surprises Lin'er has brought us?"

  "But... this strength is also too different, right?" Xia Ling looked at Xia Man's calm expression with some anxiety.

  Xia Man looked at him swaying back and forth, the calmness on his face finally disappeared, and he said to him in a bad tone: "Although you are Lin Er's uncle, it's understandable that you're worried, but... I'm Lin Er's father, okay? When he's in danger, I'll naturally take action! You're making me feel like I want to let him die on purpose."

  "Heh heh." Xia Ling smiled awkwardly and then relaxed, looking around at the scene.

  "After all these years, this habit still hasn't changed." Xia Man shook her head helplessly and turned to look at the center of the arena. As for this battle, she didn't have much confidence in her heart either. The difference between Cyclone Layer 1 and Cyclone Layer 8 was a whole seven layers, which was equivalent to several streets! This gap was huge, how many more levels would it take to defeat? Moreover, for such an extraordinary genius, they were usually the ones who issued cross-level challenges..."

  "Be careful, if you admit defeat, remember to shout out, otherwise you will be killed by mistake." Yao Lian's cold voice echoed around, making everyone look at each other in surprise.

  "These words I also leave for you." Xia Lin smiled calmly, unyielding and fearless.

  "Whoosh!"

  Yao Lian didn't make a sound, her footsteps swift and agile, her figure flashing by, suddenly appearing beside Xia Lin. Two curved knives appeared from the crook of her arm, slashing diagonally towards Xia Lin.

  Xia dodged to one side, avoiding Yao Lian's sudden attack.

  What is known as flash, for him who has strengthened his senses and used the super-speed teleportation technique "inch step" multiple times, is really just a small trick. The strength of a cultivator lies in the balance and explosive power of their physical body! So although Xia Lin may not be very strong, his speed and reaction ability are by no means weak.

  After dodging several times, Xia Lin seized the opportunity and directly launched the tenth palm of Lingfeng! The powerful offensive swept towards Yao Lian, but at this moment, Yao Lian's curved knife suddenly slashed down, with a speed that was almost unimaginable, forcing Xia Lin to hastily withdraw his hand.

  Unlike last time, this time he was very sure that if he used the tenth palm of Lingfeng to counter Red Lotus's curved knife, there would only be one outcome: death.

  Time and time again, Yao Lian's attacks were dodged by him, but every time he swung his palm to strike, it was cut down by Yao Lian with a single knife!

  The two men's advances slowed down one after another, shaking in mid-air and causing a series of sonic booms.

  Xia Lin's strength surprised everyone, originally thinking that the difference of seven layers would make him likely to be killed in seconds, but unexpectedly it became a stalemate scene now. Xia Lin's speed and reaction were extremely fast, looking very agile, shuttling through Yao Lian's knife method without suffering any damage.

  Facing such a fight, the two of them surprisingly didn't have any anger at all.

  Xia Lin's face was stern as he sought an opportunity to counterattack, but Yao Lian's face was icy cold, her twin blades dancing as she pressed Xia Lin down with a flurry of attacks.

  Occasionally, a few mysterious energies burst out and leave deep marks on the ground.

  However, at this moment, Yao Lian's attack suddenly stopped for a moment, making Xia Lin slightly stunned. The girl's mouth corners rose with a hint of a smile, and quickly disappeared, looking at Xia Lin saying: "Be careful."

  Xia raised an eyebrow, he knew that Yao Lian's hint was afraid that he would accidentally get himself killed and implicate his own mother. However, after witnessing his strength, did Yao Lian really think he couldn't withstand it?

  "Hmm——"

  A thread of silvery moonlight flashed across Yao Lian's curved blade, her footsteps light and agile, like a lotus flower, elegant and beautiful, dazzlingly extraordinary. The two curved blades intertwined, like an impenetrable dance, filled with a strange and exotic beauty. Just at this moment, a cold glow suddenly appeared, a silver-white blade burst forth, shooting towards Xia Lin in attack.

  Cold light flashes, murderous intent presses in!

  Speed is extremely fast, like a shooting star!

  The people around had already been shocked into speechlessness, Xia Man and Mrs. Yao were also slightly changed in complexion, at the same time, Xuan Qi was running, preparing to strike at any moment, this knife's crisis, they knew too well.

  "Whoosh!"

  Compared with others, Xia Lin's feeling is the strongest!

  In almost an instant, he could feel the chill shooting over, a cold sensation spreading across his chest, as if it would pierce through him at any moment. Xia Lin took a deep breath, looking at the silver light that was too fast to dodge and impossible to resist, his blood and energy suddenly surging, and he violently shouted: "Inch! Step!"

  Splash!

  In an instant, Xia Lin's footsteps faltered, and she shifted one step away, leaving the range of the silver-white blade.

  "Pffft——"

  A burst of fresh blood splattered, Xia Lin felt a wave of pain, and in shock, he lowered his head to look, a wound streaked across his shoulder, splashing countless bloodstains.

  Xia Lin was somewhat perplexed, they hadn't even touched, so how could...

  Suddenly, he realized that it was the sound of the silver-white blade cutting through the air at high speed, leaving a mark on the air. Just being so far away had already caused him to be scratched, let alone if he were to be directly cut down. Thinking about this, Xia Lin felt a chill run down his spine.

  "You managed to dodge, I'm a bit surprised." Yao Lian looked at him with some surprise, originally thinking that the elder would make a move, but unexpectedly, Xia Lin dodged it himself. "However, this is just the beginning, admit defeat."

  Xia Lin smiled, "The game has just begun..."

  Yao Lian let out a cold snort, due to her mother's influence, she had no good feelings towards men in the first place. The previous dissuasion was already being polite, "Dual Moon Blade Technique - Moon Dance!"

  Like flower petals drifting away, Yao Lian made his move without hesitation. A vast array of knife auras burst forth, transforming into petal-like shapes that assaulted Xia Lin. Although this attack seemed less powerful than the previous one, the scattered petals somehow amplified its might several times over!

  This time, see how you hide!

  Yao Lian stared at Xia Lin, she had her own pride in her heart, since childhood she was known as a peerless genius, she wanted to kill the person who ruined her mother's life. If she couldn't even defeat an ordinary martial artist whose strength was far inferior to hers, how could she face her father, who also bore the name of genius? How many people would know that Yao Lian's reputation as a genius was actually due to her father, a man who didn't even know she existed?

  The countless people around him seemed to have ceased to exist, Xia Lin could feel the crisis of this move, his father, Mrs. Yao, everyone seemed to have been forgotten by him, in front of him, only this Moon Dance remained!

  Yao Lian has his own persistence, and what about him?!!

  I won't lose this battle!

  Suddenly, under everyone's shocked gaze, Xia Lin surprisingly sat down cross-legged and sat on the ground, completely ignoring the countless knife lights that were coming at him.

  "What's going on?!"

  "How did the young master suddenly sit down?"

  "Look out!"

  The scattered petals are falling faster and faster, revealing a strange beauty, each one crystal clear, hiding countless killing intentions, getting closer and closer to Xia Lin.

  "Hum!"

  A strange breath suddenly came, and the entire sky and earth seemed to fall into darkness in an instant, only those countless flower petals became more and more brilliant.

  Like the sun, a dazzling light suddenly appeared on Xia's body, transformed into a white figure, a line of light, and rushed through countless petals!

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  Innumerable sword lights and flower petals were scattered everywhere, leaving only that one white streak between heaven and earth.

  A dazzling blow, after the piercing white light passed, everyone's eyes returned to normal, and they suddenly saw a figure standing in front of Xia Lin, a white figure emitting a bright glow all over his body, standing there calmly, with a long sword that was also white and radiant in his hand.

  Proud and majestic!

  "This is... This is Soul Summoning!"

  "Heavens! The village master actually has a Heavenly Gift!"

  "What a powerful move!"

  Everyone was amazed, even Xia Man couldn't help but change his face, and then a look of surprise appeared, remembering what Xia Lin had said to him that day. He is now extremely excited, two! Including Lü'er, the Black Wind Fortress actually has two Nianzhe appearing at once, what kind of good fortune is this?!

  Lu'er looked at Young Master's Nianhun with surprise: "So Young Master's Nianhun is like this, now we can defeat that bad guy." As someone who also has a Nianhun, she naturally knows how terrifying the amplification of Nianhun's power is!

  Mrs. Yao was shocked and speechless, muttering to herself... it's him! Has he finally appeared again? She swallowed hard, seemingly recalling the scene twenty years ago when her husband, Yao Lian's father, had accidentally fallen from the sky and landed on Mount Yin-Yang, severely injured. For a moment, Mrs. Yao suddenly lost the desire to argue, and her gaze at Xia Lin was filled with complex emotions.

  "You..." Yao Lian looked at him in surprise, a strange color flashing in her eyes: "Nianhun, you're actually a Nianzhe! In the early stages of being a Nianzhe, one can only rely on Nianshen to fight, but you haven't used Nianshen for so long, how is this possible?"

  "You'll know once you've tried it." Xia Lin smiled calmly, and beneath his casual demeanor, there was a hint of solemnity.

  "Hmph! What's the use of chanting, pretending to be a ghost? You'll still end up getting beaten until you're picking your teeth off the ground!" Yao Lian's eyes flashed with a cold intent, her twin blades spinning in her hands as she charged forward once again.

  Xia Lin let out a cold hum, and his soul appeared, now his strength had greatly increased!

  His entire body was upgraded as a whole, and the progress he made was substantial! Moreover, in today's battle with Nianhun, his defensive power was even stronger, and he didn't need to consider his weapon. With a casual wave of his right hand, a long sword materialized, and he began fighting alongside Yao Lian.

  Ding ding dang dang, at this time Xia Lin actually tied with Yao Lian who was bursting out with full force.

  The two fought with all their might, and it seemed that no one felt anything out of the ordinary. Only Greenie's little head was tilted to the side, dazedly watching the battle between the two, feeling that something wasn't quite right... Young Master's way of fighting with his Nen was completely different from what was written in the book! How did he summon his Nen? And why was his fighting style the same as when he hadn't summoned his Nen?

  Something doesn't feel quite right.