I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense

Chapter 514: Chapter 515: Behind Me is the Entire Aolai Country
“The Family Head actually fled the battlefield!”

“Yes, even the Family Head has been defeated!”

“Is this Li Xiaobai truly such a formidable character?”

“What are we waiting for then, let’s run! If we don’t run now, it’ll be too late!”

“The Family Head has run away; why should we stay here? Hurry and leave, that guy is about to make his move!”

Beneath the arena, a crowd of cultivators looked horrified, their eyes filled with terror.

The Zhang Family Patriarch, a great Transcendance Tribulation Stage expert, had actually thrown them aside and ran off alone!

A thick veil of despair shadowed everyone’s hearts. Watching the young man’s movements on the stage, their terror reached its peak. One after another, their figures flickered and they scattered in all directions, fleeing for their lives.

Although they had not yet experienced his technique, it was thought that with just one move, he could destroy the sky and earth. If that sword were to be slashed down, it would probably be an earth-shattering sword light that tore through the heavens.

The Great Elder’s eyes were filled with disbelief. Even the Family Head had been defeated; just who was this Li Xiaobai, and what was his origin?

Coming to the Zhang Family in Aolai Country, what was his purpose?

He refused to believe that a cultivator of such strength would come to the Zhang Family to stir up trouble for no reason. There had to be a deeper conspiracy behind this.

In fact, his guess was not wrong, but he’d forgotten that it was his and the Zhang Family Patriarch’s idea to bring Li Xiaobai into the Zhang Family Mansion for an arena battle, proposed by the Zhangs themselves.

However, at this critical juncture of survival, he had no time to reflect on his mistakes. His Internal Cultivation Technique surged wildly within him, and his figure vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving no trace behind.

In just a short few breaths of time, only Zhang Xu and his son Xu’er were left beneath the stage.

At this moment, their faces were ashen. They were devoid of any cultivation level, mere mortals. Even if they tried to run, they couldn’t get far. Death was the only thing waiting for them.

Never would they have imagined that Li Xiaobai was truly a hidden powerhouse.

You bastard, with such high cultivation level, isn’t it better for you to go fight bosses?

Coming to a small place like the Zhang Family and bullying the younger generation, what skill is that?

On the stage, watching everyone flee in all directions, Li Xiaobai smiled faintly.

“‘Inviting you into the urn,’ I suppose you never thought that you’d be the turtle caught in the jar?”

“Today, let everyone witness my swordsmanship!”

He casually swung his longsword, and Hundred Percent Barehanded Blade Catch was activated!

In an instant, whether it was Zhang Xu and his son Xu’er, close at hand, or the Mahayana Realm Experts who had fled to the horizon, each and every one of them came to a sudden halt, knees buckling as they fell to the ground, hands held high above their heads.

Out of control, their bodies madly rushed towards Li Xiaobai’s direction.

“What’s happening?”

“My body’s out of my control!”

“This is the sword technique that Xu’er and Zhang Xu talked about. What kind of sword technique is this, that it can control so many of us with just one move!”

“Damn it, even with my cultivation at the Tribulation Crossing Stage, I’m still restrained by this technique. What sword technique is this!”

A surge of shock swept through the cultivators’ hearts, more astonished than when they saw the Family Head flee. They found their spiritual power sluggish like mire, unable to sense the slightest bit, their bodies uncontrollably rushing in front of Li Xiaobai and kneeling down, assuming the posture of worship.

They tried to struggle, but were completely unable to move, as if they had been solidified in place, maintaining the shameful pose.

Zhang Xu and Xu’er faced bitter expressions. It was happening again, that familiar feeling, for as soon as that one sword moved, their physical bodies were no longer under their own control.

Even the Family Head and the Great Elder were kneeling; it was almost like sorcery.

“Damn it, just what kind of realm is this person?”

“Could it be that Great Crossing Realm Senior Expert?”

“Why target my Zhang Family?”

On the platform, the Zhang Family Patriarch’s face was fierce. He had managed to escape the Zhang Family Mansion, but somehow, his body returned against his will and now, in this humiliating posture, he was kneeling together with the other cultivators and Elders.

His mental state had been damaged. This act of kneeling had planted a demon in his heart, making future breakthroughs all the more difficult.

“Heh, Patriarch, I wonder if my swordsmanship has caught your eye?”

Li Xiaobai looked at the middle-aged man before him with a smile and spoke slowly.

“Who exactly are you? I cannot recall my Zhang Family ever offending you. Why do you act this way?”

The Zhang Family Patriarch spoke in a heavy voice, struggling to calm his emotions, but his trembling eyes still betrayed his fear and unrest.

“I am Li Xiaobai. It’s hard to believe you would act against me without even investigating my identity. You are overly confident.”

Li Xiaobai shook his head and said indifferently. Although the news that he could battle those at the peak of the Great Crossing Realm had not leaked, with a little inquiry, one could still find out he was equivalent to a cultivator at the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.

It was surprising that the Zhang Family had been so unprepared and rash, somewhat brainless.

“It was all your plan, to cripple my son’s cultivation level and to trap us step by step. The goal was to provoke my Zhang Family into striking at you, giving you a reason to annihilate us!”

“But I don’t understand— why? Who is it that stands behind you?”

The Zhang Family Patriarch appeared almost mad as he made sense of the key issues, watching the Zhang Family cultivators kneel on the platform.

This Li Xiaobai had been pulling the Zhang Family’s hatred all along; his motives were anything but pure.

“There’s no need for you to know that. I am extinguishing your family because your actions are too cruel, tormenting and killing cultivators. Such conduct is intolerable to heaven!”

Li Xiaobai spoke calmly, taking the Space Ring from the other’s hand and putting it on his own.

“Behind my Zhang Family is the Situ Household, and behind the Situ Household is one of the three Family Heads. Additionally, many hidden clans secretly support the Situ Household. If you touch my Zhang Family, you will face the relentless pursuit of these Family Heads, even the third Family Head!”

“Have you considered the consequences of this?”

“If you spare me today, I swear upon my cultivation heart, I will never breathe a word of today’s events in the future!”

“Moreover, I offer all the resources my Zhang Family has accumulated over the years with both hands, just to secure a chance to live!”

The Zhang Family Patriarch roared in a low voice, laying out what he considered his trump cards, hoping to strike a topic that would interest Li Xiaobai in exchange for a way out.

“Is that so.”

Li Xiaobai smoothly took the Space Rings from the hands of the cultivators, adding them to his pouch.

Turning his head towards the Zhang Family Patriarch: “You said your backers are one of the three Family Heads, along with various clans hidden in the dark?”

“Yes!”

The Zhang Family Patriarch hastily replied.

“Does the Zhang Family Head know who stands behind me?”

Li Xiaobai asked with a smile.

“Who is it?”

A bad premonition rose in the heart of the Zhang Family Patriarch.

Li Xiaobai flicked his finger, sending a wisp of black flame shooting forward, and spoke with an indifferent expression:

“Behind me stands the entire Aolai Country. A mere corrupt family like yours has no right to negotiate terms with me. Today, none of you will leave!”