Xiao Manxue rushed up, supporting Reina, and said, "Mentor, don't listen to his nonsense. Let me get you out of here first."

"Yeah, just a mediocre potion, but he describes it like it's some divine elixir. Oh, no, he actually called it a divine elixir. Unbelievable. I've seen potions ten times better than this," Lin Tian also came up, smiling calmly.

For him, a Pharmacist, a potion that just stimulates potential is nothing special. The high-level Elixirs from the Shennong Emperor's Medical Scripture are far more effective than these potions and without any side effects.

This also shows how scarce the auxiliary potions are for such cultivators abroad; in the field of medicine, Alchemists can't compare. However, these words would sound arrogant to others, including Reina Sword Saint and Clark.

Although Reina thought Lin Tian was boasting, she couldn't say much, but instead reminded, "Why did you two come up here, hurry and leave the old castle with the other team members."

"Mentor Reina, Mentor Mark, we're not leaving!" A group of team members returned, unwilling to leave their mentors behind.

"You all…" Reina nearly laughed out of exasperation. It was rare for the students to be so brave, but doing this was like sending themselves to their deaths.

"Hahaha, such deep ties between mentor and student, but now that you're here, don't think you can leave." Clark let out a loud laugh, transforming into a bat and swooping down again.

"This time, let me!" Mark held his sword to stand in the front, but Lin Tian reached out to grab his shoulder.

Mark instinctively tried to shake off Lin Tian's hand but couldn't. To Mark and Reina, Lin Tian's highest strength seemed similar to that of Li Wenfeng, yet now he could render a Sword Saint level person immobile.

"Lin Tian, you…" Reina frowned and asked.

She wanted to ask why his strength suddenly changed, but before she could finish, Lin Tian had already leaped up, colliding with the descending Clark, moving so fast that everyone present was stunned.

Reina Sword Saint snapped back to reality and urgently reminded, "Lin Tian, you're no match for him, come back quickly…"

The team members watched anxiously; even Reina Sword Saint was injured, how could Lin Tian dare to confront him head-on? Yet the next scene defied everyone's expectations, except not for Xiao Manxue, for she already knew of Lin Tian's capability, capable of rivaling Charlotte.

Whether it was Clark's overconfidence or his dismissal of Lin Tian's capabilities, he collided headlong with Lin Tian. Lin Tian returned to the ground, whereas Clark was sent flying, hitting the castle's stone walls with a bang.

The team members and both mentors Reina were more astonished; from the situation just now, inexplicably, Lin Tian held the advantage.

"Manxue, what kind of friend is this, is he hiding something? Do you know anything?" Reina Sword Saint questioned Xiao Manxue repeatedly.

Xiao Manxue glanced at Lin Tian, helplessly saying, "Mentor, I'm very clear on Lin Tian's strength, it's not beneath my master's, handling Clark is no problem."

"Not beneath Tang Ziqing? How is that possible?" Reina and Mark exclaimed in unison.

"That's the truth," Xiao Manxue said, though in her heart she thought, I've spent so long with this jerk and still don't know how this jerk's strength increased.

Clark, like a painting, was stuck on the wall he'd crashed into, not having slipped down, suddenly turned into a mass of black smoke and reappeared as a Blood-sucking Bat.

The Blood-sucking Bat spread its wings, swooping down, its sharp teeth gleaming coldly, seemingly ready to tear away flesh once close.

"Meteor Burst!"

Lin Tian shouted, punching the Meteor Burst towards the Blood-sucking Bat, completely ignoring Clark's sharp fangs and claws; given his current strength, unleashing the Meteor Burst was formidable.

The Blood-sucking Bat was sent flying heavily, shooting back into the castle, and the sturdy stone walls of the castle were actually punched through.

Clark was embedded in the hole, unable to get up for a long while, though he wanted to get up, the punch left him feeling shattered.

Since becoming a vampire, Clark hadn't experienced such an encounter, but this "magazine writer" before him was unbelievably powerful, and he'd completely misjudged him.

Clark reverted to his human form and leaped out of the hole, glaring at Lin Tian, deeply saying, "Who exactly are you?"

"I'm just a cultivator from Huaxia, really nothing impressive, just a bit stronger, I hope I didn't hurt Mr. Clark," Lin Tian said casually.

Clark felt a wave of embarrassment, thinking how lightly you put it, even if not physically hurt, you nearly angered me to death with your words; are all Huaxia people this modest?

"Lin Tian, I know you're not with them, so why help them against me? You've heard my story, don't you think I've done nothing wrong?" Clark said indignantly.

Lin Tian said with some difficulty, "I'm indeed not from the academy, nor am I a Western Guardian; after hearing your story, I also feel Sorlin Castle is detestable. If it were only me here, maybe I wouldn't oppose you."

"But… There are many reasons not to act, but only one to act: because she is my friend, I naturally can't let her friends get hurt." Lin Tian looked at Xiao Manxue, saying seriously.

"Is it all for the ones they love?" Clark seemed to speak to himself.

Xiao Manxue stole a glance at Lin Tian, her pretty face slightly flushed, while Lin Tian blinked, neither confirming nor denying.

"I once felt upon meeting you that we hit it off, thinking we could become friends, but didn't expect us to be enemies," Clark said with some regret.

Lin Tian merely smiled, saying, "Well, not all fights are between enemies, we aren't purely enemies."

"Since becoming part of the Blood Clan, I've never been unable to see through a person. Now, I'm very curious about your true strength: if you're stronger, kill me and end the story from sixty years ago; if you can't defeat me, sorry, the story from sixty years ago will continue," Clark said coldly.

Clark raised both hands to the sky, and immediately piercing screeches echoed from the castle, countless Blood-sucking Bats flew out, hovering above Clark, seemingly awaiting their master's order to attack.

"Lin Tian, this is all my power and cards. If you can still defeat me, that might be a good thing — if the girl in heaven knew I wasn't dead, she wouldn't want me to do that. Completely defeat me, so that I'll have a reason to give up," Clark's tone was somewhat ethereal, as if his eyes reflected that unforgettable figure.

Lin Tian softly sighed, Clark chose a path of no return; maybe he should have stopped, maybe he wanted to die peacefully, to accompany the girl he loved.

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