Chapter 96: Chapter 96: No More Pretense, Peak Grandmaster _1
A ludicrous scene unfolded, one that would normally make onlookers burst into laughter, yet given the current circumstances, not a soul could muster even a chuckle.
Ye Ming shook his head helplessly and taunted, "I’ll admit you’ve got some skills, but you’re still too weak. Your retreat has yielded poor results!"
"If I were you, I’d go back into seclusion for a few more years, or else you’d only be making a fool of yourself!"
"You son of a..." Ye Ming’s provocation infuriated Lin Zhongyuan.
He immediately began to circulate his True Qi, attempting to redirect the toxins in his body to use the same tactics against Ye Ming that he had used on Li Yaozong.
As a practitioner of an Evil Cultivation Method, Lin Zhongyuan’s body contained not just True Qi but also copious amounts of toxins. Li Yaozong had been caught off guard, which is why he had fallen for it.
But Ye Ming, with foresight, would not be hit by such a clumsy tactic. With a push, he sent Lin Zhongyuan’s body flying backward.
A thud was heard as Lin Zhongyuan’s body was slammed to the ground, and he fell in a wretched heap without managing to steady himself.
At this sight, someone finally couldn’t hold back and let out a laugh, and it was none other than Scarface.
Fully convinced of Ye Ming’s victory over Lin Zhongyuan, he became unbridled and said to Li Dazhuang, "Li Dazhuang, remember what you’ve just done, your end comes today."
Li Dazhuang said menacingly, "It’s not over yet, you’re getting cocky too soon!"
"We shall see!" Scarface replied indifferently.
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Elsewhere, Lin Zhongyuan picked himself up from the ground in an extremely embarrassing state. His hair was a disheveled mess covering his face, giving him the ghastly appearance of a specter as he stared fiercely at Ye Ming.
"You little shit, I’m going to kill you!"
At this point, Lin Zhongyuan cast aside all principles and considered using the Evil Cultivation Method to poison Ye Ming to death.
Medicinal ingredients or not, he could afford to lose them, but a lost face could never be regained.
As he harbored this thought, Ye Ming stopped playing coy.
He finally summoned his True Qi and unleashed his true strength at that moment.
With a leap, he closed in on Lin Zhongyuan and threw a fierce punch that hit right at Lin Zhongyuan’s chest.
A stream of black blood spurted from Lin Zhongyuan’s mouth, spraying onto the ground and making a sizzling sound.
Ye Ming, with a look of disgust, said, "You’re despicable, even your blood is poisonous. Not killing you would leave a scourge behind!"
Without another word, he threw a second punch, and Lin Zhongyuan’s body flew away like a kite with a broken string.
This left Lin Zhongyuan completely incapacitated, lying helplessly on the ground, unable to even turn over.
With just two punches, a Post Grandmaster was toppled, and Li Yaozong’s eyes were wide open, as big as a cow’s eggs.
Being the one who knew Lin Zhongyuan’s strength best, he was also the most shocked.
"To instantly defeat a Post Grandmaster, could it be that Ye Ming’s strength has already reached the level of a Peak Grandmaster?"
Looking back, no matter how he observed Ye Ming, he could only conclude that Ye Ming was an ordinary person, which completely aligned with the present situation; because a Peak Grandmaster, by slightly concealing their true power, could evade anyone’s scrutiny.
Lin Zhongyuan clutched his chest, laying on the ground in an awkward sprawl, unable to describe his shock with mere words.
He had never dreamed he could be defeated so thoroughly—failing to even harm a single hair on Ye Ming’s head before being instantly killed.
He should have believed Ye Ming’s words, that he had better seclude himself for a few more years before coming out, otherwise he wouldn’t have bit the dust so quickly.
"A Peak Grandmaster, indeed skilled," Lin Zhongyuan said with a trembling voice, "But what of it? I still have my trump card!"
"My Gu insects haven’t even come into play yet. Moreover, this Grandmaster has been poisoned and won’t live past three days. Even if I die today, I can take a few with me to cushion my fall. It’s not a loss!"
Having said that, Lin Zhongyuan hastily threw out the box, using the last bit of his True Qi to control the Gu insects, directing them towards Ye Ming.
Unfortunately for him, Ye Ming had already anticipated this move. He immediately leaped up to catch the box firmly in his hands.
"These creatures are truly disgusting. Might as well take them back for research, maybe they can even be used to remove the Gu from Lin Bingqing’s body," Ye Ming thought to himself.
While battling, Ye Ming did not forget about his little disciple.
However, this scene caused Lin Zhongyuan to mentally explode. His final trump card was useless, and his only hope lay in the poison within his body.
"It seems it’s just you and me ascending to the afterlife, old bones!" Lin Zhongyuan pulled out a packet of medicinal powder and swallowed it himself, severing his path of retreat as well as Li Yaozong’s.
Li Yaozong felt a chill in his heart, sensing that his end was near. Xu Xincheng also mentally exploded, as losing Li Yaozong was a more serious loss than losing the entire Hai City. How could he explain this?
Ye Ming approached Lin Zhongyuan in a relaxed manner, squatting beside him, and said, "Brother, you were too pleased with yourself too soon. You forgot I have another identity—I am also a doctor."
To kill the spirit as well as the body was a tactic Ye Ming quite enjoyed employing. He utilized his True Qi to seal Lin Zhongyuan’s acupoints, preserving his last breath, all to let him watch with his own eyes as Ye Ming revived Li Yaozong.
"The principle behind your poison is very simple, combining seven of nature’s deadliest toxins. To detoxify, one must either amputate swiftly or fight poison with poison, using the same seven toxins to neutralize it."
"You just swallowed the antidote and doomed yourself as well. So, all I need to do is draw a bit of your blood and give it to him to drink, and he’ll be fine, right?"
Ye Ming’s smile was very gentle, but in Lin Zhongyuan’s eyes, it was the smile of a demon. His mentality completely shattered, spewing out a mouthful of black blood in anger.
"Who exactly are you?" Lin Zhongyuan asked through gritted teeth with his last bit of strength.
Ye Ming shook his head and said, "You’re not worthy of knowing yet."
"I kept you alive just to tell you these things. Now that you know, you may as well die."
After saying that, Ye Ming released the man’s acupoints and quietly watched Lin Zhongyuan die.
After his death, Ye Ming extracted some of Lin Zhongyuan’s blood using his own methods and fed it to Li Yaozong.
And just as Ye Ming had said, after drinking the blood, the black lines on Li Yaozong’s arm began to fade gradually until they were completely gone.
Li Yaozong also discovered that he could, in fact, stand up again.
"My young friend, I was blind before and failed to see," Li Yaozong hurriedly expressed his gratitude to Ye Ming after standing up: "I really owe you one for this time, and I cannot thank you enough."
Ye Ming waved his hand dismissively, saying, "Don’t thank me—thank Le Le instead. If it weren’t for her, I definitely wouldn’t have saved you."
Li Yaozong recalled his previous disdain for Ye Ming and couldn’t help but feel his face flush with embarrassment. If it wasn’t for Ye Ming being there today, his old bones would have been laid to rest right there.
