Li Taiyi was shocked back onto the sofa, gasping as he spat out a mouthful of blood that had been suppressed at the base of his throat.

Lin Xianshu was also forced back three steps by the rebounding force before she could steady herself.

Seeing Lin Xianshu actually siding with the young man before him, Li Taiyi grew angry but was even more certain of their extraordinary relationship; of course, a man shielded by a woman couldn't possibly be very capable.

Therefore, at this moment, Li Taiyi dismissed Wang Xiaoqiang even more, whereas Elder Ding and Elder Ge grew more cautious, the less Wang Xiaoqiang made a move, the less willing they were to act.

"Hmph, boy, having a woman protect you, what kind of skill is that…" Li Taiyi taunted Wang Xiaoqiang.

"Hmph, you can't even defeat a woman, why would you fight me? Fighting you would be beneath me..." said Wang Xiaoqiang as he crossed his arms, really planning not to make a move, since he could tell that the opponent's two elders were at the Nascent Soul Late Stage. If they attacked together, he would probably have trouble dealing with them. Thus, he chose not to reveal himself too early and planned to strike a fatal blow by surprise when the opponent made their move.

"You brat, you're merely at the Foundation Establishment Cultivation, I could kill you in one move, and yet you dare to act arrogantly before me..." Knowing he was no match for Lin Xianshu, Li Taiyi gave Elder Ding and Elder Ge a look, "What are you two waiting for, get them..."

Upon hearing this, Elder Ding and Elder Ge exchanged glances, showing difficulty on their faces. They couldn't afford to offend Li Taiyi, but rashly attacking without understanding the full extent of their opponent could be fatal.

"Elder Ding, Elder Ge, my father asked you two here, not to have tea. What? Are you not even listening to my father's orders now? Hurry up and take down Lin Xianshu. Leave that impostor to me…" Li Taiyi said, looking displeased as he stared at the two elders.

Upon hearing this, joy flickered across the faces of Elder Ding and Elder Ge. Having them deal with Lin Xianshu and leaving Wang Xiaoqiang to Li Taiyi was a great relief for them. Lin Xianshu was merely at the Late Golden Core Stage, and the two Nascent Soul Old Monsters could subdue her in one move. As for Wang Xiaoqiang, they had been hesitant to act against him from the start; now that Li Taiyi was taking responsibility for him, they were only too happy. Exchanging glances, they then attacked Lin Xianshu together.

Seeing the two elders responding to his command and attacking Lin Xianshu, pride flickered across Li Taiyi's face, then he watched Wang Xiaoqiang as if he were prey, "Hehe, boy, let's see who comes to save you this time…"

Wang Xiaoqiang feigned a look of fear, avoiding eye contact with Li Taiyi and turning his attention to the two elders instead.

Seeing the two Nascent Soul Old Monsters attack her, Lin Xianshu's right hand gestured, and she summoned the Ink Snow Immortal Sword with a swift sound. A dark green immortal sword appeared before its master, blocking the elders' assault.

Although Elder Ding and Elder Ge were far superior to Lin Xianshu in cultivation, seeing her wield the immensely powerful Ink Snow Immortal Sword, they dared not be careless, especially with an unidentified young man of unclear cultivation nearby. If he truly was Wang Xiaoqiang of the Divinity Transformation Stage, they would indeed be out of luck.

The two halted right in front of the Ink Snow Immortal Sword, then simultaneously reached out their hands, wrapped in spiritual energy, and grabbed towards the Ink Snow Immortal Sword.

Simultaneously, Li Taiyi let out a sinister laugh and lunged towards Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wang Xiaoqiang ignored Li Taiyi, feigning an attempt to dodge while, with a thought, he absorbed six hundred Spirit Springs into his body, rapidly increasing his internal spiritual power.

At that moment, as both Elder Ding and Elder Ge grabbed the Ink Snow Sword, under the suppression of the two Nascent Souls, the Ink Snow Sword struggled violently, like a beached fish.

"Blood Flower Sword Qi! Explode!" Just as Elder Ding and Elder Ge were about to gain control of the Ink Snow Sword, Lin Xianshu bit the tip of her tongue and sprayed a mouthful of essence blood onto the Ink Snow Sword while simultaneously making the Orchid hand gesture, wielding twin hand seals.

Lin Xianshu's essence blood landed precisely on the Ink Snow Sword, causing the struggling sword to emit a bright blood-red glow. Like a flame, it flickered momentarily, instantly piercing the spiritual energy on Elder Ding and Elder Ge's hands and wounding them.

Elder Ding and Elder Ge had simply not taken Lin Xianshu seriously, not immediately subduing her as they were cautiously watching Wang Xiaoqiang. Unexpectedly, for the sake of injuring them, Lin Xianshu even resorted to the forbidden technique—Blood Flower Sword Glow, usually used against Evil Cultivators, and mostly in dire situations to gain an advantage before escaping.

However, unexpectedly, Lin Xianshu had used it against fellow sect members, and those two elders, which showed her intentions were somewhat malevolent.

They had never imagined that two Nascent Soul Old Monsters would actually team up to attack a fellow sect female disciple at the Golden Core Stage!

"Damn!"

Elder Ding and Elder Ge immediately released the Ink Snow Sword, with blood streaming from their hands, they quickly channeled spiritual power to stop the bleeding, while angrily fixing their glare on Lin Xianshu, as if they wanted to flay her alive.

"Uh-oh, not good~"

Right then, as Li Taiyi lunged at Wang Xiaoqiang, he suddenly sensed Wang Xiaoqiang's cultivation skyrocketing, promptly halting his motion and shouting loudly.

Wang Xiaoqiang, without hesitation, didn't attack Li Taiyi but instead launched a basin-sized Five-Color Spiritual Qi Blade towards Elder Ding, who was closest to him.

With the Five Elements Spiritual Energy fully unleashed, this strike was swift and unsuspecting. Elder Ding could not even begin to dodge, especially since his attention was on Lin Xianshu and pouring spiritual power into his injured hand, making no attempt to defend himself.

Pi!

The Spiritual Energy Blade cut into Elder Ding's back, severing his left shoulder and right arm cleanly off.

Blood spurted wildly.

Under massive blood loss, Elder Ding's vision blurred as he collapsed to the ground.

After knocking down Elder Ding, Wang Xiaoqiang gathered his spiritual power again and unleashed another Five-Color Spiritual Qi Blade.

This blade was aimed at Elder Ge.

Elder Ge had already been terrified by the scene before him, but fortunately, his battle experience allowed him to react promptly. Seeing Elder Ding critically injured and on the brink of death by Wang Xiaoqiang's single move,

he didn't dare to delay as he saw Wang Xiaoqiang targeting him next. He immediately disregarded the blood-drenched wounds and clasped his hands in front of him. When he separated them, a ring-shaped ripple spread out, forming a circular Ripple Shield in front of him.

Boom~

Wang Xiaoqiang's Five-Color Spiritual Qi Blade struck the Ripple Shield, shattering it and sending Elder Ge flying into a wall before he collapsed with a thunderous crash.

Wang Xiaoqiang barely gave Elder Ge a chance to breathe, firing a Five-Color Spiritual Qi Spear that nailed Elder Ge to the ground.

Witnessing this, Li Taiyi immediately recognized the youngster as being in the Divinity Transformation Realm, and having swiftly slain Elders Ding and Ge, he knew without a doubt it was Wang Xiaoqiang.

He was terrified to his core and leapt towards the window to escape, but Lin Xianshu had anticipated this move and turned the Ink Snow Sword towards him, shooting it like an arrow at him.

Wang Xiaoqiang released two Spiritual Energy Blades, slicing open the abdomens of Elders Ding and Ge, then he unleashed a hundred Spiritual Springs, which, like a swarm of honey-gathering bees, flew over and greedily absorbed the True Yuan and Spiritual Power leaking from the two elders; abdominal wounds.

The desperately fleeing Li Taiyi didn't notice the Ink Snow Sword rushing towards him.

Whoosh!

Just as he was about to break through the window, the Ink Snow Sword stabbed into his body.

"Ah~" Li Taiyi cried out in pain, futilely trying to escape with the sword still in him. At that moment, Lin Xianshu formed butterfly gestures with her hands and loudly declared, "Butterfly Sword Aura!"

Instantly, a wave of butterfly-shaped sword aura burst forth from the blade embedded in Li Taiyi's body.

Then...

Li Taiyi's body violently burst open with dozens of butterfly-shaped holes, spraying out a mist of blood.

At that moment, Li Taiyi's body resembled an automatic irrigation device, only it was ejecting blood, not water.

"Ah~" Li Taiyi screamed miserably and collapsed.

Falling to the ground, his gaze turned towards Lin Xianshu, filled with resentment and unwillingness.

His legs stretched out, and he was gone for good.

All this time, Wang Xiaoqiang hadn't paid any attention to Li Taiyi. At that moment, the hundred Spiritual Springs, like people glutting on a meal, swelled up and then, suddenly...

Pup pup pup pup pup...

A series of faint popping sounds emerged as the hundred Spiritual Springs split again, each dividing into two, becoming two hundred Spiritual Springs. The two hundred Five-Color Spiritual Springs, their colors swirling... stunningly beautiful.

Wang Xiaoqiang then cut open Li Taiyi's abdomen with another Spiritual Energy Blade, and with a thought, the newly divided two hundred Spiritual Springs rushed above the opening of Li Taiyi's abdomen, continuing to greedily absorb the True Yuan and Spiritual Power emanating from Li Taiyi's Dantian, though Li Taiyi's cultivation base was nowhere near as immense as those of Elders Ding and Ge, resulting in a much lesser amount of True Yuan and Spiritual Power. Eventually, the two hundred Spiritual Springs swelled briefly without further division.

With a thought from Wang Xiaoqiang, the two hundred Spiritual Springs were drawn into his body, bringing the total in his Five Elements Spiritual Spring to 912.

The 912 Spiritual Springs, swirling in five colors, rearranged themselves according to an even more complex zodiac sign in the sky, and then became even more ethereal than before, signaling that Wang Xiaoqiang had taken a significant step towards the "Void Returning" realm.

It seemed that once the Five Elements Spiritual Spring reached a thousand, his cultivation base could advance to the Void Returning State.

"Oh? Little Qiang, your cultivation base has increased quite a bit..." After Lin Xianshu had dealt with Li Taiyi, her beautiful eyes closely followed Wang Xiaoqiang, noticing the surging Spiritual Power within him, a strong and profound force radiating out, pressing down on her so heavily that she nearly couldn't breathe, and she exclaimed in amazement.

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