A madman's kinship with a psychopath

After that crude butchering, the cripple was soon as dead as dead could be.

The outlaws around him stared wide-eyed, trembling uncontrollably. None dared take another step toward Lin Yu.

It wasn't as though they had never attacked Transcendents before.

In fact!

In their madness, they had even killed Transcendents.

But a Transcendent as terrifying and insane as Lin Yu was someone they truly dared not provoke!

Elsewhere.

Tie Qiu and Zhao Yang, Zhai Guang and Yellow Hair were all utterly stunned.

As they fought, they couldn't help stealing glances at Lin Yu, who was chopping meat into mince.

What...

That was it?

A Transcendent like the cripple had died just like that?

Was the cripple a fucking idiot?!

Couldn't he fight back when someone hacked at him?

Looking at Lin Yu, drenched in blood as though he had crawled out of a heap of corpses, Zhai Guang couldn't help wondering whether... Lin Yu really was on the Flesh Pathway.

He was even starting to find Lin Yu rather likable...

A madman's kinship with a psychopath.

Ye Qing, who had watched most closely, had surprise filling her eyes. She kept studying Lin Yu, her brows slightly knitted as she tried to figure out his pathway.

Just now...

The cripple had clearly been influenced by Lin Yu, which was why he had abandoned all resistance.

But...

What pathway could that be?

Despite her extensive knowledge, Ye Qing couldn't figure it out even after thinking for a long while.

She could think of a few similar sequences.

But...

None quite fit.

Only after confirming that the cripple was thoroughly dead, with no chance of some reanimation jutsu bringing him back, did Lin Yu breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking down at the pile of minced flesh, the corners of Lin Yu's mouth lifted slightly.

This was his first time killing a Transcendent.

Before this.

In his eyes, Transcendents had been lofty, unapproachable beings, almost like gods...

Now...

Everything was different.

To everyone else, however, that smile looked like the smile of a devil.

What decent person chopped someone into mince after killing them?!

Even dumpling filling wasn't minced that finely!

The outlaws shuddered, their fear deepening.

Lin Yu raised his head, cleaver in hand, and looked at the other outlaws. A smile curved his lips as he said softly, "Now, it's your turn..."

The outlaws exchanged glances without the slightest hesitation.

They turned and ran!

They fled in a frenzy of sheer, desperate terror.

They only wished their parents had given them another pair of legs.

Lin Yu frowned.

"No running!"

"Skateboard, come!"

At Lin Yu's shout, the Demon Spirit Rabbit Skateboard-a Transcendent Transport bound to him-immediately activated and raced toward him.

Lin Yu leaped high, landed on the Demon Spirit Rabbit Skateboard, and began hunting down the outlaws with his blade in hand!

The outlaws fled in utter desperation.

But it was useless!

No matter how fast they ran, could they outrun a Transcendent Transport?

Splat!

Splat!

Splat!

Every sound of tearing flesh marked another outlaw being sliced in half at the waist. Lin Yu hacked the entire world into a blood-red hellscape, with blood flowing everywhere, severed limbs littering the ground, and organs flying in all directions...

As the last outlaw fell.

Lin Yu spoke calmly.

"Battle over."

"Huh... no, wait. I can still help my teammates."

Lin Yu swept his gaze across the battlefield, finally settling on Tie Qiu, who was locked in combat with Yellow Hair.

Calling it combat was generous. It was more like one-sided torture.

Yellow Hair's electric shocks had left Tie Qiu weak all over, his skin covered in charred burns from the ravaging lightning.

Since becoming a Transcendent, he had never fought such a frustrating battle!

His opponent was clearly weaker than him!

Yet the longer he fought, the more stifled and miserable he became!

Whenever he released his transcendent energy, the iron element instantly became superconductive, actively amplifying Yellow Hair's lightning and even conducting it into his own body.

In layman's terms...

He was electrocuting himself.

Ever since the battle began, he had been getting shocked nonstop.

It had never let up!

If he didn't use his transcendent energy, he got shocked.

If he used his transcendent energy, he got shocked even harder!

He didn't even know how he was supposed to fight anymore.

Even northern Myanmar didn't fucking shock people like this!

By contrast.

Yellow Hair grew more excited and happier the longer he fought, as though he had found a new toy. He laughed loudly as he fought. This was the most enjoyable fight of his life.

Lin Yu seized his moment and instantly shifted the Demon Spirit Rabbit Skateboard into high gear.

120 miles per hour!

Go!

Whoosh!

Riding his skateboard, Lin Yu held his blade horizontally and charged straight at him!

Fuck!

The psychopath was coming!

Tie Qiu's pupils contracted sharply. His legs were weak from the electric shocks, and he had just tried to resist.

Yellow Hair seized the opening and excitedly slammed another punch into him.

Boom!

Lightning erupted!

Tie Qiu's body went limp again, and despair welled up inside him.

"I'm done for..."

Whoosh!

The blade flashed, and blood sprayed wildly!

The iron man's body was tough. For the first time, Lin Yu's blade failed to cut someone cleanly in half at the waist.

Even so, powered by the Demon Spirit Rabbit Skateboard's speed and momentum, the blade left a huge, hideous wound across Tie Qiu's body!

Blood kept spurting out. Tie Qiu had lost all ability to fight!

Tie Qiu's face turned pale. Feeling his life slipping away, he was finally afraid. Trembling, he looked at Lin Yu and begged, "Please, don't kill me..."

"I'll be your servant. All my spoils are yours!"

"As long as you don't kill me, I'll do anything!"

Yellow Hair raised an eyebrow.

"If you're willing to surrender, that's not entirely out of the question..."

Yellow Hair was tempted. This iron man's transcendent energy was highly compatible with his own. If they recruited him into the squad specifically to amplify his lightning energy...

Wonderful wouldn't even begin to describe it!

But Lin Yu shook his head slightly and said calmly:

"Some people don't deserve a place on the team."

As he spoke.

Lin Yu swung his blade down hard again, aiming at Tie Qiu's wound.

Splat!

Blood and flesh sprayed!

This time.

Tie Qiu's body was finally severed completely in two.

Tie Qiu was dead.

Lin Yu looked at Yellow Hair and said, "If you want a power bank, that's easy. We'll find you someone on a more compatible support pathway later. Keeping scum like him around would only cause trouble."

Yellow Hair didn't mind at all.

"I was just saying. If Shen ever agreed to let someone like that join the team, I'd eat my bicycle."

With Tie Qiu dead.

Zhao Yang's expression also darkened on the other side.

He knew.

They had lost!

Tie Qiu and the cripple were both dead. With only him left, what the hell was the point of fighting?!

In that brief moment of distraction, Cheng Yuening suddenly struck from the shadows. Her gaze was icy as dark power surged from within her, releasing an almost overwhelming killing intent that locked onto Zhao Yang.

In an instant!

A black dagger engraved with eerie patterns plunged into Zhao Yang's heart.

Splat.

Zhao Yang was dead!

Shen Sui's squad had won a resounding victory!

Next...

Only the main battlefield remained.

Lin Yu turned his gaze toward the front. At the sight, his eyes immediately widened.

What the fuck...?

Shen Sui stood alone in front of everyone. His back looked rather slender, yet it radiated an immense pressure that gave everyone an absolute sense of security!

Shen Sui's gaze was calm. A terrifying surge of psychic power erupted around him, forming an extraordinarily powerful psychic field!

His clothes fluttered, dancing in the breeze.

All the debris and stones on the ground floated in the air.

As for the enemies ahead...

They, too, had been dragged into the air by his immense psychic power. Pale-faced and agonized, they struggled in midair, flailing their limbs and trying to reach the ground, but... it was utterly useless!

Before Shen Sui's immense psychic power.

Their struggles looked utterly laughable.

The leader of the Road Bandits was pale with bitter regret. How could he fail to realize that this time... they had provoked an enemy they absolutely could not afford to cross?!

This kind of power...

He was Sequence 8!