[Second Elder Lin Shuping was attacked by the Pupa People during their escape, her body invaded by a collapsing will. They fled to the Western Continent, and under the care of the Third Elder Lin Yuejiao, Second Elder barely held on until now, but her body is nearing exhaustion, and she is about to die.]
Second Elder is actually close to death...
Lin Yi frowned, his tone already revealing a hint of anger, "What about the Fourth? Empress Lin Jing Yue?!"
[Empress Lin Jing Yue is currently suppressed in the Imperial Palace Dungeon, for over two hundred years.]
[The Pupa People developed a sense of self-awareness, and one of them became infatuated with the beauty of Empress Lin Jing Yue, harboring feelings of love for her. However, Lin Jing Yue swore to resist to the death and was thus suppressed in the Imperial Palace Dungeon.]
"Bang."
Lin Yi's face was expressionless as he effortlessly crushed a stone in his hand, its fragments scattering on the ground.
He stood up, his voice growing colder, "Why didn't you tell me about such a big event?"
[Sorry, host. The System only issues a warning when a plane is on the brink of collapse. Currently, there are no signs of any plane's destruction.]
Lin Yi slowly calmed down, recognizing that this situation was indeed different from the last.
Last time, the entire plane was about to collapse, which is why the System issued a direct warning in Soul Land.
But, this situation didn't belong to that category.
The last time it was a natural disaster, and this time, it was a man-made calamity.
Having been so inactive for so long, Lin Yi, for the first time, couldn't wait to kill someone. Thinking this, his eyes became exceptionally sharp.
"How much longer can Second Elder live?"
As he spoke, Lin Yi glanced in the direction of the Western Continent.
[Three minutes.]
Lin Yi narrowed his eyes and curved up the corners of his mouth, "Don't worry, Ancestral Patriarch; I'll be there in a few seconds."
With a flash, his body seemed to pierce through space as he flew away, leaving a trail of sonic booms in midair.
Indeed, spatial teleportation wasn't as thrilling as this supersonic flight. If necessary, Lin Yi could even fly faster than light. As long as he was within this minor plane, he was a true god.
Upon arriving in the Western Continent, Lin Yi was surprised to discover it consisted mainly of plateau regions; each mountain reached thousands of meters with their peaks covered in snow, making the terrain easy to defend but hard to attack.
So, this was the reason why the Pupa People didn't pursue Second Elder and Third Elder to the end?
Suddenly, Lin Yi considered another possibility.
His voice deepened as he asked, "Has the Fourth lost her innocence to the Pupa People?"
[For the time being, no. The Pupa People have not forced Lin Jing Yue and have even agreed to some of her reasonable requests, in the hopes she will willingly marry him.]
A spasm twitched at the corner of Lin Yi's mouth.
Just hearing it is enough to make one feel sick.
Merely a fractional part of my power took form to create these beings, they're not even human, and yet they dare to dream such grand dreams of spring and autumn beauty? To talk about true love with me? To covet my little daughter?
Just wait. After I save Second Elder, I'll make sure not even your ashes remain!
Lin Yi's figure floated above a snow-clad mountain, his gaze scanning everything below.
Suddenly, he inclined his head to listen, hearing the sound of weeping.
Lin Yi moved closer towards the source of the sounds, and the sight before him was slightly surprising.
He saw a vast expanse of snowy mountains where a large number of people were kneeling. Despite the severe cold, they were dressed lightly, clearly all immortals.
They knelt there with tear-filled eyes, crying inconsolably, their mournful wails unceasing.
"Ancestral Patriarch! Please don't abandon us and leave!"
"Ancestral Patriarch! Please, rise and see, your disciples have all come from the Southern Continent to see you!"
"Ancestral Patriarch!"
...
The scene was shrouded in a sorrowful atmosphere.
Lin Yi saw the Second Elder lying on the top ice bed, her hair white and withered, her body skinny and bony, with a faint purple-black halo emanating from her.
Clearly, the power that contained the will to destroy had gradually drained her life force.
The Third Elder, Lin Yuejiao, knelt beside her, holding her sister's withered hand, crying until she couldn't make a sound.
The dying Second Elder looked up at the vast white sky, her eyes hazy, a faint smile on her lips as she said, "Third sister, do you... do you think we... still have a chance to see our Ancestral Patriarch again?"
Lin Yuejiao, holding her sister's hand, nodded desperately, "Yes! Definitely! We will see him for sure!"
The Second Elder's vitality grew weaker, and she sighed lightly, "You might still see him, but I won't have the chance... I'm going to see our eldest brother, I... miss him..."
Lin Yi silently watched the scene before him, watching the numbers on the panel counting down the last minute of the Second Elder's life.
The cold wind howled, and the snowflakes danced in the air. Unexpectedly to everyone, a human-shaped shadow fell from the sky.
"Bang!"
Lin Yi's landing shattered the hard snowy staircase.
The people kneeling behind suddenly stopped their crying, staring at Lin Yi's silhouette in a daze, feeling numb, all stood up.
How familiar that figure was, they thought of the events of recent times, it was all the doing of this demon!
The demon that transformed from the Pupa and proclaimed himself as king amongst men!
Lin Yi, heedless of the exclamations from behind, stepped up the staircase, the Third Elder Lin Yuejiao stood up with a cold laugh, tears flowing as she said, "You have finally come to hunt me down, impostor! Are you happy seeing this?"
Lin Yi took a deep breath, "Third sister, you've worked hard."
"What?!"
Lin Yuejiao's eyes widened, staring at Lin Yi in astonishment.
She actually recognized the identity of the person before her just from the sound of his voice and his tone!
A surge of ecstasy and excitement erupted from within her, the Third Elder exclaimed in amazement, "You are, the Ancestral Patriarch?!"
"Move aside."
Lin Yi spoke indifferently, the Third Elder glanced at her sister and immediately nodded, moving aside.
Lin Yi looked at the withered face on the ice bed and crouched down, feeling an inexplicable pain in his heart.
He raised his palm and brushed over Lin Shuping's face, causing a shocking sight for the Third Elder. The purple-black halo floating around her sister scattered in a panic at the scent of the Ancestral Patriarch's presence, vanishing without a trace in an instant!
It was indeed the Ancestral Patriarch!
It was really him! The real deal had come, not an impostor!
If it weren't for so many people watching down below, Lin Yuejiao would have really liked to rush over and hug Lin Yi tightly, pouring out everything that had happened over the past two hundred years.
Soon, the Second Elder's white hair returned to black, her skin became tight and lustrous, her skinny body gradually plumped up, restored to its original state.
Lin Shuping opened her eyes and at the sight of Lin Yi, she sat up warily, her expression dazed for a long time before she saw the Third Elder crying uncontrollably and pointing at the man beside the ice bed, choking up:
"Second sister, the Ancestral Patriarch... he is the true Ancestral Patriarch! Our Ancestral Patriarch has truly returned! It's true!"
The Second Elder, Lin Shuping, looked at Lin Yi in shock.
In that instant, the agony accumulated over two hundred years exploded in her heart. She immediately knelt forward and embraced Lin Yi's body, crying uncontrollably, "Ancestral Patriarch, our eldest brother..."
"I know everything."
Lin Yi raised his hand to Lin Shuping's head and gently stroked it to comfort her.
Then, in a calm voice, he said the most venomous words,
"Let's go crush that impostor."