Huang Liyong was like a completely different person, his smile twisted into sothing eerie, and right at that mont, Lin Chuan suddenly felt a bad premonition.
This was behind the inpatient departnt building of the hospital, a very secluded place. The wind brushed softly past, yet Lin Chuan caught a faint sll of blood carried on it.
Huang Liyong's smile began to change, his whole face suddenly twisted into boundless resentnt as he glared at Lin Chuan.
By now, Lin Chuan finally understood. The Huang Liyong in front of him was no longer the original Huang Liyong. It was obvious that his thoughts, his mind, had already fallen under soone else's control.
Being able to control a person's thoughts and mind was nothing difficult on the path of a cultivator. The problem was: who was controlling Huang Liyong's mind?
Lin Chuan secretly pushed the Inner Qi of the Heavenly Heart Skill's Sealing Heart Skill ntal thod to the limit, his eyes fixed on Huang Liyong while his ears stayed sharply alert to everything around him.
The resentnt on Huang Liyong's face grew thicker and thicker, while the bloody sll in the wind grew fainter and fainter.
Lin Chuan shifted his gaze away from Huang Liyong and swept it across the outer wall not far away. Suddenly he let out a loud laugh and shouted, "Since you're already here, why bother hiding like rats?"
"Good, Lin Chuan really lives up to his na." No sooner had Lin Chuan's voice fallen than a voice rang out from behind the wall, and several figures flashed out quickly. The leader was a man in his thirties, and he looked sowhat familiar.
Behind the man stood a young man, none other than Qin Shaobing, and behind Qin Shaobing, there was actually another man with his face covered.
Behind the masked man stood two n dressed in black robes, expressionless, their eyes unnervingly hollow.
Seeing these people, Lin Chuan took a deep breath. He had t the man in the lead once before and even crossed hands with him—it was Qin Zhengnan, an expert of Maoshan Tao.
Lin Chuan and Qin Zhengnan had only t once, back in Kunlun Mountain. At that ti Lin Chuan had almost been killed by him.
As for that masked man, although Lin Chuan couldn't see his face, he had a strange feeling of déjà vu. He kept feeling that he knew this person.
As for the two n in black, expressionless, Lin Chuan couldn't be more familiar with them. These two were definitely puppets—blood puppets. Only when blood puppets appeared would there be that faint sll of blood in the wind.
Maoshan Tao. He hadn't expected to run into these bastards here in East Sea County. Shocked, Lin Chuan quietly raised his guard and looked at Qin Zhengnan, also smiling as he said, "Heh, never thought you lot of ghouls and goblins would show up here. Truly beyond my expectations."
Qin Shaobing had had a grudge with Lin Chuan before; their beef was over Wu Yuanyuan.
Right now, his face carried a smug look as he spoke to Lin Chuan in an arrogant tone, "Lin Chuan, this place will be your burial ground today. This sa day next year will be your death anniversary."
Lin Chuan's gaze brushed past Qin Shaobing and he gave a contemptuous laugh. "That depends on whether you've got what it takes."
Qin Zhengnan shot Qin Shaobing a furious glare and cursed under his breath, "Get lost." Then he raised his head to look at Lin Chuan again and said, "Lin Chuan, our Sect Master appreciates you greatly. As long as you agree to join our Maoshan Tao, all past grudges will be written off."
Lin Chuan burst out laughing. "How could a soaring dragon wallow with treacherous beasts like tigers and wolves?"
These words were not only bold and unrestrained, they also made it perfectly clear to Qin Zhengnan that he would never wallow in the mud with Maoshan Tao.
Qin Zhengnan's face darkened as he said coldly, "Lin Chuan, think it through. Today, there's no one left who'll co to save you."
Qin Zhengnan was referring to what had happened in Kunlun Mountain. Back then, when he was about to take Lin Chuan's life, Feng Lingfeng had suddenly charged in halfway and saved Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan let out a cold laugh. "Then co at with everything you've got today. I was planning to co looking for you to settle the score anyway."
Qin Zhengnan snorted coldly. "Toasting with water but you choose the penalty wine. Go!"
As soon as he finished, Qin Zhengnan flicked his right hand, letting out a strange cry from his mouth. With a swish, the two blood puppets shot out, one to the left and one to the right, lunging to flank Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan had already pushed the Inner Qi of the Heavenly Heart Skill's Sealing Heart Skill ntal thod to the peak. Seeing the two blood puppets charging in from both sides, he didn't overthink it. His twin palms swept up, carrying seventy percent of his Heavenly Heart Skill's Inner Qi as they blasted toward the two blood puppets.
Ever since he'd cultivated his way out of the hellish world, then followed Zhang Wenhui into the Otherworld [referring to that era Lin Chuan had traveled to] to train, both his Inner Qi and his combat experience had beco extrely seasoned.
These two palms he struck at the blood puppets, though they carried only seventy percent of his strength, compared to before that seventy percent was practically equal to ninety percent.
Blood puppets were several levels above normal puppets. Faced with Lin Chuan's twin palms carrying seventy percent power, they likewise raised both their palms to et the attack head-on.
The force Lin Chuan rolled out collided mid-air with the power from the four palms of the two blood puppets, erupting with a loud boom that made the space around them tremble.
The two blood puppets took Lin Chuan's two palm strikes and were actually forced back two ters.
Qin Zhengnan knew exactly how strong those two blood puppets were. The shock in his heart was no less than being struck by a thunderbolt on a clear day. It had been only a short year since he'd last crossed hands with Lin Chuan, yet this brat had cultivated to such a terrifying realm. It was truly frightening.
After being forced back by Lin Chuan, the two blood puppets let out two eerie cries and pounced at him once again.
"Fuck." Lin Chuan cursed to himself. These two bastards actually managed to block seventy percent of his strength.
There was no ti for Lin Chuan to think. In the blink of an eye, the two blood puppets were already about to pounce on him. Lin Chuan's body retreated two ters, his eyes hardened, and he shouted, "Blue Amber!"
A streak of blue light shot out of Lin Chuan's body, rapidly circling at his side, then turned into a beam of blue light and charged at the blood puppets like lightning.
Right at that mont, Qin Zhengnan's expression changed drastically, and the masked man beside him cried out in shock, "Sword Control!"
Qin Shaobing wasn't a cultivator. When he heard the masked man shout the words "Sword Control," he turned his head in surprise to look at him.
The glow of Blue Amber pierced through the body of the blood puppet on the left. The guy's face had been blank, his eyes vacant, but in that instant an expression appeared—that of extre terror.
The blue light passed through his body; a strange, miserable scream rang out, and then his body shriveled rapidly. In just the blink of an eye, he astonishingly turned into a wisp of green smoke.
After Blue Amber pierced the body of the blood puppet on the left, it flashed swiftly and darted toward the blood puppet on the right.
Qin Zhengnan wanted to call that blood puppet back, but it was too late. Blue Amber was far too fast and had already pierced through the body of the puppet on the right.
Lin Chuan couldn't help being stunned. Ever since returning to the earthly world, he hadn't used Blue Amber. He hadn't expected Blue Amber to actually have the function of subduing puppets.
The two blood puppets were wiped out by Blue Amber in an instant. Qin Zhengnan stared at Lin Chuan with an expression of disbelief in his eyes. The masked man to the side said not a word, turned around, and bolted.
Seeing the masked man trying to run, Lin Chuan barked, "Where do you think you're going!" Before the words had even fallen, his body soared into the air as he shot after the masked man.
Qin Zhengnan was in front of the masked man. Seeing Lin Chuan rushing over, he had no ti to think. He raised both palms and struck twice toward Lin Chuan, then turned to flee as well.
How could Lin Chuan possibly let him walk away so easily? Even in midair, he pushed his palms forward, pouring nearly ninety percent of the Heavenly Heart Skill's Sealing Inner Qi into them, and t Qin Zhengnan's twin palms head-on.
The two forces collided in midair with a thunderous boom. Qin Zhengnan imdiately felt that Lin Chuan's power was far greater than his own; the backlash surged through him, and he couldn't help spewing out a mouthful of fresh blood.
Taking advantage of the mont while Qin Zhengnan and Lin Chuan exchanged blows, the masked man had already disappeared beyond the outer wall.
Qin Shaobing was almost scared stupid from watching. He wanted to turn and run, but his calves had gone weak, and he simply couldn't move.
Lin Chuan dropped down from midair. Seeing that the masked man had vanished, he didn't give chase, but instead glared coldly at Qin Zhengnan, whose face was covered in blood.
Qin Zhengnan coughed twice, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked back at Lin Chuan as well. Taking those two palms head-on from Lin Chuan had left him severely injured. To try to strike back at Lin Chuan now would be like throwing an egg at a rock.
"Lin Chuan, I admit defeat today. Give a quick death." Qin Zhengnan was, if nothing else, a man. He didn't grovel and beg Lin Chuan for rcy; instead, he spoke with a kind of upright, tragic resolve.
At this mont, Lin Chuan had no intention of taking Qin Zhengnan's life. Not far away, Huang Liyong was still glaring at Lin Chuan with a face full of resentnt, but he didn't dare attack.
"Answer one question for and I'll let you go." Lin Chuan stared coldly at Qin Zhengnan as he spoke.
Qin Zhengnan clenched his teeth and said, "Lin Chuan, if you want to kill , then kill . I absolutely won't answer any of your questions."
Instead of getting angry, Lin Chuan smiled, swept a glance at Qin Shaobing, then suddenly turned and walked over to him.
Seeing Lin Chuan coming, Qin Shaobing went weak all over with fright. His voice trembled as he spoke, "Lin Chuan, y-you, what are you going to do?"
Lin Chuan said nothing. He grabbed Qin Shaobing with one hand and shouted softly, "Blue Amber."
The glow of Blue Amber rushed over at once, circling at Lin Chuan's side, then brushing past Qin Shaobing's ear. Qin Shaobing let out a scream and clutched his right ear with his right hand.
In that split second, as the blue light swept past his ear, Qin Shaobing's right ear had actually been sliced clean off.
Seeing Qin Shaobing's miserable screams, Qin Zhengnan's expression suddenly grew very ugly. Watching him howl in agony, he couldn't help roaring, "Lin Chuan, stop!"
Lin Chuan smiled faintly, dropped Qin Shaobing, and looked over at Qin Zhengnan.
"What do you want to ask? As long as it's sothing I know, I'll answer you." Qin Zhengnan said, looking at Lin Chuan.
Lin Chuan said, "I just want you to tell : who was that masked man who ca here with you just now?"
Qin Zhengnan's expression froze for a mont, then he shook his head and said, "I don't know. Perhaps only the Sect Master knows this man's identity."
The Sect Master that Qin Zhengnan spoke of was naturally Qin Zhengxiong, the head of Maoshan Tao.
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