Counter-kill Under the Moonlight, Yellow-grade Movement Technique Manual

Lu Lin had already realized that these five men had no intention of letting him leave tonight.

They weren't simply looking to teach Lu Lin a lesson.

They truly wanted Lu Lin's life.

If you are heartless, don't blame me for being unrighteous.

Lu Lin had never been the type of person to speak kindly to someone who held a blade to his throat.

To deal with those who drew blades on him, he would strike back with a blade of his own.

Lu Lin observed the four youths and the scar-faced brute out of the corner of his eye.

The scar-faced brute would occasionally reveal an approving smile at the four youths' attacks, and at other times, he would shake his head in dissatisfaction.

In his eyes, Lu Lin was nothing more than a living, moving target.

At this moment, because the four youths had been attacking Lu Lin continuously, their stamina and Vitality Power had been significantly depleted.

In their eyes, Lu Lin was a monster.

He was clearly just an Advanced Martial Disciple, yet he was able to block their saber attacks, even when they utilized their Vitality Power.

How could such a person exist in this world?

As time passed, the four youths' vigilance slowly began to wane.

Despite their frequent attacks, there was no effect; Lu Lin remained as lively as ever.

"Clang."

Just then, the Tiger-Tattooed Youth's saber was knocked to the ground by the Counter Shock once again.

This time, he couldn't quite muster the energy; after all, this situation of his saber falling to the ground had already happened several times.

This caused even his movement to crouch down and retrieve his weapon to be slower than before.

Opportunity!

Lu Lin shouted inwardly.

He caught a glimpse of the scar-faced brute's position out of the corner of his eye and made a split-second decision.

Using the momentum of one of the youths' attacks, Lu Lin threw himself onto the ground, then curled his body and rolled.

By the time he reappeared, he had already reached the feet of the scar-faced man.

"Kill!"

Lu Lin slashed down with his blade.

He had never learned any sword techniques.

But this strike was fueled by his fury, and he poured every ounce of his strength into it.

The blade flashed.

Scarface had never expected Lu Lin to break through the encirclement of his disciples at a moment like this and strike at him.

He saw the flash of the blade.

He wanted to dodge.

But it was already too late.

Lu Lin's figure was like a bolt of lightning.

Incredibly fast.

In an instant, he was right in front of Scarface.

Before the other man could react.

Lu Lin exerted his maximum strength.

The blade flashed.

Scarface's head flew into the air.

It spun in the sky.

He saw the final image of his life.

Moonlight spilled across the earth.

Blood sprayed out.

"Thud."

Scarface's corpse crashed heavily to the ground, blood gushing from the severed neck.

"Ma... Master?"

The Tiger-Tattooed Youth, who had just crouched down, stared at the scene in stunned silence.

He had only crouched down to pick up a blade; how had Lu Lin appeared beside his Master and decapitated him in a single stroke?

Wait.

This must be an illusion.

The Tiger-Tattooed Youth needed to rub his face to calm himself down.

But Lu Lin would not give him such an opportunity.

For the first time in his life, he had killed someone, yet he didn't feel that sense of discomfort one usually experiences after taking a life. Instead, he felt a bit... excited?

The Tiger-Tattooed Youth, crouching motionless on the ground, was the perfect target.

Amidst the man's slightly dazed gaze, Lu Lin gave him a quick end.

At this moment, the other three also snapped out of their shock.

The three of them had been learning under Scarface; they often engaged in fights and sparring, but this was their first time encountering an actual killing.

Seeing their Master and Senior Brother die tragically right before their eyes, their instinctive reaction was to flee.

Having cut down two men in a row, Lu Lin sneered at the three who were running away.

Had they never heard the saying: never turn your back on an enemy, because that is equivalent to handing your life over to them?

Since the three of them were offering the opportunity, Lu Lin certainly wouldn't let it slip by.

Taking two steps in one, Lu Lin easily caught up to the three fleeing men, killing them all with a single strike each.

The deserted path was now permeated with the scent of blood.

The battle saber in Lu Lin's hand was still dripping with blood.

With the deaths of the five men, he finally began to calm his tense and excited emotions. As the pungent smell of blood entered his nostrils, Lu Lin finally felt a slight sense of discomfort.

Next, it was time to handle the aftermath.

The four youths each possessed an F-grade Battle Saber; these were gifts from the Scarface man after they had just finished their apprenticeship and become martial artists. Today was the first time they had used them, and in the end, they had become Lu Lin's gain.

Besides the four battle sabers, the men didn't have much money on them. Although two of them carried bank cards, Lu Lin didn't know the PINs and couldn't withdraw any money, so he had to let it go.

Next was the Scarface man.

Lu Lin had just started searching his body when he felt a book. He pulled it out and, by the moonlight, saw that it was actually a martial arts manual: Soaring Cloud Steps.

Next to the title, there was a small character for "Yellow." Lu Lin originally thought it was the Scarface man's signature, but he soon realized otherwise.

In martial cultivation, once one becomes a martial artist, one must learn graded techniques to maximize the effectiveness of their Vitality Power.

Heaven, Earth, Profound, Yellow.

Heaven Grade techniques were the highest, and Yellow Grade techniques were the lowest.

Even the lowest-grade Yellow-tier cultivation technique costs anywhere from several hundred thousand to a million.

If it is a rare or special technique within the Yellow-tier, the price could even exceed a million.

However, this Soaring Cloud Steps is just an ordinary movement technique manual, so a price of five or six hundred thousand is about right.

Lu Lin calmly evaluated the value of the technique in his heart, but his hand holding the Soaring Cloud Steps couldn't help but tremble slightly.

[Detected a learnable technique. Do you wish to learn it?]

The system's prompt rang out, jolting Lu Lin to his senses. This place, reeking of blood and littered with corpses, was no place to learn a new technique.

Lu Lin placed the Soaring Cloud Steps on the ground and continued to search the Scarface man.

A few First-Order Monster Cores, some cigarettes, and an ID card—that was all.

Lu Lin was already quite satisfied with this haul. After confirming there were no more valuables on the men, he took the four F-grade Battle Sabers, the Yellow-tier Soaring Cloud Steps, and the few Monster Cores, then left the scene.

As for the scene itself, Lu Lin had no intention of notifying the Wu'an Bureau; he wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble.

When he returned home, Lu Lin's parents were already asleep. He walked into the room he shared with Lu Qi.

Although Lu Lin had tried his best to keep his entry quiet, Lu Qi was still woken up.

"Brother, why are you only just getting back?"

Lu Qi mumbled, his voice coming from the bottom bunk of the bunk bed. Lu Lin frowned.

This kid was truly getting bold.

The bottom bunk was his designated bed, yet he had taken it over while Lu Lin was out late.

However, Lu Lin had just experienced a thrilling life-or-death struggle and had come away with a bountiful harvest, so he couldn't be bothered to argue with Lu Qi.

"It's nothing, I grabbed a late-night snack with a friend. Go back to sleep."

"Oh, wait, Brother, what is that?"

Lu Qi opened his eyes and saw the four gleaming F-grade Alloy Battle Knives in Lu Lin's arms. Because of the dimness of the night, he didn't notice the bloodstains on Lu Lin's clothes.

"Knives. F-grade Battle Sabers, the kind that cost 20,000 each."

"What?"