Chapter 462: Different Now
After hearing Bai Zhicheng’s words, Lin Yun scanned the group. He could see the irrepressible excitement in everyone’s eyes. ’The humiliation they had endured was finally being vented at this very moment,’ he thought.
With a faint smile, Lin Yun said lightly, "Let’s move out. We’ll gather the rest of our Flawless Palace people first. The most brutal fighting is about to begin."
It was difficult to keep track of time within the ruins, but by Lin Yun’s estimation, more than a day had passed since they first entered.
He led the group deeper into the ruins. For an entire day, they didn’t see a single other person. Because two members of their party were heavily injured, their pace wasn’t fast.
Finally, after another day, Lin Yun’s group encountered some people—a party of five. Judging by their clothes, Bai Zhicheng told Lin Yun that they belonged to a force affiliated with the Wuji Sect.
Since they were only an affiliated force of the Wuji Sect, Lin Yun didn’t intend to cause them trouble. He called over a Direct Disciple and had him go ask if they had any news of Lu Bingning and Lan Xi.
Receiving Lin Yun’s order, the Direct Disciple hurried forward. Before long, however, Lin Yun saw him arguing with the group of five.
"Let’s go take a look." Unsure what the argument was about, Lin Yun said to Bai Zhicheng beside him.
The party walked toward the five men. As they drew closer, Lin Yun and the others could finally hear the contents of their argument.
"Well, well, isn’t this a disciple from the Flawless Palace? What’s the matter, get separated from your fellow disciples?"
"You Flawless Palace trash, hand over the Space Ring on you and we’ll spare your life."
Hearing their taunts, Lin Yun immediately understood what the argument was about. Seeing the Flawless Palace disciple alone, these five had decided to mock him.
Listening to the five men’s jeers, the Direct Disciple’s face darkened. It wasn’t the first time he’d been ridiculed by these affiliated forces, but that was in the past. Now, they had Lin Yun.
"Do the affiliated forces of the other Four Great Forces all dare to mock our Flawless Palace disciples like this?" Lin Yun asked Bai Zhicheng, his expression unchanging.
"Eldest Senior Brother, while these affiliated forces wouldn’t dare disrespect the Flawless Palace openly, they’ve secretly bullied our disciples quite a bit," Bai Zhicheng replied.
Hearing this, Lin Yun nodded indifferently, then ordered in a cold voice, "For disrespecting the Flawless Palace, slaughter them."
Lin Yun’s voice was calm, yet laced with a chilling coldness. Hearing his command, the Flawless Palace disciples roared as one, "KILL!"
The sudden roar stunned the five disciples from the Wuji Sect’s affiliated force. Turning to see more than ten Flawless Palace disciples charging at them, the five panicked.
"What are you doing? I’m telling you, Senior Brother Song of the Wuji Sect will be here any moment! If you don’t want to die, you’d better run now." Resorting to their old tricks, the five immediately brought up Song Tianyang’s name.
In the past, if they heard Song Tianyang was on his way and their opponents had already backed down, the Flawless Palace disciples would have definitely left. They wouldn’t have chosen to fight head-on with the other Five Great Forces.
Today, however, the Flawless Palace disciples were different. Hearing Song Tianyang’s name, they showed no reaction at all. In fact, the killing intent radiating from them only grew stronger.
The Direct Disciple who had been taunted earlier was especially fierce. He had already smashed his fist into one of the men’s chests, saying coldly, "It’s useless even if Song Tianyang comes. Our Eldest Senior Brother isn’t afraid of him."
"Eldest Senior Brother?" Hearing this, the five men voiced their confusion. ’The Flawless Palace has an Eldest Senior Brother now? Could it be that they’ve also produced a Demon Fiend?’
Surrounded and besieged by the Flawless Palace disciples, the five men had almost no chance to fight back before they were hacked to death.
Lin Yun glanced indifferently at the five corpses and instructed, "Collect their Space Rings. Let’s go."
After quickly collecting the five men’s Space Rings, Lin Yun’s party set off once more.
Along the way, they encountered several more groups of disciples from other forces, including disciples from the Wuji Sect and an affiliated force of the Celestial Eagle Valley.
Their groups weren’t large; the biggest one had only seven people.
At first, Lin Yun had considered not killing indiscriminately. But he soon discovered these people were truly courting death. ’A mere affiliated force dares to speak so arrogantly to disciples of the Flawless Palace?’
In the end, Lin Yun simply let loose. As long as they weren’t disciples from the Flawless Palace or the Spiritual Light Pavilion, he killed them all.
After killing three consecutive groups of disciples from other forces, Lin Yun and his party spotted a group of Taiqing Academy disciples on a highland area.
This group from the Taiqing Academy was quite large, similar in number to their own party, with over twenty people.
Lin Yun saw them, and naturally, the Taiqing Academy disciples saw him too. Instantly, smiles appeared on their faces. "Senior Brother, it’s disciples from the Flawless Palace. Should we kill them?"
"No need. We’re waiting for Brother Wei here. Just drive them away," replied a Core Disciple from the Taiqing Academy.
"You got it." Facing the Flawless Palace, it was clear that these Taiqing Academy disciples were completely at ease, showing no signs of tension whatsoever.
Hearing his senior brother’s words, a Direct Disciple from the Taiqing Academy quickly approached Lin Yun’s group, his gaze toward them filled with arrogance.
"The Taiqing Academy has business here. Scram, now. Otherwise, don’t blame us for getting rough," the Taiqing Academy disciple said scornfully, showing the Flawless Palace no respect at all.
In his mind, he was certain the Flawless Palace disciples would run away with their tails between their legs. In the past, whenever they encountered disciples from other forces, the Flawless Palace would avoid them like the plague; they were lucky if they weren’t humiliated.
However, what he didn’t expect was that upon hearing his words, not a single Flawless Palace disciple moved. They simply looked at Lin Yun with calm expressions, showing no sign of leaving.
"Are you deaf? Our Brother Wei will be here any second! Scram if you don’t want to die!" he shouted again.
But it was the same as before. The Flawless Palace disciples remained motionless, their expressions not even flickering.
Following their gazes, the man’s eyes landed on Lin Yun. It seemed Lin Yun was the senior brother of this group.
"Hey, are you scared stupid? Our Brother Wei is about to arrive. Scram if you don’t want to die," the man said with extreme arrogance, pointing a finger at Lin Yun’s forehead.
"Junior Bai, kill him," Lin Yun said lightly upon seeing this.
Hearing Lin Yun’s words, the Taiqing Academy disciple thought for a moment that he had misheard. ’This person from the Flawless Palace dares to kill me?’
However, before he could even react, Bai Zhicheng’s Short Blade had already sliced across his neck, and a stream of bright red blood flowed out.
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