The powerful force directly sent Nian Qing flying.
"Peak Foundation Establishment!"
"Brother Lin Bai... you can cultivate now?"
Nian Qing asked in disbelief.
"No one stays down forever."
"If the heart doesn't die, the will doesn't perish; even an ant can become a dragon."
Lin Bai said slowly, walking step by step towards his former beloved with his sword in hand.
"Again!"
So what if he was at the peak of Foundation Establishment? She was at the mid-Golden Core realm. No matter what, she couldn't lose today.
"First form of the sword manual: Forget the beloved! Sever the infatuated soul! Raise a hand and extinguish the mortal world!"
Three sword strikes.
"Sweep, lift, thrust!"
Spiritual energy crisscrossed the training grounds, sword qi drifted.
Under the three sword strikes, the sword in Nian Qing's hand was directly knocked away.
Nian Qing sat on the ground in despair, staring blankly at Lin Bai's eyes, which held a coldness she had never seen before.
"Fourth Form: Severing the Past Lover's Bond!"
Just as the Azure Lotus Sword was about to pierce Nian Qing.
Beneath Lin Bai's cold exterior, a hint of unwillingness flickered.
"Stop!"
The middle-aged woman flew onto the training grounds like a tempest, shielding Nian Qing with her body.
"Azure Lotus Sword Art!"
"Azure Lotus Asks the Immortal!"
Lin Bai suddenly changed his sword style, using the strongest technique he had currently comprehended.
Azure lotuses filled the sky and the earth, transforming into a giant sword that followed Lin Bai's attack.
The moment they collided, Lin Bai was sent flying.
The difference in their cultivation realms was too great; talent couldn't bridge that gap.
"Bai'er!"
"Brother Lin Bai!"
Lin Bai was knocked off the training grounds, staggering back ten steps before he could steady himself.
This all happened in an instant, and the Lin family members hadn't even reacted.
"You dare!"
Lin Zhan and a group of Lin family disciples were furious.
They were about to lose, yet they shamelessly used their superior strength to bully the weak, thinking no one in the Lin family could stop them?
"This child has such strong talent! He actually dared to clash head-on with me at the peak of Foundation Establishment!"
"This child cannot be kept alive, or he will surely become a great threat!"
The middle-aged woman looked at Lin Bai below with a grave expression, shocked in her heart!
She even had a moment of regret. Such strong talent was completely worthy of Qing'er. With a little nurturing, he would become a powerful figure. But there was no regret medicine in this world.
"Esteemed guest, how shameless can you be, trying to bully the weak with your strength?"
Feng Qingyang walked to Lin Bai's side and briefly scanned him with his divine sense. He wasn't injured, just exhausted from overusing his spiritual energy. He then coldly spoke to the middle-aged woman.
"So what if we bully you?"
"My Ruoshui Sect has never feared anyone outside of the Holy Land!"
The middle-aged woman started acting shamelessly, wanting to use her sect's power to suppress them.
"That's right! With a senior from the upper sect here, you must annul this engagement!"
The Nian family patriarch, who had been stunned, suddenly came to his senses. That's right, so what if Qing'er lost? The Ruoshui Sect was an Overlord-level power! What did he have to fear?
"You dog relying on your master's power! Do you want to guess how the Wang and Bai families were annihilated?"
Feng Qingyang sneered coldly at Nian Yang's words.
Nian Yang was stunned again. Indeed, he had sensed something was wrong from the moment he entered. A strange young man was actually sitting in the Lin family's seat of honor and could even make decisions without Lin Zhan's approval.
"Could it be that the Lin family has also found a powerful backer!"
"What is your Ruoshui Sect?"
"Just like the Wang and Bai families, annihilating you is as easy as flipping our hands."
"Pitiful insect, you were destined to be trampled underfoot your whole life."
"You dare to insult my Ruoshui..."
Before the middle-aged woman could finish speaking, a giant human face appeared in the sky, the wind and clouds changed color, and lightning flashed and thunder roared.
"Those who disobey the Sect Leader's will shall be executed!"
A colossal palm imprint materialized in the sky and CRUSHED downward—reducing the middle-aged woman to a bloody mist in an instant.
The Nian family patriarch was so frightened by this scene that he immediately lost control of his bladder and bowels.
"Did you see that? The power you relied on is just an ant in front of my Azure Cloud Sect."
"Your daughter's talent isn't even worthy of carrying my disciple's shoes!"
"Sect Leader is mighty! Azure Cloud Sect is mighty!"
As an affiliated power of the Azure Cloud Sect, the Lin family members felt honored and incomparably relieved to see this scene.
"Disable their cultivation and throw them out! Get them out of Tianwu City!"
After Feng Qingyang finished speaking, he turned and left.
The rest could be left to the Lin family.
As for why not kill them, hehe, sometimes living is more painful than dying.
...
Thus, the Nian family father and daughter, their cultivations disabled, were thrown out, and the Nian family moved away in disgrace.
On this day, everyone in Tianwu City felt like they were in a dream. One shocking piece of news after another stunned everyone.
First, the Wang and Bai families, two of the three major powers, were completely eradicated.
Then, the remaining Lin family, who could practically cover the sky with one hand, announced their affiliation with the Azure Cloud Sect.
After that, the Nian family, a first-rate power with close ties to the Lin family, was expelled. It was rumored that the Nian family patriarch's cultivation had been crippled.
Although the Lin family didn't explicitly say so, everyone understood that the Wang and Bai families were definitely destroyed by the Azure Cloud Sect that the Lin family had allied with.
Lin Bai and Feng Qingyang listened to some music in a brothel and then embarked on their journey back to the sect.
However, the two were not in a hurry and walked very slowly. They had finally come out for a bit, so naturally, they wanted to enjoy the scenery.
"Master, the border of the Great Zhou is just ahead."
The ancient road was sparsely populated, and the lush green trees that blotted out the sky provided coolness. The wildflowers blooming on the grass added a lot of color.
"Once we cross the border, let's speed up our pace to return to the sect."
Feng Qingyang thought that the three-day deadline he had given those sects was also approaching.
If they didn't come to apologize after three days, then he couldn't be blamed for going on a killing spree.