Soul Emperor Martial God

Flame Holy Sect members arrived with an imposing momentum.

As soon as they did, battle promptly broke out.

The disciples of the Flame Holy Sect were numerous and their Cultivation was not ordinary.

The Flame Martial Guards here instantly fell into a disadvantage.

Of course, each Flame Martial Guard was elite and would not easily be defeated.

"Captains, we should probably retreat first," Lin Mu said.

Normally, the Sky-splitting Sword Sect of each county is the largest Martial Artist force of that county.

Yet, this wasn't the case for Flame County.

The Flame Holy Sect was well-known throughout the entire Flame Martial Kingdom.

One could imagine how strong their strength was.

Not to mention these mere 16 captains here, even if all of the Flame Martial Guards from the two strongholds were mobilized,

they still couldn't harm the Flame Holy Sect in the slightest.

Other captains gave a bitter smile, "I'm afraid that even if we wanted to retreat now, we wouldn't be able to."

"People of the Flame Holy Sect are notoriously irascible."

"At the drop of a hat, they're ready to throw punches."

Fang Liu also gave a wry smile, "I've been wanting to retreat for a long time."

"They just won't let us leave."

"If we could leave, I wouldn't have sent out an emergency signal for support."

Most of the captains present were above Earth Origin Fifth Layer.

A few strong ones had reached the Earth Origin Eighth Layer.

But on the Flame Holy Sect's side, that old man from before was already Earth Origin Ninth Layer.

Now, there were a few more new Earth Origin Ninth Layers.

The Flame Martial Guards had no chance of winning at all.

"Stop!" Just then, a thunderous shout erupted.

Xiao Yi waved his big hand, mobilizing sword momentum, and restrained several deacons of the Flame Holy Sect.

"How strong; who is this young man?" Some captains were taken aback.

Lin Mu replied, "This is Captain Xiao Yi."

"He's been on patrol all the way here."

"Oh?" The other captains said in surprise, "Someone capable of sweeping through while on patrol."

"He must be the elite of the Flame Martial Guard elites, no wonder he's so strong."

"Stop talking, all of you retreat first," Xiao Yi shouted.

He always felt something was not quite right.

Moreover, this was the outskirts of Flame City, only a hundred miles from the Flame Holy Sect.

If they really provoked the big shots of the Flame Holy Sect to come here, that would be troublesome.

"Alright." All 16 captains immediately gathered their team members, preparing to withdraw.

"You want to leave?" However, several deacons of the Flame Holy Sect shouted loudly.

"Youngster, at such a young age, you have such a strong sword momentum."

"Who exactly are you?"

"How dare you oppose our Flame Holy Sect?"

Xiao Yi gave a cupped fist salute and said, "I have no intention of opposing you."

"However, it is the duty of the Flame Martial Guards."

"You've taken one of our subunits hostage and are trying to keep us here."

"That seems rather overbearing."

Suddenly, from the distant sky, a loud shout was heard.

"We are exactly this overbearing, what can you do to us?"

As the voice fell, an elder cloaked in flames, like a meteor, came hurtling rapidly.

Before the person arrived, that scorching aura had already brought a wave of heat.

Those Flame Martial Guards below the rank of Captain instantly fell to the ground under this wave of heat.

The next second, the elder landed on the ground.

Behind him, the ground was dragged into a long scorched trail.

"Hisss," Xiao Yi inhaled sharply, "Such strong flames, at least a Heavenly Origin Third Layer Martial Artist."

"Greetings, elder."

At this moment, a group of Flame Holy Sect disciples and deacons all saluted.

"Hm," the elder nodded.

Then, an icy cold intention emerged from his fiery eyes.

"Flame Martial Guards, you are getting more and more excessive, more and more presumptuous."

With just one sentence, the elder's momentum had already pressed down on all Martial Artists present so that they couldn't straighten their spines.

"No one has dared to tarnish our Flame Holy Sect."

"And no one has dared to provoke us."

"Senior's words are too heavy," all 16 captains immediately bowed.

"Too heavy?" The elder snorted coldly, "Weren't you just saying we've detained one of your teams?"

"Do you need to search our Flame Holy Sect?"

"Of course, if you can't find anything."

"I will take your lives for maliciously slandering our Flame Holy Sect."

"We wouldn't dare," all 16 captains said in unison, not daring to oppose.

"Not dare?" The elder's tone grew even colder, "I see you dare quite a lot."

"Come, follow me back to the Flame Holy Sect."

With that, the elder waved his hand, and instantly restrained all the Flame Martial Guards present.

"This is bad," Lin Mu and others immediately panicked.

They had already understood what the elder meant.

The elder was just looking for an excuse to take back all the people present to the Flame Holy Sect.

Flame Holy Church, the sacred place admired by all Fire Attribute Martial Artists.

In the Southern Ten Counties, its prestige and status are extremely high.

Not to mention taking them all away, even if they were killed, I fear no one would dare to say anything.

Of course, the Flame Martial Guards are government officers.

For the Flame Holy Church to kill someone, there must be a justification or an excuse.

Now, the Flame Holy Church has an excuse.

"This is bad." Captain 16 felt his heart sink to the bottom of the valley in an instant.

Xiao Yi's face also became stern.

He had clearly noticed the murderous intent in the old man's eyes.

However, the Flame Holy Church is one of the major forces.

Why insist on confronting the Flame Martial Guards of the two strongholds?

"Elder," Xiao Yi braced himself against the old man's imposing aura, stepped forward, and said with a cupped fist, "Everything should be reasonable, right?"

"We, the Flame Martial Guards, will quickly retreat."

"Reasonable?" The elder scoffed coldly. "You were the ones who were unreasonable to begin with."

"Either follow me obediently now or I will kill you all right here."

"Choose one."

"You..." Xiao Yi's face turned cold, then he shouted loudly, "Break."

Sword momentum, extreme Cold Frost, both emerged.

Barely breaking the restraint the elder had casually set.

"Quick, retreat!" Xiao Yi shouted loudly.

A group of captains and Flame Martial Guards quickly backed away.

"Trying to run?" The elder smirked disdainfully. "Boy, I'll slaughter you first."

"Hmph." Xiao Yi snorted coldly, reaching back to pull out his Frost Sword, shielding himself with it.

"Hmm? The Frost Sword?" The elder recognized the Frost Sword with just one glance.

"So you are the Strongest Sword Master of this generation from the Sword Sect."

"No wonder you're so young yet you've grasped the sword momentum and dared to be presumptuous before me."

Xiao Yi remained silent; it was clear the elder was being unreasonable.

Any further talk would be pointless.

At that moment, Xiao Yi stayed behind alone, holding off the elder.

The group of captains and Flame Martial Guards quickly retreated.

Seeing this, the elder's eyes narrowed. "Good, very good."

"This time, I will give the Sky-splitting Sword Sect some face."

"But remember,"

"From this day forth, Flame County does not welcome the Flame Martial Guards."

"Any Flame Martial Guard who dares to set foot in Flame County will be killed without mercy."

With that, the elder angrily swept his sleeve and left with a group of disciples and deacons.

Xiao Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

The party did not dare to linger in Flame County.

They left in an instant.

Only after completely leaving the territory of Flame County did everyone feel somewhat at ease.

"Dammit, what's gotten into the people from the Flame Holy Church?" Fang Liu said angrily.

"Since when is it their turn to forbid us from entering Flame County?"

"Don't say any more," Lin Mu said in a deep voice. "The Flame Holy Church is a major force in itself."

"It is also the Martial Arts Holy Land of the Southern Ten Counties."

"With their presence, Flame County is extremely stable, and no evil martial artists dare to cause trouble there."

"We rarely have missions to execute there anyway."

"If we're forbidden to go, then we won't."

"What's most important now is whether we can rescue that squad."

"Right," Lin Mu asked, "Captain Fang Liu, do you know which squad it is?"

Fang Liu shook his head. "I didn't get a clear look."

"I hadn't even had a chance to intervene and rescue them before the squad was taken away."

There are over a hundred squad captains in a single stronghold.

And the Flame Martial Guards spend most of their time out on missions.

They spend very little time at the stronghold.

Naturally, some squad captains are not familiar with each other.

Lin Mu thought for a moment and said, "Didn't you say you received a distress signal on the token before?"

"The signal carries the energy signature of that squad captain."

"Once we check this signal at the stronghold, we should know which squad it is."

...

The party returned to the stronghold.

Lin Mu took out some scrolls, flipped through them, and suddenly, his face changed dramatically.

"This is bad."

"What happened?" Xiao Yi furrowed his brows.

"Damn it." Lin Mu's fist suddenly clenched tightly, crackling with tension.

The scroll in his hand slapped forcefully on the table.

Perplexed, Xiao Yi picked up the scroll and took a look.

It showed that the energy signature of the distress signal on the token corresponded to the data of...

Lin Jin's squad!

"Lin Jin." Xiao Yi's eyes narrowed.

...

The second update.