Chapter 415: Chapter 383: Kill Them All

In a flash, Zhao Lin’s mind raced.

If he dodged the naginatas or defended with the Rock Armor Skill, Xiangwan would escape with his life.

The three Earth Dark Sect cultivators were only temporarily injured, their Mana restricted for a short time. Once they caught their breath, it would be him against three of them—a truly perilous situation.

Therefore, he resolved to take the hits in order to kill one more of them.

He unleashed his Water Manipulation Skill at full power, and before Xiangwan’s horrified eyes, the iron ruler plunged deep into his chest.

At the same time, the two naginatas arrived in an instant.

The Water Manipulation Skill offered some protection, but not enough to block the all-out strikes from Qingchi and Yamanaka.

The naginatas pierced through the watery vortex, their speed slowing only for a moment before they stabbed into Zhao Lin one after the other.

SQUELCH! SQUELCH! Blood instantly splattered.

Zhao Lin’s body swayed, but he forced himself to stay upright.

Soon, however, two wisps of white mist formed within him and rapidly converged on his wounds. The Pipa Catfish Essence Soul was beginning to take effect...

"Haha, today is the day you die!"

Qingchi laughed smugly. Though his side had lost two men, he couldn’t care less. As long as they could kill Zhao Lin, it would all be worth it.

He immediately made a grasping motion in the air, recalling his naginata.

Just as he was about to deal the fatal blow, a sharp pain twisted in his organs, and he found he couldn’t channel his Spiritual Power.

’What a tyrannical Thunder Movement Skill.’

Qingchi was inwardly alarmed. He took a few deep gasps and began to meditate to recover his Mana.

In his eyes, Zhao Lin was already a dying man. There was no need to risk damaging his own cultivation by forcefully using his Mana, especially if it meant getting hit by a counterattack. It just wasn’t worth it.

Besides, Yamanaka was still there. ’Let him go first.’

Yamanaka was thinking the exact same thing. Seeing that victory was certain, he used his Divine Sense to recall his naginata.

But what he never expected was that Zhao Lin, who should have been on the verge of death, suddenly struck like lightning, grabbing the returning naginata.

Then, with a flick of his finger, he shot out a sharp, translucent ice blade!

"Ah!"

Yamanaka cried out in alarm, scarcely believing what he was seeing.

Fortunately, thanks to his long practice in swordsmanship, his reflexes were extremely fast. He drew his saber and held it horizontally across his chest.

The moment he did, he heard the clang of metal on metal. A sharp pain erupted in his chest, and he was sent flying backward.

"How is this possible?!"

Qingchi was shocked. ’Such a powerful spell... he doesn’t look injured at all!’

In an instant, a chill ran up his spine, and a strange thought surfaced in his mind: ’Is he a man or a ghost?’

His cultivation was only at the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, yet he had mastered three mastery-level spells.

He dared to ambush four late-stage Qi Refining cultivators all by himself, his timing and positioning so perfect it was as if he had a third eye.

All that would have been one thing, but he had clearly taken two blades to the body, yet acted as if nothing had happened.

Everything about Zhao Lin’s performance completely overturned his understanding of cultivation.

’Mr. Yamanaka, I’m afraid you’ll have to die! I need to preserve my own strength and get this information back to the sect.’

A flicker of fear crossed Qingchi’s eyes. He felt the man before him was unbeatable and began to back away unconsciously.

Zhao Lin sensed Qingchi was trying to escape and immediately turned, using his Water Manipulation Skill to charge straight at him.

"Impossible! How can you not be injured!"

Qingchi roared in fury. He could only mobilize less than forty percent of his Mana, and some of his meridians hadn’t recovered, drastically reducing his combat strength.

Even at his peak, he hadn’t been able to defeat Zhao Lin. He had even less confidence now.

Zhao Lin, of course, had no intention of explaining anything. The Thunder Blade Skill had consumed more than half of his Mana. He had to finish off this opponent quickly, or the prolonged fight would put him at a disadvantage.

He directed the ice blade to slash from above, below, left, and right, each strike aimed at Qingchi’s vital points.

With his Mana restricted, Qingchi’s Water Moon Slash dropped from mastery-level to proficiency-level. He could only parry, with no strength to retaliate, and soon found himself losing ground.

The ice blade and the naginata clashed repeatedly in the water. As the battle wore on, Qingchi’s expression grew grim, and despair crept into his heart.

’I’m probably not going to make it out of this alive.’

’I must report this to the sect! Even if I’m sent to the underworld, I’ll drag you down with me!’

Qingchi steeled himself. After barely blocking another of Zhao Lin’s attacks, he suddenly reached into his robes, pulled out a talisman imprinted with a fish’s eye, and crushed it forcefully.

This talisman was called a Fish Eye Talisman. Its function was identical to a Hongyan Talisman, with the only difference being that it could be used underwater.

A silver light flashed, and the Fish Eye Talisman shot upward like an arrow loosed from a bow.

Zhao Lin frowned. It was too late to stop it.

But at this point, there was no use worrying about it. The two sects were already enemies. Killing one of them was no different than killing a whole nest of them.

The Fish Eye Talisman rose a hundred-odd feet before bursting into thousands of brilliant rays of light, illuminating the seabed as bright as day.

"Seniors of the sect, you must eliminate this man! I’m begging you!"

Qingchi shouted, his face a mask of determination. He drove his naginata in a frenzy toward Zhao Lin, fighting with a style bent on mutual destruction.

"Is that your last will and testament?"

Zhao Lin sneered, deftly dodging the attack. His ice blade repeatedly broke through the defense of Qingchi’s ripple armor, leaving a trail of wounds on his body.

"Brat, I’ll kill you!"

Yamanaka, who had been quiet for some time, suddenly roared and thrust out his palm, unleashing a talisman.

The talisman transformed into a ball of golden light, hurtling toward Zhao Lin and Qingchi like a shooting star.

"Haha, perish with me!"

A look of joyous surprise lit up Qingchi’s eyes, and he burst into wild laughter.

’You think you can kill me with a Water Explosion Talisman?’

Zhao Lin had learned about the Water Explosion Talisman when he was eavesdropping on their conversation outside the pearl beach, so he had been on guard.

His ultrasonic senses detected Yamanaka’s move, and he immediately changed the direction of his Water Manipulation Skill, plummeting toward the seabed.

An explosion’s main force travels upward, so it was relatively safer below.

"No..."

Seeing Zhao Lin suddenly vanish, Qingchi’s laughter died in his throat, his eyes filled with bitterness and despair.

BOOM!

The moment Zhao Lin disappeared, the Water Explosion Talisman detonated.

The violent force, like an earthquake and a tsunami combined, tore everything nearby to shreds. Qingchi was instantly reduced to bloody scraps.

"Hey, look! What is that?"

On the surface of the sea, a Chenghua Sect sea vessel was on patrol.

The guards suddenly felt the ship shake violently. Looking out, they were shocked to see a massive pillar of water erupt from the ocean’s surface.

"Someone must be using magic on the seabed."

"No way. What kind of magic is that powerful?"

"If it’s not magic, could it be a Fish Demon spouting water...?"

As the men chattered, their leader cut them off. "Stop arguing. No Tier One magic has that kind of power. It’s either a Tier Two Talisman or some underwater mechanism."

"Who did it? What’s going on?"

one of the guards asked, confused.

The leader shook his head. "I don’t know. That’s the area of the sea controlled by the Earth Dark Sect."

At the same time, someone on the Earth Dark Sect’s patrol vessel was asking the same question.

"Elder Zhuxia, what was that?"

an Earth Dark Sect cultivator asked.

"It’s a Water Explosion Talisman."

"Elder Zhuxia" was the gray-haired old man leading the Earth Dark Sect cultivators on this sea expedition. His face, too, was filled with doubt.

Yamanaka’s strength was formidable, ranking in the top two among the cultivators on this trip. What kind of enemy could have possibly forced him to use a Water Explosion Talisman?

The gray-haired old man’s brows knitted together. He suddenly had a bad feeling.

...

’Finally dealt with them.’

Yamanaka panted as he took out a Healing Elixir and swallowed it.

His injuries were severe, but thankfully not fatal. A few days of recuperation would be enough for him to recover.

"It’s a shame that fellow Qingchi died. He still owed me a Foundation Establishment Pill."

Yamanaka muttered to himself. No one could have survived such a powerful explosion. Both of them must have been blown to bits.

’No, I have to go to their Spirit Dao Institute and demand it from them! They made me suffer this much, they have to compensate me!’

Before he could finish, a cold voice rang out, "The Foundation Establishment Pill... you can go to the underworld and ask him for it there."

"What? You’re not dead? Impossible! There’s no way you could have survived."

Yamanaka looked like he was going mad, completely losing his composure.

To activate the Water Explosion Talisman, he had poured all his Spiritual Power into it. Now, his body was completely depleted, no different from that of an ordinary person.

"You can die now."

Zhao Lin couldn’t be bothered to waste words on a broken record who could only say "impossible." He had a lot to do after killing him.

He lunged forward, striking out with his iron ruler.

Yamanaka didn’t even try to dodge. He simply closed his eyes in despair.

The iron ruler swept past, and his head was separated from his body.

After killing four Earth Dark Sect cultivators in one go, Zhao Lin didn’t leave immediately. He patrolled the area, collecting the belongings from the corpses: storage pouches, naginatas, sabers...

Killing an Earth Dark Sect cultivator was worth two hundred merit points. He had taken such a huge risk; he wasn’t about to pass up on these rewards.

When Zhao Lin reached Yamanaka’s side and tore off his storage pouch, something suddenly CLATTERED and rolled out from the corpse’s robes—a large Spirit Pearl.

"Huh? A Grade One Spirit Pearl!"

Zhao Lin was overjoyed. With a grasping motion, he pulled the Spirit Pearl into his hand.

"Heh. After searching high and low for nothing, this just falls right into my lap."

Zhao Lin chuckled, put away the Spirit Pearl, and carefully swam toward Kuimu Beach.

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