Could this really be his cowardly, spineless younger brother? Why did the person before him feel so unfamiliar?
“Lin Ye, have you gone mad? How dare you speak to me like that!” The surprise flashed through his mind and vanished, and Lin Feiyang quickly suppressed his fear before speaking with a gloomy expression.
“Heh.”
All that greeted Lin Feiyang was a cold laugh. A red card that had appeared in Lin Ye’s hand at some unknown point suddenly flickered with a faint radiance. Immediately afterward, a fist-sized red flame shot out from the Spirit Card toward Lin Feiyang’s chest.
“Overestimating yourself!” Seeing Lin Ye make a move, Lin Feiyang curled his lips into a cold smile and mocked him disdainfully.
Lin Feiyang suddenly pulled an orange spirit card from his waist. The spiritual power within his body surged rapidly, and the blue Water Drop on the orange spirit card flashed with a faint radiance. Immediately afterward, a mass of blue liquid flew out of the Spirit Card and violently collided with the incoming flame.
“Sizzle, sizzle!”
After a burst of sizzling sounds as Water and Fire merged, the water stream and flame seemed to reach a balance of power, actually disappearing simultaneously in midair.
“This... How is this possible?” Lin Feiyang stared wide-eyed at the vanished water stream and flame in the air, momentarily at a loss for words.
At this moment, Yu'er, who had chased Lin Feiyang inside, also opened her small mouth in shock, too stunned to speak.
“You... You are not Lin Ye!” Lin Feiyang pointed at Lin Ye’s nose and shouted with a ferocious expression.
No, no, this could not be his cowardly, spineless useless big brother. Impossible! Half a month ago, he had still been useless. How could he possibly now be evenly matched with him, a one-star martial master?
I am the Lin Family’s genius young master. You are destined to be nothing more than a lowly wretch, a bastard who must remain hidden from the world! Thinking this, deep resentment surfaced in Lin Feiyang’s eyes as he looked toward Lin Ye.
“You have only yourself to thank for my becoming like this! What, have you forgotten me so soon?”
Lin Ye curled his lips into a cold smile. Immediately afterward, another Red Spirit Card appeared in his hand. Without giving Lin Feiyang the slightest chance to speak, his spiritual power surged, and both spirit cards flickered with faint radiance.
Immediately afterward, a water stream and flame shot out from the two spirit cards. At the same time, the water stream and flame began merging in midair before shooting straight toward Lin Feiyang.
“You still dare to try that again?” Watching Lin Ye’s actions, a vicious glint flashed through Lin Feiyang’s eyes as he spoke coldly.
As he gave a cold snort, he lightly slapped his waist. Immediately afterward, two excellent quality orange spirit cards appeared in his hand. Spiritual power poured into them, and the Water Drop and Lightning patterns on the spirit card faces flickered with faint radiance.
“Crack!”
Lightning roared out from the two spirit cards alongside a water stream, violently striking the incoming red-and-blue light orb.
“Boom!”
Two tremendous energies collided in midair. Following a violent explosion, the Lightning and Water-Fire Light Orb were once again annihilated simultaneously in the air, and the two of them once again fought to a draw.
“Impossible! How could this happen?” Lin Feiyang stared in shock at the place where the two energies had exploded. Even now, faint wisps of smoke formed by the explosion still drifted there.
If their previous draw could still be explained by saying that he had underestimated Lin Ye for a moment, then the excellent quality Second-Order Water Spirit Card and lightning spirit card were already his greatest trump cards. Yet they still could not injure Lin Ye in the slightest, making this extremely difficult for him to accept.
“There is nothing impossible about it. You can get lost now!” Lin Ye stared coldly at Lin Feiyang across from him. He understood the gap between his current strength and the martial master realm, so he was not overly surprised that he had fought Lin Feiyang to a draw.
“I do not know how you came back, nor do I understand why you have changed so much. But no matter what, you will ultimately die. Do you think that just because we are in the Lin Family, I can do nothing to you? Ridiculous!” Lin Feiyang took several deep breaths, and thick contempt and mockery appeared on his face.
Having said this, he seemed to understand that he could not do anything to Lin Ye at present. Without even glancing at Yu'er, who had informed him at the doorway, Lin Feiyang left the dilapidated room on his own.
“Were you the one who told Lin Feiyang that I had returned?” After Lin Feiyang left, Lin Ye’s gaze fell upon Yu'er by the doorway. Beneath his calm eyes, turbulent waves were concealed.
Feeling Lin Ye’s gaze, the hair on Yu'er’s body inexplicably stood on end. She vigorously shook her head. “N-no, I wasn’t.”
“Then tell me how he came here.” As Lin Ye slowly walked toward Yu'er, he asked indifferently.
“I... I don’t know either.” Yu'er looked at Lin Ye in terror as he continued approaching her, her feet unconsciously retreating step by step.
“You don’t know? I think you seem to like Lin Feiyang very much! So that he won’t feel lonely when he goes down there, go down and wait for him first!” Lin Ye smiled faintly, his claw-like hand striking toward Yu'er’s neck as swiftly as lightning.
Lin Ye’s iron-like hand clamped around Yu'er’s neck. Her face immediately flushed red as she struggled desperately. “Mmph... No, no!”
“Crack!”
Lin Ye exerted a little force with his hand. A sound of breaking bone came from Yu'er’s fragile neck, and her head drooped limply as she lost her breath.
“Older brother.” Seeing Lin Ye kill Yu'er without even blinking, Lin Xue covered her small mouth with her hand and called out in surprise.
Lin Ye loosened his arm, and Yu'er’s corpses slid to the ground. The Fire Spirit Card that had appeared in his hand at some unknown point flickered faintly, and a fireball fell onto Yu'er’s corpses.
As the flame burned, Yu'er’s corpses slowly disappeared. In only a moment, all that remained on the ground was a pile of white bone ash.
“Older brother, she... after all, she took care of mother for such a long time.” Lin Xue’s gaze shifted woodenly to Lin Ye’s face, and traces of reluctance appeared in her watery, beautiful eyes.
“But when we returned, what did you see her doing?” Lin Ye looked straight into Lin Xue’s eyes and asked seriously.
“She... she...”
“The fact that I did not kill her at the time was already the greatest tolerance I could show her. I never expected her to bring Lin Feiyang here. Keeping someone like her would absolutely do us no good.” Lin Ye spoke earnestly.
“Yes, I understand.” Hearing this, Lin Xue looked at the bone ash on the ground and sighed softly. In the end, Yu'er had brought her death upon herself.
Seeing the understanding in Lin Xue’s expression, traces of approval flashed through Lin Ye’s eyes. It seemed that although his younger sister was kind, she was not foolishly benevolent. With proper cultivation, perhaps she would become someone extraordinary.
“Ye’er...” Mu Rou’s weak voice suddenly came from the bed.
“Mother!” Lin Ye and Lin Xue quickly walked to Mu Rou’s bedside and asked with concern.
“Older brother, you just took a look. How is mother?” Lin Xue turned to ask Lin Ye.
Although she did not know when Lin Ye had learned medicine, for some reason, she felt an inexplicable trust in him.