Silencing the Witnesses

Chapter 41: Silencing the Witnesses

"Senzu Bean: Cultivated by the Cat Hermit residing on Korin Tower, these are extremely rare and can instantly restore the body to its optimal state (Originates from the 'Dragon Ball' world)."

Watching Chen Lin produce an unremarkable bean, the Rhino Demon form of Jiang Yue flashed a look of mockery in his dual pupils: "You little mongrel, you think you can defeat me with a broken bean? Hah! I see you've been injured so badly that you've lost your mind!"

In his eyes, Chen Lin was already a dead man, struggling in a futile, desperate attempt to survive.

"Heh heh..."

Chen Lin gave a strange, eerie laugh, looking at Jiang Yue as if he were looking at a corpse. He then pinched the Senzu Bean between his trembling thumb and forefinger, opened his mouth, chewed it forcefully twice, and swallowed.

"Hmph! Playing god and acting like a ghost, I'll tear you to pieces right now—uh... what?!" Before Jiang Yue's savage, mocking words could finish, something happened that left him dumbfounded.

Chen Lin, who had been on the verge of death from his severe wounds, was recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye. The massive, hollowed-out wound in his abdomen was rapidly writhing; within a single breath, it had scabbed over and shed its skin, revealing brand-new flesh!

Jiang Yue's bull-like eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He thought he was hallucinating, unable to believe what he was seeing was real.

"Impossible!"

Jiang Yue's eyes split with rage as he roared repeatedly. At the same time, the sturdy hind legs of his Rhino Demon form pushed off the ground, and he leaped into the air, his dark-green giant claws swiping down to crush Chen Lin. He was afraid; Chen Lin's bizarre display had ignited a surge of intense terror in his heart. To extinguish that fear, he chose to strike first!

Feeling the surging power return to his body, Chen Lin's blood-red fleshy wings fluttered gently behind him. He sneered and charged forward, completely unafraid.

Instantly, the two physically formidable monsters clashed again. However, this time, Chen Lin held the advantage. Yet, the Rhino Demon was truly formidable; only by intermittently unleashing the Shattering Nirvana Finger, condensing his force into a single point, could Chen Lin pierce the opponent's tough scales and inflict heavy damage!

"Ah!!"

During the battle, the bizarre Source Blood suddenly spun frantically in his mind. Chen Lin's eyes gradually turned scarlet and bloodthirsty. He let out a roar toward the heavens and lunged forward, completely abandoning his defense. Letting the Rhino Demon's giant claws leave a gruesome wound on his chest, he locked one of his scythe-like arms onto the monster's head. He raised the other, the sharp blade tearing through the air as he stabbed it down fiercely!

"Puchi—"

This strike was fast and ruthless, instantly embedding itself into the Rhino Demon's right eye socket, sinking three inches into the bone!

"Moo!!"

A shrill, incomparably miserable howl resounded, the Rhino Demon wailing in terror!

"Give me your blood!"

Frenetically circulating his spiritual energy, the Source Blood Seed spun rapidly. Wisps of misty blood energy steamed off the surface of the seed, and a red glow flickered on Chen Lin's scythe!

"No!"

Feeling his blood flowing away frantically, Jiang Yue seemed to realize what was happening and went completely berserk. He thrashed his limbs, attempting to throw Chen Lin off; in an instant, large swathes of rock were shattered!

"You... you cannot kill me! You cannot break the sect rules! I am a direct disciple of the Yuanwa Branch. Killing a direct disciple is a grave crime! The sect elders will definitely investigate everything!"

Jiang Yue's movements grew slower and slower. Feeling his blood and vitality draining away, he was utterly terrified. He wanted to escape this battle, and at the same time, a sense of regret welled up in his heart. Why, why had he provoked such a baleful star for no reason?

"Now you want to talk to me about sect rules? Heh heh... go to hell!"

Chen Lin spat out a mouthful of blood; Jiang Yue's final resistance had dealt him a heavy blow, but his eyes remained cold and cruel, refusing to let go. After a long while, the Rhino Demon finally let out a mournful cry, its massive bull head withering away, followed by its body and sturdy limbs...

The Rhino Demon's flesh and blood were entirely devoured, leaving only the scaly skin draped over its skeleton—a truly eerie sight!

A thick shroud of Death Energy drifted up from the Rhino Demon's corpse and burrowed into Chen Lin's body.

Hum!

His internal spiritual energy churned violently. Having devoured the flesh and blood essence of a Sea Opening Realm Demon Cultivator, Chen Lin's cultivation finally reached the mid-stage of the Innate Realm, and his wounds healed with eerie speed.

"No... impossible!"

Not far away, Lan Xin's eyes revealed immense terror and despair, but she clearly refused to wait for death. Her figure fled rapidly into the distance. Seeing this, Chen Lin sneered and moved to pursue her. With Jiang Yue no longer there to block him, he effortlessly slaughtered the woman.

Tossing Lan Xin's bat-like corpse aside, Chen Lin silently circulated the Soul-Devouring Soul-Refining Scripture. Instantly, a bat soul, shrunk countless times, struggled as it floated out from Lan Xin's skull and merged into Chen Lin's forehead.

Following this, Chen Lin repeated the process, extracting and refining the souls of Jiang Yue and the other woman. From this moment on, the life imprints of Jiang Yue and his two companions had completely vanished from this world.

Not far away, Situ Kong and the others watched with hearts turned cold.

Returning to his human form, Chen Lin let out a long breath, took a robe from his Storage Bag to put on, and walked toward Situ Kong.

Arriving at Situ Kong's side, Chen Lin frowned, noticing that Situ Kong was in a very bad state. He immediately communicated with the Main God Coffin, exchanged for several healing pills, and made Situ Kong swallow them all at once.

Situ Kong felt his body improve slightly and managed to stand up with difficulty, smiling bitterly: "Brother Chen, I never imagined your methods were so formidable. We owe you our lives this time; otherwise, I fear we would not have survived."

Chen Lin smiled slightly, and just as he was about to speak, Han Shuitong's coquettish laughter came from beside him: "Indeed, this Concubine has also had her eyes opened by Brother Chen's methods. I never expected such a formidable figure to exist among the registered disciples."

Liu Han also walked over, a stiff, ugly smile on his face. He didn't speak, but the deep wariness in his eyes as he looked at Chen Lin said everything.

"Heh heh, not at all, not at all. Chen's methods are meager; I've made you all laugh..."

Chen Lin gave an eerie smile, waving his hand in a show of false modesty. But the moment the word "laugh" left his lips, he moved!

The smile was still hanging on Han Shuitong's face, but the next moment, her pupils constricted slightly. Chen Lin's right palm had already struck like a raging tide, descending like a wild beast from the primeval continent, sweeping away everything as it slammed down toward her head!

"Puchi!"

Caught completely off guard, blood instantly gushed from her eyes, ears, and nose. Han Shuitong's eyes widened, her throat rattled, and her expression was one of shock, confusion... and resentful unwillingness. Her mouth opened slightly, as if to say something, but only blood poured out as she collapsed to the ground with a thud!

"Brother Liu, you are next." Having finished off Han Shuitong as if he had performed a trivial task, Chen Lin turned his head and gave Liu Han a calm smile, though in Liu Han's eyes, this smile was indescribably cold.

"You!"

Liu Han felt his entire body go cold, his heart and soul chilled to the core!

He understood in an instant: Chen Lin intended to kill him! Too panicked to think, he turned and fled.

Chen Lin's formidable strength had been deeply branded into the depths of his soul; he possessed absolutely no courage to fight Chen Lin.

Escape! Escape! Escape!

Liu Han roared frantically in his heart, his eyes splitting at the corners.

Yet, under the Immortal-Descending Formation Flags, everything Liu Han did was in vain.

"Chen... Brother Chen... We are, after all, fellow disciples of the Myriad Demon Sect... How about you spare my life?"

Liu Han felt his mouth go dry and his voice tremble, yet he forced himself to squeeze out a smile.

"If that is your final testament, then you may die."

Chen Lin shook his head expressionlessly, showing not the slightest intention of letting Liu Han go.

"Chen Lin! Do not force my hand! We accepted this mission together. When we hand it in, the sect will surely inquire. If the sect follows the trail and discovers you slaughtered a fellow disciple, you will not escape death!"

Despair and malice filled Liu Han's eyes as he put up a final, blustering resistance.

"Are you muddled in the head, or what? Does the sect care about the life or death of registered disciples?" Chen Lin stood with his hands behind his back, smiling nonchalantly. "Besides, who knows how many disciples of the Myriad Demon Sect are buried in the Demon Prison every year? You weren't killed by me at all, but by a Yin Corpse in the Sea Opening Realm. Brother Situ and I fought desperately to save you, but we were unable to rescue you and Senior Sister Han Shuitong."

As he spoke, Chen Lin shook his head with a look of feigned, profound regret.

Everything had been premeditated!

Liu Han finally understood; Chen Lin was determined to kill him! At last, in his despair, he let out a furious roar and revealed his true form to battle Chen Lin, but in a contest of physical bodies, it was clear he was far from being Chen Lin's match.

"Riiip!"

In less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, a flash of violent, bloodthirsty red light suddenly crossed Chen Lin's eyes. He tore his hands apart with savage force, and before Liu Han could even let out a scream, his massive snake body was ripped into two halves. A rain of blood filled the sky, scattering wildly and splashing all over Chen Lin.

Chen Lin's face was covered in blood, and his freshly changed robes were instantly soaked into a crimson garment. However, these bloodstains soon began to squirm slowly, sinking into his body and vanishing without a trace.