In the inner courtyard of the Ling family, the sound of explosions rang out incessantly.
The originally majestic and simple courtyard had almost been turned into ruins by this bombardment.
Dozens of silhouettes were fighting each other. Colorful rays of light rotated and flipped, and dust flew up from the roof tiles.
"Ling Chen, you're still stubbornly resisting at this point. It's no longer meaningful. Your Ling family's old man is already waiting for you." Li Shenbao, the previous patriarch of the Li family, laughed proudly as he fought with Ling Chen, the previous elder of the Ling family.
"Hmph, even if I die, I'll drag you down with me." Ling Chen coldly snorted and released his full aura. Rays of fiery light surrounded Li Shenbao from all directions.
On the other side, the previous elders of the Ling family had already reached their limit. Although they were strong, they felt powerless when facing two or three opponents at the same time.
Ling Mo looked at the destroyed courtyard, and a sense of regret welled up in his heart.
If it wasn't for his betrayal, the Ling family wouldn't have ended up like this.
Although he wanted to seize the position of patriarch, he didn't want to see the Ling family destroyed in his hands.
But the big mistake had already been made, and it was useless for him to regret it. He could only think of a way to make up for it.
Ling Mo pushed away two opponents, took out a pill from his pocket, and a resolute light shone in his old eyes.
Ling Yan, who was not far away, just happened to catch a glimpse of the moment Ling Mo swallowed the pill, and anxiously shouted, "Big brother, don't!"
However, it was too late. Ling Mo had already swallowed the pill.
Suddenly, the golden light around Ling Mo became even more dazzling, and the surrounding spiritual energy wrapped around him. In just a moment, Ling Mo's aura had already risen to the aura of a half-step King Stage expert.
"Not good, he took the Spirit Burning Pill!" Li Shenbao, who was fighting with Ling Chen, noticed something and immediately exclaimed.
Hearing Li Shenbao's exclamation, everyone's expression changed. They all seemed to know what kind of terrifying pill this "Spirit Burning Pill" was.
Ling Chen took advantage of Li Shenbao's distraction and pressed his palm on Li Shenbao's chest, sending him flying dozens of meters away. A mouthful of blood spurted out.
At this time, two warriors of the Li family immediately met Ling Chen to prevent him from chasing after Li Shenbao.
"Everyone, go! Don't let him grow any further!" Li Shenbao ignored the injuries on his body and rushed towards Ling Mo. Dozens of fire dragons shot out of his palms and roared towards Ling Mo.
"Everyone block them together!" Ling Yan's face was filled with pain, and the green light around his body surged as he stood in front of Ling Chen's fire dragon.
Rumble!
Ling Yan only had the strength of a Middle Spirit Master. He couldn't block Li Shenbao's full power attack at all. He was blasted back dozens of meters and his beard was almost burnt. He swallowed a mouthful of blood and became dispirited. It was clear that he had suffered serious internal injuries.
For a moment, the people of the Li and Lan families all rushed towards Ling Mo, bombarding him with elemental attacks.
Although the elders of the Ling Family tried their best to resist, they couldn't withstand so many attacks.
Rumble!
Ling Mo was hit again and again, and a large group of fireworks bloomed in the air.
Almost the entire Meteor City could hear it clearly.
"I'm afraid that the Ling family will really be destroyed."
"Although the Li and Lan families are very strong, the Ling Family should be able to withstand it with the Grand Elder."
"If the Li and Lan families dared to choose to destroy the Ling Family now, they must have a plan to deal with the Grand Elder. Otherwise, they wouldn't dare to attack the Ling Family so openly."
"Meteor City is going to change."
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After the explosions, the smoke dissipated, and a figure was still there.
"Not good, he's not dead!" a Lan family warrior cried out.
Elder Ling Mo's eyes flashed with a dark light, and his body exuded a strong aura of gold. Blue veins popped up on his forehead, and his old face aged a lot in an instant. It was as if he had aged more than ten years in just a moment.
"All of you, die!" Ling Mo said faintly. He made a grabbing motion with his bare hands, and the metal attribute spiritual power in the surroundings actually gathered over. He opened his palms and with a boom, it split into dozens of metal attribute blades that flew towards the Spirit Masters of the Li and Lan Families.
Xiu xiu!
Ahhh!
Under Ling Mo's control, the metal spiritual energy exploded on the Spirit Masters who couldn't escape in time.
In just a few moments, the Li and Lan families had lost six or seven Spirit Masters. It was a heavy loss.
At this moment, Li Qianzhong, Lan Zhenfeng, Ling Cang, Li Kong Du, and Lu Ji rushed over from the arena and saw this scene.
"How could Ling Mo have reached the King level? Impossible!" Li Qianzhong shouted in disbelief.
Lan Zhenfeng was even more shocked. If they couldn't take down the Ling Family today, then the Li and Lan families would be destroyed tomorrow.
Ling Cang didn't hesitate to take out something and throw it into the air.
Boom!
A firework bloomed and became sparkling.
Soon after, four people appeared not far from the Ling Family and quickly arrived at Ling Cang's side.
"Greetings, Patriarch!" The four respectfully greeted Ling Cang.
"So Ling Cang still had a trick up his sleeve!" Li Qianzhong and Lan Zhenfeng were even more shocked.
"Besides the Ling Family's people, kill everyone else!" Ling Cang ordered the four people and directly found Li Qianzhong to fight.
Li Xu had already chosen to stand on the Ling Family's side, so he couldn't just sit around and do nothing.
The four middle-aged men went to look for the martial artists of the Li and Lan families.
The Ling Family's advantage had returned.
Ling Mo, who had reached the King level, was like a god of death. Waves of spiritual energy continuously scattered around him. After a while, another two Spirit Masters fell. His killing power was terrifying.
"Everyone, scatter and escape. He can only maintain his strength for fifteen minutes!" Li Shenbao knew the effects of the Burning Spirit Pill and immediately reminded his people.
"Fifteen minutes is enough to kill all of you!" Ling Mo said confidently as he felt his surging strength.
After saying that, Ling Mo flew toward Li Shenbao.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of Li Shenbao. His speed was so fast that it made people speechless.
"Quickly set up the King Killing Formation!" Li Shenbao was shocked and quickly retreated. At the same time, he didn't forget to call for his people to set up the formation.
Unfortunately, it was too late. Ling Yuan and Hu Yi had also arrived. The Ling Family's Spirit Masters were no weaker than the Li and Lan families. The Li Family's Spirit Masters had no chance to set up the formation.
Ling Mo waved both of his hands and two material-like golden spears flew towards Li Shenbao. Their speed was many times faster than the speed of a Spirit Master.
"Ah!"
Li Shenbao couldn't dodge at all. The two golden spears ruthlessly pierced through his chest.
"Old Clan Leader!" The Li Family's people cried out in sorrow.
Li Shenbao covered the blood on his chest and muttered, "I'll fight you to the death!"
Having said that, he also took out a pill and swallowed it without thinking.
The Burning Spirit Pill. It was the Burning Spirit Pill again.
This was a top third rank pill. It was a pill that was rarely seen in Meteor City in a hundred years.
The Spirit Burning Pill could allow any High Spirit Master to break through to the King Level. However, this King Level strength could only be maintained for fifteen minutes. This fifteen minutes was exchanged for ten years of lifespan.
Using the Spirit Burning Pill was equivalent to burning ten years of lifespan to reach the King Level. After fifteen minutes, the person would enter the weakest state and wouldn't be able to recover for half a year. Moreover, they wouldn't have any chance to advance in the future. They could only stop before the High Spirit Master level.
The side effect of this was too great.
If it wasn't a matter of life and death, no one would use it.
There were only two Spirit Burning Pills in the entire Meteor City. They appeared thirty years ago. At that time, Ling Mo's father, who was the previous clan leader of the Ling Family, and the previous clan leader of the Li Family, Li Shenbao, had each bought them at a high price.
Therefore, when Ling Mo took out the Spirit Burning Pill, Li Shenbao immediately recognized the origin of the pill in Ling Mo's hand and could tell its effects.
Now that Ling Mo had reached the King Level, even if it had only been fifteen minutes, it was enough to kill the Spirit Masters of the Li Family and Lan Family. Li Shenbao was also heavily injured. If he couldn't stop Ling Mo, then the Li Family and Lan Family's operation this time would probably fail. Not only that, but they would also have to bear the Ling Family's wrath in the future.
After Li Shenbao took the Spirit Burning Pill, his injuries stopped, and he also reached the King Level.
The clash of two King Level experts turned the Ling Family's inner courtyard into ruins within ruins.
All the Spirit Masters stayed far away, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.
While everyone was fighting to the death, a short black shadow swept toward the Ling Family's Artifact Pavilion.
The Artifact Pavilion, Book Pavilion, and Mystic Skill Pavilion were all in the deepest part of the Ling Family's inner courtyard, so the battle hadn't reached there yet.
"Who is it?" The two Ling Family Spirit Cultivators guarding the Artifact Pavilion exclaimed.
However, just as they exclaimed, the black shadow swept past. Their faces immediately turned black, and they foamed at the mouth. They died on the spot.
This black shadow was Old Ghost, the Poison Master.
Old Ghost blasted open the iron door of the Artifact Pavilion with one palm. He saw that the spacious room was filled with dazzling weapons.
Most of these weapons were ordinary first-stage weapons.
Old Ghost glanced at the weapons here, and without hesitation, he flashed up to the second floor.
The second floor was filled with second-stage weapons, and there were nearly a thousand of them ranging from low-stage to high-stage.
Old Ghost kept flipping through the weapons here, as if he was looking for something.
After searching for a while, he actually caught a glimpse of a black medicine cauldron in a corner.
"Finally found it!" Old Ghost was overjoyed, and immediately grabbed the medicine cauldron.
Swoosh!
Just as Old Ghost grabbed the medicine cauldron, a ray of light suddenly appeared, and actually forced him to take a few steps back.
"There's actually a restriction!" Old Ghost's expression changed slightly, and he took out an iron chain from his waist and swung it at the medicine cauldron.
Boom boom boom!
After a series of explosions, the medicine cauldron's restriction was forcibly destroyed by Old Ghost.
"Haha, got it!" Old Ghost grabbed the medicine cauldron and laughed loudly, then pounced out of the window.
"Who dares to steal the Ling Family's treasure!" A few Ling Family guards exclaimed when they saw Old Ghost's figure.
The Ling Family guards didn't say anything and raised their swords to attack Old Ghost.
Unfortunately, the difference in stage was too big, and it was just a mask.
A few Ling Family guards died on the spot.
"Overestimating yourself!" Old Ghost said disdainfully, then fled out of the Ling Family.
At this moment, Old Ghost felt a wind at the back of his head, and sensed that someone was sneaking up on him. Without thinking, he turned around and blasted out a black fog palm.
"It's you again, you dwarf. If I don't get rid of you today, my surname isn't Ling!"