The Prodigies War-Chapter 2654 Silver Tongue

Using the elders of the Luo Clan’s main lineage as hostages? Far away, Luo Xuanzhen, who had been shaken by Lin Xun’s overwhelming strength, felt his heart jolt violently. His face instantly turned pale.

However, Lin Xun paid no heed to Pei Ru’s threat. With sword in hand, he continued to advance.

Boom!

A ray of sword qi descended like divine judgment, and dao rune symbols erupted across the sky, forming a series of mysterious arrays that blanketed the heavens like a net, blotting out the sun.

With nowhere to run, Pei Ru let out a blood-curdling scream of terror. Then, her defensive power erupted violently, but no matter how desperately she struggled, it was all futile. Instead, she was completely suppressed by the layers upon layers of sword qi.

In an instant, her graceful and slender figure cracked apart and exploded into fragments! The moment her primordial spirit escaped, Lin Xun tore through the void and seized it firmly in his hand.

Seeing this, Luo Chong and the rest of the Luo Clan’s branch lineage almost collapsed. Their limbs turned ice-cold as they stood there dazed, utterly consumed by despair.

By this point in the battle, two Immortals, Yu Huai and He Boyang, had already been slain with overwhelming force. Pei Ru’s final struggle was no more than a mantis trying to stop a chariot. Her body was obliterated and her primordial spirit had been captured alive!

Furthermore, the one who did all this was merely a supreme Emperor Ancestor! It was a feat so shocking and so astonishing that it would shake the world to its core once news spread.

At this moment, the entire Luo Clan fell into utter silence. All eyes turned toward the tall, transcendent figure standing tall beneath the sky, filled with shock and disbelief.

Lin Xun! How could he possibly be this powerful?

“Luo Chong, quickly! Bring those old fossils from the main lineage here. Otherwise, everyone here will die!” Pei Ru, reduced to a primordial spirit and in dire straits, still shrieked in desperation.

Lin Xun’s eyes glimmered with cold disdain, but he said nothing. Nor did he stop her.

“Lin Xun, I’ve already sent people to Feiting Mountain. The elders from the main lineage will be brought here soon. If you keep pushing us, I can’t guarantee their safety.” Luo Chong roared, his face ashen and his eyes bloodshot with fury.

The Luo Clan had suffered a devastating blow today. Everything had happened so abruptly and so violently. In particular, Lin Xun’s terrifying display of power had sent chills down their spines. Luo Chong knew all too well that Pei Ru was right. At this point, the only leverage they had left were the elders of the main lineage!

“Don’t worry. Their safety doesn’t need to be guaranteed by you.” As Lin Xun spoke, his gaze suddenly shifted into the distance, as if he had sensed something.

Moments later, all the Luo Clan members present heard a sudden whooshing sound tearing through the air. They looked up to see a group of figures streaking toward them from the distant horizon. At the very front were five Lin Xun!

The sight left everyone stunned for a moment, before they quickly realized those must be Lin Xun’s clones. However, when they saw the figures following behind the five Lin Xuns, gasps of shock erupted one after another:

“It’s...it’s those old fossils from the main lineage!”

“They’ve been rescued...”

The members of the Luo Clan’s branch lineage looked as if they had been struck by lightning. Frozen in place, they stood in a daze, trembling inwardly. How could they not understand that while this fierce battle raged, Lin Xun’s five clones had set out together and successfully rescued the elders of the main lineage from Feiting Mountain?

“It’s those uncles and ancestors!”

“Grandfather!”

“Great Uncle!”

Luo Xuanzhen and the other main lineage members couldn’t contain their emotions. Excited cries rang out, and some even broke down in tears.

Over countless years, the main lineage had suffered relentless oppression and humiliation, manipulated at will by the branch lineage. All of it had long since festered into deep-rooted resentment and hatred.

Now, seeing the elders of their main lineage finally freed, how could they not be overcome with emotion? Only now did Luo Xuanzhen realize everything that had happened tonight had been under Lin Xun’s control from the very beginning!

“You...you...”

Luo Chong was so overwhelmed with shock and fury that he couldn’t utter a word. His face had turned deathly pale. Now that the elders were no longer hostages, his final leverage had completely crumbled!

In the distance, Lin Xun’s five dao bodies turned into five streams of light and merged back into his main body. In that instant, he also received the memories of the rescue operation at Feiting Mountain.

In truth, the plan had been very simple all along. From the moment tonight’s operation began, Lin Xun split his forces in two groups. His five dao bodies, carrying the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron, rushed to Feiting Mountain to rescue the elders of the Luo Clan’s main lineage.

Meanwhile, his true body came to Cuiyun Peak with the black jade box Mister Lu had entrusted to him. From the very start, Lin Xun had deliberately avoided direct combat with He Boyang and Yu Huai. His goal was to act as bait, luring out Luo Chong, Pei Ru and other high-ranking figures of the Luo Clan’s branch lineage.

This strategy not only allowed him to capture them all in one fell swoop, but also bought precious time for his dao bodies to complete the rescue mission at Feiting Mountain.

Now, only the final stroke of his plan remained!

Lin Xun looked at Pei Ru’s primordial spirit in his grasp and said calmly, “Well then, do you have any last words?”

Ever since Pei Ru saw the elders rescued, she had known that all hope was lost. However, even now, she refused to simply wait for death. With a sharp, piercing voice, she cried, “I am from the Wang Clan of the Eighth Heaven Domain! If you kill me, the Luo Clan will not be able to bear the consequences!”

The Wang Clan!

Most of the Luo Clan cultivators present were unaware of Pei Ru’s true background. They only knew that she had an extraordinary origin, wielded immense power, and held terrifying authority.

Not once, over countless years, had they imagined that she hailed from the Wang Clan!

At that moment, countless expressions changed drastically. Even the main lineage members were shocked and full of disbelief.

The elders of the main lineage wore complicated expressions. Earlier, after Lin Xun rescued them from Feiting Mountain, he had already revealed the truth about Pei Ru, though some remained doubtful.

Now, hearing Pei Ru admit everything with her own mouth, they finally realized just how blind and foolish it had been to agree to let Luo Chong take up the position of clan leader!

After all, Luo Tongtian’s downfall was closely tied to the Ten Immortal Giants of the Eighth Heaven Domain. Furthermore, the Wang Clan wasn’t just one of them, but instead the number one Immortal Giant!

This was well-known throughout the entire Luo Clan. If they had known Pei Ru’s true identity back then, how could they possibly have agreed to let Luo Chong seize power?

“The Wang Clan is the mortal enemy of the Luo Clan. So what if I kill you? I spared your primordial spirit only so you could reveal your identity with your own mouth.” Lin Xun’s voice was cold as ice.

As he spoke, his fingers tightened, and in the blink of an eye, Pei Ru’s primordial spirit collapsed into nothingness. Then, Lin Xun turned to Luo Chong. “Luo Chong, don’t tell me you were unaware of your wife’s origins.”

All eyes shifted to Luo Chong. He stood there, pale and lifeless, like a man struck senseless. After a long silence, he said coldly, “Of course I knew. But what do any of you understand? If I hadn’t taken charge of the Luo Clan, we would’ve been annihilated back when we were in the Seventh Heaven Domain!”

He drew in a deep breath, his gaze sweeping across Lin Xun and the elders of the main lineage. “Although this is all in the past, given how things have developed, it’s time you all know what truly happened back then.

“Back then, when the Omega Lord was besieged by the Ten Immortal Giants and vanished without a trace, they planned to dispatch their forces to the Seventh Heaven Domain to wipe out our Luo Clan. That way, they could completely erase the threat we posed once and for all.

“But I knew their ultimate goal was the treasures of our clan, such as the Grand Abyss Heaven Devourer and the Omega Secret-Realm!

“To protect our Luo Clan from destruction, I swallowed my pride and took the initiative to contact the Wang Clan. I promised to give them everything they desired in the future. My only condition was that they allowed the Luo Clan to survive!”

At those words, many people’s expressions changed. Only Lin Xun remained calm. No matter what Luo Chong said, it would not change what had already been decided.

“The Wang Clan agreed because they didn’t want to share those treasures with the other nine Immortal Giants. Since I cooperated fully, of course they were more than happy to accept.” Luo Chong declared passionately, “Back then it was only because the Wang Clan stepped in that the deadly calamity aimed at our Luo Clan was averted!”

“So you’re the great hero who saved the Luo Clan from ruin?” Lin Xun’s eyes were full of mockery.

Luo Chong replied coldly, “Mock me if you wish, but ever since I took the helm of the Luo Clan, no matter how dire our situation became, the Luo Clan has never been destroyed!”

He paused, swept his gaze across the hall, and said in a deep voice, “I won’t claim I deserve great credit, but ever since I took control of the Luo Clan, have I ever once killed anyone from the clan? Even those elders of your main lineage...I only suppressed and imprisoned them. I have never once dealt a ruthless blow at them!”

A stir rippled through the hall. Even those from the main lineage looked uncertain. Could what he said really be true? Someone couldn’t help but ask, “Even if that’s the case, why did you treat the main lineage the way you did all these years?”

Luo Chong sneered, “If I hadn’t, do you think Pei Ru would have allowed it? Would the Wang Clan have tolerated it? All these years, have you ever considered how much humiliation and condemnation I’ve endured for refusing to hand over the treasures they coveted? There were many times when the Wang Clan had completely lost their patience and nearly wiped our Luo Clan out!”

The hall fell into utter silence. Even the elders of the main lineage were speechless.

Seeing this, Luo Chong continued as though releasing all his pent-up fury, “Without me, all of you, the entire Luo Clan...would have long been dead!”

Many of the elders who had just escaped now looked visibly shaken and uncertain. Clearly, Luo Chong’s words had begun to sway their hearts.

Just then, amidst the heavy silence, Lin Xun slowly clapped his hands. “No wonder you were able to convince the elders of the Luo Clan’s main lineage to let you lead the Luo Clan back then. You really do have a silver tongue. Just a few words and you’ve painted yourself as the selfless, long-suffering hero.”

His applause echoed through the air, sharp, grating and dripping with sarcasm. Many couldn’t help but recall the past.

Back then, when Luo Xiao mysteriously vanished, it was Luo Chong who stood forward with grand promises. He vowed that if he became clan leader, he would revive the Luo Clan’s former glory.

“Even now, you still dare to make excuses!” an elder of the main lineage bellowed, his face twisted with rage. “Luo Chong, do you really think we’d fall for your lies a second time after being fooled by you once?”

Other elders of the main lineage also spoke out angrily, “No matter how silver your tongue is, it won’t change your fate!”

Back then, they were so deceived by Luo Chong that they agreed to let him assume the role of clan leader...