Chapter 20: Decisive Intent to Kill

When Li Lin arrived at the Han family's, it was very lively.

They had set up several banquet tables to treat the porters who helped them move house.

But not a single villager from Shang Tikou Village had come.

At least, Li Lin saw none.

He walked to the fence, and many people saw him.

But they were all outsiders, thinking Li Lin had also come to attend the housewarming banquet.

A rather simple, dark-skinned man stood up: "Young master, have you come to eat?"

Li Lin smiled gently and said: "I'm not eating. I am a Soul Hunter. I now suspect the Han family is colluding with ghosts and practicing witchcraft. I am here to investigate. Unrelated persons, leave immediately, or you will all be considered accomplices of the Han family."

Hearing this, everyone at the banquet froze.

Seeing no reaction from them, Li Lin swept his long spear horizontally, tearing a huge hole directly in the low fence wall.

Wood chips and splinters flew to the right, littering the ground everywhere.

"If you don't leave now, it will be too late. Do you understand?"

Now they all understood; those porters and coachmen suddenly jumped up and ran hard for the exit.

A few who were bolder even snatched a dish or two of meat before running.

In less than a moment, almost everyone had run away, leaving only two Han family members in the courtyard.

One middle-aged man, one young man.

The middle-aged man was very angry; he walked over, pointed at Li Lin's nose, and shouted furiously: "You are just a tiny Soul Hunter... ah."

Li Lin swept his long spear horizontally again, knocking the middle-aged man directly to the side.

He didn't use much strength, yet the middle-aged man was knocked flying to the side, clutching his chest and gasping hard.

For some time now, Li Lin had been practicing hard, and with his talent being quite good, he had long since created a gap between himself and ordinary people.

This attack, which seemed to have little power, was already terrifying for ordinary people.

If Li Lin had exerted even a little more force, the middle-aged man's breastbone would definitely have been broken in several places.

"Father!"

The young man rushed over, hugged the middle-aged man gasping on the ground, then glared angrily at Li Lin: "In broad daylight, you actually dare to assault and injure people!"

"In broad daylight, ghosts are actually appearing; this is even more surprising."

Li Lin replied, holding his red-tasseled spear as he walked inside; he kicked over the tables and stools blocking his path, then stepped forward quickly, thrusting his long spear, leaving a blurred red afterimage in the air.

"Ah!"

A scream of agony came from inside the door.

Li Lin remained unmoved; he pushed hard with his long spear, moving forward step by step, then stopped again at the doorway.

Because inside the room... it was unbelievably dark; looking in from outside, nothing could be seen.

It was as if it were a light-absorbing black hole.

At the same time, the white jade pendant on his belt glowed brighter and brighter with red light, yet it still could not illuminate the situation inside the room.

Li Lin did not know what ambush lay inside, nor did he intend to enter.

He coldly stepped backward and withdrew his long spear.

Blood dripped from the spear tip... but the blood was black.

Upon meeting sunlight, it boiled and evaporated.

Li Lin glanced sideways at the father and son in the courtyard and asked: "What exactly is the situation inside!"

The father and son looked at Li Lin with expressions of resentment.

The middle-aged man said venomously: "Why should I tell you!"

"Then your last chance is gone."

Li Lin snorted coldly; he flicked his hand, and the long spear flew from his grip, stabbing directly into the young man's heart.

The young man's expression froze; he never expected Li Lin to act so decisively.

"Feng'er..."

Seeing the long spear in his son's heart, the middle-aged man's eyes were filled with disbelief.

Li Lin leaped over like a tiger, clapped both claws downward, and struck directly on the man's head.

Then the man's neck vanished, and his head sat directly on his shoulders.

He coughed twice, then fell silent.

Li Lin spun smoothly, pulling the long spear out of the young man's heart.

Blood sprayed out; the young man fell, his eyes wide open, dying without closing them.

"Soul Hunter rule: those who collude with ghosts must be killed without mercy."

Li Lin twirled a spear flourish and said calmly.

Then he looked into the house.

Immediately, a sharp voice sounded from inside the house, extremely grating, making people feel restless and irritable.

Li Lin instinctively stepped back a few paces.

But the screaming suddenly stopped, as if cut off by something.

Not long after, a woman slowly walked out of the house.

She looked to be about twenty-five years old; her appearance was quite good, but her pair of eyes looked very terrifying.

Pure black, with no whites.

"Indeed, a possessed ghost."

Li Lin sighed.

Although he had only recently entered the profession, he still knew some basic knowledge.

Only a Possessing Ghost could act during the day and deceive a local "Guardian" like Lady Tree Immortal.

"Guardian" generally refers to a gecko, and geckos possess the trait of guarding the house; therefore, ghosts like Lady Tree Immortal who are bound to an altar and have "deals" with humans are collectively called Guardians.

The ghost slowly walked to the front of the dead father and son, a cold sneer appearing at the corner of its mouth: "They died well. If they hadn't died, I would have no way to fully control this body."

Then the ghost turned its gaze over, smiling: "Spirit Hunter, let us make a deal."

Li Lin sneered: "I do not make deals with ghosts..."

He felt something was wrong; this ghost did not seem to be on the same side as the Han family.

"Nonsense!" The female ghost covered her mouth and chuckled lightly: "The one behind you is full of your scent. You have already made a deal with her; what does it matter if I add one more!"

Li Lin turned back and saw Lady Tree Immortal floating right behind him.

She floated in the air behind, as if protecting Li Lin.

Li Lin looked at this Possessing Female Ghost again and asked: "What do you want to trade?"

"Half of the living people in this village, send them to me, how about that?"

Whoosh!

The long spear thrust forward, heading straight for the woman's forehead.

The female ghost did not dodge or evade; the spear tip was blocked by a wisp of black qi.

If a deal cannot be reached, naturally one must fight.

After the first strike failed, Li Lin was not in a hurry; he flicked the spear shaft, and the iron spearhead directly jabbed diagonally toward the opponent's chest.

At this moment, blood qi was attached to the long spear, and the spear tip carried a distinct red glow.

This Possessing Female Ghost finally did not have the easy-going expression she had just now.

She quickly retreated three steps, avoiding the range of the spear's attack.

Just then, a huge black shadow pressed down from the sky.

The Possessing Female Ghost looked up and saw a long snake tail.

She dodged in a panic, but the snake tail smashed down directly, creating a large pit in the ground.

And because the snake tail was too long, the end smashed directly into the Han family's house, collapsing the building entirely.

A cloud of dust and smoke rose up.

Li Lin hissed; he truly had not expected Lady Tree Immortal to be so strong.

The Possessing Female Ghost also had a serious expression.

Possessing a human has benefits, but naturally also has drawbacks.

The benefit is freedom of movement and no fear of the scorching sun; the drawback is... the inability to fully exert one's strength.

She retreated two steps and sneered: "Liu Zhe, with this strength of yours... how many men's essence have you absorbed?"

The response to this Possessing Female Ghost was an even more violent tail-whip attack.

(End of this chapter)