Lin Chen was healing within the Explosive Dragon Killing Formation and recovering his spiritual power, but Yu Weilian found his behavior puzzling because Lin Chen usually wouldn’t neglect spoils of war such as magic treasures and skeleton frames.
Lin Chen stopped healing and laid down a Defensive Array while keeping the Explosive Dragon Killing Formation concealed. It seemed that he was about to face an adversary not to be underestimated.
"Young Master Ning has brought some guests to this place, and naturally, I have to prepare a generous gift to entertain them."
Lin Chen’s words made Yao Qinghe and Yu Weilian realize what was going on, and they looked in the direction Lin Chen was watching.
A moment later, sure enough, a group of people arrived there. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novel•fire.net
They looked towards the group led by Ning Yuanxuan.
Ning Yuanxuan had not escaped lightly from his injuries, but the man in green with him, Zhou Yuan, had an extraordinary air, clearly a powerful figure of the Half-Step Heavenly Human Realm.
Zhou Yuan had a higher ranking than Ning Yuanxuan on the ground list, holding the forty-sixth position, and was formidable.
Zhou Yuan’s gaze wandered over Lin Chen and his companions, finally settling on Lin Chen.
Because Lin Chen was the only male among Yu Weilian and the others, and since Ning Yuanxuan had previously told Zhou Yuan that a man was to blame, Zhou Yuan was convinced that Lin Chen was the culprit who had slaughtered the martial artists from the Bodhi Hall.
Lin Chen was somewhat solemn under Zhou Yuan’s gaze, knowing that an unavoidable fight was imminent.
"Brat, was it you who killed my Bodhi Hall disciples?"
Zhou Yuan looked at Lin Chen, his brows furrowing more deeply, and his eyes suddenly shot out a bitterly cold glare.
The team led by Ning Yuanxuan was comprised of over twenty individuals, with cultivation far exceeding the seventh level of the Reverting Void Realm, and seeing as Ning Yuanxuan himself also possessed cultivation of the Half-Step Heavenly Human Realm, even if he was indulging in women normally, the guy still had a wealthy family background and regularly took Spiritual Elixirs and Medicines; his strength shouldn’t be so poor.
Yet they had all perished at the hands of this waste, who was only in the Second Layer of the Reverting Void Realm, and even Ning Yuanxuan had been defeated by him.
If it wasn’t for Ning Yuanxuan’s serious injuries, the presence of their Bodhi Hall disciples’ corpses far away from here might have made Zhou Yuan suspect whether Ning Yuanxuan was purposely fooling him.
Looking at those stripped Bodhi Hall disciples’ corpses, Zhou Yuan’s face turned extremely cold.
However, even with intense killing intent towards Lin Chen, Zhou Yuan still did not make a move.
"If the ’younger brothers’ you speak of are the Bodhi Hall’s little cats and dogs that crumble into pieces with a stroke of Sword Qi, then yes, indeed, I killed them."
"What? Are you the elder brother of those wastes?"
Lin Chen looked at Zhou Yuan and instantly started to mockingly laugh.
Zhou Yuan, at this moment, was manifestly full of killing intent, but still kept his cool and did not make a move against Lin Chen.
Lin Chen immediately realized that this man probably had detected the formations he had set up around them, hence his wariness and reluctance to approach.
If these people stepped into the formation, Lin Chen was ninety percent sure that he could make Zhou Yuan and his disciples’ remains settle here.
Lin Chen was never soft-hearted when it came to his enemies.
"Good, very good, kid, you are certainly going to die today!"
Zhou Yuan’s gaze turned to its chilliest extreme, his fists clenched so tight that they made a cracking sound, yet he still did not take a step forward.
This actually made Lin Chen somewhat admire the other’s patience; despite being provoked this way, his opponent still hadn’t made a move.
However, while Zhou Yuan did not strike, among the more than forty disciples of the Bodhi Hall who came, there were those who could no longer restrain themselves.
"Brat, you dare to insult my Bodhi Hall, prepare to die at my hands!"
One of the large men from the Bodhi Hall glared at Lin Chen with rage on his face, and immediately soared into the air, brandishing a sharp sword at Lin Chen.
A powerful aura burst forth from the large man.
With cultivation at the Eighth Layer of the Reverting Void Realm, in normal circumstances, it would be an easy task for someone of this strength to take down a martial artist in the Second Layer of the Reverting Void Realm.
Upon hearing Lin Chen slander the Bodhi Hall, everyone was already struggling to contain themselves.
At that moment, after Zhou Yuan declared that Lin Chen was doomed to die today, one of the Bodhi Hall’s disciples finally lost his patience and acted, intending to kill Lin Chen and seize the credit.
After all, Lin Chen was the criminal who had killed more than twenty of their Bodhi Hall disciples. After cutting him down, they would undoubtedly receive great merit upon returning to their sect.
However, Zhou Yuan looked at the disciple who made the move, with a complex expression in his eyes.
The reason why Zhou Yuan had not taken action was precisely because he was wary of the formations Lin Chen had set up around them. Zhou Yuan had sensed peculiar fluctuations in the atmosphere, and he was certain they were formations.
It was only by relying on formations that Lin Chen could have killed so many of their Bodhi Hall disciples.
Therefore, Zhou Yuan wanted to use the people of the Bodhi Hall to test the power of Lin Chen’s formations.
However, as that Bodhi Hall martial artist soared towards Lin Chen, a Fiery Flame Sword appeared in Lin Chen’s hand. With a swing through the air, a slash of sword qi mixed with fiery light was directed at the attacking Bodhi Hall martial artist.