Assassinated Instead

Assassinated Instead

"Tch, you've already become my defeated foe. Do whatever you want! I refuse to believe that, with my strength, I can't endure three of your kicks." Lin Yu glanced over again and smiled. He knew his three kicks were no light matter—and trading one kick for three was worth it.

"Fine! Then I'll let you have a proper taste." Lin Yu found this man rather sensible. He whipped a kick straight into the second man's neck, then hooked his foot and made him eat a mouthful of dirt.

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes and continued, "You seem like a tough man. What's your name? Let me hear it." All of a sudden, Lin Yu became interested in learning who this person was. He even felt like having a little conversation.

"Sishi." Hearing that, Lin Yu froze for a moment before saying, "Oh? Body-Slaying is quite a good name." In the blink of an eye, it seemed he had discovered something amusing, and he simply stood there laughing.

"Get lost! Not Body-Slaying—Sishi. Liu Sishi." Lin Yu laughed again. Of course he knew it was not Body-Slaying; he was merely repeating it because he found it funny. After another glance, he said, "Still pretty stubborn, huh? Then have another kick!" Lin Yu kicked him in the back again, and this blow made him spit out blood.

A surge of spiritual power was drawn into Liu Sishi's body, restoring him somewhat. Lin Yu continued, "What, you've started mobilizing the spiritual power in your body? I'm telling you, three kicks. Not one less." In that instant, three kicks landed directly on his head, and his skull gave a crisp crack.

It took Liu Sishi quite a while to recover his strength. Trembling slightly, he finally said, "The three kicks are over. By what you said earlier, you should spare my life now, right?"

Lin Yu's gaze turned cold. He had still overestimated his own strength. If his force had been doubled, this man should have died long ago.

"Oh, right! I'd forgotten. I did say I'd spare your life. But now... I want to kill you again." His sword had already fallen into his hand. Liu Sishi had expended far too much strength just now and had no chance to react or flee before One Sword pierced through his throat.

"I did say I would spare your life. Unfortunately, poison lies hidden in your body. You were bound to die sooner or later, so dying here is simply cleaner. Don't worry—there are two more people. They'll soon accompany you on the road to the Yellow Springs." The three of them could not sense it, but Lin Yu had discovered it long ago.

"Tch, you think you hid yourselves well? Not necessarily." Lin Yu glanced over, then vanished into the distance in the blink of an eye. He found his trace in a patch of bushes, where another cultivator was lying in wait.

Lin Yu smiled and bit his finger open. A drop of blood flowed from his body, still scarlet red, but carrying far too many toxins within it. Before the cultivator could utter a single word, he was directly sealed by that drop of blood.

At that moment, Lin Yu said, "One drop of poisonous blood is enough to take your lives." Lin Yu drew a long breath before continuing, "Just wait here properly. Your brother will soon come here to keep you company." A faint smile showed at the corners of Lin Yu's eyes.

After restoring some of his spiritual power, Lin Yu met the assassin's gaze in the distance and sighed helplessly. "Eh? Since I've been discovered, I suppose I'll have to speed up."

Lin Yu rapidly headed back. In that instant, a flying knife shot through the air, slicing open the cultivator's leg and sending him straight to the ground.

Looking at the cultivator before him, Lin Yu said flatly, "I don't know how you learned that something happened over there, but since that's the case, go keep that person company." Lin Yu did not waste a single extra word before smashing down with his sword.

After carrying a fat man while running all the way, Lin Yu was somewhat out of breath. He threw him directly onto the ground.

"Hey, you two should both be awake by now, right?" Lin Yu said. The two had slept through an entire afternoon. Lin Yu had watched them for a long time, wanting to know exactly who had sent them. Perhaps he might even let them go.

"Why... why is your strength so terrifying?" Their first words upon waking were a question for Lin Yu, as though they had already forgotten that they were prisoners.

Lin Yu let out a long breath. They truly seemed frightened, leaving him unsure what to say. He continued, "Tch, my strength isn't that high. It's just more than enough to kill you."

"Oh, right. Do you know about the three people before you?" The two nodded at once. Lin Yu continued, "I just killed those three. Did you know that?"

"I knew. Otherwise, we wouldn't have run." The latter said this, making Lin Yu roll his eyes. It seemed a person's regard for life and death was indeed quite important.

"Oh? In that case, tell me properly—who sent you, and what was your purpose?" Cold sweat immediately broke out across their bodies at Lin Yu's words.

"We... we... we came on our own. No one ordered us to come!" The instant he heard that, Lin Yu knew they were lying. With One Sword, each of them lost a finger. Lin Yu said again, "Still okay? Shall we continue?" He gave them no time to think.

Lin Yu spoke again, finally asking, "Will you talk?"

"No, Boss, we really came on our own." Hearing them, Lin Yu smiled again.

Killing people and Body-Slaying—since they refused to appreciate his kindness, they could not blame him. One Sword took two lives. Lin Yu said, "I told you to say who sent you. You didn't cherish the opportunity, so don't blame me." As his sword swung, blood splashed over them.

Lin Yu turned and left. Seven Blood Tokens emerged together, madly sucking the two men's blood. In this battle, he had killed five people, and the stench of blood now clung all over him.

A small pool washed away the bloody aura. After changing clothes and sleeping for a while, Lin Yu had gained quite a lot from this outing. Those two spiritual herbs alone were enough to sustain his cultivation for some time.

"Why haven't they returned? No... they're dead... Who exactly is this fellow? How did they die?" Shopkeeper Huangpu stared deeply ahead, yet still could not see through Lin Yu's identity. The only thing he hoped now was that Lin Yu would not come looking for trouble at the shop. Half a lifetime of his hard work had been poured into this place.

Lin Yu then returned directly to the Lin Residence. His cousin Lin Fenfang had been waiting for him all along. The Lineage meeting had also just ended, and Lin Yu even comforted himself with some relief. Good thing I left early. Otherwise, who knows how those old geezers would have tossed me around.