Chapter 149: The Grand Sweep! Lin Qi’an’s Shocking Display
Previously, Lin Qi’an had fled wounded, battered, and utterly humiliated. Now, he strolled out casually, calm and unperturbed, as if he were a completely different person.
Seeing Lin Qi’an emerge, Ye Yun, Lin Xuan, and Xi Chao suddenly felt a bad premonition.
As soon as he appeared, the terrifying beasts—ferocious and aggressive—charged toward him like a black tide, a vast sea of destruction that seemed ready to consume him whole.
But in the next instant, an ancient dragon’s roar erupted from Lin Qi’an’s throat, shaking the heavens and the earth.
The sound wave swept outward, quaking everything in its path.
Boom! Boom!
One by one, the enormous beasts, each as massive as a small mountain, collapsed to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
Like a row of dominoes, the fall of the first beast triggered a chain reaction.
“Wuu…”
Countless beasts howled in despair, trembling uncontrollably under the overwhelming presence of the dragon’s aura.
Above Lin Qi’an’s head, an illusory dragon materialized, its massive wings spreading to blot out the sun.
Illusory Dragon Divine Art.
Seeing this, Lin Liuli was completely stunned.
Standing alone at the center of the beast tide, Lin Qi’an, clad in pristine white robes, exuded a kingly aura, as if he were a monarch overlooking all life.
Was this truly the same injured young man from moments ago?
Under the dominance of his dragon’s aura, the beasts were forced to kneel, crushed by the absolute suppression of his bloodline. They couldn’t even lift their heads.
“Well, I must thank you all for this generous gift. You’ve saved me the trouble of hunting them down one by one,” Lin Qi’an said, his voice light but cutting.
“Lin Qi’an… you were faking it?” Lin Liuli finally caught on.
He had clearly feigned injury to exploit the hatred others harbored toward him, luring them into herding the beasts in his direction. With such a terrifying dragon aura, these beasts couldn’t harm him in the slightest!
Her little brother’s cunning shocked her, but she couldn’t help feeling a tinge of irritation. He had tricked everyone, herself included. She huffed coldly, resolving to settle this score with him later.
“This man’s words are never to be trusted…” Zhao Yunji muttered inwardly, relieved that she had maintained her stance of “killing beasts” rather than “protecting him.”
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At that moment, the spectators erupted like boiling water.
“See what I said earlier? The Young Master being injured by beasts? What a joke!”
“Damn, that dragon’s aura is insane!”
“Is the Young Master flipping the table? You just can’t judge him by common sense!”
Su Xueni smiled knowingly, thinking to herself, As expected, I understand His Highness better than anyone.
Those who had mocked Lin Qi’an earlier, including the Xiling Hall and Tianhai Dao Domain disciples, were left dumbfounded.
Even without being there, they could sense the sheer terror of the dragon’s aura just by looking at the beasts’ reactions.
“It’s just bloodline suppression!” one scoffed bitterly. “The aura won’t last long. Once it fades, the beasts will recover.”
“Then he’ll have to rely on actual strength to face the tide!”
“There’s no way a Celestial Realm cultivator at the early stage can handle over a hundred of these powerful beasts!”
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Lin Qi’an, unfazed by their words, drew both his swords.
The Nine Yang Divine Sword glowed with golden radiance as the Nine Yang Divine Fire surged into the illusory dragon, dyeing it a fiery red.
The Thunderstrike Sword, meanwhile, summoned dark clouds and rolling thunder. A thick bolt of violet lightning struck from the heavens, infusing the illusory dragon with electric power.
“Purple Heaven Divine Thunder!”
Lu Weishuang, unable to contain her shock, exclaimed aloud.
The Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, comprised of seventy-two heavenly lightning bolts, was among the most powerful lightning techniques in existence and the signature divine ability of the Thunder Emperor. To think Lin Qi’an had mastered it!
He had truly inherited the Thunder Emperor’s legacy. Beside her, her disciple Tong Xiang stared in disbelief.
In just one day, Lin Qi’an’s presence had shaken his master’s views in ways he never thought possible.
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The dragon, imbued with thunder and fire, now brimmed with destructive energy. A purple-gold dragon’s breath poured from its mouth, spreading across the ground like a tide.
The combined might of the Nine Yang Divine Fire and the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder formed a dragon’s breath so devastating that it could annihilate even Dao Transformation Realm experts. How could these beasts possibly withstand it?
A chorus of agonized screams erupted as the ferocious beasts were consumed by the fiery onslaught, their bodies charred black as life left them.
In mere moments, the terrifying beast tide had been completely eradicated by Lin Qi’an.
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Ding! Task completed.
Destined Children Ye Yun, Lin Xuan, and Xi Chao: Luck Value -100. Host Luck Value +50.
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Lin Liuli was left speechless.
This little brother of hers—at the early stage of the Celestial Realm—was this reasonable?
Witnessing such terrifying combat power in person was far more shocking than hearing about it from others.
What she had thought was a story about a sister protecting her brother turned out to be a case of her brother hiding his true strength, only to end it all in one grand sweep!