An old acquaintance

Flame City, the Lin Household.

Silence.

Silence so profound it was uncanny.

Li Yuan, Elder Lu.

These two supreme experts of the Golden Core Stage.

Had actually been crushed to pieces by Lin Yu, just like that!

Everyone present.

The experts on the Lin Household's side, the remaining experts of the Li Household, and all the cultivators watching.

All stood frozen as though turned to stone.

Only the sounds of swallowing and sharp intakes of breath remained in the air.

"Was today's spectacle entertaining?"

The faintest hint of a smile appeared on Lin Yu's lips.

But his gaze gradually turned cold.

"Disappear from here within ten seconds."

"Otherwise, I can't guarantee..."

"There won't be more deaths."

Lin Yu's indifferent voice rang out.

The watching cultivators' pupils abruptly contracted.

The next second.

"Senior, the Mu Household takes its leave. We will never enter the Lin Household's territory again!"

"Senior, the Wang Household bids you farewell. The Lin Household will forever be our friend!"

"Senior, the Mu Household takes its leave. We have a daughter just eighteen years old, and wish to forge an everlasting alliance with the Lin Household!"

"Senior..."

Many people shouted.

At the same time, their bodies were very honest.

Figure after figure shot backward with all their strength, retreating frantically!

Within a few short seconds.

The onlookers who had just been clicking their tongues in wonder were led away by their household heads.

In an instant, they vanished without a trace!

Meanwhile, the Li Household's experts exchanged glances.

Then immediately scattered and fled!

For they discovered to their horror that the youth before them seemingly had no intention of sparing them!

The eyes of the Li Household's cultivators were filled with terror!

They had witnessed this youth's ruthless methods with their own eyes!

Their household head, Li Yuan, whom they already considered a peerless expert.

Had been worth less than a little chick in this youth's hands!

The Li Household's cultivators frantically drove the spiritual power within them, their figures hurtling backward!

"Only now did you think to run?"

"Unfortunately, it's too late."

Lin Yu gently shook his head.

This time, he did not even raise his hand.

He merely cast a light glance in the direction those cultivators were fleeing.

The next second.

Not one of the Li Household's remaining experts even had time to scream.

In the blink of an eye, they were all reduced to dust!

With that.

Every Li Household cultivator who had come today was annihilated!

By now, all the onlookers who had surrounded them had fled.

Only those on the Lin Household's side remained, staring at Lin Yu in utter shock.

Though those Li Household cultivators were inferior to Li Yuan and Elder Lu, quite a few of them were Foundation Establishment experts!

Yet this youth had wiped them all out with a single glance!

Just how terrifying was his cultivation?

"They brought it upon themselves."

Having casually disposed of those people, Lin Yu's gaze remained indifferent.

He did not like slaughtering the innocent.

But these people were not innocent.

Without a doubt, every one of these Li Household cultivators had been Li Yuan's accomplice!

Letting even one of them escape would have been disrespectful to his identity as a transmigrator.

Had he not been so decisive in killing, he would long since have died on the path to immortality in his previous life.

"S-Senior, we beg you, please save the Lin and Su Households!"

At that moment, Lin Tian and Su Zhiyuan, who stood before Lin Yu, exchanged a glance and spoke in unison.

Both men leaned forward at the same time!

From their posture, they were actually about to kneel before Lin Yu!

Lin Tian and Su Zhiyuan both understood the situation clearly.

Although this mysterious expert had saved them today, they had brought even greater trouble upon themselves!

The Yin Mystic Sect was simply not something their Lin Household could afford to offend!

Now, they could only hope that the young man before them would see his help through to the end.

However, just as Lin Tian's and Su Zhiyuan's knees were about to touch the ground, a gentle force lifted them up.

Lin Yu looked at the two men, somewhat speechless.

Fortunately, he had not actually let Lin Tian kneel before him.

Otherwise, that really would have been filial piety taken to mighty, spectacular heights.

"Senior, you..."

Feeling the gentle force lifting them up, Lin Tian and Su Zhiyuan showed no joy. Both trembled.

They exchanged a glance, and neither could stop the old tears streaming down his face!

In Lin Tian's and Su Zhiyuan's eyes, this mysterious expert before them was already their only straw to clutch at!

But now, it seemed that even this expert was unwilling to stir up any more trouble!

"As expected, the Yin Mystic Sect is so powerful that even this mysterious expert is unwilling to provoke them..."

Lin Tian's and Su Zhiyuan's faces were filled with bitterness.

Both had long since resolved to die, so they had little to fear themselves.

But the Yin Mystic Sect's retaliation would undoubtedly leave Lin Yu and Su Ying, who had already escaped, dead without a burial place!

That was what the two men truly feared!

And now, from the look of things, the situation was already beyond saving...

Lin Tian heaved a long sigh and raised his head toward the sky, his face pale, without a trace of color left.

Sure enough.

Heaven meant to destroy their Lin Household...

"Rest assured, both of you."

"The younger members of the Lin and Su Households will be fine."

Watching the scene before him, Lin Yu felt a trace of emotion well up in his heart.

His voice softened considerably as well.

Ever since breaking through to the Immortal realm in his previous life, Lin Yu's emotions had not stirred like this for a very long time.

He had intervened earlier merely to remedy a regret from his previous life in passing.

His father in the mortal world had, in truth, already become somewhat unfamiliar to him.

Yet Lin Yu truly had not expected this.

At this point in his previous life, after he and Su Ying had left, Lin Tian and Su Zhiyuan had actually assumed such a heroic stance of self-sacrifice!

No wonder.

No wonder that afterward, even though Xue Qing'er, the manor lord of Clear Frost Manor, had saved them at the critical moment.

Both had still ended up permanently crippled, their cultivation utterly lost...

Lin Yu would not allow such a thing to happen a second time.

For in this life, Lin Yu was no longer the ordinary youth of those days, constantly enduring and striving to cultivate.

He was the Supreme Immortal Emperor who had weathered a thousand sails and stood at the pinnacle of this world!

He had the right to protect every person worth protecting!

"Is that truly so?"

Hearing Lin Yu's assurance, hope suddenly blazed in Lin Tian's and Su Zhiyuan's eyes!

At this moment, this mysterious expert before them was undoubtedly their last support!

Someone who could casually erase two supreme Golden Core Stage experts was certainly no ordinary person!

With his assurance, perhaps Lin Yu and Su Ying really could be saved!

"Thank you, Senior!"

The two exchanged a glance, then their bodies suddenly went limp. Both collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath!

Only once their tension eased did they feel their physical exhaustion.

"Senior, what do we need to do now?"

Lin Tian asked tentatively, still constantly worrying about Lin Yu's and Su Ying's safety.

If the Yin Mystic Sect's experts arrived now, he feared Lin Yu and Su Ying would both die without a burial place!

"You should be able to see the Su Household's daughter very soon."

"As for your Lin Household's junior..." Lin Yu paused before saying, "You need not worry about him either."

"He has his own fortuitous opportunity..."

Lin Yu spoke unhurriedly, his reassuring voice making Lin Tian and Su Zhiyuan both heave great sighs of relief.

The strength of the person before them had already surpassed their understanding!

His words undoubtedly carried immense weight.

Joy appeared in Lin Tian's eyes for the first time as well.

If what this man said was true, not only would Lin Yu be fine, he would even encounter a great fortuitous opportunity!

"Yu'er, as your father, this is all I can do for you..."

"From here on, I'm afraid you'll have to make your own way..."

Lin Tian looked into the distance, in the direction Lin Yu had left earlier.

His eyes revealed deep relief and gratification.

Facing such a calamity, Lin Tian had never intended to cling to life anyway.

As long as Lin Yu could survive!

Everything would be worth it!

And then, suddenly, without any warning.

To the southeast of the Lin Household's residence.

A breathtakingly powerful presence abruptly swept out of the void!

That presence was clearly even stronger than those of Li Yuan and Lu Fan, who had previously died at Lin Yu's hands!

Everyone, including Lin Tian, felt their pupils abruptly contract!

"Could the Yin Mystic Sect's experts have arrived so quickly?"

Lin Tian and Su Zhiyuan spoke in alarm, their hearts clenching once more.

For Lin Yu and Su Ying probably had not yet reached safety!

Yet at that moment, the corners of Lin Yu's lips curved gently into a smile.

Though many years had passed, he still recognized that familiar presence.

The newcomer was not an enemy.

But an old acquaintance.

"Long time no see."

Lin Yu raised his head slightly. This journey of rebirth had truly been full of pleasant surprises from the very beginning...