Chapter 92 - 75: Luring to Kill
His inability to land a decisive blow was wearing on his patience.
He also realized she wasn’t the whetstone he needed for a breakthrough.
He took a sudden, deep breath. The 419 cala of Qi and Blood within him surged like a river bursting its banks, flooding into his right arm!
This time, he wasn’t just attempting to use Overlapping Waves. Instead, he pushed the piercing and vibrating power of his Wave Intent to its absolute limit!
The Owl Dragon Long Spear hummed, as if unable to bear the strain. Its tip trembled at a high frequency, and the very air around it seemed to twist and tear!
"Break!"
Lin Yi roared.
The spear was no longer a thrust. Wielding it with the monumental force to shatter mountains and crack stone, he brought it crashing down from above!
Before the spear even landed, terrifying shockwaves had already enveloped the woman in a radius of several meters. The air crackled, unable to bear the pressure!
The woman’s face paled. She felt the threat of death as never before!
She pushed her Body Technique to its limit. Her red figure flashed repeatedly as she tried to escape to the side and rear.
However,
the area of effect of Lin Yi’s strike was too vast.
Furthermore, the Wave Intent contained within the attack had locked onto her aura!
BANG!!
With immense force, the spear shaft smashed down on the Soft Sword she had hastily raised to block!
KACHA!
SPURT!
The woman felt as if she’d been struck by a sledgehammer. Her protective layer of Qi and Blood shattered instantly, and she was sent flying like a ragged sack.
Blood sprayed from her mouth, tracing a grim arc through the air. She crashed heavily onto the dry grass over ten meters away, rolling several times before coming to a stop.
She struggled to rise, but her right arm was twisted at a grotesque angle, clearly broken. She didn’t know how many of her ribs were shattered, and her internal organs felt as if they’d been rearranged by the Wave Intent’s vibrations. Every breath was a bloody gurgle. She had completely lost the ability to fight.
She glared venomously at Lin Yi as he walked toward her, her eyes filled with defiance and madness.
Lin Yi stopped before her, his spear in hand, its tip angled toward the ground.
He looked down on her, his voice as cold as steel:
"Who are you? Why are you targeting me? Who sent you?"
He had already ruled out Yan Hao in his mind.
This woman’s methods and motives were far more bizarre.
"Cough... cough..."
The woman coughed up a mouthful of blood, but a twisted, crazed smile spread across her face. Her voice was a hoarse rasp:
"Want to know who I am? Hahaha... Kill me! Kill me and you’ll never know who’s after you for the rest of your life! You can live in fear forever!"
"Not talking, huh? You’re a tough one."
Lin Yi snorted coldly.
"It doesn’t matter. The Public Security Bureau’s interrogation rooms have plenty of ways to make you talk!"
Lin Yi had already made his decision. He would hand her over to the Public Security Bureau.
’This woman’s Qi and Blood is heavily depleted, and she’s badly injured. My Mosquito Avatar wouldn’t absorb enough to help my Bone Tempering progress much. It’s much more practical to turn her over to the Public Security Bureau for the reward and intel.’
However,
in the instant his guard lowered—
The situation changed in an instant!
The woman, who appeared to be on the verge of death with a broken arm, had her left hand hanging limply at her side. In a bizarre and silent motion, her middle finger twitched!
A nearly transparent thread, finer than a strand of hair, shot out from her fingertip as if alive!
The thread wrapped precisely around a Poisoned Dagger lying on the ground nearby—one he had knocked from her hand earlier!
SWISH!
Pulled by the thread’s incredible force, the dagger shot forward as if fired from a powerful crossbow. It became a deadly streak of dark light, aimed viciously at Lin Yi’s unguarded... solar plexus!
The sneak attack was fast, vicious, and cunning!
It was completely unexpected, perfectly timed to strike during the fatal gap when Lin Yi had let his guard down!
The hairs on Lin Yi’s arms stood on end!
The Qi and Blood in his body surged instinctively.
Through his Wave Intent, the Qi and Blood transformed into an invisible force, radiating outward from him in concentric layers.
SNAP!
The thread wrapped around the dagger was finally snapped by the vibrations of his Wave Intent.
The dagger clattered to the ground.
Lin Yi’s gaze was like lightning. He turned to stare at the red-haired woman, his eyes fixing on her left hand.
A look of confusion slowly spread across his face.
"You’re Yan Hao? How did you become a woman?!"
Lin Yi’s mind reeled.
According to the intelligence from the Public Security Bureau,
Yan Hao’s right index finger had awakened a Spiritual Essence called Thousand Silks.
The location, the ability... it was a perfect match for this red-haired woman!
But...
’Is this Yan Hao?’
’It’s only been half a month. Even if he had gender reassignment surgery, there’s no way even a Martial Artist could recover this quickly, right?’
Seeing her sneak attack fail, the red-haired woman’s face filled with despair. She began to shriek madly:
"Lin Yi, the Illuminati has its eyes on you! Your fate will be even more miserable than mine! I’ll be waiting for you in Hell!"