Chapter 290: Chapter 290: One More Kill
"Hmm..." Tang Chenming grunted softly. He watched the severely injured Lin Yun on the stage, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. He had never imagined that Lin Yun could still kill the Third Prince under such circumstances.
’But killing the Third Prince must have been his last gasp,’ Tang Chenming thought. ’Lin Yun’s body is at its limit. His left arm is completely useless. What more can he possibly do now?’
Just like Tang Chenming, the experts from the other Five Great Forces also had their eyes on Lin Yun. They paid no mind to the other battles. Lin Yun was their sole focus.
To kill one of his five assailants—all geniuses at the First Layer of Primordial Ocean Realm—was an astonishing feat. Even though Lin Yun was now at his limit, the crowd was still amazed.
"This boy is not bad. What a pity," the expert from the Death Row Shelter, who had been silent all this time, said for the first time.
As a member of the Death Row Shelter, he was a man of few words. Among the Six Great Forces, the Death Row Shelter was the most mysterious. To this day, no one knew the location of their true headquarters.
Most had only ever met members of the Death Row Shelter, but never knew its location. Not even the other Five Great Forces knew who the leader of the Death Row Shelter was. At most, they had only met individuals at the Level of a Main Seat Elder.
Of course, whether the Sect Leaders of the Five Great Forces knew was another matter entirely. After all, at their level, no one could fathom their thoughts.
The six figures on the high platform were each lost in their own thoughts. Down on the stone stage, the Crown Prince had gone completely berserk, attacking Lin Yun with reckless abandon. At the same time, Jin Ruhua and the other two unleashed one lethal move after another.
His left arm was completely shattered. Lin Yun could only use his right hand now. Though he had executed the Third Prince, facing the combined assault of four people put him in even greater danger.
He was almost purely on the defensive, yet he was still being hit repeatedly. In just a few breaths’ time, Ziyi sent him flying again with a single punch. His sternum shattered, and his entire chest had visibly caved in.
He violently spat out several mouthfuls of blood. Lin Yun looked like he was on his last breath, moments away from death.
It couldn’t be helped. Besieged by five geniuses of the Primordial Ocean Realm, it was already a miracle that Lin Yun had lasted this long. Anyone else would have long since perished, their body and soul obliterated.
"Lin Yun, die! I’m going to carve you up, piece by piece!" the Crown Prince roared, his face a mask of savagery. He gave Lin Yun no chance to catch his breath. The moment Lin Yun collapsed, grievously wounded, he charged forward once more.
His body felt like it was no longer his own, completely drained of strength. As he watched the Crown Prince, radiating killing intent, charge at him, Lin Yun’s eyes remained devoid of fear—just as cold and calm as ever.
Rushing up to Lin Yun, the Crown Prince hauled him up by the collar. His eyes were bloodshot as he bellowed, "Lin Yun, I won’t give you an easy death! Today, I’ll make you wish you were dead!"
The Crown Prince raged at Lin Yun. Seeing the state of things, Ziyi and the others let down their guard. In their eyes, Lin Yun was completely finished. No matter how talented he was, with injuries this severe, he could no longer pose any threat.
However, just as the three of them let down their guard, Lin Yun, still held by the Crown Prince, suddenly kicked him viciously in the groin.
Struck in the groin, the Crown Prince broke out in a cold sweat, and his right hand reflexively loosened its grip on Lin Yun. In that instant, Lin Yun did something no one could have possibly imagined.
Normally, in this situation, Lin Yun’s primary target should have been the Crown Prince right in front of him. But he didn’t do that. Using the Crown Prince’s body to shield his movements, Lin Yun began to gather power, erupting with every last bit of Elemental Power in his body to unleash a final Dual Dragon World Destruction.
This was Lin Yun’s final, desperate gamble. Feeling the lethal threat emanating from the Demon Bone Heaven-Dominating Spear, the Crown Prince didn’t hesitate for a second and rapidly put distance between himself and Lin Yun.
The instant the Crown Prince created that distance, Ziyi, Chen Ming, and Jin Ruhua saw them: two Dragon Shadows erupting from the Demon Bone Heaven-Dominating Spear.
These two Dragon Shadows, infused with every last drop of Lin Yun’s Elemental Power, were without a doubt the most powerful attack he had ever unleashed—far stronger than any previous Dual Dragon World Destruction.
The two Dragon Shadows charged toward Ziyi, Chen Ming, and Jin Ruhua like a pair of rabid wyrms. The Dragon Shadows moved with incredible speed. The faces of the three attackers changed in an instant. None of them had imagined that Lin Yun, in his current state, could still launch such a ferocious attack.
Almost instantly, Ziyi and Chen Ming dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the Dual Dragon World Destruction. They were only struck by the aftershock, which didn’t cause them any significant harm.
While those two managed to dodge, Jin Ruhua was not so fortunate. She could only watch helplessly as the Dual Dragon World Destruction surged toward her. Amid a heaven-shattering dragon’s roar, her figure was utterly consumed.
The Wind Forest Sect’s Third Elder, who had been watching the battle intently, saw his own disciple consumed by the Dual Dragon World Destruction. He cried out in desperation, "No...!"
Acting on pure instinct, the Third Elder tried to rush toward the stone stage, only to be held back by the Grand Elder and the Second Elder.
"Third Elder, this is Celestial Eagle Valley! Do you want the Wind Forest Sect to be wiped out?" the Second Elder snapped.
Hearing the words "Celestial Eagle Valley," the notoriously hot-tempered Third Elder instantly cooled down, though his eyes, now fixed on Lin Yun, burned with fury.
After unleashing that final Dual Dragon World Destruction, Lin Yun’s Elemental Power was completely spent. Combined with his grievous injuries, he collapsed backward, utterly powerless.
The destructive power of the Dual Dragon World Destruction was absolutely staggering. Even the solid stone stage had been ravaged by the attack. The path carved by the Dragon Shadows was a scene of utter ruin, the stage destroyed beyond recognition.
At the end of the destructive path carved by the Dual Dragon World Destruction, Jin Ruhua’s body lay still. Even as a genius of the Primordial Ocean Realm, she had not been able to survive Lin Yun’s desperate, all-or-nothing strike.
Gazing at Jin Ruhua’s corpse, then at the trail of destruction left by the Dual Dragon World Destruction, everyone stopped fighting. No one had ever imagined that, even in this state, Lin Yun could still kill Jin Ruhua.
"This..." Someone tried to speak, but the words caught in his throat. He found himself unable to describe the astonishment he felt.
What kind of person was this? At only the Qi Sea Realm Eighth Layer of Cultivation, he had faced an assault by five geniuses of the Primordial Ocean Realm and managed to kill two of them. It was simply unheard of.
Like everyone else, Ziyi and Chen Ming stared at Jin Ruhua’s body, their eyes filled with horror. Even though they were fellow disciples of the Wind Forest Sect, there was no love lost between them.
They felt no grief at Jin Ruhua’s death, only a chilling sense of relief. ’It’s a good thing we dodged that,’ they thought. ’Otherwise, we would have ended up just like her.’
Glancing at Jin Ruhua, Ziyi and Chen Ming turned their gazes back to Lin Yun. The man had collapsed powerlessly on the ground, and the sight left them both sighing with a complex mix of emotions. ’Just what kind of man is he?’
