You Offended Me Just Now!

[You learned an Ability, Fleeting Death Arts]

After killing another cultivator with his combination of Presence Concealment, Sprint technique, and his sword skill through his Martial Arts, he acquired a set of knowledge through his new ability.

This ability is very vicious. It is a secretive arts that teaches a cultivator how to better hide their presence and kill their foes without being noticed. Even if they faced someone, there are a lot of feints and tricks under their sleeves which they can use to confuse their foes and kill them in their befuddlement.

He quickly glances at his ability before deciding to stop thinking about it. He can't really upgrade it as it costs 10,000 Points. It's a Rank 96 ability, which means it's stronger than his Supreme Martial Arts.

He have used up most of his points awhile ago to upgrade some of his things so he have no points to spare for now.

'But this is enough!' He thought to himself.

The ability he learned is very useful even at it's initial level. It contains a series of techniques, footworks, and other things that will help him assassinate these invading cultivators without them knowing about it.

He takes advantage of that fact. Using the newly learned ability to sneak around these maniacs and kill them one by one.

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While that is happening, Yun Wanqing is fighting against the leader of these criminals. It's the black hooded person who seems to be the senior of one of the moles acting as a contestant in this tournament.

"Die for me! Steel Breaking Palm Strike!"

The palm strike of the City Lord is very terrifying. It seems to have covered the whole surroundings as it goes towards the man.

Though the black robed man only smirks before meeting his palm strike with his knife.

"Your weak! Black Phantom Stab!"

A sinister dark aura covers his knife as he meets his attack with a stab. The terrifying palm strike was reduced to nothing and it causes the City Lord to take a few steps back. Wincing as he felt a wound on his palm.

"Che! So your capable!" The City Lord spat while glaring at him.

The black robed man only grins at him while he plays with his knife. Walking calmly towards him as if he have no worries in the world.

"You might be a Nature Realm cultivator, but I am one too. You might have the stronger cultivation base, but I have some tricks up off my sleeve!" He said with a smirk.

"Do you think I am scared?"

The robed guy shakes his head before pointing at him. "I'm only saying this for your own good. If you give up the Crown Fire Jewel and let us leave, then there will be no problems anymore! If you still insist on this fight, then things will become harder for you!"

Yun Wanqing scoffs. "You think I was born yesterday? Your just going to kill anyone you encounter! Do you think I will let you mess around in my city?"

"Heh? You think you can stop us?"

"Your courting death!"

The two of them continue their clash. Striking each other with their own techniques.

Yun Wanqing trains his body to perfection. He uses the Mountain Splitting Fists. It is a tyrannical art that focuses on the strength of their hand. Strengthening the fist and the palms to destroy mountains.

His strength can easily destroy a whole district. If he uses his full power, he can blow this whole tower that they are standing on. He can't do that because the other Patriarchs and other guests are fighting against these intruders.

"Little Lingli!?" He heard the cry of Zhu Wanren on the side, causing him to become distracted for a moment.

His eyes glances on the ring and was shocked to see a vicious purple smoke to spread around the ring. As far as he recalls, Zhu Lingli is fighting against the junior of his current foe now.

The smoke is filled with a deadly Qi. It is ineffective to someone like him, but to the low Earth Realm cultivators and below, it is a deadly poison. Just seeing how vicious it is immediately gives him an impression of how lethal it is to the weaker cultivators and mortals alike.

"Despicable! You truly have gone far!"

He releases his full cultivation strength, causing the air to shake itself as he manifested his pressure around. Though his foe is barely inconvenienced at it as he grinned at him.

"You can only blame yourself. If you weren't so stubborn we wouldn't have come to this part!" The robed guy said mockingly as he continues his sneaky attacks on him.

He parries his knife strike with his palm, and uses his own technique to smash him into a pulp. Though the guy simply sidestepped and then swings his knife to cut his throat. This causes him to jump away and barely dodge his attack within an inch.

He let out a curse while glaring at him impatiently. If this goes on, many casualties will occur. He needs to finish this faster.

Just when he is thinking like that, he heard the sounds of gasps around him. He glances around to see that the companions of this robed guy are falling one by one. As if the God of Death is sweeping around then like a wind.

"What?" The robed guy also sounded very surprised, and his eyes widened suddenly before quickly ducking away.

A sharp whistle was heard, and then another piercing sound on the air occurs before the sounds of flesh being torn by a blade resounded. The robed guy let out a gasp as he takes a few steps away from his position while holding his torso, which surprisingly is very wounded.

There, he saw the mysterious cultivator standing there. His robe is billowing behind him like a sword hero and his cool face looks around him in a cold manner. His beautiful blade that seems to shine beautifully with the sunlight makes him look more heroic.

"You are...?" The other Patriarchs also notices him when he deliberately shows himself.

"I took care of everyone." The mysterious cultivator said before turning his gaze to the remaining man. "Now you will die."

"Who are you!? Just where did you come from!?" It seems like the leader of these invaders didn't notice him within the audience seats, which surprised the City Lord.

It meant that he is just lucky managing to spot him everytime. Well, Zhou Lin wasn't changing where he sits everytime he attends this tournament to watch, so that might be the reason. Still it shows just how good this cultivator is at being low profile.

"I am not obligated to tell a bastard like you my name! The only thing you need to know is you have to die!"

His words contains a righteous fury within it. It seems like he was personally offended by this guy.

He blinks his eyes and then gasped. In an instant after Zhou Lin said that, he stops holding back his presence. He showed them his own cultivation.

"9th Stage of the Nature Realm!?" He heard Zhu Wanren exclaiming in surprise.

This is unprecedented. This mysterious cultivator looks so young, and to think he was actually at the cusp of breaking through the Mountain Realm. There is no word to explain it other than a genius. A man blessed by the Heavens!

Someone like that only exists outside the Green Holy Region. A bigshot like that is actually staying on a little city like his?

It seems like even the black robed cultivator is shocked, and then intimidated as he takes a step back.

"Wait... who are you? Just when did I offend you!?"

They are also very curious about it. Just why he seems to be so pissed at this guy. It is obvious that someone like him shouldn't be provoked willy-nily.

"You offended me just now!"

BAM!

That word alone causes the guy to cough up blood. He was offended just now? Does that mean he felt like being offended by their existence?

The shock turned into confusion, then confusion turned into rage which quickly turned into a rebellious glare.

"Even if your an expert, I won't just let you kill me like an insect!" He gritted his teeth while glaring at him. "I will make sure that my brothers and sisters will kill you if you dare kill me!"

"Of course I dare!" Zhou Lin simply answered before raising his sword.

He unceremoniously swings his sword and cut his throat. It was very swift and perfectly executed that the man can only glare at him full of rage and unwillingness to accept the reality.

As quickly as he swings his sword, he turns his back around them. Seemingly going to leave this place.

"Wait!" City Lord Yun Wanqing called out. "Esteemed Young Master, I know this will sound so rude but I hope you can help us take care of the poisonous fog." He asks very politely.

This young person is obviously someone with a great background. He should definitely be polite with him. He is also weaker than him by many stages, so he can only swallow his pride and not act arrogant.

"The fog? I already took care of it before coming here..." After he says that, he quickly vanishes from their sight.

They gasped, before looking at the ring on the outside. They are surprised to see a lack of poison there. It felt like what they saw awhile ago is just a dream.

All the invaders awhile ago, even the one that Zhu Lingli is fighting are all sprawled on the ground as lifeless corpses. All of them have slash marks from their nape or their necks. Sometimes they are even beheaded or half of their body is separated from another.

'So strong! So mysterious!' Yun Wanqing thought while feeling both amazed and terrified.

"Little Lingli!" He saw Zhu Wanren flying down to the ring and going to his daughter.

Even the Patriarch of Bi Family also glides down. Going to his son and looking at him with some concern in his face.

He is surprised. They have some signs of being poisoned, but all of the poison is gone now. They are only pale due to becoming weak when they were inflicted with that deadly Qi.

He already has an inkling who did it. He looks around and can't see the cultivator anymore.

'I am grateful for the timely intervention of that hidden expert.' He thought to himself while feeling a genuine gratitude to that man.

While that is happening, Zhou Lin has already left the area. Escorting Old Wang back to his place.