53: Chapter 53 Looting

After the sigh, Ling Yichen watched W walk slowly toward her class.

Ling Yichen didn't stay long either, quietly leaving the academic area to return to the Research Institute.

He really didn't want to attend this class; he planned to go back and ask the old man for a solution to see if he could skip classes and just cultivate on his own.

Before he had gone far, he bumped into a group of people. Looking up, Ling Yichen smiled.

There were nine people in the group; the leader was handsome and dressed luxuriously, while the other eight were all lackeys.

It was none other than Lin Hao, who had completed his Second Awakening.

At this moment, Lin Hao was even more arrogant than before, his sharp aura radiating outward.

It couldn't be helped; after all, he had completed his Second Awakening. After returning home yesterday, even the family members paid great attention to him, and even the main branch had heard the news, urgently summoning his family.

Not only did they praise his talent greatly, but they also bestowed upon him many cultivation resources.

They even raised his father's status within the family.

It could be said that his family was now a hot topic in the clan; even the direct descendants of the Lin family looked at them with newfound respect.

All of this gave Lin Hao immense confidence, and his vanity was greatly satisfied, which led to his current display of sharp arrogance.

However, within that sharp aura, Ling Yichen also felt a strong sense of anger.

After a little thought, he probably guessed why.

Without a doubt, it must be because of Wen Liang's matter.

Wen Liang was one of his many followers, but he was considered one of the more useful ones.

Just this morning, when Wen Liang intended to cause trouble for Tian Yingying, he was parasitized by Ling Yichen and then bit his other companions to death.

As the master, Lin Hao was naturally furious upon hearing about this.

So, he was currently planning to find Wen Liang.

Unexpectedly, he ran into Ling Yichen on the way.

The two met face-to-face; Ling Yichen looked at him, and he looked at Ling Yichen.

In fact, this was the first time they had met.

Lin Hao was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened as he exclaimed, "You're Ling Yichen!"

He had seen Ling Yichen's photo, but this sudden encounter caught him off guard for a moment.

When the lackeys beside Lin Hao heard Ling Yichen's name, they all surged forward, surrounding him.

Ling Yichen didn't care about this.

In fact, he had planned to seek out Lin Hao himself.

Because... he was short on money and wanted to get some from Lin Hao.

"Lin Hao, first time meeting you. No need to be so nervous. We don't have any deep-seated hatred, and it doesn't even count as a conflict."

Ling Yichen looked at him leisurely.

But Lin Hao narrowed his eyes, his face full of indignation.

He didn't bother with nonsense and directly said to the eight lackeys, "Cripple him!"

Hearing this, the eight lackeys immediately rushed forward, intending to gang up on Ling Yichen.

These eight were all upperclassmen. Although their talent and strength were average, there were eight of them after all. No matter how capable Ling Yichen was, he wouldn't be able to withstand being mobbed by so many people.

"Kid, just let us give you a beating obediently, or else... you'll have a hard time!"

One of the eight sneered.

Seeing this, Ling Yichen's gaze turned cold as he barked, "What the hell are you laughing at!"

In the next second, without Ling Yichen making any visible movement, the sneering youth suddenly froze. A crack sound came from his mouth, and his entire jaw dropped—it was dislocated.

"Ah... my mouth!"

The youth stopped laughing and showed a pained expression, looking at his friends for help.

With a dislocated jaw, he couldn't put it back himself.

The others saw this and their expressions turned strange.

How did his jaw just dislocate like that?

Of course, they didn't immediately tend to him but continued to surround Ling Yichen, intending to beat him up.

The seven people gradually tightened the circle, trying to trap Ling Yichen.

Ling Yichen gave a cold laugh and snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the seven people were like marionettes, their limbs twisting into bizarre positions.

The scene was filled with the sickening sound of bones cracking.

And the seven people wailed in pain simultaneously.

"Ah... my leg!"

"Ah... my hand!"

The seven of them burst into tears, crying out for their parents.

They had no idea what had happened; they only knew their bodies were out of control, and their limbs were being snapped while they were still alive.

At this moment, the person with the dislocated jaw actually had the lightest injuries.

However, compared to the physical pain, the fear in their hearts was the most agonizing.

Right now, they were chilled to the bone, looking around in terror.

Because they felt as if they were possessed by ghosts, turning into this state for no apparent reason.

Until someone shouted in horror, "Ling Yichen, is it you... did you do this?"

That person looked at Ling Yichen, eyes trembling, with an unknown liquid leaking down his pant leg.

Ling Yichen gave a faint smile and didn't answer, instead staring straight at Lin Hao.

At this moment, Lin Hao was also startled.

He had seen with his own eyes his eight followers being crippled in an instant.

The most terrifying part was that even he didn't know how they were crippled.

It wasn't until someone shouted that Ling Yichen did it that he looked at Ling Yichen in fear.

If Ling Yichen really did all this, then he was far too terrifying.

Because he hadn't seen Ling Yichen make a move at all.

At this moment, he was afraid; he was terrified.

Even though he had completed his Second Awakening and was no longer the trash Lin Hao of the past, possessing some initial strength.

Faced with this eerie power, he instinctively felt fear.

So, without a second thought, he turned to flee!

However, at that very moment, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Then, with a squelch, the tentacles in his chest cavity burst out on their own, dragging him around to face Ling Yichen.

"This... what on earth is happening?"

Lin Hao was still in a state of extreme terror.

But what happened next made his scalp tingle with even more dread.

He saw the ends of the tentacles on his chest suddenly tremble and twist violently, splitting into eight smaller feelers.

Immediately after, a massive force struck, dragging his body forward until he stood before his eight followers.

Squelch, squelch~

The eight small feelers at the end of the tentacles lashed out at the eight people, instantly coiling around them. Under his horrified gaze, they were all wrapped up.

Lin Hao was so scared he cried, tears streaming down uncontrollably.

His body was out of control, his tentacles were out of control, and they seemed to be doing something horrific to those eight followers. At this moment, the fear in his heart had reached its peak.

However, in the next second, those eight feelers suddenly released their control over the eight people.

Eight skeletons clattered out of the feelers, crashing onto the ground and piling up into a small mound of bones.

"Ah!!!"

Lin Hao let out a shrill scream, his eyes rolling back as he nearly fainted.

At that moment...

Ling Yichen walked toward him step by step, coming right up to him until the distance between them was less than ten centimeters.

Ling Yichen leaned into his ear with a smile and whispered, "Kid, this is a gift for you. You better make good use of it and climb up diligently. It's best if you reach the position of the Lin Family Head, otherwise... I'll be very disappointed."

"Of course... as payment, you must also pay a price."

"For instance, for the rest of your life, you will be my dog."

"If I tell you to live, you live; if I tell you to die, you die; if I tell you to kill someone, you kill them."

As he spoke, he glanced at the Storage Ring on Lin Hao's finger.

Lin Hao's body shuddered instantly, and then he uncontrollably took out a badge from the Storage Ring.

Ling Yichen immediately brought his own badge close, and both badges glowed slightly at the same time.

Ling Yichen then revealed a joyful smile.

Because he had already manipulated Lin Hao's body to complete a transfer of a full 10,000 points and 1,000,000 credits.

This was not a small sum, enough for him to use for a long time.

After finishing this, Ling Yichen looked at Lin Hao mysteriously and continued, "Oh right, all of this must be kept secret. If you dare to leak anything, I'll turn you into a demon, an enemy of humanity. I'm actually quite looking forward to seeing everyone despise and hunt you down."

With that, Ling Yichen slowly backed away a few steps, then his expression suddenly changed drastically, and he flew backward.

As he flew, he shouted, "Ah... don't kill me, don't kill me!"

Then he crashed onto the ground with a thud, spitting out a bit of blood from his mouth.

He was acting.

Because following the screams of Lin Hao and those lackeys, people had already started coming over from the academic area and saw the situation.

Ling Yichen naturally had to put on a good show to clear himself of suspicion and pose as a victim.

As he fell to the ground, Lin Hao moved as well.

He strode toward Ling Yichen, the tentacles on his chest waving the eight small feelers as they lashed out at him.

Of course, this was also controlled by Ling Yichen himself.

To make the act look more real.

At that very moment, a sharp cry rang out, and a figure that still possessed some charm stood in front of Ling Yichen.

It was the homeroom teacher of Class 1, Yuan Qing, the female teacher who was dissatisfied with Ling Yichen.

The female teacher's appearance timely "prevented" the tentacles from harming Ling Yichen.

"Lin Hao, what are you doing?"

Yuan Qing scolded.

At this moment, Lin Hao's eyes were filled with terror, his body trembling slightly. He looked at Ling Yichen, then at the tentacles on his chest, and shouted repeatedly, "I... I don't know, I don't know, it... it's not under my control!"

After saying that, his eyes suddenly rolled back, and he completely fainted.

As he fainted, the tentacles on his chest immediately retracted back into his chest.

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