Invincible Dad-Chapter 676: Waiting until Autumn Comes, September 8 - 1

Chapter 676: Chapter 676: Waiting until Autumn Comes, September 8 - 1

It was no wonder Lin Xuzhi was so arrogant.

Even the strategist Tan Chang was greatly shocked, sensing that Senior Xu Lai might have finally met his match. The sheer pressure emanating from his opponent was terrifying.

"Xu Lai, do you dare to fight me?" Lin Xuzhi bellowed once more, his aura surging like a magnificent rainbow.

BOOM! RUMBLE!

The sky filled with dark clouds as thunder cracked, and countless bolts of lightning snaked through them. Lin Xuzhi had actually triggered a phenomenon of heaven and earth. To be precise, it was the Innate Red Gold that had triggered it.

Xu Lai sighed softly. What a shame. For a treasure like Innate Red Gold to be forged into a sword and a suit of armor... truly a blasphemous waste of a divine object.

Qian Xiao, however, was staring at Lin Xuzhi with bright eyes.

Xu Lai raised an eyebrow. "You like it?"

"Mhm, mhm, mhm." Qian Xiao nodded repeatedly, his adoration completely undisguised. "It’s so cool! I can’t take my eyes off it."

Yiyi: "..."

Tan Chang silently took two steps back. He hadn’t expected that Qian Xiao, at such a young age, would be into men. Could his past affection for Xu Yiyi have been a disguise for his true preferences? Kids these days... they’re truly terrifying!

Qian Xiao, still unaware that he had been misunderstood, wiped his drool and said, "Uncle Xu, look at how perfect that Golden Armor is! Doesn’t it make you want to compose a poem?"

"Not really."

"When autumn comes on the eighth of September, after my flower blooms, a hundred others are slain. A heavenly fragrance permeates Chang’an, the entire city adorned in Golden Armor." Qian Xiao recited, shaking his head. His childish voice was filled with urgency as he asked, "Did you steal that Golden Armor from the city?"

"???"

Question marks practically floated above Lin Xuzhi’s head. The Golden Armor he wore and the Golden Sword he wielded were treasures of the Yunxiao Sect, their heritage so ancient it could no longer be traced. How could they possibly be stolen goods? This kid’s nonsensical babbling was completely baffling.

"Very well," Xu Lai said calmly. "Since we’ve met, it must be fate. If you like them, I’ll give them to you."

Lin Xuzhi sneered, "Give them to me? Xu Lai, your Boundary is at the peak of the Nascent Soul realm at most. Even if you were a Half-Step to Becoming A God, I wouldn’t fear you. And you want to steal my Magical Treasures?"

He gripped the Golden Sword tightly and roared, "Watch me slay you within three moves!"

Xu Lai shook his head. A frog in a well thinks the patch of sky it sees is the entire world, oblivious to the truth that there are heavens beyond the heavens, and people far greater than oneself.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

A series of sonic booms echoed through the air as the space along Lin Xuzhi’s path shattered. His figure was too fast to be tracked by the naked eye; only flickering afterimages remained in the air as he lunged toward Xu Lai, sword raised to strike.

This sword technique was named Sky Breaker. A single slash could shatter the heavens and split the earth. It was the Yunxiao Sect’s ultimate sword technique, unlearnable by anyone below the Golden Core realm. With his astonishing talent, it had taken Lin Xuzhi a full sixty years to master it. Paired with the two great treasures of the Yunxiao Sect, this sword could slay even a Nascent Soul!

"Is this all you’ve got?" Xu Lai sounded somewhat disappointed. "Such treasures are truly collecting dust in your hands."

He didn’t even make a move. The Golden Sword, still gripped in Lin Xuzhi’s hand, suddenly let out a mournful cry. It tore itself from his grasp, transforming into a streak of light that flew before Xu Lai. The blade dipped low, exuding an air of jubilant joy, fawning over him like a child before its parents. The hilt trembled continuously, seemingly begging for Xu Lai to take hold of it.

But Xu Lai never did.

He gazed at it calmly, and the Golden Sword began to tremble violently with fear. It then gradually grew still, finally hovering silently ten meters away from him.

PFFT!

Lin Xuzhi plummeted from the sky, crashing heavily to the ground. His sword technique had been forcibly interrupted, and the resulting backlash caused him to spit out a mouthful of his core Essence Blood.

At this moment, the Golden Core Cultivator from the Yunxiao Sect stared in disbelief at the Golden Sword flying cheerfully before Xu Lai.

Ever since the founding of the Yunxiao Sect, the Golden Sword and Golden Armor had been venerated in the sect’s ancestral grounds. Ancestral decrees stated they were not to be brought out unless the sect was facing imminent destruction. In the sect’s thousand-plus-year history, the sword had been used no more than twice. Had the old Sect Master not died and the Moon King’s clone—disguised as Li Qingzhou—not come to the Yunxiao Sect to change the rules, he would have had no right to use these two sect treasures.

But the Golden Sword, which the Yunxiao Sect had nourished for a thousand years, had betrayed him, taking the initiative to show goodwill to Xu Lai. What made him even angrier was that Xu Lai simply disdained to even hold the sword!

To have something he considered a priceless treasure be scorned by another, Lin Xuzhi couldn’t help but roar, "Xu Lai, you’re despicable! You don’t dare fight me honorably, so you resort to these underhanded tricks!"

At that moment, Lin Xuzhi did not know that the Innate Red Gold was an extraordinary treasure. Once forged into a sword, it had long since gained a spirit of its own. This was its own choice. It was a simple case of a fine bird choosing a better tree to perch on.

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!

The tip of the Golden Sword pointed directly at Lin Xuzhi, a wave of killing intent flooding the air as if it were displeased by the disrespect in his words.

"Insolence!" Lin Xuzhi raged.

He extended his Divine Sense to wrest back control of the Golden Sword, only to feel the Golden Armor on his body slide off on its own.

Clearly, no one was controlling it, yet the Golden Armor moved as if it were a person. It even took hold of the Golden Sword and faced Lin Xuzhi, the tip of the blade lowered.

Tan Chang: "..."

Qian Xiao: "..."

Yiyi: "..."

The three of them felt their scalps tingle. They had no idea what was happening. In the space of a few breaths, the two great treasures that had so dramatically enhanced Lin Xuzhi’s power had both turned on him. It was something they had never seen or even heard of.

Lin Xuzhi was dumbfounded as well. At first, he was baffled by the situation, but now he was beginning to realize the terrifying possibility. Could it be that Xu Lai’s power was so immense that it frightened the two weapons into instant betrayal? If that’s the case, then Xu Lai’s Boundary is likely not Nascent Soul, nor even Divinity Transformation, but above it! If not... that would mean Xu Lai’s methods are so terrifying he can silently control treasures that the Yunxiao Sect has spent over a thousand years refining and nurturing.

Either possibility terrified Lin Xuzhi, leaving him in a dilemma. Without the aid of his treasures and suffering from the backlash, he knew he couldn’t win a fight. Escape was also impossible.

What should I do... Lin Xuzhi’s mind raced, desperately trying to devise a foolproof plan. Otherwise, he would die here today.

"Didn’t you say you’d kill Uncle Xu within three moves?" Qian Xiao asked earnestly. "You still have two moves left. I’m keeping count for you. Please, begin your performance."

Damn it! Lin Xuzhi silently cursed. Whose insufferable brat is this? Why is he so obnoxious?

As the trusted confidant of the Yunxiao Sect’s Master and a Half-step Nascent Soul expert, Lin Xuzhi still had his pride. And so, he spoke. "Senior Xu Lai, I, Lin Xuzhi, am willing to offer my Soul Blood and become your servant."

Lin Xuzhi dropped to his knees, begging for mercy. "I know all the secrets of the Yunxiao Sect and have information on the Moon Clan. I’ll tell you everything, as long as you spare my life."

However, a flicker of venomous hatred was hidden deep in his eyes. Clearly, Lin Xuzhi’s surrender was not sincere but a desperate choice forced by his circumstances.

Xu Lai said nothing. He simply picked Yiyi up in his arms and turned to leave.

Lin Xuzhi was bewildered. Did that mean he accepts me, or not?

Just as he was about to ask, a golden light flashed, and Lin Xuzhi’s world instantly went dark.