This bastard has humiliated her over and overâthis time, sheâs not letting him off the hook.
She had to make him wish for death but unable to die, and beg for life but denied it.
Dugu Yong also slashed out with bursts of Sword Aura, intent on avenging his lost arm.
With Lin Changâsheng besieged by countless attacks, Hou Shaojie wasnât faring much better.
He was up against the disciples of Vajra Sect and Luoyue Sect.
Hou Shaojie didnât dare get cockyâhe unleashed the Fierce Tiger Body Strengthening Technique, his physique instantly swelling to the Middle Stage of Void Refining, then dove headlong into the crowd and started trading blows.
BOOMâ
In a blink, Lin Changâshengâs Palm Seal and Gao Wuâs attack smashed together, erupting in a thunderous explosion that shook the chamber.
The sudden blast drew the attention of every genius disciple in the stone chamber.
"Who the hell just started a fight?"
"No idea! Looks like itâs a gang-up! More than twenty against just two? Pathetic!"
"Thatâs Vajra Sect, Luoyue Sect, Bengshan Sect, and the Myriad Beasts Sect!"
"Theyâve got some kind of beef? Weâre all trapped by the Grand Array, and theyâre still wasting energy fighting?"
...
The disciples all around started talking at once.
But once the explosion died down, everyoneâs opinion took a sudden turn.
They saw Lin Changâsheng shatter Gao Wuâs attack with a single palm.
"What the..."
Gao Wuâs eyes went wide with shock.
Lin Changâsheng actually had such brutal cultivation?
He was Middle Stage of Void Refiningâsupposedly Lin Changâsheng would be, at best, his equal, right?
So why did Lin Changâshengâs attack bulldoze through his with such force?
Was he even fighting a Middle Stage of Void Refining? It felt more like Late Stage.
Gao Wu didnât get time to think. Lin Changâshengâs raging Fiery Flame Palm Seal struck him head-on in a flash.
BANGâ
With a crack, Gao Wu was blasted a dozen yards backwards before slamming to the ground, spitting blood as he landed.
His chest was covered in flames, his blood and flesh devoured in an instant.
No matter how he tried to smother it, the fire wouldnât go out.
"Ahâplease, help meâ"
Gao Wu screamed in terror, but nobody dared step upânobody had ever seen a flame so vicious.
Before anyone could react, Gao Wu was burned alive by the flames, his body reduced to a pile of white bone.
The crowd gasped in horror.
Dugu Yongâs Sword Aura was dodged by Lin Changâsheng, and when Dugu Yan lashed out with her long whip, Lin Changâsheng simply grabbed it with his bare arm.
Their attacks couldnât even scratch Lin Changâsheng.
With a quick tug, Lin Changâsheng hauled Dugu Yan in and gripped her snow-white throat.
"Letâlet me goâ"
Dugu Yan struggled with all her strength, but Lin Changâshengâs hand was like an unbreakable dragonâs claw, clamped tight around her neck and utterly immovableâshe couldnât breathe.
With Gao Wu dying horribly, and Dugu Yan in Lin Changâshengâs grasp...
Hou Shaojie was taking on Vajra Sectâs Wang Lei. With one punch, he sent Wang Lei flying, snapping his entire arm in the process.
Wang Lei rolled on the ground clutching his arm, howling in agony.
The rest were even less of a match for Hou Shaojie, all driven back in rapid succession.
"Howâhow is this possible?"
Dugu Yongâs heart was flooded with fear.
A moment ago heâd been shouting to kill Lin Changâsheng.
But now, the strongest of them lay wounded and dead, his own sister in Lin Changâshengâs deadly gripâthe tables had turned in an instant.
If even they couldnât handle it, what hope did the others have?
The rest of the disciples couldnât withstand a single move from Hou Shaojieâeach was slaughtered with one palm strike!
Seeing things go sideways, Dugu Yong spun and tried to run!
But Lin Changâsheng wasnât about to let him escape again.
Last time, heâd only got away because he happened to bump into a Spirit Mountain ElderâDugu Yong shouldâve died right there.
BAMâ
Lin Changâsheng stomped hard, unleashing his Force Field Realm, ten times gravity slowing Dugu Yong to a crawl.
"You got lucky last time. This time, you wonât be so blessed!"
Dragging Dugu Yan behind, Lin Changâsheng surged forward and smashed out a punchâbefore Dugu Yong could beg for his life, his head exploded in a single blow.
A Divinity Transformation ant thinks he can stir up trouble?
Guess he was just too eager to die!
"No, donât kill meâIâll do anything, anything, please!"
Seeing Lin Changâsheng so ruthless, killing Dugu Yong on the spot, Dugu Yanâs legs went weak and she pleaded for mercy.
"Anything?"
Lin Changâsheng sneered.
"Yes! Anything, just donât kill meâlet me live, I beg you!"
Dugu Yan clung to a shred of hope.
But Lin Changâsheng couldnât care less about herâhis grip only tightened.
"What you need to do is disappear from this world."
With that, Lin Changâsheng snapped Dugu Yanâs neck.
Her head lolled to the side; she died instantly.
Killing her was as easy as squashing a bugâfor Lin Changâsheng, mercy had been wasted twice, but she wasnât grateful. Now there was only death.
With their leaders dead, the remaining disciples of Vajra Sect, Luoyue Sect, and Bengshan Sect finally remembered to escape.
But it was already too late.
Under Lin Changâshengâs ten times gravity, fleeing was impossible.
Within seconds, all were slaughteredâthe ground was drenched crimson.
This place was now a chaotic scene of carnage.
Their corpses and storage bags could still be useful; Lin Changâsheng scooped them all up.
"If Iâd known itâd turn out like this, I shouldâve jumped in to help."
Zhou Qibai mutteredâheâd thought Lin Changâsheng was no match for those guys, but Lin Changâshengâs true power was beyond imagination.
Killing cultivators at Middle Stage of Void Refining was as easy as slicing melons; Zhou Qibai realized he was no match at all.
This year, the Celestial Pride List might just see a dark horse rise.
"Which sectâs disciple is that? How can he be so strong?"
"No clue! Doesnât look like one of the major sects!"
"Duh, everyone knows the major sect disciples."
"After this, the rest of the Celestial Pride List competition is going to be wild!"
The surrounding genius disciples whispered among themselves.
Anyone who made it here was a top talent in their sect.
But against Lin Changâsheng, they were nothingâunable to withstand a single blow.
In just a few breaths, over twenty geniuses were slain by Lin Changâsheng and Hou Shaojie.
Even the newly arrived Immortal Martial Hall cultivators were stunned.
"That kidâs something else. We should recruit him."
Immortal Martial Hallâs senior brother, Yang Huaizhen, couldnât ignore Lin Changâshengâs talent.
Even if he didnât make it further in the coming rounds, his gift was extraordinaryâheâd be worth cultivating for the future.
CRACK CRACK CRACKâ
Right as Lin Changâsheng finished slaughtering the major sect prodigies...
The Divine Patterns atop the ten stone platforms began to rotate again, slowly and ominously.
"Look, lookâthe Arrayâs changing!"
As disciples shouted out, everyone stared at the stone platforms.
When the grinding sound stopped, some bold disciples leaped onto the platforms, hoping luck would send them away from here.
BANG BANGâ
But things didnât go wellâwhoever landed instantly felt an overwhelming pressure, and then their bodies exploded, reduced to bloody puddles.
After that, nobody dared step onto the platforms.
"This is the Ten Directions Evil Array. Only one platform serves as the Life Sect at a specific momentâthe odds are less than one percent. Donât be reckless!"
As panic swept the crowd, a group of Immortal Palace disciples in white arrived slowly.
What they explained matched Yu Tingtingâs assessmentâseems thatâs truly how the Array works.
If Zhao ShuangâEr hadnât been captured, Lin Changâsheng couldâve taken time to study it.
But Zhao ShuangâEr was still missing, and Lin Changâsheng couldnât focus.
ROARâ
HOOâ
In the next instant, savage beastly cries erupted atop the ten stone platforms.
Each platform had now summoned a fierce beast.
Some featured drop-eared White-Clear Tigers, Wild Emperor Serpents, Violet Lightning Leopards, Heavenly Dome Violet-Electric Eagles...
These beasts werenât pushoversâthey were all at the Void Refining Stage.
If nobody figures out an array-breaking technique, the formation will keep summoning vicious beasts; staying trapped wonât be the only dangerâthey might not make it out alive.