Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 2180 - 2200: How euphoric I was before, how desperate I am now! _1

Chapter 2180: Chapter 2200: How euphoric I was before, how desperate I am now! _1

Wildfire engulfed the sky, sword energy crisscrossed, and space collapsed.

As soon as Nangong Night and the other two made their moves, the force of their domains enveloped the entire canyon, with three completely different divine powers wreaking havoc in the canyon.

The faces of all the robbers changed.

Fear filled their hearts, especially Jin Donglai, who was horrified and filled with terror.

He originally thought that Lin Chen was a rich young man from a small place with little experience. He thought that with a little coaxing, Lin Chen would follow him. Only now did he realize that Lin Chen dared to follow him because he had enough confidence.

Gao Yang turned and ran without the slightest hesitation, quite straightforward in his action.

He barely managed to reach Daluo, but his potential was limited, henceforth making it impossible for him to advance further. This is why he joined the Bloody Hand Group and became a bandit.

This time for the Ten Thousand Immortal Meeting, immortals from all over arrived to participate. Groups like the Bloody Hand, with their unorthodox ways, set their sights on these distant immortals, hoping to take full advantage at this grand event.

The organizer of the Ten Thousand Immortal Meeting was the Lingxiao Gate. Even if you gave these people a hundred times more courage, they wouldn’t dare to make trouble in Tianyu City. It was like giving themselves up, so they adopted the safest method.

Deception!

They deployed many people to infiltrate Tianyu City, specifically looking for easy targets. Those who seemed weak but were thought to be rich and naive. Then they would make plans to lure them out of the city, bring them to a fixed location, and rob them.

The robbery location was fixed and they would prepare special array formations in advance around it. This was to prevent the ones being robbed from escaping, communicating with the outside world, or using special means. In short, once people entered here, they would disappear without a trace.

The men were robbed for their wealth while the women for both their wealth and their beauty. Then they were sold off like livestock. Selling a good cultivator fetched a high price.

Lin Chen and Ziyun Zunzhe acted like a newlywed couple, they bought hairpins for each other which made them look quite wealthy, and didn’t seem very powerful. After all, any real big shot would be an old man who had lived a long life, who would bother with things like newlyweds?

Taking all these factors into consideration, Jin Donglai tailed them for a while, seeing Lin Chen offering a heavy reward for Yin-Yang Springs he spoke up to probe. Seeing Lin hadn’t even blinked at the price of Ten Million Spirit Stones, Jin Donglai knew that he had found a fat sheep. So, he lured Lin Chen with the prospect of Yin-Yang Springs and Lin Chen fell for it.

Humph, he didn’t even demand an oath from himself, this guy is really easy to fool!

The joy Jin Donglai had felt then was now replaced with despair.

What on earth had he done to bring such a catastrophe upon himself and onto the whole Bloody Hand Group!

He finally understood why Lin Chen didn’t demand an oath from him or confirm the authenticity of the information before following him. It was because Lin Chen had the capability to protect himself or even retaliate.

As long as he dared to deceive Lin Chen, his life would be harvested!

Gazing at Lin Chen’s cold eyes focused on himself, Jin Donglai felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. He had a fair idea of what his tragic end would be.

Yin-Yang Spring?

He meant that if he knew about the Yin-Yang Spring, he might live, but if he didn’t, then he had no value and his death was certain.

Damn it!

How would he know about any Yin-Yang Spring?

Wait, one of the captives caught before seemed to have mentioned the Yin-Yang Spring. Could he possibly know?

Jin Donglai looked around, at Gao Yang scurrying around like a rat, pursued relentlessly by Nangong Night, and at all the members of the Blood Hand Group assembled before Ziyun Zunzhe and Shu Zi Feng, helpless like lambs to the slaughter. His knees weakened and he immediately knelt before Lin Chen.

"Spare me, fellow cultivator!"

The battle was over rather quickly. Nangong Night, being at the second layer of the Shattered Illusion Realm, utterly dominated Gao Yang who was just at the first layer. The others, who were under Daluo, were like admitting to kindergarteners in front of Ziyun Zunzhe and Shu Zi Feng - being dispatched with just a punch.

Soon, all members of the Blood Hand Group were under control. Apart from those who were killed on the spot, there were around twenty left. Their faces no longer wore the previous arrogance and defiance, only showing numbness, fear, and despair.

These members of the Blood Hand Group had done numerous evil deeds. Some of them perhaps had expected this day to come eventually, so knowing their deaths were certain, they weren’t afraid. However, there were also those with fear written all over their faces, begging for mercy.

Lin Chen walked up to Jin Donglai and stared at him coldly, "So...you lied when you said you knew about the Yin-Yang Spring, didn’t you?"

Jin Donglai was sweating profusely, "Friend Lin, I’m sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have lied to you. Spare my life and I will serve you. From this point on, I will be your dog, biting whoever you command me to bite..."

Just as Lin Chen was about to make his move, Jin Donglai’s pupils contracted suddenly and he yelled, "Wait, there’s someone who might know about the Yin-Yang Spring..."

Lin Chen slightly narrowed his eyes, "Who?"

Jin Donglai spoke hurriedly, "One of the prisoners we captured earlier, who also came to participate in the Ten Thousand Immortal Meeting. I overheard him mentioning the Yin-Yang Spring, perhaps he knows something?"

"A prisoner?"

Lin Chen swept his gaze over the camp, "Where is he?"

Jin Donglai pointed to a cave not far away, "All the prisoners were kept in that cave. There’s an array to shield their presence and prevent them from being discovered."

Ziyun Zunzhe inquired, "Since you’ve already succeeded in the robbery, why keep them...? "

Jin Donglai answered fearfully, "We have channels to sell cultivators as slaves. If they are good looking female cultivators, many nobles will want to buy them and the price will be high."

Lin Chen said coldly, "No wonder you took such interest in my wife not coming along with me. So you not only had your eyes on our wealth, but our people as well. How greedy of you to suck the marrow out of everything."

Jin Donglai was terrified and remained speechless.

This is what it means to be a bandit. When they succeed, they are incredibly arrogant, seeing their victims as lambs for the taking, wantonly bullying them. But when they are killed in return, they are no different from those lambs, for it is survival of the fittest.

"Lead the way!"

Jin Donglai as directed Lin Chen and the others towards the cave fearfully, deactivated the array, revealing what lay within.

The cave was filled with cells made from iron pillars that held the kidnapping victims, both men and women. The air inside was thick with a foul, unpleasant smell.

There were several young female cultivators within the cells. They were scantily clad, their bodies covered in bruises. They were huddled into corners, their eyes filled with terror. Lin Chen didn’t need to guess to know what these female cultivators had been through.

In his heart, Lin Chen had already sentenced these people to death.

Lin Chen had been a bandit before, but he never committed such inhuman acts.

Jin Donglai pointed to a man in his twenties within one of the cells and said obsequiously, "It’s him. He mentioned the Yin-Yang Spring before. He might know where it is..."