This gray-haired young man was naturally Ling Fan, who had returned from the Sun Moon Spiritual Pool.
Seeing Ling Fan return, the toad jumped up excitedly.
"I knew Young Master Ling was fine, he's finally back! Now we can help Bin get revenge!"
Xuan Na's eyes revealed disbelief.
She had originally thought Ling Fan had been swallowed by the Sun Moon Spiritual Pool.
She never expected him to be able to emerge alive from it!
Was he truly a monster?
On the other side.
Xuan Sheng's eyes lit up slightly. He had always felt this young man was unfathomable, and to return alive from beneath the Sun Moon Spiritual Pool was no easy feat.
Had his strength advanced again?
Xuan Sheng pondered for a moment, then shook his head.
Even if Ling Fan could now rival those in the Golden Core realm, what difference would it make? Giant Whale City had over ten Golden Core realm cultivators, and Jing Miao had just broken through. Even if their Xuan Yue Island gained Ling Fan as an additional Golden Core combatant, the gap between them remained significant.
"He still has the nerve to return!"
At this moment, the Young Island Master Xuan Ye jumped out, pointing at Ling Fan's nose and shouting, "Father, it's this scoundrel who monopolized the Sun Moon Spiritual Pool, preventing us from cultivating! Our failure this time is all his fault!"
Xuan Ye's confidantes chimed in, "Island Master, the Young Island Master speaks the absolute truth. If it weren't for this brat's obstruction, our overall strength would have already improved by a level. How could we have suffered such a crushing defeat against Giant Whale City!"
"This person is the prime culprit! Please, Island Master, order his execution to appease public anger!"
Without any regard for the facts, these people pinned the blame squarely on Ling Fan.
It was as if Ling Fan had delayed their strength improvement.
They completely failed to mention that Xuan Ye had first ordered Luo Gu and Gao Fei to target Ling Fan.
Ling Fan glanced at them coldly, ignoring these jumping, clownish figures.
Instead, he walked directly to Wei Bin's side.
At this moment, Wei Bin was still half-lying in Xuan Na's embrace, covered in bloodstains and riddled with wounds. Even the Golden Core within his body had many cracks, clearly indicating his fundamental injuries.
It was evident how viciously his opponent had attacked, aiming to cripple Wei Bin.
A cold glint flashed in Ling Fan's eyes.
He said to Xuan Na, "Take good care of Wei Bin. I'll handle the rest."
With that, Ling Fan walked directly towards the people from Giant Whale City.
Xuan Na was completely stunned.
What was Ling Fan trying to do!
Was he going to challenge Giant Whale City alone?
"Brother Ling, don't go... Ow!"
Wei Bin, who had been unconscious, suddenly opened his eyes and cried out.
The movement aggravated his injuries, causing him to grimace in pain.
Xuan Na blinked and said, "You weren't unconscious!"
Wei Bin chuckled sheepishly, "I was, I was! Just woke up!"
Xuan Na blushed slightly and pushed Wei Bin away from her embrace. Wei Bin cried out pitifully, which made Xuan Na laugh again.
Meanwhile, Ling Fan had already reached the opposite side of the Giant Whale City contingent.
"Who was it that injured my friend just now?"
His gaze swept across the opposition, lingering on the Giant Whale City Lord Ding Hui for a moment, then looking at the others.
"It was me. What are you?"
Jing Miao sneered, looking down at Ling Fan dismissively.
"I thought it was some peerless prodigy, but it turns out to be trash who hasn't even condensed a Golden Core! You, wanting to help that surname Wei fellow and Xuan Yue Island get revenge? Don't make me laugh my teeth out!"
Jing Miao's words immediately drew a burst of laughter from the powerful cultivators of Giant Whale City.
Everyone stared at Ling Fan mockingly.
As if he were a monkey.
"He... he... he...!"
Just then.
Among the powerful cultivators of Giant Whale City, one person trembled, pointing at Ling Fan, stammering incoherently.
The others were displeased. It was too embarrassing for Giant Whale City to be so frightened by someone who hadn't even condensed a Golden Core, at most a quasi-condensed core.
They looked towards this person, who turned out to be Commander Fan Bai, a Golden Core realm cultivator.
He was the commander who had ambushed Xuan Na on the Xuan Yue Sea earlier.
But he had not succeeded, and according to him, he was stopped by a monstrous prodigy.
Most ridiculously, when he returned to report that the person who stopped him was only at the Giant Spirit realm, he was mocked by all the powerful cultivators of Giant Whale City, who thought Fan Bai was incompetent himself.
"Fan Bai, what's wrong with you? To be scared like this by a piece of trash, is he your father!"
A Golden Core realm Martial Lord from Giant Whale City reprimanded him.
Fan Bai said, "He... he is that peerless monstrous talent I spoke of! Be careful, you must be careful, this person is very strong!"
Remembering the slap Ling Fan had given him on the Xuan Yue Sea, Fan Bai felt a phantom ache on his face, and a great sense of fear surged back, making him like a startled bird.
"What, he's the one who slapped you!"
The faces of the Giant Whale City cultivators were filled with mockery.
Far from thinking Ling Fan was powerful,
They only felt Fan Bai was even more useless.
A mere trash who hadn't even entered the Golden Core realm, any one of them at the peak of the Golden Core realm could crush this waste with a single finger.
Fan Bai, after all, was a dignified early Golden Core Martial Lord, yet he feared a piece of trash as if he were a tiger, truly disgracing the name of Giant Whale City.
On the other hand, the Xuan Yue Island contingent.
The expressions of the cultivators were somewhat strange, and they exchanged glances.
So what the Second Miss had said before was true...
Ling Fan had indeed rescued her from a Golden Core Martial Lord of Giant Whale City.
However, this was truly difficult to believe.
After all, Golden Core realm Martial Lords were, in their impression, aloof and supreme powerhouses. How could they be scared away by a young man at the Giant Spirit realm?
As the atmosphere grew peculiar.
Jing Miao became impatient and said coldly from above, "Kid, you ruined our Giant Whale City's plans and dare to come looking for death. I'll give you a chance, kill yourself. Don't make us act, or you'll suffer greatly."
Ling Fan suddenly smiled, but his smile was extremely cold. He said, "I'll give you a chance too. Whichever foot you used to step on my friend, cut it off yourself, and you can live."
Jing Miao heard this, pointed to his left leg, and sneered, "It's this one. I'm not looking down on you, trash, but can you really cut it off if I tell you to!"
Ling Fan glanced at Jing Miao's left leg, made a knife with his hand, and slashed diagonally towards his left leg.
"Hmph, you trash actually dare to attack me. You're courting death!"
Jing Miao's killing intent flashed, and he suddenly punched out. The incomparably sharp water law instantly transformed into a vast river, stirring up a sky-shattering roar, carrying endless impact force towards Ling Fan.
Just as everyone thought Ling Fan would be killed by this law-infused punch.
They saw that the thin slash mark actually cut through Jing Miao's law-river with ease. Then, with a crisp sound of a sharp weapon slicing through flesh and blood, Jing Miao suddenly let out a piercing scream. His left leg was actually severed from the root, and blood immediately gushed out from the severed limb.