Lin Yuan (2)
To Derick and Jerry, who were watching from the sidelines, the battle was nothing but flashes of light and shockwaves rippling from the center. The sheer force of the energy surging from the clash left them breathless.
In mere seconds, Lin Xuanyu and Lin Yuan had already exchanged fifty strikes.
And Lin Xuanyu had parried every single one.
"You! How are you parrying my attacks! I'm faster than you!" Lin Yuan shouted. "That is not possible!"
He was furious that he couldn't overpower a mere mid-stage Transition Realm cultivator.
Suddenly, a surge of heat erupted from Lin Yuan, flames igniting around his dagger.
With a swift slash, he sent a blazing dragon roaring toward Lin Xuanyu.
Boom!
The fiery dragon collided with the ground, obliterating the warehouse. Derick and Jerry were flung into the air like ragdolls, crashing hard against nearby debris.
"How's that?" Lin Yuan laughed maniacally, flames blazing around him. "This is the power of Initiate level of Fire Law!"
His Devour ability was one of the most powerful in the Main God Dimension, surpassing even countless systems that others possessed.
It was especially invaluable in the Dharma Ending Age, where Laws no longer revealed themselves to the outside world.
With it, he only needed to devour someone who had comprehended the Fire Law, and he would instantly obtain the exact same law—along with the deceased's mastery and comprehension!
He was invincible!
Then, a scoff rang out from the smoke.
Lin Xuanyu stepped forward, his body shrouded in a faint green aura.
Beneath him, three glowing rune circles slowly faded. Despite the explosion, he appeared completely unscathed—only his clothes bore signs of damage.
However, that wasn't the complete truth.
Lin Xuanyu had used the Wood Rune Manifestation technique to rapidly heal his burns and injuries.
Absorbing the attack directly would have drained his cosmic energy reserves.
Instead, he chose to mitigate the damage using his runes.
Because of that, he still felt a small amount of pain in the process.
Lin Yuan, on the other hand, froze when he saw the wooden runes beneath Lin Xuanyu's feet.
A look of disbelief appeared on his face.
His voice trembled. "How are you using Rune Manifestation in the presence of an actual Law?!"
Lin Xuanyu smirked. "It's black magic."
"Impossible!" Lin Yuan shouted, hurling a flame at Lin Xuanyu with incredible speed.
In response, Lin Xuanyu conjured four fire runes, creating blazing magic circles in an instant. Scorching flames surged forth, colliding violently with Lin Yuan's attack.
Boom!
An even larger explosion erupted, shaking the area and throwing debris everywhere, This time, Lin Xuanyu was ready. As the flames subsided, he shifted positions and sent vines from the ground towards Lin Yuan using Wood Rune Manifestation.
The vines immediately sprung up from the ground and froze Lin Yuan in his place.
"I can't let him escape," Lin Xuanyu muttered.
He knew that if Lin Yuan took off to the sky, the fight would turn against him.
Core-Formation cultivators could fly indefinitely because they had formed a connection with The Heaven and Earth and if they had the proper technique for flying then they could fly faster and even reduce energy consumption
Transition Realm cultivators like him would burn through their reserves just by stepping into the air.
This situation was anything but advantageous for him.
Since that was the case, he had to end it quickly.
Pouring all his remaining energy into a final gamble, he summoned countless fire runes, preparing to strike with overwhelming speed and power in a single, decisive blow.
At that moment, Lin Xuanyu activated Cosmic Edge Awakening.
A purple aura surged from his body, and his sword intent fused seamlessly with his blade.
Cosmic energy funneled into the weapon, while ten fire runes manifested directly onto the sword's surface.
A deadly, oppressive aura engulfed Lin Xuanyu, instantly drawing Lin Yuan's attention. He was still burning through the vines Lin Xuanyu had used to bind him, but his instincts screamed at him—danger was approaching fast.
Lin Xuanyu's speed skyrocketed.
With a single step, he shattered the sound barrier, cosmic energy surging into his feet as a deafening sonic boom erupted behind him.
In the blink of an eye, he was already beside Lin Yuan—covering the distance in an instant.
"Not good!" Lin Yuan shouted, hastily erecting a spiritual energy barrier. "Aegis!"
The moment the barrier formed, he prepared to take to the air, hoping to escape Lin Xuanyu's range.
But it was too late.
Lin Xuanyu's sword slashed through the barrier like paper, the searing fire rune coating his longsword burning straight through it.
Lin Yuan's defense was completely overwhelmed.
Lin Xuanyu felt a surge of elation as he watched Lin Yuan's defenses crumble.
Fear flashed across Lin Yuan's face, his voice trembling as he shouted, "How is this possible?! You're only at the 8th Transition! How can you destroy my spiritual barrier?!"
In a panic, Lin Yuan summoned every ounce of his power. A massive fireball, the size of a basketball court, materialized before him, its flames crackling with destructive force as he hurled it straight at Lin Xuanyu.
An oppressive aura filled the entire warehouse, the pressure so intense it reached beyond the forest surrounding the warehouse, alerting those living far beyond its borders.
The people stared up at the enormous fireball in the sky, wide-eyed and frozen in shock.
But before the fireball could reach him, Lin Xuanyu had already closed the gap between them.
With a single, swift motion, his sword pierced through Lin Yuan's chest.
Time seemed to freeze as Lin Yuan's lifeless body crumpled to the ground with a heavy thud.
At the same time, the fiery orb that had burned like a small sun suddenly dissipated into nothingness.
Lin Xuanyu landed lightly, his sword still glowing with cosmic energy.
The battle now over.
He took a deep breath.
He had landed the strike just in the nick of time.
Or else he would be dead right now.
Now, It was over.
He had completed his mission.
The transmigrator and the mastermind behind Lin Xuanyu's death is now dead.
He then looked at his hands. "No, It's not over yet."
Lin Xuanyu locked his eyes with two severely injured individuals, Derick and Jerry, who had been caught in the crossfire.
"Young master Lin..." Derick weakly called out from ahead. "S-Save us!"
Lin Xuanyu calmly strode towards them and looked down on them with indifference.
"Save you?" Lin Xuanyu asked.
Derick and Jerry weakly nodded.
They were severely burned, having used up all of their cosmic energy to shield themselves from the attack to escape death they could no longer use any healing techniques to heal themselves. Now, they were being burned alive, and constant pain assaulted them.
Seeing this, Lin Xuanyu started laughing. "Save you? Me? That's funny."
Lin Xuanyu raised his foot and pressed it on Jerry's face.
A painful groan escaped Jerry's throat as he desperately tried to lift Lin Xuanyu's foot from his face.
He couldn't breathe from the pain.
"Y-Young master! Please leave us alone!" Derick shouted. He painfully moved his body in a desperate attempt to kneel. "W-we promise-"
However, before he could say anything further, a hole appeared in his chest, and he fell down with a shocked look in his eyes.
"I am no saint," Lin Xuanyu said to Jerry, who was still on the floor, struggling to lift Lin Xuanyu's foot from his face. "The injustice you have done to the previous Lin Xuanyu can never be forgotten."
"A week ago, you did the same to him. So it's only natural to do the same to you," Lin Xuanyu said quietly. "Maybe in your next life, try to be better."
He took his foot off Jerry's face which was now disfigured. Jerry immediately started gasping for breath, but before he could say anything, his face widened and his heart stopped beating.
There was a hole near his chest area.
Lin Xuanyu slowly turned around and looked at the sky.
He silently stared for a long time.
"I have sent them into the underworld," Lin Xuanyu murmured, gazing at the bright, starry sky. "Now, you can personally deal with them there!"