62: Chapter 60 Stupid and Wicked

"It… It was a woman…"

"She promised two grade-8 spirit tools… to hire me to… kill you…"

"Afterwards… I investigated her identity… Her name was Teacher Zhou Yi…"

The Gray-clothed man said intermittently, every single word costing him immense effort.

Teacher Zhou Yi?

Hearing this, a cold flash crossed the depths of Lin Yan's eyes—it really was her!

"I've… said… it all… spare… my life…"

Putting away the image-recording spirit tool in his hand, Lin Yan gave him a faint glance, too lazy to say another word, and directly flicked his finger.

"Puff!"

A streak of tiny firelight instantly plunged into the center of the Gray-clothed man's eyebrows.

"Ugh ah—!"

The Gray-clothed man let out a short, miserable scream, and within a few breaths, he turned into a trace of ashes, completely blown away by a gust of wind!

Right at this moment, Lin Yan's brows furrowed slightly.

His Mental Energy captured a trace of extremely faint Soul Power fluctuation not far away!

"There's someone else?"

A cold smile curled the corners of Lin Yan's lips, and the Thunder-Fire Wings behind his back suddenly unfurled.

"Whoosh—!"

Enwrapped in purple flames with flashing arcs of electricity, Lin Yan's figure instantly turned into a streak of light, pursuing in the direction where the Soul Power fluctuation was escaping.

With Lin Yan's formidable Mental Energy, since he had discovered the trace, naturally there was no possibility of losing it.

Before long, he caught up to that frantically running figure.

The other party clearly also noticed the commotion behind her, abruptly accelerating and fleeing forward for dear life.

Yet her speed was simply too slow in front of Lin Yan!

"Can you run?"

Lin Yan sneered, his speed surging once again.

And as he gradually made out the other party's face, a hint of playful amusement flashed through Lin Yan's eyes!

"Teacher Zhou Yi…"

Lin Yan's voice was very soft, like a murmur, but falling into Teacher Zhou Yi's ears, it was like a death-summoning talisman from the nether Hell, making all the hairs on her body stand on end instantly!

"Run! Run fast!!"

Teacher Zhou Yi only had this single thought left in her mind; she frantically urged her Soul Power, her speed surging once again as she fled desperately in the direction of Shrek City.

As long as she entered the city, as long as she returned to the academy with Teacher Fan Yu there, Lin Yan would definitely not dare to do anything to her!

It had to be like this!

But the next second—

"Whoosh!"

A figure enwrapped in purple flames, resembling a deity or a demon, abruptly blocked her path in front of her, cutting off all her routes of escape!

Teacher Zhou Yi's pupils contracted sharply as she abruptly slammed on the brakes, stumbling underfoot and almost falling to the ground.

She raised her head to look at the youth blocking her way, only to see Lin Yan folding his arms across his chest, looking at her with a half-smile; the coldness and mockery in his eyes made her feel as though she had fallen into an ice cellar.

"Teacher Zhou Yi, why are you in such a rush to leave?"

Lin Yan's lips curled into an indifferent arc, his tone as casual as making small talk, "Since you've come, why not stay and chat?"

"Wh-What is there to chat about?"

Teacher Zhou Yi forced herself to remain calm, but her slightly trembling voice betrayed the fear in her heart.

She stared dead at Lin Yan, her heart beating wildly, almost leaping out of her chest cavity.

Teacher Zhou Yi, intercepted by Lin Yan, never expected that the Spirit Saint she hired would be defeated so quickly!

And defeated so thoroughly… How long has it even been?

How could this brat's strength be terrifying to such an extent!

"What is there to chat about?"

Lin Yan chuckled, his gaze like a blade, his expression cold and stern as he said, "Teacher Zhou Yi, when you hired someone to kill me, didn't you think of an excuse to quibble?"

"Y-You are spouting nonsense!"

Teacher Zhou Yi's expression changed as she instinctively retorted, "When did I hire someone to kill you? Lin Yan, don't make false accusations!"

Up to this point, she was still holding onto a shred of wishful thinking.

As long as she stubbornly refused to admit it, Lin Yan could do nothing to her!

After all, she still had Teacher Fan Yu behind her—a Spirit Douluo plus a grade-8 Soul Engineer!

"False accusations?"

Lin Yan sneered, the image-recording spirit tool in his hand flashing with light as a light screen projected outward.

Upon the light screen was precisely the entire process of the Gray-clothed man's confession just now, even the voice clear without compare.

"She promised two grade-8 spirit tools… to hire me to… kill you…"

"Afterwards… I investigated her identity… Her name was Teacher Zhou Yi…"

The Gray-clothed man's intermittent voice echoed through the empty forest.

Teacher Zhou Yi's complexion instantly turned as pale as paper!

"Now, does Teacher Zhou Yi have anything else to say?"

Lin Yan put away the image-recording spirit tool, looking at her with an indifferent gaze, just like looking at a dead person.

Teacher Zhou Yi shuddered all over, her lips trembling, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

But soon, as if she had suddenly thought of something, a vicious glint flashed in her eyes as she abruptly raised her head and shouted with a fierce expression masking her inward weakness: "So it was me, what about it?!"

"Lin Yan, do you dare to kill me?!"

"My husband, Teacher Fan Yu, is one of the only two grade-8 Soul Engineers in Shrek!"

"If you dare to touch a single hair on my head, he will definitely not let you off!"

As if self-hypnotizing herself, the more Teacher Zhou Yi spoke, the more confident she became, and a trace of her past arrogance and domineering reappeared on her thin-lipped face.

Looking at Teacher Zhou Yi's appearance, Lin Yan completely lost interest in conversing.

People, you see…

Are not to be feared for being vicious, nor for being stupid; what is truly terrifying is being both stupid and vicious!

Teacher Fan Yu?

Let alone merely being a grade-8 Soul Engineer, even if he were a grade-9 Soul Engineer, here in Shrek's territory, if he dared to make a move against Lin Yan, that group of elder seniors in the Sea God Pavilion, or even Elder Mu En, would personally step in to teach him how to behave!

Indifferently glancing at the S·B still chattering incessantly in front of him, Lin Yan slowly raised his right hand as a wisp of nine-colored flame abruptly surged upward.

A terrifying high temperature suddenly pervaded the area, and the surrounding air began to twist and deform.

Feeling that heart-palpitating scorching aura, the arrogance on Teacher Zhou Yi's face instantly froze, replaced by endless terror!

"Y-You… what are you trying to do?!"

"Lin Yan, have you gone mad?!"

"I am Teacher Fan Yu's wife! If you dare to kill me, Teacher Fan Yu will not let you off!"

"He is a grade-8 Soul Engineer! He has countless ways to crush you to death!!"

Teacher Zhou Yi shrieked hysterically, still attempting to use Teacher Fan Yu to threaten Lin Yan.

As for resisting?

Having witnessed Lin Yan's battle just moments ago, Teacher Zhou Yi had long since had all her courage to fight back shattered.

Hearing this, Lin Yan sneered: "Teacher Fan Yu? It'll be great if he comes; I can send you two on your way together."

"Besides, even if he doesn't come, I will still go to settle accounts with him later. The grade-8 spirit tools you used to hire the assassin probably came from his hands, right!"

"No… Don't…"

Teacher Zhou Yi completely panicked; she could sense that Lin Yan was genuinely going to kill her!

This lunatic! He really dared!

She regretted it.

She regretted why she had been possessed by a ghost, spending money to hire someone to assassinate Lin Yan.

And she regretted even more why today, in order to vent the hatred in her heart and wanting to watch Lin Yan die with her own eyes, she had followed him all the way here!

Ever since she was trampled underfoot publicly by Lin Yan last time and then expelled from the academy, Teacher Zhou Yi's days had become more agonizing by the day.

The teachers and students in the academy looked at her with eyes filled with disdain and gloating.

Falling from the altar as a high-and-mighty outstanding teacher to become a street rat despised by everyone.

This huge disparity drove Teacher Zhou Yi completely mad!

She attributed all her misfortunes onto Lin Yan's head.

If not for Lin Yan, how could she have fallen to such a state today!

Finally, she once again developed the intent to kill, finding that Gray-Scale Poison Lizard Spirit Saint through a bounty, wanting to get rid of Lin Yan without anyone knowing.

She originally thought that a Spirit Saint dealing with a Spirit Elder would simply be as easy as reaching out and taking it.