95: Reverse Qi Refining Level 4

“Heh, you're putting on quite a show.”

Lin Lingming's heart flared with anger, and he sneered:

“Today, I'll teach you a good lesson. In the cultivation world, just flapping your gums is useless! A big fist is the only real truth!”

Before his words even faded, the Magical Artifact short staff in his hand transformed into a fierce, earthy-yellow streak of light, carrying a dull wind pressure, and slammed fiercely towards Lin Jingyu's head!

He didn't hold back at all, and the speed was astonishing.

He had long found this brat an eyesore. Last time at the clan meeting, he dared to talk back to his Master, the Grand Elder. He was simply courting death!

If it weren't for his Master saying to keep the situation stable at this critical moment and not to let any mishaps occur, he would have already acted.

Today was the perfect excuse. With this strike, if I don't smash you until your tendons snap and bones break, I'll write my name backwards!

A flash of cruel pleasure crossed Lin Lingming's eyes as his gaze followed the flying staff shadow, simultaneously looking at Lin Jingyu's face, wanting to capture his terrified expression.

Just at the moment their gazes met—

Lin Lingming felt his vision blur, as if two red-hot steel needles had suddenly and without warning stabbed fiercely into his eyeballs!

“Ah!”

The excruciating pain instinctively made him scream. His vision instantly went pitch black, golden stars danced, and tears poured out uncontrollably.

This wasn't over!

Almost at the same instant, a short, powerful low shout erupted from Lin Jingyu's mouth: “Tai!”

The sound wasn't loud, but it was like an invisible heavy hammer, striking fiercely through the air at Lin Lingming's eardrums and deep into his consciousness!

“Hum—!”

Lin Lingming felt as if his head had been hit head-on by a battering ram!

The world spun, his ears rang incessantly, and his vision was completely occupied by darkness and dancing golden stars.

Forget about controlling the flying Magical Artifact short staff; he couldn't even stand steadily. His legs went weak, and with a “thud,” he collapsed directly to the ground like a drunken toad.

It worked!

Lin Jingyu felt a surge of joy; the effect of this dual-pronged Mental Energy attack far exceeded his expectations!

He had figured this out himself; after all, some fierce people could scare a coward half to death with just a single look.

Take advantage of his vulnerability to take his life!

Lin Jingyu's eyes instantly became colder than a cold pool.

With a thought, the “water-dividing sword” at his waist unsheathed with a clatter, transforming into a chilling green light, and ruthlessly stabbed towards Lin Lingming, who was rolling and struggling on the ground!

A life-or-death crisis descended!

A jade pendant worn on Lin Lingming's body instantly lit up with a blinding red light.

“Hum!”

A crimson flame shield appeared out of thin air, just barely blocking the tip of the “water-dividing sword”!

With a crisp “ding,” the green light was repelled by the recoil.

“Hmph, a life-saving jade pendant? Damn, these bastards have plenty of good things; Lin Jingxie has this kind of stuff too.

I remember the Lin family has several mineral resources and Spiritual Plant resources, but none of it has ever been distributed down.

No wonder the lower levels of the Lin family are so poor; the Spirit Stones have all been embezzled by those above!”

Lin Jingyu cursed, but his Mental Energy was highly concentrated. His powerful perception allowed him to instantly capture the trajectory and force of the “water-dividing sword” as it was repelled.

With a slight shift of his thoughts, his Mental Energy wrapped around the sword blade like silk, forcibly stabilizing the sword's momentum and using the residual spiritual power within to continue driving it!

The repelled “water-dividing sword” carved a strange arc in the air, as if controlled by an invisible hand, and with even fiercer momentum, it hacked fiercely at the flame shield once again!

“Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Three consecutive dull explosions!

The crimson flame shield flickered and twisted violently, its light dimming at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Lin Lingming had just barely recovered from the dizziness of the Mental Energy attack when he saw his most precious life-saving shield teetering under the opponent's continuous attacks, scaring him to the point of Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!

“Stop! You dare...” His terrified roar had just left his mouth.

“Pop!”

A soft sound, like a bubble bursting. That expensive flame shield finally couldn't withstand the “water-dividing sword's” precise and tricky continuous hacking; it completely collapsed, turning into specks of sparks that dissipated into the air.

The moment the shield shattered, cold light exploded in Lin Jingyu's eyes!

The “water-dividing sword's” green light flared again, fast as lightning!

“Puchi!”

A dull sound of a sharp blade entering flesh!

The cold sword tip pierced through Lin Lingming's thigh without any resistance. Blood instantly sprayed out, staining his pants red!

“Argh—!” Lin Lingming let out a pig-like shriek, the intense pain causing his body to arch violently.

But this was just the beginning!

Lin Jingyu's eyes were cold, without a shred of pity.

Under the control of his Mental Energy, the “water-dividing sword” was so fast that only streaks of green afterimages remained!

“Puchi!” The left arm was pierced through!

“Puchi!” The right arm was stabbed through!

“Puchi!”

The final strike, the cold sword tip, slammed fiercely into Lin Lingming's lower abdomen, pinning him to the cold, hard ground like a bug!

“Ahhhhhhh—!”

The shrill, discordant shriek instantly tore through the silence of the small courtyard, echoing over the Lin family. The sound was filled with unimaginable excruciating pain, bone-deep fear, and complete collapse!

“Ah... I'm going to kill you... I'm going to kill you, ahhhhh...”

Lin Lingming twisted and struggled frantically like a fish out of water, blood gushing from the wounds on his limbs and abdomen, quickly pooling into a glaring crimson puddle beneath him.

The intense pain twisted his face, tears and snot streaming down; his mouth was left with only unconscious, venomous roars and groans.

The entire courtyard was deathly silent.

Everyone was completely stunned by this bloody, violent, and extremely decisive scene!

The air seemed to have frozen.

Those clansmen who were just following along, egging him on, and even holding people down, were now pale as paper, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

They looked in terror at Lin Lingming, who was twitching and screaming in the pool of blood on the ground, and then looked at the expressionless youth standing at the courtyard entrance.

A chill rushed from the soles of everyone's feet straight to their scalps!

That was Lin Lingming! A Qi Refining Fourth Layer expert! Grand Elder Lin Chenghai's proud Disciple!

Yet he had been beaten by the Qi Refining Third Layer Lin Jingyu with no ability to fight back. In just over a dozen breaths, he was already lying on the ground, a cripple.

This kind of strength, this kind of ruthless method, deeply imprinted itself into their minds, becoming an indelible nightmare.

At this moment, they only felt a chill down the back of their necks, their legs went weak, and they wished they could disappear on the spot. Their gazes towards Lin Jingyu were filled with boundless fear and awe.

Lin Lingkuang struggled to sit up halfway, looking at the wailing Lin Lingming on the ground, and then at Lin Jingyu, his eyes filled with deep shock.

This brat... when did he become so strong?

That was a Qi Refining Fourth Layer Cultivator who could suppress him at will.

Now he was suppressed with a casual wave of the hand.

This kind of strength was simply inconceivable.

Perhaps only Disciples from major Sects like the Qinglan Sect could manage to counter-kill a Qi Refining Mid-Stage Cultivator while in the early stages of Qi Refining.

Lin Lingkuang's heart began to surge with wild joy, his hands clenched tightly, his eyes becoming increasingly bright.

He felt that his previous investment had been absolutely right.

His eyes could tell at a glance whether a pig would grow up to be a top-grade or low-grade pig, and he hadn't misjudged people either.