The serpent-like long sword that had just been withdrawn shot out again. Under Long Batian’s stunned gaze, half of the flesh and muscle of his neck was cleanly sliced open.
Unless someone could stitch his severed neck together in an instant, the only outcome awaiting him was death.
“I… you…”
Thud!
Long Batian fell to the ground, eyes wide open. Even in death, he could not believe that the man who had planned to book a monthly stay at Drunken Fragrance Pavilion was now gone just like that.
“You vicious thief! You dare slaughter a disciple of our sect right in front of us. You truly have no regard for us at all!”
Liu Ruoxi let out a sharp cry, and a dark blue flexible sword appeared in her hand.
“Senior Sister, such a beast is not worthy of your effort. Let me handle this.”
Lu Wuchen raised his hand and stopped Liu Ruoxi, who was about to step forward.
“Alright, Junior Brother Wuchen. I’ll leave it to you.”
Liu Ruoxi sensed that the thief had only just broken through to the 1st stage Condensed Soul Realm. Junior Brother Wuchen alone was more than enough.
Later, she would personally send this man to Law Enforcement Peak and make him endure 108 cruel punishments.
To dare kill someone right in front of her was nothing less than a direct insult.
Lu Wuchen immediately sprang forward, charging straight at Lin Tianyang.
He had his own calculations. If he acted himself, he could control the situation. But if Liu Ruoxi made a move and accidentally triggered the Son of Destiny’s near-death buff, that would be troublesome.
“You unfilial brat, is this how your father usually taught you?”
Lu Wuchen looked at Lin Tianyang with open provocation in his eyes.
Standing before the Son of Destiny and calling himself his father felt incredibly satisfying.
“Ahhh! I’ll kill you!”
Lin Tianyang’s teeth clenched so hard they almost shattered.
For the other party to claim to be his father was an indirect insult to his mother.
Unforgivable. Absolutely unforgivable.
“Lightning Five Consecutive Whips!”
Lu Wuchen gave a soft shout and attacked Lin Tianyang.
The Lightning Five Consecutive Whips could be unleashed through any weapon or even any part of the body, so there was no need to carry an actual whip.
Under the pressure of several cultivation levels, Lin Tianyang was completely outmatched by Lu Wuchen.
Crackling sparks burst forth.
Struck by the sword body infused with lightning, Lin Tianyang felt a massive current surge through him.
For a moment, he even had the absurd illusion that his bladder was about to burst.
Damn it. As expected of the direct disciple of Heavenly Mystic Peak’s Peak Master. His sword technique was so strange.
Its rank was at least Earth Tier.
After just one clash, Lin Tianyang knew he was far from being a match for the man before him.
Run. He had to run.
“I’ll give it to you!”
Wasn’t that what the other party was after?
Seeing Lu Wuchen catch the Blue Silver Grass, a smug smile flashed across Lin Tianyang’s lips.
From the moment Lu Wuchen appeared, he had anticipated this outcome.
To make it easier to settle the score later, he had secretly sprinkled some colorless, odorless Boneburst Powder onto the Blue Silver Grass.
Boneburst Powder was not a lethal poison. Instead, it caused anyone who inhaled it to become abnormally irritable and mentally unstable.
“Unfilial son, do you think I am like you, harming fellow disciples over such petty gains?”
“If a son is not taught, it is the father’s fault. The fact that you’ve become like this means I bear undeniable responsibility.”
Lu Wuchen continued to provoke him.
The Blue Silver Grass was Senior Sister’s mission objective for this trip. He had not expected to obtain it so easily.
Indeed, robbery was far more efficient.
“You bastard!”
Hearing his mother insulted again, Lin Tianyang nearly crushed his molars.
His fists clenched tightly. If he were not certain he could not defeat this bastard, he would have torn off that man’s manhood and shoved it into his mouth.
No one was allowed to defile Lin Tianyang’s mother.
“Lightning Five Consecutive Whips!”
Lu Wuchen did not waste words and unleashed his ultimate move once more.
Killing the Son of Destiny outright would only grant a single reward, and it might even trigger his near-death buff.
But slowly harvesting him would not only yield repeated rewards, it would also ensure that in the end, he would never be able to rise again.
Seeing Lu Wuchen persist in pressing him, Lin Tianyang was forced to burn his own blood essence.
After blocking Lu Wuchen’s attack with a sword strike, he seized the opportunity to retreat, then endured the injuries from the Lightning Five Consecutive Whips and used the Blood Escape Technique at maximum speed.
“Lu Wuchen, just you wait! If I don’t avenge this, I swear I am not human!”
Watching Lin Tianyang transform into a streak of blood and disappear, Lu Wuchen nodded in satisfaction.
That was more like it. If the Son of Destiny did not even have a life-saving method and was beaten to death by him, how many rewards would he lose indirectly?
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for severely injuring the Son of Destiny, causing damage to his physical and mental health, and disrupting part of the plotline between the Son of Destiny and the female lead Liu Ruoxi.]
[Ding! Reward granted: Earth Tier weapon—Thunderquake Vajra Hammer.]
[Ding! Reward granted: One bottle of fifth-grade medicinal pill, Jade Dew Immortal Pellet.]
[Ding! Host’s cultivation talent has improved.]
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“Senior Sister, it’s my fault for being careless and letting that thief escape using Blood Escape.”
Lu Wuchen walked up to Liu Ruoxi with a look of guilt.
“Junior Brother, it’s fine. Don’t blame yourself. If he escaped, then so be it.”
Liu Ruoxi patted Lu Wuchen’s shoulder, signaling him not to feel pressured.
Although they had failed to send the thief to Law Enforcement Peak, using Blood Escape would severely damage the body. In the short term, that man would not be able to cause trouble again.
“By the way, Senior Sister, wasn’t your mission in Blackwater Forest this Blue Silver Grass?”
Lu Wuchen smiled and handed the Blue Silver Grass to Liu Ruoxi. This chapter is updated first at g.com.
This good son of mine even knows to pave the way for his father. Since you performed well, I’ll bring two lychees back for your mother later.
“Junior Brother, you obtained this Blue Silver Grass from the thief. How can I take it?”
Liu Ruoxi refused.
“Senior Sister, why be so polite with me? Just take this Blue Silver Grass first.”
“When we encounter another one, you can give that to me.”
Lu Wuchen gently took Liu Ruoxi’s hand and placed the Blue Silver Grass, which Lin Tianyang had stolen from Long Batian, into her palm.
“Alright…”
When Lu Wuchen held her hand, Liu Ruoxi instinctively wanted to pull away. But recalling how he had already wrapped an arm around her waist on the way here, and that he was merely giving her the Blue Silver Grass, there was no intention of taking advantage.
She trusted Junior Brother Wuchen’s character.
Since he insisted, Liu Ruoxi could only reluctantly accept the Blue Silver Grass.
She knew very well that Blue Silver Grass was extremely rare in Blackwater Forest. Otherwise, the reward for this sect mission would not be so high.
Looking at the blue-and-silver spiritual herb in her hand, Liu Ruoxi felt deeply excited.
According to her original plan, it would have taken at least ten days to half a month to find it. Yet now, on the very first day, her mission was already complete.
All that remained was to help Junior Brother hunt a third-rank Human-Faced Demon Spider. Once that was done, both of their missions would be accomplished.
However, not long after holding the Blue Silver Grass, she suddenly felt something unusual in her body.
The sensation was strange and difficult to describe.
“Senior Sister, what’s wrong?”
Seeing that something seemed off with Liu Ruoxi, Lu Wuchen immediately asked.
“It’s nothing, nothing.”
“Probably just anger from that thief earlier.”
Seeing Lu Wuchen’s concern, Liu Ruoxi quickly waved her hand.
“Junior Brother, don’t you think that masked man looked somewhat familiar?”
Liu Ruoxi suddenly asked.
She had the vague feeling she had seen him somewhere before.
“I felt the same.”
“But there are so many disciples in the sect. It’s normal to find someone familiar.”
Lu Wuchen smiled faintly.
He had wanted to shatter the man’s mask earlier, but Lin Tianyang had protected it desperately.
“That’s true.”
Liu Ruoxi nodded at his explanation.
Looking at the gaping wound on Long Batian’s neck and the large pool of blood on the ground, Lu Wuchen let out a sigh.
Since your death still had some value, I’ll give you a final send-off.
With that, he set the corpse ablaze with a single wave of fire.