Chapter 108: A Bloody Slaughter

With a ripping sound, Xu Xin’er’s upper body was suddenly exposed, pure and white against the air.

“Ah!” Startled, she slapped Dongfang Hao hard across the face. His mind already consumed by wicked desires, Dongfang Hao was caught off guard and took the blow fiercely.

Rubbing his left cheek, a cruel smile spread across his face. One hand gripped Xu Xin’er’s neck and he threw her down onto the stone bed behind him.

Step by step, he approached the stone bed, his eyes filled with lascivious intent. Just as he was about to untie his belt, a loud explosion rang out at the entrance of the cave dwelling. Two figures were hurled inside, crashing heavily to the ground.

Glancing at the two subordinates now coughing up blood, he paid them no mind and instead fixed his gaze on the cave entrance. The lust in his eyes ebbed away like a tide retreating, replaced by a faint but unmistakable seriousness.

To injure two of his closest guards in an instant—these attackers were no ordinary foes. Could it be that the strong warriors of the Qingyang Sect had arrived so swiftly?

Before he could ponder further, a figure landed at the cave’s mouth, a long sword shimmering with golden light, tilted toward the ground, its raging sword aura still unleashed.

“Lin Cheng.” Dongfang Hao’s eyes narrowed, his mind easing somewhat. If it was only Lin Cheng, things would be manageable. Though he had been defeated by Dongfang Hao, many others could also claim that feat; he had never regarded any of the younger generation as a true threat.

“Lin Cheng…” Behind, Xu Xin’er, upon seeing Lin Cheng’s figure, broke down in tears, curling up tightly with arms wrapped around her legs, her tearful eyes filled with grievance and helplessness.

Lin Cheng focused his gaze, and upon seeing the sweet, innocent girl who had once stirred his youthful affection now stripped and humiliated, a thunderclap exploded in his mind. His eyes reddened instantly.

“You’re asking for death!!!”

With a flash, his long sword was at Dongfang Hao’s chest.

Clang! The sword did not pierce his chest. Instead, a jade pendant on Dongfang Hao’s chest blazed blue light, effortlessly blocking the strike.

“Do you think that by defeating Dong Wuwang, you are invincible? Three years ago, I had already reached the Profound Core realm. Your little fights are nothing but childish play in my eyes…”

“Lin Cheng, I recognize your exceptional talent. If you join the Dongfang family and imprint a part of the imperial inheritance in the royal cave dwelling for me, from now on we will be brothers… In the future, I will recommend you to cultivate in the main branch’s ancestral land in Zhongzhou. You may not know, the Dongfang family’s branches spread across various continents and borders, and every hundred years, each branch sends three disciples to cultivate at the main branch’s sacred ground in Zhongzhou…”

“Once you enter the sacred ground, you will be standing at the pinnacle of this world. The imperial realm and beyond will be easily attainable…”

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