“This…” Lie Wuyan stammered.
“You’d better answer truthfully. Don’t try to fool me, I’m not that easy to deceive. If you lie, you’re dead!” Lin Yun’s tone was icy.
“It was Huo Zhen who told me,” Lie Wuyan said through gritted teeth, finally confessing.
He had no choice; he was now at Lin Yun’s mercy.
“Shu Zhen!”
Lin Yun’s eyes narrowed upon hearing the name, immediately recalling that this was Shu Chi’s brother.
“His scheme is quite clever,” Lin Yun said with a cold smile.
Even if Lin Yun were slow, he understood now. Shu Chi was trying to use others to kill Lin Yun, seeking revenge for his brother.
If Lin Yun’s strength hadn’t been sufficient, facing two Second Level Heavenly Realm cultivators today, he might have truly perished.
“Lin Yun, spare me, please… you can name your terms, anything I can do,” Lie Wuyan said, nervously looking at Lin Yun.
“My terms are simple,” Lin Yun said, staring at him.
“What are they?” Lie Wuyan asked eagerly.
“That you die!”
As Lin Yun spoke, a powerful force surged from his palm, and his sword thrust forward instantly.
Pfft!
The sword pierced Lie Wuyan’s skull.
Lie Wuyan’s eyes widened, his life force draining away in an instant.
Though he was a Second Level Heavenly Realm cultivator, a realm above Lin Yun, and had teamed up with Wu Gu to face him, Lin Yun’s divine sense surpassed his, his physical body was far superior, and he had the Dragon God Technique, Dragon Emperor Bone, and Cangxuan Secret Scripture as enhancements.
Even if Lie Wuyan had some techniques to counter Lin Yun’s, Lin Yun’s advantages were enough to bridge the realm gap.
Combined with the True Saint-level Qingxia Sword Technique and the unleashed power of the True Saint Artifact, even with both fully unleashing their strength to resist Lin Yun’s attack, Lin Yun overwhelmed them effortlessly, crushing them completely.
With Lie Wuyan’s death, the surrounding formation scroll’s seal instantly dissipated.
Escape!
Wu Gu, not far off, dragged his injured body, turning into a streak of light, fleeing frantically.
“Think you can escape? Dream on!”
Lin Yun erupted at full speed, chasing as a streak of light, simultaneously activating the Xishan Formation Scroll.
Buzz!
The Xishan Formation Scroll activated, successfully trapping Wu Gu within its confines.
This scroll, which Lin Yun had exchanged for fourteen million battle merit points, was nearly impossible for cultivators below the Void Realm to break through.
As expected, once activated, it trapped Wu Gu instantly.
“Damn it!”
Wu Gu roared, slashing at the formation to break free, but it was futile.
Lin Yun had already closed in behind him.
“Die!”
Lin Yun’s sword glowed with radiant light, turning into a sword arc that slashed at Wu Gu.
“Spare me!”
Unable to escape, Wu Gu turned to block while shouting for mercy.
“If I weren’t strong enough to defeat you, would you have spared me?” Lin Yun sneered.
As he spoke, his sword struck.
Bang! Bang!
Pfft!
After two strikes shattered Wu Gu’s resistance, Lin Yun’s next slash severed his head.
Wu Gu, a Second Level Heavenly Realm cultivator, was thus killed.
“I’m short on money, and since you came to me, I won’t hold back.”
After dealing with the two, Lin Yun picked up Wu Gu’s weapon and removed his storage ring.
He then returned to where Lie Wuyan was killed, collecting his weapon and storage ring.
Though Lin Yun wasn’t sure how many resources they had, their saint-level warblades alone could fetch a good sum, enough to cover his needs and more.
With both dead, their storage rings were ownerless, and Lin Yun easily opened them.
He first checked Lie Wuyan’s storage ring.
“Thirty-five million Haoyue Crystals, quite a fortune,” Lin Yun said, scanning the crystals with his divine sense to confirm the amount.
He continued inspecting other items, finding various miscellaneous things.
“This is… a Great Luo Heavenly Ginseng?” Lin Yun took out an item.
This ginseng was a highly nourishing treasure, capable of enhancing the physical body and bloodline to some extent.
For Lin Yun, with his Heavenly Realm cultivation and mid-stage Immortal Divine Body, it held little appeal, but he could bring it back to the Cultivation Continent for Little Green Dragon to try.
After all, such resources were unavailable there.
Lin Yun continued checking and found two materials for upgrading weapons, though they couldn’t enhance his True Saint Artifact.
There were also other items, like soul-protecting pendants.
Then, Lin Yun opened the other storage ring.
This one contained twenty-seven million Haoyue Crystals.
“Together, their Haoyue Crystals total over sixty-two million. Added to my own eighty million, that’s one hundred forty million Haoyue Crystals. Perfect!” Lin Yun said with a satisfied smile.
Now, he no longer had to worry.
Originally, he planned to go to the Border Mountains to make money, but that could now be scrapped.
Due to this ambush, Lin Yun’s plans would change.
“Hm? What’s this?”
Lin Yun soon made another discovery.
From Wu Gu’s storage ring, he took out a palm-sized black object.
“This thing, though damaged and seemingly ordinary, feels unusual in my hand,” Lin Yun said, examining the broken black item.
Though he sensed it was special, he couldn’t discern its nature.
But it gave him the feeling it was extraordinary.
“Next, I’ll head back to Tao’an City.”
After deciding, Lin Yun set off for Tao’an City, planning to sell the duo’s weapons and purchase more resources.
Once everything was ready, he could return to the Cultivation Continent to resolve matters there.
…
Tao’an City, Baibao Workshop.
Lin Yun’s return surprised the workshop master.
Especially when Lin Yun presented two saint-level weapons for sale, the master was even more astonished.
