The shuttle in the second dimension

　Lin Xuan's undisguised and even deliberately full-strength aura certainly wouldn't go unnoticed. On the contrary, the aura he released made him stand out like a bright light in the darkness. Almost the moment he released his aura, his presence was discovered by the people from the [Alliance] in the mine.

　“Who is it!!!” Suddenly, a loud shout was heard in the mine.

　Listening to the sound that he had heard more than once, Lin Xuan's mouth slowly opened up, and then a long roar sounded from his mouth. At the same time, the sound of a sharp blade being unsheathed resounded throughout the area where the mine was located.

　The next moment, a huge black sword energy cut through the void and fell towards the people who were driven out of the mining development site. Just when the huge sword energy was about to fall on the people who were driven out, a violent shock sound suddenly sounded, and then a terrifying shock wave crashed towards the black sword energy wielded by Lin Xuan.

　boom--

　Two different forces collided with each other, and then from the center of the collision, a powerful shock wave suddenly swept around, directly lifting up the gravel and debris on the ground.

　"Not bad, it seems that you have made some progress this year, Melik——" Looking at the 'familiar' figure not far away, Lin Xuan not only did not have any negative emotions because of his fruitless attack, but the arc of his mouth widened even more.

　Meanwhile, when Michael saw the pure white mask on Lin Xuan's face, his expression darkened. He would never forget that pure white mask, and even more so, the pitch-black blade energy brimming with destructive power.

　"【Butcher】!!!!" Staring at Lin Xuan, Michael said gritting his teeth.

　"Oh, I didn't expect you still remember me, Michael. Hmm!? Where are Charles and George? They should also be stationed in this mine, why haven't they come out yet?" As he spoke, Lin Xuan looked around a few times, as if he was looking for the Charles and George he mentioned.

　"I don't need them to kill you. I can do it alone." With his eyes wide open in anger, Malik walked towards Lin Xuan with a huge hammer in his hand.

　"Ha!? Melik, you must have eaten something wrong today and your brain is damaged, right?" Lin Xuan sneered as if he heard a joke and ridiculed Melik.

　"Back then, I was in poor condition, and you needed several of us to have the confidence to face me. Now I'm in excellent condition, and you're telling me you can kill me by yourself. This joke is really hilarious."

　"Hmph! There's no point in talking too much. Let's see what we're really made of." With a cold snort, Malik swung the huge hammer in his hand and smashed it down hard at Lin Xuan.

　However, just as Malik finished his words, Lin Xuan suddenly appeared in front of him, and the [Destroy] in his hand turned into a black light and fell on Malik before he could react.

　The next moment, scarlet blood splashed out from Michael's chest and fell on Lin Xuan's pure white mask, painting many blood flowers on it, making it even more weird.

　Just when Lin Xuan wanted to take the opportunity to slash again, the chill coming from behind him made him stop his plan to pursue, and then slashed behind him.

　However, the silent knife only left a shadow.

　"It's you, George." Lin Xuan said playfully as he looked at George who appeared not far away.

　"It seems that not trying my best to keep you and letting you escape is really the biggest mistake I have ever made." George whispered, narrowing his eyes filled with gloom.

　"Yes, your biggest mistake was not trying your best to keep me here." Not caring about George's gloomy eyes at all, Lin Xuan chuckled as if he was talking about something insignificant.

　"【Broken Blade】" As Lin Xuan whispered, a huge destructive force began to surge out frantically from the sword and scabbard of 【Destroy】. When the surging destructive force reached a level that could cover Lin Xuan's body, the destructive force suddenly shrank and was all compressed on the surface of the sword and scabbard.

　"It's been a year, and it's time for you to pay the price for your mistakes." With a smile, Lin Xuan turned the scabbard in his left hand and swung it violently behind him. In an instant, the wind pressure generated by Lin Xuan swinging the scabbard directly tore the ground, forming a hideous knife mark, and next to this knife mark, stood a man holding a cross sword.

　"Is that so, Charles?" Lin Xuan smiled as he glanced at the man holding the cross sword.

　"I'm sorry, I can't agree with your idea. I think it's time to make up for the mistake we made a year ago." Looking at Lin Xuan, Charles shook his head and denied it.

　"Oh, really." In fact, Lin Xuan did not look down on Charles and the others as he had imagined. A year ago, except for Mort, the madman, and himself, the others could be said to have not given their full strength. After all, with the knife-cutting skills of Kribi and Mort that could kill both of them, they did not dare to get too close to Lin Xuan, for fear of being dragged down with him before his death, which would be a loss. As for the one who provided remote support, he was just paddling the whole time. Perhaps he did not expect that Lin Xuan could escape from the hands of the three of Michael in that state.

　"Let me see you give it your all this time. Let me see how you're going to make up for your mistakes."

　After hearing Lin Xuan's words, Charles did not continue talking to Lin Xuan, but responded to Lin Xuan with actions.

　Charles stepped heavily with his right foot and rushed directly towards Lin Xuan. As he rushed, the magic power in his body began to boil. As the magic power boiled, a dazzling pure white light with a hint of gold bloomed from the cross sword in his hand, making the cross sword in his hand seem to have an extra layer of pure white coat.

　Facing Charles' attack, Lin Xuan also moved. The knife wrapped in the power of destruction drew an unfathomable trajectory at a speed that could not be detected by the naked eye and fell towards Charles. However, just as the blade wrapped in the power of destruction was about to fall on Charles, it was intercepted by the cross sword wrapped in pure white light in his hand.

　Chi chi chi——

　When the dark destructive force collided with the unknown pure white light, it was like water meeting fire. Both sides began to destroy each other, as if they would not stop until the other was destroyed.

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　Chi chi chi——

　The two different powers of pure white and black erode each other, as if there is a deep blood feud between them.

　"Hmph! This is such an uncomfortable power." Muttering, Lin Xuan turned his left hand and used the scabbard to protect his back, blocking the dagger that was piercing his vital points from behind.

　"George, your assassination is more than just this, right?" Chuckling, Lin Xuan exerted force with both hands, using his sword and sheath to knock Charles's cross sword and George's dagger away respectively. Then, with a swivel, he lashed out with his taut left leg towards George's face. The force contained in that kick was so powerful, one could imagine that if it had landed solidly, George's ordinary face would have been distorted, and even his head wouldn't have been out of place.

　Unfortunately, when Lin Xuan pulled his right leg away, he found that it was still just an afterimage of George.

　"You run pretty fast--" Lin Xuan chuckled and was about to turn his body to chop Charles again, but at this moment, a shock force that Lin Xuan could not ignore came towards him.

　"Have you taken care of your injuries?" Lin Xuan muttered to himself as he changed the direction of his sword. The next moment, a dark torrent surged from the dark blade, rushing towards the oncoming vibration force.

　The pitch-black torrent directly broke through the vibrating force and attacked the source of the vibrating force, which was Malik.

　At this moment, Charles moved, his entire body enveloped in a pure white light tinged with gold, emitting a holy radiance. Charles didn't attack Lin Xuan, but instead came in front of Michael, seemingly to block the dark torrent that Lin Xuan had unleashed.

　In fact, Charles did so. When he appeared in front of Melik, a huge transparent shield emitting pure white light appeared in front of him, blocking the dark torrent that was about to attack Melik. At the same time, if you pay attention, you will find that the pure white light shield is blocking the dark torrent while also eroding the dark torrent.

　"I've always wondered what that pure white power was. Ordinary powers would only be destroyed by the power of destruction, but that power could even corrode the power of destruction?" Lin Xuan pondered this, a look of curiosity crossing his face.

　"I want to see how much destructive power you can withstand." Lin Xuan murmured, and jumped back a step. The knife in his hand returned to its sheath at some point.

　boom--

　A huge amount of magic power surged from Lin Xuan's body towards [Destruction]. The huge amount of magic power directly disrupted the airflow around Lin Xuan. The space around [Destruction] even rippled slightly, as if the power in [Destruction] had made the space unable to bear it.

　Elsewhere, Charles and Michael frowned, seemingly sensing the terrifying power of Lin Xuan's [Destroy]. Even more acutely than the others was George, lurking not far from Lin Xuan. As an assassin, he was extremely sensitive to danger. It was precisely because of this that he felt the danger from [Destroy] terrified him. This was also why he didn't take advantage of the moment when Lin Xuan sheathed his blade to attack him. He felt that the sheathed blade gave him an even more dangerous feeling.

　At this moment, he also heard a whisper that made his hair stand on end.

　"It feels very sharp~~~George."

　"This guy was just trying to trick me into making a move!" Suppressing the fear in his heart, George continued to lie dormant. He was waiting for the chance to strike and give Lin Xuan a fatal blow.

　"Did you notice it? What a pity." After not being able to detect George's breath at all, Lin Xuan sighed in his heart.

　In fact, only a little over a second had passed from the time he jumped back to now. In such a short time, Charles, who had just blocked his attack, was too late, and Michael behind Charles was also too late. The only one who had time to attack him in this second was George, who was hiding not far away from him and waiting for an opportunity.

　Originally, Lin Xuan wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of George first, but George seemed to sense the danger from his actions and did not take action... This forced Lin Xuan to give up this idea and think about dealing with Charles and Michael.

　"【Destroying Blade】" As Lin Xuan whispered, 【Destroying Blade】 was unsheathed.

　At this moment, a pitch-black light that seemed to be able to destroy everything bloomed as [Destruction] was unsheathed. Following that light was a crescent-shaped sword energy emitting terrifying power.

　The dark crescent-shaped blade energy instantly crossed the distance between Lin Xuan and Charles, and Charles' light shield that could block the dark torrent swung by Lin Xuan was cut open without any hindrance in front of the blade energy.

　The moment the dark crescent blade energy came into contact with the light shield, Charles understood that the light shield could definitely not block the blade energy. So, at that time, he called out to Michael and retreated frantically. As he retreated, the magic power in his body boiled again.

　"Holy Wall!" Charles shouted, and the cross sword in his hand suddenly released a pure white power, which instantly formed a holy and ancient wall. Just as the wall was completed, the dark crescent-shaped blade arrived.

　The next moment, the pitch-black blade energy collided fiercely with the pure white wall.

　click-

　At the moment of impact, the pure white wall made a crisp shattering sound. At the same time, cracks continued to spread from the place where it came into contact with the dark sword energy. After a while, the pure white wall that Charles had hastily constructed was shattered by the sword energy, and the sword energy, which had lost its interception, continued to move towards Charles and Michael.

　"Oh no!" Charles had known since the moment he constructed the Holy Wall that it had been hastily erected that it wouldn't be able to withstand the blade's energy. He hadn't anticipated its vulnerability to the force of the blade's energy. Charles' thoughts raced frantically, trying to figure out how to block it. At that moment, he felt a force on his shoulder, pulling him back.

　As his sight continued to move backward, Charles saw the burly figure standing in front of him.

　"Malek!!"

Chapter 2: Fierce Battle

　"Malek!!"

　boom--

　Following Charles's shout was a huge roar. With this roar, a cloud of smoke spread out, covering up Malik's figure, making it difficult to see what happened to him.

　But after a while, the coughing sound coming from the smoke and dust made Lin Xuan and others realize that Michael was not dead.

　"Not bad~~~ You were able to withstand the compressed [Extinction Blade] in such a hurry," Lin Xuan said playfully, raising an eyebrow slightly. Unlike his usual [Extinction Blade], the [Extinction Blade] Lin Xuan unleashed this time utilized the properties of the scabbard to compress the immense destructive force, allowing it to unleash even more terrifying power than usual. Even though Charles's interception had reduced its power considerably, the remaining power and its properties meant that not everyone could hastily withstand it.

　While laughing, Lin Xuan put [Zhanmie] back into the sheath again. Just when the blade of [Zhanmie] was about to enter the sheath, a cold light suddenly appeared behind Lin Xuan.

　George, who was hiding nearby and waiting for an opportunity, finally made his move. He took advantage of the moment when [Destruction] was sheathed. At this time, even if Lin Xuan pulled out [Destruction], it would take some time. For an assassin of his level, this little time was enough for him to complete a fatal blow to Lin Xuan.

　But just as the dagger in George's hand was about to pierce Lin Xuan's heart from his back, George did not see the corner of Lin Xuan's mouth curled up. Yes, Lin Xuan was smiling. Even though the dagger was only a millimeter away from him, even though his heart would be pierced in less than a second, Lin Xuan still smiled.

　On the other side, just when George thought he was about to pierce Lin Xuan's heart, the dagger in his hand stopped as if it had hit something hard. Although it only stopped for a very short time, it was precisely this very short time that made George, who had a keen sense, tremble in his heart.

　!!!

　Although George didn't know what blocked his dagger for that short time, he knew clearly at this time that Lin Xuan was deliberately creating opportunities for him to attack. George didn't expect that Lin Xuan would be so bold. While exposing his vital points in front of him, he only covered the vital points with a layer of defense that could only withstand him for a moment. Isn't he afraid of any accidents and that he won't be able to react in such a short time, thus ending up dead?

　And just then, George heard a whisper that made his hair stand on end.

　"Just waiting for you to take action~~~"

　As George heard Lin Xuan's whisper, he saw a dark blade flash. At that moment, he felt as if time had slowed down, and so had his body. George knew it was just an illusion. Time hadn't slowed down, and neither had his body. It was just that the blade was too fast.

　When George saw the dark knife light burst out, he knew that he could not avoid the knife, but his body that had experienced countless battles still subconsciously moved his body, subconsciously trying to reduce the damage of the knife to him.

　The next moment, scarlet blood spurted out from George's chest. However, after enduring Lin Xuan's attack, George's entire figure suddenly disappeared, as if he had disappeared out of thin air. This made Lin Xuan's plan to get rid of George in one go fail.

　From the time Lin Xuan lured George into attacking to the time George was defeated and hid, the process seemed long, but in fact only two or three seconds passed.

　After George hid again, Lin Xuan looked at the smoke that covered the figures of Michael and Charles. Suddenly, a whistling sound was heard in the smoke, followed by a gust of air emerging from the smoke, blowing away the smoke directly and exposing the two people in the smoke. However, their faces did not look very good at this time.

　Because Michael had blocked the blade for Charles at the last moment, Charles hadn't sustained significant damage, merely a bit of dust and smoke, looking a bit disheveled. Michael, however, wasn't as well off. Not only was he injured, but even his innate spiritual armor had a shallow, not-too-deep, cut. This was the price Michael paid for blocking the blade.

　However, Melik's current state caused Lin Xuan to narrow his eyes slightly, a hint of solemnity flashing in his eyes. Although he had not fought Melik many times, through the few battles and the intelligence he had about Melik, Lin Xuan was able to roughly analyze Melik's temperament. He was definitely an angry person, but now there was no anger in his eyes. Instead, he was like a pool of stagnant water, calm to the extreme. But most importantly, Lin Xuan could still sense the unconcealable rage in his aura.

　'After reaching the extreme of rage, has he calmed down?' Thinking this in his mind, Lin Xuan stepped forward and instantly arrived in front of Malik. But at this moment, the giant hammer in Malik's hand seemed to be deliberately waiting for Lin Xuan to arrive. The moment Lin Xuan appeared, it suddenly released a vibrating force indiscriminately in all directions.

　Faced with the sudden shockwave, Lin Xuan had no time to dodge and had to forcibly withstand it with his body. Compared to the shockwaves that Melik had released previously, the shockwaves weren't particularly strong, and could even be considered average. However, for the human body, they were enough to cause significant damage, both to him and to Melik.

　"Puff--" Scarlet blood overflowed from the corner of Lin Xuan's mouth. At this moment, Lin Xuan noticed a flash of pure white out of the corner of his eye.

　Obviously, Charles would not miss such a good opportunity to attack. He turned into a pure white light and was beside Lin Xuan in the blink of an eye.

　The next moment, the pure white light transformed into a torrent of light that completely submerged Lin Xuan. If one paid close attention, one would notice that although the pure white torrent of light exuded astonishing power, the land it passed through was intact, not at all like it had been struck by a powerful sword-cutting technique.

　"Tsk - it's blocked." Looking at the pure white torrent of light, Charles frowned and said unhappily.

　As Charles finished speaking, Lin Xuan's voice was heard from the gradually dissipating torrent of light, "Charles, I think I roughly understand the power attributes of your inherent spiritual equipment."

Chapter 3: Fierce Battle