Chapter 739 - 446: An Unbelievable Yet Inescapable Reality

Chapter 739: Chapter 446: An Unbelievable Yet Inescapable Reality

When Wang Hao saw the change in Lin Li’s expression, he knew at once that the other man had a clue about Liu Menglong’s disappearance.

Wang Hao, who had been very close with Liu Menglong, let his ferocious aura erupt without restraint. He narrowed his eyes, glared viciously at Lin Li, and barked out a harsh command.

"If you know anything about Liu Menglong’s disappearance, you’d better tell me everything. Otherwise, I’ll make you wish for a fate worse than death..."

"Heh..." Lin Li heard Wang Hao’s threat but showed no sign of fear.

He glanced around at their surroundings, a slight smile on his face. ’A fate worse than death? You lured me to this abandoned lumber mill on the edge of the wilderness. Weren’t you already planning on not letting me leave here alive?’

Although Wang Hao did indeed plan to kill both the target and the hostage after getting his answers, he wasn’t about to admit it. Instead, he made a promise.

"If you tell me the truth about Liu Menglong, I promise I’ll let you and your girlfriend leave here alive. But you have to guarantee you won’t go to the police afterward."

"Hahaha..."

"Do you take me for a three-year-old?"

"If I promise not to go to the police, you’d feel at ease?"

Hearing Wang Hao’s promise, Lin Li burst out laughing, his eyes filled with mockery.

"You... Don’t you know what’s good for you?" Flustered and angry from the taunts, Wang Hao snapped, "If you won’t cooperate and tell me the truth, I have ways of making you change your mind."

The moment he finished speaking, a Second Order High Rank Spiritual Energy Wave erupted from his body.

His injuries hadn’t fully healed, so he couldn’t reach his full potential. Even so, the powerful aura he projected was not to be underestimated.

Of course, the effect of his powerful aura depended on who it was aimed at. Against a Cultivator weaker than him, it would naturally strike fear into their heart.

But now, his target was Lin Li, and the outcome was obvious.

’Second Order High Rank? A Cultivator of his level is actually resorting to kidnapping, and even planning to silence them afterward? He deserves to die...’ The smile vanished from Lin Li’s face. His gaze turned icy as he watched Wang Hao display his power and threaten him.

Seeing the smile disappear from Lin Li’s face, Wang Hao assumed his threat was working. Eager to find out about his friend’s disappearance, he asked,

"Liu Menglong went to find you that night. What happened after that?"

"..." Lin Li was silent for a few seconds. He didn’t answer the question, instead asking one of his own. "You tell me first. I didn’t know him at all. Why did he come looking for trouble with me?"

Wang Hao figured his target was a dead man anyway, so he didn’t hold back and explained the situation directly.

’Someone paid him to come after me?!!!’ After learning the reason, Lin Li was both surprised and confused. He couldn’t think of anyone who would hire an assassin to kill him.

"Who was the person who hired him to kill me?" Lin Li asked bluntly.

"I don’t know," Wang Hao replied. "The client only showed up once and was never seen again."

Lin Li was disappointed at not getting a lead on the culprit. Just then, Wang Hao urged him.

"Alright, I’ve told you what you wanted to know. Now you tell me what happened to Liu Menglong that night.

Why did I find him dead in the wilderness?"

Lin Li looked at Wang Hao’s anxious face, the corner of his mouth twitching into a cold smirk. "What happened that night? Why did he die in the wilderness? You can go ask him yourself."

Wang Hao never expected Lin Li to answer his question like that. It was a direct insult. He snarled menacingly,

"Damn it... You son of a bitch, so you’re choosing the hard way? Then don’t blame me for what comes next."

"Idiot. I don’t like to drink, so I’ll refuse both the toast and the penalty..." Lin Li replied expressionlessly. Then, his figure blurred and instantly vanished from the spot.

With a loud BAM, a figure was sent flying backward, slamming heavily onto the ground.

"ARGH..."

Lying on the ground, Wang Hao spat out a mouthful of blood. He clutched his chest where he had been hit, his face contorted in pain and shock as he stared in utter disbelief at Lin Li, who had sent him flying.

"You’re... Tier Two Peak?!!!"

"How is that possible...?!!!"

As he had rushed over, the thought of Su Yue being harmed by her captors had stoked the flames of his anger. With every passing moment, his rage had surged, reaching a level he had never felt before.

"It’s one thing for you to come after me, but to go after my friend... She’s just a normal person! As Cultivators, attacking a defenseless civilian... You deserve to die!!!"

WHOOSH.

A faint golden Spiritual Light flashed over Lin Li’s right hand. An orange-red flame appeared in his palm, and in an instant, it engulfed his entire right hand.

Unlike his previous battles where he would hide some of his strength, Lin Li chose to reveal his full power the moment he attacked.

The overwhelming Spiritual Energy Wave of a Tier Two Peak Cultivator enveloped the entire area. The powerful aura made Wang Hao, his eyes wide with shock and his chest still aching from the blow, gape in astonishment.

According to the intel, the target was merely an ordinary Cultivator at Tier One Peak who had just become a rookie Exotic Beast Hunter a few months ago.

Dozens of Tier One Peak Cultivators wouldn’t be enough to handle a single Second Order High Rank Cultivator.

’I orchestrated this kidnapping to force the target to walk right into a trap. According to the plan, it wasn’t supposed to turn out like this!’

"Tier Two Peak?!!!"

"It’s fake."

"It has to be fake."

Unable to accept that Lin Li was a Tier Two Peak Cultivator, Wang Hao clutched his bruised chest and struggled to his feet.

"ARGH..."

Lin Li hadn’t held back at all with that sudden punch.

The single blow to Wang Hao’s chest had shattered several of his ribs.

He climbed to his feet with great difficulty and pain. The severe injury to his chest caused him to spit out another mouthful of blood.

THUD, THUD, THUD...

Lin Li strode forward, walking neither quickly nor slowly toward his heavily injured enemy.

As he walked, he spoke in a cold, emotionless tone. "Since you’re so desperate to know why your friend Liu Menglong died in the wilderness, I’ll grant your wish and send you to meet him.

If you want to know the details of what happened that night, you can ask him face-to-face."

"..." His life was on the line; how could Wang Hao possibly have the mental space to think about Liu Menglong now!

He watched the terrifying enemy approach step by step. He still couldn’t mentally accept that his opponent was a Cultivator far stronger than himself.

But reality was reality, undeniable no matter how hard it was to accept.

The Spiritual Energy Wave radiating from his opponent was so powerful that it enveloped him, crushing him to the point where he could barely breathe.

’I’m going to die.’

’Escape...’

’I have to get out of here right now...’

The same mortal peril he had felt when he encountered the Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Beast in the wild now descended upon Wang Hao once more.

But this time, the threat to his life was even more terrifying than when he had faced the Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Beast.

It was only natural for Wang Hao to feel this way. Lin Li was far more powerful than the Red-horned Purple-scaled Lizard Beast that Wang Hao had beaten into a pathetic retreat.

Lin Li waved his hand. The flames surging from it immediately flew out and converged in mid-air, forming a blazing Fireball the size of a millstone that shot straight toward Wang Hao.

Faced with the incoming Fireball, Wang Hao’s pupils contracted sharply. He clenched his jaw, enduring the intense pain from his shattered ribs, and threw himself to the side with all his might.

BOOM.

He dodged the Fireball. It struck the ground and exploded, scattering scorching flames that seared the green grass to a blackened yellow.

Having dodged the Fireball Attack, Wang Hao glanced back at the explosion site and breathed a small sigh of relief. But in that exact moment, a cold voice sounded right next to his ear.

"Where do you think you’re looking? This place will be your grave!!!"

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