C2588 There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

The sword's aura was cold like a poisonous snake. It followed closely behind them, making it impossible for Liu Xuan to dodge. He only felt that death was imminent.

At this moment, he was already filled with regret, thinking how he was so unlucky. First, he was robbed, and it was so easy for him to find this group of Yang Hui weak people and extort them to make up for his losses. He didn't think that he would run into Lin Bai.

What made him even angrier was that Lin Bai was an expert. Why did he have to act like he was a weakling and hide in this group of goods? Wasn't this pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger? He was clearly trying to screw him over. If he knew Lin Bai's strength was so terrifying, even if he was beaten to death, he wouldn't have dared to approach him.

"Senior, have mercy. This junior will not dare to do it again. I will give all these things to you …" In just an instant, the sword qi reached Liu Xuan's back. It made him feel cold and his entire body was drenched in sweat as if he'd just been pulled out of the water.

As he said this, he threw all the items he had snatched from the hands of the others in the arena towards Lin Bai, hoping that Lin Bai would spare his life on account of these items.

"Who do you think I am, like you, to collect trash?" Lin Bai sneered when he saw Liu Xuan's actions, but the more he did so, the more he looked down on Liu Xuan. Bullying the weak and fearing the strong was nothing.

His killing intent had already been roused, and now that this person had seen the spirit stones that he possessed, how could Lin Bai spare him? With a cold smile, Lin Bai formed a sword technique with his two fingers and lightly waved them in the air. He activated his sword qi and slashed it towards Liu Xuan's head.

Under Lin Bai's control, the sword qi's edge seemed to tear through the void, instantly enveloping Liu Xuan. Wherever the sword light passed, blood immediately spurted out. It was just a slight jump, but it had already knocked the beast into the air.

After his body was decapitated, Lin Bai did not show the slightest bit of carelessness. He circulated his Essence Power in his eyes and firmly locked onto the surrounding space. After experiencing Ge Tian's experience, he understood that if he wanted to kill all the people in the Qianyuan Realm and destroy their bodies, he had to cut off their Nascent Souls to avoid future troubles.

Just as Lin Bai expected, not long after Liu Xuan's body was decapitated, a faint glow rose up from his dantian and formed a shadow that was countless times smaller than Liu Xuan. The shadow looked very similar to Liu Xuan, but it was filled with panic as it shot into the void, as if it wanted to use its Nascent Soul to escape this calamity.

Not only that, Lin Bai even noticed that the gaze that Liu Xuan's Divine Soul looked at him with was obviously filled with an extremely deep sense of malice. If he did not cut it off, the matter of the Spirit Stones would soon become known to the world.

"You want to run, can you still run?!" Smiling coldly, Lin Bai raised his hand and locked onto Liu Xuan's Divine Soul with his source energy. Then, sword energy surged out and the Divine Soul was immediately split into pieces that dissipated into the air.

Upon succeeding in his first strike, Lin Bai sheathed his sword back into its scabbard with no expression on his face. Regarding killing Liu Xuan, who was at the initial stage of Qianyuan, Lin Bai felt no sense of accomplishment, and it didn't prove anything.

Moreover, he didn't feel the slightest bit of remorse towards such a massacre. When Liu Xuan had appeared here earlier and directly attacked with murder and plundering, he should've been prepared. If his skills weren't as good as Liu Xuan's, then he would have been killed. This was the so-called killing, where people killed. From ancient times until now, it had always been the same. It was an unbreakable truth.

An Early stage Sky of Sky Origin Stage cultivator was killed in a single move! Under these circumstances, those watching the scene were all silent, not daring to speak. They looked at Lin Bai with fearful gazes, and even stood far away, not daring to get too close to Lin Bai. They were afraid that if they were careless, they would anger Lin Bai and cause a fatal disaster.

Not only that, at this moment, they all felt as if they were in a dream. These people would never have thought that there would be such an expert hidden among them. Such a person's cultivation level must be at a tyrannical level, and Liu Xuan had to call him senior. Could it be that this person's cultivation level had already reached the Middle stage or the Non-Phase Realm?

And compared to the people on the scene, the ones who felt the most baffled were naturally the siblings Xia Fei and Xia Qingping. No matter what they did, they would never have imagined that their companion, Lin Bai, would actually be so tyrannical.

The two siblings knew very well that if it wasn't for Lin Bai pulling out his saber to help them, what awaited them was surely the result of them having both wealth and money. Not only would Xia Qingping be kidnapped by Liu Xuan, even Xia Fei's little life might very well be lost.

When he thought about it again, he realized that he was very likely to be a Non-Phase Realm expert. He had once traveled the same path as one, which made Xia Fei's blood boil. He felt extremely lucky. If this matter were to be left to the future, it would definitely be a source of pride for both him and others. How many people would have the opportunity to do so?

"Thank you for saving us, senior. We siblings are truly powerless to repay you …" After a long period of silence, Xia Fei mustered his courage and walked up to Lin Bai, prostrating himself on the ground as he spoke respectfully.

Moreover, compared to his previous carefree attitude, the current him was clearly more nervous when he spoke. Previously, he only thought that Lin Bai was in the middle of the sun and that his cultivation base was inferior to his. But now that he knew that Lin Bai's cultivation was thousands of times higher than his, how could he dare to show the slightest bit of disdain?

"There is no need for this. It is merely a small matter." Lin Bai indifferently waved his hand when he heard this. He glanced at the pile of items Liu Xuan had thrown over and said, "Go and pick out the items from you siblings."

"This junior does not dare. Consider those items as the right of us siblings to repay senior for saving our lives." Although these items looked unremarkable, they were the rewards from Xia Fei's painstaking efforts. If he were to give them up just like that, how could he bear to do so? However, in the current situation, how could he dare to ask for anything?

"Do you think I can see those things?" At first, Xia Fei was always so respectful, but now he has become so respectful, he would definitely make Lu Wuji feel more amused. He then said with a smile, "No matter what, you are just following the wind and feeling that my cultivation is too high, so you don't dare to do what you did before?"

Although this senior was very skilled, he was not bad and was rather easy to talk to. Hearing Lin Bai's words, Xia Fei scratched his head and laughed foolishly. He then thanked Lin Bai and without further ado, he retrieved his things.

As soon as Xia Fei picked it up, the surrounding spectators also began to move forward, wanting to retrieve their own things.

"Did I say that you could take things from here?" Upon seeing this, the corners of Lin Bai's brows slightly raised as he expressed his displeasure.

Although Lin Bai's words weren't loud, they resounded in the ears of these people like a thunderclap. Those who had been overjoyed and thought that they would be able to regain their former glory were stunned on the spot, unsure of what to do.

Furthermore, they also could not understand why Lin Bai would be so interested in the Xia siblings. He only allowed them to retrieve the lost items and not allow them to retrieve them. However, if this senior had a high cultivation base, he wouldn't be able to see the ironclad eyes of these people.

Could it be that this senior had taken a fancy to that little girl from the Xia Clan and decided to save them and let them go? The more they thought about it, the more they felt that the probability of this happening was extremely high. Other than this, there was no other possible explanation.

But in reality, these people were all mistaken about Lin Bai's character. Although Xia Qingping's appearance was pretty, she was not at that level. Just by looking at her, Lin Bai already felt that she was a beauty that could topple nations and make a crown be filled with anger for a beauty.

And just like what the crowd was thinking, Lin Bai truly had yet to see these things of theirs in his eyes. But he didn't want to let these people get away with it like this. Before, when the Xia siblings were humiliated, there wasn't a single person on the scene who helped them. Although it was because Liu Xuan used his power to suppress them, it was still possible to see their natures.

Such a person, if you help him, not only will he not be grateful, but he will instead take it for granted. For people with such character, what need was there for Lin Bai to be merciful towards them? Furthermore, Lin Bai had another reason for doing so.

"Fatty Jin, go and retrieve the item for me." After shouting at the group of people, Lin Bai looked at Jin Bao Hong and said lightly.

Lin Bai had already made his arrangements. How could the people in the arena dare to disobey him? Although they were unwilling, they could only watch as Jin Bahong looted the items on the ground. They felt indignant in their hearts, but didn't dare to utter a single word.

"Senior, these things... "They're all very pitiful …" However, what Lin Bai did not expect was that Xia Qingping, who was still in a state of shock and not saying a word, would suddenly make a sound. A blush even appeared on her face.

"Little sister!" Hearing this, Xia Fei's face tightened as he lightly touched Xia Qingping. He then said to Lin Bai, "Senior Mu, this is unintentional on my sister's part. Senior, please do not take it to heart."

Xia Qingping's words seemed insignificant, but if one were to carefully understand them, wouldn't that mean that Lin Bai did not have any sympathy for her?

"Pitiful?" He originally did not want to explain the reason behind this, but now that Xia Qingping had spoken, there was no longer a need for him to hide it. He indifferently said: "On this road, I still need to travel with you guys. Do you think that taking out these things would be a pity, or do you think losing your life is even more of a pity?"

There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. These things were basically the guards' fees that these people had to pay for, and they were definitely worth it.