Repaying a Hundredfold!
"I am Lin Bai!"
Zhao Rong froze, then stared at Lin Bai with murderous intent. "You're Lin Bai? Then pay with my son's life!"
Zhao Rong yanked Tie Haitang up from the Thunder Swamp.
Tie Haitang collapsed onto the ground. With all her strength, she raised her head and looked toward the man she had yearned for day and night. "Lin Bai, go! Hurry and leave!"
"Haitang, I'm here. Don't be afraid!"
Lin Bai spoke calmly. When he looked at Zhao Rong, the killing intent in his eyes was like flames burning the heavens, ready to reduce the nine heavens and ten earths to ashes!
Lin Bai saw two bright-red five-finger marks on Tie Haitang's cheeks. Those could never have been caused by a single slap. They were wounds left by at least a hundred slaps!
"Wretched thief! You killed my beloved son, yet you still dare to run your mouth! Today, I'll take your life to blood-sacrifice my son!" Zhao Rong roared. Ignoring Tie Haitang, she charged straight at Lin Bai!
Whoosh!
A black mist billowed from Zhao Rong's body. When it brushed against the air, it made a strange hissing sound.
"Poison!"
Lin Bai hurriedly circulated his incantation to protect himself.
Judging from the incantation Zhao Rong had used, it should be the Poison Master's method. In that case, the poison techniques Qin Xiang cultivated must have been learned from Zhao Rong.
However, Qin Xiang was lustful by nature and careless in his cultivation. He had learned only a superficial fraction of Zhao Rong's skills and had not grasped her true abilities at all.
Zhao Rong, on the other hand, was different. The moment she attacked, Lin Bai immediately felt his entire body tremble, and his scalp went numb.
"Hah!"
With a delicate shout, Zhao Rong struck a vicious palm print from within the black mist. It shot toward Lin Bai.
Lin Bai dodged it with lightning speed.
"I'll capture you, throw you into the Myriad Poison Insect Cage, and let venomous insects tear at you for ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years! You'll suffer every torment this mortal world has to offer. You'll beg for life but be denied it, and beg for death but be unable to die!" Zhao Rong roared, her heart blazing with fury.
"You're still far from capable!"
"One Sword Bloodspray!"
Lin Bai abruptly struck with his sword.
"An Earth Grade Nine martial skill, and you dare bring it out to disgrace yourself?" Zhao Rong sneered. "Watch this—Five Venoms Immortal Palm!"
The Five Venoms Immortal Palm erupted. Black winds howled, and a black gale charged toward Lin Bai. It carried terrifying poison; even a trace touching Lin Bai would be enough to kill him ten times over!
"Rivers of Blood!"
"Blood Rain and Foul Wind!"
"Cold-Blooded Strike!"
Three consecutive sword strikes slashed out, cleaving the black gale to pieces!
"Heh heh, you think that's the end of it? Five Venoms Immortal Palm, Fifth Form—Devour the Heavens!"
Hiss—
A force that made Lin Bai's heart tremble flowed from Zhao Rong's palm!
"Thunder God Sword!"
With no other choice, Lin Bai immediately unleashed the Thunder God Sword.
"Hmph. A sword technique improved from the Thunder God Fist? You've got some sort of genius in you, boy. What a pity that you ran into me!" Zhao Rong sneered as she charged forward without slowing her attack.
"Do you know where Qin Xiangtian's Thunder God Fist came from?"
"I taught it to him!"
Boom!
The instant Zhao Rong finished speaking, her palm struck the weakness in the Thunder God Sword and sent Lin Bai flying. He landed ten meters away, spitting blood!
Zhao Rong possessed such formidable poison arts, and she repeatedly claimed that she had taught the Thunder God Fist to Qin Xiangtian. Her origins were clearly extraordinary.
The Five Venoms Immortal Palm Zhao Rong had just used was at least a Profound Grade Nine martial skill. Otherwise, it could never have possessed such overwhelming might!
Lin Bai lay heavily wounded on the ground.
Zhao Rong sneered. "Now I'll cripple your dantian and torture you for a hundred years, until you'd rather die than live!"
Zhao Rong pounced forward, her palm heading straight for Lin Bai's abdomen.
"Heh heh, you're celebrating too soon."
"Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm!"
Golden light emerged from both of Lin Bai's arms, followed by a dragon's roar that shook the four directions.
Roar!
"Divine Dragon Arm!"
Lin Bai leaped into the air and brought down a fist wrapped in golden light.
As the fist descended, the phantom image of a golden dragon with bared fangs and brandished claws appeared. The majesty of the emperor of all beasts trampled across the four directions and shook the universe, vowing to destroy every injustice beneath the heavens in the blaze of its fury!
"What?"
Zhao Rong suddenly felt the shadow of death and hurriedly retreated.
"Five Venoms Immortal Palm, Sixth Form—Soul Devourer!"
Zhao Rong struck out with one palm, intending to withstand the power of the Divine Dragon Arm head-on!
However, the Divine Dragon Arm was a divine art painstakingly cultivated by an expert who had comprehended the True Dragon Clan's ways for a thousand years. How could the Five Venoms Immortal Palm, merely a Profound Grade Nine martial skill, compare?
The five venoms were nothing more than mortal things, while the True Dragon Clan was the emperor of all beasts!
Boom—
The Divine Dragon Arm shattered all of Zhao Rong's attacks and smashed her left shoulder to pieces. She crashed to the ground, screaming again and again.
"Die!" Lin Bai's strike had landed, and he gave Zhao Rong no chance to catch her breath. He shot forward with his sword, ready to end her life.
"Even if I die, I'll drag someone down with me!"
A ruthless glint flashed through Zhao Rong's eyes. She kicked Tie Haitang into the Thunder Swamp. "Hahaha! Go to hell and become a pair of star-crossed lovers!"
"Haitang!"
Lin Bai cried out in alarm.
Taking advantage of the moment, Zhao Rong spun around and leaped into the mountain forest.
Zhao Rong already knew that she was no longer Lin Bai's match. Her only choice was to flee and find a better opportunity to take revenge on him!
Lin Bai had no mind to kill Zhao Rong either. Seeing Tie Haitang fall into the Thunder Swamp, he sprinted over and jumped straight in without the slightest hesitation.
Inside the Thunder Swamp, bolts of lightning struck Lin Bai one after another. The intense pain twisted his face.
"Haitang!"
Lin Bai shouted.
With a leap forward, Lin Bai found Tie Haitang in the swamp water, waiting for death with all her heart.
"Come with me!" Lin Bai pulled Tie Haitang's hand and prepared to leave.
But Tie Haitang jerked hard, tore her hand free, and shouted furiously, "Who told you to come? Who asked you to meddle in my affairs? Get lost! I don't need you!"
"Can't we wait until we're out before you throw a tantrum?" Lin Bai said. "Don't you know how dangerous this place is?"
Tie Haitang sneered. "What does my life or death have to do with you?"
"I'm saving you!" Lin Bai shouted angrily.
"I don't need you to save me. Just let me die!" Tie Haitang grew angrier with every word, her voice nearly drowning out the thunder.
"What on earth are you women thinking? Do you know where we are? This is the Thunder Swamp! If we stay here much longer, our lives will be in danger. Can't we talk things over slowly after we get out?"
Lin Bai roared in frustration and embarrassment.
"Get lost! If you want to leave, then leave by yourself!" After Lin Bai shouted at her, Tie Haitang seemed to feel infinitely wronged. Tears streamed from the corners of her eyes, falling endlessly like rain.
"Oh, come on!" Lin Bai was so anxious that he scratched his head and rubbed his ears!
Crack!
A bolt of lightning shot straight toward the top of Tie Haitang's head!
Tie Haitang failed to notice it, but Lin Bai saw it. He pulled her into his arms.
That bolt of divine lightning struck Lin Bai instead.
"Devouring Sword Soul! Devour it for me!"
The instant the divine lightning descended, the Devouring Sword Soul activated, and the lightning's power was rapidly drawn into Lin Bai's body.
The Devouring Sword Soul devoured everything and severed everything! It was domineering beyond compare!
But that devouring triggered a disaster. The lightning of the Thunder Swamp seemed to have been provoked. In an instant, every bolt of lightning came crashing down toward Lin Bai!