Chapter 496: Accepting the Challenge
The Lord of Shadows' series of plans can be said to be interlocking, and the success rate is very high! If everything goes well, the next dark line arranged by the Shuntian Empire will disrupt the dynasty, destroy unity, and be in internal and external difficulties, I believe that it will not be long before the Shuntian Empire will be destroyed.
After the fall of the Suncheon Empire, he concentrated his forces against the Yingtian Empire. The Yingtian Empire has the Chen family as the internal response, and the Lin family that has eliminated Chen Lin for half the world, without this pillar, it should not be very difficult to overthrow the Yingtian Empire. Finally, if you gather all your forces to send troops to the southwest to conquer the Chengtian Empire, it will not be far from the day of unifying the Heavenly Fortune Continent!
It stands to reason that Li Hui's series of operations is in line with the general trend of the world, and he is taking advantage of the trend, but I don't know if God will help him!
At this time, the Jiangnan Lin family had been forced by Li Hui to play all the hole cards, and when the mountains and rivers were exhausted, Chen Xingyuan led the elite of the Chen family to kill violently at this time. The black-clothed men who had attacked the Lin family before also suffered heavy losses after a night of fierce fighting, and when they saw the Chen family attacking in a big way, they all withdrew after taking a look at the Chen family.
The mission of the man in black has been completed, and most of the main force of the Lin family has been consumed by them, and the rest of the mess will be handed over to the Chen family to clean up.
"Chen Xingyuan, you are so despicable!" Lin Wenshu saw the Chen family appear, and immediately understood that the Lin family had no hope of turning the tables, so he gritted his teeth and scolded. The overall strength of the Chen and Lin families is not very different, although the Chen family used some of the main members to control the army of the Yingtian Empire, but there are still many family members who remain in Jian'an City; After a night of attack by the men in black, the Lin family suffered heavy casualties, and at this time, they fought with the Chen family, who had many soldiers and a lot of physical strength, and the Lin family did not even have a trace of hope of victory!
"Lin Wenshu, the two of us have been fighting openly and secretly for so many years, but I didn't expect it, the person who had the last laugh was me Chen Xingyuan!" Chen Xingyuan said proudly, "Don't say anything despicable and shameless to me, in the rivers and lakes, how can you be so innocent and innocent, if you don't have a dark belly and don't know how to play some tricks, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to even live well! If you lose today, you have to accept your fate, and if you don't accept it!"
"Chen Xingyuan, for the sake of the safety of the mainland, my Lin family has almost exhausted the strength of the entire clan to fight against the ghosts, at this time, your Chen family is behind the scenes, don't you think it is very shameless?" Lin Wenshu asked with a grim face, he had injuries on his body, and his bones were visible, but the Chen family's plot made his heart hurt even more!
"Lin Wenshu, since the matter has come to this point, then I will let you die to understand! What kind of ghosts are causing trouble on the mainland, it is all organized and arranged by us, and it is for fools like you to make a show! You can rest assured, your Lin family will not be alone, all the people or forces that block our plan will be wiped out, and you will never be lonely when you go to Huangquan, the road is very lively!" Chen Xingyuan said proudly.
"I understand, it turns out that you have not controlled the government in recent years to compete with our Lin family, but for another purpose!" Lin Wenshu said suddenly.
"Hahahaha, Lin Wenshu, you take your Lin family too seriously, how can my Chen Xingyuan's eyes only focus on this one-third of an acre of land in the south of the Yangtze River? I want to dominate the entire continent and lead our Chen family to become the strongest family in the whole continent!" Chen Xingyuan laughed arrogantly, revealing his ambition!
"You are dreaming! Those who have won the hearts of the people since ancient times have won the world, how can you Chen family, how can you actually want to be the bull ear of the Heavenly Fortune Continent? With your Chen family's family style and behavior, it is already the limit to be able to dominate the Jiangnan side, and it is simply a fool's dream to want to touch the entire continent!" Lin Wenshu said disdainfully.
"Hey, hey, Lin Wenshu, how do I feel that you can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour! Today, I will destroy your Lin family first and take the first step to dominate the martial arts! All the disciples listen to the order, all the Lin family members, no one can be let go, kill!" Chen Xingyuan didn't want to waste more time, and immediately gave the order to attack the Lin family.
Although the Lin family is short of manpower, they have already saved their will to die, and they are fighting for their lives with the Chen family, and there is no complete rout. Especially the remnants of the Lin family's dead, the lethality is even more amazing!
When facing an opponent who was stronger than himself, the dead soldiers of the Lin family decisively adopted the method of ending up together, and that decisive appearance made the enemy frightened. However, when faced with an opponent who was weaker than themselves, they immediately transformed into killing machines, and the seven killing weapons they carried with them were used by them with great power, like a god of death who lived for killing.
Don't think that the Lin family's old mansion was killed by the people sent by the shadow last night, and they only had the ability to parry and not fight back, so they thought that the Lin family's strength was nothing more than that. The people sent by the Shadow are first-class masters who have been recruited from the entire Heavenly Fortune Continent, and their combat effectiveness is naturally extraordinary! Compared with them, the elite of the Chen family is far from them, so the surviving people of the Lin family are like tigers entering a flock of sheep against the Chen family, and the elite of the Chen family not only did not wipe out the Lin family, but there were a large number of casualties on their own side, and the Chen family often had to pay the price of six to eight people before they could kill a Lin family member.
Chen Xingyuan never expected that these remnants of the Lin family would still have such a strong combat power, and he knew that it was useless to be anxious, so he could only patiently use the tactics of the sea of people to consume the last strength of the Lin family. The situation of the Lin family is actually more passive, after a night of fierce battles with the people of the shadows, the big waves are sweeping the sand, although the rest are really strong, but the manpower will eventually be exhausted, whether it is spiritual power or physical strength, it has been seriously exhausted, if you can't rest in time, these people will be consumed sooner or later, but the Chen family's offensive is like a tide, and they will never be given a chance to breathe.
Time passed little by little, the battle circle shrank smaller and smaller, and the last survivors of the Lin family were forced to retreat into the family ancestral hall, they were all wounded, and the blood had already stained their whole bodies, and in some places they even dried up into black blood stains, and not even a single shirt was intact. The weapons in his hands are even more curly bladed, broken, notched, and broken, and none of the divine weapons used by the elders are intact.
All the Lin family members were guarding the door of the ancestral hall, Lin Wenshu turned around and knelt in front of the ancestral tablet, and kowtowed three times, blood flowed from his forehead and dripped onto the stone bricks of the ancestral hall.
Lin Wenshu said sadly: "The ancestors of the Lin family are on top, and the unfilial descendants of Lin Wenshu are hereby guilty of the guilt! My Lin family's thousand-year-old inheritance will be cut off in the hands of my Lin Wenshu, and the unfilial descendants will be ashamed of the clansmen, and they will die innocently! The ancestors have spirits, please protect the people who have gone to Jinzhou safe and sound, and bless the happiness and health of Qingshuang!"
After Lin Wenshu finished speaking, he stood up from the ground and walked towards the outside of the ancestral hall with a three-foot Qingfeng. This time, he put life and death aside, this time, he wants to protect the last dignity of the Lin family!
"Lin Wenshu, don't be a shrinking turtle anymore? That's right, die early and reincarnate early, it's a big deal to be a good man again in eighteen years, hahahaha!" Chen Xingyuan watched Lin Wenshu walk out of the Lin family ancestral hall, and laughed heartily.
The number of people who died in this battle of the Chen family was also very large, but as long as they could watch the Lin family go to extinction, these losses were very worthwhile. Chen Xingyuan never thought that he would be able to take down the Lin family without paying any price, he had already been ready to exchange the number of people for victory, seeing that there were only a few people left in the Lin family, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and he was in the mood to ridicule the head of the Lin family.
"Chen Xingyuan, do you dare to make a break with me?" Lin Wenshu looked directly at the head of the Chen family and said without sadness or joy.
"Lin Wenshu, do you think I'm afraid that you won't succeed?" However, your Lin family is now a turtle in an urn, as long as I am willing to catch it at any time, why should I fight with you alone in the case of a big advantage?" Chen Xingyuan said with a high-minded look.
"Just because you and I have only fought two times and you have been defeated by my hands, even if the Lin family dies today, you Chen Xingyuan will never be my opponent! If you don't accept my proposal, then you will never have the chance to fight me again. If you don't dare to accept the challenge of a dying person, you will inevitably plant demons in your heart, which will inevitably be detrimental to your future martial arts cultivation, and it will never be possible to go far on the road of martial arts in the future. Say, will you take this battle or not?" Lin Wenshu said coldly.
Having said that, where can Chen Xingyuan refuse? Any martial artist, no matter what his conduct, must have self-esteem and face, otherwise he will not embark on the road of a martial artist. Just when Chen Xingyuan was about to agree, the sound of horses' hooves sounded outside the Lin family's ancestral house, and immediately the Chen family ran in from outside and said to Chen Xingyuan: "The head of the family is not good, the imperial court has sent troops to surround here!"
"What are you talking about, why did the imperial court do this!" Chen Xingyuan excitedly grabbed the collar of the visitor and shouted, but no one could answer his question.
It wasn't long before the imperial army, led by a middle-aged general, broke in. The general held the holy decree in his hand, and as soon as he arrived at the Lin family ancestral hall, he said loudly: "The holy decree has arrived!"
Lin Wenshu saw that the imperial court finally came forward at this moment, and knew that things had taken a turn for the better, so he led the survivors of the Lin family to kneel and greet him: "Everyone in the Lin family welcomes the holy decree!"
Chen Xingyuan's face was pale, and he prayed in his heart that the Zhao royal family would not destroy his good deeds, and he was reluctant to take the Chen family to accept the order.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict: Chen Lin and his family are the leaders in the south of the Yangtze River, the important foundation of the country, and the right-hand man of me, both of which are indispensable! Order the two families to put down their weapons, turn hostility into jade silk, and settle this matter, and admire this!" the general said loudly.
"Thank you, Holy Lord, Lin Wenshu received the decree and thanked him, long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Seeing that the Lin family had escaped, Lin Wenshu was overjoyed to accept the order.
Chen Xingyuan scolded secretly in his heart, he never thought that the imperial court would intervene in the struggle between the Chen and Lin families at this juncture, and the Shadow's plan to eliminate the Lin family would be declared a failure because of this change, and he couldn't help but be extremely angry, and he didn't act for a while.
"Master Chen, still don't receive the order?" the general looked at Chen Xingyuan and asked with unkind words.
Only then did Chen Xingyuan come back to his senses and kneel down to accept the order.
"Master Chen, since you have received the holy decree, then take the Chen family and withdraw from the Lin family!" the general said coldly.
"General Sun, we should have left immediately, but the head of the Lin family just proposed to have a fight with Chen, this is a teaching skill between old friends, and I also ask General Sun to make it convenient and be a witness!"
Chen Xingyuan did not directly accept Lin Wenshu's challenge before, indeed as he said, the Chen family has a clear advantage, there is no need for him to risk his life, and at the same time, the two fought twice when he was young, and indeed he lost, there must be some shadows psychologically, and his confidence is insufficient. Now that the situation has taken a turn for the worse, Chen Xingyuan decided to take action in person.
General Sun looked at Lin Wenshu, his body was already covered with blood stains, and there were several wounds, and after a long time of fighting, he was not in the best condition. General Sun hesitated in his heart, the secret order he received was to protect the Lin family, and he must not let the Chen family dominate the Jiangnan family! However, if the two of them just fought alone, it would be a personal grudge, and it was really difficult for him to come forward to stop it.
"Master Lin, what do you mean?" General Sun had no choice but to ask Lin Wenshu, if Lin Wenshu agreed, even if Lin Wenshu died in battle, he would have an explanation for Shangfeng; if Lin Wenshu did not agree, he could mediate in the middle, and let the two set a date again and fight again in the future.
"Okay, Chen Xingyuan, I'll let you have a good look at our Lin family's swordsmanship today!" Lin Wenshu pulled a sword flower and said calmly.