At that time, the old man from the Tongtian realm would surely be searching for him with full force in the border mountains.
If that happened, Lin Yun would have no place to stay in the border mountains, and he still wanted to hunt demons to improve himself.
By letting him go, although these people would definitely still want revenge, the hatred would be less intense than if he had killed the man in the brocade robe.
As long as the man in the brocade robe returned, their priority would be searching for magic crystals.
Moreover, they had mentioned earlier that a heavenly treasure would ripen deep in the border mountains a year from now, and they would need to compete for that opportunity, leaving them little time to hunt Lin Yun.
Based on their earlier discussion, the treasure was far away, and they needed to speed up their actions, unable to waste too much time on the way to reach it.
Thus, as long as the man in the brocade robe returned alive, they would have even less time to pursue Lin Yun.
Weighing the pros and cons, Lin Yun decided to let him go alive.
Besides, retrieving two magic crystals was not bad, compensating for the loss from their previous robbery.
“Good, good!”
Seeing that Lin Yun was letting him go, the man in the brocade robe was overjoyed, immediately bursting with speed to rush forward, eager to leave.
After running some distance, he suddenly stopped, turned back to look at Lin Yun, his attitude shifting instantly.
“Kid, you wait for me! I’ll definitely take revenge. If I ever meet you again, I’ll skin you, pull your tendons, and crush your bones!” the man in the brocade robe roared at Lin Yun.
For him, when had he ever faced such humiliation? When had he ever been coerced like this?
Naturally, he was seething with anger, though he had been held at swordpoint by Lin Yun earlier, not daring to make a move.
After speaking, the man flipped his hand, revealing a magical artifact, and instantly vanished.
“You bastard!”
Eye of Void Silence!
Lin Yun cursed, his eyes flashing with golden light as he detected the direction of the man’s escape, then pursued at full speed.
Although such teleportation artifacts could move him far instantly, at the Saint realm, full-speed bursts were extremely fast. That distance could be covered in no time for a Saint realm cultivator.
This was why, at higher realms, the escape effectiveness of such teleportation artifacts diminished, as high-realm speeds were too fast.
The distance teleported could be caught up by a Saint realm cultivator in just tens of seconds at full speed.
At lower realms, such artifacts were more useful, as a single teleport could take low-realm cultivators hours to cover.
For this reason, Lin Yun rarely used such artifacts now. They had some use, but not much.
After chasing at full speed for a few minutes, Lin Yun caught up to him.
The man in the brocade robe was also at the early Saint realm, clearly not in the mountains long, as he had not yet used magic crystals to advance to the Mysterious Saint realm.
At the same realm, their speeds should have been similar, but Lin Yun’s mixed internal energy, transformed by the Ultimate Dragon Technique, was significantly enhanced in quality.
This made Lin Yun’s speed far superior to others at the same realm.
“Little punk, since you want to talk tough, I’ll show you the consequences of a sharp tongue!” Lin Yun roared from behind.
“You… you…” The man in the brocade robe panicked as Lin Yun caught up.
He knew Lin Yun was at the early Saint realm and thought that with his teleportation artifact and speed, he could escape, which was why he dared to taunt Lin Yun.
Had he known Lin Yun’s speed was so much faster, he would never have said such things.
Heavenly Fire of Extinction!
Powerful internal energy surged out, instantly forming a massive fire dragon in mid-air, streaking through the void at astonishing speed toward the man in the brocade robe.
After unleashing the Heavenly Fire of Extinction, Lin Yun continued charging forward.
“What?”
Seeing the massive fire dragon speeding toward him, the man in the brocade robe had to turn quickly, drawing a treasured sword and swinging it with full force to block Lin Yun’s attack.
He dared not take such an attack head-on with his body.
The massive fire dragon crashed down, colliding with the attack unleashed by the man in the brocade robe.
Boom!
With a loud explosion, the man in the brocade robe held on for only a moment before being blasted backward by the impact.
Lin Yun had already closed in.
“You’re courting death!”
Rip!
Lin Yun slashed fiercely with his sword, the force contained within terrifyingly powerful.
The man in the brocade robe swung his sword with full force to defend.
Clang!
With the clash, the man was sent flying again, crashing into the jungle and smashing a pit into the ground.
Lin Yun leapt into the pit, his sword flashing as it swung toward him.
“No, no, no! Don’t kill me!” the man in the brocade robe shouted in fear, terrified that Lin Yun would kill him with one strike.
The sword pierced his shoulder with a squelch, going straight through.
Both at the early Saint realm, he was no match for Lin Yun at full strength!
“Ahh!” The man in the brocade robe screamed in pain.
“Didn’t you just say you’d skin me and pull my tendons? I’m right here! Let’s see who skins who!” Lin Yun stepped on him, pulling out the sword and holding it to his neck.
“I… I… I was just talking nonsense! Nonsense!” the man’s voice trembled.
Blood poured from the hole in his shoulder.
“Now, you’ve thoroughly pissed me off. Tell me, what do we do?” Lin Yun’s tone was icy and chilling.
“As long as you don’t kill me, you can do whatever you want!” the man said repeatedly.
“Good. Hand over your storage ring and erase your mark!” Lin Yun held out his hand.
“Fine, fine, I’ll hand it over! I’ll hand it over!”
The man nodded, took off his storage ring, erased the mark, and handed it to Lin Yun.
Lin Yun grabbed the ring and glanced at the sword lying nearby.
“Your sword seems to be Saint-grade, doesn’t it? In that case, it’s mine now!”
With a wave of his hand, Lin Yun sucked the sword into his grasp.
“As expected of a noble family’s son, using a Saint-grade weapon at the early Saint realm. When you reach Heavenly Saint, they’ll probably give you a True Saint artifact, right?” Lin Yun toyed with the sword.
“The sword’s soul has already recognized me as its master. You… you can’t use it,” the man said, staring longingly at his Saint-grade sword.
“No need for you to worry about that. Even if I can’t use it, I can sell it for a good price,” Lin Yun said, pocketing the Saint-grade sword.
Some major commercial forces in the ancestral land could handle such ownership issues. Even if Lin Yun couldn’t use it, he could sell it to a merchant.
