Chapter 1383: Chapter 1378: Faking It? (Part 1)

No matter whether they could outlast him or not, they already had no way out.

After seeing Lin Xi’s speed, they knew that if he refused to let them go, there was absolutely no way they could escape.

Rather than that!

They might as well stake it all on a desperate fight!

At least, maybe there was still some hope.

At the same time, they were thinking just like that guy from before.

Could his True Qi really last longer than the ten of them put together?

You had to know, he’d already fought three of them, his True Qi must have been burned up quite a lot by now.

After all, those were three Innate experts, not some nameless small fry!

Even for a Mid Innate Stage expert, their True Qi would have been greatly depleted.

Next moment, the seven who’d made up their minds joined forces once more to attack Lin Xi.

Lin Xi grinned. "Now that’s more like it!"

"Now you finally count as men!"

"Oh wait, no—you count as a bunch of old geezers who at least have some backbone!"

In an instant, the seven of them were tangled up in a chaotic melee.

Because they’d heard Lin Xi’s words, the seven grew even more furious.

Old geezers at death’s door?

Death your damn sister!

And where the hell do we look old?

They were clearly still in their prime, all right?

How did it turn into "on their last legs"?

That had absolutely nothing to do with them.

You had to know, in this lifetime they could easily live another fifty years.

Most people probably wouldn’t even live that long!

In reality, Lin Xi had indeed burned up quite a lot of True Qi.

Mm, he did a quick calculation—about forty percent.

Which meant he still had sixty percent left.

No, wait. He shook his head.

Right now he had eighty percent.

Mm, he’d recovered.

This was also why each time he knocked down an Innate, he didn’t immediately go on the offensive again.

Instead he quietly recovered.

If the Innates of the ten great families knew about this, they would definitely be rage-crying.

For fuck’s sake, they’d been out on the jianghu for so many years.

And they actually gave the enemy time to recover.

It was just that, strictly speaking, you couldn’t really blame them.

In this era where the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi was exhausted, someone like Lin Xi who could fight while recovering was basically a pipe dream, or downright impossible.

But who could’ve known!

Lin Xi had the Jade Pendant Space, and on top of that he had a heaven-defying Cultivation Technique.

For him, the one thing he’d never be short of in his future life was Spiritual Qi.

Though he was constantly replenishing himself now and didn’t need to worry too much about Spiritual Qi...

But still, seven Innate experts who’d gone completely berserk...

Even he found it a bit of a headache.

After all, he himself was only at the Early Innate Stage.

Mm, young people these days really have it tough!

He couldn’t help sighing once.

And his words, when they entered the ears of the seven Innate experts, felt downright piercing, stabbing straight into their hearts. Even though they’d weathered every storm imaginable, this kind of young man was a first for them.

It was just that, to their helpless frustration, Lin Xi once again turned into a slippery eel.

They couldn’t get a proper handle on him at all; at most they could brush the corner of his clothes.

And every now and then he’d harass them with a sneak attack.

Gradually, the injuries on their bodies kept piling up.

While Lin Xi had only suffered a few superficial scratches.

Those scratches were because he’d gotten too cocky just now and one of them managed to graze him by pure accident.

The seven did consider splitting up a few men to go deal with the Shangguan family.

But the instant they had that thought...

Those people would immediately suffer Lin Xi’s fierce attacks, with zero chance given.

After a while, Lin Xi dodged past them once more, clapped his hands and said, "All right!"

"I’m done playing with you!"

Before they could figure out what he meant...

They saw the man beside them sent flying, like a torn sack stuffed with sand.

Right after, in just a few moves, another one was sent flying.

"....."

"How the hell is this still human?"

The remaining five Innates were on the verge of despair.

They couldn’t escape!

They couldn’t win!

Right now they were like penned-in goats, lining up to be slaughtered.

In truth, that was exactly the case.

In less than a minute, the remaining five Innates were all knocked to the ground.

Looking across, the eight of them lay there quietly on the ground.

Life or death unknown!

But from what could be sensed, their injuries were definitely extremely serious.

At this moment, Lin Xi was also bracing his hands on his knees, gasping for breath.

To be honest, he was tired too.

After all, those were ten seasoned Innate veterans.

If this had been right after he’d just broken through, and they’d fought at that time, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to beat them.

It was just that Lin Xi’s current appearance...

Looked like he was on the verge of collapsing.

Whatever battle strength he had left must be next to nothing, right?

As for the dozen or so Kings of Soldiers who were still standing, supporting two Innates...

Right now they didn’t dare make a sound.

They were completely scared stiff.

The Innate Elders of their own families lying there on the ground—they didn’t even dare go help them up.

Afraid that they’d anger Lin Xi and bring death down on themselves.

If you asked whether anyone had the thought of taking advantage of Lin Xi’s current state to make a move...

You could say, absolutely none.

No matter whether Lin Xi was really this worn out or just pretending, whether he still had some fighting strength or none left...

They didn’t dare provoke him.

They really couldn’t risk their lives on a gamble.

Besides, their courage had already been scared to pieces.

The people of the Shangguan family were indeed in utter disbelief. Only after quite a while did joy finally show on their faces.

Then they all leapt up, celebrating together.

"Carry your trash and get lost!" Lin Xi said between gasps.

Those Kings of Soldiers immediately located their own Elders, picked them up, and prepared to run.

Only, just as they were about to run off, Lin Xi called out to stop them.

"Right, each family will compensate one billion!" he said. "My card number is xsxxxxxxd!"

"If I don’t receive it, then things won’t end like they did today!"

The ten great families nodded at once, their faces once more showing questioning looks.

Lin Xi irritably waved his hand. "Get lost!"

"If you don’t get lost now, I’m really going to collapse!"

As soon as he said that, someone’s eyes flashed a few times.

As if they were tempted to take a shot.

Only, when they glanced sideways at the four Innates of the Shangguan family, that little bit of hope in their hearts was instantly snuffed out.

Given the current situation, they didn’t have a single Innate left.

So even if the Shangguan family’s Innates weren’t fully stable in their realms yet, and even had some injuries on them...

Any one Innate, even the weakest of them, was beyond what they could handle.

You could say, enough to suppress these ten-plus veteran, powerful Kings of Soldiers.

Mm, among Kings of Soldiers.

Besides, was this guy really that weak?

Logically speaking, he should be!

It was just... why did they not believe it at all, deep down?

Once they left, the weakness on Lin Xi’s face disappeared in an instant.

His hands left his knees.

His whole body stood up straight.

As if he hadn’t just fought ten Innates at all.

"You were acting?"

Shangguan Nishang, who’d been about to come help Lin Xi, asked in a low voice.

Lin Xi smiled. "Of course."

"A few old fools who don’t know their limits—why would I need to waste any effort?"

That was how he put it.

The people of the Shangguan family, including the four Grand Elders, all started clapping for Lin Xi, giving him their highest respect.

Their expression was absolutely sincere.

Lin Xi even felt that if he asked Shangguan Nishang to become his wife right now...

The Shangguan family would probably start clapping in agreement all over again.

He shook his head.

No, even if he hadn’t repelled the ten great families...

With his strength, if he wanted to marry Shangguan Nishang, the Shangguan family wouldn’t object anyway.

It’s just that they wouldn’t be this enthusiastic and grateful.

"Got any water?" Lin Xi asked, seeing the Shangguan people still in a daze.

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