Mentioning the name Tianhe Zhenren caused the Grand Elder's pupils to contract, and a trace of anger could no longer be concealed on his face!
"Lin Xiao, this world cannot afford to keep you!"
He comprehended the Star River Sword Qi amidst the vast expanse of stars, which was also his signature sword technique! Although his cultivation was only at the peak of the Zizai realm, his understanding of the Heavenly Dao had long surpassed that of the Third Elder. Within three years, he had hopes of breaking through.
As for the Third Elder, while he was at his peak, he couldn't find the opportune moment for a breakthrough.
He had truly set foot into the final realm with one foot!
How could Lin Xiao possibly contend with him?!
"This commotion... Grand Elder?!"
Liu Fang and the other inner disciples felt the movements at the foot of the mountain. Everyone exchanged glances, and then they saw the starry river filling the sky. Upon seeing the Star River Sword, they exclaimed.
"Who is the Grand Elder fighting? He's even using his ultimate move, the Star River Sword?"
"I haven't seen the Grand Elder in action for decades. Which unlucky soul has managed to draw his personal attention? Our Grand Elder's reputation as second to none is not just for show."
"Let's go, let's go! It's a rare opportunity to witness the Grand Elder's Star River Sword technique!"
"Why do I feel like the power of our mountain protection formation has weakened?"
"Let's go! Stop dawdling!"
Meanwhile, Liu Fang and his junior brother frowned. They weren't just sensing the aura of the Grand Elder's Star River Sword, but also a familiar presence...
Lin Xiao!
Lin Xiao had actually come to their doorstep?!
Was this fellow here to deliver himself to death?
Did he think that by repelling them and killing the Third Elder, he had earned the right to cause a ruckus in our Kui Tian Sect?
If so, it could only be said that Lin Xiao was far too naive.
The two also hurried over, wanting to witness Lin Xiao's demise at the Grand Elder's hands with their own eyes.
They knew that from that day forward, their status within the inner sect had plummeted, and they were even on the verge of being ostracized from the inner sect by their peers!
Their strength had declined too much. When everyone else arrived, they were stunned by what they saw.
What they had initially expected was the Grand Elder reprimanding some foolish upstart who didn't know his limits. However, upon their arrival, they discovered that the Grand Elder seemed to be in a difficult battle.
And his opponent was a young man they had never seen before.
"How... how is this possible?"
Liu Fang stood frozen, staring blankly at the scene.
The Grand Elder was actually at a loss on how to deal with Lin Xiao? Lin Xiao, just like when he dealt with them before, was using the exact same methods and techniques. Even facing such a Lin Xiao, the Grand Elder seemed to have no solution.
But, this was not the most unbelievable part.
"This person... seems to be absorbing our sect's mountain protection formation!"
Someone immediately noticed that Lin Xiao was almost constantly absorbing spiritual energy from the mountain protection formation and converting it for his own use!
Lin Xiao was now operating two different methods of consumption simultaneously!
Not only was he fully devouring spiritual energy and converting it for his own use, but he was also using the transformed power to neutralize the Grand Elder's attacks.
This forced the Grand Elder to reluctantly consider how to deal with Lin Xiao after every move.
"Since that is the case..."
The Grand Elder took a deep breath. He finally understood that any technique that relied on spiritual energy was useless against Lin Xiao.
Since that was the case...
A sword appeared in the Grand Elder's hand.