Damn it!

Lin Bai's right eye swelled and teared, and he cursed bitterly.

He was fortunate that his left eye, hidden at the back of his head, was observing the enemy, leaving him with half his vision intact.

Otherwise, suddenly dashing out of the dense fog and being blinded like that was enough to take half his life...

The Divine Sense of a Nascent Soul cultivator was not enough to fully replace vision.

Lin Bai was filled with lingering terror; thankfully, he had obtained all the rewards from the Great Demon Solution Book's complete set of tasks.

Having easily taken down Return to Dragon View, he had briefly thought his power was enough to dominate the region. He never expected that a few Nascent Soul cultivators and their Magic Treasures could push him into such a sorry state!

He had been careless!

The cunning old foxes, who had cultivated for hundreds of years, possessed far more combat experience than him, a so-called expert who had grown up in peaceful times.

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"Take advantage of his weakness and kill him!" Dao Xu, who was also blinded, was not alarmed but delighted. Tears streaming, he drew talismans with his fingers to block Pei Yanzong's furious attack aimed at Lin Bai. He excitedly revealed his weakness to the surrounding enemies, "Don't let Lin Bai recover his senses! I'm begging all of you, when you attack me, hit me hard! You must kill me in one blow. If I'm left with even a single breath, I won't die!"

Damn him!

Pei Yanzong cursed gloomily, even though he knew Dao Xu was telling the truth.

But the fact that Dao Xu was simultaneously drawing talismans to help Lin Bai block his own attacks, all while clamoring for them to kill him, looked like a blatant provocation!

So despicable!

He too wanted to deal with Dao Xu quickly!

But as they were both Nascent Soul cultivators, even if Dao Xu couldn't see, it wouldn't be easy for Pei Yanzong to take him down in a short time, let alone kill him instantly.

Puppets like Qing Yu, with only Golden Core Cultivation, were useless in a battle between Nascent Soul experts.

Even though Lin Bai had ordered them to protect him, they were completely outmatched. Despite their best efforts, they couldn't even keep up with Lin Bai's speed. They wanted to protect him but were utterly powerless.

「 」

Dao Xu blocked Pei Yanzong's attack.

Xin Ming, Ge Feiyun, Shen Kuang, and Zhao Tulong weren't idle either, quickly attacking Lin Bai from different directions.

Xin Ming was shrouded in a blood fog ten meters in diameter.

Ge Feiyun stood atop a large cloud of black qi.

Within the black qi, shadowy forms of pythons, Fierce Tigers, and skulls roared and coiled, as if they could break free from the black qi's confines at any moment to devour their enemy's flesh and blood.

Zhao Tulong wielded a blood-colored long saber, enveloped in a blood qi that made it seem alive; this was his renowned weapon, the Bloodthirsty Knife.

The Bloodthirsty Knife would make its wielder extremely ferocious in battle, boosting their combat power by at least twofold.

Furthermore, the blood qi on the Bloodthirsty Knife would cause an opponent's own blood qi to surge. Once this hostile blood qi infiltrated their meridians, their blood would erupt from their body, unstoppably.

Zhao Tulong's enemies rarely died from his blade; more often, they perished from their own blood qi drying up.

As for Shen Kuang of the Mysterious Darkness Cult, his every move carried a deep chill. His fighting style, similar to Lady Hua Xi's, could instantly freeze everything he saw.

Among the five Sect Masters of the Evil Five Sects, Shen Simshui appeared the most like a member of the righteous faction.

However, once his cold aura invaded one's body, the pain was unbearable. Unless one possessed a suitable Cultivation Technique to dispel it, the cold poison's erosion would deepen, leading to excruciating pain and a desperate wish for a swift death...

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"Lin Bai, today is the day you die!" Zhao Tulong, the fastest among them, appeared before Lin Bai in the blink of an eye. He sneered and brought his saber down towards Lin Bai's head.

Dozens of strands of blood qi enveloped Lin Bai like a net.

[Your pet is under attack]

A prompt echoed in his mind.

But Lin Bai had no time to worry about that. He had already retracted his left eye to its original position, giving him a panoramic view of his surroundings.

Xin Shang and the others charged at him.

The remaining disciples of the Evil Five Sects had formed an encirclement not far away, trapping him within, but they didn't rashly attack. They knew that against Lin Bai's Palm Thunder, rushing forward was simply courting death.

With Swift Thirty and the Spiritual Power shared by Dao Xu, Lin Bai, while unable to completely break free from the encirclement of several Nascent Soul experts, was not an easy target for them to hit.

Narrowly dodging Zhao Tulong's attack, Lin Bai raised his left hand and unleashed a volley of lightning at him. Zhao Tulong hastily retreated, avoiding the swath of Palm Thunder.

The speed of a Nascent Soul cultivator wasn't as fast as lightning, but their superb predictive abilities allowed them to clearly judge where the lightning would strike. It wasn't easy for Lin Bai's Palm Thunder to hit them.

After all, Lin Bai's Palm Thunder bolts were released individually, not as a true widespread barrage. The Lightning Storm effect was only due to the extremely short interval between each bolt.

Seeing Zhao Tulong dodge, Lin Bai recalled the Blacksmith's six-piece set and hurled it at the Bloodthirsty Knife in Zhao Tulong's hand.

Zhao Tulong knew the power of the Blacksmith's six-piece set and didn't dare to meet it head-on with his Bloodthirsty Knife. He had no choice but to retreat again.

Another barrage from the Lightning Storm.

The six-piece set struck repeatedly.

After just one exchange, Lin Bai managed to break an opening in the encirclement formed by the four Sect Leaders.

Zhao Tulong grew anxious but was helpless. Even as a Nascent Soul cultivator, he didn't dare to directly face either the lightning or the Blacksmith's six-piece set.

Having forced Zhao Tulong back, Lin Bai turned his left hand and unceremoniously swept the Lightning Storm towards Ge Feiyun at his side.

Ge Feiyun was taken aback and scrambled to dodge, but the colossal cloud of evil spirit black qi beneath her was too large. While it might have been advantageous against other opponents, it made her a sitting duck for Lin Bai's Lightning Storm.

Dozens of lightning bolts plunged into the black qi. Her accumulated evil spirits shrieked in agony as about a tenth of them dissipated in an instant.

Ge Feiyun was horrified. "Fellow brothers, Lin Bai's Lei Fa counters me! Allow me to withdraw for a moment!"

Without waiting for their responses, she had already directed the black cloud to frantically retreat out of the Lightning Storm's attack range.

Facing a formidable enemy, Lin Bai naturally wouldn't detach his left eye to pursue her. His remaining eye swept contemptuously over Ge Feiyun as he took the opportunity to turn off a few recording pens.

Lin Bai had originally thought that his Inner Strength, combined with the Spiritual Power shared by Dao Xu and the others, would be enough to sustain him through this battle.

But he had underestimated the consumption rate of the Lightning Storm. Firing over two thousand lightning bolts in one round was almost like a Gatling gun; it drained his blue energy far too quickly.

Especially since Pei Yanzong had taken the opportunity to destroy three or four of those disposable Card Puppets, Lin Bai's shared Inner Strength pool had significantly diminished.

That turncoat Dao Xu had originally been a stable blue energy pool, but having regained his senses, he was bent on dying, recklessly unleashing his most draining techniques. He was solely focused on depleting his Spiritual Power so Pei Yanzong would be forced to kill him, thus burning through blue energy even faster than Lin Bai.

This was infuriating!

Moreover, using such a dense Lightning Storm against five opponents was somewhat wasteful, especially since it wasn't hitting them anymore. He needed to conserve some Inner Strength to protect himself.

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When the imposing Lightning Storm ceased, everyone involuntarily heaved a sigh of relief.

"Take him down while he's vulnerable!" Xin Shang exclaimed joyfully. "His Spiritual Power is almost depleted; he can't sustain such rapid Palm Thunder anymore!"

"If we don't kill him today, the Evil Five Sects will never know peace!" Shen Kuang roared, his eyes bloodshot.

Lin Bai's Palm Thunder had terrified them all.

Since the ambush began, Lin Bai's Palm Thunder hadn't stopped for nearly fifteen minutes.

By a rough estimate, Lin Bai had unleashed at least ten thousand Palm Thunder bolts.

A single Palm Thunder was enough to cripple a Golden Core cultivator.

Even a Nascent Soul cultivator, who could directly draw Spiritual Power from the heavens and earth, couldn't sustain such massive consumption!

The total number of Golden Core cultivators in their five sects combined didn't even exceed ten thousand.

Only by facing him personally could they truly appreciate Lin Bai's terror.

Truthfully, if Lin Bai's Palm Thunder had continued, the others might have broken and fled without a fight.

This young man was too horrifying.

If they failed to seize this moment of his weakness to kill him, and he managed to escape, which of their Sects could possibly withstand such a formidable enemy?

"I'm about to die, Pei Yanzong! Try harder!" As soon as the Lightning Storm stopped, Dao Xu saw his chance and shouted with perverse delight, "Shen Simshui, come lend a hand! Kill me first, or I'll curse your ancestors for eight generations!"

"Shut up!" Pei Yanzong roared, exasperated. The man opposite him was overtly begging for death, yet he was using all his most powerful moves. Pei Yanzong could only meet force with force. Every time he tried to shake off Dao Xu to attack Lin Bai, the blind Dao Xu would invariably block his path.

In that short time, Pei Yanzong had also expended most of his Spiritual Power. It was only because Lin Bai hadn't noticed him; otherwise, if a volley of lightning had come his way, he might not have been able to dodge it.

"Fools! Experience the power of the Great Path of Love!" Lin Bai dodged Shen Kuang's incoming ice ring. Fending him off with the Blacksmith's six-piece set, Lin Bai sneered and produced Cupid's Bow. "I just needed to free up my hands to shoot arrows, you see!"

"Oh no! Retreat, quickly! Make him waste his arrows!" Seeing the bow in Lin Bai's hands, the complexions of the others changed drastically, and they immediately turned to flee.

Human Disqualification had sold Lin Bai out completely. Dao Xu had gone mad after being hit by an arrow. Naturally, they knew how bizarre Cupid's Bow was and had no desire to suffer Dao Xu's fate.

"Too late!" Lin Bai chuckled as the vision in his right eye gradually returned. Watching the fleeing figures, he loosed the bowstring, and the Arrow of Love shot straight into Pei Yanzong's chest.

Pei Yanzong had also wanted to flee when he saw Cupid's Bow, but just before Lin Bai shot, Lin Bai had switched Dao Xu's protection mode to attack.

Dao Xu unleashed a palm strike. Forced to turn and defend, Pei Yanzong came face to face with Dao Xu, and in that instant, fell madly in love with him.

"Pei Yanzong, kill me!" Dao Xu roared, his face contorted ferociously.

"Xu Xu, my dear, how could I ever bring myself to kill you? I would rather die myself than let you suffer the slightest harm!" Pei Yanzong dodged Dao Xu's attack, his gaze instantly softening. "Darling, don't worry. I will rescue you from Lin Bai's clutches."

"..." Dao Xu stared at Pei Yanzong's adoring, aged face, and goosebumps erupted all over his skin. Unbearable memories flooded his mind, making his chest tighten and his qi and blood churn. Mustering the last of his strength while he could still attack, he gathered his Inner Strength into his palms and launched his most powerful technique, Move Mountain Inverted Sea, at Pei Yanzong. "Go to hell! Stop sickening me, you old pervert!"