Therefore, he was sure that Lin Xiao would not dare to attack him. That was why he dared to speak so arrogantly. However, he never expected that Lin Xiao would dare to attack him so decisively!
"Ah!!"
Seeing the death of the Supreme Elder, the disciples of the Book Lake screamed one by one. The last line of defense in their hearts was broken. Many disciples knelt down and shouted, "Don't … don't kill me!
I surrender, I surrender! "
Even the Supreme Elder had been killed. They had lost their last hope. Even if they continued to fight, only death would await them.
What's more, Lin Xiao dared to kill the Supreme Elder. How could he be lenient when dealing with people like them?
"Very good!"
Seeing the disciples and elders of the Book Lake kneeling down, Lin Xiao nodded and ordered his subordinates, "Take all the people who surrender here. Kill those who don't!"
"Yes!"
The Demon God Guards of the Great Spring Empire nodded in unison.
Under the massacre of the Demon God Guards, more and more disciples of the Book Lake surrendered. After all, too many of their fellow disciples had died in front of them. They could not overcome this fear.
After half a day had passed, the Book Slip Lake finally regained its peace.
However, the lake water in front of them had long been dyed red with blood. Under Lin Xiao's bloody suppression, more than half of the disciples and elders of the Book Lake were killed or injured. The remaining half all chose to surrender.
Seeing these disciples and elders who surrendered, Zhou Zibin breathed a sigh of relief. He said to Lin Xiao, "Congratulations, Your Majesty. We have succeeded!"
Before this day, Zhou Zibin had never thought that the Great Spring Dynasty would be able to extend their hand to the location of Calligraphy Lake one day. After all, they were still separated by the Heavenly Wood Cliff. However, he had never imagined that all of this would come true in Lin Xiao's hands!
Hearing Zhou Zibin's words, Lin Xiao was not complacent. Instead, he gently shook his head and said, "No, this is just the beginning!
The Sect Master and elite disciples of the Book Lake have not returned yet. The next battle will be tough! "
"Yes!"
Zhou Zibin nodded and said with confidence in his eyes, "Now most of the disciples of the Book Lake have surrendered. Even if their Sect Master comes back with elite disciples, I'm afraid that their morale will be greatly damaged. They may not be our match!"
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On the other side, Zhao Ping, the Sect Master of the Book Lake, was rushing back to the Book Lake with all his might.
Zhao Ping had been the Sect Master of the Slip Lake for more than 30 years. Under his leadership, the Slip Lake had developed rapidly, and its ranking among the top ten forces had been constantly rising.
If not for Mu Tian Xuan's strength being too strong, Zhao Ping even had the confidence to make Book Lake the number one power, second only to the three great powers!
However, even if it was ranked fifth, it was still a significant improvement for Calligraphy Lake. This was all thanks to Zhao Ping.
In fact, Zhao Ping was an ambitious person.
Even though Calligraphy Lake had always kept a low profile on the surface, in reality, Zhao Ping had only been concealing his strength and biding his time while secretly accumulating his strength. He was happy to see the battles between the other factions in the surroundings. Therefore, he had never made a move when the battles between the Heavenly Wood Cliff, the Netherworld Sect, and the Great Spring Empire had erupted.
Originally, he thought that the Heavenly Wood Cliff, the Netherworld Sect, and the Great Spring Empire could both suffer heavy losses and give Calligraphy Lake more opportunities. But never had he imagined that Lin Xiao's Great Spring Empire would actually defeat the Heavenly Wood Cliff and the Netherworld Sect in one go, and it even wanted to annex their territories and make them vanish completely!
Under these circumstances, Zhao Ping knew that he was unable to remain uninvolved any longer!
He still understood the principle of being cold without the lips. For the sake of protecting this barrier, the Heavenly Wood Cliff, he started to secretly assist the remnant forces of the Heavenly Wood Cliff to deal with the Great Spring Empire.
Doing this would allow him to obtain the remnant forces of the Heavenly Wood Cliff and strengthen Calligraphy Lake. On the other hand, he could restrict the development of the Great Spring Empire and reduce the threat that the Great Spring Empire posed to Calligraphy Lake.
But never had he imagined that Lin Xiao would actually directly make a move against Calligraphy Lake!
When he received the Supreme Elder's message, his entire person collapsed.
Because he knew that all the elites of Calligraphy Lake were with him. It was impossible to defend Calligraphy Lake by relying on the Supreme Elder and those two elders alone.
He had to hurry back!
An anxious expression hung on his face as Zhao Ping urged desperately. "Hurry up!
Faster!
Nothing must happen to the sect. Otherwise, everything will be over! "
"Yes!"
Calligraphy Lake's deputy sect master followed beside Zhao Ping and was also very anxious.
No matter how great of an advantage they obtained outside, they were all very clear that Calligraphy Lake, this sect, was their foundation. If they gave up their own sect for the remnant forces of the Heavenly Wood Cliff, that would be neglecting the essentials and pursuing the trifles!
"Sect Master, Deputy Sect Master, in my opinion, there's no need to be so anxious. Perhaps this is just a strategy of the Great Spring Empire to besiege Wei to rescue Zhao!"
Seeing Zhao Ping and the deputy sect master's anxious appearance, an elder by the side disapproved and said with a shrug, "Our Calligraphy Lake is an existence ranked fifth among the Northern Region's ten great factions at any rate. Even if the Great Spring Empire is no longer what it was in the past, they wouldn't dare to openly fall out with us!"
"I hope so!"
When Zhao Ping heard that, he just sighed and said somewhat helplessly, "But it's better to be safe than sorry!
I don't know why, but my heart keeps feeling uneasy. I feel that something has already happened to Calligraphy Lake! "
"Sect Master might be too worried about Calligraphy Lake."
When the elder heard that, he just smiled and comforted him.
In his opinion, Lin Xiao and the Great Spring Empire wouldn't have the guts to directly make a move against Calligraphy Lake. At most, they would imprison the Supreme Elder and the disciples of Calligraphy Lake and negotiate with them. As long as the Sect Master returned to Calligraphy Lake, everything would return to their control.
However, they had never imagined that everything would have changed when they returned to Calligraphy Lake.
There were no disciples patrolling outside Calligraphy Lake. The entire lake was filled with the strong smell of blood, which made Zhao Ping realize that something was wrong.
"Sect Master Zhao, you're finally back!"
Just as Zhao Ping was hesitating, Lin Xiao's voice rang in his ears. Along with this voice, Lin Xiao appeared in front of Zhao Ping with Yang Jian, Tuntian, Qing Luo, and Zhou Zibin.
"Lin Xiao!"
When he saw Lin Xiao, Zhao Ping's face turned completely gloomy. He pointed at Lin Xiao and asked angrily, "What did you do to Calligraphy Lake?"
Judging from the current situation, Calligraphy Lake was completely under Lin Xiao's control. Furthermore, it was very likely that they had been brutally suppressed before this!
However, he didn't know what was going on with the disciples and elders of Calligraphy Lake. Therefore, he didn't dare to fall out with Lin Xiao. He was afraid that Lin Xiao would be angry and harm the disciples and elders of Calligraphy Lake.