Panic Caused by the Corpse

By the time the three of them hit the ground, Lin Chuan had struck at least a dozen blows to their bodies. The moment they landed, they all vomited blood, their injuries so severe they were nearly dead; yet, eerily, there wasn't a single mark on their skin!

On the other side, Qin Lang's mouth had long since dropped into an 'O' shape. He stared in a daze as Lin Chuan instantly downed three Qi Refining Stage cultivators. As for Bu Lianshi, whether she was frightened silly or simply hadn't reacted yet, she stood obediently and blankly in place, her beautiful eyes fixed unblinkingly on Lin Chuan.

Hoo!

Lin Chuan exhaled and stood with his fists retracted. He was quite satisfied with the effect of his attack. Had his current body not been in such poor condition, the power of his Gentle Fist would have been even greater. Still, given he only had half a month to recover, achieving this much was already quite impressive.

"You... you..." The three on the ground were terrified to the extreme. Looking at Lin Chuan's white hair and white eyes, they felt as if they were staring at a devil. They clearly sensed that while there were no wounds on their bodies, their internal organs were mostly shattered and their meridians completely severed, leaving them unable to even circulate their spiritual energy.

This was the first time they had ever seen such a bizarre technique that targeted meridians and internal organs, yet it was also the last technique they would ever see.

Lin Chuan flashed to their side, the Byakugan in his eyes shifting slowly, transitioning from white pupils to a pair of sky-blue eyes—the Tenseigan!

The next moment, Lin Chuan gently placed his hand on one of them. Blue energy immediately surged from Lin Chuan's hand into the man's body. After a moment, Lin Chuan frowned, retracted the Tenseigan, gathered the useful items from the three, and turned to leave.

As expected, the absorbed chakra cannot be stored; it must be used immediately for attacks or healing, otherwise, it dissipates! This is consistent with the time-sensitive nature of chakra. In other words, once chakra is refined, if it isn't used, it vanishes in about a second! Lin Chuan thought to himself.

In the original Naruto series, the Lightning Release Armor used by the Fourth Raikage achieved its protective effect by continuously channeling lightning-natured chakra to the surface of the body, consuming chakra constantly while in use.

Otsutsuki Toneri, the wielder of the Tenseigan, also used the chakra he extracted immediately or caused it to erupt, all of which proved that chakra could not be stored.

Lin Chuan had merely wanted to test if the chakra in the cultivation world differed from that of the original work; it appeared they were the same.

"The Tenseigan's abilities are powerful, but there is truly very little I can use right now! Wireless puppet control, mental manipulation, space-time abilities, summoning stone statues, gravitational and repulsive forces, the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and extracting others' chakra—out of these six major abilities, I can at most use the chakra extraction, and even that is a weakened version!"

Lin Chuan shook his head helplessly. Ignoring whether the three on the ground lived or died, he returned to Qin Lang to help him close his jaw, patted Bu Lianshi on the head, and helped them both break out of their "frozen" state.

"Lin Chuan, you... you... you're too amazing..." Qin Lang finally returned to normal. The look he gave Lin Chuan was filled with worship, but also a hint of terror, for Lin Chuan's prowess had surpassed his understanding.

Bu Lianshi stared blankly at Lin Chuan, lost in thought, her eyes trembling uncontrollably, which showed just how shocked she was inside.

"Let's go. A battle happened here, so we need to change locations quickly, otherwise it will be troublesome if we attract any Spirit Beasts!" Lin Chuan pulled the two eight-year-old children, who were still in shock, and headed rapidly in a safe direction while keeping his Byakugan active.

Not long after they left, three figures leaped over to the three corpses. Two of them were children around eight years old at the third level of the Qi Refining Stage, while the third, a child of about nine, had a higher cultivation at the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage.

"Are they already starting to kill each other? Isn't that a bit too early?" one of them said.

"Some people don't bring any medicine, food, or other consumables when they enter, just to find weaker people to rob. For them, robbery and murder can secure necessities while also reducing the number of competitors. Why wouldn't they?" the other replied. He then rummaged through the corpses and found that, as he had said, there was no food or supplies on them.

"See, I told you!" the man said triumphantly to the one in front.

"Wait!" The child at the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage suddenly changed expression. He crouched down and began stripping the clothes off the three corpses.

The other two watched their leader undress the bodies with strange, confused expressions.

"Don't you see the problem?" the nine-year-old boy asked with a grim face.

"Is there a problem?" the two asked with odd expressions. Looking at the three corpses stripped bare, they felt something was wrong, but they felt their leader's interests were even more wrong.

"There isn't a single wound on their bodies!" the boy said solemnly.

"Could it be poison, or hidden weapons?" The two were puzzled and crouched down to inspect the corpses for abnormalities.

Immediately, their faces turned pale with horror. They stared at the three bodies in disbelief and backed away repeatedly. "Their internal organs and meridians are all shattered. Who did this? Why aren't there any wounds on them... This... this is too terrifying..."

"And these three were all at the third level of the Qi Refining Stage, yet they all died miserably here. Unless all three opponents used this bizarre technique, it means they were likely killed by the same person. Then, that person's strength..."

The nine-year-old boy's face was extremely ugly. He never imagined there would be such a bizarre method that could attack meridians and internal organs directly without harming the body. In an instant, his hair stood on end, because even he had no confidence in being able to handle such an attack.

The next moment, without a word, he grabbed his two companions, channeled his spiritual energy, and fled the terrifying area at high speed.

"What kind of monsters are participating in this assessment..." the boy swallowed hard, his pupils slightly constricted as he muttered to himself.

One had to know that in previous assessments, a single cultivator at the third level of the Qi Refining Stage in a group was enough to guarantee the group passed. Yet this time, the third level of the Qi Refining Stage seemed like nothing more than an ant that could be crushed at will.

A kilometer away, Lin Chuan, Qin Lang, and Bu Lianshi were resting in a large tree. Lin Chuan's Byakugan had just witnessed everything that happened around those three corpses; even every word they spoke had not escaped his eyes.

"They're quite clever. Just from three corpses, they discovered so much information. It seems I must remember to destroy the evidence next time!" Lin Chuan slowly closed his eyes and whispered to himself.