# Chapter 782: Xuanlong Half-Saint
Around the blood-robed man's body, densely packed divine spirit shadows floated, like a scene of all gods resonating together, emitting dazzling rays of light one after another.
"Big Brother Lin Yue." Mu Jiji said excitedly.
"Senior Brother Lin Yue actually walked out from the altar—could it be that he just refined the divine blood?" Upon seeing Lin Yue's figure, the young sword cultivators of Liangyi Sect were all extremely excited.
Zangyue Sword Saint and Ning Xuan Dao exchanged glances with each other, both letting out a sigh of relief.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, Lin Yue on the altar soared upward, transforming into a blood-colored pillar of light that shot straight toward the sky, quickly disappearing into the clouds.
The next moment, the blood-colored pillar of light descended at an even faster speed.
Only figures at the level of Half-Saint Ancestor could clearly see that at the tip of the blood-colored pillar of light, Lin Yue held the Void Sword, thrusting straight downward.
"What powerful sword intent."
Shao Lin's expression turned somewhat ugly. He formed sword seals with both hands, using the art of sword control to send the Vermilion Bird Sword flying out, letting out a low roar: "Sword Two, Fourth Layer Realm—Yin-Yang Fusion."
On the Vermilion Bird Sword, scorching flames surged out, forming a Taiji pattern thirty zhang in diameter. Two enormous Vermilion Birds flew in a rotating pattern within it.
Tens of thousands of red sword-shaped sword qi rushed out from the Taiji pattern, like a wave of sword rain, flying upward together with the Vermilion Bird Sword.
"Boom!"
A deafening explosion rang out from the center of the White Stone Square.
The chaotic sword qi transformed into a three-zhang-high giant wave, surging from the inside out, rushing in all directions.
After the sword qi dissipated, everyone looked toward the center of the square. They saw that the Void Sword had pierced through Shao Lin's heart, pinning him to the ground. Crimson red blood continuously gushed out from his heart.
Lin Yue stood to the side, grasping the hilt of the Void Sword. With an elegant motion, he lifted it upward, pulling the sword tip out of Shao Lin's body. However, the snow-white blade of the Void Sword was now stained with fresh red.
Silence fell all around—it was even difficult to hear breathing.
Even existences at the Saint level were quite shocked.
"Lin Yue... actually pinned Shao Lin down with just one sword... Am I not hallucinating?" A young sword cultivator rubbed his eyes and looked toward the center of the square again.
"Shao Lin is one of the Nine Realm Sons, who drank divine spring water, yet he couldn't block even one sword from Lin Yue?"
"Lin Yue's cultivation is only at Fish-Dragon Eighth Transformation—how could he be this strong? Could it be that he used some treasure or external force to kill Shao Lin?"
No one could accept that a cultivator at Fish-Dragon Eighth Transformation could kill a Realm Son.
All Nine Realm Sons had consumed divine spring water, their strength far surpassing their peers—shouldn't they be invincible?
Many people speculated whether Lin Yue had borrowed the power of some Saint. After all, Lin Yue had previously borrowed Shengshu Cainü's spiritual power to decisively defeat Snake Two of the Moon Worship Demon Sect.
Of course, all the Saints present could see that Lin Yue had killed Shao Lin with his own strength, without any external help.
It was precisely this point that made even the various Saints quite alarmed.
If this young man became a Saint, all the Saints under heaven would probably become his backdrop. He would be the bright moon in the sky, while the Saints would merely be the stars surrounding the moon.
Gai Tianjiao was the first to burst into laughter: "Serves him right, truly serves him right. Traitors deserve such an end."
Countless cultivators of Liangyi Sect had always wanted to deal with Shao Lin and clean house, but Shao Lin's cultivation was too strong. Every time cultivators were sent to deal with him, they ended up being killed by him instead.
Lin Yue's sword strike was simply too domineering—cleanly and neatly killing Shao Lin, which greatly excited all the disciples of Liangyi Sect.
Xuanji Sword Saint narrowed his eyes, revealing an expression of admiration. With his insight, he could naturally see that Zhang Ruochen's sword path realm had improved tremendously.
"This kid has probably already cultivated Sword Two to Great Perfection, and even incorporated some artistic conception of Sword Three. Truly extraordinary," Xuanji Sword Saint sighed inwardly.
Behind Xuanji Sword Saint stood his eldest disciple, Qingxiao Saint; second disciple, Zhu Hongtao; third disciple, Wan Ke; fourth disciple, Feng Han; fifth disciple, Lingshu Half-Saint; and seventh disciple, Huang Yanchen.
Lingshu Half-Saint's body had grown a bit taller, now a full twelve inches high. Still dressed in red robes, she sat on Zhu Hongtao's right shoulder, her beautiful eyes wide open as she said: "A Fish-Dragon realm cultivator, with sword path attainments surpassing mine—now that's a true genius."
Zhu Hongtao said in a rough voice: "If Sixth Brother were still alive, he could have competed with him."
Fourth disciple Feng Han's face was pale, looking quite sickly. He coughed twice and let out a sinister laugh: "Even if Sixth Junior Brother were still alive, he absolutely couldn't be Lin Yue's opponent. A genius like Lin Yue appears only once in ten thousand years. Haven't you seen that even a Realm Son couldn't block his sword? In this great era, heroes emerge in multitudes—even the Nine Realm Sons cannot be invincible."
Ever since returning this time, Fourth Junior Brother's tone of speech had become strange and sarcastic. Hearing it, Zhu Hongtao felt quite uncomfortable.
However, Fourth Junior Brother had the highest talent among their group of senior and junior brothers. Having gone out for training this time, he had also suffered severe injuries.
Zhu Hongtao simply thought that his injuries hadn't fully healed yet, so he didn't take it too seriously.
The top priority now was the life-and-death battle between their master and Jiuyou Sword Saint. As for other matters, they could investigate them after the Sword Discussion Conference.
The disciples of Liangyi Sect were naturally very excited, but the cultivators of Four Symbols Sect were all burning with rage.
From the Four Symbols Sect camp, an old Daoist with a cinnabar mole on his forehead stepped forward and said coldly: "You Liangyi Sect people are truly shameless. Lin Yue definitely used external force to defeat Shao Lin."
This old Daoist was called Xuanlong Half-Saint. Already 160 years old, he had reached the Half-Saint realm fifty years ago and was one of Shao Lin's senior brothers.
"How dare you!"
Ning Xuan Dao's expression turned stern. Vast Saint Qi surged out from his body as he said: "Whether Lin Yue used his own strength or external force—all the Saints present have clear eyes and will make a fair judgment. You are merely a Half-Saint, yet you dare to slander Liangyi Sect?"
Battered by the momentum emanating from Ning Xuan Dao's body, Xuanlong Half-Saint had the illusion that the sky was collapsing and the earth was splitting. An enormous pressure weighed down on him, making it hard to breathe.
Xuanlong Half-Saint immediately stepped back three paces to relieve the pressure on his body, then said: "Ning Xuan Dao, don't think that just because your cultivation is profound, I am afraid of you. I'm afraid none of the Saints present would believe that a Fish-Dragon Eighth Transformation cultivator could kill a Realm Son with his own strength. Right?"
Outside the Sword Pavilion, a wave of low murmuring immediately arose.
Zangyue Sword Saint's eyes turned cold as she said: "Xuanlong Half-Saint, I advise you to speak with evidence and not make baseless accusations. If you cannot produce evidence today proving that Lin Yue used external force, then with the crime of slandering Liangyi Sect, I will not let you off."
"Is Lady Zangyue Sword Saint threatening me?"
Facing Zangyue Sword Saint, Xuanlong Half-Saint showed no fear at all. He sneered: "Lin Yue's Void Sword is a Supreme Sacred Artifact, certainly quite mysterious. If a Saint of Liangyi Sect infused their power into the Void Sword in advance, and Lin Yue released that power during the Sword Discussion Conference, we might not be able to detect any flaw."
Xuanlong Half-Saint's words actually stirred up some controversy. After all, the vast majority of cultivators present had never seen a Supreme Sacred Artifact, so naturally they didn't understand its mysteries.
Perhaps it really was as Xuanlong Half-Saint said—the Void Sword could indeed store a Saint's power.
For a super sect like Liangyi Sect, reputation was extremely important. Even if all the Saints present knew that Lin Yue had used his own strength to defeat Shao Lin.
As long as a group of cultivators deliberately spread rumors, Liangyi Sect would still lose its reputation, facing suspicion and ridicule from cultivators everywhere.
Naturally, there was no shortage of such people present. Who could blame Zhang Ruochen for displaying strength that was too great, suppressing the glory and radiance of the Realm Sons? Countless people were jealous of him.
Zhang Ruochen's gaze fixed on Xuanlong Half-Saint. He said calmly: "Senior, since you doubt my strength, how about we fight a battle?"
Xuanlong Half-Saint revealed a hawk-like smile: "You dare to fight me?"
Everyone present had never expected that Lin Yue would take the initiative to challenge Xuanlong Half-Saint. Wasn't this overestimating himself?
Zhang Ruochen put away the Void Sword and nodded: "Senior claims that I borrowed the power of some Saint within the Void Sword to defeat Shao Lin. Very well then—I won't use the Void Sword. I formally challenge you, Senior."
Not use the Void Sword?
The cultivators present immediately erupted in uproar. Many felt that Lin Yue was even more arrogant than Shao Lin.
Xuanlong Half-Saint had long since reached the Second Order Half-Saint realm, his strength unfathomable. How could a Fish-Dragon Eighth Transformation cultivator contend with him?
Zangyue Sword Saint felt that Lin Yue was being too reckless and immediately tried to stop him: "Lin Yue, step back. Leave this matter to the sect to handle."
Zhang Ruochen bowed to Zangyue Sword Saint: "Sword Saint, if I don't defeat this person with my own strength today, Liangyi Sect will likely face much slander in the future."
The reason Zhang Ruochen wanted to fight Xuanlong Half-Saint was also to test, without using the Void Sword, what level his strength had actually reached.
After all, he had refined four drops of divine blood in the altar. He wanted to use a battle to fully integrate the surging power within his body.
Xuanlong Half-Saint, afraid that Lin Yue might change his mind, quickly agreed, laughing: "Good! Such a person is a true young talent. Lin Yue, if you can withstand ten of my moves without using the Void Sword, I will believe that you have the strength to defeat Shao Lin. Moreover, I will apologize to you and Liangyi Sect for my earlier words."
Now that things had come to this, there was no way to continue stopping this duel.
Zangyue Sword Saint transmitted her voice to Zhang Ruochen: "Be very careful. This Xuanlong Half-Saint is somewhat problematic. His behavior today is abnormal—he might very well try to kill you."
Zhang Ruochen glanced in Zangyue Sword Saint's direction and nodded slightly.