81: Chapter 81 You were watching me, weren't you!

"You—"

The tattered-clothed young man had a flash of despair in his eyes; he was almost...

"Almost reached the territory of the Liuyun Sect, yet the Concealment Talisman failed at this most critical juncture—is that what you're thinking?"

The beautiful young woman chuckled, her gaze filled with pleasure as she looked at the young man.

"That's right, exactly. That's the expression I wanted to see—the moment of falling from hope into despair. It's truly exciting, ohohoho..."

"You monster, I'll fight you to the death!"

The young man gritted his teeth, gathering his final True Qi to make a desperate last stand.

"If I were you, I wouldn't do something so foolish. After all... you don't want anything to happen to your Family, do you?"

"You—"

The young man's expression changed several times, gradually turning ashen.

"Heh, little darling, hurry over to me. Big sister will take good care of you later..."

*Smack!*

Just as the young woman thought everything was settled, a hand suddenly landed on her shoulder!

"Who?"

She was startled, breaking out in cold sweat.

An expert, definitely an expert!

She hadn't even noticed someone getting this close!

"Excuse me!"

With just one calm sentence, the young woman felt a powerful impact from behind, as if she had been hit by a high-speed train, and she was sent flying!

The young man excitedly watched the figure slowly walking from behind the young woman and hurriedly identified himself.

"Big Brother Lin Yuan, it's me, He Yiming!"

"He Yiming, I remember you."

Lin Yuan reached out and summoned, and the token on He Yiming fell into his hand.

This was something he had given to Shi Ding before leaving Dahuang City.

"What happened?"

"It's an enemy I provoked! They tracked me down and captured my Family."

He Yiming said, gritting his teeth.

"An enemy? Doesn't look like it."

Lin Yuan looked at the young woman crawling up from the ground.

"A small Family with at most a True Aperture Realm cultivator cannot provoke a powerful Spirit Sea Realm expert."

"What? She is a Spirit Sea Martial Artist?"

He Yiming's pupils shook violently. He had thought the young woman was a True Aperture Seventh Layer Martial Artist; he hadn't expected her to be in the Spirit Sea Realm!

Immediately, his face became panicked.

"I'm sorry, Big Brother Lin Yuan, I didn't know, I really didn't know. Everything started because of me, you should leave quickly!"

In his eyes, although Lin Yuan had once slain a Spirit Sea expert, it was only because he had the advantage of a sneak attack. In a direct confrontation, he feared Lin Yuan might not be a match for a true Spirit Sea powerhouse.

Moreover, even if he could handle it, he had no obligation to provoke such a powerful enemy for his sake.

"Since I have appeared here, it means I have accepted your Karma. No matter how many enemies come after, I will resolve them all myself!"

Lin Yuan said calmly.

"Who are you, Your Excellency? For the sake of a nobody, do you really want to be my enemy?"

The young woman looked at Lin Yuan with trepidation, but her words remained tough.

"Being your enemy? You think too highly of yourself. I spared your life just now out of mercy. You may retreat now without issue, but if you take one more step, I will ensure you are beyond redemption."

"This person stole a precious treasure of mine. Does Your Excellency not distinguish right from wrong?"

"Nonsense, when did I ever take your things!"

He Yiming retorted angrily.

"That place was clearly a ruin that hadn't appeared for a thousand years! It was ownerless property!"

"Hmph! That was the tomb of one of my Old Ancestors, so naturally, it belongs to me."

"Is your Old Ancestor a pig Yao Beast?"

The young woman: "...Of course!"

Old Ancestor: You seem a bit too filial.

"You—"

He Yiming was clearly shocked by the young woman's shamelessness and couldn't think of a retort for a moment.

"Enough, I can distinguish right from wrong myself. Putting aside the ownership of the treasure, release the He Family first."

Lin Yuan said.

The young woman's face turned livid, and she shouted sharply: "Your Excellency..."

Lin Yuan interrupted her, asking calmly: "What, do you want to defy my will?"

Under his gaze, the young woman felt a chill in her heart; her body seemed to freeze, and she covered her chest, which felt as hard as a steel plate.

"Hmph! What a great number one in the younger generation of the Yue Kingdom. Listening to this tone, I thought you had become the Sect Master of the Liuyun Sect!"

Suddenly, a cold voice came from the forest, like a child's babble, filled with ghost Qi.

"What, you are Lin Yuan from the Heroes Ranking!"

The young woman looked at him in horror.

"When did you break through to the Spirit Sea Realm!"

Five months ago, he was verified to be at the True Aperture Sixth Layer, and now he jumped to the Spirit Sea Realm? Did he eat immortal meat!

Lin Yuan didn't speak, just scanned the forest and smiled faintly: "A rat hiding its head and showing its tail dares to bark here? Die for me!"

He immediately struck, a heaven-shattering blow.

Great Annihilation Fist · Mountain-Shaking Force!

Boom!

The vast fist energy erupted, hitting a shadow in the forest.

A sharp scream was heard, and only the upper half of a body fell from the tree!

"Oh? It is actually a Half-Yao!"

Lin Yuan was quite surprised to see a pair of cat ears on the head of the remains.

Half-Yao are an extremely rare species. Because high-level Yao Beasts can transform into human form, their offspring with humans completely maintain a human appearance, only possessing more Yao Beast blood in their bodies, such as the Dragon Horn Bull King Bloodline inherited by the White Family of the Inner Sect.

Only when some untransformed Yao Beasts conceive offspring with humans do they possess partial beast-like features, which are called Half-Yao.

This term carries a certain degree of contempt, like a racial slur.

"Hajime!"

The young woman's face turned pale as she called out the Half-Yao's name.

This Half-Yao possessed strength not inferior to hers; she didn't expect him to be instantly killed by Lin Yuan so easily.

This meant the same would happen to her.

"Don't worry, I didn't kill him, I just turned him into a cripple."

Lin Yuan said calmly: "Of course, I don't intend to kill you either. Surely the lives of two Spirit Sea Martial Artists are enough to trade for the members of the He Family."

"Am I right?"

He suddenly looked up, his eyes emitting a faint red light: "The person peeping here in secret!"

In a secret room a hundred miles away from the Mist Forest, there was a huge crystal ball. It was an ancient forbidden artifact capable of viewing scenes a thousand miles away.

At this moment, a Martial Artist was operating the forbidden artifact to observe the standoff in the Mist Forest.

Suddenly, the Lin Yuan in the image looked up and stared directly outside the screen.

"You, the one watching me, you are looking at me, aren't you!"

Boom!

The monitoring Martial Artist was instantly stunned, and immediately after, a pair of crimson pupils appeared before his eyes, slowly rotating and occupying his entire field of vision.

A few moments later.

He stood up and pushed open the door of the secret room, expressionless like a zombie.

Outside, quite a few Martial Artists were gathered around a young man wearing a bright yellow robe.

Seeing him come out, someone asked curiously: "What's wrong? It's not time for a shift change yet."

*Clang!*

The monitoring Martial Artist drew the sword at his waist, immediately alerting the entire hall.

"What are you doing?!"

"Put down your weapon, in front of that respected adult!"

"Think of your nine generations of kin, don't do anything stupid!"

However, the monitoring Martial Artist did not attack anyone; he used his sword to press against his own neck, bit by bit, like a saw, sawing his head off!

The people in the hall were stunned, forced to watch as he completely sawed his head off!

Logically speaking, he should be dead as a doornail by now.

But he was still alive, and holding his own head, he walked to the side of the young man in the bright yellow robe!

For a moment, the young man's expression became extremely ugly.

Beside him, an old man with a hooked nose who had been silent saw this situation, and terrifying light shot from his eyes!

"Divine Dao Martial Skill! To be able to do this from a thousand miles away, this person's Divine Dao cultivation is not below mine!"

"How terrifying! He is famous for his formidable physical body, his Imperial Dragon Qi is shocking, and now he even uses Divine Dao Martial Skills like a god or a demon. Is there anything he cannot do?"

"The number one Genius of the younger generation of the Yue Kingdom, truly terrifying to this extent!"