All Realms and Worlds: The Lost Home

Chapter 270 Hope

"Lingxiaozi, you're nearing your end. You'd better surrender!" The hunter leader laughed, his tone full of disdain and cruelty. "If you surrender, I might spare your life and make you our hunter's dog!"

"Don't even think about it!" Ling Xiaozi snorted coldly, his eyes resolute and his tone icy. "My Lingxu Sect would rather die than submit! Today, even if it costs me my life, I will slaughter all of you beasts to protect my sect and my disciples!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden spiritual power around Lingxiaozi surged again. He quickly formed hand seals, and a huge golden array instantly formed, enveloping the hunter leader. Within the golden array, countless golden sword shadows shot fiercely towards the hunter leader!

"The Spirit Sky Formation! You actually risked burning your own spiritual power to activate the Spirit Sky Formation?" The hunter leader's expression changed drastically, his eyes filled with shock. "Are you insane? Doing this will destroy your cultivation, and you might even be annihilated!"

"For the sect, for the disciples, even if my soul is scattered, I will not hesitate!" Lingxiaozi's eyes were firm and his tone was resolute. He poured in a large amount of spiritual power again, and the power of the Lingxiao Formation surged once more. Countless golden sword shadows shot towards the leader of the hunters like a rainstorm!

The hunter leader's expression changed drastically. He hurriedly brandished his black longsword, frantically trying to defend against the golden sword shadows. The crisp sounds of "clang! clang! clang!" echoed incessantly. He was forced back by the golden sword shadows, his wounds multiplying and his aura growing weaker.

Even so, the leader of the hunters was still powerful. He quickly stabilized himself, and the black spiritual power around him surged again, trying to break through the bindings of the Lingxiao Formation and kill Lingxiaozi!

"boom--!"

With a deafening roar, the leader of the hunters slammed his fist into the barrier of the Lingxiao Formation. The Lingxiao Formation trembled violently, rippling outwards. Lingxiaozi was forced back several steps by the shockwave, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, and his breath became extremely weak.

"Hahaha! Lingxiaozi, your Lingxiao Formation is nothing special!" The hunter leader laughed heartily, his tone full of smugness. "Today, I will personally kill you and raze the Lingxu Sect to the ground!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than the leader of the hunters flashed forward and charged toward Lingxiaozi once more, his black longsword, carrying a destructive aura, slashing fiercely at Lingxiaozi!

Lingxiaozi's eyes sharpened, but he remained calm. He used his last bit of spiritual power, and the golden sword shadow in his hand surged once more, fiercely meeting the longsword of the hunter leader!

"clang!"

With a crisp sound, the golden sword shadow and the black longsword collided violently. Lingxiaozi was thrown backward by the enormous force and crashed heavily to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He no longer had the strength to stand up, and his breath was as weak as a candle flickering in the wind.

"Elder!"

Seeing this scene, Xueyang's eyes widened in horror, his heart filled with grief and anger. They wanted to rush over to rescue Lingxiaozi, but they were tightly entangled by the hunters around them and could not break free at all.

"Hahaha! Lingxiaozi, you've finally met your match!" The leader of the hunters slowly walked up to Lingxiaozi, looking down at him with cruelty and smugness in his eyes. "Today, I will kill you and utterly destroy the Lingxu Sect!"

After saying that, the leader of the hunters slowly raised the black longsword in his hand and slashed it down fiercely towards Lingxiaozi's head!

Just at this critical moment, a golden beam of light suddenly shot out from a distance and crashed into the hunter leader's longsword!

"clang--!"

A deafening roar shook the hunters. The leader was forced back several steps by the golden light, nearly dropping his longsword. His eyes narrowed as he stared intently in the direction from which the light emanated, his voice icy: "Who?!"

All eyes were focused on the direction from which the spiritual light came. Xuan Qing slowly stood up from the ground, his golden spiritual power surging wildly, his aura already reaching the early stage of the Breaking Realm!

He broke the second seal and successfully broke through to the Realm of Breaking Boundaries!

"Senior Brother Xuanqing! He's broken through! Senior Brother Xuanqing has broken through to the Realm Breakthrough!"

"Great! Senior Brother Xuanqing has broken through! We have another glimmer of hope!"

The disciples below the stage cheered instantly upon seeing this scene. The despair on their faces was gradually replaced by hope, and their fighting spirit was rekindled!

Xuan Qing's eyes were icy as he stared intently at the hunter leader, his tone resolute: "If you want to harm the elder, you'll have to get past me first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden spiritual power around Xuan Qing surged again. The long sword in his hand, carrying immense force, rushed towards the leader of the hunters. His sword moves were agile and extremely fast. In an instant, he rushed in front of the leader of the hunters and stabbed fiercely towards his chest!

"Oh? Another kid at the early stage of the Breaking Realm?" The leader of the hunters' eyes flashed with disdain. He quickly swung his longsword, slashing fiercely at Xuan Qing's longsword!

"clang!"

With a crisp sound, Xuan Qing was jolted back several steps by the immense force, his arm going numb. But he did not flinch, his eyes remaining resolute, and he charged towards the hunter leader once more!

He knew he was no match for the leader of the hunters, but he could not back down—Elder Lingxiaozi was seriously injured, and Wei Yu and Xueyang were entangled by the hunters. He was the only one who could protect the elder and the sect at this moment!

"Senior Brother Xuanqing, let me help you!"

A crisp sound suddenly rang out, and Xia Gui slowly stood up. The spiritual power around him surged endlessly, and his aura reached the peak of the ninth level within the realm, only one step away from the realm of breaking through!

Although he hadn't completely broken the second seal, he had broken most of it. His aura surged, and holding his staff, he unleashed a series of green spells towards the hunter leader. Although the spells weren't very powerful, they were enough to slightly restrain the hunter leader's movements.

Han Xuanxuan had also broken most of the second seal, and her aura had reached the peak of the eighth level within the realm. Holding a small rabbit doll in her hand, she sent faint golden spiritual energy toward Xuan Qing to help him recover his spiritual energy. At the same time, she also released a weak attack on the hunters.

"Hahaha! Three little brats, how dare you be so insolent before me!" The hunter leader laughed loudly, his tone full of disdain and cruelty. "Today, I will slaughter you all, leaving not a single one alive!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the leader of the hunters' black spiritual power surged instantly. He swung his longsword once more, and streaks of black sword light shot fiercely toward Xuan Qing, Xia Gui, and Han Xuanxuan. The sword light was sharp and unstoppable!

"Watch out!" Xuan Qing shouted, and the golden spiritual power around him surged instantly, forming a solid spiritual power barrier in front of Xia Gui and Han Xuanxuan, blocking the attack of the black blade light!

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, Xuan Qing was forced back several steps by the power of the black blade light, a trace of blood spilling from the corner of his mouth. His spiritual power was also greatly depleted, but he still stood firmly in front of Xia Gui and Han Xuanxuan, his eyes resolute, without the slightest hesitation.

On the other side, Wei Yu and Xue Yang were also fighting fiercely. Wei Yu had already killed more than a dozen hunters in the early stage of the Breaking Realm, but he was getting more and more wounds and his spiritual power was being used up. He was gradually becoming exhausted.

Although Xueyang was only at the peak of the ninth rank within the realm, he still managed to kill several hunters with his powerful physical body and the power of the Burning Sun Technique. However, the poison in his body was getting worse and worse, his face was becoming paler and paler, and his breathing was becoming more and more rapid. He could collapse at any moment.

"Hold on! We must hold on!" Wei Yu shouted to Xue Yang. "If we just hold on a little longer, more disciples will break through to the Breakthrough Realm, and then we'll be able to repel the hunters!"

Xueyang nodded, his eyes still full of fighting spirit. With his last bit of strength, he gripped his long sword and charged towards the hunters once more. The crimson flames burned even more fiercely, like the last rays of the setting sun illuminating the entire Lingxu Sect.

Below the stage, more and more disciples successively broke the second seal, their auras soaring to the peak of the ninth level within the realm. Several disciples with outstanding talent even successfully broke through to the early stage of the realm-breaking stage. They all joined the battle and engaged in fierce fighting with the hunters.

The number of trapping formations increased, and although the hunters were still powerful, they were also tightly trapped by the dense formations, and their speed of killing disciples gradually slowed down.

"Kill! For the sect! For our fellow disciples!"

"Fight to the death! Never back down!"

The disciples' shouts were deafening, their fighting spirit soaring. They fought bravely against the enemy without flinching, even when their bodies were covered in wounds and their spiritual energy was exhausted, they still persisted, using their own lives to protect the Lingxu Sect!

As the hunters watched more and more disciples break through to the Breaking Realm and their companions being killed one by one, their morale plummeted. They lost their previous arrogance and became panicked. Some hunters even began to try to escape.

"Leader! We must run! More and more disciples are breaking through to the Breaking Realm, we can't hold them off any longer!" one of the hunters shouted at the hunter leader, his voice filled with panic.

"Escape?!" The hunter leader's eyes turned cold, his tone icy. "We hunters have never had the habit of running away! Today, even if we die, we will raze the Lingxu Sect to the ground and slaughter every single one of its disciples!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the black spiritual power around the leader of the hunters surged again. He abandoned his attack on Xuan Qing and the others, and with a flash, he charged towards the disciples below. The black longsword in his hand, carrying a destructive aura, slashed wildly at the disciples!

"Not good! He's going to slaughter the disciples!" Xuan Qing shouted, his figure flashing as he quickly chased after the leader of the hunters, his long sword thrusting fiercely towards the leader's back!

The hunter leader's eyes turned cold. Without turning around, he lightly swung his long sword, sending a black blade of light hurtling towards Xuan Qing. At the same time, he slapped his other hand hard at several disciples beside him!

"No!"

Several disciples let out a desperate scream. Before they could even dodge, they were struck by the hunter leader's palm. Their bodies were instantly shattered, blood gushed out, and they fell to the ground, lifeless.

"Beast!" Xuan Qing trembled with rage, and the golden spiritual power around him surged once again. Ignoring the attack of the black blade light, he still charged towards the leader of the hunters, his long sword stabbing fiercely towards the leader's back!