344: Enemy

Under Chen De's arrangements, everything Lin Ang did was essentially under his influence.

For instance, when saving him, he deliberately woke up very late.

When surrounded earlier, he forgot to look after his wife.

During battle, he became unusually brutal...

Some of this was subtly added by Chen De, and some were inherent flaws of the Enlightenment System.

That is, after choosing a certain beast's blood for enlightenment, one would be influenced by the emotions of the original owner of that blood.

If the original owner was brutal and bloodthirsty, the user would become brutal and bloodthirsty after using it for enlightenment.

If they were insidious and cunning, the user would become insidious and cunning.

The bold become bolder, the timid become more timid, the arrogant become more arrogant.

The blood Lin Ang used was tiger blood, so naturally, he would become exceptionally fierce under its influence.

Previously, Chen De had been offsetting the side effects, so it hadn't shown.

Now, Chen De only needed to relax slightly, and Lin Ang would be affected by the tiger blood.

The degree of influence was merely something Chen De could adjust at will.

From the very beginning, when this system was set up, it was designed to maximize the influence of the beast blood's original owner.

Next, Chen De only needed to guide Lin Ang step by step, making him slaughter wantonly and attempt to practice by absorbing blood.

Incidentally, he would use Lin Ang's power to retrieve the pieces of himself scattered across the world.

...

When Lin Ang returned to the inner city, intending to slaughter again and wipe out all the gangs and gray industries in the city, a figure had been waiting for him at the city gate for a long time.

The city gate was locked tight, and only this one figure was there.

The man stood with his hands behind his back, elegant in white robes, turned slightly away from Lin Ang, looking up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, his long hair flowing, moving without wind.

It was as if he already knew of Lin Ang's arrival, but he did not turn his head, merely saying indifferently, "Friend, have you crossed the line?"

"Crossed the line? Where have I crossed the line?" Lin Ang, seeing him so detached, didn't care and sneered, "Because of this city lord's forces, my wife and child died tragically, and I nearly died here too. Where, exactly, have I crossed the line?"

"Sigh!" The man in white let out a light sigh, "Seeing that you are a Cultivator, you should know the rule that one must not attack mortals at will."

As he spoke, he tossed a few things toward Lin Ang—they were actually several human heads, "I have already cleared up your reasons. Although there was a cause, one must not attack mortals, and that is that. Therefore, you must die. However, to show my sympathy, I have already removed that brothel in the city, along with its boss behind the scenes, for you. Daring to attack a Cultivator and their family, regardless of whether it was before or after they became a Cultivator, is an act of insubordination. He deserved to die. Now, you may end your own life."

His tone was full of arrogance, as if a single sentence could dictate the fate of others.

That condescending attitude of controlling everything and judging everything made Lin Ang very unhappy.

So Lin Ang shook his head and casually blasted the heads thrown at him into a pulp, "No, I don't think that's enough."

The man in white, who thought he had met Lin Ang's demands, frowned slightly, "Not enough? What else is not enough? I have already killed the people, and I have already punished those who needed to be punished."

Lin Ang grinned, a trace of madness in his tone, "I want all the brothels, whorehouses, and gangs in the entire inner city... to disappear. And that army from before—I want all their colleagues and superiors left without a single survivor."

"It seems you are hopelessly lost."

Hearing Lin Ang's reply, the man in white showed a look of disappointment and summoned a thin sword from somewhere, "If you refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, then so be it. Letting you end your own life was a great mercy. If I were to take action, you wouldn't even have the chance to regret it."

The thin sword shone with cold light, reflecting the icy expression of the man in white. The disdain in his eyes was undisguised.

In fact, he truly had the confidence to back it up.

As a member of the Great Zhou Jiantian Division, the cases he usually handled were mostly these kinds of martial artists violating prohibitions.

Every year, many people accidentally become Cultivators for various reasons.

These wild Cultivators were a mixed bag, with good and evil intertwined.

After accidentally obtaining powerful strength, their desires and ambitions would swell significantly, often leading them to do many bad things.

Although he was only a minor character in the Jiantian Division, what kind of place was the Jiantian Division? It only recruited geniuses, and with the accumulation of vast resources, even a minor character inside was not comparable to these wild Cultivators outside.

He had heard of the opponent's deeds and had inspected the scene; he was just a low-level Cultivator who only knew how to use brute force.

Using arts, he could do the same easily.

Seeing him now, his aura was unusual and extremely weak; at a glance, he was just some guy who had a bit of luck and had just started cultivating.

The man in white yawned, spun his thin sword in a fancy flourish, "Let's make this quick; I'm waiting to go back and eat."

"Stop talking nonsense, come!" Lin Ang laughed, and without another word, he directly activated the pattern, pushing it to maximum power.

Then, with a movement of his body, he took the initiative and charged straight at the man in white.

His speed was so fast that he left afterimages everywhere he passed.

The man had thought the opponent was just that, but right before his eyes, his aura suddenly surged by several levels.

The intensity was so strong that it would even rank highly within his Jiantian Division.

His expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted, "Wait..."

Before the man in white could even finish the first word, Lin Ang had already rushed in front of him.

When the two collided, the terrifying impact was vented entirely onto the man in white.

Lin Ang passed right in front of the man in white without stopping.

Where the man in white had been standing, only a pile of minced meat remained, mixed with a few metal fragments.

After passing through, Lin Ang stumbled, nearly falling because he couldn't steady himself.

He panted heavily, his face turning pale and then green.

It was as if he had gathered all his strength for a full-force blow against a wall, only to find upon contact that it wasn't a wall at all, but a layer of paper.

The huge disparity almost made Lin Ang feel depressed enough to vomit blood.

Lin Ang had originally thought he had encountered a powerful enemy and was prepared for a life-and-death struggle.

And it was just this?

A person of this caliber—let alone in his transformed state, he might not even be a match for him in his normal state.

Truly, using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

He didn't know where the guy got the courage to be so arrogant when he met him, and even tell him to end his own life?

If he had really listened to this guy's nonsense and ended his own life, Lin Ang definitely would have died with regrets.

Without thinking too much, and without canceling his transformation, he continued walking toward the city.

Unlike his last visit, when he had wanted to keep a low profile, which had unfortunately failed.

Since he was exposed anyway, he simply wouldn't bother with being low-key this time and walked straight in through the front gate.

Arriving at the city gate, he threw a punch!

Boom!

The city gate was sturdier than Lin Ang had expected; it didn't shatter from this punch, but many cracks appeared on it.

Since that was the case...

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Several more punches were thrown, and the entire city wall trembled along with them.

With the final punch, the city gate shattered with a roar.

Inside was...