41: Chapter 41 It's Mine Now

"Who am I? Don't you already know?"

Lin Ming looked at the Masked Man with a faint, mocking smile.

This fellow was likely bluffed by him.

After all, from beginning to end, the Realm he displayed was only the Spirit Platform Realm, yet his current series of actions were not something a Spirit Platform Realm cultivator could accomplish.

It was no wonder the man felt suspicious.

But the more it was like this, the more interesting Lin Ming found it.

Seeing this, the Masked Man didn't bother with further nonsense and attacked directly.

He knew this person wouldn't let him go, so in that case, they would have to settle it through a trial of strength.

A blood-colored bell appeared in his hand.

As he shook it, an extremely piercing sound rang out from the bell.

On the ground, a Yao rabbit was scurrying through the woods; the moment it heard the ringing, its entire body exploded, splashing bright red blood across the earth.

Not a trace of its remains was left.

The surrounding Yao Beasts all met the same fate, completely unable to withstand the power brought by the bell's chime.

After the bell rang, blood-colored phantoms manifested from the Masked Man's body, sweeping toward Lin Ming to envelop him.

"How unpleasant to the ears."

Lin Ming shook his head.

It had to be said, this piercing ringing was indeed quite hideous.

Void Tribulation Finger

As his finger descended, an invisible force radiated from Lin Ming's fingertip.

In an instant, this single finger strike pierced through the blood-colored afterimages.

"Not good."

A massive sense of crisis surged in the Masked Man's heart.

But he found that by the time he wanted to run, it was already too late.

Seeing this, he increased the frequency of the bell's shaking; as the ringing continued to chime, a blood-colored barrier appeared before him.

But in that same instant, the blood-colored barrier was punctured like paper, offering no defense whatsoever.

*Thud...*

The Masked Man fell to the ground.

This finger strike had pierced through his body and, simultaneously, through his life.

*Crack...*

Accompanied by a cracking sound, the mask on the Masked Man's face split open.

The shattered mask fell to the ground, revealing an extremely hideous face.

"Who... exactly are you?"

He looked at Lin Ming in disbelief, struggling to force out those few words.

However, before he could receive an answer from Lin Ming, he collapsed straight onto the ground, his life force extinguished.

"Why won't you believe me?"

Lin Ming shook his head.

He had already said he was a Yuanxu Mountain Disciple, a Disciple of True Monarch Yunhua, yet why did these people refuse to believe him one after another?

Lin Ming felt quite helpless about this himself.

Lin Ming walked over to the Masked Man's body; with a slight reach of his hand, two rings flew out from the corpse and into Lin Ming's palm.

Heavenly Sun Determination Herb

Lin Ming took out the Heavenly Sun Determination Herb from one Storage Ring.

The moment this herb appeared, the surrounding temperature began to rise continuously.

However, the moment he saw this herb, Lin Ming frowned.

"These guys have no common sense at all."

Lin Ming said coldly.

A green light appeared in Lin Ming's hand, and then this green light flew into the Heavenly Sun Determination Herb.

Afterward, Lin Ming put the herb away.

He had, after all, helped the Great Yan Dynasty resolve a crisis of national destruction; this Heavenly Sun Determination Herb would serve as his payment for helping this time.

This shouldn't be considered excessive.

A ball of cyan flame appeared in Lin Ming's palm, which he casually tossed onto the Masked Man's corpse.

In the blink of an eye, the body was incinerated into nothingness.

"Blood Refining Sect, you'd better not provoke me."

Lin Ming said coldly.

The conversation between the Masked Man and the Blood Refining Sect Grand Elder had naturally reached Lin Ming's ears.

He didn't care what schemes the Blood Refining Sect had.

But once the Blood Refining Sect provoked him or disturbed his peaceful life, he wouldn't mind sending the Blood Refining Sect on its way.

Just like how Revered Master had wiped out the Gui You Sect back then.

...

Blood Refining Sect

A terrifying aura erupted instantly, covering the entire Blood Refining Sect.

For a moment, everyone in the Blood Refining Sect, including Disciples and Elders, was intimidated by this aura, but no one dared to voice any complaints against its owner.

"Who is it?"

Inside a secret chamber.

An old man was soaked in a pool of blood, with only his head remaining above the surface.

This person was the Blood Refining Sect Grand Elder, and that terrifying aura from earlier had radiated from him.

"Who is it?"

An irrepressible rage erupted from him.

Just now, he had sensed the Masked Man's death.

They had only just finished their contact, and yet he was already dead.

The Grand Elder didn't actually care about the Masked Man's death; like Ku Ming, these people were merely tools to him, just there to handle affairs.

The only difference was that one was one of his own and the other was an outsider, but such a distinction was meaningless to the Grand Elder.

What he was furious about was the Heavenly Sun Determination Herb on the Masked Man's person.

This extreme Yang item was something he had always needed; as long as he could obtain it, he could take the next step instead of being trapped in this place, stuck in this blood pool, unable to even leave.

But now that the Masked Man was killed, it meant the whereabouts of the Heavenly Sun Determination Herb were lost.

This was something the Grand Elder absolutely could not accept.

"Yuanxu Mountain."

The Grand Elder's face contorted with ferocity as he uttered those two words.

In that region, the only one capable of doing such a thing was Yuanxu Mountain.

Just wait, Yuanxu Mountain—he would not let them off.

The Grand Elder submerged himself entirely into the blood pool, and his aura was completely retracted within it.

...

Yan Capital

After dealing with the Masked Man, Lin Ming returned to the Demon Suppression Division as if nothing had happened.

He originally had another place he wanted to go.

But after this incident, he temporarily extinguished that other thought in his heart.

After all, he wasn't lacking that little bit of time.

But just as he was preparing to lie down and have a beautiful sleep to rest properly...

A knock sounded at the door.

"Senior Brother Lin."

Under the dual disturbance of the knocking and the calling...

Lin Ming had no choice but to get up and open the door.

"Senior Brother, the Sect's reinforcements have arrived."

Tong Lingwei said immediately upon seeing Lin Ming.

"Who is the one who came?"

Lin Ming asked.

"It is Elder Xu Lan of Lingxiao Peak."

Tong Lingwei said.

Elder Xu Lan of Lingxiao Peak was a mid-stage Paramita practitioner.

After the Sect learned that the Great Yan Dynasty had been schemed against by demonic cultivators, they immediately dispatched an Elder as reinforcement to the Great Yan Dynasty.

Lin Ming arrived at a main hall.

He saw a middle-aged beautiful woman sitting in a chair, and the rest of the Disciples had all arrived as well.

"Greetings, Elder."

Lin Ming took the initiative to greet Xu Lan.