After Mad Dragon was released from prison, I shocked the world!

"If we hadn't fallen for their treacherous scheme, how could our Ye family have possibly lost!"

Ye Lingfeng didn't give Lin Li a chance to speak, and became more and more excited as he spoke: "If it were a one-on-one fight, I would definitely take that masked man's head within ten moves!"

Lin Li frowned as he listened, looking at him as if he were an idiot.

"Are you done talking?"

"You weren't finished!"

Ye Lingfeng glanced at Lin Li, trying to regain some of the dignity befitting a scion of a prominent family, "Our Ye family has been passed down for hundreds of years, emphasizing integrity and uprightness!"

"We despise such underhanded tactics..."

Snapped!

Ye Lingfeng covered his face, staring at Lin Li in disbelief: "You...you dare hit me?!"

"So what if I hit you?"

Lin Li stared at him coldly. "Are you out of your mind or have you been reading too many martial arts novels? This is a life-or-death battle, not child's play!"

"Do you think the enemy will talk about martial ethics? Will they wait for you to get into position before they attack?"

"On the battlefield, there are only the living and the dead; there is no distinction between superior and inferior methods!"

Ye Lingfeng blushed as he was scolded, but stubbornly retorted, "That's the behavior of a coward! A true strongman..."

"A true strongman will tie you up here like a dead dog."

Lin Li interrupted him impatiently, "And the coward you're talking about is about to cut off your great-grandmother's head and kick it around like a football."

"you!"

Ye Lingfeng was furious. "A boorish person like you has no idea what the honor of a noble family is!"

"Glory my ass."

Lin Li was too lazy to waste time with this hothouse flower, so he suddenly chopped Ye Lingfeng on the back of the neck with a chop.

boom!

Ye Lingfeng didn't even utter a sound, rolled his eyes, and collapsed limply to the ground.

"You talk too much nonsense and get in the way."

Lin Li disdainfully kicked him aside and hid him in the bushes, then turned and stealthily headed towards the woods in the center of the island.

As soon as he entered the woods, he sensed something was amiss.

It was quiet all around; there wasn't even the sound of insects chirping.

"They actually set up an array?"

Lin Li sneered and observed the ground by the faint moonlight.

There were several extremely subtle signs of disturbance on the soil covered with fallen leaves, and a few almost transparent threads stretched between the trees.

Even the slightest touch will trigger a chain of traps.

Lin Li looked around, then suddenly took two steps back and nimbly leaped up a large tree, jumping and weaving through the canopy.

Soon, he approached a clearing deep in the woods.

Using the leaves as cover, Lin Li could see the scene below.

Dugu Yan was chained to a tree, her face pale, likely due to serious injuries and unconsciousness.

Beside her hung three Ye family disciples, all with bruised and swollen faces, their fates unknown.

"Lin Li! I knew you were here!"

Faceless stood before Dugu Yan, long sword in hand, and shouted at the surrounding dark forest, "If you don't want your master's wife to die, get out here!"

"I'll give you three seconds! If you don't even last three seconds, I'll chop off one of her hands!"

"three!"

"two!"

Faceless raised his katana, preparing to strike.

Just then, whoosh!

A pebble whistled through the air and struck the numb tendons on the faceless wrist.

Immediately afterwards, a dark shadow suddenly descended from the sky!

"It's up there!"

The masked men lying in ambush all around reacted instantly, raising their blowguns and shuriken and shooting them into the air.

But Lin Li was too fast.

He forcefully twisted his body in mid-air to avoid most of the hidden weapons, while simultaneously waving his hands and scattering several silver needles.

Puff puff!

"ah--"

Several muffled groans came from the darkness, indicating that someone had been affected.

To make matters worse, Lin Li's sudden arrival disrupted their plans, and in their panicked movement, several masked men accidentally stepped into the traps they had set.

boom!

A cloud of poisonous smoke exploded, and the two unfortunate masked men instantly clutched their throats and collapsed to the ground, convulsing.

"Baka! A bunch of useless trash!"

Wumian was furious. He never expected that his carefully laid trap would be broken so easily by Lin Li!

As Lin Li drew closer, a ruthless glint flashed across his face.

Since we can't catch the person, let's kill the hostage first!

"Go to hell!"

He gripped the knife with both hands, ignoring Lin Li who was falling from the sky, and turned to slash at the unconscious Dugu Yan.

If this strike lands squarely, Dugu Yan will definitely be cleaved in two!

"You dare!"

Lin Li roared in mid-air, his Yang Fire surging wildly within him, and landed directly between Wumian and Dugu Yan.

clang!

Lin Li clenched his fist with one hand, a pale golden aura enveloping his fist, and slammed it hard into the blade of the samurai sword.

The immense recoil caused the faceless man's tiger's mouth to crack, and he staggered backward a few steps.

Lin Li's feet stomped two deep holes in the ground, protecting Dugu Yan.

Swish swish!

The next second, five dark figures instantly sprang out from the surrounding shadows, occupying the five directions of east, west, south, north, and center, completely surrounding him.

These five people also wore ghost masks, held long swords, and exuded a cold aura; they were clearly Faceless's personal disciples.

Lin Li's sudden attack from the sky had disrupted their formation and even injured some of their comrades, but it had also thoroughly ignited their ferocity.

They stared intently at Lin Li, but without Wumian's orders, no one dared to make a move.

"Hehehe..."

Wumian rubbed his numb wrist and let out a sinister laugh.

"Lin Li, you really are a genius."

He did not rush to order an attack, but said, "To be able to cultivate protective qi at such a young age is extremely rare, even in our Great Ying."

"What a pity, Ye followed the wrong person and chose the wrong path."

Lin Li ignored his nonsense and quickly scanned his surroundings.

Dugu Yan was unconscious, and the three Ye family members hanging from the tree were half-dead; it was impossible to count on their help.

Although he was very unhappy with Dugu Yan's previous actions, she was, after all, his master's wife in name only. If he were to watch her die in front of him, he would not be able to explain it to the old man later.

Moreover, the old man Wumian is quite cunning and powerful. With the other masked men also involved, if it comes to a head-on fight, he might be able to escape, but it's hard to say whether he can take Dugu Yan and the others with him.

We must stall for time until Du Yu and the others arrive.

"What? You're not playing anymore?"

Lin Li snorted coldly and laughed, "Weren't you just saying you were going to chop off hands and feet? Why are you holding an awards ceremony now?"

"Lin Li, actually I don't want to be your enemy."

The faceless man suddenly sheathed his long sword, his tone serious: "If you're willing to submit, someone can give you even more."

"More?"

Lin Li raised an eyebrow and deliberately asked, "Are you trying to introduce me to some Japanese actresses?"

The faceless man's eye twitched, and he suppressed his anger as he said, "Money, power, women... whatever you want, my master can give you."

"It can even help you resolve the problem of internal yang fire backlash."