"Uh..."
Su Qingqing's throat tightened at once. She could not catch her breath, and a suffocating sensation burrowed into her mind.
Lin Changkong's icy gaze and killing intent made her heart pound wildly. Fear swallowed her in an instant like a rising tide.
At that moment, she regretted it. She truly regretted it.
"Chang...kong, spare, spare me, I... was wrong..."
Su Qingqing grabbed Lin Changkong's hand with both hands, desperately trying to pry it open, but her little strength was utterly insignificant before the current Lin Changkong.
Lin Changkong said nothing. His gaze only grew colder, while the strength in his hand steadily increased.
Tears streamed down Su Qingqing's face as she stammered, "You, you can't... kill me. This... is inside the sect. Sect rules... forbid disciples from killing each other..."
Lin Changkong smiled. "You're right. The rules do forbid it, but what you don't know is that rules only work on the weak."
"What makes you think trash at the Body Refining Fifth Level like you can be mentioned in the same breath as someone who broke through from the Body Tempering Realm to the Qi Gathering Seventh Level in just a few days?"
"If I kill you, you'll die, but the sect will never abandon me over the death of trash like you. That is reality!"
Su Qingqing's heart shuddered violently, and in an instant, she sank into an abyss.
Crack—
Before she could say anything, Lin Changkong suddenly increased the force in his hand and snapped her neck.
A sharp pain flooded her mind. Su Qingqing's pupils contracted as endless terror bloomed in her eyes, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.
Lin Changkong casually threw her onto the ground. Su Qingqing convulsed a few times before quickly "calming down."
Zhang Shanhe stared at Su Qingqing's corpse, his face equally stunned.
He had heard of Lin Changkong's exploits in the Outer Sect. Mere days after entering the Outer Sect, he had brought down Zhao Lingfeng with three saber strikes and slapped a whole group of senior disciples across the face.
Rookie King. Devil. Those were his titles.
But even he had not expected Lin Changkong to be so ruthless, to crush Su Qingqing to death with a single grip.
He had not intervened just now because he thought that even if Lin Changkong acted harshly, he would at most cripple Su Qingqing. He had never imagined that Lin Changkong would kill her.
This guy...
He was simply audacious beyond measure, ferocious as hell!
"Changkong, this..."
Zhang Shanhe's mouth twitched. For a moment, he did not even know what to say.
Lin Changkong, however, looked utterly calm. "I killed her, so Elder Zhang need not be troubled. Just report the matter truthfully. I will bear all consequences myself."
Zhang Shanhe laughed soundlessly and shook his head.
He really was domineering!
Yet Zhang Shanhe did not blame Lin Changkong in his heart. For one thing, Su Qingqing's character truly made people disgusted.
Lin Changkong had risen like an absolute dark horse. From the day he entered the Outer Sect, he had become a legendary figure in the Servant Courtyard, and naturally, countless people spread tales of his deeds.
Zhang Shanhe had long heard that Su Qingqing and Lin Changkong had once been childhood sweethearts. Previously, Lin Changkong had given Su Qingqing nearly all the cultivation resources the sect granted him, yet Su Qingqing had handed them to Zhang Qingyun and even made Lin Changkong serve as cannon fodder.
Now that Lin Changkong had risen and stopped fawning over her, she could not accept it. She would rather kneel than give up on getting back together with Lin Changkong.
When Lin Changkong refused, she actually pulled the stunt of accusing him of trying to rape her. Her intentions were obvious enough.
To put it bluntly, someone like this deserved to die!
Moreover, Lin Changkong was now an absolute genius, while she was merely a servant disciple who could not even enter the Outer Sect. Just as Lin Changkong said, even if he broke the rules and killed her, the sect would never suppress such a genius for the sake of a servant disciple.
He only wanted to say this: Su Qingqing had truly worked herself to death through sheer ability!
Ordinary people did not have that kind of talent.
No one could envy it.
"I'll handle this matter, so you needn't concern yourself with it. I'll have someone take the corpse away right away, then we can head to the gathering."
Just as Lin Changkong had expected, aside from some surprise, Zhang Shanhe did not show much emotional reaction.
At the end of the day, this was a world where strength reigned supreme. With strength, one could be arrogant. Without strength, yet still playing the slander card...
This was not some female-targeted story. Why the hell should I indulge you?
To prove the Dao, it really was best to kill a childhood sweetheart first to get things started.
Before long, Su Qingqing's corpse was taken away. Zhang Qingyun, meanwhile, was lucky enough not to die and had picked up his life again, though that happened after he was carried back. Lin Changkong had already gone to the gathering and knew nothing of it.
Of course, he did not care in the slightest.
The strong did not care whether an ant lived or died.
Outer Sect, courtyard residence.
Zhang Qingfeng's facial muscles twitched. His face had turned livid with rage, and boundless fury danced in his eyes.
Just moments ago, he had received a message from Xuan Yin of the Mystic Moon Sect. He learned that Lin Changkong had not died at all. Instead, Xuan Ling and Xuan Ming, whom she had sent to kill Lin Changkong and Hong Ye, had all died.
The entire Flood Dragon Gang had also been wiped out.
Xuan Yin even questioned whether the Heavenly Fire Sect had sent other Qi Gathering Ninth Layer disciples on this mission. Otherwise, how could they have killed Xuan Ling, Xuan Ming, Zhao Heilong, three Qi Gathering Eighth Level cultivators, and four Qi Gathering Seventh Level cultivators?
Furthermore, judging from Xuan Yin's description, Xuan Ling and Xuan Ming had both been killed by blazing saber qi. As far as he knew, Hong Ye and Zhou Yue both used swords, so it could not have been their doing.
Among the three, only Lin Changkong used a saber, and his Blood Fiend Saber Qi was exceptionally domineering. Lin Changkong was the only one who fit the description.
But Lin Changkong had only entered the Outer Sect a few days ago. How could he possibly possess the strength to kill Qi Gathering Eighth Level cultivators?
Granted, Zhang Qingfeng had also heard that Lin Changkong had cut down Zhao Lingfeng in three saber strikes, but Zhao Lingfeng was ultimately only at the Qi Gathering Seventh Level. The gap between that and the Qi Gathering Eighth Level was still considerable.
The only explanation was that Hong Ye and Zhou Yue had joined forces and used some method to severely wound Xuan Ling and Xuan Ming first, allowing Lin Changkong to reap the harvest afterward.
But even so, the current Lin Changkong could no longer be underestimated. His growth rate in particular made Zhang Qingfeng's heart tremble.
"He can already crush Qi Gathering Seventh Level cultivators and contend against Qi Gathering Eighth Level cultivators so quickly. If I do not kill him now, he will surely become a great threat someday!"
Zhang Qingfeng clenched his fists, killing intent flickering in his eyes.
Yet at that moment, another message arrived through a sound transmission talisman. He unsealed it and discovered it had been sent by Zhang Qingyun, immediately listening to Zhang Qingyun's words.
Then his face twitched violently, and with a boom, spiritual qi burst from his body.
"Lin Changkong, you dared to cripple Zhang Qingyun and kill his lover? Your nerve is truly enormous!"
"With such madness, I absolutely cannot spare you."
"Today, I will kill you!"
Zhang Qingfeng roared, rose to his feet, and strode outside.
Boom—
Not long after Lin Changkong returned to his own small courtyard, he heard an explosive crash. The gates were blasted apart by brute force, and amid howling spiritual qi, a figure stood at the entrance.
"Lin Changkong, come out and accept your death!"
Zhang Qingfeng stepped forward, killing intent surging to the heavens as his furious roar rang throughout the entire courtyard district.
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