Under the twilight, Lin Huang’s body tensed. His eyes were fixed on the three figures ahead, eventually landing on the gaunt, gloomy young man at the forefront.
It was Hann Ming of the Moyu Spear!
Back in the Great Xia Dynasty, this was the guy whose mastery of Arrays and the Moyu Spear Martial Soul had forced him to unleash three moves simultaneously: Three Thousand Miles, Slaying Kunlun, and Shooting the Celestial Wolf.
Now, he had returned! The scene was strikingly similar. The only difference was that the current Hann Ming had broken through to the Earth Element Realm, making him even more terrifying than before.
Behind Hann Ming stood an old man in a green robe, a massive green gourd hanging from his waist. His expression oozed ruthlessness and resentment. It was Hann Shan.
Outside the Blood Triangle, Lin Huang watched Jia Xuexuan gradually approaching the trio, feeling quite nervous. His palms could not help but sweat.
On horseback, Jia Xuexuan felt even more terrified. She wanted to turn back and ask Lin Huang what to do, but reason told her she absolutely couldn’t. She knew that once she looked back, the others would immediately realize their relationship. She thought, "If I get caught, Lin Huang will probably have no choice but to surrender."
Leaning forward, Jia Xuexuan forcefully suppressed her inner panic. She inconspicuously pulled her cloak tighter and quietly passed by the three of them.
"Wait a minute!" Hann Ming suddenly spoke, then turned and walked up to Jia Xuexuan.
In the distance, Lin Huang frowned. Taking a deep breath, he strode boldly toward the group.
"Miss, how should I address you? I am Hann Ming of the Celestial Thunder Sect. I wonder if I might have the honor of befriending you," Hann Ming said, pacing over to Jia Xuexuan with a warm smile on his face.
"Lecher..." Jia Xuexuan muttered with a look of disgust. However, she didn’t dare provoke Hann Ming. She could naturally tell that these people were obviously here for Lin Huang.
"Mr. Hann Ming, you’ve caused quite a scene just to kill me. Tsk, tsk. Even Elder Hann Shan has shown up. You really think highly of me." Lin Huang’s voice suddenly rang out.
"Since you know we’re here to kill you, you still dare to swagger right up to me? I don’t know where you get your confidence," Hann Ming said, turning to look at Lin Huang with a calm smile. "Is it because of that cheap master of yours? He’s already gone. What else do you have to rely on?"
Lin Huang smiled freely, his aura condensing around him. "Why don’t you try and find out?"
Hann Ming rested his hand on the warhorse Jia Xuexuan was riding, looking at Lin Huang with a mocking expression. "If you weren’t a fool, you should have run for your life the moment you saw us here. But you just had to be reckless. I suspect you know this little lady!"
As he spoke, Hann Ming yanked Jia Xuexuan off the horse’s back.
Jia Xuexuan’s expression drastically changed. Her beautiful face turned deathly pale without a trace of color, but she gritted her teeth and didn’t make a sound. Beside them, Lin Huang’s brow was filled with murderous intent.
Hann Ming teased the strands of hair at Jia Xuexuan’s temples, looking entirely unrestrained. "But don’t worry. To kill you, Lin Huang, I don’t need to use a woman to threaten you. Besides, how could I hurt such a beauty?
"As for you, I can only say that we will never meet again!"
Hann Ming turned his head to look at Lin Huang, his face full of ridicule. He didn’t take Lin Huang seriously at all. Could a Martial Artist at the Human Element Realm escape from the hands of two Celestial Element Martial Artists? There was no such joke in the world.
Before Hann Ming’s voice had faded, Lin Huang’s expression changed. An extremely dangerous aura thoroughly enveloped his body, making him feel as if he were submerged in seawater, unable to catch his breath.
The two Celestial Element Martial Artists simply stared at Lin Huang, but it was enough to make him feel like a mountain was crushing him.
"Kid, let’s see who will come to save you this time!" Hann Shan said hoarsely from a short distance away, his voice dripping with venom.
The events that occurred in the Great Xia Dynasty were still vivid in his mind, and the humiliation that had been building up in his heart erupted entirely at this moment. His sinister eyes glared at Lin Huang, wishing he could slice him into a thousand pieces.
Watching Hann Shan stride over, Lin Huang clenched his jaw. The Celestial Asura Martial Soul within his body circulated to its limits, and his skin began to exude a silvery-white hue.
"Three Thousand Miles!"
"Slaying Kunlun!"
"Shooting the Celestial Wolf!"
In an instant, Lin Huang unleashed all three moves. A powerful aura condensed into a single point before violently exploding, ultimately shattering the suppression around him.
Then, Lin Huang sprang into motion, darting toward the direction of the Blood Triangle.
Hann Shan sneered, the killing intent between his brows surging. He was quite surprised that Lin Huang could break free from their aura suppression, but it wouldn’t change the outcome.
"Childish!"
Even if Lin Huang’s speed was fast, in his eyes, it was merely a snail’s pace. They were still ten miles away from the Blood Triangle. With a casual step, they could easily intercept Lin Huang. In such a doomed situation, what was the point of struggling in vain?
"I’ll allow you to run nine miles first!" Hann Shan watched the wildly fleeing Lin Huang, a playful smile lifting the corners of his mouth. Watching his prey scurry like a dog just to survive was a highly pleasing sight.
It brought a genuine sense of immense satisfaction to Hann Shan’s heart.
However, Hann Ming didn’t share that sentiment.
Seeing Lin Huang fleeing right at him, a charming curve appeared on Hann Ming’s lips. "I’ll let you test out the new Array I’ve cultivated!"
As his voice fell, Hann Ming waved his five fingers. An Array overflowing with spear glints instantly enveloped his surroundings, simultaneously trapping Lin Huang within it.
Inside the Array, Lin Huang’s expression remained indifferent, a ruthless killing intent flashing through his eyes. The moment Lin Huang was enveloped by the Array, the Celestial Asura in his Profound Sea suddenly roared. A tyrannical power surged through his entire body like a flood, causing his speed to increase abruptly.
Lin Huang completely ignored the dozens of glints sweeping toward him from within the Array. Staring at Hann Ming not far away, the long blade in his hand slashed out abruptly.
"Three Thousand Miles!"
Seeing Lin Huang rampaging recklessly through the Array like a brute, Hann Ming smiled leisurely. "You just keep repeating these same three moves!"
Subsequently, the Moyu Spear materialized in Hann Ming’s hand. Carrying a sharp edge, he thrust it directly at Lin Huang!
Just as their weapons were about to collide, Lin Huang’s figure abruptly twisted in midair with an uncanny agility, and then... he drew his blade with his left hand!
A streak of blood splashed through the air.
A gruesome gash, with its flesh rolled back, instantly appeared on Hann Ming’s face—a gift from Lin Huang’s Martial Technique, "Three Thousand Miles."
Unfortunately, once the speed of Three Thousand Miles reached its absolute peak, its power and accuracy would drop to their lowest. Otherwise, Lin Huang’s slash would have been enough to decapitate Hann Ming.
"Run!"
While Hann Ming was still reeling in shock and fury, Lin Huang grabbed Jia Xuexuan and hoisted her onto the horse’s back.
Immediately, Jia Xuexuan rode off, disappearing into the distance.
Without a single moment’s pause, Lin Huang madly dashed toward the Blood Triangle!
"Lin Huang!!!"
Before Lin Huang could run even a hundred feet, a shrill, agonizing roar echoed from behind. Feeling the bleeding gash on his face, the rage inside Hann Ming burned like a raging inferno.
As an Earth Element Martial Artist, he had actually been scarred by Lin Huang. Staring at the rapidly fleeing figure draped in a pitch-black cloak ahead, venomous resentment crawled across Hann Ming’s face. He wished for nothing more than to tear Lin Huang into a thousand pieces.
Seeing Hann Ming so infuriated, Hann Shan grew a bit more serious and began to pursue Lin Huang step by step. His gait appeared slow, but his actual speed was remarkably fast.
Feeling the aura erupting like a flash flood from behind, Lin Huang’s expression changed, and the speed of his footsteps increased once more. Hann Shan behind him was like a towering giant tens of feet tall, his pursuing momentum as heavy as a mountain. Lin Huang didn’t doubt for a second that Hann Shan could stomp him to death with a single foot.
Fortunately, Hann Shan was currently treating this like a cat playing with a mouse, intent on venting his inner humiliation. Only this gave Lin Huang a tiny sliver of breathing room.
"Let’s end it here. I’ve let you walk the final stretch of your life’s journey!"
When Lin Huang was just three miles away from the Blood Triangle, Hann Shan let out a sinister chuckle, his face covered in a wide grin. Then, with a single leap, he traversed dozens of feet and materialized right in front of Lin Huang, barely a meter away.
His withered palm reached into the air, five fingers curling into a fist. A terrifying aura suddenly spread out, blasting toward Lin Huang with the weight of a massive mountain peak.
Yet, the exact moment Hann Shan appeared before Lin Huang, a cold smile surfaced on the latter’s face. The Storage Ring on his hand flickered, and a streak of azure light darted out.
SHING!
Between heaven and earth, the ringing of a blade abruptly echoed.
An antique, pitch-black box abruptly sprang open the moment Hann Shan’s massive fist fell!
In that instant, the void trembled. A desolate killing intent poured out from the ancient black box, surging toward Hann Shan like a brilliant rainbow piercing the sun and moon, or the terrifying dust storms of a collapsing mountain.
Hann Shan’s expression changed drastically as a feeling of extreme danger washed over his entire body, and he frantically retreated. He never expected Lin Huang to have such a trump card.
The terrifying Blade Intent, which had been condensing within this box for a century, was entirely comparable to the full-force strike of a Martial Marquis Powerhouse.
However, Hann Shan’s thoughts stagnated even as he retreated!
No matter how fast his speed was, how could it match the Blade Qi from the box? Without the confinement of the box, the Blade Qi became a frenzied dragon breaking out of its prison. In a mere half-breath, it shredded the fist Hann Shan hadn’t yet withdrawn into mincemeat.
Before Hann Shan even had time to scream, a storm condensed from the Blade Intent thoroughly enveloped and mangled him. Its terrifying power crushed him as effortlessly as breaking dead branches.
In the void, as the storm dissipated, a shower of blood fell with a rustle. A Celestial Element Martial Artist one second was completely obliterated the next, leaving no corpse behind.
The Blade Qi from the box suppressed everything in all directions!
"Uncle Hann!"
In the rear, Hann Ming’s expression twisted drastically. His eyes were filled with horror, entirely unable to believe the scene unfolding before him.
Behind Hann Ming, a man fully cloaked in a pitch-black cape also frowned slightly. Murderous intent rippled through his abyssal eyes. He too hadn’t anticipated that what should have been an effortless task of swatting a petty thief would be reversed to such an extreme.
A dignified Martial Artist of the Celestial Element Realm had actually lost his life to a supposedly easy target in just a few breaths!
"As expected of Lin Changtian’s son, you do have some skill. But this is where it ends. Hand over the Ancient Scroll of Mountains and Rivers smoothly, and I will spare your life today. Otherwise... the Lin family line will end right here!"
The man wearing a bamboo hat and cloaked entirely in pitch-black spoke calmly. His voice wasn’t loud, but it possessed a deeply dignified aura, carrying an undeniable tone of absolute authority.
As the man’s words fell, a solemn, heavy aura filled the void. Dozens of longswords materialized around the black-cloaked figure, their piercing Sword Qi cutting through the space and stinging Lin Huang with sharp pain.
Lin Huang’s expression also turned completely grave. Now... he had no choice but to fight to the bitter end!