Chapter 449: Chapter 445: Storming the Lin Mansion Alone
Although Lin Hao’s tone was calm, Yin Duwen could feel a powerful surge of True Essence radiating from his body.
It was something he had never felt from him before.
"You... you’ve reached the Fifth Layer of the Soul Gathering Realm?!" Yin Duwen staggered back a step, exclaiming in shock.
Lin Hao’s lips curved into a smile. "Am I disappointing you?"
"You... you..." Yin Duwen retreated again, a look of utter horror on his face.
After using his bloodline, not only had Lin Hao’s realm not fallen, but he had actually surpassed his previous limits and broken through to the Fifth Layer of the Soul Gathering Realm. The revelation was staggering.
"Brother Hao, are you even human?" Meng Ru’s mouth formed a perfect "O." She then clamped a hand over it, her eyes wide with disbelief.
Lin Hao smiled, but his gaze went past her to Meng Qing.
Upon seeing Lin Hao, Meng Qing swiftly lifted her veil. She took a step forward, then immediately shrank back, only managing to softly call out, "Young Master."
Meng Qing’s sudden reveal of her true face left the other sect disciples completely spellbound.
"Brother Hao, will you take me out to have some fun?" When Lin Hao didn’t answer, Meng Ru pouted and linked her arm through his.
The girl acted with a familiarity that was a bit much for Lin Hao to handle.
Pulling his arm free, Lin Hao shook his head. "I have important business to attend to."
As he spoke, Lin Hao turned his head to look up at the sky.
Just then, a shadowy figure sped toward them from the distance.
Its speed was incredible; in the blink of an eye, it was before them.
Only then did the crowd realize it was the same tortoise from before, accompanied by a man and a woman.
"See? I treat you well. I even brought your handmaiden back for you," Tortoise Egg said, seeking praise from Lin Hao.
The man and woman Tortoise Egg had brought were Marquis Mo and Yunxi.
"Is the task I gave you done?" Lin Hao asked, ignoring the boast.
"When this divine tortoise takes action, nothing can go wrong."
"We’re leaving!" The moment the words left his mouth, Lin Hao was already hundreds of meters away.
"Lass, watch them for me. It doesn’t matter if that fellow’s handmaiden gets lost, but my servant absolutely cannot." With no discernible action from Tortoise Egg, Marquis Mo and Yunxi shot straight toward Su Molixi.
The crowd was stunned into silence, then they all looked at each other in utter disbelief.
’Who was Su Molixi? She was the Palace Master of one of the five great sects! For that tortoise to call her ’lass’... it was utterly lawless!’
"Hey, where are you going?" Seeing Lin Hao leave so abruptly, Meng Ru pouted and shouted at the sky.
All trace of Lin Hao and Tortoise Egg had already vanished, but the tortoise’s voice drifted back clearly: "To flatten the Lin Mansion."
BOOM!
Those four words struck like a clap of thunder, booming over the Trial Forest.
The Lin family was one of the four great families of the empire, a power that even the imperial family had to treat with caution. Yet now, a single man and a tortoise were planning to flatten them. This was audacity at its most extreme.
Lu Dieyi’s expression changed drastically upon hearing those four words, and she flew out of the Trial Forest at top speed. Just as she was wondering which direction to go, a colossal boom echoed from the distance.
Lu Dieyi shot off toward the source of the sound.
She wasn’t the only one. Nearly everyone was on the move, all rushing toward the same location.
’Someone was actually making a move on the Lin family, one of the four great families, and it was just one man! This had to be the most insane event in history.’
...
The Lin family had existed in Imperial City for thousands of years and had always been one of the four great families. More than three years ago, after Lin Wu joined them, their status in Imperial City had soared. Now, they were poised to become the number one family in the city. They were an unimaginably colossal power.
A man and a tortoise descended from the sky, landing before the Lin Mansion and immediately provoking two furious roars.
There were no guards in front of the Lin Mansion. Instead, two enormous Devil Beasts stood watch! Behind them, the main gates of the mansion were wide open, a display of brazen arrogance.
The Lin family was arrogant to the extreme!
The two Devil Beasts stood four or five meters tall. Upon seeing the uninvited guests, they roared again and again, their ferocious nature on full display.
"Tortoise Egg, do it!" Lin Hao said, completely ignoring the beasts.
"You got it! I’ve been waiting for this day!" Tortoise Egg replied, its voice filled with excitement.
WHOOSH!
The next moment, Tortoise Egg became a blur, zipping around the perimeter of the Lin Mansion. Its speed was like a flash of lightning.
Lin Hao stood quietly in the square before the Lin Mansion, as still as a mountain.
A short while later, Tortoise Egg reappeared at Lin Hao’s side.
"All set! I’ve laid down the Array Runes. People can get in, but they can’t get out. Not even an ant will be able to crawl out of the Lin Mansion!" Tortoise Egg declared, its voice brimming with confidence.
Back in the Trial Forest, the reason Tortoise Egg had asked Duan Wushuang about the teleportation array wasn’t to save Lin Hao, but simply to return to the Heaven-Stepping Sect and retrieve the materials needed to set up the Array Runes.
Lin Hao nodded, then abruptly manifested a giant hand of True Essence.
SPLAT! SPLAT!
The two Devil Beasts at the gates of the Lin Mansion were reduced to piles of gore without so much as a whimper.
"This is my business. No one is to interfere, and that includes you. Stay here!" Without a backward glance, Lin Hao strode into the Lin Mansion.
"Sigh. To think that as Devil Beasts, you’d willingly let a human command you, and you even followed the wrong one," Tortoise Egg lamented from behind, shaking its head at the piles of gore.
Just then, a crowd began to gather. Seeing Lin Hao’s attack, someone cried out in alarm:
"Lin Hao is too strong! Lin Wu captured those two from the depths of Hundred Beasts Mountain two years ago! They were Tier Three Devil Beasts, said to have the strength of the Fourth Layer of Soul Gathering Realm. But Lin Hao just slapped them to death!"
"The Lin family has more than just two Devil Beasts. Their power runs unimaginably deep. For Lin Hao to openly challenge their authority... he’s courting death!"
"The Lin family was already one of the four great families. Ever since Lin Wu joined them over three years ago, their power has grown terrifyingly. Lin Hao is definitely courting death!"
The crowd shook their heads in unison.
"I heard Lin Hao is from the Lin family of War Dragon City, and Lin Wu is from War Dragon City, too. Do you think they have some kind of grudge?" someone asked a well-informed person in the crowd.
But he didn’t get an answer. Someone else just said, "I don’t know. I only know that the War Dragon City Lin family used to be a branch of the main family. But a few months ago, Lin Hao actually announced that they were breaking away."
"That really happened? Say what you will, but that kind of courage alone is unmatched."
"What good is courage? He dared to enter the Lin Mansion alone. Lin Hao is finished."
Just then, the people outside heard an enraged roar from within the Lin Mansion: "You’re courting death!"
Then, they heard a cold snort, followed by Lin Hao’s voice. "I have no desire to slaughter the innocent. Tell Lin Wei and Shen Bilian to get the hell out here!"
"I know Lin Wei. I think he’s Lin Wu’s paternal grandfather. But who is Shen Bilian?"
"You’re really out of the loop. That’s Shen Bilian, Lin Wu’s mother. Looks like we’re in for a good show today."
As the crowd was gossiping, Lu Dieyi rushed to the front of the Lin Mansion.
"You can’t go in." She was just about to enter when Tortoise Egg blocked her way.
"His business is my business. I have to go in." Lu Dieyi bit her lip, her expression resolute.
Tortoise Egg still wouldn’t let her pass.
It knew Lin Hao. If it let this girl inside, he would definitely make it suffer the consequences.
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