10: Chapter 10: Slaying Enemies and Devouring Spirits, Reading Memories

After Liu Ning and his two followers entered the Gloomy Valley, they walked toward the interior, searching for traces of ferocious beasts.

There were almost no ferocious beasts near the entrance; even if there were any, they had already been cleared out by those who entered before them.

"Young Master Ning, there are too few ferocious beasts around here. Let's speed up. There should be quite a few inside," suggested one of his lackeys.

"That's right, you little brat are correct. Let's go, we'll rush deeper inside!"

Liu Ning waved his hand and took the lead, darting toward the depths of the Gloomy Valley. Lin Yuan saw this, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly, and he followed the trio unhurriedly.

He was just worrying about finding a place to kill the three of them; the prey was finding the location themselves.

Before long, the trio arrived in a jungle. The atmosphere here was eerie, with dark shadows flickering in the woods, indicating the presence of ferocious beasts.

"This is the spot. I can already see the shadows of ferocious beasts. Just wait for this Young Master to display his might!"

Liu Ning drew a long saber from his waist, held it in his hand, and probed into the woods.

"Young Master Ning, the atmosphere here is so bizarre. Won't there be danger?" A follower looked at the gloomy surroundings and became somewhat timid.

"What the hell are you afraid of? With this Young Master here, can a bunch of Body Tempering Initial Stage ferocious beasts really turn the world upside down?" Liu Ning grinned and said, "Let's go, follow this Young Master into the woods!"

Although the two followers were a bit scared, they still followed closely behind Liu Ning and walked into the forest.

Lin Yuan looked around. He hadn't spotted anyone else here; this was the place.

Lin Yuan stopped hiding his figure and walked step by step toward the back of the trio.

"Who?!"

After all, Liu Ning had the cultivation of Body Tempering Mid-stage, so his perception was quite sharp. He immediately noticed Lin Yuan walking from behind. He suddenly turned around and looked behind him.

The two followers saw this and quickly turned their heads back, but after the three of them clearly saw Lin Yuan's appearance, they relaxed.

"Lin Yuan? Why are you here, brat?" Liu Ning asked in surprise.

"Brat, did I not beat you severely enough last time? You dare to appear before our Young Master Ning again? Are you looking for another beating?" A follower clenched his fists and said dismissively.

"Liu Ning, the debt for harming my sister must be settled today," Lin Yuan said calmly, his face grim.

"Heh—settled? You piece of trash who can't cultivate, how do you plan to settle it with me? I'll tell you the truth: I was the one who forced your sister to jump off the building. What can you do to me?"

Liu Ning was full of disdain. He had a handle on the Lin Family's situation; otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to brazenly corner Lin Anran in the classroom.

"Young Master Ning, stop wasting words with him. You don't need to lift a finger; watch me!"

A follower looked at Lin Yuan with a mocking expression. This was a perfect opportunity to flatter him, and he certainly wouldn't let it go.

He charged directly toward Lin Yuan.

Bang! Boom!

In an instant, a figure flew back at an extremely fast speed, smashing violently into a tree a dozen meters away. A loud sound erupted, and the tree trunk shook violently, causing countless leaves to flutter down.

This figure was the follower who had charged forward. He was seen spitting out a mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments before collapsing under the tree, motionless.

"This—this is impossible! You—how could you become so strong?!"

Liu Ning stared with wide, shocked eyes. His follower had the cultivation of Body Tempering Initial Stage, yet Lin Yuan killed him instantly with just one punch.

Even with his Body Tempering Mid-stage strength, he couldn't instantly kill someone at the Body Tempering Initial Stage with one blow. Just what level of strength did this Lin Yuan possess? This was way beyond expectations—

With his current strength, it probably wouldn't take much effort for Lin Yuan to kill him—

"Now do you know how I plan to settle things with you?" Lin Yuan's tone was icy as he advanced step by step.

At this moment, Liu Ning was truly terrified. Not only had Lin Yuan's strength suddenly become immense, but his attack was also ruthless, killing someone with his very first move.

"Lin—Lin Yuan, let's talk this over. I—I can compensate you. I'll give you money, five hundred thousand, no, one million. One million, and you let me go, how about that?"

Liu Ning continuously retreated. He had completely lost the courage to fight and kept begging for mercy.

"Liu Ning, when you bullied my sister and beat my father, did you ever think there would be a day like this? You only know regret now?---Too late!"

Lin Yuan ignored his nonsense, roared fiercely, stamped the ground suddenly, and his figure shot toward Liu Ning like a phantom.

"Don't come over!"

Liu Ning screamed in alarm, frantically grabbed the follower next to him, pushed him toward Lin Yuan, and turned to flee into the woods himself.

Bang!

Lin Yuan sent the follower flying with one punch. Looking at Liu Ning's fleeing back, he revealed a cruel sneer.

"As expected of a shameless wretch, using his companion as a shield. But do you think you can escape just like that?"

Lin Yuan's figure flashed, his powerful fighting strength erupting. He reached Liu Ning's back in two steps, stomped the ground fiercely, and suddenly leaped into the air.

"Liu Ning! Die!"

Lin Yuan roared, and a punch descended from the sky, slamming directly into Liu Ning's back.

Pfft!

The immense force sent Liu Ning flying out. His chest protruded outward by a large section, and blood and internal organs sprayed out in mid-air.

After flying more than ten meters, Liu Ning rolled a few times on the ground before collapsing. He struggled to turn his head back, his eyes already beginning to glaze over.

"You—you dare to kill me—my grandfather—will—will kill your entire family!—-"

After uttering this last sentence, Liu Ning fell flat on the ground, lifeless.

"Heh—your grandfather? He had better not provoke me. Before long, I won't even spare your grandfather a glance," Lin Yuan said dismissively.

With his current rate of progress, by the time the Liu Family discovered he killed Liu Ning, he was confident he would possess the strength to deal with them.

However, he still needed to be careful. After all, the opponent was a Martial Artist Third Rank expert, someone he couldn't handle right now.

At this moment, around the corpses of the three people he had killed, there were milky-white humanoid soul bodies floating around—they were the soul bodies of Liu Ning and his two followers.

Lin Yuan had only devoured the soul bodies of ferocious beasts before; this was the first time he had encountered human soul bodies.

Although these soul bodies somewhat resembled the legendary ghosts, Lin Yuan felt no discomfort whatsoever.

What if they were human soul bodies? If he could kill the person, what soul couldn't he devour?

The 'Spirit Devouring' skill activated immediately. Liu Ning's soul body turned into a milky-white stream of air and drilled into Lin Yuan's mouth.

[Ding! Devoured a human Body Tempering Mid-stage soul body, obtaining 200 ability points]

"200 points? It seems devouring a human soul body yields twice the ability points compared to devouring a ferocious beast soul body of the same level. Moreover, what is this—memories?—-"

That's right; at this moment, Lin Yuan not only obtained ability points but could also read Liu Ning's memories. This made Lin Yuan ecstatic; this was truly heaven-defying.

"Hmm? So that's how it is. Yao Weiwei, it turns out it was you—"

Lin Yuan read the memories concerning why Liu Ning sought out Lin Anran. It turned out it was Yao Weiwei from Class 1, Grade 3, of No. 6 High School. She was the one who told Liu Ning that No. 6 High School had a school beauty who was as beautiful as a celestial being.

This is what made Liu Ning harbor malicious intent toward Lin Anran. Otherwise, since No. 2 High School and No. 6 High School were far apart, how would Liu Ning know about Lin Anran's existence?

Furthermore, when Liu Ning arrived at No. 6 High School, this Yao Weiwei even proactively helped him by sending away several close friends of Lin Anran, leaving Lin Anran alone in the classroom to create an opportunity for Liu Ning.

"Yao Weiwei, no matter why you did this, since you did it, you must pay the price."

A murderous intent flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes. Although he was a transmigrator, in his previous life, he was an orphan and never experienced the warmth of a family.

Therefore, in this life, he cherished his family especially deeply. His family members were his reverse scale; touch them, and he would surely kill!