Nine Heavens Martial Emperor

Just then, another person landed on the martial arts stage.

Lin Zhongbo, another elder of the Lin family, had arrived.

On the martial arts stage, Wu Tianli had already briefly explained the situation to the Wu family’s ancestor.

Upon seeing Lin Zhongbo appear, the Wu family’s ancestor paid him no mind. With his Tier One Spiritual Artifact, he was confident that even two Soul Gathering Realm Martial Artists couldn’t stop him.

"HAHAHA! The Lin family’s third elder is missing. Today, the Lin family will be mine for the taking!"

In all of War Dragon City, there was only one person the Wu family’s ancestor feared.

That person was the third eldest of the Lin family’s older generation—Lin Hao’s grandfather.

But he had been missing for many years now.

The Wu family’s old ancestor cackled madly, his voice sharp and grating.

The demonic aura from the blood axe in his hand raged, like a roiling pool of crimson water.

Lin Zhongzhi and Lin Zhongbo’s expressions were grim.

They had only just advanced to the Soul Gathering Realm by taking a Breaking Martial Pill. Even if the Wu family’s ancestor didn’t have a Spiritual Artifact, their chances of victory were slim—much less with another person standing by his side.

The Lin family was in danger.

In that moment, their gazes shifted in unison toward Lin Hao.

Unconsciously, they had grown accustomed to placing their hopes in him.

And Lin Hao, of course, would not disappoint them.

"A Tier One Spiritual Artifact. Is that supposed to be impressive?" Lin Hao’s voice wasn’t loud, but it was clear enough for everyone to hear.

The Wu ancestor’s laughter died abruptly as he glared at Lin Hao.

’This little brat. Talk is cheap.’

He even wondered if this little whelp knew what a Spiritual Artifact was.

In the next moment, his eyes shot wide open.

A crimson long saber had appeared in Lin Hao’s hand.

The saber seemed ordinary at first, but after Lin Hao casually fiddled with it a few times, it suddenly erupted with a terrifying aura.

Bloodthirsty. Incredibly bloodthirsty!

If the demonic aura from the Wu ancestor’s blood axe was a roiling pool, then the aura from this saber was a boiling, blood-red ocean.

"The Annihilation Demon Saber!"

With the appearance of Soul Gathering Realm Martial Artists, Luo Yulou’s part in this was long over. But standing at the edge of the stage, he couldn’t help but cry out in shock when he saw the saber in Lin Hao’s hand.

As the Young Sect Leader of the Zhengyang Sect, he naturally knew of the Annihilation Demon Saber’s fearsome reputation.

This Tier Four Demon Saber had vanished along with Yue Fanshan some days ago. Seeing it here now, Luo Yulou finally believed that Yue Fanshan was dead.

"Flee!"

Only a single word remained in Luo Yulou’s mind. He turned and fled like a stray dog.

"Xiaojiu!"

At Lin Hao’s soft cry, Xiaojiu shot forward, its body suddenly enlarging in mid-air.

Luo Yulou had the blood of over thirty people from an unnamed village on his hands; Lin Hao would never let him get away.

"Ancestor, save him!" Wu Tianli roared.

If Luo Yulou died here, the Wu family wouldn’t be able to enjoy the spoils even if they managed to take down Lin Hao.

A streak of red light cut through the sky.

"BOOM!"

A nine-colored halo surrounded the Blood-Eyed Demon Ape, but the attack still struck its body.

"CLANG!"

The blood axe slammed into the Demon Ape, producing the sound of colliding metal and a shower of sparks.

A Tier One Spiritual Artifact hadn’t managed to cleave the Demon Ape in two. Its defense was terrifying!

However, upon closer inspection, the Blood-Eyed Demon Ape was still injured.

A long gash on its back was bleeding profusely.

Blocked by the blood axe, the Demon Ape’s pursuit was halted, and Luo Yulou used the opportunity to vanish without a trace.

Lin Hao moved at the same time, but it was as if a wall of qi stood on the stage; he couldn’t break through its defense.

A Soul Gathering Realm expert was not someone Lin Hao could contend with at his current cultivation level.

To think he’d let Luo Yulou escape. Lin Hao’s gaze fixed on the Wu family’s ancestor, and killing intent flared in his eyes.

’If you insist on protecting a murderer, then you will pay the price.’

"TING! TING! TING!"

Lin Hao flicked his fingers against the Annihilation Demon Saber before handing it to Lin Zhongzhi. "This saber is highly demonic," he warned gravely. "If you use it for too long, it will control you. You must end this battle quickly!"

The Annihilation Demon Saber was demonic and incredibly bloodthirsty. With his current cultivation, Lin Hao could only temporarily suppress its bloodthirsty nature after undoing its seal.

If used for too long, its wielder would certainly become like Yue Fanshan.

There was no one here with Lord Lingdi’s level of cultivation to stop it. If that happened, this place would become a river of blood.

Lin Zhongzhi nodded. With the Demon Saber in hand, he charged straight for the Wu family’s ancestor.

Before a Tier Four Spiritual Artifact, a Tier One Spiritual Artifact was like a mere toddler, naturally suppressed by its superior.

As the Demon Saber slashed through the air, the glow from the blood axe in the Wu family ancestor’s hands vanished completely!

With a single strike, the Wu family’s ancestor was sent flying, covered in his own blood. He crashed into the Wu family’s estate, instantly collapsing an unknown number of walls.

Lin Zhongzhi followed like a shadow, pressing his advantage as he charged into the Wu estate.

At the same time, Lin Zhongbo and the Demon Ape pounced on the elder from the Imperial City’s Lin family, while Lin Tianxiao lunged at Wu Tianli.

And to everyone’s surprise, Ninety-Five also made his move.

He took on the Wu family’s other two Elemental Realm Martial Artists.

"Hey, old man, don’t run off. Let’s play." The Wu family’s ancestor couldn’t even take a single blow from Lin Zhongzhi. Seeing that the situation was dire, Wu Baolong was about to slip away when a mocking voice sounded from behind him.

"Lin... Lin Hao, are you really going to wipe out the Wu family?" Wu Baolong’s face changed drastically.

"Wu Tianli wanted to erase my Lin family from War Dragon City. I’m just doing the same thing to him," Lin Hao said with a faint smile, his body moving like lightning as he struck out at Wu Baolong with his palm.

In his early years, Wu Baolong had overused his Bloodline Power, causing his realm to fall. He now only had the cultivation of the Eighth Layer of the Blood Coagulation Realm.

Against Lin Hao’s extreme speed, he tried to resist, but it was utterly futile.

In a single exchange, he was captured by Lin Hao. Without another word, Lin Hao snapped his neck.

After the incident at the unnamed village, Lin Hao’s mentality had unknowingly changed.

If he had killed Wu Sipei immediately after capturing her back then, the thirty-eight innocent lives in that village would not have been lost.

The Lin Hao of today was far more decisive!

After dealing with Wu Baolong, Lin Hao moved again, pouncing on the Wu family’s Martial Artists.

How could they possibly be a match for him? Every time Lin Hao struck, a life was taken.

By the time the Wu family’s Martial Artists surrounding the stage realized their numbers were dwindling and tried to flee, it was already too late...

On the martial arts stage, Lin Hao stood proudly, his clothes fluttering in the wind.

Around the stage lay a field of corpses, all killed in a single blow!

The scene shocked everyone present.

"BOOM!"

A massive collapse occurred at the Wu family’s back mountain, shaking the very earth.

Then, a figure flew out and landed on the martial arts stage, a human head held in his hand.

The head was none other than the Wu family’s ancestor.

The one holding the head was, of course, Lin Zhongzhi.

With a Tier Four Spiritual Artifact in hand, killing the Wu family’s ancestor had been far too easy.

Lin Zhongzhi was ecstatic, but the Annihilation Demon Saber in his hand suddenly flared with a brilliant red light.

Lin Hao’s expression changed. He flickered and appeared beside him in an instant.

In the next moment, the Demon Saber that had been in Lin Zhongzhi’s grasp was now in Lin Hao’s.

A Tier Four Spiritual Artifact possessed a spirit of its own. After absorbing so much blood, it had actually broken through Lin Hao’s seal ahead of time.

Lin Hao’s entire body began to glow as he furiously circulated the Godslaying Celestial Slash Skill. With a flurry of hand movements, he narrowly managed to seal the Demon Saber once more.

The close call left Lin Hao breaking out in a cold sweat.

A Tier Four Spiritual Artifact truly wasn’t so easy to control.

And all around, everything was over.

With even the Wu family’s ancestor fallen, Wu Tianli and the other two Elemental Realm experts lost all will to fight. A moment of carelessness was all it took for Lin Tianxiao and Ninety-Five to capture them.

As for the elder from the Imperial City’s Lin family, seeing how badly things were going, he had already grabbed Lin Zheng and fled.

The surrounding smaller family factions were all stunned by this turn of events.

Everything that happened today was simply too astonishing.

The Wu family, the Suo Demon Sect, the Zhengyang Sect, and the delegation from the Imperial City’s Lin family had all come to cause trouble for the Lin family, but Lin Hao had single-handedly resolved every crisis.

The Suo Demon Sect had fled, and the number one young master of the Southern Border Prefecture had run like a stray dog.

Then, the Wu family’s ancestor came out of seclusion with a Spiritual Artifact, only for Lin Hao to reveal he possessed a Tier Four Spiritual Artifact.

The Wu family was in shambles, their ancestor slain and their Patriarch captured.

The tide had turned completely.

The number one family of War Dragon City for hundreds of years had actually been destroyed at the hands of Lin Hao.

And at this moment, Lin Hao was only at the Blood Coagulation Realm.

One could only imagine that once word of today’s events spread, Lin Hao’s name would sweep through the Cangnan Empire like a hurricane.

Lin Hao was destined to become famous everywhere!

On the martial arts stage.

"HAHAHA! To the victor go the spoils. I have nothing to say. But your Lin family is finished too! When the sects are angered, corpses will litter the fields! Not even a chicken or dog of your Lin family will be left alive! I’ll be waiting for you in the underworld!" Wu Tianli laughed maniacally, and then his breathing stopped.

A generation’s Patriarch had died by his own hand.

Those from the smaller factions had wanted to approach the Lin family and offer greetings, but after hearing those words, they froze in place.

Although the Lin family had crushed the Wu family, the Suo Demon Sect, the Zhengyang Sect, and the Lin family of Imperial City—one of the empire’s four great families—would surely take action.

Any one of these powers was far beyond what the Lin family could hope to contend with.

Just as Wu Tianli had said, when the sects are angered, corpses will litter the fields.

The Lin family was not to be befriended!

Hearing this, the members of the Lin family also furrowed their brows.

But a moment later, they all turned in unison to look at Lin Hao.

Invisibly, Lin Hao had already become the pillar of the Lin family.

Lin Hao’s expression, however, remained calm.

He was even smiling as if nothing was wrong.

"My apologies for interrupting your recruitment." Seemingly unconcerned with the Lin family’s crisis, Lin Hao walked straight up to Chen Tianyu, clasped his fist, and apologized.

Chen Tianyu hadn’t expected Lin Hao to suddenly speak to him.

Shaking his head, Chen Tianyu replied, "It’s no problem. I was just hoping to borrow this martial arts stage."

Not only did he have a good impression of Lin Hao, but he also greatly admired his style.

Unafraid of power, brave and resourceful, and most importantly, ruthlessly decisive!

If a man like this were to enter the army, he would surely be a general’s-grade talent.

Originally, Chen Tianyu had considered recruiting Lin Hao, but his performance was just too astonishing.

This continent was vast and belonged to Martial Artists. A prodigy like Lin Hao was destined to walk the path of a powerful martial expert; he wouldn’t join the military. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

However, in the next moment, Lin Hao gave him a pleasant surprise.

"You all protect the country and its people. This humble one deeply admires that. I hope I might have the chance to temper myself in Brother Chen’s army in the future," Lin Hao said suddenly.

Chen Tianyu was stunned for a moment, then slapped the armrest of his chair in delight. "Excellent! I couldn’t ask for more!"

Beside him, Ninety-Five was slightly taken aback, but then a knowing smile appeared on his face.

’So, Lin Hao was already prepared.’

’And now, he’s started to rope Chen Tianyu into his plans.’

’His intelligence is almost demonic!’