novelhk Chapter 281 Getting Stronger
Chapter 281 Getting Stronger
The bone blade, carrying a chilling aura, slashed through the air. The power of the alien ice spirit source spread rapidly. With his teleportation and time manipulation abilities activated simultaneously, Ling Yi's speed increased while simultaneously slowing down the attackers. Although the time manipulation ability could only slow them down slightly, in battle, the combination of teleportation and that slight slowdown was enough to be deadly.
Wherever the frost passed, everything froze. Those people had to avoid the freezing frost while also facing unknown spells that could suddenly slow them down. Coupled with Ling Yi, who was as elusive as a ghost under the buff of Flash, the numerous attackers became fish caught in a net at this moment. Heads fell one after another, and bright red blood splattered on the frozen ground, blooming into blood flowers, bloody yet beautiful.
As the chill that had permeated the area dissipated, Ling stood in the crowd, bone knife in one hand, and corpses fell one by one around her.
As Ling Yi put away his bone knife and turned to look at Ye Qingshuang and the others, he glanced at the intersection. The onlookers who had come to watch after hearing the commotion immediately shrank back when they met Ling Yi's gaze, fearing that Ling Yi would mistake them for people from the city lord's mansion and kill them.
Ye Qingshuang flew back and landed in front of Ling Yi, handing him a towel: "You're getting stronger and stronger."
Ling Yi took the towel, wiped the blood from her face, and said calmly, "Not enough."
We need nearly five thousand people, how many is this?
Far from enough.
Upon hearing this, Ye Qingshuang understood: "No wonder he didn't want to leave directly."
Ling Yi didn't speak. After wiping the blood clean, he turned to look at the corpses, raised his hand, and the power of the Ice Spirit Source spread again, freezing some of the corpses.
Ye Qingshuang asked curiously, "What is this for?"
"A gift." Ling Yi finished speaking and looked at the little golden tiger: "Grow bigger."
The little golden tiger flew over, stopped, and grew larger. Ling Yi placed the frozen corpses on the little golden tiger's back, then looked at the others: "Let's go, it's time to deliver the gifts."
The others didn't know what Ling Yi was planning to do, but when Ling Yi shouted, they followed unconditionally.
After everyone else had gotten on Little Golden Tiger's back, Ling Yi told Little Golden Tiger to head towards the City Lord's Mansion. As for where the City Lord's Mansion was, they could find out by asking.
...
The main palace of the Twin Cities.
As the enormous black tiger approached and before it even stopped, the city lord's mansion erected a defensive barrier, and at the same time, the city lord's guards rushed over.
"Who goes there?" The captain of the guard looked at Black Tiger warily through the barrier. "Flying beasts are forbidden in the city. Don't you know that?"
As the guard captain finished speaking, Ling Yi lifted himself off the little golden tiger's back and stood in mid-air beside it, his tone indifferent: "Do you know that the City Lord's Mansion is bullying the common people?"
Before the captain of the guard could say anything, an ice chain suddenly flew out of Ling Yi's hand. The ice chain landed on the back of the beast next to him. After a while, Ling Yi raised his hand and pulled, and the frozen headless corpses were pulled down and displayed in front of the captain of the guard.
"Tsk." Ling Yi looked at the headless corpses in front of him and realized for the first time that he had been too rough. How could anyone tell who was who without heads?
but……
She might not recognize him, but the people from the City Lord's Mansion should, right?
Even if they can't tell who's who, they were the ones who sent them out, so they should know who they are, right?
Ling Yi looked at the captain of the guards: "Are these people familiar?"
The captain of the guard looked at the frozen corpses with a grim expression. Just as Ling Yi had thought, he couldn't tell who was who without faces, but he was very familiar with their clothes.
It was the team that Li Da had led out not long ago, to capture those who had killed their men at the shore. Unexpectedly, they were all dead.
The captain of the guards looked at Ling Yi with a very unpleasant expression.
He could tell that Ling Yi only had the cultivation of a first-level Yellow Spirit Venerable. Li Da's team had three Yellow Spirit Venerables, so they should have been able to take down the man. Why were they all dead?
Thinking of this, the captain of the guards' gaze fell on the little golden tiger. Could it be because of this beast?
No, that's not right...
The idea had barely surfaced when the captain of the guard rejected it. The neck cuts on the corpses were clean and neat, definitely not from an animal bite. There were no other wounds on the corpses; the fatal wounds were all on the necks, so it could only have been caused by human intervention.
Thinking of this, the captain of the guards looked at Ling Yi with a serious expression and said to the people around him, "Go and invite the city lord."
As a guard, their only responsibility is dealing with people and defense. Whether to open the barrier to let people in and kill them or how to deal with them when the other party comes seeking revenge is not something they can decide.
Upon hearing this, his subordinates immediately ran to fetch someone.
The barrier didn't block out sound, and Ling Yi heard their conversation. Knowing that they had gone to ask someone who could make the decision, Ling Yi didn't say anything more.
A quarter of an hour later, a large group of people arrived. Ling Yi's gaze fell on the face of the leader, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.
When the city lord heard that someone was causing trouble, he didn't take it seriously at first. But when he learned that the other party had killed his people and even came to his door, the city lord's mood instantly soured.
He wanted to see who had the audacity to not only kill their men but also dare to come knocking on their door.
Upon arrival, the city lord looked at Ling Yi, who stood in mid-air. When he saw Ling Yi's face, his gaze deepened. Such a face, if given to that lord, would surely please him.
In this world, good-looking weak people, regardless of gender, are all resources in the eyes of the strong.
Ironically, men and women are not among the most abundant human resources.
"Who are you?" The city lord looked at Ling Yi, putting on a gentlemanly face. "I heard from the guards that you killed someone from the city lord's mansion and then came to provoke us. Do you know what will happen to you?"
Ling Yi looked at the man's face, smiled mockingly, and said nothing.
The city lord was stung by Ling Yi's expression and was somewhat annoyed, but for the sake of that face, he still held back his anger: "Miss, you killed people from the city lord's mansion. As the city lord, I should not let you go in principle, but as long as you sincerely admit your mistake, I will let you go, how about that?"
"Alright," Ling Yi said with a smile, "Admitting your mistake is fine, but it's better to do it in person. What do you think, City Lord?"
The implication is that the barrier needs to be opened.
The guard captain warned, "Lord, this person is strange; we cannot easily activate the barrier."
The city lord didn't speak, but instead looked at the elders beside him: "How is it?"
After the elders arrived with the city lord, they immediately scanned Ling Yi's cultivation level and the beast, saying, "There are people on the beast's back, but their cultivation levels are not very high. The highest cultivation level belongs to that woman and the beast beside her."
The city lord could also discern Ling Yi's cultivation level, but he couldn't tell the beast's level.
Seeing their gazes sweeping back and forth, Ling Yi understood what they were thinking and reached out to touch the little golden tiger.
Little Golden Tiger grunted, and its aura became more pronounced.
One of the elders stared at the little golden tiger carefully for a moment and finally confirmed: "A level 5 Spirit-grade, level 2 beast."
The Spirit level corresponds to the Yellow Spirit realm.
The fifth rank corresponds to the Spirit Saint stage of the Yellow Spirit Realm.
Level 2, converted into a cultivator's cultivation level, requires a Level 4 Yellow Spirit Saint cultivation to deal with a Level 5 Spirit Beast.
"So tall?" The city lord was somewhat surprised. He had only intended to capture Ling Yi and hand him over to the officials in Cangdu, but he hadn't expected the beast to be so powerful. The city lord looked at the little golden tiger with greed in his eyes and asked the elder, "Can you handle it?"
The elder's expression was solemn: "If we fight with all our might, we have a chance."
"Alright." After hearing this, the city lord looked at the captain of the guards: "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and open the barrier!"
The city lord gave the order, and the guard captain had no choice but to open the defensive barrier. However, as the barrier opened, apart from Ling Yi falling down with the corpses, Little Golden Tiger and the others remained motionless, showing no intention of coming down.
The city lord looked at Ling Yi: "Since you have admitted your mistake, you need to make amends. I think that beast is a good choice."
Ling Yi chuckled upon hearing this: "My beast is naturally excellent. You may want it, but I wonder if you have the life to collect it?"
Upon hearing this, the city lord's face immediately darkened: "Is this your attitude of admitting your mistake?"
"Don't rush," Ling said with a smile. "Since we're admitting our mistakes, we should admit them together. I have something else to say, and I wonder if you'd be interested in knowing?"
Before the city lord could say anything, Ling Yi's voice rang out again: "When I saw your face, I knew it was related to you."
The city lord asked patiently, "What is it?"
Ling Yi asked with a smile, "Do you know Cheng Xu?"
Upon hearing the name Cheng Xu, the city lord's expression immediately changed.
Such an obvious change is immediately apparent; no one needs to look closely.
Upon seeing this, Ling Yi's smile widened: "It really is related."
The city lord's face darkened completely as he looked at Ling Yi: "Have you seen Xu'er?"
"Have you met him before?" Ling Yi said with a smile, "He and I have met more than once."
Upon hearing this, the city lord felt a sense of foreboding: "What do you mean?"
"That means I not only saw him, I also killed him." Ling Yi looked at the city lord and said slowly, "Do you know how I killed him?"
“I severed his roots while he was conscious and crushed his wounds. He screamed so pitifully.” Ling Yi said with a smile, “In order to let him see the child he liked, I specially used my power to transform into the appearance of an infant for him to see. He liked children so much, but when he was being eaten by the child, he screamed so horribly. It was too noisy, so I stripped his soul and burned it to ashes, so that he would completely cease to exist.”