I'll Wait for You in Hell

The center of the explosion in the distance.

A figure stood there amid the billowing smoke and dust.

Completely unscathed!

"You've also cultivated a Hardening technique?" Wei Rong closed in for the kill. Seeing Lin Shuguang's condition, her eyes narrowed.

Lin Shuguang's face remained expressionless.

Just as when he had faced the Divine Envoy, his ultimate move appeared once more!

His entire body soared into the air, and fierce waves of force surged wildly in every direction.

Terrifying thunderbolts gushed from his blade, transforming into a rolling thunder dragon.

The two of them clashed before anyone's eyes.

Wei Rong gave a cold laugh. "This is the gap in quality. Even if you successfully undergo the Second Awakening, you'll still die without a doubt today!"

"Is that so?"

What answered her were Lin Shuguang's tranquil eyes, as still as an ancient well.

That unexpected confidence inexplicably filled Wei Rong with irritation.

"You little bastard, you won't turn this around today. You're dead for sure!"

The long sword in her hand swept up countless frosts. Even Lei Sen, a hundred meters away, was frightened into icy coldness all over by the chill and turned pale with shock.

"It's time to end this." Lin Shuguang's gaze was calm.

Those sudden words left Wei Rong and Lei Sen unable to make sense of them.

What... did he mean?

But in the very next instant,

a Jade Talisman appeared between Lin Shuguang's fingers.

Wei Rong's puzzled expression abruptly changed.

"This is!!!"

That familiar Sword Intent! That familiar mark!

Suddenly, she understood and let out a shrill scream.

"Qi Lin!!!"

Beneath Lin Shuguang's cold gaze, countless surging Sword Intents thundered forth, condensing from the Sword Talisman he had taken out.

A sword that reached the heavens!

Fierce and razor-sharp!

Wei Rong's face filled with horror. She twisted around and fled, unleashing nearly everything she had learned in her lifetime in that instant.

There was already a huge gulf between her and Qi Lin, let alone the fact that she was injured now.

She was utterly horrified. She had never imagined that Lin Shuguang would actually possess a Sword Talisman condensed by Qi Lin!

"Boom!"

Wei Rong's body was struck by the Sword Light, and her entire body crashed viciously toward the ground from midair.

Countless shattered rocks flew in all directions, raising billowing clouds of dust.

Faintly, droplets of blood flew out and landed on Lei Sen's face. He had been standing nearby, but was already staring in stunned disbelief.

He blankly raised a hand and touched his face. The blood on his fingers was bright red.

It really was blood!

Wei Rong's blood!

He stared at Lin Shuguang's figure in disbelief, seemingly unable to imagine that Lin Shuguang had been hiding such a terrifying attack.

Watching Lin Shuguang carry his blade toward the center of the explosion,

Lei Sen could see clearly through the rolling smoke and dust: Wei Rong's figure was faintly visible, and a bloody hole had appeared in her right chest. Her whole body was listless and feeble.

Lei Sen subconsciously opened his mouth wide.

He was utterly shaken by the Sword Intent Lin Shuguang had suddenly unleashed.

"What kind of method is this?"

The center of the explosion.

Wei Rong struggled to crawl out of the crater. The bloody hole before her chest was especially horrifying. If she had not already entered the Viscera Refining Stage, that single sword strike would have killed her without a doubt.

After coughing up several mouthfuls of blood, Wei Rong looked at the approaching Lin Shuguang with an ashen face. "Why did Qi Lin give you the Sword Talisman?"

Lin Shuguang's indifferent gaze showed no intention of answering.

He brought his blade down in a slash, and the fierce blade wind lifted the loose hair from Wei Rong's forehead.

The decisive killing intent made Wei Rong's expression change drastically, and she fought back with all her strength.

But the berserk force passed through her sword and sent her flying, making her throw up another fountain of blood toward the sky.

"Why!!!"

"I refuse to accept this!"

"I hid so well! Why did Qi Lin discover me!"

"This was a trap! A trap you set long ago!"

"Gahaha—"

Wei Rong's face was covered in blood as she shrieked with a twisted, savage expression.

Only now did she finally understand everything.

She had thought the barren mountain was a net from heaven and earth that she had laid for Lin Shuguang.

But she had never expected the truth to be a trap within a trap!

Qi Lin's move had not only eradicated all her forces in one stroke, but had also forced Mr. Ghost, who had been lying low for years, to reveal himself.

They had suffered devastating losses this time!

"You little beast, you won't die a good death!"

Lin Shuguang remained expressionless and brought his blade down.

Wei Rong's strength had been greatly diminished. The long sword she had just grabbed was blasted away on the spot, and she let out an even more miserable scream.

Lei Sen did not dare look. He turned around and crouched on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

"Wei Rong, you shouldn't have provoked me."

Lin Shuguang looked over indifferently.

Blood foam continuously spilled from Wei Rong's mouth. She was already close to death.

"Lin Shuguang, you've been targeted by the Divine Envoy. Not one person he's targeted has ever escaped..." Blood tears flowed from Wei Rong's eyes. It was impossible to tell whether they showed relief or resentment.

The Divine Envoy...

Lin Shuguang was not unfamiliar with this title.

"So you're people from the Divine Temple. No wonder." Lin Shuguang looked down at her from above. "Did he never tell you why he didn't dare come here personally?"

Wei Rong's expression froze. If the Divine Envoy had come in person, wouldn't capturing Lin Shuguang have been effortless? There would have been no need to fear the likes of Qi Lin either.

Lin Shuguang's face was expressionless. "Did he also never tell you how pathetically he fled last time?"

"Impossible!" Wei Rong could not imagine that such a powerful Divine Envoy had actually suffered at Lin Shuguang's hands.

"Believe it or not, it's up to you." Lin Shuguang had already figured it out. "So you sent people to capture these promising students from the Elite Class. It seems your Divine Envoy has quite an overactive imagination."

That strange method of turning other people into his puppets while also planting divine consciousness in them had actually piqued Lin Shuguang's interest.

"He should have planted divine consciousness in you too, right? Let him come out."

Lin Shuguang held his blade and spoke lightly.

Wei Rong had already fallen into confusion and suspicion.

The Divine Envoy had indeed planted divine consciousness inside her. If he appeared now, he could certainly capture Lin Shuguang—and it would also prove that everything Lin Shuguang had said was a pack of lies.

But no matter how she summoned him,

there was no response at all from the Divine Envoy.

She raised her head. Facing her were Lin Shuguang's indifferent eyes. "He still doesn't dare come out?"

Wei Rong opened and closed her mouth.

"Old Lin!"

Just then, Meng Shenzhou's booming voice rang out.

Other people's voices also came from the nearby mountain forest.

Gu Yingxiong, Luo Tianxiang, and the others hurried over one after another.

"Lin Shuguang, this has nothing to do with the Wei family. One who acts must take responsibility for his actions!" Covered in blood, Wei Rong suddenly charged forward, seized Lin Shuguang's blade, and viciously impaled herself upon it.

She despised herself for becoming an abandoned pawn, and she was even less willing to fall into Qi Lin and the others' hands.

She had already resolved to die.

When Lin Shuguang's blade viciously pierced through her heart, blood gushed freely.

A large amount of blood poured from between her teeth. She moved close to Lin Shuguang and said hatefully, "I hate myself for being too foolish and becoming someone else's pawn, but I'll never forgive you for nearly destroying decades of the Wei family's painstaking efforts! I... will wait for you in hell!"

Exploding with the last of her strength, Wei Rong's body turned into an ice sculpture. In the next instant, it shattered with a thunderous explosion.

"Teacher..." Lei Sen opened and closed his mouth.

This scene left everyone who had rushed over staring in stunned disbelief.

The all-arrogant Wei Rong had just died like this?

Died at Lin Shuguang's hands?

Yan Kai also appeared with his team at that moment. Seeing Wei Rong's scattered corpse covering the ground, he could not help freezing in place.

When Lin Shuguang saw him appear, his body suddenly began to sway. He tipped his head back and fell.

"Old Lin!!!" Meng Shenzhou cried out and rushed over.