The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 982 - 980: The Mountain Rain is Coming, The Wind Fills the Tower!

Chapter 982: Chapter 980: The Mountain Rain is Coming, The Wind Fills the Tower!

Lin Bai knocked Sui Zirui flying but had never intended to let him escape.

This was the Primordial World, where killing bore no sin.

Warriors entered the Primordial World for training, and death and injury were common occurrences that Miracle Ridge would not intervene in.

Since Sui Zirui had attacked with the intention of putting Lin Bai to death, Lin Bai, who certainly wasn’t a benevolent soul, had no reason to spare him!

After his sword had sent Sui Zirui flying, Lin Bai immediately pounced forward, a flash of his sword aura ready to end Sui Zirui’s life.

In a panic, Sui Zirui shouted, "Hold on, Lin Bai! I can exchange some information for my life!"

"Don’t you want to know why I’m trying to kill you?" he anxiously yelled at Lin Bai.

Upon hearing this, Lin Bai paused, his sword tip stopping three inches from Sui Zirui’s throat, and asked coldly, "I’ll give you time for three sentences. You’d better make it short."

Feeling the icy chill of Lin Bai’s sword, Sui Zirui said with a frightened look, "Right now, in the Primordial World, a large number of strong figures are searching for you, and almost two-thirds of the Hunter Ranking experts are here!"

"You are in great danger," Sui Zirui said to Lin Bai.

"That’s the first sentence," Lin Bai said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Sui Zirui, with an urgent look on his face, said, "I can’t just tell you easily, unless you swear that after I speak, you’ll let me leave safely and not kill me!"

"That’s the second sentence. You can speak one more sentence. Cherish this opportunity," Lin Bai said indifferently, watching Sui Zirui with a cold smile as the chill on his sword’s edge suddenly intensified.

Frightened, Sui Zirui swallowed hard and said, "It’s Senior Zhao Longtu! Senior Zhao Longtu sent Zhu Kun, Wu Qing, Bai Chen, Chuyi, Hua Jingcheng, and Ning Yunlong to catch you in the Primordial World!"

"But they thought the Primordial World was too vast, so they brought a lot of their friends to join the search."

"That’s how the news got out!"

"Whoever captures you will be arranged by Senior Zhao Longtu to train at the Five Peaks."

"After hearing this news, many experts on the Hunter Ranking quickly entered the Primordial World to catch you!"

Lin Bai listened carefully to Sui Zirui’s words, a hint of strangeness appearing on his face.

"So it’s Zhao Longtu!" Lin Bai said coldly. "It looks like he has discovered my tracks and might now have guessed my origins."

On that day, when Lin Yue fought Zhao Longtu at Canghai Yuntai Palace, Zhao Longtu had recognized Lin Yue.

Why would Lin Yue want to save Lin Bai?

Zhao Longtu did not need to think too hard to realize that Lin Yue and Lin Bai had a deep connection.

And Lin Bai also shared the Lin family name, just as Lin Yue did!

But after investigating, Zhao Longtu found that Lin Yue had never married and had no children.

That left only one conclusion, Lin Bai had to be Lin Duo’s son!

This was the realization that Zhao Longtu had come to after returning to Miracle Ridge.

"Lin Bai, I’ve told you everything I know, you can now let me go," Sui Zirui pleaded with a look of desperation in his eyes.

Lin Bai smiled faintly, stepped forward, and with a swift claw-like hand, struck down on the top of Sui Zirui’s head.

"Martial Soul Secret Skill! Soul Searching!"

The Soul Searching Secret Skill of the Devouring Sword Spirit’s Martial Soul Secret Technique was activated once more.

Sui Zirui’s lifetime of memories rapidly flashed through Lin Bai’s mind.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Lin Bai withdrew his palm from Sui Zirui’s head, and Sui Zirui fell to the ground—after convulsing for a moment, he lost all signs of life.

Sui Zirui was dead.

"Zhao Longtu!"

"Zhu Kun, Wu Qing, Chuyi, Bai Chen, Hua Jingcheng, Ning Yunlong!"

"And all those experts on the Hunter Ranking, come at me!"

"I want to see exactly who is hunting whom!"

Lin Bai gave a cold laugh and took a step into the forest.

Meanwhile, the wooden carving that he was holding was placed close to his chest in his embrace.

From the memories of Sui Zirui, Lin Bai confirmed that everything Sui Zirui had said was true.

Zhao Longtu had originally only entrusted Zhu Kun and Wu Qing with the task of capturing Lin Bai in the Primordial World, specifically wanting him alive.

But Zhu Kun and Wu Qing felt that the Primordial World was too vast, and for just the six of them to find Lin Bai was like looking for a needle in a haystack, so they sought many hunters close to them to join in the search, believing that there is strength in numbers.

Somehow, this news got leaked.

As a result, all of the top-ranked hunters from War Soul City learned of a message: capturing Lin Bai would grant them access to cultivate at the Five Peaks!

This led to a large number of strong ones setting out from War Soul City and entering the Primordial World to capture Lin Bai.

Zhu Kun and Wu Qing were infuriated upon hearing that many strong ones had entered the Primordial World.

This opportunity was originally for Zhu Kun, Wu Qing, and the others, but with the leakage of the news, it had turned into a fierce competition among a multitude of strong ones!

They might not even know that the lords of the Seventy-two Caves belonging to the three great kings of the Demon Clan in the depths of the Primordial World had also mobilized and were heading towards the battlefield in the Primordial World!

"With my current strength at the seventh layer of the Human Elixir Realm, I have the power to fight against someone at the ninth layer, and even have the ability to kill if I play all my cards!"

"But facing a Warrior at the Great Perfection of the Human Elixir Realm is quite tricky!"

"Facing one is still manageable, but if there are more, then I’m likely in danger!"

"My only option now is to break through to the eighth layer of the Human Elixir Realm. Once I reach the eighth layer, I will no longer fear strong ones at the Great Perfection, and even killing them would be easy."

Lin Bai’s eyes flickered, as he found a sliver of life in this desperate situation.

During the fierce battle with the Blazing Flame Snake King within the volcano, Lin Bai had already felt the pressure from the beast at the Great Perfection of the Human Elixir Realm with his own strength at the seventh layer.

But once Lin Bai breaks through to the eighth layer, that pressure will dissipate.

Lin Bai rapidly executed his movement technique, weaving quickly through the forest, his eyes searching intently for traces of Demon Beasts, especially those around the ninth layer of the Human Elixir Realm!

"Sword-controlling Skill!"

After flying for a while, Lin Bai summoned his Flying Swords and rode upon them.

Time passed swiftly.

In half a month’s time, Lin Bai had gone on a frenzied rampage, slaughtering Demon Beasts at the ninth layer of the Human Elixir Realm in the Primordial World!

Along the way, he had also encountered many top-ranked hunters from the Hunter Ranking who wanted to capture him, but they all ended up being killed by Lin Bai.

Half a month later.

In a mountain stream, a beast resembling a rhinoceros was locked in fierce battle with Lin Bai.

But this beast was different from a rhinoceros, as it had eight horns atop its head.

This beast was known as the Eight-horned Beast!

Among the Demon Beasts at the ninth layer of the Human Elixir Realm, it was considered one of the pinnacles of strong ones!

Lin Bai’s sword streaked past, its sword aura slicing off the Eight-horned Beast’s head with lethal precision, and with a move of the Devouring Sword Spirit, he drained the beast’s Demon Blood completely.

"Just a little more! Only a bit more to break through to the eighth layer of the Human Elixir Realm!"

"At most, it will take only one more Demon Beast!"

Lin Bai clenched his fists and his gaze suddenly swept in all directions, ready to leave the place with a swift movement technique!

Suddenly, at that moment, a group of shadows appeared atop a distant mountain peak.

The leader of this group was none other than Hua Jingcheng!

"Haha, Lin Bai, I’ve finally found you, where do you think you can run to now!" Hua Jingcheng roared, leading nearly a dozen strong ones at the ninth layer of the Human Elixir Realm to dive down towards him!

"Hua Jingcheng!" Lin Bai’s gaze darkened, his face clouded with gloom!

That Hua Jingcheng, he was at the Realm of the Great Perfection of the Human Elixir Realm!