Chapter 190: Who Are You, Exactly!
Lin Mu ignored the self-righteous woman and looked at the Zombie.
"Tsk, tsk. Killing a woman as foolish as this would be of no consequence," the Zombie cackled. "How about we make a deal?"
Lin Mu raised an eyebrow.
"Stay out of this, and I’ll let you leave. How about it?" the Zombie offered.
Huang Ning’s face paled. She shook her head frantically. "No, you can’t!" She was terrified Lin Mu would agree.
"The passage has already collapsed, and the way out is blocked," Master Feng said grimly. "He’s deliberately trying to sow discord between us."
"We don’t exactly have a relationship to sow discord in," Lin Mu replied, shaking his head slightly.
As far as Huang Ning was concerned, it was no skin off his back whether she lived or died. Master Feng, on the other hand, was fundamentally a decent person, judging by his earlier declaration to perish with the Zombies to ensure their escape. But in the end, he was only trying to protect this foolish woman, Huang Ning.
"Sir, you must know that you’re no match for me alone," the Zombie said. "I can guarantee your safe departure."
"He’s lying! Don’t believe him!" Huang Ning shouted. "If you can get me out of here, I promise I’ll give you ten million!"
"Ten million?" Lin Mu scoffed. "Are you saying your life is only worth ten million? Or that ten million is enough to buy my help?"
Huang Ning was speechless.
In truth, she was dying of regret. From the words of the one controlling the Zombie, it was obvious the man was wary of Lin Mu; otherwise, he never would have made such an offer. If she had known how powerful Lin Mu was, she would have adopted a much better attitude.
Thinking this, Huang Ning bit her lip and shakily stood up, walking toward Lin Mu. "I know my attitude was poor before, but as long as you promise to get me out of here, not only will I give you a substantial amount of money, but I can even..." A look of determination flashed in her eyes. "I can even let you..."
Lin Mu looked at Huang Ning with a wry smile, then said disdainfully, "Sorry, I’m not interested."
Huang Ning felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
She, Huang Ning, might not be a peerless beauty, but she was still a famous belle on Harbor Island. And this Lin Mu actually said he wasn’t interested in her?
Taking a deep breath, Huang Ning suppressed the fury in her heart and asked, "What will it take for you to act?"
"Sir, you should think this through. Do you really want us both to perish in a fight to the death?" the Zombie said coldly.
"You sure think highly of yourself," Lin Mu said, uttering a seemingly nonsensical phrase. "I imagine you’re about ready? In that case, let’s begin."
Flexing his fist, Lin Mu added, "After all, we’ve already wasted enough time."
As his voice fell, to Huang Ning’s shocked and delighted gaze, Lin Mu reached out his palm and gave a gentle squeeze.
BANG!
The once-imposing Zombie instantly exploded, its entire body disintegrating into a shower of gore.
"Aargh! You’re courting death!" a pained and furious roar echoed faintly from within the tomb chamber. Clearly, with the Zombie’s destruction, its controller had also suffered a backlash.
"Heh, I’d like to see just how you plan to kill me," Lin Mu chuckled and walked toward a wall.
"Young... Senior, what are you...?" After witnessing Lin Mu’s astounding power again, Master Feng no longer dared to treat him as a peer, his tone filled with respect.
Lin Mu extended a hand and pressed it against the wall. "I have matters to attend to." He hesitated for a moment before adding, "If you’re afraid, you can wait here. I believe the people outside will come looking for you."
Master Feng hesitated but said nothing.
Huang Ning scoffed, "Hmph, Mayor Fang will definitely send people for us. Following him might just be a dead end." She glanced around. "Besides, there’s no way out of here unless we..."
BOOM!
Before Huang Ning could finish, the wall in front of Lin Mu exploded, revealing a deep, dark passage.
Huang Ning choked as if a hand had clamped around her throat, unable to speak another word. She felt her face burn with shame.
This Lin Mu had slapped her face time and time again.
"Don’t assume everyone is as foolish as you," Lin Mu said, slowly shaking his head. "If not for your family background, an idiot like you would have died countless times by now."
With that, Lin Mu ignored Huang Ning and stepped into the passage.
"Ah!" Huang Ning screamed in a frenzy. "That bastard! He deserves to die!" She wished she could tear Lin Mu to pieces.
But she knew she was no match for him.
Master Feng gave a wry smile. "Miss Huang, you should hold your tongue. That senior has already shown great magnanimity. If it were anyone else, your disrespect would have gotten you killed, and even I couldn’t have stopped him."
Master Feng sighed inwardly. This trip to the Mainland had certainly broadened his horizons, but it had also taught him a profound lesson: the descendants of the Huang Family were getting worse with each generation. After this was over, he planned to retire from the world and its affairs.
"Even Master Feng is no match for him?" Huang Ning asked, stunned.
The main reason she had dared to look down on Lin Mu and speak to him so coldly, despite all her setbacks, was because Master Feng was there. Hearing Master Feng’s admission now, Huang Ning finally realized that from the very beginning, she had been a frog in a well, utterly self-righteous.
"Indeed. That... senior’s strength is unfathomable. I am no match for him whatsoever," Master Feng said, his voice laced with weariness.
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At this moment, Lin Mu was walking through the passage. He had only gone about ten meters when the tunnel behind him collapsed with a roar.
"Hmph, boy, you’ve got quite the nerve!" a cold voice echoed from the darkness.
Lin Mu’s expression remained unchanged. "As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. Aren’t you doing the same?"
He took a step forward and arrived in another tomb chamber. This one was much larger than the previous two, and in the center stood a coffin. Atop the coffin sat a man in a black robe, perfectly illuminated by a shaft of moonlight from above.
So it’s already night.
The moment Lin Mu appeared, the man snapped his head up and fixed his gaze on him. "Hmph, since you’ve come to seek death, I’ll grant your wish!"
The man’s hands blurred into motion, and a dark shadow shot out from the darkness, lunging at Lin Mu.
ROAR!
The shadow was incredibly fast, reeking of a thick, putrid stench.
"So you were the one controlling that creature we encountered earlier," Lin Mu remarked with a slight smile. He suddenly brought two fingers together, and a fierce beam of Sword Qi shot out.
SHLICK!
The whistling Sword Qi sliced the dark shadow in two. It turned out to be another fur-covered Zombie, this one missing a hand.
Lin Mu then remembered—this was the monster he and Huang Laoshi had encountered before.
The man froze, stunned to see Lin Mu dispatch his Puppet in a single move. He stared at him in horror. "Who in the world are you?"