"Miss Ling is too kind," Lin Xuan replied with a modest smile, cupping his fists respectfully toward Ling Qingzhu. "Lin possesses only average talent, far from worthy of comparison to your unparalleled grace."
Though his words were humble, his eyes gleamed with a quiet intensity.
"However, the treasures sealed within this Ancient Tomb Mansion are of great importance to me," he continued, voice calm. "So I must dare to contest for the Nirvana Heart with what little strength I possess."
Ling Qingzhu felt the receding of that dangerous aura within her, and after slightly furrowing her brow, she responded with a light smile.
"Young Master Lin Xuan is too polite. As for the Nirvana Heart competition, everyone will rely on their own abilities!"
Qin Shi, standing nearby, smiled faintly. His gaze moved back and forth between the two, Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu. Of everyone gathered here, they were undoubtedly the strongest.
"If everyone has arrived," he said softly, "why not join hands to break the seal? What do you all think?"
If Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu didn't act, breaking this seal would be troublesome.
"Hehe, very well."
At this moment, Lin Langtian, having regained his previous aloofness, nodded with a light smile, his gaze towards Ling Qingzhu carrying a hint of a different color.
On the other hand, Wang Yan, who was usually arrogant, was now extremely obedient, not daring to say much, simply nodding in agreement with Qin Shi's words.
"Since that's the case, let's all take action together!"
Ling Qingzhu spoke softly, and as soon as her voice fell, Qin Shi, standing beside her, also proactively raised the deep blue feather fan in his hand. In the next moment, a blue wave transformed from Origin Power surged out, roaring towards the seal at the top of the mountain.
"Shua shua!"
The sound of the waves allowed everyone below to clearly feel the strength of a Shaping Realm expert.
Seeing this, Wang Yan unwilling to be outdone, stomped his foot on the golden giant spear beneath him. Immediately, the spear shaft began to tremble violently, and then, a brilliant golden light surged from the tip of the spear.
Soon, the golden light condensed into a golden spear ray several zhang(Metre) in size, rapidly streaking towards the seal in the sky. As the spear ray flew, it even brought with it sounds of sonic booms, its momentum astonishing.
As Wang Yan and Qin Shi successively took action, Lin Langtian unwilling to fall behind. Without any visible movement from him, a huge vortex appeared above his head in the next instant.
As the vortex formed, terrifying Origin Power fluctuations burst out from Lin Langtian's body. In the blink of an eye, violent Origin Power had already condensed into a huge fiery red longsword above his head.
However, at the moment the huge, impressively powerful fiery red longsword appeared, everyone below, who had originally been wearing expressions of amazement, subconsciously turned their heads to look at the white-robed youth who exuded no aura.
When it came to swords, anyone in the camp who had witnessed the scene yesterday, including the experts of the Wang Clan, would always think of that youth in white robes, whose swordsmanship was already transcendent and saintly.
Even though Lin Langtian's sword was incredibly vast in scale and extremely majestic in momentum, it was not as stunning as that sword from yesterday.
Lin Xuan, who was being watched by many, did not act, but simply watched Lin Langtian, Wang Yan, and Qin Shi's powerful attacks streak towards the seal above.
So too did Ling Qingzhu, her composure serene.
Under the gaze of Lin Xuan and Ling Qingzhu, the Origin Power of heaven and earth also fluctuated violently due to the actions of Lin Langtian and the other two.
As the three attacks approached, and the Origin Power of heaven and earth fluctuated violently, a very obvious sense of distortion appeared in that sky. Immediately afterward, a screen of energy quickly condensed.
On that screen of energy, there were many special patterns, like some kind of magical rune.
"Shua shua!"
The wave condensed from pure Origin Power was the first to arrive beneath the light screen. In the next instant, terrifying Origin Power fluctuations were completely unleashed, also causing ripples to appear on the light screen.
In the next moment, Wang Yan's powerful spear ray also arrived closely behind, the violent and sharp spear ray also stabbing at the same spot.
"Boom!"
After successively suffering attacks from two Shaping Realm experts, the ripples on the energy light screen became more rapid, and the light dimmed slightly.
Immediately afterwards, in the next instant, Lin Langtian's majestic crimson giant sword also fiercely stabbed onto the energy light screen.
"Explode!"
As Lin Langtian softly spoke, in the next moment, the crimson giant sword instantly erupted with an exceptionally violent Origin Power fluctuation, sweeping towards the surroundings.
"Boom!"
As the Origin Power fluctuation dissipated, the energy light screen remained firmly in place. However, the mysterious runes on it were all dim and dull, and many even directly dissipated.
"Young Master Lin Xuan, it's our turn."
Ling Qingzhu lowered her head and glanced at Lin Xuan standing below, her eyes carrying a hint of inquiry. She had a feeling that Lin Xuan might have sensed something.
"Lin is of humble strength," he said softly. "I must rely on Miss Ling."
Lin Xuan responded softly, his gaze lingering on the long sword in Ling Qingzhu's hand and the Azure Lotus beneath her feet for a moment, before turning to look at the energy light screen.
In the next moment, a sharp sword aura instantly enveloped the entire world, causing Ling Qingzhu's pupils to widen instantly. The Ancient Azure Sky Lotus beneath her shone with clear light, shielding her in an instinctive defense..
"Clang!!"
The sound of the sword seemed like a dragon's roar from the nine heavens, like a phoenix's cry from the highest clouds, instantly exploding in everyone's ears. Immediately afterwards, in everyone's eyes, there was only one light left, a sword light, an incomparably dazzling, extremely brilliant sword light.
"Limitless Universe, Heaven and Earth as One Sword!"
As a soft shout was heard, in the next instant, the entire world lit up again. Subsequently, everyone saw a sword light flash past in an instant. In the next moment, the light screen transformed into specks of starlight, fluttering and falling.
Ling Qingzhu's eyes flashed with astonishment before quickly regaining clarity. Her hand lifted, and a single petal from the Azure Sky Lotus drifted upward silently flying towards the seemingly empty sky.
"Whoosh!"
The petal seemed very small, but in the blink of an eye, it had already arrived above the mountaintop.
"Buzz!"
It could be seen that a special fluctuation was transmitted from the petal. Immediately afterwards, in the invisible sky, something seemed to slowly dissipate.
However, almost everyone was still immersed in the dazzling sword strike just now, and very few people clearly saw Ling Qingzhu's action.
Lin Xuan, who was standing below, took in this scene completely.