New and dark light years

Chapter 396 Who says officials can't kill?
An Xin watched his fellow disciples go to their deaths, but he was powerless to stop them.

Only those of higher skill, including myself and a few junior brothers, were spared this calamity.

But... if only a few of the hundreds of people in Tianyi Sect are left, can it still be called Tianyi Sect?

Li Lin looked at An Xin and said calmly, "If you become the next sect leader, Tianyi Sect will still exist. But if you don't become the sect leader, I will have Tianyi Sect expelled from the list."

An Xin was stunned for a moment upon hearing this, then closed his eyes in pain and stopped speaking.

Li Lin walked past him and glanced at the Tianyi Sect disciples protecting An Xin.

These people looked at him with anger and fear. They hated him to death, but they didn't dare to lay a hand on him, or even say anything harsh.

After all, the previous killings were simply too shocking.

When it comes to killing... no force is more professional than the military.

The captain led his troops and pressed forward all the way.

Besides the disciples who learn martial arts, Tianyi Sect also has many family members and servants.

If they do not resist or fight back, the captain will pretend he didn't see anything and let them go.

If anyone dares to resist, regardless of age or gender, a volley of arrows will first rain down upon them, followed by a formation of fish-scale shields.

People from the martial arts world cannot confront a well-organized army head-on; their only option is to flee.

Unfortunately, the entire Tianyi Gate was surrounded, and the nearby high places were filled with scattered, well-trained archers.

There's no escaping it.

Soon, the army had already approached the 'back mountain' of Tianyi Gate.

It's called the back mountain, but it's actually just a relatively high mound.

A secret cave was dug inside the mound, where some of the Tianyi Sect's most important items were kept.

At this moment, Ye Huan and most of the elders of Tianyi Sect were standing here.

The candlelight in the secret cave flickered slightly, and the expressions on Ye Huan and the elders' faces were also gloomy and unreadable.

In the middle of them, a large 'spider' was feeding.

This spider is 'Xichang'. Its face is no longer human-shaped and is almost indistinguishable from a spider's head. Only its body still shows some traces of human features.

A crunching sound rang out as a spider began to gnaw at a human arm.

The others just watched quietly, as if they were watching something happy.

After the spider finished eating the arm, it began to look around restlessly, hissing and becoming somewhat impatient.

"It seems it's still not enough." Ye Huan frowned slightly. "It's almost there."

At that moment, a commotion could be faintly heard outside the secret cave.

"We're just one crucial step away." Ye Huan's gaze swept over the elders: "Who among you is willing... to serve the Tianyi Sect faithfully?"

No one spoke, and everyone stepped back.

Ye Huan looked at the shortest elder among them: "Elder Ye, you have no parents above you, no wife or children below you, why not be loyal to the emperor!"

"I only eat, so my whole family isn't hungry." Elder Ye's face was dark as he sneered, "I'm unwilling. If you can't kill me, I'll hunt you down to the ends of the earth."

Ye Huan looked at the others and said helplessly, "Then I'll go outside and grab someone to come in. Elder Fang, please activate the mechanism so I can get out."

The elder was an old woman. She nodded gently, turned around, and reached out to pull a bronze handle.

In the instant she turned around, Ye Huan stomped his right leg hard, then silently appeared behind the old woman, pressing down with both palms.

This attack was carried out almost without making a sound.

But the old woman suddenly turned around, striking first despite being behind, and exchanged a palm strike with Ye Huan.

The two retreated simultaneously; Ye Huan took three steps back, while Elder Fang took five.

Her body slammed against the cave wall, causing her blood to surge.

"Sect Leader Ye, you actually..."

But before she could finish speaking, she saw all the elders around her raise their hands.

Boom!
A muffled sound came from the secret cave.

About three breaths later, Elder Fang, who had been almost beaten into a pulp, was thrown in front of the spider monster.

The spider monster began to devour the food without hesitation.

The elders once again looked at the scene with eager eyes.

At the same time, the sounds coming from outside the secret cave were getting closer and closer.

There were even sounds of iron tools striking the rocks heavily.

This is how the soldiers of the garrison used this method to see where there were partitions.

"These people are quite troublesome," Ye Huan clicked his tongue.

At that moment, iron tools finally struck the hidden stone door of the secret cave.

It made a thumping sound, clearly different from other knocking sounds.

"Found it, there's a secret room here..."

Excited voices could be faintly heard coming in.

Meanwhile, the spider monster had almost finished devouring Elder Fang.

The crowd drew closer, looking at him with eager anticipation.

As expected, the spider devoured Elder Fang's last remaining body in a few bites.

Thanks to the powerful martial artist's exaggerated blood energy and considerable vital energy, the spider-man's body gradually grew larger as it ate. By the time it finished eating, its flesh had expanded to twice its original size.

"It's done!"

Ye Huan yelled, grabbed the spider's head with his left hand, and kicked its body with his right leg. With that kick and pull, he tore the spider-man's head off.

A large amount of red and green blood gushed out from inside the spider's body.

Ye Huan's face revealed a crazy smile. He inserted his right hand into the bleeding neck and groped around for a while before pulling out a green bead about the size of a peanut.

If Li Lin were here, he would be able to tell that this thing is a spirit energy bead.

It was much smaller than the one Li Lin had obtained. He immediately stepped back and swallowed the bead.

At this moment, the other elders rushed up, each displaying their unique abilities, and pierced the spider's body with countless holes. They reached inside, just like Ye Huan, trying to find those small beads inside.

But... even after turning the spider into almost nothing, they still couldn't find it.

At this moment, Ye Huan had already begun to attract the spiritual energy of the little bead.

Before long, two strange lines appeared on his face, looking like carapace, but also somewhat like segments of longhorn beetle tentacles embedded inside.

The elders immediately turned to look at Ye Huan. They also had strange markings on their faces, but not as obvious as Ye Huan's.

Why are there no other beads?

"Ye Huan, you lied to us. You said there would be more than a dozen."

"How dare you…"

As the elders cursed, the stench of insects grew stronger throughout the secret cave.

Ye Huan laughed loudly, his face clearly showing madness.

At this moment, the stone door of the secret cave had been smashed by more than a dozen sledgehammers. Ye Huan was facing the cave entrance, while the elders had their backs to it.

He pushed his hands outwards, and a dark, powerful wind suddenly arose, with a violent shockwave sweeping through everything in the cave.

The ten elders turned into minced meat upon feeling the warmth, spraying outwards in a jet-like motion.

When Li Lin arrived, he saw a huge cloud of blood mist spraying out of the cave entrance.

At the same time, the soldiers who were surrounding the cave entrance were also blown away by the strong wind.

Several of them even landed right in front of him.

The soldiers were all rolling on the ground, writhing in agony.

Although their limbs were broken, it seemed that none of them had died.

Li Lin looked towards the cave entrance and saw Ye Huan walking out of it.

Ye Huan's appearance had changed drastically at this point.

His face was covered with segmented tendrils that grew from the sides of his cheeks to the top of his head, then broke through his hair, grew high up, and then hung down.

"Longhorn beetle!"

Seeing Ye Huan's appearance, Li Lin made this judgment in his mind.

"County Commandant Li." Ye Huan saw Li Lin and slowly walked over.

The soldiers around him were terrified by his appearance.

However, upon realizing that his target was Li Lin, the soldiers suddenly gained courage, turned back, and stood in front of Li Lin.

The captain even shouted, "Commander-in-Chief, something is very wrong with the enemy. It's an evil creature. Please retreat immediately!"

Almost every soldier was trembling. They had never seen such a monster before, but none of them ran away. They protected Li Lin with all their might.

Ye Huan walked to a spot three zhang in front of Li Lin and said smugly, "Not long ago, Xin'er said, 'You're an official, how can I attack you?' I said, 'So what if you're an official? Does that mean I can't kill you?' Look, can I kill you now?"

Li Lin looked Ye Huan up and down, and at the same time, he sensed the chaotic spiritual energy emanating from Ye Huan.

It looks very similar to the spiritual energy bead I absorbed before.

Then, thinking about the Tianyi Sect's practice of raising Gu people, he suddenly understood everything.

"You ate the spirit pearl?"

Ye Huan looked bewildered: "So that little thing is called a Spirit Bead. It seems you know about it too... but you don't seem to have eaten it."

Li Lin raised his eyebrows.

He had already eaten, but didn't feel well, so he didn't eat anymore.

After all, that kind of spiritual energy is too chaotic, and it contains the soul consciousness of 'Gu'. Even if it doesn't manifest at the time, it will cause endless trouble in the future.

If Li Lin hadn't possessed the Illusionary Realm of Obscurity, which obliterated the Gu Spirit's consciousness, otherwise... this thing would definitely have become a 'mental demon' or a weakness in his soul in the future.

"Three moves!" Ye Huan looked at Li Lin: "Do you believe me if I kill you in three moves?"

The evil spirit wine fell into Li Lin's hands, and at the same time the paper figure fell to the ground and transformed into six tree fairy goddesses.

"I do not believe!"

"Then give it a try."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Huan clasped his hands together, and a black 'ball' appeared.

Just as he was about to transform the ball into a violent gust of wind and blow it away, he suddenly felt a disturbance in the air above.

Then three bolts of lightning struck.

He had no choice but to interrupt the spell and jump back.

"Your lightning strike technique... is quite extraordinary."

The two longhorn beetle tentacles danced as Ye Huan spoke, looking extremely sinister.

At this moment, the six tree fairy goddesses had already surrounded him.

"Fire arrows! Fire arrows!" the captain shouted.

A hail of arrows rained down.

Ye Huan neither dodged nor evaded.

There seemed to be a faint black aura around him, which deflected the arrows aimed at him.

Li Lin looked at the other person without showing any fear.

Because... the opponent isn't strong.

It's far inferior to that enormous witchcraft in Cenxi County.

He once again held the hand seal for the lightning strike incantation.

"It's useless..."

Ye Huan was about to mock him when he saw six large tails suddenly swinging over.

(End of this chapter)