“Wuchen, look over there at those two fighting. The one in gray, isn’t that Junior Brother Lin?”
Seeing the two locked in battle, Liu Ruoxi asked uncertainly.
“It really is.”
Lu Wuchen looked into the distance, and the corners of his lips lifted slightly.
He had not expected to run into Lin Tianyang at the edge of Blackwater Forest. Fate truly worked in strange ways.
If it was meant for you to meet, no matter how you avoided it, you still would.
“The other person’s cultivation is one level higher than Junior Brother Lin’s. Should we help?”
Liu Ruoxi asked softly.
She had only come to know Junior Brother Lin through Lu Wuchen, so there was no need for further explanation.
Hearing her question, Lu Wuchen waved his hand.
So what if the opponent’s cultivation was higher?
Wasn’t this precisely the perfect trigger for the Son of Destiny’s ability to kill opponents above his level?
Here he was, painstakingly acting and suppressing him, while over there, experience points were delivering themselves to the Son of Destiny. Truly worthy of someone favored by destiny.
“Ruoxi, have you noticed something?”
Lu Wuchen suddenly asked.
“What is it?”
Liu Ruoxi looked puzzled.
“Junior Brother Lin’s clothing and that silhouette. Don’t they look particularly familiar?”
Lu Wuchen merely hinted and did not state it directly.
“Hiss… now that you mention it, I do feel the same.”
Liu Ruoxi focused her gaze. Sure enough, Lin Tianyang’s back overlapped perfectly in her mind with that masked thief from earlier.
“Could Junior Brother Lin really be that scoundrel who slaughtered a fellow disciple?”
Her eyes widened in disbelief.
In her impression, Lin Tianyang had always seemed honest and dutiful. How could he possibly commit such a despicable act as killing and robbing fellow disciples?
Yet the facts stood before her. How could she deny them?
Sure enough, aside from the man beside her, other men were truly unreliable.
“Whether it is or not, we’ll know soon enough.”
Lu Wuchen smiled mysteriously and turned his gaze toward the fierce battle ahead.
The fight on the other side had already reached its final stage.
“Tang Wei, this time next year will be your death anniversary.”
A thick killing intent shot from Lin Tianyang’s eyes.
“Lin Tianyang, you think you can kill me? You overestimate yourself.”
Tang Wei panted heavily. He had not expected that the brat he could once crush at will had grown to the point of threatening his life.
“Paralyzing Wandering Serpent Sword!”
Lin Tianyang roared.
Spiritual energy surged through his body and converged into the long sword in his hand. His aura rose even higher.
Whatever does not kill me only makes me stronger.
“A’Wei Eighteen Blades!”
Tang Wei bellowed. His aura also soared as he poured every bit of spiritual energy in his body into his curved blade.
Neither side held back. Both unleashed their strongest attacks with everything they had.
Boom!
The violent collision sent both of them flying backward.
But at that very moment, Lin Tianyang seized the opportunity and hurled his long sword with all his strength.
The sword cut through the air like lightning. In the blink of an eye, it reached Tang Wei.
Seeing the incoming blade, Tang Wei attempted to dodge, but his body was paralyzed and could not move.
He could only watch helplessly as the sword pierced straight through his lower back.
“Pfft…”
As his body burst from the impact, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and his life reached its end.
Even in death, Tang Wei could not understand how he had fallen to Lin Tianyang, the very person he had once regarded as trash.
If heaven had granted him another chance, he would never have allowed him time to grow.
“Huff…”
After confirming Tang Wei had lost all signs of life, Lin Tianyang stepped forward and chopped off his head. Only then did he collapse to the ground.
“Heh. This is the price for offending me.”
Looking at the headless corpse, Lin Tianyang let out a sinister laugh.
He took the storage pouch from Tang Wei’s waist. When he saw what was inside, his lips curved upward uncontrollably.
With these resources, he could cultivate up to the 3rd stage Condensed Soul Realm.
And a one-cubic-meter storage pouch was precisely what he needed most at the moment.
Just as Lin Tianyang basked in satisfaction, a sudden voice froze him in place.
“Junior Brother Lin, I thought I was mistaken. Turns out it really is you.”
Lu Wuchen and Liu Ruoxi, having watched the entire show, slowly stepped out.
Now, the evidence of Lin Tianyang murdering a fellow disciple was irrefutable. The time had come to judge him.
“Junior Brother Lin, you’ve truly disappointed me.”
Seeing Tang Wei’s severed head, Liu Ruoxi frowned.
That final strike had already taken Tang Wei’s life, yet Lin Tianyang still cruelly severed his head.
Judging by his skillful movements, it was clearly not the first time.
Seeing the two suddenly appear, Lin Tianyang was shocked.
Had they followed him the entire time?
He was exposed. Completely exposed.
“I came out on a honeymoon with your Senior Sister. I didn’t expect to repeatedly encounter disciples being slaughtered. So the mastermind behind all of this was you.”
“Junior Brother Lin, you truly disappoint me.”
Lu Wuchen wore a look of deep sorrow.
“Honeymoon? Does that mean you two have already…”
Lin Tianyang felt as though he had been struck by lightning.
He had thought they were merely out on a mission. He never imagined they were on a honeymoon.
He had even fantasized that Lu Wuchen had used a magical beast to detoxify.
Now it seemed he was the true fool.
“Last time I didn’t intervene, and another junior brother died at your hands. This time, no matter what, I won’t let you escape again.”
Seeing Lin Tianyang address Lu Wuchen directly by name, Liu Ruoxi instantly felt displeased.
She knew very well how much Lu Wuchen had cared for him in the past. He had even arranged for Lin Tianyang’s mother to receive ten times her previous wages.
And yet, in the end, he had nurtured an ungrateful wolf.
“Senior Sister, this is a misunderstanding. It’s all a misunderstanding.”
Seeing Liu Ruoxi draw her sword, Lin Tianyang hurriedly explained.
“Misunderstanding? You look like a misunderstanding.”
Liu Ruoxi snorted coldly.
“It was Tang Wei! He was the one who tried to kill me. I couldn’t just stand there and let him kill me!”
Lin Tianyang insisted he had been wronged.
It was true. Tang Wei had tried to kill him first. He had only been forced to kill in self-defense.
“Yes, yes, Junior Brother Lin, you’re absolutely right.”
“You were defending yourself, and then you accidentally killed him through excessive self-defense. Then, worried he might revive at the last moment, you cut off his head. And while you were at it, you conveniently took his storage pouch.”
“Junior Brother Lin, tell me, am I correct?”
Lu Wuchen laughed softly.
Heaven had given you a road, but you chose not to walk it. Hell had no gate, yet you barged in. Don’t blame me for being merciless.
“Wuchen, why waste words with this ungrateful wolf? Let’s capture him and hand him over to Law Enforcement Peak.”
Liu Ruoxi did not hesitate and attacked directly.
“Damn it!”
Seeing Liu Ruoxi charging toward him with sword in hand, Lin Tianyang’s brows tightened.
His cultivation was already far inferior to hers, and after just finishing a deadly battle, he no longer even had the strength to resist.