Chapter 36

The sudden change left everyone in the area, except for Lin Yiming, stunned. The four people attacking him were petrified, their eyes wide open as if they were about to fall out, staring blankly at Lin Yiming.

This... This is too powerful!

The four were completely dumbfounded. His senior brother was a late-stage Spirit Lock expert, yet he was smashed by this young man, his head deformed.

If it were an ordinary person, or even someone of a lower realm, wouldn't their head be smashed to pieces?

A late-stage Spirit Lock expert, with a body strengthened by spiritual energy and years of training, is much tougher than an ordinary person. Moreover, the spiritual energy within their body constantly protects them. To be smashed like this, it would take a Wu Dao Ling Xin expert, and not just any ordinary one, at least a second-layer Wu Dao Ling Xin expert!

The young man in front of them is a Wu Dao Ling Xin expert!

A cold sweat instantly broke out on the backs of the four. They had actually provoked a Wu Dao Ling Xin expert and even wanted to kill him. Wasn't this courting death?

Turning around, the four lifted their legs to run, but at this moment, Lin Yiming had already rushed in front of them.

Reaching out to grab two of the martial artists who were trying to escape, Lin Yiming aimed at the two who had run a few steps ahead. Holding the two, he used them like sandbags, forcefully smashing them towards the escaping duo.

After two闷响 (muffled sounds), the two martial artists behind crashed into the two who were fleeing in front, and all four fell to the ground almost simultaneously.

Just the collision of bodies, without even a punch, made them feel as if they had been hit by a huge rock from the sky, causing their internal organs to churn and their ribs to almost completely break.

Pain, intense enough to make them almost faint, continuously surged from within, causing them to groan and moan in agony.

Seeing Lin Yiming slowly approach, the four martial artists on the ground instinctively tried to retreat, but the pain left them unable to muster any strength.

"Hisss... Hero, don't kill us, don't kill us."

"Hero, we were just here to help, it's not our fault."

"Yes, hero, we have no grudge against you, why would you kill us? Killing us will burden you with a life debt."

The four, except for the one who was scared stiff, all begged for mercy.

Lin Yiming looked down at the four spineless individuals, his face cold. "Now you're afraid? But when you injured the people in our village, did you think about this? You scum, leaving you alive would only bring harm!"

With a cold snort, Lin Yiming lifted his foot and stomped heavily on their hearts.

"Thud... Thud... Thud... Thud..." After four muffled sounds, the four on the ground were already dead.

Seeing Lin Yiming kill the five martial artists in an instant, the villagers of Nanlin Village were all dumbfounded. When did Lin Yiming become so powerful? These were five martial artists, and they were said to be very, very strong. How did Lin Yiming kill them so easily?

Moreover, when did he become so cruel? He actually killed people!

Everyone was stunned. After a long time, the oldest villager, Uncle Yi, was the first to come to his senses. He looked at Lin Yiming with a reproachful expression and sighed, "Yiming, you've caused trouble. How could you kill people? They are fellow disciples, surely they belong to a sect. If their sect finds out, it will be a big problem."

"Not killing them would be an even bigger problem," Lin Yiming sighed. The villagers were still too kind.

Pointing at the bodies on the ground, Lin Yiming said solemnly, "Letting them go, they would go to their sect and seek revenge on our village. Our village can't withstand their harassment. Killing them, their sect might not even trace it back to us. Besides, they brought this upon themselves. They wanted to kill and injure the people in our village, they must pay the price. Our village is not to be bullied!"

Uncle Yi was at a loss for words. He sighed deeply and then looked at the surrounding villagers, saying solemnly, "Yiming killed them for our village. No one should speak of this today. Whoever speaks of it is not one of us!"

The villagers all nodded heavily. They knew that Lin Yiming killed for the village, to avenge the villagers. Even if Uncle Yi didn't say this, they wouldn't speak of it.

Seeing the atmosphere become somber, Lin Yiming waved his hand to reassure everyone, "Actually, it's not that serious. In a month, it will be the time for Shuiyao Sect to recruit new disciples. Once I successfully join Shuiyao Sect, they won't be able to investigate this matter. As for their sect, Shuiyao Sect will handle all the trouble."

Hearing Lin Yiming's words, everyone was relieved.

They weren't worried that Lin Yiming wouldn't be able to join Shuiyao Sect. Lin Yiming was a genius back then, and he could enter Shuiyao Sect. Now, with his renewed genius, he could certainly enter Shuiyao Sect again.

Soon, everyone began to clean up the scene, and Lin Yiming personally buried the five bodies.

After finishing everything, the night grew deeper. Lin Yiming returned home, ate dinner, and then quietly left, sneaking into the upstream Taoli Village.

Taoli Village was clearly much more prosperous than Nanlin Village, with more than half of the houses being brick and tile houses.

On the relatively wide street, Li Yan staggered back to his home. In recent days, he had been drinking every day. His fellow disciples had all come and were lying in wait in Nanlin Village, ready to kill Lin Yiming as soon as he appeared.

Just as he was about to reach his door, a black shadow suddenly flashed out from the side and appeared in front of him.

Li Yan was startled, his body trembling. Then he reacted and shouted loudly, "Damn it, which bastard is out here at night, trying to scare me to death!"

As he spoke, the moonlight revealed the person in front of him, and he was instantly shocked, sobering up halfway.

"Lin... Lin Yiming, what are you doing here!"

"I'm here to settle accounts with you," Lin Yiming stepped forward, grabbing Li Yan's shirt and pulling him close, his eyes fixed on Li Yan's. "The conflict between our villages started with your wrongdoing. You broke your promise to open the water source and cut it off when I wasn't in the village. Then, you sent your fellow disciples to kill me, and when I wasn't there, they killed the people in our village.

If you have the ability, come for me. As martial artists, you killed innocent villagers. Blood debts must be repaid in blood. Today, I am here to kill you!"

The cold, icy voice made Li Yan's heart tremble, and he sobered up almost completely. Suddenly, he thought of a crucial question: "You know my fellow disciples went to your village, you saw them? How did you escape?"

"Because they are all dead, and you will soon join them," Lin Yiming's face was cold in the moonlight.

"My senior brothers are dead? Impossible, impossible!" Li Yan shook his head, shouting loudly. "They are all late-stage Spirit Lock experts, how could you kill all five of them alone! It must be that someone from your village secretly informed you, that's how you knew, it must be!"

"Spirit Lock? In front of me, they are just dirt and tiles!" Lin Yiming suddenly released his spiritual energy, which spread wildly around them.

"This... Wu Dao Ling Xin..." Li Yan's eyes went blank. Lin Yiming had achieved Wu Dao Ling Xin. How could a country bumpkin like him do this? It was simply unbelievable. How could he become a Wu Dao Ling Xin expert at such a young age?

I haven't become a Wu Dao Ling Xin in all these years, and this kid is already a Wu Dao Ling Xin!

No wonder he could say he killed the five senior brothers and now wants to kill me.

Thinking that Lin Yiming was here to kill him, Li Yan's body went limp. If Lin Yiming hadn't been holding him, he would have fallen to the ground long ago.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me. We will open the water source, and I won't say anything about my senior brothers. I'll pretend nothing happened," Li Yan quickly reacted, his hands waving as he begged for mercy, looking pitiful.

"Not kill you? How can I comfort the souls of the villagers who died in our village?" Lin Yiming's grip on Li Yan's shirt tightened, and he raised his fist, smashing it down.

A loud thud echoed, and Li Yan's face became blurred as he fell to the ground, his breathing cut off.

"All this happened because of you. If it weren't for you, the people in our village wouldn't have died. Killing the people in our village, I will make you pay with your blood. Besides, your fellow disciples are all dead. Leaving you alive to inform your sect would only bring trouble to our village. You must die!"

Lin Yiming muttered to himself and returned to the village.