210: Ruthless action

"Hey, you lowly slave, where exactly is the Dragon Rat you mentioned?"

The High Grade mineral vein was intricate and complex, and Lin Changshou was becoming impatient.

He also realized that his location was somewhat remote, but he didn't think much of it; such dormant prehistoric exotic beasts should be in places where no one else sets foot.

"We are almost there, it is right around here!"

Su Quan walked in front, responding vaguely.

Lin Changshou smiled again: "Very good, old woman Lin San, when the time comes, you strike first to severely injure that Dragon Rat, and then this Young Master will personally slay it to prove my Sword Dao."

"I will follow the Young Master's orders."

The old woman Lin San nodded.

She was at the Late Stage of the Golden Immortal realm and was only one step away from the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm; she did not take a Heavenly Immortal beast seriously.

"Actually, I have always had a question."

Su Quan suddenly stopped.

"What kind of question could a lowly slave like you possibly have!"

Lin Changshou looked around and asked casually: "Are we there? Where is the Dragon Rat?"

"I am very puzzled, you say..."

Su Quan slowly turned around, staring calmly at Lin Changshou, and said softly: "You say, isn't it good to be alive? Why must you come here to seek death?"

"Huh?"

Lin Changshou was stunned, as if he had not expected a Mine Slave to dare speak to him like this.

Immediately, infinite rage ignited in his heart.

"Lowly slave, you are seeking death..."

Before he could finish, the old woman Lin San behind him cried out: "Young Master, look out!"

But it was all too late.

The two were only a few meters apart, and with Su Quan catching her off guard, his palm moved like a ghost, firmly gripping the old woman's head. He immediately activated the Heaven Swallowing Divine Ability.

"You, you..."

The old woman Lin San was filled with terror.

She wanted to unleash her Immortal Qi to resist, but before the surging Immortal Qi in her Dao Fruit could be wielded, it was forcibly extracted and refined by those palms.

Three breaths of time.

The old woman's flesh, blood, and bones dissolved, leaving behind only a human skin.

The protector of the Lin Family, who was infinitely close to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, had fallen so easily.

The domineering nature of the High Grade Divine Ability was fully revealed.

Even many Immortal Lords had never had the opportunity to Cultivate a Divine Ability of this level.

"Audacious slave, you... you dare to lay a hand on this Young Master? If this Young Master dies, my mother will definitely torture you to death in every possible way."

Lin Changshou shrieked in rage.

But judging from his trembling voice, shaking legs, and wet crotch, it was clear that this pampered Young Master had been scared out of his wits.

"Dog thing, you seem to have failed to recognize the current situation!"

Su Quan slapped him across the face without mercy.

Lin Changshou screamed in agony. Just as he wanted to pull out some Magic Treasure from his Spatial Ring, he saw a flash of a blade, and his arms were severed at the roots.

"You cannot kill me, I beg you, don't kill me. I will give you infinite riches, you... whatever you want, I will get it from my mother for you."

Watching Lin Changshou kneeling and kowtowing, his face covered in tears and snot, Su Quan half-squatted in front of him and patted his cheek in a humiliating manner, his eyes devoid of any pity.

"Young Master, remember, in your next life... be a good person!"

Amidst desperate eyes, Su Quan covered the man's head with his palm, and another human skin drifted down quietly.

"That was unexpectedly smooth."

Su Quan muttered.

He had thought Lin Changshou would have some kind of trump card to save his life.

It seemed Mother Lin believed that since Lin Changshou was in the Lin Family and had a quasi-Grand Unity Golden Immortal protecting him, he would not encounter any danger at all.

"It is just that... I am becoming more and more like a villain."

Su Quan looked at the human skin, then at his own fair hands, and could not help but laugh at himself.

He scavenged Lin Changshou's Spatial Ring clean.

Then, he adjusted his mindset and rushed toward the Mine Slaves outside: "Oh no, oh no! Send a few people up quickly to report to the Zhengtian Guards! Say there is a Golden Immortal Great Demon below the mine shaft!"

"A Golden Immortal Great Demon?!"

Several Mine Slaves were scared out of their wits and rushed toward the surface like madmen.

Upon receiving the news, the Zhengtian Guards immediately dispatched seven Golden Immortals to sweep down into the mine.

Many of them knew that Lin Changshou had just gone down earlier, but they were not overly panicked because, after all, he was accompanied by a quasi-Grand Unity Golden Immortal expert, so even if they were not a match, saving his life should not be an issue.

A moment later, there was still no news from the Golden Immortals who had gone down.

That pitch-black opening was like a prehistoric Vicious Beast with its mouth wide open, waiting to devour people.

A few more Golden Immortals went down.

And then... they still never returned.

The mine entrance remained calm, terrifyingly calm.

The Zhengtian Guards commander, whose cultivation had reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, could finally no longer sit still. She summoned her life-bound Immortal Artifact, the Spirit Summoning Spear, and led the last of the Zhengtian Guards to rush down into the mine shaft.

No sooner had they left than a shrill roar echoed across the sky of the Lin Family.

"Who, who killed my son?!"

A terrifying aura suppressed the entire scene.

A mature woman in a purple jade phoenix robe with a voluptuous figure appeared in the sky.

She was the Tian Yuan Lin Family Old Ancestor—Lin Gu Xin.

At this moment, the woman's eyes were blood-red, her killing intent freezing the falling snow. She clutched a shattered jade tablet tightly in her hand and roared: "Lin Meishu, get over here! Where is my son? Where has my son gone?"

The head of the Lin Family was sweating profusely, trembling as she approached. Just as she was about to say she did not know, a heaven-shaking shockwave erupted from the mine entrance.

Someone was fighting fiercely deep underground. The earth trembled as if a subterranean Dragon were turning over. Dense cracks spread out, and large swathes of the Lin Family's buildings and palaces collapsed, leaving a scene of devastation.

"The mineral vein is having problems!"

Lin Gu Xin immediately realized the problem.

She could not be bothered to settle accounts with the Lin Family head; she turned into a green stream of light and instantly vanished from the spot.

Four million meters underground.

Su Quan summoned the Burial Heaven Demonic Art, gathering the momentum of the ages with his Invincible Dao, and forcibly killed a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

He had expended a great deal of energy. One hand gripped the corpse of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal as he began to operate the Heaven Swallowing Divine Ability to refine Immortal Qi, while continuing to dive deeper into the mineral vein.

By the time the Grand Unity Golden Immortal was reduced to a human skin, Su Quan's Immortal Qi was full again.

"It is a bit wicked, but the effect is truly domineering."

It was equivalent to an infinite mana bar.

At the same time, Lin Gu Xin also arrived near the High Grade mineral vein. She looked at the drained human skin and her expression showed shock.

"What a wicked Cultivation Technique!"

"Could it be that they encountered some old Devil Head during the excavation of the mine?"

As for one of her own Mine Slaves practicing a Demonic Technique, she had not even considered that possibility.

Because this Divine Ability was clearly of a High Grade at a glance. How could an Immortal qualified to Cultivate a Divine Ability of this level be reduced to being captured by her Lin Family as a Mine Slave?

As she went deeper, there were more and more human skins of the Zhengtian Guards Golden Immortal guards along the way.

Until finally, the human skin of the Zhengtian Guards commander also lay quietly in the dirt.

"You have bullied my Lin Family too much! No matter who you are, this Old Ancestor will flay your skin and pull your tendons, letting you die in despair and pain."

Lin Gu Xin was so angry that her teeth were about to crack.

The aura of a Nine Heavens Profound Immortal erupted, and she swept forward with all her might.

She could feel that the one who had attacked her Lin Family was not far ahead!