As soon as Tan finished speaking, a vast amount of magical power had gathered in his palm.
Upon seeing this, Lin Jingting closed her eyes, as if awaiting death.
Tan Bujin slammed his palm down on his head, but unexpectedly, a powerful light shield suddenly appeared on his body, blocking Tan Bujin's palm strike and even reflecting all the power of the strike back at Tan Bujin himself.
Caught off guard, Tan Bujin had no time to dodge, and because he had just focused his energy, he couldn't conjure a protective shield to block the palm strike. Fortunately, he had several demon lords by his side. Although the situation had changed drastically and they didn't have time to do much, their powerful Mahayana cultivation was enough to pull Tan Bujin away from the attack.
As they dodged, Lin Jingting had already activated his Earth Escape Talisman: luckily, he carried many talismans. He had just activated a life-saving talisman given to him by his mother shortly after he emerged from the crevice, supposedly a gift from a senior with whom he had a deep connection, which was how he managed to block Tan Bujin's palm strike.
Unfortunately, with his fifth-level Nascent Soul cultivation, activating this sixth-level Mahayana-grade earth-遁符 (earth-escaping talisman) couldn't fully unleash its power. Otherwise, he would have already escaped the demon territory. Now, he's only barely managed to escape the Demon King's Palace.
But it doesn't matter, he still has several of these talismans. These demon lords won't find it as easy as they think to kill him, hmph!
Chu Nian, watching from the shadows, was amazed to see that Lin Jingting had managed to escape on his own. He couldn't help but admire his disciple: even with a powerful talisman, it still needed to be activated in time to be effective. This kid's ability to escape from the encirclement of several demon lords showed he was quite capable.
"Chase!" Tan Bujin was furious that the duck that was almost in his mouth could fly away like this.
Just as the group of demon lords were about to give chase, a piercing alarm sounded from deep within the Demon King's Palace. Someone had broken in and triggered the palace's protective array. However, the array only sounded the alarm and did not activate its defenses, which was truly strange.
Just as Tan Bujin was about to order the Demon Lord to split into two groups—one to investigate the situation deep within the Demon King's Palace, and the other to follow him in pursuit of Lin Jingting—a Nascent Soul demon suddenly appeared, reporting in a panic, "Your Majesty, he's...hiding...hiding..."
Tan Bujin roared, "What are you hiding? Speak up! Spit it out!"
The little demon in the Nascent Soul stage immediately exclaimed in horror, "Our Demon King Palace's library and treasure pagoda are all gone!"
Before he could finish speaking, another minor demon appeared and hurriedly reported, "Your Majesty, the medicine storage room is also gone."
Unexpectedly, a third little demon appeared and reported, "The Earth Fire Palace has vanished without a trace."
Tan Bujin stared blankly at the three little demons: He could understand why the pavilions and towers were not there, since they were built on the ground and could be moved by powerful beings with sufficient magic.
However, the Earth Fire Palace was actually a palace built around a natural earth fire. Because the earth fire was a strange fire and contained a fire spirit, it was extremely precious. The Demon King's Palace valued it highly, so they specially built a palace to surround and protect it.
This earth fire was naturally formed there, how could it have vanished without a trace?
"Your Majesty, no matter what, let's capture Lin Jingting first!" a demon lord beside him reminded him.
Tan Bujin immediately came to his senses and led the demon lords in a gust of wind to give chase.
They didn't bother to discern the direction Lin Jingting fled in, but instead headed straight for the Nebula Sect. The Demon God Token was just a pretext they'd made up before; it was all Lin Jingting's fault for coming to the Demon Realm. Now that they had genuinely lost something, they had a perfectly legitimate reason to pursue him.
Lin Jingting did indeed flee towards the Xingyun Sect. He had nowhere else to go that was safe for him, but he wasn't sure if his parents would still protect him once he got there.
However, he had never seen the Demon God Token that Tan Bujin mentioned before, and had no idea what it was.
However, it didn't matter that his parents didn't care; he already had a plan in mind. Since these demon lords were so wary of his sister-in-law, why not take advantage of her?
To his utter surprise, when he used the several top-tier earth-遁符 (earth-遁符, a type of talisman) given to him by his mother to teleport to the Nebula Sect in one go, he found the mountain gate wide open and the protective array of the mountain activated, as if welcoming guests from all directions.
He didn't have time to think too much; he was just wondering if his parents had already come up with a solution and deliberately opened the mountain gate.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived at his parents' cave, Zhaoyin Valley, and found that his parents were there, as were Li Yun and Wen Ruyan. They were all looking at the void with deep doubt, seemingly wondering why the mountain-protecting formation had been activated.
The four of them were also taken aback when they saw him appear.
Lin Zhao stared at him and asked, "Little Lin, how did you get back?"
Lin Jingting was speechless. Didn't this father care whether his son was injured or if there were pursuers behind him?
He said, "How else could I come back? Of course, I'll come back using those top-tier talismans you gave me!"
Li Jueyin asked, "Are you all alone?"
Lin Jingting: "Otherwise what? No, it can't be just me. I bet those demon lords have already caught up to the mountain gate. Why is this protective formation activated? Did you activate it?"
Li Jueyin was stunned for a moment, then turned to ask Wen Ruyan, "Ruyan, do you know what happened?"
"I don't know," Wen Ruyan shook her head. Suddenly, she saw a flash of light before her eyes, and at the same time, a figure pounced on her side. A sword beam was already at her neck, a vital spot, ready to take her life at any moment.
Wen Ruyan was shocked. She turned her head slightly and saw out of the corner of her eye that the one who controlled the sword light and restrained her was Lin Jingting. She had seen Lin Jingting almost every day in the past few years. She used to see him lying in bed, so badly injured that he was bedridden. She never expected that he would become so powerful and successfully subdue her with a single move.
But even so, with so many demon lords around, did he really think he could escape?
"Junior Brother Lin, what... what are you doing?" Wen Ruyan remained calm, but her face showed surprise and doubt as she asked in astonishment.
Lin Jingting said, "Alright, stop pretending. You're the one who sent those demon lords to kill me!"
Wen Ruyan exclaimed in shock, "Junior Brother Lin, what nonsense are you talking about? Let alone whether I can mobilize so many demon lords, even if I could, what reason would I have to go to such lengths to kill you?"
Before the words were even finished, everyone saw figures flash by, and the other Mahayana Dao Venerables of the Nebula Sect had all arrived. They must have sensed Lin Jingting's return, with a group following behind, so they came as well.
However, seeing that Wen Ruyan was restrained, and that Lin Zhao and the other two were watching coldly without making a move, the other three Dao Venerables who came were somewhat surprised.
Tao Anbo asked Lin Zhao, "Junior Brother Lin, what happened?"
Li Jueyin said, "Xiao Linzi said that it was Wen Ruyan who mobilized the demon lord's army to hunt him down."
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