Chapter 21: Stepping into the Innate Realm!

After their first exchange, the two of them charged at each other again with the speed of thunder. In the span of barely a dozen breaths, the sword’s edge and the spear’s tip collided no fewer than three to four hundred times.

With every clash, the power of the aftershocks spreading outward continued to rise.

Lin Yu wielded the long spear in broad, sweeping arcs, every move displaying the Momentum of certain death, without the slightest hesitation or wasted motion.

Gu Feng held his ancient sword in hand, his swordsmanship so fast that it dazzled the eye, the blade pointing toward every vital spot on Lin Yu’s body.

Within a thousand-meter radius around the two of them, it was as though a special zone had formed. Anything caught within that area would be instantly reduced to nothing.

As they watched this battle, everyone unconsciously held their breath and did not dare make a sound.

After four hundred exchanges, the Baleful Aura around Lin Yu grew even denser, and the black and white in his eyes was completely swallowed by a blood-red hue.

Lin Yu threw back his head and let out a roar. His long hair floated wildly behind him as his entire body fell into a bloodthirsty frenzy. Blood seeped from his ears and the corners of his mouth.

Under the horrified gazes of everyone present, Lin Yu’s cultivation directly soared to the late First Rank, and there was still no sign of his aura stopping its climb.

A terrifying pressure exploded outward along with the Baleful Aura surrounding him.

Gu Feng’s expression changed drastically. He was blasted backward several hundred meters by that Baleful Aura before he barely managed to steady himself.

There was no longer any trace of the calmness Gu Feng had shown before. With a grave expression, he lifted his head and looked toward Lin Yu’s direction.

At that moment, the Baleful Aura around Lin Yu no longer leaked outward. It all surged back into his body.

Lin Yu simply stood there quietly, his crimson eyes fixed on Gu Feng without a trace of emotion in them.

Gu Feng’s heart lurched, as though he had guessed something. He immediately took on the posture of a man facing a formidable enemy.

Lin Yu loosened his grip on the long spear. The spear transformed into a blood-red bolt of lightning and shot toward Gu Feng with unstoppable might!

Its speed completely crushed the swift sword Gu Feng had always taken pride in.

Fortunately, Gu Feng’s mind had remained taut the entire time. Relying on the experience he had accumulated through years of sword training, his body instinctively swung his sword up in front of him to block.

CLANG!

After spinning through the air several times, the long spear flew back into Lin Yu’s hand.

As for Gu Feng, his whole body was sent flying backward and smashed heavily into a massive boulder. Unable to withstand the force, the boulder exploded apart with a bang, kicking up a cloud of dust and smoke.

By the time the smoke dispersed, Gu Feng was already nowhere to be seen among the shattered stones. All that remained on the ground was a pool of blood.

When everyone saw that scene, their eyelids twitched wildly, and an utterly absurd thought surfaced in their minds.

Gu Feng, the late First-Rank sword expert, had actually fled?!

“Controlling a weapon from afar! Lin Yu... he has stepped into the Innate Realm!” someone cried out in shock.

Upon hearing that, the others immediately thought of Lin Yu’s strike just now, and expressions of horror appeared across their faces.

Controlling a weapon from afar was a method that only Innate-realm experts possessed!

Lin Yu had actually broken through to the Innate Realm in the middle of battle. No wonder Gu Feng had fled.

The difference between the Innate Realm and the First Rank was as vast as the distance between clouds and mud.

The moment one stepped into the Innate Realm, one had already transcended the ranks of ordinary martial artists.

Controlling a weapon from afar was only one of the many methods available to an Innate-realm expert.

Even a swordsman like Gu Feng, who was nearly unmatched within the First Rank, would be nothing more than an enemy to be defeated in a single move before an Innate-realm expert.

At first, when everyone learned that Lin Yu intended to kill his way into the Primordial Yang Sect, they had all thought he was courting death.

But now, all of them had cast aside that thought and instead began to look forward to just how great a storm Lin Yu would stir up today.

As for destroying the Primordial Yang Sect, even though Lin Yu had broken through to the Innate Realm, none of them held any hope of that happening.

As the number one sect in the Shuxia Domain, the foundation possessed by the Primordial Yang Sect was not something a single Innate-realm expert could shake.

Within the crowd, Chu Feng did not share the excitement of the others. As he looked at Lin Yu, regret showed in his eyes.

It was true that Lin Yu had stepped into the Innate Realm, but the price he had paid was enormous.

He had originally still had half a day left to live, but now he had less than two hours remaining...

Beside him, when Su Yanran saw Chu Feng’s expression, she guessed the truth as well. She bit her red lip tightly, and her eyes filled with sorrow as she looked toward Lin Yu.

Although she had known Lin Yu for less than a day, she saw the shadow of her own younger brother in him.

Lin Yu and her younger brother were both equally simple, kind, and cheerful...

At that moment, Lin Yu turned his head and looked toward the crowd. Among them, he spotted Chu Feng and Su Yanran.

Lin Yu gave the two of them a faint smile, as though he were bidding them a final farewell.

Then he turned back around. His cold gaze pierced through layer after layer of obstruction and fixed itself on the deepest reaches of the Primordial Yang Sect.

Gripping his long spear, Lin Yu began walking toward the Primordial Yang Sect.

Seeing this, the crowd opened up some distance between themselves and Lin Yu, then followed him into the Primordial Yang Sect, eager to watch the spectacle grow even bigger.

The moment Lin Yu stepped into the Primordial Yang Sect, he encountered its first obstacle.

Five hundred inner disciples of the Primordial Yang Sect formed the sect’s foremost formation, all five hundred disciples merging into one.

It resembled a dormant primordial beast. The formation was exquisite, its aura vast and imposing, enough to make people stop in fear.

Even now, after Lin Yu had entered the Innate Realm, the Primordial Yang Sect clearly still did not place him in its eyes.

To preserve, in the eyes of the world, the sect’s laughable prestige as a great sect, it had not sent out any Innate-realm experts.

“Hiss! The Primordial Grand Formation!”

“A Primordial Grand Formation formed by five hundred inner disciples—I have never even heard of one on this scale.”

“This is probably as far as Lin Yu can get,” someone said in amazement.

Yet just as that person spoke, Lin Yu stepped forward toward the Primordial Grand Formation, while the long spear in his hand floated at his side.

“Those who offend the Primordial Yang Sect shall die!”

The five hundred Primordial Yang Sect disciples shouted in unison, their voices rolling through the heavens.

The Primordial Grand Formation activated, surging toward Lin Yu like a gigantic gear intent on devouring him.

Facing the killing formation rushing toward him, the long spear beside Lin Yu let out a sharp cry.

In the next instant, a point of cold light arrived first, then the spear shot forth like a dragon!

Wrapped in ferocious Baleful Aura, the long spear transformed into a savage crimson dragon and drove straight into the weak point of the Primordial Grand Formation.

All five hundred Primordial Yang Sect disciples coughed up blood at the same time and collapsed to the ground.

The Primordial Grand Formation was broken!

Those who had just been lavishly praising the Primordial Grand Formation stared so wide-eyed that their eyes nearly popped out, and immediately shut their mouths.

The others were no less shocked by what they saw.

Just when everyone thought that after breaking the formation, Lin Yu would continue deeper into the Primordial Yang Sect, Lin Yu made a move that caused everyone’s hearts to tremble in terror.

Lin Yu’s eyes narrowed, and the long spear in the air began weaving through the five hundred disciples, harvesting their lives.

In less than a few breaths, all five hundred disciples were slain on the spot.

“Just how deep is the grudge between Lin Yu and the Primordial Yang Sect for him to act with such brutality?!”

“This time, the Primordial Yang Sect has truly kicked an iron plate. Even if Lin Yu dies after this, the Primordial Yang Sect will still suffer grievous losses,” the crowd whispered among themselves.

Only Chu Feng knew that Lin Yu was killing those five hundred disciples to gather “Momentum” in preparation for the battles to come.

Rest assured. No matter how far you go today, the Primordial Yang Sect will definitely be destroyed!

Chu Feng gazed toward the depths of the Primordial Yang Sect, cold light blazing fiercely in his eyes.