Chapter 30: Kill Anyone Who Stands in My Way!
Lin Bai had just charged halfway up the mountain when he saw a group of martial artists blocking his path.
"Get the hell back down! This place has been reserved by Miss Lin Zier. If you don't want to die, get lost!"
These martial artists had been left behind by Lin Zier to stop anyone who wanted to come up and fish in troubled waters.
"I was about to say the same thing. If you don't want to die, get lost!"
Lin Bai gripped the Spirit Severing Sword and strode forward.
"Good boy. I see you refuse the wine of respect and demand the cup of punishment!"
The martial artist flew into a rage. He immediately pulled a long spear from behind his back. His aura shook violently, and the power of the Martial Dao Ninth Level burst forth.
His spear stabbed down from above with overwhelming force, like a spear fallen from the heavens!
But unfortunately for him, his opponent was Lin Bai!
"Get lost!"
Lin Bai roared. With one strike, he cut the long spear in two and sent the martial artist flying.
The martial artist hit the ground. The other martial artists guarding the area roared in unison: "How dare you hurt one of our men? You're courting death!"
All the martial artists swarmed forward.
"Today, I will kill Lin Zier! Anyone who stands in my way will die!"
Seeing more than twenty martial artists at the Eighth and Ninth Levels of the Martial Dao attacking him, Lin Bai let out an enraged roar.
Spurt! Spurt! Spurt!
The sword flashed and danced, cutting down all twenty-odd attackers.
After killing these roadblocks, Lin Bai continued toward the mountaintop.
As he climbed, Lin Bai saw the corpses of monsters and martial artists lying along the mountain path and within the forest.
Clearly, Lin Zier and the others had fought a bloody battle here earlier.
Along the way, Lin Bai encountered several more forces trying to stop him. Naturally, they all died beneath his sword.
"Miss Lin Zier, someone has killed his way up from the foot of the mountain!"
A martial artist who had escaped from beneath Lin Bai's sword ran swiftly to the mountaintop to report to Lin Zier.
At that moment, Lin Zier was directing the martial artists in surrounding and killing the monster horde before them.
Hearing this, the martial artist asked in surprise, "There's actually someone in Spirit Rhino City who can kill his way up here? Which lineage does he belong to?"
"It's—it's Lin Bai!" the martial artist replied.
"Him?" A flash of killing intent passed through Lin Zier's eyes. "I originally planned to wait until I had earned enough points before fighting you. Since you've come here to die, I'll spare a little time to send you to meet King Yama."
"Miss Zier, don't worry. Why should you trouble yourself with a mere Lin Bai? The two of us can go and cut him down."
At that moment, Zhao Ruixue and Zhao Tianhao spoke in unison.
The two had already made up their minds to curry favor with Lin Zier.
And now that Lin Bai had come knocking, it was the perfect opportunity for them to show off.
Naturally, they could not give up such a fine chance to perform in front of Lin Zier.
"All right, then go. If you cut down Lin Bai, once I reach Azure Cloud Terrace Palace, I'll make sure you receive your due rewards." Lin Zier smiled brightly.
"Then we'll thank you in advance, Miss Zier."
"Brother, let's go."
Zhao Ruixue and Zhao Tianhao smiled together. They turned around and charged toward the mountainside, trailing a murderous aura that soared to the heavens.
As it happened, Zhao Ruixue and Zhao Tianhao were coming down while Lin Bai was climbing up.
With one strike, he cut down a martial artist blocking the path before him.
Lin Bai looked up and saw that Zhao Ruixue and Zhao Tianhao had actually come down.
"Lin Bai, surrender and await death!"
Zhao Ruixue and Zhao Tianhao roared together.
"Where's Lin Zier? Why isn't she coming herself? Did she really have to send two pieces of trash like you to die?" Lin Bai retorted.
"Hmph. Why would Miss Zier need to act personally to kill you? We're more than enough!" Zhao Ruixue said coldly.
"Big brother, stop wasting words on him. Just kill him. We still have to go back and help Miss Zier kill the monsters!"
Zhao Tianhao grinned.
His face was filled with disdain for Lin Bai.
After all, Lin Bai's Yellow Rank One martial soul was famously useless throughout Spirit Rhino City.
The two of them, however, were geniuses of the Zhao family.
Killing a Lin Bai would be a piece of cake.
"Fine!"
Zhao Ruixue answered as well, and the two immediately dove down.
Sure enough, when geniuses made their move, they instantly stirred the wind and clouds.
Both struck out with their palms, each carrying a terrifying aura of power as they slammed toward Lin Bai's chest.
Lin Bai raised his sword to block, but the impact forced him back five steps!
"Hm? He's still alive?" Zhao Ruixue was somewhat astonished. The combined strike from she and Zhao Tianhao had actually been blocked by Lin Bai.
"Since you didn't die, then take another punch!"
"Overlord Fist!"
Zhao Tianhao roared. A thick, powerful force gathered in his fist.
He punched out.
The force shook a hundred meters of space!
The might of this punch made every hair on Lin Bai's body stand on end.
"I told you, you're nothing more than men rushing to your deaths!"
"Cold-Blooded Strike!"
With a bang!
Lin Bai's sword shattered Zhao Tianhao's attack. At the same time, the sword light shot forward and pierced through Zhao Tianhao's heart.
Zhao Tianhao stared in disbelief at the fist-sized bloody hole in his chest, his entire body turning cold.
"How could you... kill me?" Until his death, Zhao Tianhao could not believe that he would die at Lin Bai's hands.
"Second brother!"
Zhao Ruixue cried out in anguish, the veins on her forehead bulging with fury!
"Lin Bai, pay for my second brother's life!"
"Overlord Fist, Second Form—Heaven's Wrath!"
The force behind Zhao Ruixue's punch was several times greater than Zhao Tianhao's.
"Your martial technique is indeed impressive, but unfortunately, you haven't mastered it yet!"
"One Sword Bloodspray!"
A sword shot forward and collided with Zhao Ruixue's fist.
Pfft—
Zhao Ruixue was blasted back, coughing blood as her hair fell into disarray. She landed a hundred meters away.
Zhao Ruixue, her hair in wild disarray, crawled up from the ground. Blood streamed down her body, and her eyes were scarlet.
"Overlord Fist, Third Form—Godslayer!"
Rumble!
The terrifying power made the surrounding void tremble, as though the heavens themselves were collapsing.
"Thunder God Sword!"
The power of thunder gathered around Lin Bai's wrist before flowing into the blade.
A sword of lightning Qi slashed forth, dragging a long sword mark across the ground before striking Zhao Ruixue.
Crack!
The sword cleaved Zhao Ruixue cleanly in two, splitting her down the middle. The scene was gruesomely bloody.
The two Zhao brothers had died beneath Lin Bai's sword. Lin Bai continued toward the mountaintop.
At that moment, the hundred monsters atop the mountain had been hunted down until only a few remained.
All the tokens they had obtained had been handed over to Lin Zier.
Lin Zier now held more than one hundred and ten tokens.
As long as nothing unexpected happened, Lin Zier was destined to take first place in this martial competition.
"This is bad, Miss Lin Zier! Lin Bai killed Zhao Ruixue and Zhao Tianhao. He's almost at the mountaintop!"
The martial artist who had followed Zhao Ruixue saw the two being killed and hurried back to report.
"He's already made it up here? But that's just perfect. The monsters have nearly all been killed, and I already have one hundred and twenty points. I'm taking first place in this martial competition without a doubt!"
Lin Zier smiled calmly. "Lin Bai, since you've traveled a thousand miles to die, I'll grant your wish!"
Standing atop the mountain, Lin Zier gazed down at the mountain path before her.
Slowly, a white-clad man wielding a sharp sword fought his way through every obstacle and killed his way to the mountaintop.