Chapter 676: Chapter 676: Growing Wary

In the center of the cave, there was a giant pearl, as big as a basketball, perfectly round and translucent, its surface covered in runes and enveloped by a thin membrane.

Surrounding the pearl, a youth in a gray robe, with a hunched figure, sat cross-legged. He was very thin, resembling a skeletal frame with bones jutting out, and ghostly blue flames flickered in the hollows of his eye sockets.

This youth exuded an evil aura, putting Lin Yi on alert; he sensed that this youth was no ordinary person.

That youth was the young man of the Human Clan he had been searching for.

Lin Yi didn’t act rashly; he stood still, watching the youth, his heart pounding.

He had never seen such an ugly youth before; could such an ugly being really be human?

Noticing Lin Yi, the youth opened his eyes, his lips curling into a cruel smile.

“You’ve finally come!”

The youth’s voice was hoarse, like that of a dying old man, somewhat grating to the ear.

“Did you kill my child?” Lin Yi snorted coldly.

“Haha! Hahaha! I killed him, he had it coming, no one else to blame!”

Upon hearing this, the youth burst into laughter, then suddenly stood up and walked toward Lin Yi, with each step, his aura grew stronger, causing palpitations.

“Kid, your Cultivation is not bad, to have set foot on these stone steps, but you’re still too green, you can’t withstand a single punch from me!”

“Buzz!”

No sooner had the youth finished speaking than he swung his fist towards Lin Yi, his fist crackling with purple lightning as if thunderbolt raced across his knuckles.

The Fist Force struck the stone steps, shattering them, and fractures spread out, looking terrifying.

“Thump! Thump!”

The youth’s fist smashed viciously onto Lin Yi’s chest, blasting him through the air in an arc.

Lin Yi’s chest ached intensely, his internal organs shifted, his breastbone fractured, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Pfft!”

Lin Yi spat out several mouthfuls of fresh blood, his complexion turned pale, and his eyes filled with fury and intent to kill.

“I will avenge my child no matter who killed him!”

Lin Yi yelled angrily, and then stood up and pounced towards the youth.

“Bang!”

Just as he pounced, he collided with the youth, and they both went flying backwards, falling to the ground, kicking up dust.

Both individuals were covered with wounds and bleeding, looking extremely ragged.

Lin Yi’s face was smeared with dirt, his hair disheveled, his clothes torn, and he looked grimy and bedraggled.

“Pfft!”

Unable to help himself, Lin Yi coughed up blood, then looked down at his right arm to see that it was charred black, oozing black fluid; his bones were crushed.

A bitter expression crossed Lin Yi’s face; he knew his injuries were severe. His Physical Body was highly resistant to damage, such that even those at the Peak of the Immortal Venerable Realm would struggle to injure him.

Yet this time, his body had sustained injuries, worsened by just having ascended to the Immortal Venerable Realm, making the injuries more severe.

“Your Physical Body is quite sturdy, too bad, today there’s only one outcome for you, and that is death!”

The youth sneered, then rushed forward once again to strike Lin Yi.

Lin Yi’s expression changed drastically; he quickly dodged the youth’s attack, silently cursing at how formidable this youth was–he was no match for him.

“Whoosh!”

Just then, a flash of insight crossed Lin Yi’s mind.

He suddenly recalled the identity of the youth–could this youth be the Young Master from the Demon Realm?

“That can’t be right; he’s clearly a Cultivator from the Human Clan, how could he possibly be the Young Master from the Demon Realm? Hasn’t the Demon Realm been exterminated?”

Lin Yi shook his head, feeling that he had thought too simply. That youth definitely wasn’t the Demon Realm’s Young Master, it was just that he looked too much like him, so people could recognize him at a glance.

“Kid, what are you thinking about? Not only is your physical body robust, but your mind seems a bit foolish too. I’ve already said I am the Demon Realm’s Young Master, yet you still don’t believe it. You are so foolish that I’ll help you by smashing your head and see how you can still be so arrogant!”

The youth said with a sinister tone. Then, he swung his fist and charged at Lin Yi once again, with speed more than twice as fast as before.

“Damn it!”

Lin Yi cursed silently in his heart. He hadn’t expected the youth’s speed to have increased to such a terrifying level, it was simply horrifying.

Lin Yi hurriedly dodged, but he couldn’t evade the youth’s attack. In just an encounter, Lin Yi was struck in the abdomen by the youth and knocked back against the wall, slumping to the ground.

Lin Yi was covered in scrapes and streaked with blood, looking rather disheveled.

“Pfft!”

Lin Yi spat out another mouthful of fresh blood.

The youth raised his pair of incredibly coarse hands again and slapped them down on Lin Yi’s chest, flinging him once more to the ground.

This time Lin Yi was kicked seven or eight times by the youth before the tumbling ceased.

“You’re really weak, not even able to withstand one of my moves! Do you want to end yourself, or shall I do it?”

The youth sneered coldly, his eyes filled with a mocking light.

“Dream on! You think you can defeat me? That’s the talk of a lunatic! I want to see just how strong you can be!”

Lin Yi stood up, a ferocious look on his face as he glared at the youth. Then, his body transformed into a golden light and vanished in an instant.

The youth’s eyes hardened. He couldn’t see Lin Yi’s figure, but he felt a dangerous aura envelop him, sending shivers down his spine.

“This feeling is so unfamiliar!”

The youth frowned and then shook his head.

“Whoosh!”

Suddenly, a silver light slashed through the void, speeding towards the youth with a velocity faster than lightning, leaving no time to react.

“Not good!”

The youth was startled and immediately turned to dodge Lin Yi’s attack, but his body was half a beat too slow. Lin Yi’s strike hit his shoulder mercilessly.

“Crack!”

His shoulder instantly collapsed, blood spurting out and drenching him like a blood-soaked specter, terribly fearsome.

The youth gritted his teeth in pain, his eyes bulging as he looked toward the direction from which the silver light had come.

He saw a man in flowing white robes hovering in the void, looking down at him with cold indifference.

“Who are you? How dare you attack me!”

The youth stared at Lin Yi and asked in a deep voice.

“Lin Yi! I am the one here to deal with you!”

Lin Yi’s face was filled with cold murderous intent, and a terrifying killing aura burst forth from him. If looks could kill, the youth would have been slain a million times over by now.

“Lin Yi! I’ve never heard of you!”

The youth’s expression was slightly odd as he glanced at Lin Yi, then shook his head. “So you’re Lin Yi?”

“That’s right, it’s me!”

Lin Yi nodded and said, “And you’re the Demon Realm’s Young Master?”

“Good that you know. If you know what’s good for you, you’d better scram while you still can. Perhaps in a good mood, I’d spare your miserable life!” The youth glanced indifferently at Lin Yi and continued, “If you don’t leave, I’ll kill you!”

“What if I don’t go?”

Lin Yi’s figure shot forward like a meteor, charging directly towards the youth.

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