Crushed

The crimson robe group puzzledly watched as an ordinary-looking man was taking slow and calm steps toward them.

Nothing about him appeared the slightest bit special. Only that calmness seemed strange. His actions made it seem like there wasn't a massive creature out for human blood!

The two males in the crimson robe group couldn't help but feel an inkling of disdain and genuine confusion that such a cultivator with a weak cultivation base can actually reach this layer of Polaris Mountain.

While the crimson robe woman's eyes suddenly glinted. A potential opportunity was placed right in front of her. Compared to her comrades' hesitation, she didn't even wait for a split second and quickly sent a sound transmission to Lin Xiang.

Stopping at the mental pulse of a sound transmission, slightly more intrigue surged on Lin Xiang's face. He allowed the sound transmission to go through.

'This fellow brother. My name is Xie Ya and these two are Elder Jin and our sect's 9th young demon prince. If you are unaware, we hail from the Blood Demon Sect. I will not waste useless, flowery words, if you have anything, anything at all that can help us, I will be sure to reward you beyond your wildest dream. A certified word from a Divine Tier demon sect.'

Lin Xiang received the information in less than a split second. He calmly processed everything and casually smile. 'Then so be it. Give me a moment.'

His mental transmission caused a tremor in Xie Ya's mind. Since when a peak Profound realm cultivator can get off being so assuredly confident?

He's making it seem like he really has something to kill a half-step Heavenly Ruler beast!

Even if the creature is far inferior to that of an ordinary half-step Heavenly Ruler cultivator, this mysterious Profound realm cultivator will need at least a powerful talisman or special artifact to completely reverse the situation.

Truthfully, Xie Ya was hoping for this Profound realm cultivator to somehow distract the beast or something so that they can all escape.

However, what happened next completely shook her, Elder Jing, and the ninth demon prince's world views.

Lin Xiang took one glance at the massive insect creature, his indifferent gaze appearing as if was watching an already dead object.

'Ice Origin Aura!'

'Fire Wings!'

'Bang!'

Luminous Fire-Ice radiance filled the very skies. Heat and cold smoothly mixed together, generating a mutated force beyond normal means of comprehension.

The sheer force of releasing his bloodline's powers shattered the ground beneath Lin Xiang! A crater over 10 feet in size burst open, lava wildly flew into the air, and shards of ice chaotically spread throughout the area.

The atmosphere had completely changed. Fire and Ice Law essence particles overwhelmed and suppressed every single being close by!

An unfathomable god-wielding untold power had finally entered the field.

"What?!"

Xie Ya, Elder Jing, and the ninth demon prince's faces turned completely ashen. A suppressive force weighed down on their bodies. Using their energies became tremendously difficult, suppressed by 70% of their full powers!

The force seemed irresistible. Elder Jing and the ninth demon prince were horrified, feeling far too feeble to resist the suppressive force.

However, Xie Ya didn't want to simply roll over like this. In the face of the unknown, she poured out her all!

Blinding, crimson lightning radiance sparked with a heaven fury intensity upon Xie Ya's forehead. Four beautiful crimson-dotted runes filled with electricity manifested. Her power erupted to its limit!

The force of a Heavenly Tier Lightning bloodline hurled out and fuse into their massive crimson radiance shield.

Every spark of crimson lightning, every flash of lightning radiance would be able so split apart the earth, carving craters wider than hundreds of feet! Other peak Heavenly Origin experts would fall to their knees under the bloodline lightning radiance.

High intense crimson electric sparks had burst across the crimson radiance shield. Its defensive force burst beyond its standard limit!

The ninth demon prince and Elder Jing were indeed in awe of the power of a Heavenly Tier bloodline. But something was completely wrong.

Lin Xiang had taken a split notice of Xie Ya's eruption, slightly interested in how at ease she could utilize her bloodline power nearly instantaneously and the fact she could briefly resist.

However, the eruption of Lin Xiang's absolute bloodline was unstoppable. Every speck of its essence particle stretched far beyond the mere limits of the Heavenly Origin realm!

Xie Ya, even with her Heavenly bloodline activated, went completely wide eye.

A faint shattering sounded out. The suppressive essence particles completely disrupted the tremendously enhance crimson shield with absolute ease!

It instantly dispersed into nothingness.

Low groans leaked from the trio. Elder Jing and the ninth demon prince nearly coughed blood from their martial skill at being forcefully disputed. While Xie Ya instantly recalled her bloodline with a pale face.

A surge of anxiety spiked through them. The force Lin Xiang could generate from simply unleashing his bloodline was far too overpowering. They believed they would be trapped under the insidious insect creature.

However, none of them felt the overbearing power of the insect creature.

In that moment, a wild storm of aura smashed right at the insect creature. The whole sky lost color, and space seemed to lose all meaning. Underneath two mixed radiance essences of fire-ice, nothing could resist.

The luminous radiance of fire-ice sailed at the insect creature with extreme speed!

Absolute speed!

There wasn't any way for the insect creature to respond to the rising radiance essence. The essence particles within the fire-ice radiance aura both surpassed the thickness and complexity of its half-step Heavenly Ruler aura!

The massive body of the insect creature was brutally struck by the mere release of Lin Xiang's double bloodline skill. A miserable cry echoed from the insidious creature.

Shattering right through its protective Heavenly Aura, the creature flew backward like a broken rag doll. Its enormous body smashed into the ground, causing slight tremors and splattering lava and ice all around it.

Everything fell into an eerie silence for a moment.

Lin Xiang internally nodded at the result. After all, Ice Origin Aura amplifies the thickness, density, and complexity of all of his energies by thirty times in its early stages.

Fire Wings adds another thirty times, bringing the total of his combat prowess up to an sixty times amplification!

With just Ice Origin Aura alone could Lin Xiang causally suppress late layer Heavenly Origin experts.

Now, with Fire Wings added into the mix, it crazily boosted his powers to a point where it can genuinely match the energy of a Heavenly Ruler expert!

Xie Ya, Elder Jing, and the ninth demon prince were utterly bewildered. When gazing at Lin Xiang, they simply didn't know what to think. This prowess seemed too magical, even for all the magic they had seen in their lives.

Before their minds could work again, a loud screech shook the skies and earth.

"Scree!!"

The insect creature unleashed a terrifying roar, its screech whirling out Fire radiance essence that melted everything around it!

All of the creature's killing intent locked specifically on Lin Xiang.

A gaze that could kill even early layer Heavenly Origin cultivators landed upon Lin Xiang.

However, the creature wouldn't get a chance to move. Not when Lin Xiang flapped his Fire Wings and propelled forward at instantaneous speed!

He practically teleported through space in the insect creature and Xie Ya's group eyes!

Such speed seemed quicker than a soaring immortal!

His body flashed inches from the insect creature, a cold sneer hanging at the edge of Lin Xiang's lips.

There wasn't any need to use complex cultivation arts or weapons. Pure overwhelming force was enough!

Lin Xiang shot his fire-ice radiance hand forward. This simple action simply couldn't be seen. Neither the creature nor Xie Ya's group Spiritual Sea could react to the overwhelming disparity of pure power.

They all were in extremely slow motion, while Lin Xiang moved beyond their perception. This was the same disparity Heavenly Origin cultivators would face when in the face of an almighty Heavenly Ruler powerhouse!

'Chi!'

Lin Xiang's fire-ice radiance palm tore through the insect creature's innate defenses, breaking into its skull and piercing deep into its brain. Blood splattered out, raining down onto the lava-ice covered ground.

A pulse of Fire radiance essence whirled from Lin Xiang's palm. In an instant, the Fire radiance incinerated the insect creature's brain to ashes and rapidly travel throughout its entire body, incinerating all of its other organs.

The insect creature violently jerked. Its hallowed face only displays a vague sense of confusion before its instant demise.

Completely indifferent, as if he really had stomped on an ant, Lin Xiang tore his hand from the corpse's skull. No blood was seen on his hand as the fire radiance burnt all of the creature's blood and brain matter to ashes.

With his other palm, Lin Xiang swiped out a streak of fire-ice radiance that sliced on the corpse's back, easily tearing its body open.

Clenching his palm down, a suction force was released, pulling out the insect creature's beast cores.

A unique beast core, in the shape of a hideous insect creature, landed in Lin Xiang's palm.

Extreme power rippled from the little beast core. Its essence particles contained the slightest portion of power from both Heavenly Ruler energy and Primary Stage Fire Law essence.

The color of the core represented the realm change as well. It was a deep, dark-shaded blue, but had several specks of brilliant light green at random spots.

Every speck of light green was absolutely beautiful. Its radiance shined brighter than boiling lava and glistening ice surrounding Lin Xiang.

A half-step Heavenly Ruler beast core was within Lin Xiang's hands!

He was considerably happy about gaining such a valuable resource. Special bloodline users like him wouldn't even need to convert monstrous beast cores into beads. Their bloodline energy can simply refine the destructive particles within its essence into pure source energy.

Though, depending on the bloodline energy, this could be a slow process. While other bloodlines can make this an absurdly fast process.

Lin Xiang was grateful he fell into the absurdly fast camp.

Lowering himself to the lava-ice-filled ground, Lin Xiang turned around and causally walked towards Xie Ya's group.

That half-step Heavenly Ruler beast was already tossed out of his mind. It was a great disparity compared to Xie Ya, Elder Jing, and the ninth demon prince's reaction.

After all, Lin Xiang was only at the peak of the Profound realm! He wasn't even in the Heavenly Origin realm!

Yet his combat prowess surpassed all standards of geniuses. Something which left Xie Ya's group in a daze.

Xie Ya watched Lin Xiang calmly approach, her mind still reeling from dominating display. 'Is this some sort of ancient expert? No...his life aura is far too young. And that Profound Aura is completely genuine. Just how...how can such an unknown person exist and completely surpass all those on the Young Overload plaque? Those brats just seem like dirt trash compared to him. Hell, my bloodline wasn't a match! This will be a doozy...' Endless questions filled her mind.