Chapter 18 of 100

Chapter 18

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"Be careful, Di Han!"

Di Huo and Di Tian shouted in unison, both of them puzzled by Lu Ling's calm demeanor, unable to understand what she was relying on.

But when they saw the rosy flush on Lu Ling's face, they were inexplicably reminded of that twilight five years ago, when Lu Ling had looked the same. Both of them had a bad feeling in their hearts.

"Sister!"

Lu Li shouted and rushed toward Lu Ling at full speed, but he was some distance away, while Di Han was already within a meter of Lu Ling.

As Di Han closed the distance, Lu Ling's face became even rosier, like a seductive fox, making Di Han's heart race with fear.

The shouts from Di Huo and Di Tian made Di Han hesitate. But Lu Ling was right in front of him, and Lu Li was rapidly approaching. If he didn't injure and capture Lu Ling, he feared he would be killed by the enraged Lu Li.

"Crazy woman, trying to scare who..."

Di Han roared and continued to charge forward. Before he could finish his sentence, his eyes suddenly narrowed, and he recoiled in terror.

He saw Lu Ling raise one hand, and a black dot shot out from her sleeve. The black dot was moving so fast that it rapidly grew larger in his eyes. It was also glowing with a sinister light, clearly a deadly object!

"Bang!"

No matter how fast he retreated, he couldn't match the speed of the black dot. He tried to block it with his war blade but found it was too late. The black dot quickly grew larger in his pupils and instantly pierced his forehead.

"Boom!"

Di Han, who had been retreating, stopped and trembled in place before collapsing. A black crossbow bolt was embedded in his forehead, half of it buried in his skull, glowing with a sinister light. Di Han died instantly.

"Hiss..."

Apart from the faint sound of people drawing in their breath, the surroundings were deathly silent. Everyone stared at the lifeless Di Han, his eyes wide open with fear, and the black, contaminated blood oozing from the crossbow bolt, feeling a deep sense of terror.

Lu Li felt the same way!

He had killed many beasts and some mystical beasts, but he had never killed a human, especially not in the tribe. Lu Ling, a weak woman who had never even killed a chicken, had dared to kill someone in public?

"Brother Han!"

A young man reacted and shouted, rushing over to Di Han and trying to carry him away, intending to save him.

"Don't bother. Di Han is already dead. The crossbow bolt is coated with a deadly poison, the Yin-Yang Grass. Once hit by the Yin-Yang Grass, the victim is separated from life and death. Haven't you heard this before?"

A light, emotionless voice rang out, and Lu Ling spoke. Her face was still very rosy, as beautiful and seductive as a flower, almost too beautiful to look at.

At that moment, many people indeed dared not look at her directly. To kill so decisively and remain so calm afterward—was she even human? This woman was insane...

"Ah~ You crazy woman, you dare to kill my brother Han, I'll tear you apart!"

The young man holding Di Han went mad, charging at Lu Ling like a rampaging beast. Lu Li finally reacted and quickly moved closer to Lu Ling.

Lu Ling slowly raised her hand, revealing a small black crossbow. She coldly looked at the young man and said, "This crossbow is called the Life-Stealing Crossbow, which took me three years to make. The speed of the bolt is comparable to a full-strength attack from a Divine Sea Realm warrior. It is coated with a deadly poison. If you come within two meters of me, you will almost certainly die. Don't believe me... you can try!"

The young man hesitated and dared not take another step. Di Han was at the peak of the Black Tortoise Realm, while he was only in the early stage. Charging forward would only mean certain death.

"Three years, Yin-Yang Grass!"

Lu Li recalled some things. Three years ago, Lu Ling had indeed made some small gadgets. She spent a month whittling wood, saying she was just playing. A year ago, she had him help her gather herbs, which turned out to be the deadly Yin-Yang Grass.

"Even though Sister can't cultivate mystical energy, she still has the ability to protect herself. Anyone who dares to trouble me will regret it."

Lu Li remembered this statement she had made when he returned to the tribe with injuries from fighting Di Hu and others. Now it was clear that she did indeed have the ability to protect herself. Anyone who approached her, except for Divine Sea Realm warriors, would die...

However, at this moment, Lu Li felt that Lu Ling was so unfamiliar, nothing like the kind and gentle sister he knew. Even he dared not kill, let alone remain so calm after killing!

"Brother Han!"

At that moment, a mournful cry came from a distance, and an old man led a group of people walking over. These were the elders who had stayed in the tribe, too old to fight and thus not accompanying Di Ba to the Ice Abyss.

With Di Han's tragic death, these people could not sit idly by, especially since one of them was Di Han's grandfather.

The old men walked over, and one of them, a silver-haired, one-armed elder, his hair standing on end, pointed at Lu Ling and shouted, "What a vicious little girl! As a fellow tribesman, you dare to be so ruthless. Such a heartless act is against heaven and reason, against heaven and reason!"

"That's right! A bastard is a bastard. The tribe has wasted over a decade raising them. They are indeed two white-eyed wolves. They should have been fed to the beasts when they were young."

"Kill them to avenge Di Han!"

The old men continued to curse, and an old woman in the distance tried to rush over but was held back by the other elders. A battle could break out at any moment, and the presence of a group of old women would only add to the chaos.

Lu Li's face was heavy as he surveyed the scene. Although these old men were not of high realms, all of them were in the middle to late stages of the Black Tortoise Realm. They had all come back from the dead. Three of them had high prestige in the tribe, and Lu Li was hesitant to fight them.

"Lu Li!"

Lu Ling ignored the cursing old men and looked at Lu Li, saying, "Today, before you step into the world of martial arts, I will give you your first lesson—when dealing with enemies, you must be ruthless and show no mercy."

"Look at these people!"

Lu Ling pointed her crossbow at the group in front of her and said, "When have they ever treated us as fellow tribesmen? When have they ever treated us as human beings? If it weren't for Uncle Six, would we even be alive today?"

"When dealing with brothers, you can risk your life for them. When dealing with loved ones, you can give up everything. But when dealing with enemies, you must be cold and merciless, and when you strike, you must eliminate them completely."

"The path of martial arts is a path of slaughter. If you want to become a strong warrior, a city lord, a domain lord, or even an emperor, you must step on countless corpses to rise. One general's success is built on the bones of ten thousand. This has always been the case. Do you understand?"

"Men must kill, and kill without mercy. The immortal achievements of a thousand autumns are all in the act of killing. In the past, there were heroic men who valued their word. A single glance could lead to murder, and their lives were as light as a feather. There were also tyrants and conquerors who killed indiscriminately!"

After finishing, Lu Ling raised her crossbow and pointed it at Di Huo, Di Tian, and the old men, saying, "These people in front of you are all your enemies, and they all deserve to die!"

"Men must kill!"

Lu Li's eyes glowed slightly red, and he raised his war blade. However, he was still not very determined. After all, this was killing a human, a living person, not a beast or a mystical beast.

"Crazy woman..."

Di Huo dared not look directly at Lu Ling's eyes, turned his head, and cursed, but did not immediately attack.

"Ha ha, crazy woman?"

Lu Ling's lips curled into a bitter smile, and she turned to look at Lu Li, whose eyes were flickering. "Brother, do you know why they always call me a crazy woman? Do you know how my leg was broken? Do you know why I spent three years making this Life-Stealing Crossbow? It was all because of Di Huo and Di Tian. Even if I am crazy, it is because they drove me to it!"

"Ah?"

Lu Li was stunned. Lu Ling's broken leg had happened five years ago, when he was only ten. Lu Ling had gone up the mountain to gather herbs and was gone for five or six days. He had been frantic, searching the mountains, and she had returned days later, dragging her broken leg.

However, Lu Ling had not said much, only mentioning that she had fallen and broken her leg. He had never imagined it had anything to do with Di Huo and Di Tian.

"Ha ha!"

Lu Ling looked at Di Huo and Di Tian, who dared not meet her eyes, and said softly, "Five years ago, I went up the mountain to gather herbs, and these two beasts tried to rape me. If I hadn't jumped off the cliff, my chastity would have been ruined. Lu Li... do you know how perverted these two are? I jumped off the cliff and broke my leg, but they still didn't let me go. If I hadn't cut five pieces of flesh from my thigh and eaten them raw to scare them away, I might not have returned..."

"Ugh~"

Di Huo suddenly bent over and vomited, and many young people's faces changed, feeling a strong urge to vomit.

Eating her own thigh flesh, this woman was indeed a madwoman!

Di Tian also looked disgusted. He and Di Huo would never forget that twilight five years ago. Lu Ling had smiled as she cut the flesh, chewing and swallowing it piece by piece, her blood-dripping lips radiating a mesmerizing smile...

That image had haunted Di Tian's nightmares for five years!

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