The Return of the Condor Heroes: Starting with a Suicide Note and Conquering All Realms

On the east side of Peach Blossom Island, jagged rocks pierce the sky.

This reef area is a remote corner of the island. Dark brown rocks pierce the sky. Waves, whipping up white foam, crash against the rock walls with a deafening roar.

Guo Fu stood on a flat, elevated rock, her red dress fluttering in the sea breeze. Her chin was slightly raised, her expression haughty.

Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen stood on either side of Guo Fu behind her. The two brothers were dragging a heavy iron fishing net together, their eyes darting around, not daring to look directly ahead.

Three zhang ahead, on a low reef by the water, Yang Guo, wearing only a thin short shirt and barefoot, coldly watched the three of them.

"Yang Guo, aren't you usually quite capable?" Guo Fu kicked at the pebbles beneath her feet with her toe, her tone contemptuous. "Underneath these reefs, there's an extremely rare bioluminescent jellyfish. Neither Da Wu nor Xiao Wu dare to go down and catch them. If you dare to go down and catch a few, I'll be merciful and forgive you for what you did to me yesterday."

A poor attempt at provocation.

Yang Guo glanced at the unfathomable, dark seawater, then at the large iron net in the hands of the Wu brothers. The net was clearly intended to trap people.

The net has a very fine mesh, and heavy lead weights hang from its edges.

It's a trap. Even a blind person could see it's a trap.

But these three idiots simply don't understand what kind of backlash would be provoked by cornering a boy who grew up fighting his way up in the mud of the city.

"A glowing jellyfish, is it?" Yang Guo's lips curled into a mocking sneer. He cracked his knuckles as he moved his wrists. "Fine. Since Miss Guo wants to see one, I'll catch one for you. I just hope you don't wet your pants in fright later."

Yang Guo made up his mind. As soon as he entered the water, he would dive to the deepest part. Once the three men's nets failed, the boy would circle around to the reef from the bottom of the water and drag the three pampered young masters and ladies into the sea to drink some salt water.

Without wasting words, Yang Guo exerted force with both legs and plunged headfirst into the icy seawater.

Water splashed up.

"Cast the net!" Guo Fu screamed as she saw Yang Guo enter the water.

Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen swung their arms and threw the heavy iron fishing net toward the spot where Yang Guo had entered the water.

The wire mesh unfurled in mid-air, crashing into the sea with a whooshing sound. The lead weights, carrying the wire mesh, sank rapidly.

Underwater, Yang Guo had just opened his eyes and was preparing to swim to the side.

Darkness descended from above.

The iron fishing net sank faster than expected. Before Yang Guo could react, the heavy net had already descended upon him, pinning the boy down onto a huge staghorn coral reef.

The mesh was very small, and Yang Guo's hands and feet were entangled.

Yang Guo struggled fiercely, trying to tear the fishing net apart with brute force. But this net was a specially made iron net used by Peach Blossom Island to catch deep-sea sharks, and it was extremely tough. The more he struggled, the tighter the net lines tightened, and the rough wires cut his skin, drawing blood.

ashore.

Guo Fu clapped her hands triumphantly as she watched the churning water on the surface of the sea: "Let him be so arrogant as ever! Da Wu, Xiao Wu, tighten the rope, keep him underwater for half an incense stick's time, let him drink his fill of seawater before pulling him up!"

Wu Dunru and Wu Xiuwen grabbed the other end of the rope and stepped onto the reef.

"Don't worry, junior sister, he can't break free from this net!" Wu Dunru shouted, as if taking credit.

The smiles didn't linger on the three of them for long.

At the horizon, a white line of water rose. With a roar, the sea breeze became violent, whipping up water vapor.

The astronomical boom is here.

Seawater rushed in rapidly. The water level of the reef, which had only reached Yang Guo's waist, rose three feet in just a few breaths.

The icy seawater went over Yang Guo's head.

Underwater, Yang Guo's eyes were wide open, the air in his lungs being squeezed out little by little by the water pressure. Yang Guo twisted his body with all his might, trying to float to the surface, but the iron net hanging on the coral reef kept the boy firmly trapped at the bottom of the water.

A suffocating sensation gripped Yang Guo's throat.

"Brother! The water level is rising too fast! Quickly pull him up!" Wu Xiuwen looked at the reef being swallowed by the sea and was somewhat panicked.

The two brothers pulled hard on the rope.

"I can't pull it!" Wu Dunru's arms were bulging with veins, his palms were marked with deep bloodstains from the rough hemp rope, and his face was pale. "The net... the net is stuck on the underwater reef! A knot!"

"What?" Guo Fu's smugness vanished.

Guo Fu rushed to the edge and looked down. In the murky, churning sea, she could only vaguely see a dark shadow struggling. Bubbles rose from the surface—the last bit of oxygen in Yang Guo's lungs.

"Pull it up! You two good-for-nothings! Pull it up!" Guo Fu was so anxious that she jumped up and down, her voice trembling with tears.

The Wu brothers pulled the rope with all their might, and the rope was taut and made a snapping sound, but the iron net underwater did not budge.

The bubbles were decreasing. The struggles underwater visibly slowed down.

"He...he's not moving." Wu Xiuwen slumped down on the waterlogged rocks, trembling all over, a warm liquid seeping from his crotch.

"Murder...we've killed someone..." Guo Fu retreated repeatedly, slipped, and fell on a sharp seashell, cutting her palm.

The pain in her hand drove Guo Fu to madness. The girl scrambled to her feet and stumbled towards the island, crying, "Father! Mother! Help! Someone's dead!"

Da Wu and Xiao Wu exchanged a glance, threw down the rope, and stumbled after Guo Fu as they fled for their lives.

The descendants of three prestigious families, after committing a grave offense, chose instinctive cowardice.

……

High on a cliff.

Lin Yuan, dressed in tattered clothes, stood with his hands behind his back. The wind howled as his clothes rustled, but Lin Yuan stood motionless on the rock face.

Lin Yuan coldly watched the three figures fleeing in disarray.

Foolish. Malicious. Cowardly.

These are the greenhouse flowers that Huang Rong protected.

Lin Yuan withdrew his gaze and looked down at the churning sea. Lin Yuan wasn't in a hurry. Only a few dozen breaths had passed since Yang Guo was trapped. Lin Yuan knew Yang Guo's swimming skills; the boy's breath-holding ability, honed in the muddy ditch of Jiaxing, would allow him to hold out a little longer.

Lin Yuan raised his right hand, bringing his index and middle fingers together.

Within his dantian, the dark red Sovereign Flame surged along his meridians to his fingertips. If he were to leap off the cliff, a single flick of his finger would be enough to melt a large hole in the fine iron fishing net.

Just as Lin Yuan was about to bend his knees and jump down.

The heart constricts.

That was the instinctive warning generated by A-grade dragon blood when facing energy of the same level.

Lin Yuan opened his eyes.

Deep within his eyes, a pure golden light shone. His vertical pupils pierced through the mist on the sea surface.

The image on the retina was reconstructed by the Dragon Blood talent.

Less than 100 meters underwater from the reef area, a vortex of dark green true energy was rapidly moving along the seabed.

The true energy displaced the seawater, creating a vacuum zone. Wherever it passed, the fish and shrimp underwater turned white and died.

Toad Kung Fu.

Lin Yuan gasped.

In his search for his son, the old poisoner crossed the strait with his bare hands and made his way to Peach Blossom Island from the bottom of the water.

Lin Yuan dissipated the sovereign flames at his fingertips and disappeared into the shadows of the cliff.

With this old poison master around, Lin Yuan doesn't need to take action.

underwater.

Yang Guo's consciousness began to blur. Seawater poured into his nostrils. The boy's fingers dug into his flesh, but he still couldn't budge the iron net.

Just as Yang Guo was about to fall into darkness.

A surge of water pressure came from below.

A withered hand emerged from the darkness of the deep sea. Ignoring the hardness of the refined iron, the hand gripped the edge of the fishing net.

There were no unnecessary movements.

"Zheng—"

The sound of metal breaking echoed underwater.

The specially made iron mesh of Peach Blossom Island was torn open by claws, leaving a large gap.

A strong hand grabbed Yang Guo's collar.

A buoyant force carried the two of them, propelling them towards the sea.

"boom."

A column of water burst open on the sea surface. Water droplets fell.

Ouyang Feng's disheveled hair dripped with seawater, and his eyes were bloodshot. With one arm around Yang Guo, Ouyang Feng's tall body spun in mid-air and landed in a hidden natural cave halfway up the cliff.

"Bang."

With both feet on the ground, two footprints were left on the rock.

Ouyang Feng placed Yang Guo on the ground.

"Cough cough... cough cough cough." Yang Guo lay on the ground, vomiting the seawater in his stomach, his face pale and his whole body trembling.

Ouyang Feng looked at the bloody marks on his son's neck from the iron mesh, and at his broken fingers.

The crimson in the old poisoner's eyes spread to the entire white of his eye.

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

A low growl, like a toad, rolled out from deep within Ouyang Feng's throat. A surge of dark true energy expanded across his body, compressing the air within the cave and causing the surrounding rock walls to crack.

"Who did this! Who dares to hurt my son!" Ouyang Feng roared to the sky, "Father, go kill him! Kill everyone on this island!"

Ouyang Feng bent his knees slightly, preparing to unleash his Toad Style Kung Fu, and was about to burst out of the cave.

"Godfather, you've come at the perfect time."

A cold, eerie voice echoed in the darkness deep within the cave.

Ouyang Feng's energy faltered. The old poisoner turned his head and stared into the depths of the cave.

in the dark.

A pair of golden eyes with dark gold vertical stripes lit up.

Lin Yuan, his hands tucked into his tattered sleeves, stepped out of the shadows and into Ouyang Feng's sight, his footsteps light, each one landing with a strange rhythm.

There is no external release of true qi.

The oppressive aura emanating from those pure golden eyes caused Ouyang Feng, who was on the verge of going berserk, to instinctively contract the protective aura around his body.

"It's you..." Fragments of memory flashed through Ouyang Feng's mind, "Guo'er's elder brother."

"It's me." Lin Yuan walked up to Ouyang Feng and stopped. Lin Yuan glanced at Yang Guo, who was still panting on the ground, then raised his eyes and looked directly into the old poison master's bloodshot eyes.

"If your godfather wants to kill someone, there's no need to rush." ​​Lin Yuan's lips curled into a cold smile. "Guo Jing and Huang Rong will be at the seaside soon. If you rush out now, you'll only drag Guo'er into their formation together."

Lin Yuan stepped aside, revealing a hidden crevice behind the cave that led directly to the heart of Peach Blossom Island.

"I'll lead the way. We'll go to Guo Jing's study." Lin Yuan's golden eyes gleamed in the dim cave. "There, there are even more interesting things."