The Cooperation

However, if this person was only at the Nascent Soul realm, there was nothing to fear.

Wei Hai thought to himself.

Judging by the depth of this person's spiritual energy, if he was a Nascent Soul cultivator, he must have relied on pills to forcibly elevate his cultivation. Compared to someone like himself, who had built a solid foundation step by step, there was a vast difference.

But regardless of whether this person was at the Golden Core or Nascent Soul realm, even though he had caught him off guard with that strike just now, in terms of overall strength, this person was definitely no match for him.

At this thought, Wei Hai looked at Lin Xiao and sneered,

"Boy, if you kneel down right now, kowtow, and call me Grandpa three times, and then return your Grandpa's spirit stone mine, I might consider sparing your life. It would save you from wasting the cultivation base you've spent so many years building. What a pity that would be, tsk tsk."

Hearing this, Lin Xiao merely swept a calm glance over him before turning to look down at the deserted Xiushui Village, the villagers crowding the Path of Seeking Heart, and the people of the Lingxian Sect halfway up the mountain who were looking at him with joy.

Tomorrow was New Year's Eve. At this time, Xiushui Village should have been at its most bustling, and the people at their happiest.

But now, the entire Xiushui Village was left in utter chaos and devastation.

Having seen such a scene right after coming out of seclusion, he pressed his lips tightly together without saying a word, but the back of the hand gripping his sword was already bulging with veins.

Lin Xiao's strike just now had happened in an instant. Hearing Lin Xiao's voice, the people on the mountain exclaimed in pleasant surprise:

"Brother Xiao!"

"It's Brother Xiao's voice!"

At this moment, the flowing flames in the air were scattered by the sword energy from earlier. As the dust settled, the Lingxian Sect members below also saw Lin Xiao hovering in the air, confronting that Nascent Soul cultivator.

Having not seen him for half a year, everyone felt that Lin Xiao seemed to have changed a little, yet also seemed the same.

They watched as Lin Xiao paused for a moment above, then suddenly channeled his spiritual energy, raised his sword, and charged straight at the Nascent Soul cultivator!

Lin Xiao knew very well that with his Golden Core strength, it was absolutely impossible to defeat a Nascent Soul cultivator head-on.

But looking at this heavily injured Nascent Soul cultivator, he knew he absolutely could not give him a chance to catch his breath and recover.

Seeing Lin Xiao charging at him, Wei Hai immediately formed a shield of spiritual energy to block!

It had to be said, although Lin Xiao was exceptionally strong for a Golden Core cultivator, there was still a massive, insurmountable chasm between the Nascent Soul and Golden Core realms.

When Lin Xiao's full-force strike crashed into Wei Hai's spiritual energy shield, he immediately felt a tremendous backlash shudder through his entire body. With a loud bang, numerous cracks instantly burst open on his exposed skin.

Although the sect uniform he wore was not torn, it was blown about wildly by the massive shockwaves generated from the collision.

The white robes clung to Lin Xiao's lean and sturdy figure amidst the surging air currents, as if he would be blown away by this immense force in the very next second.

Meanwhile, the spiritual energy shield in front of Wei Hai also developed a dense web of fine cracks, reaching the brink of shattering.

Seeing this, he immediately increased his output of spiritual energy, gradually repairing the fine cracks one by one.

It felt like a long time, yet also like just a brief moment.

After Wei Hai exerted his full strength, Lin Xiao was finally blasted away by his spiritual energy shield. Under the explosive force of the shockwaves they created in the air, he flew backward toward the direction of the Lingxian Sect!

Seeing this, Wei Hai immediately pressed his advantage and pursued closely behind.

However, just as he was about to pass over the mountain path covered in peach petals below, he felt as if he had stepped into some kind of domain.

The next moment, he realized that he was actually trapped inside an array formation.

At the same time, Lin Xiao, who had just stabilized his posture in the air, received a telepathic message from Liu Yunan in his mind:

"Brother Xiao, he's trapped!"

He looked back and saw that Wei Hai was indeed trapped within the Two Extremes Life and Death Array. Only then did he wipe the blood from his face and let out a breath.

"Beautifully done, Baldy!"

It turned out that earlier, Liu Yunan had prepared to set up the Two Extremes Life and Death Array right on the Path of Seeking Heart, but Senior Liao had stopped him.

This was because he knew that array formations could not be placed on the Path of Seeking Heart.

Later, Senior Liao went out with Sun Yigao to save people, so Liu Yunan decided to act according to the circumstances and place it in front of the Path of Seeking Heart.

However, since activating the Two Extremes Life and Death Array required the user to infuse their own spiritual energy to connect the array nodes, which took a lot of time, he couldn't just rush out carelessly.

Otherwise, if he was discovered by that Nascent Soul cultivator, he would definitely be annihilated before he could even activate the array.

Now, the only people left in the sect with relatively high cultivation bases were Fuzi and the Talisman Master Liu Chun. They were the best candidates to activate the array.

But because this task required going outside the sect's mountain-protecting grand array, Liu Yunan did not want them to take this risk.

Thus, when Lin Xiao came out of seclusion and confronted the Nascent Soul cultivator, he knew his chance had come.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was on Lin Xiao and the Nascent Soul cultivator, he quietly sneaked down the mountain, placed the Two Extremes Life and Death Array, infused his spiritual energy to successfully connect all the nodes, and activated it.

The moment it was successfully activated, he sent a telepathic message to Lin Xiao, asking him to lure the person over.

Because he heard his words, Lin Xiao did not hesitate to release his resistance at that time, allowing himself to be blasted flying toward the sect.

Through such cooperation, the two finally succeeded in luring that Nascent Soul cultivator into the Two Extremes Life and Death Array.

Trapped within the array, Wei Hai immediately thought to himself that things were bad. He wanted to fly up and break out of the array, but before he could even begin to charge at it, all sorts of killing moves within the array swept toward him overwhelmingly under Liu Yunan's control.

Wei Hai struggled greatly to fend them off, but he knew that this kind of array formation had a time limit. Moreover, a formidable array like this consumed a massive amount of energy and operated at extremely high speeds. As long as he could try his best to stall and avoid being killed by the array, he would have a chance to get out!

Yet, just as he was exhausted from dealing with the various killing moves of the Two Extremes Life and Death Array, Lin Xiao also entered the array with his sword and attacked him!

Originally, Wei Hai was already using all his strength to deal with every attack from the Two Extremes Life and Death Array and was almost unable to hold on. Now, with Lin Xiao joining in, it was like adding frost to snow, causing him to retreat in defeat after just a few exchanges.

When his Nascent Soul was finally pierced by a spike formation from the Two Extremes Life and Death Array, he was at last entirely drained of strength. Like a piece of torn rag, he hung suspended on the spiked pillar, clinging to his last breath.

Lin Xiao walked through the air until he was right in front of him, and raised the peach wood sword in his hand toward him.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Wei Hai felt extremely unwilling to accept this outcome.

He didn't understand why he, who had been invincible for hundreds of years, and who had just recently conquered a long-established sect in the mortal realm to become a sect master himself, was now completely defeated here by this new, unheard-of sect.

Thinking of how he had cultivated for so many years, transforming from a mere mortal into a Nascent Soul cultivator revered by mortals, a wave of regret washed over Wei Hai's heart. If only he had known earlier, he would have been a little more cautious.