Simultaneously, BaiShe felt his own Qi, still unstable after the massive absorption of the Rakshasas, pulse erratically. He had to end this fight quickly before his instability became an exploitable weakness. He raised both hands toward the sky, and the air itself seemed to liquefy under the pressure of his energy.
The area was suddenly flooded with a blinding silvery light. Thousands of swords appeared in the sky, all pointing toward the center where Lin Feng stood, broken but indomitable. The fight entered its most destructive phase, and for Lin Feng, this was the moment when his true lineage would have to awaken or perish under the wrath of the Heavenly Demon.
[ Ding ! Lin Feng's luck increases critically ! ]
The system message appeared briefly in BaiShe's field of vision, who narrowed his eyes behind his monocle. He showed no sign of annoyance, but a slight smile stretched his thin lips.
'As expected from a son of luck, it will not be so easy...' he thought while maintaining his aerial position, hands behind his back.
Suddenly, a low roar, similar to that of a mythical beast awakening from a millennial sleep, tore through the silence.
A column of golden light burst from Lin Feng's body, instantly pulverizing the shadow blades that held him prisoner. His wounds closed at a prodigious speed, the flesh welding under the influence of a divine regenerative energy.
His blond hair lengthened, becoming a dazzling gold, and fine scales of the same color began to appear on his forearms and temples.
Lin Feng's aura changed radically. He was no longer a simple talented disciple, but an entity whose power made the surrounding walls tremble.
The spiritual pressure he emitted crossed the limits of the Nascent Soul stage to stabilize at the peak of the Law Master level. Lin Feng straightened up, surrounded by a golden Qi so dense that it seemed liquid.
"Brother BaiShe, stop this fight !" exclaimed Lin Feng, his voice resonating with a new authority.
"I swear to you on my honor, all this is only a misunderstanding ! I did not kill Ming Bai and I am not seeking to harm the Xuan family !"
BaiShe did not answer with words. With a fluid gesture of his hand, he commanded the thousands of illusory swords to swoop down on his target. The sound of metal slicing through the air was deafening.
< Arts: Illusory Sword: Judgment of a Thousand Blades >
Lin Feng did not retreat. He clenched his fists, and a ghostly image of a dragon head appeared around his arms.
"If you do not want to listen, I have no other choice but to force you to hear me !"
< Way of the Fist: Impact of the Sovereign Golden Dragon >
Lin Feng struck the air in front of him. The shock produced a golden shock wave that collided with the rain of silver swords. BaiShe's Qi blades, though of divine quality, shattered on contact with this brute force. Lin Feng disappeared from his initial position, leaving a crater in the ground, to reappear a few centimeters from BaiShe. His speed was now such that the air around him distorted.
The fight intensified, becoming a dance of pure destruction.
Lin Feng chained punches with increasing ferocity, each impact shattering the shields that BaiShe tried to erect.
The disciple with dragon blood now outclassed the young master Xuan in terms of physical power and brute speed. BaiShe was forced into defense, retreating step by step under the pressure of the golden assaults.
"Listen to me !" repeated Lin Feng, his red eyes shining with a desperate gleam in the middle of the melee. "Someone else orchestrated this massacre ! Someone who possesses the power to devour essence ! I am not your enemy !"
BaiShe, while parrying an attack that could have crushed a mountain, maintained his calm. His face showed no drop of sweat, despite the violence of the exchange. He observed Lin Feng with curiosity, analyzing each movement of the dragon lineage.
'His Qi is quite pure, but it is guided by emotion. A waste of potential,' analyzed BaiShe internally.
While Lin Feng prepared a final attack, concentrating all his Qi into a single fist to end the duel, BaiShe sketched an enigmatic smile. He seemed in no way nervous about being dominated. On the contrary, he seemed to be waiting for this precise moment.
"It is a pity, Lin Feng," murmured BaiShe, his voice audible despite the tumult of the surrounding Qi.
With a rapid spinning movement, BaiShe used an advanced movement technique to disengage from the fight. He did not flee toward the heights of the ravine, but plunged abruptly toward the translucent barrier he had erected earlier. Lin Feng, thinking that BaiShe was trying to escape, rushed toward him to intercept.
"You will not escape me until you have listened to me !" he shouted.
However, Lin Feng saw BaiShe reappear right behind Xuan Ling, who was still prisoner of the barrier.
The young woman, surprised by the suddenness of the action, did not have time to activate her qi. BaiShe, without any hesitation and with icy precision, gave her a slap behind the head.
The blow, although not lethal, was charged with Qi to force unconsciousness. Ling'er's body instantly became limp and slumped against BaiShe's chest.
Lin Feng stopped dead a few meters away, his eyebrows furrowed. He did not understand the logic of this action.
' Why would BaiShe attack his own adoptive sister in the middle of their duel ? But that makes no sense. Does it ?'
"Why did you do that ?" asked Lin Feng, his voice trembling with incomprehension. "She is your sister ! What does this mean !? "
A deathly silence fell.
BaiShe held Ling'er's unconscious body with one arm, while with the other he adjusted his monocle with terrifying nonchalance. It was at that moment that Lin Feng began to understand. He saw BaiShe's expression change. The mask of the wise and calm scholar cracked to reveal an abyssal darkness.
"Because witnesses have no place in the final phase of the plan," replied BaiShe.
BaiShe's Qi, once pure and silvery, began to corrupt. A foul energy, a mixture of primordial Qi and Khao, began to surge from his body.
Lin Feng felt a cold seize his soul.
' This energy...'
BaiShe let out a light laugh, a melodious sound but devoid of all humanity. He gently placed Ling'er on the ground, then took a step toward Lin Feng. The space around him seemed to twist and crack under the pressure of his true power.