Lin Xuan’s threat was very effective. Hei Chen immediately made everyone halt their attacks. The black clouds spread across the area were instantly pulled back, leaving nothing at all.
The entire space brightened. The oppressive feeling from the black clouds vanished, and everything suddenly felt open and clear.
"Lin Xuan, you absolutely can’t do this! If you get caught, it’ll be a fate worse than death!" Bingxin said with a grim expression. If Lin Xuan were to be captured, the consequences would be unimaginable. The Black Dragon Race would become powerful because of this King Grade Bloodline, making them even more difficult to handle.
Besides, she didn’t want to see Lin Xuan get caught. If they took him, he would never be able to return.
"Lin Xuan, don’t do this. I know you’re worried about me, but this is our only option. You have to understand the meaning of necessary sacrifice..." the Fox King urged. "Besides, the Ice and Snow Tower needs you. Without you, its Tower Master, it will collapse."
"It won’t. Before I left, I already made Yue’Er the Tower Master. You don’t need to worry about that..." Lin Xuan said with a calm smile. The position of Tower Master could be transferred freely, so he had given it to Liu Yue’Er before he came out, making himself the Vice Tower Master.
This left them stunned. They truly hadn’t expected Lin Xuan to give up the position of Tower Master. Not that it was out of character for him. Liu Yue’Er was one of the people he trusted most, so what did it matter if he gave the position to her?
"That’s not the point! You have to go back!" As the Fox King moved to grab Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan quickly backed away, getting closer and closer to the Endless Abyss. The nearer he got, the more it felt like his Elemental Power was dissipating, making it impossible to summon much of it.
This startled the Fox King into stopping. It also scared the surrounding members of the Demon Race, who had been hoping to rush him, into halting their advance. A few more steps back, and Lin Xuan would fall.
"Don’t come any closer! I’ll jump if anyone moves, and I don’t care who it is!" Lin Xuan’s gaze turned cold. No one’s persuasion would work.
"Don’t move! We aren’t moving! We haven’t moved at all!" Hei Chen shouted in frustration. ’It was the Fox King’s group that moved, not me!’
If Lin Xuan was actually forced to jump, Hei Chen would be beyond devastated.
"Let them leave first. Now!" Lin Xuan gestured for Hei Chen to clear a path, his sharp gaze signaling the members of the Black Dragon Race to move aside. The threat was immediately effective.
Hei Chen immediately motioned for his people to move aside, completely opening up a path and breaking the encirclement. ’In truth, even if Lin Xuan escapes with them, we can just surround them again right away.’
"Go! Leave right now!" Lin Xuan urged Bingxin and the others to leave at once. His group was covered in wounds; if they didn’t flee now, they would truly be trapped here.
Bingxin’s expression was grim, but when she saw the unwavering resolve in Lin Xuan’s eyes, her own eyes reddened slightly. She turned, bit her lip, and said, "Let’s go. We’re leaving!"
Jin Wei was silent. They were all silent. They all knew Lin Xuan’s personality. Once he made a decision, he would never change it! Especially at such a critical moment, his words were undoubtedly true. If they didn’t escape now, they would really lose their chance.
Then, Bingxin led her people and flew swiftly into the distance, leaving Lin Xuan behind. The moment they escaped the encirclement, the Black Dragon Race members closed in again. They surrounded him so tightly, inside and out, that it was impenetrable. Lin Xuan truly couldn’t have escaped even if he’d sprouted wings. A single order and he would be captured.
"Don’t move!" Lin Xuan said coldly. "Stay right where you are. We’ll talk in a few Hours. If any of you make a wrong move, I’ll jump immediately!"
Hei Chen’s face was livid, but he was helpless. The Endless Abyss, which should have been a dead end, had instead become the key to Lin Xuan’s threat against them.
There was no way they would let a King Grade Bloodline go. If they knew Lin Xuan possessed a dual King Grade Bloodline, who knows how much crazier they would become.
Under Lin Xuan’s threat, they really did just stand there foolishly and wait for several Hours, staring blankly at one another, not daring to inch any closer.
"Several Hours have passed. Can we move now?" Hei Chen asked, sounding helpless. By now, even if they gave chase, they wouldn’t be able to catch up. Bingxin’s group was too fast, and they had too much of a head start. The time gap was simply too large.
"No. Keep waiting." Lin Xuan simply sat down in a meditative posture and amended his terms, "It’s over when I say it’s over. Until I give the word, none of you are to move a muscle!"
This time, Lin Xuan was even stricter. He was completely leveraging the King Grade Bloodline within him, acting without any restraint.
Hei Chen was fuming with rage but had no choice but to obey. He could only grit his teeth and wait with Lin Xuan. No matter how fast they were, they couldn’t be faster than Lin Xuan taking a single step backward.
The moment Lin Xuan stepped back, he would fall into the Endless Abyss. So Hei Chen could only grit his teeth and watch, not daring to approach.
Time passed quickly. After a full day, Lin Xuan finally stood up and said with a faint smile, "That should be about enough time. You can come capture me now. I choose to surrender!"
Hearing this, Hei Chen was ecstatic. He immediately signaled for the others to go and seize Lin Xuan. But before his men could even be dispatched, a terrifying ball of Flame was suddenly thrown from Lin Xuan’s hand, hurtling toward the crowd of the Demon Race.
"Phoenix Divine Identification Technique, Heaven-Burning!"
Lin Xuan let out a low roar and clenched his fist at the air. BOOM! The fireball instantly exploded, rapidly expanding in all directions. The sudden attack sent the few approaching members of the Demon Race flying. Though they weren’t seriously injured, they were still singed.
"You brat! You went back on your word! Seize him!" Hei Chen roared, personally flying forward at top speed, intending to capture Lin Xuan himself.
"Keep my word to scum like you? Did you really think you could trust me?" Lin Xuan sneered. Then, without the slightest hesitation, he turned and leaped into the Endless Abyss!
This scene made Hei Chen, who had just rushed forward to grab Lin Xuan, freeze in mid-air. He stared dumbfounded as Lin Xuan vanished into the abyss before him. In fact, every member of the Demon Race was stunned. They had considered the possibility that Lin Xuan might jump, but they never truly believed he would actually do it. This meant all their efforts had been for nothing.
"ARGH! BASTARD!" Hei Chen bellowed, his unwilling roar echoing across the heavens. After all that effort, it had all been for nothing.
The crucial part was that they had waited there like idiots, clinging to whatever sliver of hope they could. Only now did they finally realize that Lin Xuan had planned to jump all along. They had just been foolish enough to believe he would actually choose to surrender.
If he had been more ruthless, he might have lost Lin Xuan, but at least he could have wiped out the Golden Dragon Race. In the end, however, Hei Chen couldn’t bring himself to do it. The King Grade Bloodline was the top priority!
Now, it was all for naught, like trying to draw water with a bamboo basket. He had gained absolutely nothing.