Killing intent was different from the aura of an expert.
Instead of it being a representation of how powerful the expert was, killing intent was a representation of their intention to kill.
Unlike aura that increased with the cultivation of an expert, killing intent was only developed by killing people.
The killing intent that Lin Fan had was so intense that these men couldn't move even though they were Platinum Realm Experts. Just how many people had Lin Fan killed to develop this killing intent?
Well, Lin Fan's killing intent didn't just develop from killing people, it was more developed by killing beasts.
Lin Fan's main training was fighting against beasts in the cultivation realms that the system gave him, which allowed him to draw out potential through combat. The number of beasts that Lin Fan has killed with his pets were already too hard to count.
Then there was the fact that he owned various cultivation realm farms where he slaughtered a majority of the beasts that lived there to create farms for himself. Though he didn't directly kill these beasts and used units that he created to do so, they all had a trace of his spiritual energy in them that connected them to him. So every beast that they killed in the end was indirectly caused by Lin Fan which increased his killing intent.
After slaughtering over four worlds of beasts, it would be hard for Lin Fan to have a weak killing intent.
The men looked at Lin Fan with terror, but they couldn't do a thing since this wasn't technically against the laws of Harmony City.
Intent didn't mean anything would happen, so there was no punishing intent. That was the loophole with this rule.
Besides, if the public security officers wanted to deal with anyone, it would be these men who were bullying this old man.
That man in charge looked up at Lin Fan and said, "You…"
Lin Fan just looked back with a smile and asked, "Me what?"
The man wanted to say something, but the killing intent pressed down even harder on him, forcing his head to the ground. It was at this moment that he finally felt a bit of regret for his actions, but he also felt fear because he knew that this kind of killing intent wasn't normal.
Could it be that he really kicked his foot against a steel wall?
But before Lin Fan could do anything else, there was a voice that called out, "Stop!"
Everyone turned to look in the direction of this voice and they saw a young man in a white suit walking over.
This man in the white suit came in front of the men Lin Fan was suppressing with his killing intent and he released his own aura which shocked everyone.
This young man in the white suit was actually a Fragmented Soul Realm Expert and Lin Fan could tell that he wasn't weak since he was already in the mid Fragmented Soul Realm.
The men on the ground looked up and when they saw this man, they all revealed looks of hope, "Boss!"
The man in charge however acted differently as he said, "Boss, this kid…"
But the young man in the white suit raised his hand to cut him off before turning back to Lin Fan and saying with a smile, "This young friend, it seems like there's been some misunderstanding. Perhaps we can come to an agreement and we can leave it here for today?"
Lin Fan gave a cold snort before saying, "I've already paid, so leave the contract and we can talk."
The smile of the young man in the white suit became awkward as he said, "Unfortunately, we cannot do that."
If they were to accept Lin Fan's demand like this, where would their face go?
For their line of work, reputation was quite important since reputation was what decides if people paid or ran away. If people weren't scared of them, they were more likely to run away from their debt than to pay it off.
With how many people were gathered around this area now, it would be a large blow to their reputation if they were to back down now.
However, Lin Fan didn't give them a way out as he said, "I've already given you the choice, now choose."
The young man in the white suit gave a sigh before moving forward to pick up the contract, but right before he did, he suddenly dashed forward with one palm coming up.
This young man in the white suit had actually launched a sneak attack against Lin Fan! Even though he was in the mid Fragmented Soul Realm!
That was the sensation of danger that this young man in the white suit felt from Lin Fan.
Even though this young man in the white suit thought that Lin Fan was only suppressing his men with his aura earlier, which meant that his cultivation was probably in the peak Platinum Realm or even in the Primary Soul Realm. What he never thought was that Lin Fan would actually be using killing intent to suppress his men.
To have that kind of killing intent, just the amount of people that had to be killed to develop it to this degree...He never would have imagined that Lin Fan would have killing intent at this level.
But it was too bad that there was one thing that he neglected.
If Lin Fan had been using his aura, wouldn't he have been able to sense it and see through Lin Fan's cultivation?
So this young man in the white suit launched his sneak attack and even though he didn't have time to gather all his strength since it was a sneak attack, this was still an attack with 50% of the power of a mid Fragmented Soul Realm Expert. This definitely wouldn't be something that someone at the level of cultivation he thought Lin Fan had would be able to resist.
It was too bad that everything he had assumed was wrong.
Lin Fan gave a cold laugh before raising his hand as well, but all he gave was a simple punch.
It was a simple punch to Lin Fan, but it was something that went far beyond a simple punch for the young man in the white suit. It was a punch that completely scattered his palm attack and crashed through all his defenses. He couldn't even resist the slightest bit as he was smashed into the ground just by the wind of the fist.
As the young man in the white suit was smashed into the ground, creating a small hole there, everyone looked on in shock at Lin Fan. They couldn't feel any life energy from him, so they knew that Lin Fan had punched the young man in the white suit into the ground with just the power of his body alone.
What kind of terrifying physique did Lin Fan have to accomplish this.
While they were all shocked by what Lin Fan had just done, Lin Fan slowly walked up to the man in the white suit stuck in the ground before bending over to pick up the contract. Then he turned to look at the other men on the ground and burned that contract with a wisp of his flame law right in front of them.
All they could do was watch as the contract turned into ashes before Lin Fan said, "This ends here. Take the money and you will no longer bother this old man anymore, understood?"
The man that was in charge of them looked at his boss in the ground before swallowing a mouthful of saliva and looking up at Lin Fan to give a nod.
Once Lin Fan saw this, he didn't care about them any longer as he turned around to move back to the old man. After coming to the old man's side, he asked, "Old man, let me help you home. I'm sure this has been hard on you."
But the old man waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, I can't trouble you any longer. You've done this much for this old man, I can at least get home myself."
Lin Fan slightly knitted his brows and said, "But…"
The old man suddenly raised his hand to cut him off and said in a firm tone, "No, I can't make you do that."
Lin Fan knew that there was nothing else he could say, so he just said, "Alright."
But before he could leave, the old man also grabbed his sleeve and said, "Young man, could you give me your contact information? I want to repay my saviour."
Lin Fan didn't mind this, so he exchanged contact information with the old man.
The old man took a look at Lin Fan and gave a nod before saying, "You really are a good young man, you'd make a good match for my granddaughter."
Lin Fan didn't know what to say when he heard this, so he just gave a nod before heading off.
While everyone was focused on Lin Fan, they didn't notice that the young man in the white suit was carried off by his men or that the old man had all disappeared.
Once the old man was away from the crowd, he suddenly disappeared on the spot.
When he reappeared again, he was no longer using the cane and was twirling it as he stroked his beard in thought.
Behind him were the men who had just tried to take money from him, but were stopped by Lin Fan.
It almost seemed like they were here to take their revenge, but before any of them made a move, all of them fell to one knee behind the old man and all respectfully greeted him, "Senior!"
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