Chapter 301: Qiao Zishan’s Panic!
Heavenly Emperor Nine Steps!
Each step determined life and death!
Even Lian Bujie was suppressed by the overwhelming force and was caught in the crossfire, cut down by Li Xiaotian.
At the center of the crushing momentum, the two burly men took the brunt of the attack. Unable to hold on any longer, they each spat out a mouthful of blood and thudded to their knees.
After taking his sixth step, Lin Mu stood directly before the two men.
"A match for a Grandmaster?"
Lin Mu extended his palm, pressing it atop their heads.
"I don’t think so."
With a surge of force in his palm, the two heads were instantly twisted off.
THUD! THUD!
Casually thrown aside, the heads of the two burly men landed in front of Elder Qi, their faces still painted with terror.
Elder Qi and the others were startled, their expressions contorting with fear.
Lin Mu’s expression remained cold as he stepped towards Elder Qi and his men. Behind him, the two headless bodies slumped softly to the ground.
"Not even Grandmasters are a match for me, so what can you ants possibly do?!"
Lin Mu carried an arrogance that not even heaven and earth could suppress. His domineering aura intimidated everyone.
Lin Mu looked at Elder Qi and the others with eyes brimming with cold, murderous intent.
Elder Qi’s expression turned ashen, his lips trembling so hard he couldn’t speak.
"Elder Qi, what should we do?" a Fire Cloud Sect Disciple asked, his face turning even paler as he shot a frightened glance at Lin Mu.
This man is a true demon! When he kills, he shows not the slightest mercy. Although we’re considered top fighters in our sect, we’re nothing in front of him.
"What are you afraid of?" Elder Qi snapped. "No matter how powerful Lin Wudi is, can he be more formidable than our Sect Leader?"
At his words, the other Fire Cloud Sect Disciples were momentarily reassured.
That’s right. Lin Wudi is a Grandmaster, but so is our Sect Leader. His rank on the Heavenly Ranking isn’t low, either. In the entire Fire Cloud Sect, the Sect Leader is like a god. If Lin Wudi truly kills us, the Sect Leader will definitely not let him get away with it.
"Lin Wudi, I admit you are strong, but by killing the Young Sect Master of the Fire Cloud Sect, you have sealed your own fate!" Elder Qi said, forcing himself to remain calm. "Furthermore, I am a member of the Martial Alliance, and our Sect Leader is an Honorary Elder at the Martial Alliance Headquarters. If you kill us, there will be no place for you in this vast world!"
"Heh."
Lin Mu simply shook his head and chuckled.
"So, you’re allowed to kill me, but I’m not allowed to kill you? What kind of logic is that?"
Elder Qi gave a resigned sneer. "This world has never been fair. You’re strong, so you can kill at will, but there will always be those you cannot afford to provoke. And as it happens, both the Fire Cloud Sect and the Martial Alliance are entities you cannot afford to provoke!"
Believing he had successfully intimidated Lin Mu with the names of the Fire Cloud Sect and the Martial Alliance, Elder Qi truly thought he wouldn’t dare to act.
"That’s a real pity, then."
Lin Mu straightened up, his eyes blazing with dominance.
"I, Lin, have battled through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, and I’ve yet to find someone I cannot kill or dare not kill! That goes for others, and it goes double for you!"
With a wave of his hand, the Thunder Dragon roared forth, sweeping Elder Qi and the others into its maw.
ROAR!
The Thunder Dragon roared, and the terrifying Thunderbolt burst forth, instantly grinding Elder Qi and his men into dust.
The entire process took but the blink of an eye. They didn’t even have time to flee, let alone scream.
In that instant, Qiao Tianhao and his son were stunned speechless.
He killed two Half-step Grandmasters in just a few steps and controlled a Thunder Dragon to annihilate several Inner Strength Martial Artists... Is Lin Wudi truly unbeatable?
Watching the Thunder Dragon coiled high in the sky, looking down on them like a Divine Dragon, Qiao Tianhao felt his heart fill with cold, utter despair.
"Dragon..."
Trembling, Qiao Zishan pointed a finger at the Thunder Dragon in the sky, so terrified that he fell to the ground and voided his bowels.
Even the snipers lying in ambush were deeply shocked by the scene before them.
Could someone in this world actually control a Divine Dragon? Was this Lin Wudi truly a Heavenly God descended to earth?
"Qiao Tianhao, things have come to this. If you have any tricks left up your sleeve, use them now. Otherwise, don’t say I bullied you," Lin Mu said, his gaze fixed on Qiao Tianhao, his eyes as cold as ice.
Qiao Zishan must die today. If Qiao Tianhao continues to interfere, he won’t mind killing him as well!
"You..."
Despair filled Qiao Tianhao’s heart. All of his trump cards had already been played. That included the Fire Cloud Sect; he’d had his wife deliberately leak a false lead in the hopes that they would confront Lin Mu. But even the experts from the Fire Cloud Sect hadn’t managed to touch a single hair on Lin Mu’s head, and now all seven or eight of them were dead.
"Master Lin, no matter how my son has offended you, I hope you can be magnanimous and spare him this once!"
Qiao Tianhao suddenly knelt and pleaded with Lin Mu.
"As long as you spare my son this time, I... I will give you all of my assets!"
Qiao Tianhao kowtowed to Lin Mu again and again, hoping he would spare Qiao Zishan.
"Dad..."
Seeing his father kneeling and begging, Qiao Zishan’s eyes reddened, his heart filled with humiliation.
"Lin Mu! Master Lin!"
Qiao Zishan, gathering courage from somewhere, scrambled to his feet and gestured toward Lin Mu, "You keep saying you want to kill me, but can you at least let me die understanding why? When did I ever offend you?! If you don’t give me a valid reason, I swear I’ll haunt you even in death!"
Qiao Zishan’s eyes filled with venomous resentment, and his heart ached with stifled indignation, for he truly couldn’t remember when he had ever provoked Lin Mu.
"That’s right!" Qiao Tianhao gritted his teeth. "If you don’t provide a reason for killing my son today, I, Qiao Tianhao, swear that I will avenge him, even if it costs me my life!"
Even now, both of them were completely in the dark.
What on earth is Lin Mu’s reason for wanting to kill Qiao Zishan?!
Lin Mu looked at Qiao Zishan with a detached gaze, his tone even more indifferent.
"Qiao Zishan, it seems you’ve forgotten what you’ve done."
Recalling the towering resentment and unwillingness of the body’s original owner, Lin Mu said coldly, "Do you remember Qin Luoli?"
"Qin Luoli?" Qiao Tianhao paused, stunned. "Are you talking about Qin Luoli, the president of the Qin Corporation?"
As if realizing something, he suddenly burst into laughter, "So it’s for that woman! I was wondering why Lin Wudi, a man supposedly invincible, would harbor such killing intent towards my son. It turns out it’s all for a woman!"
Qiao Tianhao’s tone was tinged with mockery and indignation. Qiao Zishan, however, was uncharacteristically silent.
"Qin Luoli? Lin Mu..."
Suddenly, Qiao Zishan’s pupils shrank as he stared at Lin Mu.
"No!" he howled like a wild beast, pointing at Lin Mu with a twisted, terrified expression. "It can’t be you! You’re already dead!"
He remembered. He remembered everything. So that was the reason.
"Son, what’s wrong?" Seeing Qiao Zishan acting as if he’d gone mad, Qiao Tianhao’s expression changed, and he rushed to support him.
"Dad, I..." Qiao Zishan struggled to keep his eyes open, gasping for air, unable to say another word.
"Qin Luoli is my wife," Lin Mu stated, looking indifferently at Qiao Zishan. "Back then, you not only framed me, but you also sent men to break my limbs and dump my body in the wilderness, all because you wanted Qin Luoli. But you never expected that I would not only survive, but also return for revenge, did you?
"I told you back then to wash your neck and wait. To think you actually forgot."
As Lin Mu’s words struck him, Qiao Zishan began to struggle violently. His face grew paler, his breathing became labored, and foam even began to form at the corners of his mouth.
"No..." he murmured neurotically. "You’re dead, I saw it with my own eyes..."
His eyes suddenly widened. "No, that’s wrong!" he shrieked. "You are not him!"
With his last ounce of strength, he pointed at Lin Mu. "Who are you?!"