Chapter 795: The Gemini of Heaven and Earth

The head hit the ground.

A spray of blood erupted, splattering all over Chen Ling and staining his black trench coat in mottled crimson, yet his expression remained perfectly calm.

"Finally, business is open..." Chen Ling took a deep breath. He didn't look at the young man who had already fled into the distance, but instead turned his gaze toward the other participants hiding in the shadows of the street, all of whom looked utterly bewildered.

Chen Ling walked forward slowly, a harmless, innocent smile appearing on his cheeks, which were still stained with warm blood.

"I am Lin Yan. I mean no harm..."

"Why don't you all come out? I have some things I'd like to chat with you about..."

[Audience Expectation +2]

Onlookers: !!!

This hair-raising scene shattered the psychological defenses of the participants. Looking at that "gentle and harmless" smile, they felt a chill rise from the soles of their feet to the tops of their skulls. Without a word, they turned and scrambled in every direction!

Having tasted the sweetness of rising expectation, Chen Ling naturally wouldn't let these prey go. He randomly chose the direction with the most fleeing figures and gave chase through the air!

"Everyone, I really mean no harm. There's no need to be so panicked..."

Hearing this, the group ran even faster, cursing him wildly in their hearts... They were just bystanders watching the fun on the side of the road, and he had hacked one of them to death with a single strike! And now he says he means no harm?!

Looking at you right now, who would believe your nonsense?!

Everyone participating in the battle for the [Heaven-Reaching Star Position] was under 25 years old. For an ordinary person, reaching the Third Rank at this age is already difficult; a small number of talented ones can reach the Fourth Rank... Only a very rare few monsters can reach the Fifth Rank.

Chen Ling was already a Fourth Rank at under 20 years old, making him a monster in his own right. However, among those he was hunting, there were no Fifth Ranks. Even if there were one or two Fourth Ranks, they were so terrified by Chen Ling's blood-soaked appearance and chilling aura that they dared not approach.

Chen Ling hunted them down all the way. During this time, he caught a few who hadn't managed to run, and with a swift swing of his blade, he killed them instantly.

The blood on his body grew heavier, eventually staining his black trench coat entirely red. He had practically carved a path through ten streets in the Old District, and his fearsome reputation began to spread through the victims he chased.

"Is this Lin Yan crazy?"

Standing in the darkness in the distance, Referee No. 06 couldn't help but mutter to himself as he watched the scene.

"The competition has just begun. Everyone else is thinking about conserving their strength or probing the backgrounds of other participants... He's just burying his head in killing. By now, he must have the highest kill count, right?"

"The nail that sticks out gets hammered down. Being this arrogant and killing so many people will eventually provoke public anger," Referee No. 15 said slowly from beside him. "Those S-rank participants are not to be trifled with..."

"I agree. This kid won't be arrogant for much longer."

"Hey, he killed another one... Are you going, or am I?"

"You go. I'll keep following him."

"Fine."

As the words fell, Referee No. 15 leaped from the darkness, crossed several buildings, and landed steadily on the blood-stained street.

He came to the corpse whose throat had been slit by the boning knife, crouched down to examine it carefully, and after confirming the participant was dead, pressed the button on his walkie-talkie:

"Participant Li Erquan confirmed dead on Pomegranate Street. Send the medical team to collect the body."

"Received. Arriving within two minutes."

Referee No. 15 stood up slowly, looking in the direction where the blood-soaked Chen Ling had disappeared, lost in thought.

……

"Have you heard? There's a madman killing everyone over in the south of the city."

"No way? It's just started, and it's already this intense?"

"It's true. A friend of mine was chased by him for several streets. It's said that over ten people have already died by his hand... though their ranks don't seem to be very high."

"I heard that the experts from the official organizations are still waiting for the right moment. I reckon he's just mediocre and wants to use this early opportunity to kill some weak juniors to make himself stand out..."

"Why go to such lengths? Even if he's fierce, can he fight continuously for 48 hours? The real life-and-death struggle will be when the Heaven-Reaching Star Position finally appears, right?"

"You don't get it, do you? The referees report the combat situation of all participants to the high-ups of the Five Great Domains immediately. I suspect this guy knows he can't win the Heaven-Reaching Star Position with his own strength, so he's taking a shortcut to get his name noticed by the high-ups."

"In that case, he's actually quite smart?"

"Just petty cleverness."

"What's his name?"

"Something like... Lin Yan? I've never heard of him before."

Several streets away, three figures were huddled together, whispering something.

Just then,

Two gaunt, frail-looking figures leaped down from the rooftop above them like two heavy bombs, smashing two terrifying craters into the street!

Boom—!!

The three whispering men were knocked to the ground by the rolling shockwave. They looked up in terror.

In the swirling dust, the two men—one holding a rake, the other a long staff—slowly surrounded them from left and right. Despite their thin frames, the terrifying pressure they exerted was like a mountain, making it nearly impossible to breathe.

"They are..."

"[Tu Tian] and [Fu Di]?!" one of them said in horror. "I've seen them... They are the new generation of the Gemini of Heaven and Earth from the Dragon-Twisting Warriors. Both are Fifth Rank experts!"

Hearing this, the faces of the three turned deathly pale.

The two thin figures stopped in front of them, their eyes, burning like suns, looking down at them indifferently...

"What did you just say... that person's name was?"

"Huh?" One of them was stunned for a long time before reacting. "It's... it's Lin Yan."

The Gemini of Heaven and Earth looked at each other.

"Is it him?"

"Hmm, there's still no news of that assassin. I didn't expect this Lin Yan to jump out first..."

"He seems quite arrogant, doesn't he?"

"If he weren't arrogant, how would he have swaggered into Third Master's funeral to provoke us?"

"Then..."

"He managed to run away last time. This time, we absolutely won't let him go."

The thin man carrying the rake slowly crouched down, grabbed one of them by the collar, and narrowed his eyes: "I'm asking you... which direction did that Lin Yan go?"

"That... that way." The man pointed in a direction, trembling.

The rake-wielding man let him go, exchanged a glance with the staff-wielding man, and turned to walk in that direction...

Just as the three thought they had escaped a disaster and breathed a slight sigh of relief, a giant pillar whistled down from the sky, crushing them into meat paste on the spot!

After a brief pause, the giant pillar spun and flew forward, gradually shrinking into an ordinary long staff, which the thin figure caught casually.

He didn't even look back, saying faintly:

"I'd like to see how many strikes of mine this Lin Yan... can actually withstand."