NOVEL WEB chapter 182
182. Thug-style Brawl
“Take theirs? Take what?”
Ling Meng was baffled, not understanding the intention of her master, nor the sudden change in his demeanor.
Just moments ago, he was all politeness and deference, and now he’s talking about taking from the others.
“Soul shards.”
“Master, those soul shards were originally ours. You gave them away, and now to take them back, it makes us seem unreasonable.”
“What’s reasonable or not, forget it, you figure it out slowly, I’m going in.”
Lin Nuo didn’t bother explaining any further to Ling Meng. After all, he had long wanted to give Duran a good thrashing. Even against three people, it didn’t matter. There’s a way to fight one-on-one, and there’s a way to fight one against three.
Duran and his group were about to extract all the soul shards from the beast’s corpse on the ground. Lin Nuo walked up behind Duran and patted him on the shoulder.
“Who’s there, what do you want?”
Duran turned his head instinctively, only to be met with Lin Nuo’s left hook punch straight to his face.
With a smack, Duran’s neck rotated 128.273 degrees perpendicular to his body, and he plunged to the ground.
Lin Nuo quickly followed up with a brick to the back of Duran’s head, then kicked him fiercely twice, one of which hit Duran right in the groin, causing him to cry out in pain.
“Big Brother Duran!”
The other two cultivators realized Duran was being beaten and thought to support him, but they found themselves paralyzed by the Soul Paralysis Needle, weak and unable to move.
“When did this happen… Quick, channel your energy, force the poison out!”
The two cultivators beside had years of combat experience. Faced with such paralyzing secret weapons, the priority was to use their internal energy to force out the poison before it fully penetrated their system, otherwise, they would be paralyzed like fish on a chopping block, completely at the mercy of others.
Lin Nuo ignored the two cultivators, letting them deal with the poison. He just kept on beating Duran relentlessly, using the brick in combination with his hands and feet, unleashing a thug-style beating.
Duran too was hit by the Soul Paralysis Needle, but he was now under Lin Nuo’s fierce assault and couldn’t channel his energy to force out the poison like the other two cultivators.
Ling Meng watched in shock, having thought her master, a demonic sect master, would use powerful demonic techniques if he acted, to broaden her horizons. Even if he was worried about being discovered, he would use some non-demonic techniques, as she knew her master was versed in various mystical arts.
The opponent was Duran of the Five-Star Group, no ordinary foe. If the two fought, it would surely be earth-shattering.
But what happened? It turned into a thug’s brawl! Pinning someone to the ground and beating them, no mystical arts needed.
And where did that brick come from anyway!
Seeing the other two cultivators about to force out the poison, Ling Meng quickly gathered her spirits. Her master was still fighting; how could she just watch?
Clearly, the master intentionally ignored the other two, in fact, leaving them for her to take action.
The master was strong, overpowering Duran with such simple and brutal methods, meaning Duran wasn’t even worthy of having mystical arts used against him.
It seems there’s still a vast gap between myself and my master. When will I be able to suppress my opponent without relying on spiritual techniques?
Ling Meng hurriedly channeled spirit into her hand, unleashing a wave of chaotic demonic energy towards the two cultivators.
Boom!
The two cultivators were struck head-on by Ling Meng’s wave of chaotic demonic energy, blasted hundreds of meters away, the jungle’s branches and trees collapsing in their wake.
“This…”
Suffering heavy damage from the chaotic demonic energy wave, the two cultivators’ spiritual veins and core muscles were damaged, their circulating spiritual energy extremely chaotic.
“Demonic cultivation techniques, she actually…”
“Why would a righteous group be infiltrated by a demon follower?”
“Not good, you must go and report to Master Wu immediately! I’ll go save Brother Du!”
Realizing the situation was amiss, the two cultivators quickly assigned tasks, one seeking help and the other providing support. But before they could act on their plan, Ling Meng made her move again.
The Earth Wind Tide, a dark whirlwind from beneath the ground, came forth, sweeping the two cultivators into the sky.
“What is this?!”
They had experienced the chaotic demonic energy wave, but this dark Earth Wind Tide was something they had never seen before.
Unable to break free in the dark wind tide, the demonic energy within eroded their bodies, spinning them from east to west, from west to east, until they were dizzy and disoriented.
“Damn it, spiritual techniques, we must break through.”
“We can’t break through, the paralysis soul needle poison hasn’t dissipated, and with this woman, ah!!!”
The whirlwind surged violently, the two men colliding in the wind, then separating, and colliding again, the world around them dimming, completely losing their sense of direction.
Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?
“Master, how should we deal with these two?”
Ling Meng turned to ask Lin Nuo, who was still fiercely battling Du Lun.
“As you wish, killing them is fine.”
“Good, then I’ll kill them.”
With Lin Nuo’s permission, Ling Meng was excited. It was one thing to slay fierce beasts, but she had long wanted to turn her blade on these righteous warriors.
Come down!
Ling Meng stopped the Earth Wind Tide, and the two dizzy cultivators fell from the sky.
Seeing stars, the entire sky seemed to want to collapse.
“This, this is…”
“You all, die for me.”
A cold smile curled at the corner of Ling Meng’s mouth as she opened her right palm towards the two cultivators.
“Ah!!!”
With a scream echoing through the woods, the monks’ location exploded into a vast chasm, and the two were reduced to dust amidst the intense demonic miasma.
Satisfying, these monks deserved to die, and if they were Lin Nuo, it would be even more thrilling.
At this moment, Lin Nuo was still pummeling Duran.
“You, do you have a death wish? I am from the great Lin family!”
“What a coincidence, so am I.”
Lin Nuo slapped him several times, then grabbed his hair, “Don’t even claim to be human, you’re nothing but a lapdog.”
“You… The Lin family is powerful, and these are all people of the righteous path. If you lay hands on me, you won’t end well either.”
“Is that so?”
Lin Nuo grabbed Duran’s hair and shoved his face into the ground, letting him savor the fragrance of the earth.
“Mmm… Mmm…”
After having his face washed in the dirt, Lin Nuo pulled Duran’s head up again.
“You were never any good, and now it’s just us here. You planned to loot our belongings when no one was looking. But since no one is around, I can beat you as I please.”
“Great hero…”
“Now you’re cursing, too.”
Lin Nuo slapped Duran hard again. Now Duran had lost his earlier bravado and was weakly begging for mercy:
“Good sir… It was my villainy that failed to recognize a great man. I will give you all the treasures, please spare me, we have no old grudges, right…”
“The grudge is quite big.”
Lin Nuo hammered him with a few more punches, truly satisfying.
Duran was beaten until his face was red and his ears were hot, looking like a complete pig’s head. The usually arrogant man, who always bullied the new members in secret, ended up being bitten back.
“Even if you hadn’t come to rob us, you would still die, and your master is no good either.”
Lin Nuo flung him aside and said to Ling Meng, “Ling Meng, he’s a lapdog of the Lin family, that Lin family. Go ahead.”