776: The person who killed you

Outside Xiwu City, in a certain location.

The auras of three Yuan He Realm cultivators permeated the area.

"Zhao Yuan! You old immortal, how dare you arrange for people to ambush and kill an elder of my clan! Today, you shall definitely die here!"

The Bai family reacted very quickly; as soon as they received news that their properties were being attacked, they immediately sent reinforcements.

At this moment, the Bai family's mid-stage Yuan He Realm clan elder, Bai Xiuyuan, and their newly promoted Yuan He Realm clan elder, Bai Chen, were confronting Zhao Yuan.

Bai Xiuyuan shouted and cursed sternly; it seemed he hadn't expected the Zhao family to dare to act in such a manner.

Zhao Yuan's expression was indifferent. "Enough with the nonsense. If you want this old man's life, you old Bai dog are not capable of it."

Bai Xiuyuan was furious. His Dao Power surged to its limit as he charged at Zhao Yuan, while simultaneously shouting to Bai Chen:

"This old scoundrel Zhao Yuan wants to stall us so their people can retreat. I will deal with this old scoundrel; you go hunt down the Zhao family elders. You must ensure they do not return alive today!"

Bai Xiuyuan was naturally no pushover. Seeing Zhao Yuan come out immediately to block them, he instantly guessed the Zhao family's intentions.

Bai Chen nodded and turned to leave.

Zhao Yuan, however, sneered. "Want to leave? This old man has not let you go!"

Hum.

A Dao weapon appeared in Zhao Yuan's hand, flying straight towards Bai Chen to block his path, while he himself faced Bai Xiuyuan head-on.

"Old man Zhao Yuan, you are simply too arrogant. You are courting death!!" Monstrous killing intent surged in Bai Xiuyuan's eyes.

Zhao Yuan's cultivation was on par with his own, yet he was now foolishly attempting a one-on-two.

This made Bai Xiuyuan feel that Zhao Yuan was too arrogant.

Although Bai Chen was a newly promoted Yuan He Realm cultivator, his cultivation was solid and genuine.

Zhao Yuan was perhaps looking down on Bai Chen too much.

Bai Chen held the same thought. Seeing that he was entangled by Zhao Yuan and unable to escape in the short term, his eyes flashed, and he said:

"Old man Zhao Yuan, since you are courting death, then let us join forces to kill you first, and then go wipe out your entire Zhao family!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiuyuan nodded and said, "Very well, let's kill this old thing first."

Originally, in a one-on-one fight between him and Zhao Yuan, it would be difficult for either to truly kill the other.

But now with Bai Chen assisting from the side, he had confidence.

Immediately, both Bai Xiuyuan and Bai Chen stopped holding anything back. Their Dao Power erupted to the limit as they strove to kill Zhao Yuan in the shortest time possible.

On Zhao Yuan's side, he soon found himself struggling.

He had only intended to stall Bai Xiuyuan and Bai Chen for a little while to buy an opportunity for the other Zhao family elders to retreat; he never intended to truly risk his life here.

Therefore, when Bai Xiuyuan and Bai Chen both started using lethal moves right from the start, he found himself unable to parry them.

Bai Xiuyuan was right; even though Bai Chen had only broken through recently, he was still a proper Yuan He Realm cultivator.

In a two-on-one fight, he indeed did not have much chance of winning.

Soon, Zhao Yuan decided to retreat.

He had done his best to stall; as for how many of the Zhao family could retreat, that would depend on their luck.

In any case, before the operation, they had already prepared for the fact that some people would have to be sacrificed.

As for himself, he could not die here today.

As the only Yuan He Realm cultivator in the Zhao family, if he died, the Zhao family would be completely finished.

This was also the plan established from the beginning.

Zhao Yuan began preparing to retreat.

Seeing this, Bai Xiuyuan snorted angrily, "Old ghost Zhao Yuan, you want to run? You're thinking quite beautifully!"

His attacks became a bit more ferocious.

However, Zhao Yuan was clearly well-prepared. With his mind set on escaping, Bai Xiuyuan and his companion found it difficult to do anything to him for the moment.

Seeing this situation, Bai Xiuyuan said to Bai Chen, "This old ghost is determined to run; it will be difficult to take him down in a short time. You go kill the Zhao family people first; I will entangle this old ghost!"

He understood clearly in his heart that if Zhao Yuan was determined to run, it would be very difficult to truly kill him today. Therefore, he did not intend to continue wasting time, but rather wanted to let Bai Chen go and kill as many Zhao family members as possible.

Although Bai Chen was a bit unwilling, he still nodded and agreed.

With a flash of movement, he prepared to go intercept the retreating Zhao family members.

However, just at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared, intercepting Bai Chen and blocking his path.

It was Lin Yang.

He had already been here for a while.

He had watched the process of Zhao Yuan fighting the two Bai family Yuan He Realm cultivators.

The reason he didn't reveal himself and act immediately was because he wanted to observe the strength of the Yuan He Realm.

He had also long seen that Zhao Yuan could not truly hold off the two Bai family members for too long, so he hadn't been in a rush to act.

Suddenly blocked, Bai Chen immediately roared at Lin Yang, "Who are you? Are you courting death?"

He did not know Lin Yang, nor could he possibly know Lin Yang.

After Lin Yang joined the Zhao family, he mostly kept a low profile and had never fought in Xiwu City.

Only people like Zhao Chen knew his strength.

Although the Bai family had heard that Lin Yang had been recruited by the Zhao family as a Guest Elder and knew the Zhao family had an extra Guest Elder,

a Guest Elder at the Nie Kong Realm naturally would not attract Bai Chen's attention.

Therefore, seeing Lin Yang suddenly appear to block him, Bai Chen frowned, and killing intent surged.

A Nie Kong Realm cultivator dared to block him?

He was almost subconsciously about to strike.

Lin Yang did not answer his question, only saying indifferently, "The person who will kill you."

Silence!

In an instant, it was as if Bai Chen had heard some enormous joke; he was completely stunned for a moment.

A Nie Kong Realm guy, what was he saying?

Kill him?

Bai Chen suspected he might be hearing things.

But immediately after, Bai Chen regained his senses. Without mockery or sarcasm, he instantly attacked Lin Yang.

A Nie Kong Realm cultivator suddenly jumped out and said he wanted to kill him.

This kind of thing sounded ridiculous, even absurd.

But who was Bai Chen?

To be able to cultivate to the Yuan He Realm, he was naturally no simple character.

Both his experience and insight were top-notch.

Although Lin Yang's words were ridiculous, in this situation, Bai Chen actually struck very cautiously.

The vast Dao Power of the Yuan He Realm rolled towards Lin Yang like an ocean.

Lin Yang raised an eyebrow.

Bai Chen's reaction actually surprised him a little.

"Cautious enough; no wonder you were able to break through to the Yuan He Realm."

Praising him inwardly, Lin Yang also made his move.

The World-in-a-Flower condensed and appeared, its petals blooming one by one, neutralizing the vast Dao Power while simultaneously wrapping around Bai Chen.

The Silver Dragon Spear also thrust out immediately after.

A point of silver light pierced through the night, heading straight for the center of Bai Chen's forehead.

Bai Chen's expression changed, and he quickly retreated to dodge, his heart filled with immense shock:

"Who exactly are you? How could you have such power?"

Lin Yang clearly appeared to only have Nie Kong Realm cultivation, yet upon striking, he actually made him feel immense pressure.

Bai Chen could not help but be shocked.

It wasn't just Bai Chen; Zhao Yuan, who was focused on escaping, and Bai Xiuyuan, who was trying to block Zhao Yuan, were both greatly shocked when they saw the sudden turn of events here.

Bai Xiuyuan naturally did not know Lin Yang either.

But Zhao Yuan knew him.

In the original plan, once Lin Yang and Zhao Huoshan killed Bai Dan at the mine, the mission would be considered complete, and they could return to the city and retreat.

But he had not expected that Lin Yang would actually appear here.

And, upon striking, there was actually a sign of him faintly suppressing Bai Chen.

This made Zhao Yuan immensely astonished!

Can a Nie Kong Realm truly cross levels to kill a Yuan He Realm?

He found it hard to believe.

But watching Lin Yang and Bai Chen fight and seeing him faintly gain the upper hand, a glimmer of expectation could not help but rise in Zhao Yuan's heart.

Perhaps, Lin Yang really could deal with Bai Chen?

With this thought, Zhao Yuan no longer just thought about escaping.

As long as Lin Yang could also pin down Bai Chen.

Then, by stalling a little longer, the Zhao family elders would definitely be able to retreat successfully.

"Bai Xiuyuan, you old scoundrel, didn't you want to kill me just a moment ago? Then come and try now, and see if you have the ability!"

Zhao Yuan turned around and charged towards Bai Xiuyuan with a hearty laugh.

Bai Xiuyuan's face was grim.

At this point, how could he not see that this suddenly appeared Lin Yang was Zhao Yuan's helper!

"Damned Zhao family, how could they still have experts hidden?" Bai Xiuyuan cursed inwardly, his eyes surging with anger.

Things having reached this point, he understood that today, let alone trying to keep Zhao Yuan, even those Zhao family guys who launched the raid could no longer be stopped.

Their Bai family had suffered huge losses today!

"With such a hidden expert, how could the Zhao family have endured for so long?"

While dealing with Zhao Yuan's attacks, Bai Xiuyuan was also somewhat puzzled.

If the Zhao family had such an expert, they shouldn't have endured being suppressed by them from the start.

However, he soon guessed some things.

Lin Yang was clearly not from the Zhao family; his helping Zhao Yuan today might be for some other reason.

But these things were not important anymore.

With Zhao Yuan suddenly having such a powerful helper, the losses of the day were already irrecoverable.

Thinking of this, Bai Xiuyuan was even more furious.

This was clearly something the Zhao family had planned long ago.

They wanted to take advantage of having someone's help to severely cripple their Bai family once, and then flee far away.

...

Unlike the fight between Bai Xiuyuan and Zhao Yuan.

On Bai Chen's side, the shock in his heart was becoming increasingly intense.

From the moment Lin Yang made his move, he felt he was completely suppressed.

He even had a feeling that if Lin Yang wanted to kill him, it shouldn't take too much effort; it was just that, for some reason, he hadn't killed him cleanly and decisively, but was suppressing him little by little.

This feeling was very stifling.

Although it appeared that he and Lin Yang were fighting to a stalemate.

But in reality, only he himself knew that he was being suppressed in every aspect.

And it was an extremely subtle suppression.

There was only one possibility for this, which was that Lin Yang's strength far exceeded his, allowing him to achieve this perfect suppression.

This made Bai Chen even more shocked.

He even had a terrifying thought.

Lin Yang was deliberately hiding his strength.

He did not want others to know his true strength, which was why he was doing this, maintaining a superficial balance.

"You..." Bai Chen wanted to say something.

But Lin Yang gave him no chance at all.

Before long, Bai Chen began to sustain injuries.

Lin Yang was also injured similarly.

From an outsider's perspective, the two were evenly matched.

But Bai Chen knew that Lin Yang's injuries were completely self-inflicted on purpose!

He suddenly became a little afraid.

Lin Yang was simply a monster!

He clearly had the strength to kill him, yet he deliberately held back.

This was clearly like cutting flesh with a dull knife; he wanted to kill him slowly, bit by bit.

Yes.

Bai Chen had a premonition in his heart that he was likely doomed today.

Lin Yang would definitely kill him slowly.

A flash of despair crossed Bai Chen's eyes, and then a trace of madness appeared again.

"You want to kill me? It won't be that easy!"

Bai Chen roared and began to burn his Dao Power.

He was going to fight with his life.

He also had to fight with his life.

Otherwise, he would definitely die.

Seeing this, Lin Yang's eyes flashed, and he secretly thought it was a pity.

The reason he hadn't quickly killed Bai Chen to end the battle.

Was indeed that he wanted to try his best to hide his strength a bit more.

Quickly taking down a Yuan He Realm cultivator, and taking them down slowly and with difficulty, were still quite different.

Although he had decided to kill Bai Chen, he didn't want to let Zhao Yuan and the others see his true strength.

It was just that this guy Bai Chen was truly too sensitive, and also very decisive.

After sensing his own danger, he had unexpectedly burned his Dao Power without any hesitation.

"Since that's the case, then let's end it here."

Lin Yang no longer hesitated. With the World-in-a-Flower and the Silver Dragon Spear coordinating with each other, plus secretly invoking a tiny bit of the power of the "World," he killed Bai Chen cleanly and decisively before he could fully burn his Dao Power.

He could not give Bai Chen the chance to fully burn his Dao Power.

Once he fully burned his Dao Power, it would be difficult to kill him.

"Bai Chen!!"

A cry of pain rang out from Bai Xiuyuan's mouth!

The battle between him and Zhao Yuan was hard to decide, so he had been paying attention to the fight between Bai Chen and Lin Yang.

When he saw Bai Chen suddenly burning his Dao Power, he was still somewhat shocked.

Because it looked like Bai Chen and Lin Yang were clearly evenly matched, and it was far from the point where he needed to burn his Dao Power.

But immediately after seeing Bai Chen cleanly killed by Lin Yang, this made it impossible for Bai Xiuyuan to accept.

The Bai family had managed to gain an extra Yuan He Realm cultivator with great difficulty.

Yet he had fallen just like that.

Bai Xiuyuan's eyes turned red.

Zhao Yuan was also stunned.

He had originally thought that as long as Lin Yang could stall Bai Chen for some time, that would be enough.

He never imagined that the development of events would be so abrupt.

Bai Chen was suddenly forced by Lin Yang to burn his Dao Power, and he was killed before he could even fully burn it.

The transition was too fast.

So fast that even he couldn't react in time.

Clearly, just a second ago the two were still entangled in fighting, but the next second Bai Chen was dead.

This was indeed too astonishing.

Bai Chen's death could completely be described as a sudden demise.

Looking at Bai Chen's corpse, and then at Lin Yang approaching him and Bai Xiuyuan, Zhao Yuan's mind was filled with thousands of thoughts.

But soon, he forcibly suppressed his thoughts.

The strength Lin Yang displayed was astonishing, which was a good thing for the Zhao family.

Because, Lin Yang was their Zhao family's Guest Elder!

Even, perhaps...

Zhao Yuan couldn't help but look at Bai Xiuyuan, a crazy thought flashing in his mind.

Perhaps there was still a chance to kill Bai Xiuyuan today!

As soon as this thought emerged, Zhao Yuan shivered and shouted at Lin Yang, "Guest Elder Lin, help me kill this old scoundrel Bai Xiuyuan!"

Before his voice even faded, Zhao Yuan changed his previous style of just stalling and unleashed all his Dao Methods, his attacks becoming fierce.

Bai Xiuyuan's expression changed instantly.

Then, almost without hesitation, he fled towards Xiwu City.

Furthermore, he immediately burned his Dao Power and fled for his life.

The speed was so fast that Zhao Yuan was momentarily unable to catch up.

"This old thing is quite good at running for his life; so afraid of death." Zhao Yuan cursed hatefully.

Lin Yang was also somewhat surprised.

Bai Xiuyuan had fled too decisively.

He was also a bit surprised. (End of this chapter)