Chapter 524: Slay
Both of them had used a Secret Technique, yet the result was the same. Young Master Cao was still being completely overwhelmed by Lin Yun, unable to gain any advantage whatsoever.
After a fierce exchange, Lin Yun’s Demon Bone Heaven-Dominating Spear shot out, piercing straight through Young Master Cao’s left shoulder. At the same time, Lin Yun seized the opportunity, blasting Young Master Cao more than ten meters away with a Black Steel Tyrant Fist.
Even after using his Secret Technique, he was still no match for Lin Yun. Young Master Cao spat out a large mouthful of blood, his eyes filled with terror as he looked at Lin Yun.
Young Master Cao was no tough guy. As the son of Cao Tianxing, the director of the Celestial Spirit Auction House in the Eastern Domain, he had always been the type to bully the weak and fear the strong.
Relying on his father’s power, Young Master Cao had committed many evil deeds. Furthermore, he was Cao Tianxing’s only son, and Cao Tianxing doted on him excessively. Whenever Young Master Cao did something truly heinous, Cao Tianxing would do everything in his power to clean up the mess.
Lin Yun landed slowly in front of him. Seeing Lin Yun holding the Demon Bone Heaven-Dominating Spear, his face filled with cold intent, Young Master Cao hurriedly begged for mercy, "Don’t kill me, don’t kill me! I’ll do anything, just don’t kill me!"
As he spoke, Young Master Cao fell to his knees and began to kowtow repeatedly to Lin Yun.
A look of contempt appeared on Lin Yun’s face. He had no intention of sparing him just because he was begging. ’This kind of person is utterly despicable. If I let him go, he won’t be grateful. He’ll just find a way to get revenge.’
’There’s no doubt that if I don’t kill him today, he’ll report this to the Celestial Spirit Auction House Headquarters—and he’ll definitely embellish the story.’
Without another word, just as Lin Yun prepared to deal the final blow, Young Master Cao, who was still kneeling and kowtowing, suddenly produced two silver needles from his Space Ring.
He shot them at Lin Yun from a tricky angle. Although Lin Yun dodged one, the other Silver Needle still managed to pierce his right arm.
"Haha, what an idiot! Did you really think I would kowtow and beg you for mercy? That was just a ploy to deceive you!" Seeing that Lin Yun had been hit, Young Master Cao instantly scrambled to his feet, laughing heartily, his face a mask of smug triumph.
"This is no ordinary Silver Needle," Young Master Cao said. "It’s the Seven-Flower Life-taking Needle, unique to the Celestial Spirit Auction House."
The Seven-Flower Life-taking Needle was created by a famous Gold Order holder from the Celestial Spirit Auction House. The entire needle is coated in a deadly poison with no known antidote. The moment you circulate the Elemental Power in your body, the poison will flare up and kill you instantly.
"You little bastard! Now that you’ve been hit with the Seven-Flower Life-taking Needle, the moment you circulate your Elemental Power, the poison will flare up and kill you! Haha!" Young Master Cao laughed maniacally.
In Young Master Cao’s mind, Lin Yun’s death was certain. If he circulated his Elemental Power, he’d die from the poison. If he didn’t, Young Master Cao would kill him himself.
He felt no shame for the scene just now where he had been kneeling and begging. Perhaps people like Young Master Cao simply don’t know the meaning of dignity. To them, anything—and everything—could be sacrificed to achieve their goals.
Lin Yun ignored Young Master Cao. Instead, he secretly circulated the Demon Emperor Technique to neutralize the Seven-Flower Life-taking Needle inside his body.
’This Seven-Flower Life-taking Needle isn’t forged from metal,’ Lin Yun deduced. ’It must be a pre-concocted venom, condensed into the shape of a needle through some kind of Secret Technique.’
’Once it pierces the body, it instantly dissolves into the bloodstream, spreading the venom throughout the system in moments. It’s just as he said—for most people, there would be no saving them.’
However, that applied to other people. Lin Yun was already circulating the Demon Emperor Technique. Recently, aside from his regular cultivation, he had spent some time studying the technique in depth.
Lin Yun had discovered that the Demon Emperor’s Blood Pool could not only be used as an external Secret Technique to kill enemies, but could also be deployed inside his own body. The principle was similar to his Thunderfire Bombardment, only the Demon Emperor’s Blood Pool was far more profound.
After all, the Demon Emperor’s Blood Pool could absorb any type of energy. When deployed internally, it could absorb toxins from within the body and expel them completely.
To put it simply, by cultivating the Demon Emperor Technique, Lin Yun was immune to all poisons.
However, he hadn’t yet cultivated the Demon Emperor Technique to an advanced level, so he couldn’t claim to be able to neutralize every poison under the heavens. Still, the toxin from the Seven-Flower Life-taking Needle was well within his ability to handle.
As the Demon Emperor Technique circulated, a Demon Emperor’s Blood Pool formed within Lin Yun, covering every corner of his internal systems. The moment it took shape, the poison from the Seven-Flower Life-taking Needle was rapidly absorbed into it.
Young Master Cao had no idea that Lin Yun had already neutralized the poison. He swaggered up to Lin Yun, and seeing him remain silent for so long, assumed he was scared witless.
"Haha! Get on your knees and give me a few good kowtows, and I might consider giving you a quick death!" he crowed arrogantly.
Little did he know, the words had barely left his lips when Lin Yun’s arm shot out, catching him completely off guard and clamping down on his throat.
PTUI—! A spray of black, toxic blood erupted from Lin Yun’s mouth. It was the poison from the Seven-Flower Life-taking Needle, absorbed and now expelled by the Demon Emperor’s Blood Pool.
"You... How is this possible?! You were hit by the Seven-Flower Life-taking Needle! How are you okay? You... you circulated your Elemental Power...!" Young Master Cao, whose throat was gripped in an iron vice, choked out in disbelief.
’How can this be happening? He was clearly hit by the Seven-Flower Life-taking Needle! Why is he fine? How can he still circulate his Elemental Power?’
Ignoring Young Master Cao’s shocked cries, Lin Yun stated coldly, "You aren’t even worthy of kowtowing to me."
As he finished speaking, Lin Yun’s fingers tightened slightly. A sickening CRACK of breaking bone followed as he crushed Young Master Cao’s throat. In an instant, the young master’s life faded.
Meanwhile, Cao Tianxing was besieged by Luo Feng and the others. When he saw Lin Yun execute his son, the already heavily injured man became distracted. He stared at Young Master Cao’s body and roared in grief and fury.
"My son! You bastard, you dared to kill my son! I’ll kill you!"
However, in his current state, Cao Tianxing didn’t even have the right to fight Lin Yun to the death. In that moment of distraction, Luo Feng landed a palm strike on his chest. Instantly, Cao Tianxing violently spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood.
With his defenses down and injury piled upon injury, the Six Supreme Elders naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity. Their attacks landed almost simultaneously—six palms of pure Elemental Power slamming into Cao Tianxing’s body.
Forced to take the full brunt of the Six Supreme Elders’ attacks, even an ultimate expert at the Limit of the Spirit Realm like Cao Tianxing was now spent.
The skin and muscle on his body were nearly torn to shreds by the force of their attacks. He crashed heavily to the ground, continuously spitting blood as he roared at Luo Feng and the others with a mixture of grief, fury, and helplessness.
"Luo Feng... I’ll haunt you... even in death!"
With those final words, Cao Tianxing breathed his last.
A dignified, supreme expert at the Limit of the Spirit Realm, a man just one step away from shedding his mortality and achieving sainthood, was now well and truly dead.
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