From Fanwu to Xinghai

Chapter 58 The Decisive Battle in the Fiery Wasteland, Bai Ying Appears

Lin Chen struck out with his palm, and the Seed of Dimensions burst forth with dazzling blue light from between his eyebrows.

The remaining psionic mech on the city wall was crushed into a pile of scrap metal before it could even react.

"So powerful..." Lin Yuan was stunned.

He had seen Lin Chen fight, but he had never seen power at this level. That was beyond the combat strength that a Spirit Cultivation Realm cultivator should have. Even in the Nascent Soul Realm, it would be considered top-tier.

"Mother." Lin Chen turned around and looked at Su Wan, who was standing on the city wall. "Are you alright?"

"It's alright." Su Wan shook her head. Her complexion was much better than before. The power of the Dimensional Seed had not only activated Lin Chen's potential but had also nourished Su Wan's spiritual veins. "However, your Dimensional Seed has just been activated, so don't use it too aggressively, or it will backfire."

"I know."

Lin Chen nodded and turned his gaze to the outside of the city.

Outside the city gates, a massive army of Dark Blade Pavilion soldiers was assembling. Hundreds of psionic mechs formed a square formation, their murderous aura soaring to the sky. Behind the mech formations, thousands of Dark Blade Pavilion assassins, wielding various magical weapons, stood ready for battle.

In the very center of the army, a dark red flag fluttered in the wind.

The flag was embroidered with a white tiger, the symbol of the agents.

"Bai Ying has come in person." Su Wan's tone turned somber.

"Bai Ying?" Lin Chen looked at his mother.

"The fourth guardian of the Executor, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator," Su Wan said softly. "During the years I was imprisoned, she would interrogate me every seven days. She wanted to know how to open the Dimensional Bridge, and all the secrets left behind by the Dimensional Ruler."

"She didn't get an answer?"

"I didn't get a complete answer." Su Wan gave a wry smile. "But she did manage to extract some fragments from me. For years, she's been piecing these fragments together, trying to open the dimensional bridge herself."

Lin Chen fell silent.

At this moment, the foresight gave him a vision!

Bai Ying stood before the army, a smile playing on her lips. There was no impatience or murderous intent in that smile; instead, there was a sense of... certainty.

It was as if she was certain she would win.

"No, that's not right." Lin Chen's pupils contracted. "Her goal isn't to capture Yanhuang Pass."

"What?" Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment.

"If she only wanted to capture Yanhuang Pass, she should have launched a full-scale attack three days ago," Lin Chen quickly analyzed. "Uncle Chen has been holding out with three hundred soldiers for three days, which means the Dark Blade Pavilion hasn't gone all out. They're waiting!"

"I'm waiting for you." Su Wan's expression changed drastically.

"Yes." Lin Chen nodded. "They're waiting for me to activate the Dimensional Seed, waiting for me to master the control method of the Dimensional Bridge."

Su Wan's body trembled slightly.

She knew Bai Ying's character better than anyone else. As the fourth guardian of the Actors, Bai Ying's greatest strength was not direct combat, but strategic planning.

"She's using you." Su Wan's voice trembled slightly. "She knew you would come to Yanhuang Pass, knew you would activate the Dimensional Seed to deal with her. She doesn't want Yanhuang Pass, nor does she want me!"

"What she wants is the signal sent to higher-dimensional civilizations when the dimensional bridge is fully activated," Lin Chen continued, picking up where his mother left off.

Su Wan looked at her son in shock.

"You already guessed it?"

"That's what my precognitive abilities told me." Lin Chen's expression was calm, but his fists were clenched. "The moment the dimensional bridge is fully activated, it will radiate fluctuations throughout the entire river of time. Higher-dimensional civilizations will detect these fluctuations, and then!"

"Then they'll lock onto these coordinates," Su Wan's voice lowered, "A complete dimensional bridge means this civilization already possesses the potential for dimensional ascension. For a higher-dimensional civilization, this is a tempting prize."

"Resources for dimensional ascension are limited; the civilization that ascends first will prevent later civilizations from doing so," Lin Chen coldly uttered the words he had read from the imprint of the River of Time. "What Bai Ying wants to do is expose the coordinates of this world, allowing higher-dimensional civilizations to... reap the rewards."

The city wall was deathly silent.

Uncle Chen had already woken up and was leaning against the wall listening to everything, his face growing increasingly grim.

"So..." he said in a hoarse voice, "regardless of whether we can defeat Bai Ying or not, as long as the dimensional bridge is fully activated, the end of this world will come?"

"That's how it is in theory," Su Wan nodded, "but it's not entirely without room for maneuver."

Everyone looked at her.

"The fluctuations of the dimensional bridge can be shielded," Su Wan said. "I used this method back then to avoid being discovered by higher-dimensional civilizations. But shielding requires conditions; someone needs to maintain a continuous shielding field within the dimensional interlayer. This person…"

She didn't continue.

But everyone understood.

Those who maintain the shielding field become "bait" for dimensional fluctuations. Signals detected by higher-dimensional civilizations will point to this person, not the entire world.

In other words, this person will bear the full attention of a higher-dimensional civilization all by himself.

"I'll do it," Lin Chen said without hesitation.

"No!" Su Wan's voice suddenly rose. "Do you know what maintaining the shielding field means? The will of a higher-dimensional civilization will directly crush your consciousness. At best, you'll become an idiot; at worst, your soul will be scattered!"

"So what?"

Lin Chen's tone was very calm.

It's like talking about a trivial little thing.

"If we don't do this, everyone will die."

The Dark Blade Pavilion's grand formation, beneath the central banner.

Bai Ying sat calmly in the chair, holding a cup of tea.

"Report!" A scout rushed in, "Fourth Protector, Lin Chen has activated the Dimensional Seed and is currently rendezvousing with the city's garrison!"

"Hmm." Bai Ying took a sip of tea. "No rush."

"But!"

"I said there's no rush." ​​Bai Ying's voice wasn't loud, but the pressure she exuded made the scout kneel down immediately.

"Yes, yes!"

The scout scrambled away.

Bai Ying put down her teacup and turned her gaze to the distant Yanhuang Pass.

The corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

"Lin Chen, you really are like your mother, a person of deep emotions and strong principles," she said softly. "The kind of person is the easiest to manipulate."

"Four Protectors." A man in black robes stepped forward from behind. "Is it time to begin the attack?"

"No rush," Bai Ying waved her hand, "Wait a little longer."

"What are you waiting for?"

"Wait until he fully activates the dimensional bridge himself." Bai Ying's smile held a hint of cruelty. "The more desperately he resists, the more completely the dimensional seed will be activated. Until the moment it's fully activated!"

She raised her hand, and a jet-black crystal appeared in her palm.

The crystal contained a heart-pounding energy.

"That's when I'll present this great gift to a higher-dimensional civilization."

On the city wall of Yanhuang Pass.

Lin Chen is setting up a defensive formation.

After his dimensional seed was fully activated, not only did his combat power skyrocket, but his array formation skills also improved—the power of the dimension could sense the flow of spiritual veins and set up array eyes along the direction of the spiritual veins, making him more than a hundred times more efficient than an ordinary array master.

"How long can this setup last?" Lin Yuan walked over and asked in a low voice.

"If Bai Ying attacks with all her might, she won't last more than half an hour," Lin Chen said truthfully.

"Half an hour..." Lin Yuan fell silent.

The total number of the three hundred guards, plus Lin Yuan's nineteen disciples, Lin Chen, and Su Wan, was less than two hundred.

On the other side were hundreds of psionic mechs, thousands of Dark Blade Pavilion assassins, and Bai Ying, a super strong cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage.

This is not a battle, this is a massacre.

"Unless..." Lin Chen suddenly said.

"Unless what?"

"Unless I fully master the use of the Dimensional Bridge within half an hour," Lin Chen's gaze hardened, "the Dimensional Bridge can not only transport people and supplies, but also..."

He paused for a moment.

"We can also launch dimensional strikes."

Lin Yuan gasped.

Dimensional strikes, as the name suggests, involve directly destroying enemies at the dimensional level. This type of attack is far superior to psionic cannons or flying swords; it represents a crushing defeat at the level of rules.

"But you just said that fully activating the dimensional bridge would reveal the coordinates!"

"So I have two things to do." Lin Chen held up two fingers. "First, learn dimensional strikes before Bai Ying launches her final attack. Second, deploy a shielding field the moment the dimensional bridge is fully activated."

"Doing two things at once?" Lin Yuan frowned. "You can't be in two places at once."

"Who said I had to do it all by myself?" Lin Chen laughed. "I've discussed the shielding field with my mother. As for the dimensional attack!"

He looked at the Dark Blade Pavilion army outside the city, his gaze turning cold.

"I will learn it as quickly as possible."

Before the words were even finished!

A dark red beam of light rose from the ground in the distance outside the city, shooting straight into the sky.

The oppressive force contained within that pillar of light caused the heavens and earth to change color.

"Bai Ying," Su Wan's voice came from behind, "she's starting to move."

Lin Chen took a deep breath.

"All men, heed my command!" His voice echoed through the city walls. "The enemy is about to launch a general offensive. Those who are capable, follow me to the city walls!"

"yes!"

The remaining defenders responded in unison.

Their voices were filled with determination.

Knowing it was certain death, they still stepped forward.

These are the soldiers of Yanhuang Pass.

This is the backbone of northern Xinjiang.

Looking at these people, Lin Chen suddenly felt a surge of warmth in his heart.

The marks of time danced on his brow, as if responding to the emotions within his heart.

"I won't let you die in vain," he whispered.

Then, he turned to face out of the city.

The dark red pillar of light was expanding, and at the top of the pillar, the figure of a woman slowly emerged.