Chapter 161: Chapter 160:

Chapter 160

Soon, Zhong Xincheng had no mind to care about Xiao Chen. He saw Su Lin's injured silver needle, carrying a bizarre flame, shooting towards his face.

The sharp sound of breaking the air left Zhong Xincheng with no time to react, forcing him to rely on his body's instinctive reaction to barely dodge. He could feel the sting of the flame grazing the tip of his nose, followed by an explosion. The tree behind him burst open, igniting in flames.

Zhong Xincheng, both shocked and enraged, touched his nose tip, even smelling the aroma of cooked flesh.

What kind of martial art was this? Then a word popped into Zhong Xincheng's mind–Ancient Martial Arts!!

Su Lin was surprised that Zhong Xincheng dodged his Yang Flame Needle. But the second needle followed closely after carrying the same bizarre flame. This time, Zhong Xincheng did not underestimate it at all.

Su Lin, looking at the silver needle in his hand adorned with flames, sighed in relief that this world did not have Jin Dada, or else he would have become the real-life version of the Invincible East.

However, he was pleased that his silver needles were not like those of the Invincible East; they were like bullets, with tremendous destructive power.

Seeing Su Lin's second needle shooting towards him, Zhong Xincheng was not as lucky this time. The silver needle pierced through his shoulder and exploded. A large bloody hole appeared in Zhong Xincheng's shoulder.

Su Lin sighed, the Taiyi Divine Needle against martial artists was like a father hitting his son, not on the same level at all.

Looking at the half-dead Zhong Xincheng, Su Lin turned and flew towards Xiao Chen's room.

At this time, Xiao Chen was entangled in a fight with several martial arts masters brought by Li Ziyu. Seeing Zhong Xincheng being blown apart, his face turned green, and he quickly attempted to escape.

“Thinking of running~! Let's see where you can escape this time.” Several masters went after him.

However, Su Lin hadn't flown far before he had to stop again. A middle-aged man appeared before him, with white at the temples but looking much younger than Zhong Xincheng.

His aura was dense, with bulging temples, indicating he was a Grandmaster who had trained both internally and externally.

“Young friend, since the man is already injured like this, how about we stop here?”

Su Lin sighed, knowing things wouldn't be so simple. The law of the protagonist not dying truly did not deceive me.

Su Lin coldly snorted, about to make a move, but the opponent didn't engage him directly. Instead, he threw a handful of powder. Su Lin covered his nose and mouth, swinging his hand to disperse the powder with several palm strikes.

The middle-aged man, holding Zhong Xincheng, flew away, not slower than Su Lin at all.

“Damn...no martial arts ethics.” Su Lin didn't expect a Grandmaster who had trained both internally and externally to not face him directly and instead flee with someone. Were all Grandmasters so shameless?

Su Lin wanted to pursue but saw a laser dot scanning Li Ziyu's car from the opposite hillside, looking for targets. Li Ziyu, completely unaware she was being targeted, was stunned, her mouth forming an 'o' shape.

She didn't expect Su Lin to be so fierce, blowing up a Grandmaster in less than three moves.

Su Lin sighed internally, realizing Xiao Chen's formidable luck truly wasn't easy to kill. He darted towards the sniper on the opposite hillside and shot a Yang Flame Needle.

Then, he returned to Li Ziyu's side, casually looking at her, “Why open your mouth so wide? Hungry and want to eat?”

Hearing Su Lin's voice, Li Ziyu snapped back to reality, slightly embarrassed, she brushed her hair, “Su Lin, those two were Grandmasters, right?”

“Yes.”

“You... did you make them flee?”

“If you didn't see wrong, yes.”

“Then you are…”

“I'm just an ordinary Grandmaster.” Su Lin said lightly.

Li Ziyu covered her mouth, still somewhat disbelieving.

Su Lin casually said, “Remember to hide next time there's a fight. You were locked on by a sniper and didn’t even know?”

“Ah? Was I targeted?”

Su Lin nodded, “Luckily we hadn't entered the town, or else this fight would have been troublesome. Seems like killing Xiao Chen today isn’t feasible, let’s go back.”

Li Ziyu was stunned, then said, “But what about all those people, with so many of them Xiao Chen can't escape, right?”

Su Lin shook his head, “You thought the same before coming, but did you expect two Grandmasters to appear?”

Li Ziyu was speechless. Su Lin had warned her before they came, but she truly didn't believe a Grandmaster would protect Xiao Chen, and now she was proven wrong.

“Shouldn't we wait for them?”

Su Lin laughed, “Letting them suffer a bit is good.” I can sense Xiao Chen's aura; he's in the late stage of a master. Those people you brought probably can't match him. At least, if he wants to escape, they won't be able to stop him.”

“Then why didn't you chase after him? If you did, Xiao Chen would definitely die.”

Su Lin raised an eyebrow: “The opportunity has already been missed. If I chase now, I definitely won't be able to catch him, but you will surely die. It's a pity you didn't bring a Grandmaster; otherwise, Xiao Chen would have been dead for sure.”

Li Ziyu remained silent.

Just as Su Lin said, if a Grandmaster had been brought along, Su Lin could have dealt with Xiao Chen much faster. Probably, Xiao Chen would have been eliminated in an instant.

Su Lin opened the car door and sat down: “Let's go, drive back!!”

“Okay.”

“Su Lin, we can't hide tonight's incident from Grandpa,” Li Ziyu said somewhat regretfully.

Su Lin smiled: “It's not a big issue. That Grandmaster I fought with is bound to die, which counts as removing a good ally of Xiao Chen’s.”

“Uh-huh~!” Li Ziyu glanced at Su Lin, and at this moment, she truly began to be curious about him. Su Lin seemed to have everything under control, a man shrouded in mystery.

Su Lin wasn't upset about not killing Xiao Chen. After all, there were plenty of opportunities to thwart the protagonist; why rush at this moment?

“Drive carefully. Although I'm very handsome, don't stare at me while driving. Be careful, or it might cost one life,” Su Lin said lightly.

Li Ziyu was somewhat baffled: “Shouldn't it be two lives at risk?”

Su Lin laughed lightly: “If we crash, you will surely die, but I definitely won't.”

“Uh… Okay.”

“Also, next time, if you want to look, don't do it sneakily. Look openly.”

Li Ziyu's ears suddenly turned a shade of pink.

Su Lin found the shy appearance of the beauty truly adorable, so he simply sat back to enjoy the view.

“Su… Su Lin, you tell me not to look at you, yet you keep staring at me?”

Su Lin smiled: “I’m not driving, so of course, I don’t have to watch the road.”

Annoyingly, Su Lin was right. “I… If you keep looking at me like this, I can’t concentrate on driving,” Li Ziyu said somewhat urgently.

For some reason, she found herself stuttering when talking to Su Lin, perhaps because Su Lin was a Grandmaster, which made her feel a great sense of pressure.

“Alright, you focus on driving, I’ll rest for a bit.”

“Where do you live?”

Su Lin thought for a moment: “Drop me off at Quan Le Guo, you’ll pass by there anyway.”

“You live at a supermarket? You might as well let me arrange a place for you to stay.”

“You arrange? Forget it, you better think about how to face your grandfather. That old man I fought is certainly dead, and his identity probably isn’t simple.”

“What does it have to do with me? It wasn’t me who killed him. Xiao Chen killed my brother; it was only right for me to act against him. What’s there to face?”

Meanwhile, the middle-aged man, carrying Xiao Chen and Zhong Xincheng, ran wildly for several miles before stopping on a small hill.

Xiao Chen was injured all over, his clothes torn and ragged, looking pitiful. Yet, he didn’t have time to worry about his injuries. The first thing he did was rush to Zhong Xincheng’s side: “Elder Zhong, Elder Zhong.”

Seeing Zhong Xincheng unconscious and unable to speak, Xiao Chen hurried to check his injuries. A fist-sized hole was blasted through Zhong Xincheng’s shoulder, the surrounding flesh completely charred and the burnt area was spreading rapidly.

“No need to check anymore. Elder Zhong’s shoulder is completely necrotic, and his internal organs have also been severely damaged. What you need to do now is wake him up and ask for his last words.”

Xiao Chen, tearfully shaking his head: “No… that’s impossible. Elder Zhong is a Grandmaster; how can he die?”

The middle-aged man sighed: “The opponent is a young Grandmaster. His silver needles were imbued with scorching Qi, plus the air shot. The generated heat was too great, directly burning Elder Zhong’s flesh away.”

“Who is that person? Who is he?”

The middle-aged man shook his head: “I don’t know him, nor do I know when such a person appeared in Donghai. But kid, if you don’t wake Elder Zhong up soon, he won’t even have a chance to say his last words.”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Xiao Chen then began administering acupuncture, inserting more than a dozen needles into Zhong Xincheng, who gradually woke up.

“I… cough cough…”

“Elder Zhong, do you have any last words, or any unfulfilled wishes? Tell me.”

Zhong Xincheng tried to speak, but blood flowed out when he opened his mouth.

“Do you have any last words?”

“I… take care… of my granddaughter…”

“Elder Zhong, what did you say? What was that…”

The middle-aged man, witnessing Zhong Xincheng’s tragic death, shook his head: “He’s dead.”

“The young man is well-versed in both internal and external training and has also practiced ancient martial arts, a rare Grandmaster of this era. Kid, although I promised your master to save your life, I didn’t promise to avenge you.”

“Now you have two choices: one, I take you to meet Li Weifeng; two, I send you back to your master. What’s your choice?”

Xiao Chen sat silently on the ground for a while before speaking hoarsely: “If I go to the Li family does it mean that I will difinitely die?”

“Basically, there’s no chance of survival.”

“Send me to meet Li Weifeng.”

“Ah… Why bother?”

Xiao Chen managed a smile: “I’m a bit stubborn. Sometimes, even knowing there’s danger, I still want to do it.”

“That young man may be formidable, but I’m not weak either.” In the inn just now, Xiao Chen had obtained the inheritance of the first needle of Taiyi Divine Needle.

He was confident that once he mastered the first needle of Taiyi Divine Needle, Su Lin would not be his match, and he would surely get his revenge.

“This uncle, do you know that person’s name?”

The middle-aged man looked at Xiao Chen surprisingly, then smiled: “His name is Su Lin, the son of Su Zhenguo. I don’t know much else. Good luck, maybe you can really do it~!!”