36: Chapter 36 Third Tier, Seventh Level, Lin Mo Unleashes His Power

The murderous aura on Lin Mo was terrifyingly intense, his gaze fixed deathly on Li Chengxi.

Li Chengxi seemed frightened by this thick murderous aura as well; the fake smile he had worn for two days finally crumbled.

"What did you say?" Li Chengxi said with a gloomy expression.

Lin Mo didn't repeat himself; he simply raised his hand and slowly gripped the hilt of zhan chao.

"Whoever stands in my way, I'll cut down."

The air instantly froze.

Li Chengxi's face turned from white to red, and then from red to green. He pointed at Lin Mo, his fingers trembling:

"You—do you know who you are talking to?!"

"I do."

"Just a piece of trash who fled from battle."

These words were like a slap, landing hard on Li Chengxi's face.

The expressions of the three veterans behind him changed simultaneously.

Because Li Chengxi wasn't the only one who had fled; by insulting Li Chengxi, Lin Mo was insulting the three of them as well.

Li Chengxi's breathing became heavy, and the ruthlessness in his eyes could no longer be hidden.

"Fine, fine, fine..." He sneered through gritted teeth.

"Refusing a face-saving gesture, are we?"

He took a step back and waved his hand at the three incorporated Tier Two veterans:

"Give this kid a lesson he won't forget. Just leave him with a breath of life."

The three veterans glanced at each other.

Then, they drew their blades simultaneously!

Everyone Li Chengxi had taken with him were Tier Two Awakeners, and these three were the strongest among them, all late-stage tier two Awakeners.

The three coordinated perfectly: two pinned him from the front while one circled behind to block his retreat, instantly completing an encirclement.

Wu Feng was about to draw his blade to fight, but Lin Mo pressed down on his wrist.

"I'll handle this myself."

Hardly had he finished speaking when Lin Mo charged out!

God Speed, special effects fully activated!

Lin Mo's speed surged to the limit! His figure pulled out several afterimages as he lunged straight at the two veterans in front!

"So fast!" The lead veteran's pupils constricted, and he instinctively raised his blade to parry—

"Clang—!!!"

The loud crash of clashing blades erupted!

The veteran felt a terrifying force transmit through the blade, instantly splitting the webbing of his thumb!

He stumbled back, only barely managing to block the strike with all his might, his face filled with disbelief.

He was a late-stage tier two! How could a mere student have such power?!

A hint of surprise flashed in Lin Mo's eyes.

With that last strike, he had activated God Speed fully and used Aurora Overlapping Blades, yet the opponent had actually blocked it head-on.

Is this the strength of a late-stage tier two Awakener? His physical attributes are likely more than three times my own!

Lin Mo withdrew his gaze, sidestepped another veteran's slash, and with consecutive light taps of his toes, he executed [Flowing Cloud Steps], instantly appearing behind that veteran!

A flash of blade light!

"Ah—!"

The veteran screamed as a bone-deep wound was slashed across his back, and he collapsed to the ground.

In less than ten seconds, one veteran was injured and the other defeated!

Seeing this, the third veteran who had circled behind turned pale and skidded to a halt, not daring to step forward.

Lin Mo sheathed his blade and stood still.

He wasn't even out of breath.

He just looked quietly at Li Chengxi, his gaze colder than before.

Li Chengxi was deeply shaken.

He hadn't expected this young student to be strong to this extent!

While those three veterans weren't top-tier experts, they were genuine late-stage tier two Awakeners!

The three of them joined forces, yet they were completely suppressed by a single student?!

"Chengxi, this Lin Mo has infinite potential; he's much stronger than those three pieces of trash."

The seductive woman beside him leaned in and whispered into Li Chengxi's ear.

"Recruiting just him would be worth a hundred of those types!"

Li Chengxi gritted his teeth. "He's a troublemaker. Can we even recruit him?"

"What do you know?" The woman rolled her eyes at him.

"All geniuses are like this, full of pride. You have to make him submit, let him know your strength, and only then will he follow you obediently."

She looked at the figure behind Li Chengxi who had remained silent the whole time and suggested, "Have Old Zheng take action to dampen his spirits."

Li Chengxi hesitated for a moment but eventually nodded.

He turned around and gave a look to the middle-aged man standing behind him who hadn't spoken.

"Uncle Zheng, I'll have to trouble you. Keep him alive, but let him know that there's always someone better out there."

The middle-aged man nodded slightly.

Then, he took a step forward.

With just this one step, the air in the entire corridor seemed to solidify.

Tier Three.

Lin Mo's pupils constricted slightly.

The aura emanating from the middle-aged man was more than a magnitude stronger than Tier Two; the terrifying pressure was like an invisible mountain pressing down on him!

"Young man, your blade techniques are good, and your movement techniques are passable, but the gap between Tier Three and Tier Two is not something these things can compensate for."

The man moved.

No afterimages, no fancy footwork—just a simple step forward, yet it was so fast that Lin Mo barely had time to react!

He struck out with a palm!

Lin Mo instinctively held his blade horizontally to block—

"Bang—!!!"

A terrifyingly massive force transmitted through the blade!

Lin Mo was sent flying, crashing into the earthen wall behind him. The wall cracked, and dust filled the air!

"Lin Mo!" Wu Feng roared and charged forward with his blade drawn!

But he had only taken two steps when the middle-aged man turned and struck a palm toward his chest!

Wu Feng blocked with all his might but was still sent flying. He spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to one knee, his face deathly pale!

The difference between Tier Two Level Seven and Tier Three Level Seven was just that vast.

Punches and kicks thrown casually were already beyond what a Tier Two Awakener could withstand.

"Captain!"

Lin Mo pulled himself from the wall. Seeing Wu Feng heavily injured, a towering rage instantly ignited in his eyes!

The three veterans moved, blocking Lin Mo's path.

"Kid, Mr. Zheng is a Tier Three Level Seven Awakener. Killing you would be as easy as turning over a hand. Don't go looking for death!"

Rage surging, Lin Mo no longer held back.

God Speed and Lingyan Steps were activated simultaneously!

Aurora Flowing Cloud Slash—Special effects fully activated!!!

Blade light exploded!

It wasn't one strike; it was eight!

In an instant uncatchable by the naked eye, they all slashed toward the same target.

It was exactly that veteran among the three who had just spoken!

The veteran had no time to react at all.

He didn't even see clearly how Lin Mo had gotten in front of him.

He only saw a flash of purple light before his eyes.

Then, his world plunged into eternal darkness.

"Pfft—!!!"

The blade severed his neck, and blood sprayed into the air like a fountain!

The head hit the ground.

Dead silence.

Absolute, total silence.

Everyone seemed to have been hit by a freezing spell, remaining motionless.

Li Chengxi's mouth hung wide open, unable to make a sound.

The woman beside him covered her mouth, her face pale.

The two incorporated veterans shuddered as they looked at the head on the ground, its eyes still wide open.

"A Liang... A Liang!!!"

One of them flopped to his knees and screamed hoarsely.

The other veteran's eyes turned blood-red, and he drew his blade, about to charge forward for revenge—

"Stop!"

The middle-aged man known as Uncle Zheng snapped back to his senses and shouted for him to stop!

The veteran's blade stopped mid-air. He turned his head, his eyes nearly bursting from their sockets.

"Mr. Zheng! He killed A Liang! He—"

"Stop! Listen to Uncle Zheng!"

Li Chengxi's voice was shrill and piercing, his tone leaving no room for doubt.

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