Chapter 27: You Deserve to Die

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Outside the city of Lan, dark clouds gathered ominously. Suddenly, a thunderous shout exploded in the air: "Splendid!"

Lin Yi's long-awaited tenth golden core had finally formed, a moment he had waited nearly a century to achieve. At the same time, the thunder tribulation he had prepared for arrived instantly.

Crackling. Bolts of lightning, thick as fingers, struck Lin Yi with brutal force.

"Good, let it come." Lin Yi neither dodged nor avoided. For others, a thunder tribulation was a disaster, but for him, it was an opportunity.

The immense power of the tribulation steadily helped Lin Yi stabilize the golden core within his body.

Ten minutes later, the thunder slowly dissipated.

Lin Yi exhaled a breath of white mist, opened his eyes, and within his pupils, faint arcs of lightning still danced.

He had just dismissed the illusion formation he had set up around him when the shrill ring of a phone echoed.

Lin Yi glanced at the caller—Wang Yang.

"Teacher, I finally managed to get through to you," Wang Yang said urgently.

"What is it?" Lin Yi asked.

"Teacher, it's my fault. Miss Dou Dou has been captured by the Tong family's grandmaster. He wants you to meet him at Dragon Tiger Cliff. He also said..." Wang Yang hesitated.

"Speak," Lin Yi's voice remained cold.

But Wang Yang understood—his teacher was enraged.

"Yes, teacher. He said if you don't arrive within three hours, he'll break one of Miss Dou Dou's bones every minute," Wang Yang replied, trembling.

A deep, abyss-like light flickered in Lin Yi's dark pupils. He continued, "How much time has passed?"

"Three and a half hours," Wang Yang answered.

"Alright, I understand."

Lin Yi hung up, his gaze piercing the void, fixed on a distant place.

Dragon Tiger Cliff—a famous tourist spot in Jiang Province. It was said that a dragon had once appeared here.

Of course, that was merely legend. The cliff's most renowned feature was the stone sculpture atop the mountain depicting a dragon and tiger locked in combat.

Lin Yi took a deep breath—the joy of forming a golden core instantly vanished.

"You all deserve to die!"

He kicked off with his legs, vanishing from sight.

A minute later, he arrived at Dragon Tiger Cliff, already surrounded by countless security guards.

Lin Yi ignored them, heading straight to the summit, his eyes falling on the barely breathing Lin Dou Dou.

Her entire body was drenched in blood; if not for sheer willpower, she would have already been dead.

Xue Zhen spoke, "You must be Lin Yi. Tell me, who is the grandmaster behind you? He killed my junior, and must repay his blood debt."

Yet Lin Yi didn't spare him a glance. He knelt beside Lin Dou Dou, gently caressing the girl's cheek.

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Lin Dou Dou forced her eyes open, a faint smile appearing on her pale face. "Lin Yi, it's so good to see you again. But I really wish you hadn't come."

"Why?" Lin Yi asked, as he transferred a trace of true energy into Dou Dou's body.

His golden cores were unlike others—each possessed its own unique trait.

For instance, when Lin Yi refined pills, he had a core devoted solely to releasing pill fire.

"Of course, I don't want you to get hurt," Lin Dou Dou replied earnestly.

Lin Yi smiled softly. "Don't worry. I'll be fine, and you'll be fine too. Dou Dou, didn't you say you would protect me?"

"But I don't think I can keep my promise," Lin Dou Dou said.

"You can. No one can take you from my side—not even the King of Hell. Sleep well, when you wake up, everything will be over."

Lin Yi gently tapped Dou Dou's forehead. Dou Dou gazed deeply at him one last time before drifting into a deep sleep.

Xue Zhen watched with a sidelong glance. "Alright, now tell me who your grandmaster is."

Seeing that Dou Dou was out of danger, Lin Yi finally turned around.

His face was expressionless, his pupils as black as twin voids.

"You deserve to die."

As he spoke, Lin Yi strode forward, each step seeming to land on invisible stairs.

Even the composed Xue Zhen couldn't help but narrow his eyes at the sight. "Walking on air—this is the power of a Spirit Master. No, you must be the one who killed my junior, Ye Nantian!"

They had always guessed wrong.

Everyone assumed Lin Yi relied on the Wang family, with a grandmaster friend behind him. None had expected that Lin Yi himself was the terrifying entity.

A Spirit Master was a superpower above grandmasters, capable of briefly walking through the void. Even a hundred grandmasters could not harm a Spirit Master.

Still, Xue Zhen found it hard to believe—Lin Yi looked far too young. How could someone so young have reached such heights?

He steeled himself, trying to cast aside his fear. Drawing a flexible sword from his waist, he lunged at Lin Yi.

Lin Yi's expression remained calm. With each step, the space around him seemed to freeze.

Xue Zhen's sword barely reached within five meters of Lin Yi before being suppressed by an invisible force.

No matter how hard Xue Zhen struggled, he couldn't move at all.

"Don’t—don’t kill me!"

At the brink of death, Xue Zhen abandoned all pride, begging for mercy.

Lin Yi ignored him. With every step he took, the pressure on Xue Zhen doubled, his bones crackling like firecrackers.

By the time Lin Yi stood beside him, Xue Zhen was already beyond saving—his eyes bulged, blood streamed from his orifices, and terror was etched onto his face.

Lin Yi glanced at him indifferently, then turned away.

Grandmaster or Spirit Master, in his eyes, they were at most larger ants.

"Dou Dou, let's go home."

Lin Yi picked up Dou Dou in a princess carry, erasing the traumatic memories from her mind.

He wanted her to live happily every day—a carefree little foodie.

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Lin Yi descended the mountain and found Angel anxiously awaiting him.

Angel had also seen him, and when she spotted the blood-stained Dou Dou in Lin Yi's arms, her heart tightened in worry.

She was afraid.

She feared for Dou Dou. Though they'd only spent a few days together, she was already fond of the lively little foodie.

Lin Yi walked past Angel without so much as a glance.

Unable to hold back, Angel asked, "Mr. Lin, is Dou Dou alright?"

"She’s fine," Lin Yi replied.

He knew Angel was not to blame, and he noticed the injuries on her as well—presumably sustained during the ordeal.

"Oh," Angel breathed a sigh of relief, then suddenly remembered how Lin Yi had rescued Dou Dou.

But as she tried to ask further, she realized Lin Yi's figure was already fading into the distance.

"Ah..."

Angel sighed, then quickly organized her team, cautiously heading up the mountain.

When they found Xue Zhen's corpse, they were all shocked.

Especially Angel—she knew well the terror a grandmaster could inspire. Even with Linda Group’s tens of billions in assets, they had never secured a true grandmaster—only a few half-step grandmasters at best.

"Mr. Lin is truly..."

Angel's eyes sparkled. She finally understood why Wu Da treated Mr. Lin with such respect, even fear.

So, Lin Yi was not only the secret mastermind, but also a supremely powerful grandmaster himself.

"If that's the case, the overall strength of Linda Group will need to be reassessed," Angel thought.

She promptly dialed Wu Da.

"Well? Was Miss Lin Dou Dou rescued?" Wu Da asked nervously.

Angel gave a bitter smile. He really overestimated Linda Group's security forces—against ordinary people, perhaps they’d suffice, but their opponent was a grandmaster.

Even if they brought all their half-step grandmasters, losses would be heavy on their side.

But she dared not say this, responding respectfully, "Mr. Lin handled it himself and rescued Miss Dou Dou."

"If Mr. Lin took action himself, then there’s no doubt," Wu Da breathed a sigh of relief.

He feared that if anything happened to Lin Dou Dou, Lin Yi’s wrath would fall on him.

"By the way, Mr. Wu, can you tell me who Mr. Lin really is?"

Angel knew some questions shouldn’t be asked, but the curiosity gnawed at her.

"You just need to know Mr. Lin is a super terrifying presence. Remember, in the future, whatever Mr. Lin says, you must respond immediately," Wu Da replied, now calm.

"Yes." Angel added silently in her heart: even if you didn't tell me, I would anyway.

After hanging up, Angel had Xue Zhen's body dealt with and then drove off to pursue Lin Yi.