Chapter 458: Interesting Power

Yu Lin had actually noticed these three suspicious fellows long ago.

But why did they only show up now?

Of course it's to let them glimpse the dawn of victory, then deal them a crushing blow of despair—thinking of it is quite amusing…… cough, cough, sounds a bit like a villain.

Minor issue.

Yu Lin, his posture frozen as if turned to a statue, watched the three motionless figures approach, took the box from the leader's hand, opened it, pulled out the Longinus Gun Head, and raised an eyebrow, saying:

"Isn't this divided into three parts, stored in the Vienna Hofburg Museum, the Rome Augustine Church, and the Great Glastonbury Abbey?"

"How did it end up here as a gift?"

He looked at the three and said:

"Speak, how did you know?"

The leader, unable to resist Yu Lin, spoke mechanically:

"We sent someone to steal it and made it a congratulatory gift for the Bai Family heir; when they discover the Longinus' Gun missing, they'll trace it back to having been sent to the Bai Family as a gift."

"Even if they eventually find that the Longinus' Gun was lost, it was lost within the Bai Family; even if the Bai Family is unaware, they have no defense, for this is a top‑tier Heavenly Bestowed Artifact and holy artifact—who could claim they weren't greedy upon seeing it?"

"Whoever controls it gains the power to stand at the pinnacle of the world!"

"Thus we can sit back and reap the fisherman's profit, quietly seizing this holy artifact into our hands!"

After hearing his explanation, Yu Lin nodded, "Clever—using a borrowed knife to kill and a secret passage works well."

"Hmm, you wait a moment."

He didn't continue questioning, but took out his phone and, under their gaze, placed a call.

"Francis."

"Good evening, esteemed Saint, what business do you have with me?"

"Of course, you don't know the Longinus' Gun is missing?"

"What?!"

On the other end, Francis let out a gasp and then said, "Please wait, Saint, I'll go ask right away."

Before Yu Lin could say the Longinus' Gun was in his hand, Francis hung up and hurried away, destination unknown.

Faintly, his roar could be heard:

"Saint…… the Longinus' Gun is missing…… how did you… investigate!"

"If it can't be retrieved…… we will atone!"

But Yu Lin didn't wait long; hurried footsteps sounded on the line, clearly Francis had picked up the phone again.

His tone was overtly nervous and guilty, with a hint of panic: "Saint… we have investigated. The Longinus' Gun… indeed is missing."

"There's a traitor among us!"

He paused, his voice turning fierce: "Rest assured, Saint! I will personally launch a thorough investigation, dig three feet into the ground to root out the traitor; if I cannot find them, I will go before the Holy Seat and resign…"

"No need," Yu Lin interrupted his oath:

"The gun is now in my hand."

Francis, instinctively, followed the assurance: "Yes, yes, the gun is in your hand, we will fully cooperate… ah?!"

He snapped to attention, his voice suddenly high‑pitched, filled with incredulous shock.

"There were three thieves trying to steal it from my friend, and I happened to catch them."

Yu Lin was too lazy to explain the details:

"Fine, come over now. Some matters may require you to handle them yourselves."

Without waiting for Francis to ask again, Yu Lin gave the location: "I'm at Bai Xiaoxia's wedding banquet hotel; you know the address. Come quickly."

Having said that, he cleanly hung up.

He slipped the phone back into his pocket, and Yu Lin's gaze returned to the three intruders, faces ashen.

He lifted part of the suppression, allowing them to speak at least:

"Alright, now tell me, which organization do you belong to? Who sent you? Besides the Holy Gun, what else is your target?"

The three exchanged glances, fear and despair in their eyes, but under Yu Lin's stare, the leader opened his mouth, seeming ready to reveal the truth.

However, just as his Adam's apple rolled and a syllable was about to burst out—

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

Three muffled, heart‑stopping blasts erupted almost simultaneously from their chests!

It wasn't an external attack, but their own hearts, as if seized and crushed by an invisible hand!

Even stranger, with the hearts' rupture, three barely perceptible Soul lights that should have dissipated were instantly shredded and annihilated by a cold, evil force!

Not a single fragment remained; true annihilation of body and spirit, cutting off any chance of reincarnation!

The method was ruthless, decisive, and… seemed to anticipate Yu Lin's possible resurrection ability!

"Hm?" Yu Lin's gaze narrowed slightly; rather than anger, a hint of amused interest appeared: "Interesting."

"Murder to silence mouths, the ones behind seem very cautious."

He didn't immediately employ a tracing technique, but spoke gently:

"Those who died here within ten minutes are now revived."

"【Words Follow Law】 activated, the rule rewrote itself."

The exploded chests of the three rewound like a reversed video, flesh and blood racing backward, the shattered hearts reassembling and beating;

In the air, Soul fragments that had fully dissipated were forcibly pulled from a 'non‑existent' state by an unseen force, coalescing into a complete yet horrified soul, shoved back into the restored bodies!

In the blink of an eye, the three stood again where they fell, faces as pale as paper, drenched in cold sweat, trembling violently, eyes filled with terror deeper than death and incomprehension of the scene!

Not only them, but another three who had been killed by them also revived together!

"I… didn't we die?"

"What just… happened?"

"Calm down, you can leave," Yu Lin waved his hand, after comforting the three, and sent them away from here.

Then, casually laying down an invisible barrier, he said to those three murderers, "As for you three."

"I won't let you die so happily… uh, why does it feel like I'm sounding more and more like a villain? Never mind, it's not important."

He looked at the three still shaken, and asked again:

"Alright, the interlude is over. Let's continue, tell me, who is behind your organization?"

This time, the struggle in their eyes was greater, fear almost became tangible.

They opened their mouths, their vocal cords trembling, trying to speak—

However, the anomaly flared again!

A more violent, more thorough destructive force than before descended without warning!

This time, it wasn't just the heart.

The entire bodies of the three, together with the Soul that had just been forcibly reconstituted, were as if thrown into the hottest steel furnace, and also as if sliced simultaneously by countless fine spatial fissures, turning in an instant into the finest powder!

Not even a wisp of smoke rose; they simply vanished into thin air within the barrier, as if they had never existed.

Moreover, this time, Yu Lin clearly captured it!

At the very moment the destruction occurred, a vast, mighty force pierced the barrier Yu Lin had set, completing this ultimate eradication!

And that force, in Yu Lin's perception, was of the same origin as Jesus, but its aura was the exact opposite of Jesus's compassionate mercy—domineering and brutal, appearing utterly evil!

"Interesting…" The playful glint in Yu Lin's eyes deepened, and a hint of a smile even curled at the corner of his mouth:

"Not a bad ability."