"These are sand monsters all around, with no other aura detected."

Lin Feng answered Hua Shengmi with his mind.

Hua Shengmi was also somewhat shocked.

"This might be an ambush arranged by Qingling."

But just as Lin Feng was about to set up his own barrier, he saw all the sand rush towards Xue Nian. In just the blink of an eye, Xue Nian was completely buried.

Although Lin Feng was a bit surprised, fortunately these sand monsters did not attack Wu Ping. So Lin Feng didn’t strike to help Xue Nian.

The storm whipped up by these sand monsters enveloped Xue Nian like a tornado.

Within the flying sand, there was an abundant amount of Earth Rank energy. This Earth Rank energy was precisely Qingling’s Earth Rank spell, the Giant Spirit Formation.

Lin Feng and Wu Ping watched Xue Nian from outside the formation, only to hear Xue Nian shouting insanely.

"Lin Feng, aren’t you going to come rescue me?"

Xue Nian was finally unable to withstand it and began to call out for help to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng, on the surface, was complying with the Court’s arrangements, but actually had already seen through their schemes. Anyway, you just asked me to assist in capturing the traitor Wu Tian, you never said I had to rescue you. If you can’t hold up and get eaten by these sand monsters, Grandpa Lin can at least collect your corpse, as long as there’s one to collect.

That was Lin Feng’s true thought at the moment.

At this time, Wu Ping was also laughing happily on the back of the Spiritual Horse.

Seeing Wu Ping’s laughter, Lin Feng expressed the same sentiment, a faint smile hanging on his lips, and said to Xue Nian: "General Xue, I’ve heard you are the Emperor’s appointed bravest warrior across the land, why can’t you handle it today?"

What a good jab, aren’t you the bravest warrior? Is it all for show? Today, in the face of these sand monsters, you’ve revealed your true self, making me laugh...

Xue Nian was clever enough to understand Lin Feng’s words.

He then shouted: "Fine, I don’t need your rescue. But if Wu Tian appears later, you must take action to capture this villain!"

After saying this, Xue Nian invoked all his True Essence Power. A mass of dark light erupted from within him, immediately cloaking the whole scene with immense Dark Power.

The surrounding sandstorm was blackened, looking like black sand iron, all flowing with black dark light.

In an instant, a force that consumes space surged, stirring everything around.

The brown current on the ground began to explode.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

Lin Feng could feel the scene as the sand monsters died.

Then, the power around Xue Nian exploded in all directions, and the previously surrounding sand was all expelled.

What was once a chaotic scene now became peaceful.

The dark light that consumed Time Power all gathered into the black giant axe behind him.

Seeing himself slay the troublesome sand monsters, Xue Nian felt reborn.

He started to laugh heartily, laughing so carefree.

"Hahahaha! Come on, I dare you!"

Xue Nian raised his head and shouted loudly at the sky, seeing the sand dust churning ahead.

At this moment, Xue Nian absolutely wouldn’t let the opposition form ranks. He raised his black giant axe and swung a few black radiant lights at the moving sand dust.

"Even Xue Nian’s own Flowing Light Sword Technique has been blackened by the axe." Lin Feng muttered, clearly speaking to Hua Shengmi.

Hua Shengmi heard Xue Nian’s words and started to respond to Lin Feng.

"The Dark Power of this black axe is too strong, I see Xue Nian has gradually become ensnared by it. That’s why the originally bright Flowing Light has turned into this black color. I think it won’t be long before this axe completely blackens Xue Nian."

Lin Feng appeared quite shocked upon hearing Hua Shengmi.

"You mean, he’s being blackened by the axe?"

Hua Shengmi answered: "Indeed."

"How long has it been?"

"Since he touched the black axe, it should have begun. Once Xue Nian is completely blackened, he will transform into a bloodthirsty demon, with eyes only for slaughter, and his power will be astonishingly increased by the axe’s demonic qi. If you strike to kill him now, you can prevent all of this."

Lin Feng hesitated.

"Although I particularly dislike this person, he’s not one to kill the innocent. He’s not an eternally condemnable traitor, merely a Court lackey, how could I slaughter indiscriminately, becoming no different from evil spirits?"

Hua Shengmi said nothing more, since cultivators prioritize their will. Forcing Lin Feng to go against his own will would certainly generate a Heart Demon, obstructing his cultivation.

The Heavenly Daoist is clear on good and evil, does not seek indiscriminate slaughter, harbors compassion; all people under heaven can be accepted. Acting on behalf of heaven, truly compassionate, not for one’s own desire.

Lin Feng deeply embraced this principle, practiced it with his own actions, a truly benevolent deed, protected by the heavens.

Xue Nian’s black flowing light directly struck the body of these sand monsters. Sand monsters originally had incredibly high defense, being able to replenish themselves with desert sands, considered as never-dying entities. But against the black flowing light, they directly disintegrated, leaving no sign of life.

Because the black flowing light not only shattered the sand monster’s bodies, but also broke their spiritual cores. Sand monsters are Earth Spirit Monsters, organized by Spiritual Cores, and once their spiritual cores are broken, their fate is sealed.

The universe is filled with endless mysteries, everything within it growing amidst invisible laws of heaven. Such linkages and rules allow the Six Realms to operate freely, offering infinite and dynamic changes. As the world functions, Spiritual Energy generates alongside.

No matter how many they killed, these sand monsters seemed infinite. A confusing sight indeed.

Killing lasted an hour, sand monster numbers only increased, not decreased.

Lin Feng grew impatient and shouted to Xue Nian swinging his axe ahead: "Can you handle it or not, if not, just tell me, don’t force yourself."

Xue Nian heard Lin Feng’s words, and swung even harder. Yet amidst the vast yellow sand, there were tens of thousands of sand monsters, impossible for him to finish alone.

Even if he drained his True Yuan, he couldn’t possibly clear all the sand monsters beneath the yellow sand.

But these sand monsters blocked the way, couldn’t pass.

Xue Nian had no choice, he could only endure. Yet he had consumed much energy and needed to reserve some to face Lin Feng.

So he no longer acted strong, quickly said to Lin Feng: "Since you’re restless, come lend a hand."

Before Xue Nian finished, Lin Feng had already leaped from the horse.

With a Wind Character Technique, he flew towards the sand ahead.

The surrounding space was enveloped in a formidable aura, so powerful it seemed to freeze time.

Xue Nian felt this overwhelming pulse and couldn’t help but shudder, thinking Lin Feng was targeting him. But to his surprise, Lin Feng’s aura didn’t make Xue Nian the target but left him enough room to move.

Xue Nian finally relaxed.

This supreme move of Lin Feng’s was realized from the Time Power river, possessing dominion over everything in its presence. As Lin Feng’s mind reached, all the sand monsters at the scene were slain by this aura.

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