Chapter 90 - 75: Bait and Kill
She perfectly evaded every surveillance camera, using the shadows of buildings and the sparse crowds to conceal her tracks. Her Tracking techniques were exceptionally professional and refined.
This was far beyond the capabilities of an ordinary Martial Artist.
’This is getting interesting...’
Lin Yi licked his somewhat dry lips, his eyes burning with a mix of battle lust and solemnity.
’No matter who you represent, we’re settling the score tonight!’
He quickened his pace, his figure rapidly melting into the deepening darkness of the city outskirts.
Behind him, the crimson dot that shadowed his every move also accelerated, clinging to him like a stubborn blight, its pursuit relentless.
Soon, the towering West City Gate of Yang City came into view.
Yang City hadn’t always had walls, which were relics of the feudal era.
But after the Red Moon’s arrival, Demon Beasts became increasingly numerous. Attacks on the city grew more frequent, and so this behemoth—forged from heavy alloys and high-strength concrete—was erected.
At the gate, the red lights of automated scanners flickered, capturing the data of everyone who passed through.
Lin Yi calmly walked through the scanning zone, passed through the gate, and stepped out into the wilderness.
The moment he stepped past the gate,
He dug his feet in and exploded forward, his speed suddenly soaring as he sprinted toward a pitch-black forest several miles away!
On his Mosquito Avatar’s surveillance map, the crimson dot shot out of the gate without hesitation, maintaining its precise Tracking.
After about five or six minutes of hard running, something changed abruptly!
On the map, the speed of the dot representing the red-haired woman suddenly skyrocketed!
It was as if she’d been freed from some restraint. She dropped all pretense, her figure moving with phantom-like speed as she closed in on Lin Yi!
Evidently,
after confirming that Lin Yi was alone and that there was no ambush waiting,
she had torn away the last shred of her disguise and was ready to make her move!
At that exact moment,
Lin Yi reached his destination: a sparse, deserted patch of woods.
He skidded to a halt, his body ramrod straight like a javelin, and spun around!
The Owl Dragon Long Spear pointed diagonally toward the ground, its tip catching the faint starlight with a cold glint.
His icy gaze pierced the darkness, locking onto the rapidly approaching figure.
Seeing Lin Yi stop and turn, the woman’s sprinting form came to an abrupt halt about twenty meters away.
She put on a perfectly timed expression of surprise, her voice laced with feigned confusion:
"Oh? You actually noticed me? It seems... you lured me out here on purpose?"
Her voice sounded exceptionally clear in the silent wilderness.
Lin Yi’s grip on his spear was steady as a rock. Unseen, Qi and Blood surged through the meridians in his arm, building up and waiting to be unleashed.
His voice was cold as he demanded:
"Who are you? And why are you following me?"
Upon hearing his words, the red-haired woman suddenly broke into a smile that looked rather eerie in the darkness of the night:
"Lin Yi, you’re truly... more outstanding than I imagined. You’ve far exceeded my expectations!"
She took two paces forward.
Her tone carried a condescending sort of praise:
"Let me introduce myself. I’m a special admissions officer from Nanjiang University. I heard a remarkable genius had appeared in Yang City, so I came to observe you in secret. I never expected your awareness to be so high. You not only detected me, but you even lured me outside the city... Excellent! Truly excellent! You’ve passed my evaluation with flying colors! Now, on behalf of Nanjiang University, I’m officially extending you a special admission invitation! What do you say?"
A look of surprised delight instantly spread across Lin Yi’s face. He stepped forward enthusiastically:
"So you’re a professor from Nanjiang University! Oh, what a misunderstanding, a huge misunderstanding! I thought some good-for-nothing thug had their eyes on me! I’ve been reckless and must have alarmed you, Professor. I hope you can forgive my rudeness!"
He kept up the polite chatter, never breaking stride.
But his grip on the spear’s shaft never loosened.
His Qi and Blood continued to build.
The red-haired woman was also beaming, seemingly unbothered by the misunderstanding:
"There’s no crime in being unaware! Your talent and temperament are truly rare, Lin Yi. So, what do you think? Join Nanjiang University, skip the college entrance exams, and soar to the top in a single bound. It’s an opportunity countless people can only dream of!"
"Nanjiang University? Without the entrance exams?"
The delight on Lin Yi’s face deepened. He quickened his pace, his voice filled with a youth’s characteristic excitement:
"I accept! Of course, I accept!"
The distance between them closed rapidly.
Their smiles were both incredibly sincere.
For a moment, the atmosphere even seemed congenial.
Three paces... two paces... a pace and a half!
Just as they closed to within the lethal range of one and a half spear-lengths—
Everything changed in an instant!
Every trace of the false smile vanished from Lin Yi’s face!
In its place was a bone-chilling killing intent and cold resolve!
He stomped his left foot hard. The ground gave a dull THUD as his body, like a spring compressed to its limit, suddenly unleashed its power!
He twisted at the waist, channeling power through his knotted arm muscles. The Qi and Blood Power he had been accumulating erupted with a roar!
"WHIIINE!"
The Owl Dragon Long Spear let out a piercing shriek as it tore through the air!
The jet-black spear became a flash of lightning that ripped through the night. Imbued with his domineering, unparalleled First Grade Wave Intent, its tip vibrated with ripples of visible shockwaves as it shot forward, too fast to react, aimed straight for the vital point of the red-haired woman’s heart!
This strike was fast, precise, and ruthless!
It was focused with all his strength and killing intent!
The smile on the red-haired woman’s face froze solid. Her pupils contracted to pinpricks in utter shock and disbelief!
She never would have imagined that Lin Yi would dare—or even think—to launch a surprise attack on her at this very moment!
In that life-or-death moment,
the powerful Qi and Blood of a Second-Grade Martial Artist erupted instinctively within her. She kicked off the ground at an unnatural angle, forcefully wrenching her body to the side!