Chapter 1685 - Lin Huang Versus Nine Snake

Nine Snake did not display any delight when he saw Lin Huang reveal himself. 

He could not help frowning slightly either when he realized that he could not read this young man in front of him.

He was unable to sense how powerful Lin Huang's aura was, but his instincts told him that the young man before him was extremely dangerous.

Scarlet Fox and Silver, who were nearby, had similar reactions. However, they could not sense things as distinctly as Nine Snake; they were only able to get a vague sense of the threat emanating from Lin Huang.

Under normal circumstances, powerhouses who had elevated to lord-level usually had very acute preternatural senses.

For a while, the three upper-rank Lords fell silent, quickly trying to think of a plan.

Perhaps because the disparity in their abilities was too great, the short, burly, bald man and the remaining five middle-rank Lords did not sense the danger. They even thought that Lin Huang's aura was less powerful than their own..

Seeing that Nine Snake and the other two remained silent, the few middle-rank Lords assumed they wanted them to test Lin Huang's abilities.

The short, burly, bald man who had full confidence in his defense capabilities took the lead and spoke first, "So you're Lin Huang?"

"That's right, I'm Lin Huang." Lin Huang turned his head to look at the short, burly, bald man, smiling. He continued after that, "Your defense capabilities aren't bad. I want them!"

The moment he finished speaking, a blood-red arc pierced right through the short, burly, bald man's forehead, leaving a hole that was as big as two fingers.

Everyone else present could distinctly sense that the short, burly, bald man's life force seemed to have been instantly snuffed out.

His face still retained its arrogant expression, but he had already become a corpse. It was obvious that he had utterly failed to defend himself against Lin Huang's attack.

Upon seeing the short, burly, bald man's sudden demise, practically everyone present felt their hair stand on end.

The three upper-rank Lords, including Nine Snake, were no exception.

Although they could not consider themselves close with the short, burly, bald man, they knew that he was a formidable combat cultivator. Among the Raiders' middle-rank Lords, his defense capabilities were in the top three ranks.

Scarlet Fox and Silver were secretly making some assessments. At their current upper-rank lord-level combat strength, it would be very difficult to kill the short, burly, bald man in a direct confrontation, much less kill him instantly.

Nine Snake also had a general idea of the abilities of the current team that he had brought with him. He knew that at his present level of ability, it would not be difficult for him to subdue the short, burly, bald man, but killing him would take some effort. Although he could kill him instantly like Lin Huang had, it would require the use of some trump card techniques.

He had to admit that the attack Lin Huang had used to kill the short, burly, bald man was no less powerful than if he himself used a trump card. He did not even have enough confidence to pull off a move like that.

However, he did not know whether Lin Huang had merely launched an offhand attack or if he had used a trump card to intentionally intimidate them.

Only Lin Huang himself knew that his attack earlier had been an offhand one.

His God Weapon flying dagger was inherently already a supreme-grade Dao Weapon. Even if he were to encounter ultimate-rank Lords, he could easily breach his opponents' defenses without utilizing any defensive techniques at all.

The short, burly, bald man, on the other hand, only had the physique of an upper-rank Lord at most. Even with maximum compounding of defense techniques, at best, he would still only achieve peak upper-rank lord-level strength. Naturally, Lin Huang's God Weapon flying dagger had easily impaled him.

Furthermore, Lin Huang had compounded two Dao seals onto the flying dagger in this attack.

However, any single one of Lin Huang's Dao seals was different from everyone else's because it was constructed from millions of Dao tattoos.

Compounding two such Dao seals was comparable to the Odylic Force released by two million Dao tattoos simultaneously.

Moreover, under normal circumstances, even an ultimate-rank Lord possessing over a thousand Dao seals would have less than two million Dao tattoos in total, even if they were all added up.

On top of that, Lin Huang's Divine Telekinesis was ultimate-rank lord-level in terms of strength, so even though he had not unleashed his full power, it was a legitimate ultimate-rank lord-level attack.

It was no wonder that the short, burly, bald man had been killed instantly.

The short, burly, bald man being killed instantly was a scene so shocking to everyone that nobody dared to stop Lin Huang when he collected his victim's Goldfinger and corpse.

Lin Huang calmly put away the man's Goldfinger and his corpse. Only then did he turn his gaze to everyone else present.

However, no matter where he looked, practically everyone kept their heads down and did not dare to meet his eyes.

Nine Snake was the only one who stared at Lin Huang, his expression betraying mixed emotions.

Initially, he had thought that coming to a great world in a corner of nowhere and apprehending a local brat would be an easily accomplished task.

After all, according to the information Royal had provided on this great world, there were only three middle-rank Lords here.

He had not anticipated that his target would have hidden his abilities so well.

'The information Royal gave us has caused us a great deal of trouble…'

Nine Snake cursed secretly in his heart, then rapidly began thinking of a counter-strategy.

What he did not know was there was actually no error in the information Royal had given.

In the great world under Royal's jurisdiction, every powerhouse who elevated to become a Lord would be registered and reported to the relevant authorities as soon as the staff in the great world found out about it. Royal's headquarters would then enter the information on the Lord and file it on record.

The issue was that Lin Huang had only elevated to become a Lord three days ago and had not displayed his abilities since his advancement. 

Therefore, Royal had no idea that he had elevated to lord-level. Naturally, this information was also not on record.

Nine Snake made up his mind immediately after only a few moments of consideration.

His voice transmission spread to the remaining Raiders. "Don't be scared by him. He may have used a special technique to attack just now, so his subsequent attacks might not be as strong. His defense capabilities might not be that powerful either. Let's attack together! I'll be responsible for dealing with him; the rest of you find opportunities to deal some lateral damage!"

What Nine Snake did not know was that Lin Huang—whose Divine Telekinesis was significantly more powerful—had intercepted the voice transmission loud and clear.

However, Lin Huang's expression did not change outwardly at all. He continued smiling faintly.

He calmly observed the figure of the giant python above Nine Snake's head as it abruptly grew a second and third snake head. Immediately after that, more snake heads began sprouting one after the other.

Within a blink of an eye, a massive nine-headed python had fully consolidated.

The strength of its aura was infinitely close to that of an ultimate-rank Lord.

The instant the giant nine-headed python finished consolidating, Nine Snake initiated an attack without hesitation.

This time, he held nothing back at all, utilizing an ultimate move with the strongest attack power.

The giant nine-headed python's heads opened their mouths at practically the same time. Black electric arcs rapidly consolidated in their maws.

The next second, nine black shock waves shot forward almost simultaneously at maximum speed. Practically an instant later, they were right in front of Lin Huang and were about to swallow him up.

However, Lin Huang extended a finger into the void and a mirror so black it could swallow up everything consolidated, blocking the shock waves like a massive wall.

He could not help but sigh faintly when he saw the nine shock waves being swallowed up by the Mirror. "Why do all of them like releasing shock waves as soon as they attack?"

As soon as he finished speaking, nine blood-red shock waves shot out from the Mirror, aiming straight at the giant nine-headed python above Nine Snake's head…