The ferocity Lin Yingbin displayed the moment they faced off had already put Ryuseki and Ryuu Mufei at a disadvantage. The ensuing battle was almost like a turn-based game; Lin Yingbin moved with incredible speed and possessed astonishing strength. He quickly gained the upper hand thanks to this advantage, yet he still could not manage to put Ryuu Mufei down.
Lin Yingbin escaped from Ryuseki's line of sight with blistering speed, and Ryuseki failed to react in time, letting Lin Yingbin, who suddenly appeared behind him, seize the initiative. Lin Yingbin grabbed the collar at the back of Ryuseki's shirt with one hand while keeping a firm grip on the hem of his trousers with the other, then delivered a rocket-like kick to his back with both feet. Because he was being held and could not arch his body to cushion the impact, Ryuseki's entire body took the full force of the blow. Afterward, Lin Yingbin released Ryuseki and materialized beside him once more, delivering another heavy kick to his abdomen while he had yet to recover his posture from the pain.
This series of attacks left Ryuseki dizzy and unable to track Lin Yingbin's movements, forcing him back step by step under a barrage of blows. Ryuu Mufei also broke out in a cold sweat. Although Lin Yingbin's attacks could not break through the defense of his psychokinetic barrier, his speed was too great for Ryuu Mufei to catch him. Watching Ryuseki take a beating, Ryuu Mufei dropped the barrier in a moment of panic.
Lin Yingbin did not let this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity slip by, charging toward him the instant he lowered his psychokinetic barrier.
He leaped into the air, lunging at Ryuu Mufei like a fierce tiger, but at that moment Ryuseki also leaped high, retaliating with his right hand wreathed in blue airflow.
Let's see you dodge now! Ryuseki figured Lin Yingbin definitely lacked anything to push off against in midair and had no way to maneuver. Yet just as he predicted Lin Yingbin's descent trajectory to launch an attack, Lin Yingbin suddenly flipped his body over, and Ryuseki saw his foot stomp fiercely against the empty air; the flow of airflow around his foot and his extreme speed compressed the air into an air pocket, and this layer of air actually supported Lin Yingbin, creating a point of leverage in midair.
The air pocket burst, and Lin Yingbin soared above Ryuseki's head like a flying fish. Ryuseki thought Oh no, and the next instant Lin Yingbin's kick exploded against the top of his head. Ryuseki slammed heavily onto the ground like a stone statue, his flesh rebounding like gel upon impact before blood began to stream from his nasal cavity and the corners of his mouth.
It turned out the reason Lin Yingbin had been able to escape at such blinding speed and move freely in the air was that he used the airflow generated beneath his feet to compress the air.
It is necessary to explain what 'airflow' is here: airflow is the energy generated by biological cells. These energy flows throughout the body, allowing living things to move, and is essential for supporting life activities. With deliberate training, this life energy can be manipulated freely and is emitted through the pores of the skin in the form of currents of air.
Those who learn to manipulate airflow show slower physical development in terms of outward appearance compared to others. In the world of martial arts, one often sees large, muscular brutes lose to scrawny old men, which many people might find strange. But if that old man knows how to manipulate the body's airflow, it is entirely normal. For if the old man were to release and unbind all the airflow throughout his body, his muscles would likely be several times larger than those of the burly brute opposite him; likewise, if that burly brute were to bind his physique with airflow, the muscles over his entire body would vanish, and he might even look emaciated.
In other words, it is rare to see individuals who study airflow display a manifold increase in body size. Of course, the prerequisite of releasing and unbinding all the body's airflow is also extremely difficult to achieve, because releasing all constraints means the cessation of life activities. This is why one often sees people whose builds are clearly slender yet possess formidable strength.
Watching his former friend beaten into such a state by his own hands, Lin Yingbin showed not a shred of guilt on his face; instead, a bizarre smile crept across it. Yet this smile did not last long; observing that Ryuseki's injuries did not seem as severe as he had anticipated, he turned his gaze to Ryuu Mufei.
"It was you, wasn't it? You used psychokinesis to protect him while I was attacking, not only directly neutralizing most of my kick, but also shielding him from the hard ground."
Ryuu Mufei glared at Lin Yingbin with a stern expression and replied, "How could I let you hurt someone important? Now, what do you plan to do? Reckless wild brat!"
Lin Yingbin failed to notice that as he spoke, two chains created from psychokinesis had already locked his feet in place. By the time he wanted to move, he realized he had been caught, so he intended to snap them using brute force just as before. However, Ryuu Mufei did not give him the chance.
Psychokinesis — Dark Box of Death
In an instant, a translucent, visible barrier materialized around Lin Yingbin, trapping him within and locking him down so he could not move an inch.
"You won't be able to escape this time!"
"I say, young master of the Psychokinetic Clan! Stop indulging in unrealistic fantasies. Did you really think you could lock me down with this? What a joke—I simply haven't used my full strength yet." Lin Yingbin replied calmly to Ryuu Mufei outside through the translucent box.
Before his voice had even faded, psychokinetically manufactured spears appeared around the perimeter of the translucent cell, tipped and ready like arrows drawn on a bowstring.
Yet Lin Yingbin's face held no trace of fear; he only grew more excited.
With a series of whoosh sounds, the translucent spears shot straight toward Lin Yingbin. Passing through the translucent cell, the spears accurately pierced through Lin Yingbin's body.
Because of Ryuu Mufei's will, these psychokinetic spears did not inflict physical damage upon his body; instead, they served to link Lin Yingbin's spiritual world with his own, intending to break Lin Yingbin mentally and thus rob him of his combat capability.
The moment the spears pierced Lin Yingbin's body, their spiritual worlds linked. At that instant, Ryuu Mufei found himself standing in a desolate wasteland. Before him, Lin Yingbin was bound to a massive cross, lances thrust through his body as blood flowed from his wounds. This was Lin Yingbin's spiritual world, and Ryuu Mufei intended to attack him within it. Yet the moment he took a step forward, the ground beneath his feet collapsed, and Ryuu Mufei plunged downward as though falling into a boundless, dark abyss.
"What is happening?" Ryuu Mufei found it hard to believe. He had originally intended to unearth the fear Lin Yingbin kept buried deep in his heart and amplify it to stimulate his psyche, but he never expected to become deeply trapped himself. Falling endlessly, Ryuu Mufei discovered he was completely unable to freely control the spiritual world. Gazing at the endless darkness surrounding him, he watched the light above grow increasingly distant. Then, a streak of red tore through the darkness, and it was—
The surroundings shattered as a pitch-black demon bared bloody long fangs and claws, shaking its head. A wave of terror suddenly washed over Ryuu Mufei, a terror unlike anything he had experienced before.
The connection terminated. The spears planted in Lin Yingbin vanished, and Ryuu Mufei dropped to his knees, drenched in sweat from head to toe. His eyes held a look of sheer terror as his body trembled and his fingers dug rigidly into the ground. Following that, the translucent cell vanished as well. Lin Yingbin walked slowly over to Ryuu Mufei.
"Young master of the Psychokinetic Clan, how does this feel?"
With that, Lin Yingbin delivered a savage kick that sent Ryuu Mufei flying. Moments later, Ryuseki caught the airborne Ryuu Mufei.
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