733: Ambush and kill them (4k)

"There are more people in the city whose origins are unknown, but whose status is distinguished?"

Lin Yang was a bit curious, and subsequently walked out of the Yun Family.

For so many years, he had been cultivating and refining Formation Arrays in the Yun Family.

Now that he had completed his breakthrough, it was time to go out and take a look around.

And inside the city, it was indeed as Yun Bu had said; there were more people who looked imposing and wealthy at a glance. Even the people from the City Lord's Mansion were respectful, and they seemed to be searching for something.

"How could so many individuals with extraordinary status suddenly come to a small place like Baichi City?" Lin Yang pondered inwardly.

He observed for a while, then returned to the Yun Family.

Yun Bu had just reminded him to be cautious, the meaning of which was to tell him not to provoke or offend these people.

Clearly, these people were existences that the Yun Family could not afford to provoke.

Then he simply wouldn't wander around outside, to avoid creating unnecessary trouble.

In the following days, more and more mysterious figures came to Baichi City, and they began to explore outside the city.

It was obvious that they were searching for some kind of item.

This also made everyone in Baichi City feel somewhat surprised.

Could it be that some rare treasure had appeared in the vicinity of Baichi City?

The actions of these mysterious outsiders also incited more people to go out of the city to explore, attempting to find treasure.

Because of this, Baichi City was lively for quite a while.

It was not until some of the mysterious outsiders began to gradually leave that this wave subsided.

Lin Yang's life was not affected at all.

Every day, he stayed in the Yun Family, either cultivating or refining Formation Arrays.

He simply did not go out to join that so-called treasure-hunting craze.

The Yun Family did send many disciples to hunt for treasure, but the result was naturally nothing.

Lin Yang had another small gathering with Shi Jie and the others.

They had also taken the opportunity to come to Baichi City to see the situation.

And they were all about to ignite their Dao Fire, and were doing quite well in their respective families and sects.

The days passed peacefully.

But this peace did not last too long.

Because Baichi City and its surroundings suffered attacks from the Nì Swarm, which caused not insignificant losses to some of the three great families' businesses.

Furthermore, during the Nì Swarm's siege, each of the three great families lost a significant number of personnel, and the originally delicate balance was broken.

Therefore, when reorganizing the industries and dividing territories, the Yan Family, which had suffered the least losses, wanted to occupy an additional twenty percent of the industrial territory.

The Yun Family and the Yu Family naturally did not agree.

Because of this, a dispute arose.

Although they did not resort to a major fight, the friction was gradually escalating.

This day, Lin Yang received a notification from the Yun Family, asking him to go out of the city to set up some defensive Formation Arrays for one of their businesses.

Lin Yang did not refuse.

This was an obligation he needed to fulfill.

The Yun Family had given him a lot of support, and now that it was time to put people to work, he could not refuse.

That business was located in the vicinity of Baichi City.

Lin Yang left the city and headed straight there.

Just as Lin Yang left the city, a message was sent out from a secluded courtyard in the city.

Inside the Tiankun Sect.

"That little thing has finally left the city." Looking at the message that had been delivered immediately, a flash of killing intent crossed Lan Zhi's eyes.

Ever since he received the anonymous information during the Nì Swarm's siege, so much time had passed, and Lin Yang had hardly left the Yun Family, which had prevented him from finding a suitable opportunity to strike. Now, Lin Yang had finally left the city.

Lan Zhi immediately set off for Baichi City.

Now that Lin Yang's cultivation had reached the Dao Fire Realm, he did not let others do it; he wanted to go personally, which would be safer.

The current Lan Zhi was at the Late Dao Fire Realm.

Even if Lin Yang's strength was astonishing, he had the confidence to take Lin Yang down.

When Lin Yang was at the Dao Above, he could fight across several small levels.

But starting from the Dao Fire Realm, the gap between each level was quite large.

Lin Yang had just entered the Dao Fire Realm, and Lan Zhi thought that even if Lin Yang could still fight above his level, he would at most be comparable to the Mid Dao Fire Realm.

Facing him, who was at the Late Dao Fire Realm, Lin Yang absolutely could not have any chance.

...

On Lin Yang's side, he arrived at the Yun Family's business, spent some time, and set up some Formation Arrays according to the Yun Family's requirements.

Then he spent some more time refining some disposable Formation Arrays for the Yun Family members stationed there, before setting off to return to Baichi City.

Halfway through the journey.

Lin Yang frowned; he vaguely felt some dangerous aura.

Swish.

Suddenly, the void in front of him exploded, and terrifying Dao Power surged over.

"Ambushed!"

Lin Yang's eyes shifted, and his Dao Power condensed to protect his body, barely dodging the fatal strike that had come from a sneak attack in the shadows.

"Hmph, you really do have some ability."

In the void, Lan Zhi, dressed in a black robe, watched Lin Yang, and became even more convinced of the information mentioned in the intelligence.

He did not speak and attacked again.

The violent power of the Late Dao Fire Realm was no longer concealed, surging towards Lin Yang.

Although the power was violent, it was mainly for containment and was not a killing blow.

"Another black-robed person."

Looking at the disguised Lan Zhi, Lin Yang's first thought was that people from the Hongwei Sect had come to silence him.

But soon, he felt that this guy might not be from the Hongwei Sect.

Because if it were people from the Hongwei Sect wanting to silence him, they should be using fatal moves, not like this, where they seemed more intent on trapping or capturing him.

This immediately brought the image of Lan Zhi to Lin Yang's mind.

Only Lan Zhi, perhaps, would want to capture him first.

After all, even if Lan Zhi suspected that he had killed Lan Gang, he had no evidence.

Therefore, wanting to capture him first was very reasonable.

Capturing him would allow for interrogation!

Although the figure of this black-robed person in front of him did not quite match the Lan Zhi he had seen before.

But at this moment, Lin Yang was still very certain that this was Lan Zhi.

Although he didn't know why Lan Zhi also wanted to disguise himself as a black-robed person, Lin Yang didn't think too much about it.

The Silver Dragon Spear was summoned, and it thrust out in an instant.

The World-in-a-Flower also directly condensed and wrapped towards Lan Zhi.

As soon as he attacked, he went all out.

Lan Zhi was at the Late Dao Fire Realm and was also a disciple of the Tiankun Sect, so his combat power must be impressive.

Lin Yang did not dare to be careless.

Boom, boom, boom.

Dao Power surged and collided.

The two were evenly matched.

Lan Zhi's eyes immediately sank.

Lin Yang's strength was far stronger than he had estimated.

He was actually able to rival him, a Late Dao Fire Realm expert!

In an instant, Lan Zhi's offensive changed.

He no longer thought about trapping or capturing Lin Yang.

Instead, it became incomparably sharp, filled with a killing intent.

By this moment, he was basically able to confirm that with Lin Yang's monstrous ability to fight above his level, if he had attacked back then, it was indeed very possible that he had killed Lan Gang.

There was no longer any need for interrogation.

Of course, the main reason was that he had already felt that if he still aimed to trap Lin Yang, not only would he be unable to do so, but there was even a possibility that he might fall here today.

Therefore, Lan Zhi changed his mind in an instant; regardless of whether Lin Yang was the murderer or not, since he had already started fighting, then he must kill Lin Yang today!

"Die!"

Lan Zhi unleashed his killing move.

"This Lan Zhi..." Lin Yang's eyes were grave.

If he did not use the "World" now, he would be comparable to an ordinary Late Dao Fire Realm expert, without an overwhelming advantage.

But currently, he could barely sense the "World".

"Should I forcibly use the amplification of the "World" to kill Lan Zhi?"

Lin Yang's brain worked rapidly.

Lan Zhi being able to ambush him here meant that he had been sending people to monitor him in Baichi City all along.

That was why he knew he had left the city this time.

If he killed Lan Zhi, it was estimated that the Tiankun Sect would soon know that he had done it.

It might bring greater pressure.

And if he didn't kill Lan Zhi, keeping him alive was also a very unsafe factor.

If he let Lan Zhi go today, it was conceivable that he would definitely prepare more thoroughly and securely before coming to trouble him again.

And whether he killed him or not, his true strength would be exposed.

This was not a good thing.

Very quickly, in just a split second, Lin Yang decided to kill Lan Zhi!

Since his strength was going to be exposed anyway, he would leave no future trouble!

"World!"

Lin Yang communicated with the "World". To kill Lan Zhi, he had to rely on the power amplification of the "World" to be able to do it.

Although the "World" had hidden itself after plundering the power of the Great Dao that day, Lin Yang could still forcefully communicate and invoke the "World".

Moreover, to ensure that he could kill Lan Zhi, Lin Yang mobilized all the power of the "World" that he could call upon.

To kill Lan Zhi, he only had one chance.

It must be foolproof.

Hum.

In an instant, Lin Yang's power skyrocketed.

The World-in-a-Flower, amplified by the "World", condensed again and, combined with the Silver Dragon Spear, rushed straight towards Lan Zhi.

Lan Zhi's expression changed.

He felt the threat of death.

"This is impossible!"

"How could he possess such terrifying power!"

Lan Zhi didn't even have time to think and frantically retreated, wanting to escape.

In this instant, he no longer had the thought of killing Lin Yang; his intuition told him that if he didn't retreat, he would die here.

However, Lin Yang did not give Lan Zhi a chance to escape.

"Time Stop!"

Lin Yang pointed a finger, Lan Zhi's figure paused slightly, and then, the terrifying power instantly engulfed Lan Zhi.

"Lin Yang, how dare you!"

Lan Zhi was greatly shocked and roared in terror.

At this moment, Lan Zhi felt some regret.

He should have called for a helper.

Knowing that Lin Yang could fight above his level, he shouldn't have come alone.

However, it was too late to say anything.

Lan Zhi died in anger.

Actually, he had been cautious enough and had thought highly enough of Lin Yang, with his own Late Dao Fire Realm strength, ambushing in advance and attacking from the shadows.

If it were a normal situation, let alone ambushing someone at the Early Dao Fire Realm, even if it were someone at the middle or even late stage, it would have had a very high probability of success.

It was just a pity that his opponent was Lin Yang.

Looking at Lan Zhi's corpse, Lin Yang also felt a bit of sighing.

This guy probably would never have imagined that a Late Dao Fire Realm expert would fail to deal with him, an Early Dao Fire Realm cultivator.

"This time, the great credit must go to the "World"."

Lin Yang put away Lan Zhi's spatial ring and simultaneously burned the corpse to destroy all traces.

If not for the amplification of the "World", he would not have been able to kill Lan Zhi.

Even if he used the "Time Stop" trump card, it wouldn't have worked.

It was just that after this, it wouldn't be long before the Tiankun Sect would know his true strength.

"The real trouble is still to come."

Lin Yang didn't even have time to count the spoils of war and hurried back to Baichi City.

...

The news of Lan Zhi's death quickly spread.

As a Late Dao Fire Realm disciple of the Tiankun Sect, he was undoubtedly an important disciple.

And he was also highly valued by a certain Nie Kong Realm elder.

Almost immediately after Lan Zhi died, the Tiankun Sect sensed it.

Afterwards, it caused a huge uproar.

Because in the area around Baichi City, without the emergence of the Nie Kong Realm, a Late Dao Fire Realm existence was basically at the top and was not easily fallen.

Even though the Moon Shadow Sect and the Tiankun Sect had been hostile to each other for many years, with countless confrontations, not many disciples of such cultivation level had died.

But now, Lan Zhi was dead.

Naturally, it made people shocked.

The Tiankun Sect immediately conducted an investigation.

...

Hongwei Sect.

Mu Sheng's expression was extremely gloomy.

If one looked closely, besides gloominess, there was a trace of lingering fear in his eyes.

Because he had actually been paying attention to the situation of Lin Yang and Lan Zhi all along.

He had secretly leaked the information to Lan Zhi, just wanting to use Lan Zhi's hand to eliminate Lin Yang.

Naturally, he would also pay attention to the movements and news of the two from time to time.

Although he did not know that Lan Zhi had gone to ambush Lin Yang.

But he also knew that Lin Yang had left the city.

This was the first time Lin Yang had left the city in many years, so he was naturally very concerned.

And then, Lan Zhi died.

Almost instantly, Mu Sheng could conclude that it was definitely Lan Zhi who knew the news of Lin Yang leaving the city and went to deal with Lin Yang.

Then, it was obvious whose hands Lan Zhi had died at.

"Lin Yang..."

Mu Sheng was very shocked in his heart.

Lan Zhi was at the Late Dao Fire Realm, and he was also among the best in the same level.

Even other existences at the same level would find it very difficult to kill Lan Zhi.

Yet Lin Yang had killed him.

And he had killed him with the cultivation of the Early Dao Fire Realm!

It was well known that injuring and killing were two different concepts.

If Lin Yang had seriously injured Lan Zhi, Mu Sheng would not have been so shocked.

But it happened that he had killed Lan Zhi.

"The gap between each level of the Dao Fire Realm is very large, and Lin Yang was actually able to kill Lan Zhi!"

While shocked, Mu Sheng was also very fortunate.

Fortunate that he had not thought about going to silence him himself, but instead used someone else's hand to kill.

Otherwise, the one who died would have been himself.

But while fortunate, Mu Sheng also felt deep fear.

He didn't know what Lan Zhi would say before he died.

Nor did he know if Lin Yang knew that he was the real murderer of the interception back then.

If he knew, with his cultivation, he probably wouldn't be able to last a single blow in front of Lin Yang!

Following that, Mu Sheng asked Jian Mo for instructions again, inquiring about the elder's intention.

After hearing Mu Sheng's words, Jian Mo fell directly into silence.

After a long time, Jian Mo said: "If Lan Zhi was indeed killed by that Lin Yang, do not make any moves in the near future, and do not leave the sect, wait and see!"

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Yun Family.

After Lin Yang returned, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Having killed that Lan Zhi, presumably the Tiankun Sect already knows that I did it, but they don't have solid evidence, so they shouldn't come to the Yun Family to demand a person for the time being."

Lin Yang calculated the subsequent countermeasures.

If the Tiankun Sect knew he had killed Lan Zhi and attacked him again, the person who came would very likely be an elder of the Nie Kong Realm.

Coming with a Peak Dao Fire Realm expert would not be safe.

And if an elder of the Nie Kong Realm came, he would not be able to deal with it no matter what at the moment.

"The current plan is to continue dragging it out, continue staying in the Yun Family and not going out. As long as there is no sufficient evidence, the Tiankun Sect cannot easily come to the Yun Family to demand a person."

"But the Yun Family is currently arguing with the Yan Family and the Yu Family over industrial territory, and I must contribute; it's impossible to never go out."

Lin Yang's eyes flickered, somewhat helpless.

The timing was too bad.

Especially if the Tiankun Sect had made up its mind to come to the Yun Family to demand a person.

With the current situation of the Yun Family, it was estimated that they would also hand him over in exchange for peace. (End of chapter)