Ruthless Attack

Chapter 39: Ruthless Attack

"Whoosh!"

The sound of something tearing through the air suddenly rang out!

Chen Lin moved in a flash. The veins in his right arm bulged as he whipped it forward with all his strength!

The Yin Corpse's head howled through the air as Chen Lin hurled it at Jiang Yue, who was caught off guard at point-blank range. At the same time, Chen Lin shot backward, slapping his Storage Bag as he went. Five streaks of sword light instantly tore through the sky, trembling in midair!

Jiang Yue clearly hadn't expected Chen Lin to resist, and he froze for a moment. But he was, after all, a Demon Cultivator at the Sea Opening Realm. The moment Chen Lin sprang back, he sensed something was wrong and tilted his head. The Yin Corpse's head flew past his cheek, missing by a hair's breadth.

"Void Formation!"

At the same time, Chen Lin uttered the words without expression.

Among the five flying swords, the strongest—a three-foot-long sword—rang out and shuddered. Bearing an intent that seemed to slaughter everything in its path, it shot forward, piercing the clouds and crossing the moon. In the blink of an eye, it was thrusting toward Jiang Yue's brow!

"How dare you!"

Jiang Yue snapped back to his senses and roared. But when he turned around, a frigid sword light was already coming at him!

The sword shrieked toward the heavens, tearing through the air!

Jiang Yue's pupils contracted, but he didn't panic. He merely smiled coldly and moved his fingers. Invisible Sword Qi gathered in his palm, ready to slash out with all his might. But in the next instant, the world before his eyes suddenly changed!

The Demon Prison, originally steeped in sinister energy and shrouded in ghostly mist, became a vast volcano. Lava boiled everywhere, rocks shot skyward, and it was just like a hell of molten rock!

And he was standing at the volcano's crater, where it was about to erupt!

"What's going on?!"

Jiang Yue's expression changed.

At the same time, several streams of lava hurtled through the boiling molten rock like meteorites, hissing as they erupted from the crater and roared toward Jiang Yue!

Jiang Yue was horrified. He moved to fly into the air, trying to dodge!

"Get down here!"

Chen Lin's eyes flashed as he tossed the four small flags into the air once more.

Supreme-grade magic artifact—the Immortal-Descending Formation Flags!

A force of restraint bore down on Jiang Yue. Caught off guard, he plummeted toward the ground, landing a hair's breadth from the lava's mouth. Scared out of his wits, he could only roll awkwardly, barely dodging the streams of lava!

But he had clearly forgotten about the sword light aimed at his brow!

Only when a bone-chilling sensation, as cold as a sword piercing his skin, struck him did his hair stand on end. He had time only to tilt his head slightly.

Swish!

A two-inch-long gash appeared across his cheek, the flesh split and torn open! His already hideous face became even more savage.

"You little bastard! I'll kill you!"

Jiang Yue struggled to his feet, his eyes bloodshot and his aura erupting with sudden force. Though he stood at the mouth of a volcanic crater, his face twisted with rage, he had also figured out that this hell of molten rock was fake!

"An Illusion Formation!"

The boiling chunks of lava and the blood-red streams of flame looked real, but they gave off no heat. There was only sinister energy and bone-piercing cold.

In an instant, Jiang Yue understood. This was an extremely sophisticated Illusion Formation, so convincing it could almost pass for reality!

Though he had realized the truth, Jiang Yue's expression was still utterly grim, his heart pounding with fear. The hell of molten rock seemed so real that even knowing it was fake, he couldn't help dodging. Meanwhile, an invisible, frigid sword light kept striking at him whenever he tried to evade. Its movements were strange, its presence impossible to discern, leaving him in a sorry state!

"You little bastard! You think this is enough to kill me? How naive!"

Jiang Yue dodged left and right in a somewhat desperate manner, burning with rage. In a sinister voice, he said, "This Illusion Formation may be powerful, but it must be the effect of some magic artifact. You're only at the early Xiantian stage, with limited spiritual energy in your body. You can't sustain it for long. Once I get out, I'll break every last bone in your lowly body, one by one. Only then will I be able to soothe my rage!"

Chen Lin remained expressionless as he watched Jiang Yue dart about in disarray. A flicker of mockery crossed his eyes.

"Think you can wear down my spiritual energy?"

Chen Lin sneered to himself. The mysterious Dao Heaven he cultivated was powerful, and after several fierce battles, his spiritual energy had hardly run dry. Jiang Yue's plan had fallen flat!

Of the five flying swords, the four sub-swords controlled the Illusion Formation, while the mother sword was meant for killing. Though they had temporarily trapped Jiang Yue, Chen Lin clearly didn't believe these methods alone could kill a Demon Cultivator at the Sea Opening Realm.

"Roar!"

Chen Lin suddenly let out a low growl, and his body once more transformed into its true form. Two demonic horns burned with blazing flames, his pupils flashed crimson, the two Yin-Yang chakras in his body vibrated violently, and the Source Blood Seed spun without pause as spiritual energy surged through him to its limit!

At last, Chen Lin stopped holding back and fought with all his strength!

His body swelled in a strange way. Behind him, a pair of leathery wings suddenly shone with a blood-red glow, like crimson flames, then snapped open with a whoosh. Framed by the two scythes of death in Chen Lin's hands, he looked like an ancient demon god descending upon the world!

"Rumble~!!"

His leathery wings beat with savage force. He unleashed Thunder Flash Step, and his figure vanished from where he stood. Only afterward did a thunderous sonic boom follow his path, suddenly echoing and spreading through the air!

Dragon roars and elephant cries rang out as thunder rolled!

"What a powerful body!"

Not far away, Situ Kong and the others stared in stunned disbelief. Liu Han's hair stood on end, and his expression turned grim. He felt fortunate that he hadn't actually fought Chen Lin back then. Otherwise, the threat Chen Lin posed might well have been no less than that of the Yin Corpse!

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a shrill scream rang out!

Chen Lin's eyes were blood-red, his gaze cold and murderous. His death scythe pierced through a woman's chest with unstoppable force. She was one of the women beside Jiang Yue—the one other than Lan Xin!

Chen Lin had planned to kill everyone beside Jiang Yue first, then focus entirely on Jiang Yue!

The beautiful woman coughed up mouthfuls of blood, her delicate body trembling. She could only lower her head slightly and stare at the dark, eerie scythe piercing her chest, disbelief and despair in her eyes.

Innate Divine Ability: Blood Absorption Healing!

Chen Lin showed not the slightest pity. Fine strands of blood-red light coiled around the scythe. The woman screamed again, her skin drying up at a visible rate as Chen Lin rapidly sucked the blood from her body, like water being drawn up by a sponge!

Thump!

Chen Lin tossed the woman to the ground. Only skin and flesh remained wrapped around her bones, like a corpse left to bake in the sun for months. In an instant, the body changed from human form to its true form: a huge, bizarre-looking Demon Rabbit with short teeth and a long mouth!

At the sight of such a gruesome death, everyone present paled, shock and fear in their eyes.

Chen Lin glanced indifferently at the woman's corpse, then fixed his bloodthirsty, merciless gaze on the other woman, Lan Xin!

It had all happened extremely quickly. Still trapped in the Illusion Formation, Jiang Yue heard the woman's scream and immediately understood that Chen Lin had killed one of his two female companions!

"Damn it! You little bastard, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Jiang Yue was consumed by rage. His eyes were bloodshot. He couldn't believe he had suffered such a great loss at the hands of an ant as lowly as a blade of grass. Chen Lin had killed his companion right under his nose. To him, it was the height of humiliation!

Chen Lin remained expressionless, ignoring Jiang Yue's threats. Instead, he moved and charged at the woman called Lan Xin, who was not far away.

Lan Xin's face had gone deathly pale, and her lips trembled. She looked at the terrifying mangled corpse Chen Lin had tossed aside, then saw his cold, merciless eyes fixed on her as he charged toward her. Her whole body shook, and terror filled her eyes.

She had thought that, given Jiang Yue's cultivation, he could toy with Chen Lin in the palm of his hand in an instant. But the situation before her had clearly upended that assumption.

"Swish!"

In her panic, she clenched her teeth. Her face twisted into a vicious expression. She knew that if she didn't fight for her life, she would meet the same miserable end. With a sharp cry, she revealed her true form!

She was a gigantic Crimson Flame Bat. Her wings, stretching from her back, were bright red, and two sharp claws protruded strangely from her abdomen.

The Crimson Flame Bat raised its head and let out a silent, shrill cry. Its wings beat fiercely, sending a wave of red flames and blistering, suffocating heat rushing toward Chen Lin.

Unexpectedly, Chen Lin didn't dodge as he charged. In an instant, the flames engulfed his entire figure.

Seeing Chen Lin wrapped in flames, the Crimson Flame Bat's tiny eyes flashed with a shockingly human expression of delight.

"Hmph, a pathetic little trick!"

Chen Lin sneered. His body had been tempered by the Essence of Li Fire. How could it not be powerful? Ordinary flames couldn't hurt him at all.

Chen Lin stood amid the crimson flames, like a demon god emerging from hell. He was like a boat amid ten thousand waves, riding the sea of fire, unmoving as a mountain.

The Crimson Flame Bat panicked completely. Her proudest innate divine ability had no effect on Chen Lin, and she was also trapped beneath the Immortal-Descending Formation Flags. She couldn't escape even if she wanted to!

"Senior Brother Jiang Yue! Save me!"

Seeing Chen Lin's bloodthirsty, icy gaze fixed on her as he raced toward her like lightning, Lan Xin's eyes filled with despair. She cried out.

"Stop! You little bastard! If you so much as lay a finger on her, I'll make you regret ever being born!"