Chapter 384: Were you the one who said you wanted to behead me?
Lin Mu!
He’d actually come!
Patriarch Fan almost collapsed to the ground, but he was greatly relieved when he realized it was only Lin Mu and Qin Luoli.
"Lin Mu, since you’re here to admit your guilt, kneel and await the judgment of Young Master Fang and the two masters!" Patriarch Fan pointed a finger at Lin Mu’s nose and began to scold him, clearly misunderstanding the situation.
"Admit my guilt?" Lin Mu was clearly surprised, then he sneered. "It seems you still don’t know what happened."
Everyone was stunned.
What happened?
A sudden unease crept into Luo Huai’an’s heart. "You... What did you do to Jinping?"
His words jolted everyone else to their senses. That’s right. Lin Mu and Qin Luoli were here, but what about the men who went to the Qin Family? Why hadn’t they arrived?
"Quick, tell me what you did to Jinping!" Luo Huai’an’s face darkened, his old features twisting in anger.
"Killed him. What else?" Lin Mu said nonchalantly, tilting his head.
"Killed him?" Luo Huai’an staggered back several steps, almost falling. "You actually killed Jinping?" he stammered, completely dazed. "How could you dare to kill Jinping?"
"Keeping a good-for-nothing like him alive was a waste of air. Killing him was nothing," Lin Mu said indifferently. "Besides, I promised him I’d send you down to keep him company... if you can even find him, that is."
Luo Jinping’s soul has already scattered to the winds; he can’t even enter Hell for reincarnation. How could anyone possibly find him?
"You..." Luo Huai’an’s face flushed red. He felt a choking pressure in his chest, unable to swallow or breathe.
"Nonsense! Utter nonsense!" an elder from the Fire Cloud Sect yelled, slamming his hand on a table. "The Fire Cloud Sect sent five disciples and two external Elders to the Qin Family. You think you could have killed someone right in front of them? What utter nonsense!"
Hearing this, Luo Huai’an and the others snapped back to reality.
That’s right! The Fire Cloud Sect sent several Elders this time. Besides the Second and Third Elders here, two external Elders also went to the Qin Family. It’s impossible for Lin Mu to have killed someone and gotten here so quickly. He must be lying!
"You little beast! I almost fell for your lies!" Luo Huai’an let out a long breath and pointed at Lin Mu. "At the Qin Family Ancestral House, you humiliated me endlessly. Today, I will have you torn to shreds!"
"Break his legs! I want him kneeling before me, begging for mercy!"
At Luo Huai’an’s command, the two bodyguards he had brought with him advanced on Lin Mu, their faces twisted with cruelty.
"Boy, if you’re here to confess, you’d better show some repentance!" one of the bodyguards sneered. "Kneel!"
He reached out a large hand, aiming to grab Lin Mu’s shoulder. However, before his hand could land, a streak of azure light shot out from Lin Mu’s body and wrapped around the man’s arm.
CLATTER!
An arm fell to the ground.
"Ahhh!" The bodyguard clutched his severed limb and let out a piercing scream as his blood stained the floor red.
Witnessing this, the other bodyguard went pale and tried to retreat. He had only taken two steps back when the azure light severed his legs at the knees.
"No!"
The two bodyguards lay in a pool of their own blood, howling miserably and bashing their heads against the ground in agony.
Everyone watched, their faces pale with terror. No one had seen how Lin Mu attacked; they only saw a flash of azure divine light from his body before the two men’s limbs were severed.
Lin Mu had absorbed the vital energy of the Innate Spirit Wood, making wood-attribute elemental energy the most abundant type within him. Forging the Twelve-Fold Towers had made his body incredibly strong. By comprehending the *Heavenly Dao Myriad Laws Record*, he had assimilated the myriad laws of the universe. Now, his every move was a law, a technique, a Divine Skill in itself. The sword light he had just unleashed was none other than the Punishing Immortal Sword Qi, from the Twelve Styles of Slaying Gods, Demons, and Punishing Immortals. This was part of the Three Slays of Immortals, which consisted of the Immortal Slaying Secret, the Immortal Slaying Sword, and the Immortal Slaying Formation. The Immortal Slaying Secret could condense the most powerful Sword Qi in the world. The Immortal Slaying Sword used this Sword Qi to form a blade of law—a single strike of which could Shatter a Thousand Laws. As for the Immortal Slaying Formation, it was an ancient Sword Array that required specific environmental conditions to be cast. Against these ordinary people, however, the Sword Qi condensed by the Immortal Slaying Secret was more than enough.
Having dealt with the two bodyguards, Lin Mu slowly walked toward Luo Huai’an, a highly respected elder in River City.
Luo Huai’an didn’t dare wait for Lin Mu to get close. He scrambled backward until he bumped into a table and could go no further.
"Lin... Lin Mu, what are you doing?" Luo Huai’an screamed. "Surely you wouldn’t dare kill me?"
Lin Mu tilted his head. "Since I promised your grandson I’d send you down to meet him, I always keep my word."
He pointed his finger, and a thread of Punishing Immortal Sword Qi shot forth, piercing straight through Luo Huai’an’s head.
BANG!
Luo Huai’an’s eyes bulged as he collapsed. Brain matter and blood poured from the wound, terrifying the nearby Patriarch Fan so badly that he fell to the ground, shaking uncontrollably with his eyes wide with horror.
"Ven... Venerable Master, I..." Patriarch Fan was paralyzed by fear, unable to speak a complete sentence.
He was terrified. Not only had he betrayed Lin Mu, but he had also enacted his insane revenge against the Qin Corporation. It would have been fine if he had succeeded, but he never imagined that Lin Mu would not only return but also dare to kill people right in front of them.
"Wouldn’t it have been better to just live a good life? Why did you have to be a traitor?" Lin Mu asked, his expression cold as he looked down at Patriarch Fan.
"I..." Patriarch Fan swallowed hard and kept backing away. Suddenly, he scrambled on all fours toward the high stage. "Young Master Fang! Two masters, please save me!"
However, before he could reach the stage, a stream of Punishing Immortal Sword Qi wrapped around his neck.
THUMP!
A head rolled across the floor. Blood splattered, and the entire hall erupted into chaos. Since his arrival, Lin Mu had killed the heads of both the Luo and Fan families, acting with decisive and merciless brutality.
"Enough!" Qin Hongbo suddenly stood up and roared at Lin Mu. "Lin Mu, how many more people do you intend to kill? Are you really not afraid of the police coming after you?"
Seeing Qin Hongbo intervene, everyone felt a strange sense of relief. Lin Mu was simply too terrifying; it was good to have someone try to restrain him.
He wouldn’t dare attack his own uncle, would he?
"You want to stop me?" Lin Mu looked at Qin Hongbo coldly before dismissing him completely.
"Get lost."
Qin Hongbo trembled where he stood, not knowing whether to move or stay. He was left in an extremely awkward position. Lin Mu’s dismissive gaze and arrogant air sent a deep chill down his spine.
No one else dared to speak. They all silently lowered their heads, too afraid to even look at Lin Mu.
Lin Mu stood below the stage and slowly raised his head. His gaze swept over Fang Shaoning before finally landing on one of the elders from the Fire Cloud Sect.
"Were you the one who just said you were going to kill me?"
At these words, the elder’s face turned ashen, and he began to tremble uncontrollably.