Chapter 10: First Battle Like a Fierce Tiger

Another scream of agony rang out!

With Li Lin's two spear thrusts, not to mention a human, even an elephant couldn't withstand them.

The masked man fell to his knees on the spot, blood gushing out from two bloody holes on his left and right flanks.

He tried to turn his head, to look back and see who dared to strike him so ruthlessly, but he didn't turn; another stab pierced the back of his neck.

The spear tip went through his neck, and blood dripped down.

Even if this black-clad man was stronger, he had no power to resist at this moment.

He made a few "heh-heh-heh" sounds in his mouth, threw himself forward, and lay still.

But Li Lin, fearing the opponent might be faking death, thrust another spear from his left back into his heart.

He even shook the spearhead three times with force.

The opponent remained motionless.

He must be dead!

Li Lin stood up, just about to relax and exhale, when he saw the female apparition ahead; her shattered head had grown back.

Then, glaring viciously at Li Lin, she charged forward.

He was first somewhat panicked, after all, this was a female apparition!

But immediately after, he made up his mind... to kill this thing.

Because he clearly remembered that this creature was very afraid of his yang energy.

Without delay, he rushed forward two steps and instinctively used the move "Shattering Skull, Knocking on the Mountain Gate," a fist technique he had learned from reading the "Bai Hu Flips Over Stance."

Both fists struck out simultaneously, hitting the female apparition ahead.

Normally, a normal person would have no way to hit an apparition, but he was a Spirit Hunter; his entire body's vital energy was special, and as both fists struck out, he instinctively applied the qi-circulation method from the fist manual.

Although the "Spring-Returning Longevity Cultivation Method" was not a very powerful cultivation method, he had cultivated it for over half a year and refined it with blood rice; as these two fists struck out, a faint red light faintly appeared on his fists.

Then, both fists landed squarely on the left and right cheeks of the female apparition.

The female apparition let out a scream of agony, flew back two meters, and crashed into the wall.

It was exactly the same situation as when Tianwang You and the others had hit the female apparition before.

Directly turning an intangible thing into a tangible body.

Effective!

"Haha, you're doomed!"

Li Lin roared and leaped forward.

Tiger Roar, Tearing the Moon Style!

Falling Star, Snatching the Sun Elbow!

River Wind, Severing Tendons Tail!

The moves from the "Bai Hu Flips Over Stance" fist manual took turns striking the female apparition's body.

Although Li Lin was just a newcomer who had entered the profession not long ago, relying on his extremely fierce yang energy, he completely suppressed this female apparition.

The yin energy on the female apparition had no effect on him at all, and her resentment was not particularly strong, further suppressed by the vital energy on Li Lin's body.

Thus, a one-sided beating ensued.

In less than half a moment, the female apparition had been beaten by Li Lin until she was almost dazed.

She let out a shriek, flew up trying to escape, but Li Lin didn't think twice; he directly leaped, grabbed the female apparition's waist, and pulled her down from the air.

Then he pinned her to the ground and punched her head again and again.

The female apparition shrieked, but it was completely useless; every time Li Lin smashed a fist into her face or body, her form became a bit fainter.

Her shrieking voice also gradually grew weaker.

After hammering a few more punches like this, the female apparition turned into a wisp of yin energy and dissipated into the air.

"Dead!"

Li Lin stood up; he felt his heart beating like a drum, thumping loudly.

Amidst the tension, a surge of wild joy also filled him.

The "grievances" of over half a year were all released in this moment.

Who knows what kind of ghostly shape he turned into when he first saw that this world truly had "apparitions."

Now, I finally don't fear you guys anymore.

After panting several times, Li Lin noticed the red light on his Bai Yu token began to flicker; that meant the female apparition here had vanished, so those "wild apparitions" outside would be coming in.

In a sense, the wild apparitions outside were actually even more terrifying.

There were too many of them.

Li Lin put on his "Apparition-Shielding Robe," just about to find a hidden place to hide, when he suddenly saw the black-clad man's corpse.

A flash of inspiration struck his mind; he quickly walked to the black-clad man's corpse, flipped the black-clad man over, and began searching rapidly.

Not long after, he pulled out a book from the opponent's body, along with two small bottles and some silver notes.

He had no time to study these things; he stuffed them into the cloth bag at his waist, then, wearing the Apparition-Shielding Robe, rushed out of the Tudimiao.

There was a small grove beside the Tudimiao; he ran wildly towards it.

The moonlight was bright, so bright it felt somewhat blinding.

Various auditory hallucinations came to his ears, and the sound of the hallucinations grew louder and louder.

At the same time, some bizarre afterimages began to appear before his eyes.

Even with the Apparition-Shielding Robe, running at night would still allow the apparitions to see him.

But he had to run; that Tudimiao was a forbidden place; if he hid there, and some ox-headed ghosts or snake-like demons happened to come running over, wouldn't he be easily discovered?

Fortunately, the small woods were not far away; Li Lin rushed into a thicket of grass and immediately crouched down.

The phantom sounds and illusions vanished completely at that very moment.

【Stealth +1】

【Stealth +1】

Such text began to float upward line by line.

But... the speed of the floating seemed slower than usual.

Li Lin panted a few times, slowly shuffled while crouching to a large tree, leaned his back against it, relieved some of the strain from crouching, and made himself more comfortable.

Then he closed his eyes and pretended to sleep to rest.

Time flowed slowly; by dawn, Li Lin opened his eyes, folded the Ghost-Hiding Robe neatly, and put it back into the cloth bag at his waist.

This thing was very thin and took up little space.

Then he stood up, patted his numb legs, returned to the Tudimiao, and saw that the black-clad man had already turned into a skeleton of white bones.

It seemed the flesh and blood had been devoured by the 'Wild Apparition'.

Li Lin walked toward Yulin County Town, adding more than half a double-hour, and at the city gate, he saw Wang Tianyou and Su Huafang rushing toward him.

Beside the two of them followed several men with an extraordinary aura.

Wang Tianyou also saw Li Lin; a look of great joy appeared on his face, and he shouted to him: "Brother Li, you are actually still alive. That's great, that's great."

At this moment, Su Huafang also ran over; seeing Li Lin's appearance, he also let out a sigh of relief.

"Were you preparing to go find me?" Li Lin asked.

Wang Tianyou nodded, his expression darkening: "This time we failed; six of us went out, and only three returned..."

"Senior Zhou and the others..."

Wang Tianyou spoke through gritted teeth: "They met with misfortune; Inspector Su has already told me."

Su Huafang sighed: "This old man ran fast, while they ran slow; I looked back and saw them entangled by that black-clad man, and I even heard their screams; I suppose they must have met with misfortune."

At this moment, Wang Tianyou asked curiously: "Brother Li, how did you escape this calamity?"

Li Lin said very naturally: "When I saw the situation was wrong, I put on the Ghost-Hiding Robe, then hid in a dark corner; that black-clad man and the female apparition chased Senior Su and the others out; I took this opportunity, ran out of the Tudimiao, hid in the small woods near the Tudimiao, and luckily endured until dawn relying on the Ghost-Hiding Robe, then returned."

Wang Tianyou and Su Huafang both nodded; this was very reasonable.

The Ghost-Hiding Robe indeed had such an effect.

"It is good to be back; those who survive a great calamity will surely have good fortune later." Su Huafang patted Li Lin's shoulder.

Wang Tianyou said: "Brother Li, this time our Wang family implicated you; I will pay the reward as agreed, and double it."

(End of this chapter)