Chapter 103 - Kill...
While Lin Mu was in this blood red vast expanse. Xukong was pondering on the scenario that was currently underway.
’First the Buddhist path, then the Sword path, and now the Demonic path. There has never been a technique that could combine so many cultivation paths into one, especially for polar opposites. The Demonic path opposes the first two paths. How can it exist stably alongside them?’ Xukong pondered.
Xukong was no longer worried about Lin Mu since the Heart Demon had perished. His concern was that the Heart Demon would harm Lin Mu, but the mysterious ring had taken care of that and had destroyed it somehow.
Although there was an immense demonic aura spread in the mysterious ring, Xukong knew that it was the ring’s doing and it was just helping Lin Mu. Xukong tried to observe the outside world with his spirit sense once again but found that it was now completely impossible to do so. Before, he could still do so even with the world’s restrictions, albeit he would have had to bear the backlash.
But now the mysterious ring seemed to have locked itself down, preventing the spirit sense from leaving. Lin Mu’s mind was also being shielded still, so Xukong didn’t have any luck there either.
"I’ll just have to wait and watch," Xukong muttered to himself.
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The real world still seemed to be frozen and Lin Mu was standing in the Vast expanse in the Blood red lands, listening to the demonic amalgamation of voices talking. At first, he had felt strange upon hearing the voices.
Lin Mu had thought that he should have felt scared or fearful upon hearing such voices, but strangely he did not. Instead, the more he listened to them, the more he felt comfortable. The voices were first speaking in a language that he could somehow understand even though he had never heard it.
But later it changed into violent chants. The chants were esoteric and Lin Mu could not comprehend them, yet still somehow at the same time, he understood them. It was as if the chants resonated with his inner heart and made him understand them on a more intrinsic level.Ñøv€l-B1n was the first platform to present this chapter.
The chants were trying to invoke something within Lin Mu. He felt the rage that was at a breaking point, suddenly growing even more. It was as if a full container of water that was about to break suddenly increased in volume.
Lin Mu subconsciously started repeating after the chants. The more he chanted, the more his rage grew, but at the same time made him feel comfortable. It was providing him a strange kind of solace. It was telling him that it was his right to be furious and the target of his rage was wrong and anyone that opposed him was to be exterminated.
Lin Mu kept on repeating the chants and felt them getting carved in his memories. They were getting clearer and clearer. Until eventually, the chants stopped and Lin Mu disappeared from the Blood red expanse.
Though Han Lei having said that only sealed his fate in the hands of Lin Mu.
"Ah... this only makes it easier for me." Lin Mu uttered in a hoarse voice.
Han Lei drew his sword from his hilt and pointed it at Lin Mu.
"Don’t! Don’t move." Han Lei spoke shakily.
Lin Mu paid no heed to his words and simply withdrew his own sword from his hilt in response. He swung it towards Han Lei who blocked it with his own sword but found it almost impossible to do so. The force of Lin Mu’s attack was nearly enough to blow his sword out of his hand.
Knowing that he won’t be able to handle this on his own, Han Lei started to think of possible solutions. His eyes then wandered towards the collapsed Lu Xiao, as an idea popped into his mind. He strengthened his legs with spirit qi and lunged towards Lu Xiao.
Lin Mu instantly followed him. He didn’t even need to strengthen his legs with spirit qi as even his own raw strength was currently enough. But even still, he was a tad too late as Han Lei reached Lu Xiao and held him up in front of him as a shield.
"Don’t you dare move, or I’ll kill your friend here." Han Lei spoke as he placed his sword at Lu Xiao’s neck.
"Wha..." was all Lu Xiao could utter before he zipped up his lips in fear.
The chattering of his teeth could be heard as he shivered with utter terror. One could tell that this day would continue haunting him for years to come and would become his worst nightmare. That is, ’if’ he were to survive today.
The smile on Lin Mu’s face dulled a little upon seeing this as he spoke,
"Futile effort..."
Then, in the next instant, Lin Mu’s body turned blurry for a moment as he disappeared from in front of Han Lei. Han Lei’s eyes turned wide open upon seeing this phenomenon and then became forever stuck that way.
A sword was now pierced through his head. It entered from the base of his neck and popped out through the top of his head. The tip of the blade was just a few millimeters away from Lu Xiao’s own head, but he was unaware as he could not see behind him.
The now dead body of Han Lei slumped down on the ground, freeing Lu Xiao.