Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 21 Robbery on the Road
Blood and smoke!
Lin Le calmed his increasingly condensed internal energy and clenched his fist, his self-defense capabilities having been strengthened once again.

But it's not strong enough!

Lin Leyao looked eastward. His enemy was a fox demon who had entered the Qi Refining Realm, and it was hard to say how many levels he had reached.

It needs to be even stronger.

Lin Le turned to meditate. He had been busy changing his physical constitution recently, and had neglected the matter of refining his soul.

As the moon set and the sun rose, Lin Le, having fully digested his gains, prepared to set off with the spine and fur of the tiger spirit that he had deliberately kept.

No one saw them off, and no one stopped them.

Lin Le didn't care about this, but when he passed a small courtyard, a boy with a braid suddenly ran over and whispered, "Big brother, be careful. I heard that Aunt He's son went to the nearest county town to report you to the authorities."

"Okay, go back now." Lin Le gently pushed the boy's forehead, her tone soft.

The boy immediately ran home.

Lin Le looked into the house and saw the farmer he had just questioned a few days ago smiling awkwardly.

Lin Le simply smiled and turned to leave.

As for Aunt He the boy mentioned, Lin Le knew without even thinking who she was. Who else could she be but the aunt whose head he had kicked three or four days ago?

As noon approached, two fast horses galloped quickly towards Baiya Village along a road.

However, before they could even enter the village, an unexpected incident occurred: someone blocked their way.

"Who are you?" a man who looked to be in his twenties or thirties asked the person standing in the middle of the road from a horse.

Before the man could answer, a dark-skinned man on another horse shouted, "It's him! He killed my mother for no reason!"

Lin Le picked up the hastily made tiger bone spear, glanced at the man, and then looked at the constable sitting alone on a horse beside him, dressed in black.

"Lin Le?" The constable also gave Lin Le a cold look and called him by name.

"It's me." Lin Le nodded. "Looks like my secret has been exposed?"

"It really is you." The constable dismounted and drew his sword. "Did you kill Zhao Lang?"

"I killed him," Lin Le answered, then asked, "Who are you to him?"

"I am his elder brother, Li Xingzhi. You killed one of my good dogs!" the constable said coldly. "Hand over your cultivation secrets, and I might spare your life out of kindness!"

As he spoke, a deep greed was evident in his eyes.

He received the news of Zhao Lang's death immediately, but unfortunately Lin Le had already left the city and he couldn't catch up with him.

The martial artist, clad in a thin veil of blood and qi, possessed stamina and leg strength comparable to a horse. In the blink of an eye, no one knew where Lin Le would run off to in one night.

But unexpectedly, during a routine case, he obtained a clue about Lin Le. His short stature, long spear, and the blood-red veil all matched up.

So Li Xingzhi rode after them the next day, determined to capture Lin Le alive.

He was too curious about the secrets of Lin Le. He was clearly only of average or below-average physique, and in just half a month, he had already developed a thin layer of blood energy and was even able to kill an intelligent tiger spirit.

Even he had a headache dealing with a tiger that had just awakened its intelligence, let alone Lin Le, who had just entered the veil of blood and qi.

Therefore, Lin Le must have some great secret. With this secret, he might be able to become a cultivator before his 30th birthday.

In martial arts cultivation, one either progresses or regresses. The period before the age of thirty is when a person's blood and energy are at their most vigorous and growing rapidly. If one does not become a cultivator before the age of thirty, it becomes increasingly impossible as one gets older.

After listening, Lin Le simply shook his head and said, "Idiot."

"Then it seems that..." Before Li Xingzhi could finish speaking, Lin Le took a step closer to him.

Then, the spear shot out like a dragon, aiming straight for Li Xingzhi's head.

clang!
Li Xingzhi reacted quickly, swinging his sword and deflecting the spear.

"You're looking for it."

Li Xingzhi was furious, but Lin Le launched another attack, once again aiming straight for Li Xingzhi's vitals.

Li Xingzhi shut up and had no choice but to focus on dealing with Lin Le's attacks.

But the more they fought, the more surprised they became, because Lin Le not only had superb marksmanship, but also seized opportunities quickly, accurately, and ruthlessly. Compared to him, they were as slow as a tortoise. Seeing Li Xingzhi engaged in battle, the constable on the other horse immediately dismounted to support Li Xingzhi.

call!
The wind howled as the constable swung his knife straight at Lin Le.

Lin Le glanced at him and knew that the constable was using the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Saber technique, at the Great Perfection level.

But when faced with perfection, even the most accomplished person sometimes feels as fragile as paper, because they are too familiar with it.

With a sidestep, Lin Le dodged the attack. Then, like an eagle swooping down on its prey, he suddenly released his grip on the gun with his left hand, his fingers like eagle claws, reaching out to grab the constable with a bloody glint.

Before the constable could react, Lin Le had already grabbed him by the neck.

With a snap, the constable's head tilted to the side, and his body collapsed to the ground.

"Xiao Zhi!" Li Xingzhi cried out in distress upon seeing this, it seemed that he had a good relationship with this constable.

But no matter how strong the brotherhood is, if someone has to be killed, they still have to be killed!

Lin Le looked at Li Xingzhi, who had inadvertently revealed an opening due to his grief, and a cold glint appeared in his eyes. His blood energy surged wildly, and he slashed at Li Xingzhi with his spear.

A white ape splits the sun!

They've fallen for the trap! A hint of smugness and ruthlessness flashed in Li Xingzhi's eyes as he watched the spear hurtling towards him. "Just a lackey," he thought, "what brotherhood do I have for him?"

If it could help him become a cultivator, he would sell his own mother without hesitation.

Did Lin Le really fall for the trap?

Li Xingzhi raised his sword to defend, preparing to unleash his full blood energy after receiving the attack, injuring Lin Le and severing his limbs.

clang!
As the spear clashed with the longsword, Li Xingzhi's expression changed drastically. How could such power be possible!

The spear pressed down with unstoppable force, its blood-red blade flashing as it pierced Li Xingzhi's forehead.

Li Xingzhi stared blankly at Lin Le in the distance and exclaimed, "A technique that breaks limits?!"

After saying that, he lay down.

Lin Le holstered his gun and calmly watched Li Xingzhi die.

Li Xingzhi was unaware that he had already broken through the Blood Qi Wolf Smoke, and that his strength, possessing the Five Elements Martial Bones, was no less than that of someone who had accumulated power for a long time at the Second Limit. He was also unaware that his White Ape Spear had reached its Great Perfection.

In the Body Refinement Realm, blood and qi cannot actually leave the body; they can only be applied to weapons or the body itself.

However, there is only one exception: when martial arts reach perfection and reach the pinnacle, one can create their own unique moves. These moves can condense blood energy, multiply their destructive power, and even penetrate the body.

Such a unified set of moves is called a Limit Breaking Technique.

Breaking the limit means breaking through the boundaries of a martial arts master, giving the possibility of overcoming the second limit from the first.

Therefore, Li Xingzhi's defeat and demise were inevitable, and his trap was nothing more than a trap in Lin Le's eyes.

With a few leaps, Lin Le blocked the path of a dark-skinned man, looking at him expressionlessly: "Where do you think you're going?"

"I need to relieve myself." The dark-skinned man forced a smile that looked more like a grimace.

"Whose idea was this?" Lin Le asked calmly.

The man didn't report his mother's death to the authorities until several days later, which clearly indicates that someone was secretly encouraging him.

“Old Liu!” the man immediately betrayed his teammate. “He said that if you get caught, the village head’s inheritance and the tiger meat will all be ours.”

Lin Le nodded slightly: "I understand, he will go down to keep you company soon."

Before he finished speaking, in the blink of an eye, Lin Le reached out and crushed the man's neck.

After collecting the corpses, Lin Le picked up his knife and headed towards Baiya Village.

Soon, a panicked head landed directly in the field.

Lin Le coldly stared at the old man Liu's corpse, thinking that hiding in the shadows would solve everything. He was dreaming.

Ignoring the panicked villagers around him, Lin Le continued eastward, this time truly heading east.

(End of this chapter)