novelraw Chapter 498: Die!
Chapter 498: Die!
Zhu Tao wanted a gentleman’s fight, an honorable and straightforward battle, so Zhu Tao warned Lin Feng once more about what his move would be like, with only one goal in mind: to experience firsthand just how skilled Lin Feng was. That way, even if he would die, he would die without regret.
"Are you truly prepared to fight to the death?" Lin Feng asked again, finding himself increasingly convinced that Zhu Tao dying for the sake of drug traffickers was tragic and unworthy. To encounter a martial artist like Zhu Tao, so loyal and upright, was rare. It would be such a waste for him to die here; such a person should not just perish at his hand...
"If not for the Ruan Family, I would have lost my life long ago. If not for the Ruan Family, I would not have my life today, so today I can only fight to my death!" After saying this, Zhu Tao immediately activated the secret technique, transforming into someone entirely different: his eyes turned red, his skin turned red, and the visible parts of his body all displayed eerily bulging blue veins...
Zhu Tao had never imagined he would resort to using this secret technique. When he was learning from his master, his master had taught him this technique and told him that after using the secret technique, he would instantly possess more than twice his usual strength, but after its use, all his cultivation power would disappear completely, and he would only have a month to live at most. He was warned never to use it unless it was absolutely necessary in a desperate life-or-death situation.
However, Zhu Tao did not regret it. After dying, he would owe nothing to the Ruan Family anymore and would no longer need to arrange any other matters for them. Moreover, dying at the hands of a superb master like Lin Feng was an honor, a fitting end!
Once the secret technique was fully activated, Zhu Tao’s body emitted a powerful stream of energy, creating a nearly ten meter wide crater beneath him and sending out shockwaves in all directions!
No one expected that at this moment, Zhu Tao would advance!
So this is what being an S-rank is like. No wonder Lin Feng is so terrifying. Savoring the vast sea of True Qi within, Zhu Tao felt an exhilarating rush. He knew he would only experience this state for a short while, but even this brief moment satisfied Zhu Tao. He never thought he would get to experience the feeling of being an S-rank expert in his lifetime!
With that thought, Zhu Tao raced over to the side where the Ancient Sword ’Annihilator’ was, picked it up, and caressed it lovingly. If he was not mistaken, this would be his last use of it, so he might as well use it to bring things to a close!
"Be careful!" Zhu Tao shouted, warning Lin Feng to stay alert. He gripped the Ancient Sword ’Annihilator’ tightly with both hands, raised it high, and suddenly leaped into the air, leaving behind a crater over six meters in diameter and more than two meters deep.
"Boom!"
At the apex of his jump, he channeled all his True Qi crazily into ’Annihilator,’ his hands pressing down as a Sword Qi around twenty to thirty meters long, with the momentum to obliterate everything, roared towards Lin Feng as he bellowed,
"Go!"
"Whoosh!"
Lin Feng was surprised to see Zhu Tao entering S-rank the moment he used the secret technique, but he quickly understood that Zhu Tao’s secret technique must be similar to the Li Family’s secret medicine—temporarily boosting potential at a great cost. Looking at Zhu Tao’s current state, it would not be long before his cultivation power was exhausted, or even worse, before he died...
As the Sword Qi unleashed by Zhu Tao sped towards him, Lin Feng did not hesitate or think further; he waved his hand and sent Sword Qi flying towards Zhu Tao too. However, Lin Feng’s Sword Qi was pale golden and only about ten meters long, barely half the size of Zhu Tao’s Sword Qi.
"Clang!"
An invisible Sword Qi and a pale golden Sword Qi collided, causing an earth-shattering boom, but it did not end there. Lin Feng’s Sword Qi forcibly broke through Zhu Tao’s Sword Qi and continued towards the still-falling Zhu Tao.
Ah! How could this be? His Sword Qi shouldn’t be like this!
Zhu Tao was completely stunned midair, as he had not expected Lin Feng’s Sword Qi to be only about ten meters long and pale golden, and what was even more shocking, capable of piercing through his own Sword Qi!
This can’t be, this can’t be!
His master had said before that only those at the S-rank could release amplified Sword Qi through their weapons, and even those who had just entered the S-rank could casually release Sword Qi at least twenty to thirty meters long. But Lin Feng’s Sword Qi was only about ten meters in length, pale golden, and... What on earth was going on!
Zhu Tao could hardly believe what was happening. Usually, when Sword Qi met Sword Qi of similar strength, they would cancel each other out. Yet, Lin Feng’s mysteriously powerful Sword Qi had cleanly sliced through his own, this was too...
But Lin Feng’s pale golden Sword Qi was already about to hit him, and Zhu Tao instinctively tried to block it with the Ancient Sword in his hand.
While the thought was good, reality proved otherwise. Although he managed to block Lin Feng’s Sword Qi, Zhu Tao was completely overwhelmed and knocked to the ground.
"Boom!"
The ground was torn apart by Lin Feng’s Sword Qi, creating a trench over twenty meters long and nearly a meter wide, and Zhu Tao was pressed into the deep trench by the formidable force of the Sword Qi.
Just as Zhu Tao was struggling to stand up, Lin Feng, who appeared out of nowhere, stabbed the Windbreaker Sword towards Zhu Tao’s throat as fast as lightning.
Zhu Tao realized at this moment that he was finally going to die. He didn’t struggle and closed his eyes, knowing that struggling was futile.
But what Zhu Tao had never dreamed of was that just as Lin Feng’s sword tip was a hair’s breadth from his throat, it suddenly stopped. However, the air the sword tip had carried had already sliced a small cut on the skin of his neck.
"Pu!"
Zhu Tao felt as if all his internal organs were about to tear apart and couldn’t hold back a mouthful of fresh blood. He felt his cultivation power rapidly dissipating and his consciousness beginning to blur. His eyes grew heavy, and he knew he was close to death—so this was what dying felt like...
Just then, Lin Feng’s hand flickered, and several silver needles pierced Zhu Tao’s body.
"You..." Zhu Tao managed to open his eyes and look at Lin Feng in confusion, knowing that Lin Feng was trying to save him, but not understanding why. Especially since he had already used the secret technique and life was ebbing away, what was the point of Lin Feng saving him?
"You are now dead to the world. You have repaid your debts to the Ruan Family. From today on, your life is mine," Lin Feng said indifferently, intent on saving Zhu Tao’s life. He didn’t want Zhu Tao to just die like this.
"..." Zhu Tao wanted to say something but could not utter a single word as his consciousness quickly faded. He thought to himself that it seemed he was really dying; his mind suddenly cleared, then his head drooped as he passed out.
Looking at Zhu Tao, who had fainted, Lin Feng walked straight into the house and kicked the unconscious Ruan father and son awake.
"You!"
"You!"
Seeing Lin Feng appear before them, the Ruan father and son already knew the outcome—they were doomed! Lin Feng being there meant that Zhu Tao must be dead; the Zhu Tao they had relied on for so many years was no more!
"Zhu Tao’s life is mine, and now it’s time for you to die as well! But before you do, tell me where you keep your important information," Lin Feng asked with a very cold face, looking at the two drug lords. Killing them would mean their subordinates would continue to wreak havoc, so it would be better to locate the critical information and destroy the source of the malicious influence.
"Just make it quick. All the important files are in the safe behind the desk. Just take them yourself," Ruan Tiansheng sighed, shaking his head, and spoke resignedly. His life was already past saving, and there was no point in holding on to anything else, so he answered Lin Feng directly, hoping for a swift end.
Upon hearing his father’s words, Ruan Jun had nothing more to say and could not help but let his tears fall. He truly didn’t want to die like this; he had not had his fill of the outside world. If given another chance, he would never provoke Qian Duoduo and Lin Feng again, and even... even he would not want to go to Tianhai. But now he realized more clearly that regrets were useless, and this was his and his father’s end. They stood no chance of surviving in the presence of a supreme expert like Lin Feng. No one could!
"Die!" Having obtained what he wanted, Lin Feng waved his hand and pulled out a Gang Qi that extended four or five meters, decapitating the Ruan father and son in an instant. He then walked over to Ruan Tiansheng’s desk, easily opened the safe, and casually flipped through some items. Glancing at their content, he threw them into his backpack and turned to leave.
As Lin Feng stepped out of the house, he swung his Ancient Sword, and a pale golden Sword Gang, over ten meters long, instantly destroyed the house, leaving it collapsed in ruins.
"Now to check on those nine people," he muttered to himself, vanishing from the spot in a flash.
From the moment Lin Feng appeared to his departure, it was a very short time, taking merely a few minutes...
......
The loud noise from Ruan Tiansheng’s location had already caught the attention of many subordinates, who quickly gathered their forces and stopped setting fires to rush towards Ruan Tiansheng’s residence. However, when they arrived, they were stunned by the sight before them—this... this...
Large craters several meters in diameter littered the ground!
Several deep trenches!
All the green bricks shattered!
Ruan Tiansheng’s house had become a pile of rubble!
...
What in the world had happened? What had caused such terrifying destruction... Had immortals been fighting here?
Everyone at the scene was baffled, unable to comprehend the disaster before their eyes. It looked as if it had been through a cataclysm, something beyond the understanding of ordinary people. All they could think to explain the situation was that they must have seen a ghost...