Heroes Return

Holding the Wood Spirit Sword and the Earth Spirit Sword, everyone felt as if they were in a hallucination.

Lin Jie's grandfather, Lin Changping, had his mouth wide open at this moment. As the patriarch who had been in a position of family management for many years, this was the only time he had shown such an expression in recent years.

Lin Shunren was equally shocked, but at this moment his brain was clearly unable to keep up with the situation. Lin Jie himself may not have realized it, but Lin Jie had brought him a great shock.

It's important to understand that the Five Elements Spirit Swords are not merely ordinary divine weapons; they also conceal a shocking secret. Therefore, the value of one sword is completely incomparable to that of three.

Not only was Lin Shunren's thought process utterly baffling, but Lin Shuntian and Lin Shundi were equally confused. Lin Shuntian simply couldn't believe it. Lin Jie had actually managed to produce two more spirit swords! This was no longer just Lin Jie showing off within the family. Then, remembering Lin Jie's formidable strength, Lin Shuntian felt a cold sweat trickle down his face. It seemed Lin Jie was definitely not coming with good intentions this time!

"Damn it! I've been used by this kid!" Lin Shuntian immediately realized this.

At this moment, it was the patriarch who was the first to regain his composure. After crushing a cup into powder, the patriarch's eyes were immediately fixed on Lin Jie.

"Little brother, keep this safe. I didn't have a gift for you when we first met. Since you like this kind of weapon, I'll keep a couple more for you. I'm sure you'll be interested," Lin Jie said to Lin Yingnan.

Lin Yingnan, sitting opposite him, blushed furiously and exclaimed, "You! You! I won't take it! I don't need you to give it to me!"

Seeing Lin Yingnan's expression, Lin Jie assumed he was embarrassed. So he said, "Don't be embarrassed, this is your older brother's good intention! You can switch between these three swords depending on the situation! Besides, these are already beginner equipment for me, completely useless, so use them without worry!"

"Bastard!" Lin Yingnan's face turned ugly in response to Lin Jie's words.

As the most outstanding young generation of the Lin family, Lin Yingnan naturally possessed exceptional insight. Therefore, when Lin Jie produced those two swords, Lin Yingnan immediately recognized them as the same type of spirit sword as the Fire Spirit Sword.

But it was precisely for this reason that Lin Yingnan felt that Lin Jie was clearly humiliating him in a roundabout way! Just like when he had just provoked Lin Jie for taking his treasure.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jie immediately took out two more swords. Moreover, based on Lin Jie's actions just now, Lin Yingnan thought that Lin Jie was saying, "Tch, you treat that like a treasure. I have plenty of swords like this. If you don't believe me, I'll give you two more. Anyway, this trash is useless to me."

Thinking of this, Lin Yingnan couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.

"Ying Nan!" Just as Lin Ying Nan was about to launch a sudden attack on Lin Jie, the patriarch stopped him, saying, "Since your brother means well, then you should accept it! At worst, you can hand it over to the clan for safekeeping."

Hearing the ancestor's words, Lin Yingnan finally calmed down. He hadn't expected that not only had he failed to anger Lin Jie, but he had also been thoroughly humiliated by him. However, he immediately thought of something and said, "Since that's the case, I'll accept your kind offer, brother."

Hmph, these are all genuine swords. Lin Yingnan doesn't believe Lin Jie won't feel the pinch!

With that, Lin Ying smiled and accepted Lin Jie's sword, then respectfully presented the two spirit swords to the Lin family patriarch.

"Alright, let's have a spar." Lin Jie watched as his younger brother handed the spirit sword to the ancestor below before saying to Lin Yingnan, "It's time to see your strength, little brother."

"Wait, Lin Jie, are you really planning to fight Ying Nan like this?" the patriarch suddenly said. "Ying Nan is holding the Fire Spirit Sword. This is very unfair to you."

After Lin Jie produced two more spirit swords, the Lin family patriarch decided not to let Lin Jie be killed or crippled by Lin Yingnan, as it would be a great pity. At this moment, the patriarch had a lot of questions he wanted to ask Lin Jie.

“No problem. Since you've said so, Ancestor, I'll use this to fight my brother.” With that, a bronze ancient sword appeared in Lin Jie's hand, its three-foot-long blade emitting a faint, resonant dragon's roar. In an instant, a cold light flickered faintly around Lin Jie, centered on the entire arena.

If the two swords Lin Jie had previously drawn were like thunderclaps exploding in everyone's hearts, then this sword Lin Jie took out this time was undoubtedly like a nuclear weapon resounding in everyone's minds.

This time, the patriarch was not only not calm, he stood up from his seat!

"This...this...this is the Dragon Abyss Sword!" The patriarch exclaimed in shock, pointing at the sword in Lin Jie's hand.

Upon hearing the words "Dragon Abyss Sword," the spectators were no longer calm; instead, murmurs and noise erupted. How many of them hadn't heard of the Dragon Abyss Sword?

Who exactly is this Lin Jie?! This thought flashed through everyone's mind in an instant. Lin Changping even felt like he could hardly breathe. He never imagined that a grandson who had been living away from home would possess such a valuable treasure.

At this moment, the person with the strangest expression was undoubtedly Lin Shuntian. He had been scheming for so long, but he never expected to be completely outmaneuvered by Lin Jie!

That's the Longyuan Sword! Ou Yezi's famous sword!

Of course, after the shock came greed. At this moment, many people were thinking that since Lin Jie was able to hand over the three peerless swords to his family, did they also have a chance to obtain this ancient and famous sword from Lin Jie?

Moreover, at this time, there were quite a few people who held such greedy thoughts.

Of course, when Lin Jie took out the Dragon Abyss Sword, Lin Yingnan was already close to going berserk. Ever since he met Lin Jie, he felt that he had been humiliated by Lin Jie time and time again.

"Now that brother has a weapon, let's begin!" Lin Yingnan said to Lin Jie. At this moment, he had only one thought: to kill Lin Jie in one strike. In fact, many people in the Lin family hoped that Lin Yingnan could kill Lin Jie in one strike, so that they could openly come up and take the ancient sword from Lin Jie's hand.

"Go, brother!" Mu Mu waved her little fist at Lin Jie from below.

"Brother, are you really okay?" Lin Wan looked at Lin Jie with some worry. In fact, Lin Wan was not stupid. When she saw Lin Yingnan looking at Lin Jie with a distorted expression, she couldn't help but worry that Lin Yingnan might hurt Lin Jie.

"Don't worry, I'm just sparring with my brother, I won't hurt him!" Lin Jie waved his hand and shouted to Lin Wan.

"How boring! Lin Jie!" Zhu Xian'er said at this moment, "Throw away that piece of scrap metal in your hand! Let me do it! If the other party has the same face as you, I'll enjoy hacking away!"

"If I let you go up, you'd kill my brother with a single sword strike!" Lin Jie said. "I won't let someone like you who only knows how to kill fight my brother."

"You'd better think about how you're going to dodge my attack first!" Lin Yingnan said with an unfriendly expression. He had heard clearly what Lin Jie and his sisters had said. What did they mean by 'not hurting him'? Did Lin Jie really think he could defeat a genius like him?

Without waiting for Lin Jie's reaction, Lin Yingnan slashed at Lin Jie with his sword from a distance.

A terrifying sword aura slashed directly towards Lin Jie. Enhanced by the Fire Spirit Sword, the sword aura instantly became incredibly hot. As the sword aura flew towards Lin Jie, the ground along its path burst into flames.

Fortunately, the training ground was not without protective facilities, and the scorching air waves brought by the sword energy were blocked by the protective facilities.

Faced with the incomparably sharp sword intent rushing towards him, Lin Jie made no attempt to dodge.

Lin Jie simply made a slashing motion, and the incomparably powerful fiery sword energy was directly cut in two by Lin Jie's sword, and then disappeared into the air.

Just as Lin Jie shattered the sword energy on his own face with a single strike, Lin Yingnan appeared beside him, and at the same time, the sword in his hand multiplied into seven. They attacked Lin Jie from seven different angles simultaneously.

Each of the seven swords used a different and powerful sword technique, and they subtly formed a sword formation.

"I never imagined that Ying Nan had mastered the Seven Star Sword Formation to such a level, and all by himself. He truly deserves to be called a martial arts prodigy, one in a thousand years!" The Lin family patriarch said with satisfaction as he looked at Lin Ying Nan. "He has only just obtained the Fire Spirit Sword, yet he can already guide the power of the flames within it into his own sword energy. He is truly a promising talent, and he will surely surpass me in the future."

"Even I didn't expect that he would improve so much in such a short time." Lin Changping said with some relief, "It seems that Lin Jie has no chance of defeating him."

As Lin Changping spoke, he casually glanced at the cracking sounds emanating from the protective barriers. The aftershocks of Lin Yingnan's sword energy alone were already nearing the critical point of the entire training ground's defenses—a defense system capable of easily withstanding a city-wide bombardment.

"However, it's already quite impressive that Lin Jie was able to withstand such attacks for so long..." The old ancestor hadn't finished speaking when he couldn't continue.

Suddenly, a long, crimson sword flew through the air, spinning, and landed on the ground not far away.

Lin Yingnan was still in the posture of wielding a sword, but the long sword in his hand had disappeared.

Lin Jie yawned as he stood in front of Lin Yingna: "Little brother, these fancy attacks are so boring. It's better to just gather your strength and slash at me directly. Speaking of which, you can't even hold your sword properly? I only managed to parry once."

Chapter 16

"How is this possible!" Lin Yingnan stared at Lin Jie in shock. He hadn't even seen what had just happened when the sword in his hand vanished in the next moment.

Not only did Lin Yingnan fail to see what happened, but even the Lin family patriarch and Lin Changping, the two most powerful members of the Lin family, couldn't see what was going on.

The entire audience fell into a daze at that moment, and many people rubbed their eyes in disbelief.

"What exactly did he do?" Lin Changping thought with a solemn expression. Could it be that Lin Jie's cultivation had reached a level where even he couldn't see Lin Jie's movements clearly?

Indeed, from the moment Lin Jie took out those swords, everyone knew that his true strength was far greater than his stated battle record. However, that was all; Lin Jie's age was a factor, and his talent was also limited. Otherwise, the Lin family wouldn't have given up on him in the first place.

Therefore, it was absolutely impossible for Lin Changping to believe that Lin Jie's strength had reached a point where even he couldn't see it clearly. He would rather believe that Lin Jie had done something unknown, or that Lin Yingnan had simply slipped up.

"What exactly did he do?" Lin Changping asked, looking at the Lin family patriarch.

"I don't know, he must have made some underhanded move," said the Lin family patriarch. The reason he made this judgment was that he simply did not believe that Lin Jie's strength had reached a level that even he himself could not see clearly. Therefore, he believed that Lin Jie must have made some unknown underhanded move while Lin Yingnan was making his move.

At the same moment, on the stage, Lin Jie said to Lin Yingnan, "Little brother, the nickname for this sword I'm using now is the Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword. How could you possibly use a sword formation that looks like the Big Dipper!"

"What did you say?" Lin Yingnan said in surprise, "You really think my sword formation is such a simple thing? You bastard!"

"Could this sword formation be one of your special skills, little brother?" Lin Jie asked in surprise. "If that's the case, wouldn't my Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword be too unfair?"

Upon hearing Lin Jie's words, Lin Yingnan immediately wanted to slash him a few more times! He was clearly mocking him.

"Hmph!" Lin Yingnan sneered, "Don't think your weapon can really counter my sword formation. My sword formation is not something that simple! You were just lucky just now. Swordsmanship and the sword itself have nothing to do with each other! Let's get down to business from here!"

'My brother is such a tsundere! It seems he's clearly unhappy that I'm using this weapon to bully him.' Lin Yingnan's reaction was exactly how Lin Jie saw it. So Lin Jie said, 'The Dragon Abyss Sword can unleash seven powerful dragon roar sword energies in one strike, which is perfect for countering your Seven Star Sword Formation. Don't worry, your brother is definitely not the kind of person who uses weapons to bully others.'

As he spoke, Lin Jie planted the Longyuan Sword in the ground, and immediately another kitchen knife appeared in his hand.

"I'll use this to fight you. I don't really like bullying people," Lin Jie said, pointing the kitchen knife at Lin Yingnan.

Lin Yingnan stared at the "X Oriental" logo on the kitchen knife, and veins bulged on his forehead. This was no longer just a mockery; in everyone's eyes, Lin Jie's actions were an act of contempt for Lin Yingnan.

"Little brother, let's continue. This shouldn't be considered bullying you," Lin Jie said to Lin Yingnan. "Attack me without worry!!"

"You bastard!!!" Lin Ying shouted angrily, and the temperature of the Fire Spirit Sword he had just picked up instantly rose. At the same time, he rushed towards Lin Jie like a streak of light.

A tremendous power began to gather within the Fire Spirit Sword in his hand. An incomparably powerful aura enveloped everyone present, an aura that seemed to dominate the world. It was like a raging storm, a tidal wave.

With this immense sword intent, Lin Yingnan unleashed a powerful sword strike directly at Lin Jie.

"Not good! He's using the 'Returning Waves to the Sea' technique from the Mountain and Sea Swordplay!" The patriarch recognized the swordplay Lin Yingnan was using at a glance. The protective facilities of the training ground simply couldn't withstand this sword strike! The family members watching would inevitably suffer.

However, it's too fast; there's simply no time for anyone to react.

Feeling the power within Lin Yingnan's sword, Lin Jie couldn't help but frown.

The next second, Lin Yingnan appeared in front of Lin Jie, his long sword slashing straight down towards Lin Jie. At the same time, Lin Jie also raised his kitchen knife to meet Lin Yingnan's sword.

There was no powerful impact as expected, nor any explosion. The protective measures remained intact, and there wasn't even a sound of collision. The entire venue was eerily quiet after the incident.

The gale and waves subsided simultaneously. The powerful sword intent dissipated, and the terrifying sword energy ceased to exist.

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the two people in the arena, and the two weapons clashed together.

As Lin Yingnan wielded the Fire Spirit Sword and slashed down with all his might, he was also shocked to see the kitchen knife blocking his Fire Spirit Sword.

No matter how hard Lin Yingna tried, Lin Jie simply held the kitchen knife against Lin Yingnan's Fire Spirit Sword.

"Little brother, this isn't a good thing to do. You could very well hurt the onlookers!"

Regaining his composure from the shock, Lin Yingnan didn't bother to say anything more to his neighbor. He immediately sheathed his longsword and continued his rapid attack on Lin Jie. This time, his longsword no longer produced seven sword shadows, but fourteen.

At the same time, it launched a frenzied and high-speed attack on Lin Jie.

Watching Lin Jie effortlessly deflect Lin Yingnan's attacks with a kitchen knife on the stage, a series of sharp glints appeared in the eyes of the old ancestor below the stage.

Lin Changping's expression turned serious. He had overestimated Lin Jie's strength as much as he could, but he still found that he had underestimated Lin Jie's power.

The battle continued for over ten minutes. Lin Jie, while using his kitchen knife to parry the attacks of the Fire Spirit Sword, yawned and said, "This is getting boring."

As he spoke, Lin Jie suddenly increased the speed of his cleaver strikes, swaying his body left and right twice, causing Lin Yingnan to miss with both of his sword strikes. The next second, a flash of cold light appeared, and Lin Yingnan's Fire Spirit Sword was once again knocked away by Lin Jie's cleaver.

"What!" Lin Yingnan was shocked as he felt the power emanating from his hand.

“Little brother, you have a weakness,” Lin Jie suddenly said to Lin Yingnan. At this moment, Lin Jie’s finger was already on Lin Yingnan’s face, and then Lin Jie’s finger gently hooked to the side.

Lin Yingnan was sent flying, spinning more than a dozen times in the air before landing on the ground.

"Damn it!" Although he was fine, the feeling of being slapped in the face made Lin Yingnan very uncomfortable.

This time, Lin Yingnan didn't even bother picking up his sword, instead unleashing a powerful sword aura towards Lin Jie. His fist was also enveloped in a strong blue energy as he punched directly at Lin Jie.

Before the fist arrived, the wind came first. By the time the fist arrived, it was useless. Using the Fire Spirit Sword, which wasn't well-suited to his attributes, Lin Yingnan seemed unlikely to defeat Lin Jie. It was time for Lin Yingnan to consider Lin Jie an equal in strength, so he simply abandoned the Fire Spirit Sword and launched a direct attack on Lin Jie with his fists.

Lin Yingnan believed that he had practiced the family's best martial arts techniques since childhood. He simply couldn't believe that Lin Jie, who had grown up away from home, could be stronger than him.