Chapter 264: Bring the Knife!
Li Lai’s delicate body trembled. She turned back to look at Lin Mu blankly.
"When did I, Lin Mu, ever need a woman to sacrifice herself to save me? Kill him as if he were a chicken?"
In just a few words, the tenderness did not diminish his dominance, and the dominance revealed a strong disdain. Intense waves and ripples stirred in Li Lai’s heart, leaving her slightly dazed for a moment.
As the Saintess of the Li Clan, who had ever spoken to her like this? She had been born and raised in Bai Miao Village, and her heart was pure and clean, like a snow lotus untainted by dust. But at this moment, Lin Mu’s words had caused some strange changes in her pure and natural heart.
"Audacious scoundrel!" Lin Mu’s words almost drove Li Xu mad.
Kill him like a chicken? Who did this kid think he was?
A few meters away, Li Xu suddenly unleashed a palm strike. His figure did not move, but the wind from his palm was fierce, rushing toward them like a raging gale.
"Run!" Li Lai’s face turned pale in an instant.
Lin Mu shook his head, then stepped forward, shielding Li Lai behind him.
"Forget it. If I’m to die, then so be it," Li Lai suddenly said with a bitter laugh, and a trace of tenderness appeared in her eyes as she looked at Lin Mu.
The village is about to be destroyed and my people slaughtered. To hear such wonderful words before I die... that’s enough!
A single tear slowly fell from Li Lai’s beautiful eyes, adding a touch of tragic beauty to her gorgeous face.
Just as the wind from Li Xu’s palm was about to hit Lin Mu, he slowly reached out and grabbed at the empty air. A white light roared, and a white Sword of Light instantly condensed in his palm. Li Lai was blinded by a dazzling brilliance and subconsciously closed her eyes.
When she opened her eyes again, she saw Li Xu standing motionless several meters away. His eyes were wide, as if he had seen something terrifying.
SPURT!
A line of blood suddenly bloomed from between his eyebrows as warm blood sprayed out.
"I told you, killing you is like killing a chicken."
As his voice fell, Li Xu’s body split neatly down the middle into two halves.
"Ah!" Li Lai had never seen such a bloody scene. Her pretty face went pale, and she covered her mouth, her eyes filled with terror.
The third-strongest elder in the village... dead just like that? And from beginning to end, Lin Mu didn’t even get close to him, did he? How... how is that possible?
As Li Lai came to her senses, her eyes lit up. She grabbed Lin Mu’s hand. "Mr. Lin, I beg you, save my granny and my people! Please!"
She understood now. Big Brother Li Zhou and the others weren’t lying! Lin Mu really did kill Li Yin with a single poke! The Clan Leader wasn’t lying! Lin Mu truly is the Clan Leader’s master! Granny was wrong! The whole clan was wrong! Lin Mu is the strongest one!
Lin Mu glanced around and saw that more than half of the Bai Miao Village people were already dead or injured. Even the Second Elder was grievously hurt and barely holding on. Even the strongest of them, Li Xuan, was being forced back under the siege of more than a dozen warriors. Meanwhile, Li Xiaotian, who was battling Xiao Su, seemed to be faltering. His arm trembled more and more violently, and the crimson glow of the Heavenly Punishment Blade grew even more intense.
He hesitated. After all, this is an internal affair of the Li Clan. But... Li Xiaotian is my disciple.
"Mr. Lin, I’m begging you! If you help us, I’ll do anything you ask!" Li Lai gripped Lin Mu’s hand, her voice cracking with sobs. "I can do laundry and cook. I’ll be very obedient. Please!"
Just as Li Lai was about to kneel, Lin Mu let out a long sigh. "Enough. For the sake of my disciple, Xiaotian, I will intervene this one time."
Lin Mu slowly shook his head. If Bai Miao Village were to be wiped out, Li Xiaotian would surely resent him for it. Thinking this, Lin Mu slowly opened his palm.
SWOOSH!
A dazzling beam of sword light shot out, instantly flying toward Xiao Su.
At the same time, Xiao Su felt his scalp tingle as a profound sense of crisis welled up in his heart. Without thinking, he let out a strange whistle.
SKREEE!
A five-colored spider suddenly descended from the sky, landing behind Xiao Su to block the attack for him.
THUMP! THUMP!
Two sounds of flesh being pierced rang out in quick succession. The colorful spider froze. A large hole had been pierced through its forehead, with countless rays of light swirling within it.
CRACK!
In an instant, the spider’s massive body shattered into countless pieces like glass. Xiao Su, who had been shielded by the spider, was also frozen in place. His chest had been pierced through as well.
How... how is this possible?!
With that, Xiao Su collapsed, his eyes wide open in death.
Patriarch Xiao was dead.
This scene drew the attention of nearly everyone on the battlefield. Li Xuan saw Li Lai standing with Lin Mu, their clothes fluttering in the breeze, giving them an almost ethereal air. But Li Xuan had no time to ponder. "Why haven’t you left yet? Where’s Li Xu?"
Suddenly, she noticed the two halves of a corpse on the ground, and her pupils contracted.
Li Xu, a warrior at the Late Stage of Inner Strength, was dead? And Xiao Su too.
"Granny, Mr. Lin killed Li Xu." Li Lai’s voice still trembled as she pointed to Xiao Su’s corpse in the distance. "He... Mr. Lin killed him too."
"What?" Li Xuan cried out. "Mr. Lin killed them?"
Everyone stared in shock at Lin Mu, who stood beside Li Lai.
"It seems this old woman judged a man by his appearance," Li Xuan said with a wry smile. "Mr. Lin, you have eliminated the traitors of our Bai Miao Village. This is a kindness we can never repay, and our village will never forget it. This old woman will be shameless enough to ask one more thing of you: please, take Lai Lai and leave. I, Li Xuan, will repay this kindness in the next life!"
"Repayment is unnecessary," Lin Mu said indifferently. "If it weren’t for my disciple, I couldn’t be bothered with whether you live or die."
Li Xuan’s expression stiffened.
"Mr. Lin, I’m sorry. On behalf of my granny and the others, I apologize for their previous disrespect toward you," Li Lai said, bowing deeply.
"Forget it." Lin Mu waved his hand dismissively and slowly stepped forward. "Listen up, people of Heimiao Village! Surrender or die!"
His voice echoed across the area, and a hush fell over the battlefield. Everyone stared blankly at Lin Mu. One man, demanding that the entire Heimiao Village surrender or die? What unbelievable arrogance!
"Hmph! What an arrogant brat!" Patriarch Long and Patriarch Zhao of the Zhao Family snorted coldly. "Even if you killed Xiao Su and the others, our Heimiao Village still has the High Priest! Once he arrives, you are dead for sure!"
"Heh. It would be better if he did come. It would save me the trouble of finding him." Lin Mu’s gaze fell upon Patriarch Zhao. "It seems you were the one who told that so-called High Priest about the Sky Star Grass. In that case, you can die too."
As his words fell, Lin Mu gestured with his hand. "Blade, come!"
From a distance, Li Xiaotian, who was struggling to control the Heavenly Punishment Blade, suddenly felt his hand go light as the weapon flew out of his grasp and into his master’s.
"It’s a fine blade, just too wild. It needs to be tamed." Holding the Heavenly Punishment Blade, Lin Mu flicked it with his finger.
CLANG!
A crisp, metallic ring echoed. Faintly, the crowd seemed to hear a plaintive wail, as if something were begging for mercy.
"Wouldn’t it have been better to behave from the start?"
After uttering these puzzling words, Lin Mu raised his arm and casually swung the blade toward Patriarch Zhao. The light of the blade flared as a fierce wind rose!
The next moment, a horrifying scene unfolded before their eyes. Patriarch Zhao’s body was instantly shredded into fragments by the blade’s light.
A calm voice clearly reached everyone’s ears. "If anyone else refuses to submit, feel free to step forward."