Chapter 333: Battle Against Lin Chao!

Junior Brother Wang clearly had no idea what the Windstorm Realm was, but even as foolish as he was, he now knew that Lin Chao was not a man without boundaries!

Upon hearing Lin Chao's words, Junior Brother Wang's face turned ashen, and he was at a loss for what to do.

At that moment, Lin Chao's gaze fell on Ye Yuan.

"Junior Brother Ye, we meet again! I must thank you for your care along the way!" Lin Chao said with a smile.

Everything that was happening now was far beyond Ye Yuan's expectations.

Even if Ye Yuan had calculated everything, he could not have foreseen such a massive upheaval.

Throughout this journey, the greatest opponent had always been the Heavenly Qian Sect, so Ye Yuan's focus naturally fell on Wu Zhao.

Ye Yuan would never have imagined that a Condensing Crystal Eighth Layer cultivator could stir up such a storm, nor that this secret realm expedition would involve a conflict between two realms!

At this moment, Ye Yuan finally understood the meaning of the content on the incomplete jade slip!

"Invasion" did not refer to a powerful enemy from the Boundless Realm, but to the aggression of the Windstorm Realm!

In his previous life, Ji Qingyun was born and raised in the Divine Realm, and most of his knowledge about the lower realms came from ancient texts.

There were countless lower realms; some had no contact with other realms, while others had inter-realm passages.

Once such a passage was opened, fierce battles often erupted between the two realms!

Some realms even experienced large-scale wars every few hundred years, persisting over time!

To be born in such a realm was unfortunate, for one never knew when death might come.

Such wars usually originated from the plundering of resources, but later evolved into blood feuds.

Clearly, thousands of years ago, the Windstorm Realm attempted to invade the Boundless Realm but had its passage sealed by the Boundless Realm.

And now, that seal had been broken by Lin Chao!

With the passage reopened, the Boundless Realm might soon be plunged into misery!

Ye Yuan's expression was also grim. Lin Chao had suffered considerable losses at his hands, but now it seemed he had been biding his time all along, with the goal of infiltrating the Yonghua Palace!

Now that Lin Chao had completed his mission and revealed his true strength, it was obvious he would seek to settle the score.

In fact, Ye Yuan knew that no one here would escape, but Lin Chao would likely focus on him, wouldn't he?

If it were just Lin Chao alone, it might be manageable, but that bearded man was far beyond what Ye Yuan could currently handle, even with his eighteen sword puppets.

At this point, Ye Yuan was fully focused on finding a way to escape, quietly entering the state of Heart Like Still Water.

In the state of Heart Like Still Water, his thinking became calmer and sharper!

Ye Yuan could not maintain the Heart Like Still Water state indefinitely, as it consumed too much mental energy.

However, over time, Ye Yuan's cultivation in mental state had advanced further.

He could now remain in the Heart Like Still Water state much longer than during his time at the Danwu Academy.

"Senior Brother Lin, you hid your strength well. If you had revealed your cultivation earlier, I wouldn't have dared to show off in front of you. But..." At this point, Ye Yuan's gaze turned sharp: "Since you concealed your strength back then, I'll remember this debt for Senior Brother Pang!"

Now it seemed that Lin Chao had lured the wolf pack earlier precisely to avoid revealing his strength in front of his fellow disciples.

Whatever Lin Chao's purpose, since it was intentional and had harmed those close to him, the matter took on a different nature!

Lin Chao was deeply calculating, and with their overwhelming advantage, why would he take Ye Yuan's threat seriously?

"Heh, what a coincidence. I was also looking to settle accounts with Junior Brother Ye," Lin Chao said with a smile.

Ye Yuan suddenly remembered something, and his cold expression softened as he smiled instead: "Oh, right, I almost forgot. Senior Brother Lin seems to want to retrieve the Soul Jade from me."

Ye Yuan said this while looking at Blue Leopard.

"Hm? Soul Jade!"

Blue Leopard had apparently heard of the Soul Jade as well, and now that Ye Yuan mentioned it, he showed curiosity.

Lin Chao was startled inwardly and wished he could tear Ye Yuan apart.

Ye Yuan's move was too ruthless!

For a Sea Transformation Realm martial artist, Soul Jade was an irresistible temptation!

Even if Blue Leopard didn't know the function of Soul Jade, Ye Yuan would likely explain it.

This was a blatant open scheme, a naked sowing of discord!

But Lin Chao was also extremely cunning; his face showed no sign of agitation as he calmly said to Blue Leopard: "I was fortunate enough to obtain some Soul Jade earlier, but that brat extorted most of it from me on the way! I was planning to kill him and retrieve the Soul Jade to offer to Brother Blue Leopard!"

Although Blue Leopard was powerful, he was clearly no match for Lin Chao in scheming, so he nodded and said: "Then what are you waiting for? A treasure like Soul Jade on a mere Spirit Liquid Realm brat is a waste! Kill him quickly and be done with it!"

Blue Leopard was clearly a violent man who had no patience for idle talk.

Lin Chao sneered at Ye Yuan, and with the aura of a Sea Transformation Third Layer, he attacked Ye Yuan!

But what awaited him were the sword puppets!

The eighteen sword puppets appeared suddenly, and Lin Chao was instantly trapped in the Lesser Nine Revolutions Linked Array.

Lin Chao was startled at first, thinking Ye Yuan had unleashed some powerful move, but when he saw that the puppets were only at the late Condensing Crystal stage, he sneered: "A mere trick!"

However, he soon realized how naive he was!

The dense forest of sword shadows left him no room to fight back!

Blue Leopard's aura locked onto Wu Zhao, Mei Zhen, and Elder Zhu, ready to strike them down with lightning speed if they dared to move.

In Blue Leopard's view, a Sea Transformation Third Layer against a Spirit Liquid Eighth Layer would surely end in an instant kill.

Who would have thought that Lin Chao would be blocked by a group of late Condensing Crystal puppets!

"Brother Lin Chao, have you been in the Boundless Realm so long that your combat strength has dropped to the point where you can't even beat a bunch of Condensing Crystal puppets?" Blue Leopard said with displeasure.

Martial artists from the Windstorm Realm valued personal strength above all and had no understanding of profound arts like formations, so he couldn't see the true nature of these sword puppets.

Lin Chao was inwardly bitter; there was no reasoning with this rough man!

Even a fool could see these puppets were extraordinary. Was he mocking him?

"Brother Blue Leopard, these puppets are controlled by Ye Yuan with a mysterious formation and are extremely powerful! I... I can't handle them alone!" Lin Chao said reluctantly while fending off the sword puppets.

Though he hated to admit it, he really couldn't overcome these sword puppets anytime soon!

Even though this wasn't Ye Yuan's true combat strength, Lin Chao still felt it was shameful to ask Blue Leopard for help.

He had originally wanted to put on a good show, but instead, he had shot himself in the foot!