The Cultivator’s Fury

Lin Tian was still meditating when his eyes suddenly snapped open. He gazed down the mountain, where a female disciple was frantically scrambling towards the summit.

Disciples rarely ascended this peak, as there was nothing of note there. Lin Tian rose to investigate.

With a flicker of his form, he suddenly materialized before the female disciple.

“What are you doing here?” he asked. “If there’s nothing wrong, go back.”

The female disciple gasped, startled by Lin Tian’s sudden appearance. Her clothes were tattered, revealing glimpses of fair skin, and her hair was disheveled. Yet, her beauty surpassed any other female disciple Lin Tian had ever seen.

‘Isn’t this Nolan?’ Lin Tian realized. He had long heard of Nolan, the great beauty among the inner disciples, and had even glimpsed her a few times.

“Run! Something has happened at the mountain gate!”

“Hmm?” Lin Tian’s brow furrowed in confusion. “Don’t panic. Tell me slowly. No one would dare come here.”

No sooner had he spoken than a group of disciples, their faces grim, appeared from behind. Lin Tian flicked his sleeve, and with an unseen force, seven or eight of them were sent sprawling to the ground!

“What are you doing? You are all fellow disciples. Why are you chasing her? Are the elders not intervening?”

The disciples, witnessing Lin Tian’s incredible power, were too terrified to speak.

Nolan looked at the white-haired girl before her, seeming to calm down somewhat, and let out a sigh of relief.

“A cultivator arrived this morning. He attacked everyone he saw. The elders and the Sect Master tried to stop him, but none could last even a single move. They were all killed…”

“A cultivator?” Lin Tian’s vigilance sharpened. With a wave of his hand, he retrieved a wooden case containing a sniper rifle. Nolan gasped, then exclaimed with wild joy:

“Senior Sister is a cultivator too!? Please, quickly go save our fellow disciples! The entire Mount Mufu has been sealed off by an invisible wall; no one can escape!”

‘An invisible wall? A formation barrier?’ Lin Tian mused. ‘To be able to set up such a large formation, this must be no ordinary cultivator. If they are so powerful, why are they attacking mere mortals?’

“You all stay here. I’m going down to investigate.”

“Be careful, Senior Sister!”

****

Lin Tian stealthily descended the mountain. Along the path that was usually bustling with people, several bodies lay motionless. To avoid alerting anyone, he observed from a distance.

Simultaneously, he activated his Breath Concealment Art, completely suppressing his aura, making himself as inconspicuous as a stone.

Once the sniper rifle was assembled, Lin Tian peered through the scope. Some of the elders lying on the ground had already perished.

After waiting for a long time, no one appeared. He decided to run down. The surroundings were deserted, and the air was thick with the coppery scent of blood.

From the traces at the scene, it was clear the attacker had used a Fireball spell to kill the elders. This was indeed a cultivator.

Just then, a mournful shriek echoed from a distance. Lin Tian’s ears twitched, and he sped towards the sound…

In the open space of the female dormitory, a group of disciples had gathered. The stout young man and Luo Tao were among them.

Lin Tian hid at a distance and observed. In the center of the clearing, seven people—four men and three women—knelt, their faces bruised and swollen. A group of grey-robed outer disciples stepped forward, slapping them.

“Eh?!” Lin Tian frowned. ‘Isn’t that Zhang Yu?’

The seven kneeling figures were precisely those who had constantly bullied Zhang Yu. Lin Tian quickly understood the situation: Zhang Yu had most likely returned with newfound immortal arts to exact his revenge. However, he had gone too far.

Not only had he harmed disciples, but he had also killed the elders and the Sect Master. Lin Tian sighed softly, chambered a round, and took aim.

****

Zhang Yu had brought over a large chair. He held Muyu, who had just escaped, in his arms as he watched the others being slapped.

Suddenly, he shuddered, pushing Muyu away. An energy shield instantly formed around him, providing defense!

A massive bullet roared like a beast, slamming violently into the energy shield! Zhang Yu was knocked to the ground! The surrounding disciples looked on in bewilderment.

Lin Tian was even more perplexed. His sniper rifle was robust, capable of withstanding twenty-fold power, yet it had failed to penetrate Zhang Yu’s spiritual energy shield!

Just as he was contemplating another strategy, Zhang Yu lunged forward with incredible speed!

In a flash, he was standing before Lin Tian!

“Junior Sister Yingkong! You…” Zhang Yu hadn’t detected Lin Tian’s cultivation, as his Breath Concealment Art was operating at its peak.

“Slap!” Seeing the sniper rifle, Zhang Yu raised his hand and struck Luo Yingkong across the face.

“Why! Why are even you doing this to me?!”

The blow itself was negligible; Lin Tian’s physique was no longer that of a mortal. To kill Zhang Yu, he would have to wait for him to drop his guard. That spiritual energy shield was too strange; even a twenty-fold sniper shot couldn’t break it.

“I-I’m sorry!” Zhang Yu’s expression shifted rapidly; even he felt his own emotions were unstable.

“Junior Sister Yingkong, aren’t you hoping to cultivate? Come with me. From now on, no one will be able to bully me!”

Lin Tian touched his face, feigning composure. “Cultivation? I heard one needs a spiritual root for that.”

“Spiritual root…” Zhang Yu gritted his teeth. “Junior Sister Yingkong, don’t worry. Even without a spiritual root, I have a way for you to cultivate! To transcend the mortal world!”

Lin Tian’s eyes narrowed slightly. Zhang Yu was highly cautious, never deactivating his spiritual energy shield except for the one second he attacked.

“I believe you,” he said, pointing towards the female dormitory. “What’s happening over there?”

“Oh, that? Just teaching those who used to bully me a lesson. They’re all just ants anyway; killing them is no big deal.”

The two walked back to the clearing. Upon seeing Luo Yingkong, the stout young man and Luo Tao were stunned. Then, noticing the slap mark on her face, they couldn’t contain themselves.

“Hey! Zhang Yu! How dare you lay a hand on Yingkong!” the stout young man roared directly.

“Silence!” Zhang Yu kicked the stout young man, sending him tumbling several times on the ground. Seeing him kicked, a flicker of cold anger rose in Lin Tian’s heart.

Zhang Yu sneered, looking at the three women who were being slapped in a line.

“Junior Sister Yingkong, these three even plotted against you before. Now you can punish them however you wish!”

The three women’s faces were swollen like pig heads, utterly humiliated in front of so many people. Lin Tian sighed. “Kill them…”

Upon hearing this, the three female disciples cast grateful glances at her. This torment, worse than death, made them long for release.

Zhang Yu gestured, and two inner disciples decapitated them! Many newly initiated disciples turned pale; to encounter such an event so soon after joining Mount Mufu was horrifying.

“Haha…” Zhang Yu let out a few cold laughs, looking at the surrounding people as if they were inanimate objects.

“The rest of you can die too! This kind of sect has no reason to exist!”

A flying sword flashed, and the heads of the four brothers also fell to the ground. The remaining disciples, no longer daring to hesitate, all ran down the mountain, exerting every ounce of their strength!

Lin Tian was about to act, but Zhang Yu quickly retracted his flying sword, and his defensive energy shield reappeared.

Only five people remained on the field: the stout young man, Luo Tao, and the captured Muyu.

Zhang Yu allowed the others to run, knowing that the barrier would stop them; no one could escape the mountain.

“Hmm? Aren’t you two running?” Zhang Yu looked at the stout young man and Luo Tao. He held no affection for either of them.

“Zhang Yu, I don’t care if you kill others, but don’t touch them.” Lin Tian stood in front of the stout young man and Luo Tao.

Seeing his defiant expression, Zhang Yu’s anger flared, and he struck Luo Yingkong across the face once more!

“Hey! You, Zhang! What kind of skill is it to hit a woman! If you want to kill me, come at me! I haven’t cowered enough to need a woman’s protection!” The stout young man stepped forward, cursing loudly.

Luo Tao also grew anxious, raising his blade, ready to fight to the death!

But neither of them was a match for Zhang Yu. With a swift hand chop, he knocked the stout young man unconscious, then kicked Luo Tao ten feet away, sending him sprawling and spitting blood.

Muyu, standing nearby, was pale with fright. Usually held in high esteem, like a moon among stars, she had never experienced such indignity.

Yet, Lin Tian was helpless. Zhang Yu only deactivated his energy shield for the briefest moment when attacking, keeping it active at all other times, seemingly startled by the earlier sniper shot.

It would take two seconds to draw his pistol from his storage bag and chamber a round, but Zhang Yu only dropped his shield for one second. Furthermore, using spiritual power would alert him.

“Junior Sister, I will find a way for you to cultivate. I’ll give you whatever you desire. Are these two lives truly more important than that?

When I came here, I swore an oath to my inner demon to slaughter Mount Mufu clean, otherwise, I won’t be able to break through cultivation bottlenecks.”

“I understand. Do what you must…”