45: Chapter 45 The head of the Li family? Chop him up!

"Hey, hey, hey, Brother Lin's expression... he doesn't seem panicked at all?"

Zhao Tie whispered softly to Li Rui from behind.

"Nonsense! Have you ever seen Brother Lin panic? The Moon-Worshipping Cult, the Golden Corpse King, Old Demon Black Wind—even though this Li Batian is at the third level of the Danyuan Realm, he's still..."

Li Rui looked disdainful.

Zhao Tie nodded in deep agreement. "True. I almost forgot, Brother Lin can't be judged by common logic."

Lin Feng was indeed not panicked; he actually felt like laughing a little.

This game of chess was indeed played exquisitely, one link following another, almost seamless.

But the person who set this trap miscalculated one thing.

They schemed against the cunning Painted Skin Demon.

They schemed against the Li Family.

They schemed against the Demon Suppression Division.

But they failed to account for the fact that the 'blade' they were using to kill others was a cheater who didn't play by the rules at all.

"Lin Feng! You murderer! Kneel and accept your death!"

Seeing Lin Feng remain silent, Li Batian thought he had nothing left to say. With a roar, his third-level Danyuan Realm Aura surged again, and he was about to strike with a palm.

"Stop!"

Just then, a gentle yet authoritative voice rang out.

The Silver-Rank Supervisor stepped out slowly.

He was still dressed in hemp clothes, looking like an ordinary old man from next door.

But in those cloudy old eyes, there flickered a sharp light that made people afraid to look directly at him.

"The Demon Suppression Division is not your Li Family's backyard where you can hit whoever you want. Do you think I'm dead?"

When Li Batian saw the Supervisor, his pupils shrank slightly, and his arrogance instantly diminished by thirty percent.

Arrogant as he was, he knew how terrifying this old man was.

The Supervisor of the Nanyan Prefecture Demon Suppression Division possessed unfathomable strength.

"Lord Supervisor."

Li Batian suppressed his rage and said in a heavy voice, "It is not my intention to offend, but this brat killed my beloved son! This is too much! Today, if I do not seek justice for my son, where will the Li Family's face be?"

"Justice?"

The Supervisor laughed. "Your so-called justice is to come to my Demon Suppression Division to demand accountability based on a piece of broken jade you picked up from who-knows-where and a Cultivation Technique Aura that even you can't clearly explain?"

He paused, his gaze suddenly turning cold.

"Li Batian, do you think my Demon Suppression Division is a soft persimmon that you can squeeze however you like?"

"I..."

Li Batian was momentarily speechless.

The Supervisor pressed on, "If your son was possessed by a Painted Skin Demon, then he was no longer your son, but a demon bringing calamity to the world! My Demon Suppression Division slaying demons is natural and right! If you are unsatisfied, you are welcome to take your grievances to the Provincial Demon Suppression Division!"

These words were airtight and full of dominance.

Your son was possessed by a demon, so he was a demon. He deserved to be killed!

What evidence do you have to prove he wasn't a demon?

None?

If you have none, then get lost!

Li Batian trembled with rage, his face turning the color of pig liver.

He knew the Supervisor was blatantly protecting his own!

But he simply couldn't find any reason to refute him.

The duty of the Demon Suppression Division was to slay demons.

He couldn't exactly say, 'Even if my son became a demon, you aren't allowed to kill him,' could he?

Then his Li Family would be completely siding with the demons.

"Good, good, good!"

Li Batian laughed in extreme anger and gave Lin Feng a vicious glare. "Just you wait!"

Anyone with eyes could see that since he couldn't do it openly, he was going to play dirty.

Hearing this, the Supervisor narrowed his eyes, just about to give a warning.

"No need for all that trouble."

Lin Feng took a step forward and looked at Li Batian calmly.

"You want justice? I'll give you the chance!"

As the words fell, the entire place went deathly silent.

Everyone looked at Lin Feng as if he were a madman.

That was a powerhouse of the third level of the Danyuan Realm!

You, a mere True Qi Realm, dare to say you'll give him a chance?

This boast was bigger than the heavens!

Li Batian was even more furious, feeling he had been subjected to unprecedented humiliation.

"Arrogant brat! You're looking for death!"

He wasted no more words. The terrifying power of the Danyuan Realm erupted. With a palm strike, the sound of crashing waves seemed to echo in the air as a massive palm print made of pure spiritual energy pressed down toward Lin Feng's head!

This single palm was enough to reduce a small mountain to powder!

However, facing this earth-shattering blow, a look of distaste appeared on Lin Feng's face.

Snow-Treading Ghost Step!

Swish!

Lin Feng's figure instantly vanished from the spot, as if merging into the air without a trace.

The massive palm print crashed into the ground, smashing the hard bluestone slabs into a giant pit several meters deep, sending dust everywhere.

"Where is he?!"

Li Batian was stunned; his Danyuan Realm perception actually couldn't capture Lin Feng's tracks at all!

"Die!"

Lin Feng's voice sounded behind Li Batian like a ghost.

The voice was as flat as if asking 'Have you eaten?', but the chilling killing intent contained within it made even a third-level Danyuan Realm powerhouse like Li Batian feel his hair stand on end!

"You little br—"

However, he only managed two words before the third was forced back by a clear ring of a blade.

A blade light that was both incredibly fast and incredibly cold had already appeared before him!

Upon that blade light, strands of blood-colored electric arcs were entwined—it was the divine weapon Lin Feng had just acquired, the Life-Slaying Blade!

"Three Blades of Avici, First Style: Severing Mortality!"

[115x Critical Hit triggered!]

Boom!

The blood-colored blade glow collided fiercely with the blue waves!

The entire front courtyard of the Demon Suppression Division felt as if a bomb had been dropped; a terrifying energy shockwave spread out in a ring, flipping up a layer of the hard bluestone ground!

The weaker Demon Slayers were knocked back and forth by the airwave, falling over in disarray.

Amidst the swirling dust, Li Batian's figure retreated seven or eight steps in a row, each step leaving a deep footprint in the ground before he barely stabilized himself.

His protective 'Raging Wave True Qi' was nearly shattered by the single strike. The arm holding the brocade box trembled slightly, and a trace of blood seeped from the web of his thumb.

The look he gave Lin Feng no longer held any of the previous contempt; it was replaced by endless shock and disbelief!

"This... this is impossible!"

A junior in the True Qi Realm could force back a powerhouse of the third level of the Danyuan Realm with one strike?

If word of this got out, the entire Nanyan Prefecture would explode!

Lin Feng's eyes were as calm as still water, but his heart was blooming with joy.

Even though he knew he was being used as a tool by the mastermind, how could he not take the critical hit points delivered right to his mouth?

He gave Li Batian no chance to breathe. Stepping with the Snow-Treading Ghost Step, his figure vanished instantly and reappeared like a ghost on Li Batian's left!

"Second Blade: God Slaughter!"

Another blood-colored blade glow, even more condensed and overbearing, slashed out at an extremely tricky angle!

This strike seemed capable of slaughtering even gods and buddhas. The destructive Saber Intent contained within it made Li Batian's soul tremble with fear!

"Raging Billows!"

Li Batian didn't dare hold back anymore. The Danyuan in his Dantian spun frantically, and his majestic spiritual energy erupted without reservation.

He thrust both palms out, condensing a blue water wall several feet thick made of high-density spiritual energy in front of him!

This was his trump card defensive technique. He was confident that even an expert of the fifth or sixth level of the Danyuan Realm wouldn't find it easy to break through!

However, before Lin Feng's terrifying blade glow—boosted by a 115x critical hit—this water wall was as fragile as a tofu construction.

"Crack—!"

With a crisp sound, the water wall shattered.

The blood-colored blade glow's momentum was undiminished as it slashed heavily onto Li Batian's left shoulder!

Pfft!

Blood sprayed wildly!

Li Batian let out a muffled groan of pain. His entire left arm was actually severed at the shoulder by this strike, falling to the ground!

"Ahhh! My hand!"