"It seems I underestimated you!"
Lin Jinglei's eyes turned slightly cold as he looked at Qin Xin, who was holding the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword in front of him, and grinned, revealing a set of sharp teeth.
"Let me show you what the power of darkness truly is!"
As the cold words fell, black energy flowed from the Netherworld Sword in his hand, climbing upwards along his arm.
Lin Jinglei's eyes, stained by the black aura, also turned pitch black, his pupils seemingly dissolving.
Seeing Lin Jinglei's change, Qin Xin felt a little apprehensive. He gripped the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword tightly in his hand, and with the circulation of his true energy, all nine of his true acupoints were fully activated.
"Die!"
After Lin Jinglei roared, he rushed out quickly, his voice hoarse, as if the black power had brought him endless pain.
Taking two steps back, Qin Xin suddenly swung out the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword in his hand. With the mobilization of martial arts intent, a huge orange fire blade floated in mid-air.
"Wildfire Slashes! Fall!"
Qin Xin's eyes sharpened, and with a soft, angry shout, the orange fire blade slammed directly into Lin Jinglei's body.
Facing the massive orange fire blade that was rapidly descending, Lin Jinglei showed no fear whatsoever. A strange smile appeared on his lips as he swiftly thrust out the Netherworld Sword, black flames swirling around its blade.
The black flames seemed to have a corrosive effect, corroding a gap in the massive fire blade.
The intense heat dissipated instantly, and the orange fire blade vanished without a trace.
Qin Xin was momentarily stunned that Lin Jinglei had so easily broken his Earth-rank martial art, and exclaimed in surprise, "What kind of power is this!"
At this moment, Lin Jinglei had already arrived, the Netherworld Sword carrying a cold glint, piercing straight into Qin Xin's throat.
The event happened too suddenly. With a thought, Qin Xin quickly transformed the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Sword in his hand into a staff, forming a barrier of flames as he swung it rapidly.
"puff!"
The moment the Netherworld Sword collided with the flame barrier, a muffled sound rang out.
Damn it!
Feeling the flame barrier in front of him being corroded by the black flames emanating from the Netherworld Sword, Qin Xin cursed angrily, then threw out a Crimson Flame Blade and used the explosion of the blade to quickly retreat backward.
The fiery red longsword cleaved through the force of the exploding fire blade, and Lin Jinglei slowly reappeared, seemingly unharmed.
Lin Jinglei lightly stroked the longsword in his hand and said with an evil smile, "If it weren't for you, the seal within my Netherworld Sword would not have been able to be broken. Dying under this Netherworld Sword is the best end for you."
As the Netherworld Sword trembled once more, the surrounding spiritual energy suddenly stagnated, and the essence of martial arts slowly emerged.
A crimson sword aura rose up, and the martial spirit behind Lin Jinglei slowly emerged, with terrifying black flames constantly gathering on it.
"Earth-rank martial art! Netherworld Fallen Strike!"
This Earth-rank martial art was the signature skill of Jia Yan, the dean of the Weaponry Academy. Qin Xin was not surprised to see Lin Jinglei use it. However, the difference was that the martial art Lin Jinglei used now was several times more terrifying than the one they used during their first battle.
Sensing a dangerous aura, Qin Xin immediately put away the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff in his hand.
Ten crimson flame blades rapidly coalesced behind him.
As the fire blades rapidly merged, the violent energy caused the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth to fluctuate continuously.
The already dilapidated palace creaked under the impact of the vibrations.
"Die!"
With a furious shout, Lin Jinglei unleashed a blood-red sword aura, mixed with terrifying black flames, directly towards Qin Xin.
Qin Xin's fire blade also completed its fusion at that moment and was thrown out at the same time.
"boom!"
A huge explosion instantly resounded throughout the entire palace.
The clash between the crimson and black flames resulted in a stalemate, failing to explode as expected before spreading outwards.
Long Mu and Ming Ningzhu, who had already dealt with all the men brought by Lin Jinglei, looked somewhat terrified upon hearing the loud noise.
Sensing the terrifying power emanating from the deep red and black flames, the two dared not approach for a moment, fearing they would be caught in the crossfire.
In the stalemate, the illusory figure of a small person sitting cross-legged on the Spirit Devouring Stone in Qin Xin's Niwan Palace now had its spiritual consciousness flowing out from under its fingers and directly attaching to the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff.
The ancient-looking long staff instantly transformed into a streak of light, heading straight for Lin Jinglei's head.
Lin Jinglei, who was in a stalemate, also noticed the approaching streak of light, but it was too fast, and he was still using black flames to devour the deep red fire blade that Qin Xin had fused with.
"ah!"
A painful sound was heard afterward.
At that moment, the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff crashed directly into the Netherworld Sword in Lin Jinglei's hand.
However, just because Lin Jinglei used the Netherworld Sword to block the suddenly charging Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff, the deep red fire blade in front of him instantly exploded.
"Nine Nirvanas of the Heavenly Phoenix! First Nirvana! Heavenly Phoenix Armor!"
The crimson flames spread outwards, and Qin Xin did not hesitate to activate the Heavenly Phoenix Armor directly through the Yang Fire.
Orange-colored true energy, like feathers, rapidly appeared on Qin Xin's body.
"Click! Click! Click!"
Rocks flew everywhere, and the bones of the demonic beasts in the palace were all turned to dust and scattered by the flames.
As the flames subsided, Qin Xin's figure slowly emerged.
However, his Heavenly Phoenix Armor was now somewhat battered and broken.
"puff!"
As Qin Xin spat out a mouthful of blood, his Heavenly Phoenix Armor instantly disintegrated.
Somewhat weakly supporting himself, he half-squatted on the stone slabs of the palace. The huge explosion after the fire blades merged also caused considerable injuries to Qin Xin.
Qin Xin, disregarding his own safety, turned his gaze forward.
At this moment, the black flames surrounding Lin Jinglei showed signs of extinguishing, and his eyes were filled with fear.
"Impossible! I can't lose!"
Lin Jinglei seemed unwilling to accept this fact, and kept muttering to himself.
Amidst the black aura swirling around his face, a mouthful of black blood spurted from his mouth, and his body seemed to suffer a backlash, trembling incessantly.
With a wave of his hand, Qin Xin sent the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff, which had fallen to the distance, flying back into his hand.
After standing up, Qin Xin had no intention of giving the other party any chance.
Under the control of his spiritual sense, the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff flew out once again.
At this moment, Lin Jinglei was afraid. He was the personal disciple of Jia Yan, the dean of the Outer Academy's Weaponry and Martial Arts Academy. Now he had entered the Inner Academy's main branch and joined the ranks of the Second Prince of the Great Xia Dynasty. A bright future awaited him.
"Qin Xin! I was wrong! Don't kill me!"
Lin Jinglei's pleas for mercy immediately echoed throughout the entire palace.
Before the sound had even faded, the stream of light transformed from the Nine Flames Battle Immortal Staff pierced through his skull, and white brain matter splattered out.
Lin Jinglei's body went limp and fell to the ground.
Qin Xin stepped forward, and as the Spirit Devouring Stone quietly activated, an invisible vortex directly devoured his martial spirit.
After taking Lin Jinglei's spatial ring, Qin Xin glanced at the Netherworld Sword beside him, held it in his hand, and sensed some evil power on it. Qin Xin quickly put it into his spatial ring, worried about being affected by this evil power.
After finishing everything, Qin Xin went directly to find the Dragon Wood and the Bright Bamboo.
If Lin Jinglei hadn't begged for mercy until his death, Qin Xin might have admired him, after all, he was very talented and strong, and was likely to become a powerful figure in the future. But unfortunately, he encountered Qin Xin.
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