Lin Xian’s wood-chopping blade fell again.
Cleaving mountains and felling wood, unstoppable.
However, Chu Min remained expressionless.
He retreated a step, and the Gourd Tiger had already shielded his face.
That Gourd Tiger moved with extreme speed, receiving the blade with its gourd back before the wood-chopping blade could even fall.
On the gourd’s back, three light points flickered in turn, forming a triangle.
And the wood-chopping blade struck down.
The Gourd Tiger hovered in the air, completely still, while Lin Xian’s wood-chopping blade was repelled and sent flying upwards!
This was the first time since the battle began that Lin Xian’s blade fell without achieving its purpose.
The energy consumed by the Gourd Tiger’s block was calculated in primal stones.
Of course, with Chu Min representing the Xia Dynasty in this battle, there was no need to consider the cost.
He had anticipated the defensive capabilities of the Gourd Tiger early on and thus reacted swiftly – he retreated two more steps.
From within his left sleeve, he pulled out a silver chain, which exploded with a loud crack, straightening into a taut chain spear.
He made no gesture of exerting force, simply releasing his fingers, and this chain spear shot out like a dart, aiming directly for Lin Xian’s throat.
At extreme speed, the triangular spearhead of the chain spear suddenly opened a pair of dark green eyes!
This was no chain spear at all; it was clearly a triangular snake, revealing its ferocious face to the enemy.
In an instant, it accelerated and surged forward, bringing with it a faint wind sound wherever it passed.
This puppet was called the Chain Serpent.
There was a saying: This chain is not for binding, but for killing!
It was not a chain for imprisonment, but a chain spear for slaughter.
The lethality of this puppet was evident from this single phrase.
The two combatants, in the midst of battle, each displayed brilliant reactions.
Chu Min retreated, brandished the Chain Serpent, and launched a fierce counterattack.
And before that, Lin Xian raised his blade in mid-air, and with a gentle pull, the wood-chopping blade returned.
His wood-chopping blade and arm were clearly repelled by the back shell of the Gourd Tiger to this position, but when he struck down with his blade, it was as if he had originally raised his arm high, using the momentum.
Another such natural strike!
The blade fell on the gourd’s back, still to no avail.
Under Chu Min’s control, this Gourd Tiger had completely abandoned any pretense of attack. It used its gourd back as a shield, relying on its extreme speed and powerful defense to withstand Lin Xian’s blade.
Lin Xian’s divine ability seemed to render his blade free from any restraint.
Therefore, after two attempts, Chu Min immediately gave up on seizing the blade and restraining it, instead turning to defense.
The wood-chopping blade’s lack of effect this time did not mean it came out unscathed.
Because at the same time Lin Xian pulled back his blade.
The Chain Serpent had already opened its eyes, rushing forward at extreme speed, and instantly pierced Lin Xian’s chest!
The triangular snakehead brought out flesh and blood, exploding abruptly behind Lin Xian, like a snake flicking its tongue, shooting out nine barbed hooks that hooked onto Lin Xian’s back, pinning his muscles and bones, suppressing his Dao origin and blood.
Not only that.
At the same time, a metallic-looking arm quietly attached itself to Lin Xian’s neck, locking it in a reverse hold.
It was none other than the mechanical iron man whose arm Lin Xian had previously severed!
Chu Min’s two puppets had surrounded him at this moment.
People had no doubt that this iron arm could easily pluck off Lin Xian’s head.
But Lin Xian…
Still raised his blade.
When he raised his blade, he was still bound by the combined force of the Chain Serpent and the mechanical iron man, as if there was no other choice but surrender or death.
But when his wood-chopping blade fell, man and blade together, he was already before Chu Min!
If not for the blood still flowing from his chest and his neck visibly sinking a few inches, everything that had happened before seemed to have not happened at all!
At this moment, even Ye Lingxiao, who was speaking to someone in the stands, couldn’t help but glance over.
He recognized this Unbound Divine Ability!
The possessor of this divine ability is free from any restraint. If developed properly, it is absolutely a first-class divine ability.
The Gourd Tiger once again blocked Chu Min, fending off the opponent’s attack.
Chu Min retreated three steps, his expression becoming solemn.
At this moment, the Gourd Tiger was before him, firmly resisting the opponent’s attack.
The Chain Serpent floated behind Lin Xian, poised to strike.
His mechanical iron man, Crimson Sky Slave, had also turned around, ready to launch an attack at any moment.
And the penetrating wound on Lin Xian’s chest was so gruesome, blood gushing out…
“I do not wish to kill you, surrender,” Chu Min said, raising his head. “The Rong Dynasty is a small country, perhaps it cannot afford to lose a genius like you.”
Lin Xian’s divine ability was indeed powerful, but at this point, Chu Min’s advantage was very clear.
The Unbound Divine Ability allowed Lin Xian to be unrestrained and initiate attacks anytime, anywhere. However, his blade could not cleave through the Gourd Tiger, unable to truly harm Chu Min. Chu Min’s Chain Serpent, combined with the mechanical iron man, could kill Lin Xian at any moment.
What’s more…
Chu Min still had two puppet slots unrevealed, who could know what other trump cards he had?
At this moment, Chu Min’s offer to let Lin Xian surrender showed the demeanor of a great nation.
But Lin Xian held the blade, his eyes unwavering.
The Rong Dynasty had hidden him well and nurtured him diligently.
His face was quite youthful, and he even lacked sufficient killing intent. Everything indicated that he was still young.
Youth meant a long future, many possibilities.
To end it here was not worth it.
However.
However…
Yang Jiande was also a widely praised prodigy back then, once compared to Chongxuan Chu Liang.
Ji Cheng was also infinitely glorious back then, even making it into the main competition of the Yellow River Meet, only losing to the prodigy of the Jing Dynasty.
What happened later?
Ji Cheng was completely stifled by the Qi Dynasty, all his chances for breakthroughs were destroyed, and in the end, he couldn’t even reach the Divine Proclamation.
Time is on the side of prodigies, this is true.
But the Qi Dynasty… has more and stronger prodigies, and a stronger, more invincible present.
Can he still wait?
If this Yellow River Meet cannot open up the situation, show potential, and join the war behind the Myriad Demon Gate.
The Rong Dynasty will be finished…
The former Yang Dynasty was right next to the Rong Dynasty, and there were even occasional skirmishes between the two countries.
Now?
Only the “Qi Dynasty’s Yang Territory” remains.
“The Rong Dynasty is indeed very small,” Lin Xian said, looking at Chu Min. The penetrating wound on his chest seemed to have no effect on him at all. He said calmly, “But in my heart, it is very large.”
How big is my homeland?
It fills my heart.
Lin Xian took a step forward, a very ordinary step forward, and the blade fell, like a woodcutter cleaving firewood!
No, not one strike.
This one strike of his fell from the left, from the right, from the front, from the back, from countless different angles.
The woodcutter is here to fell the mountain!
This sound was more robust, more heavy than all the previous sounds. This was the superposition of hundreds of sounds into one.
The wood-chopping blade fell.
Crack!
The gourd back cracked, and the entire Gourd Tiger puppet split into two pieces, falling to the ground in a heap!
The extremely defensive Gourd Tiger was cleaved in two, and the tiger’s mouth holding Lin Xian’s blade was already covered in blood.
However, at this moment, the Chain Serpent had already surged forward.
The mechanical iron man, Crimson Sky Slave, charged horizontally!
Lin Xian turned and struck!
The edge of the wood-chopping blade directly collided with the “spearhead” of the Chain Serpent.
This strike actually split the Chain Serpent in half as well!
Clack, clack.
It was not the sound of the Chain Serpent shattering, but the sound of the bones in Lin Xian’s right hand, which were all broken by now.
He had used a power he could not control, and the wood-chopping blade flew out of his hand…
Caught by his left hand.
Taking a step forward, the wood-chopping blade fell, severing another arm of the mechanical iron man, and with another horizontal slash, the mechanical head of the Crimson Sky Slave flew up!
The mechanical iron man crashed to the ground.
Simple, natural, decisive.
In the blink of an eye, the situation on the field had changed.
All three of Chu Min’s puppets were destroyed, and Lin Xian turned back, stepped forward, and moved again.
The wood-chopping blade fell!
This time there was no Gourd Tiger to block.
Qiao Lin almost applauded Lin Xian, celebrating the early exit of the Xia Dynasty participant.
But Chu Min suddenly pressed his left ear with his middle finger, tilted his head, and a round black shadow suddenly flew out of his right ear.
That black shadow suddenly stretched out in the air.
A single claw, a鬼 (ghost) mask, like a rat, a pair of fleshy wings.
It raised its head high, and its rat-like pointed snout suddenly opened.
Lin Xian, who had been holding the blade and moving like a god just moments ago, bled from his seven orifices and fell backward, head up!
This thing was by no means a puppet; it was a living creature.
Chu Min was not only a Mohist cultivator, not only proficient in the art of puppetry, but he also possessed the art of beast taming!