CHAPTER 135: CHAPTER 134: TIANYI TOURNAMENT (PART 26)

After receiving the news of Lin Caier’s elimination, Lin Yin first burst into wild laughter. After laughing enough, he made a decision that people couldn’t understand—to stop moving forward.

Song Shurun and the other two didn’t know what Lin Yin was planning, but no one wanted to ask, for fear of being snubbed, so they had to follow his instructions and rest under a giant Boddhi tree.

This Boddhi tree was at least a thousand years old, with a dense and large crown that blocked most of the sunlight and rain. Therefore, except for some shade-loving lichens and moss, there were no other plants beneath it.

Pei Nan nudged Song Shurun and motioned with his mouth towards Lin Yin, who was meditating with his eyes closed on one side, suggesting he go and ask what was happening.

The two of them exchanged silent signals for a while, and ultimately Song Shurun gave in to Pei Nan, sighed, and went over to Lin Yin, saying:

"Captain, we have collected a total of thirty-seven competition tokens. I feel like there are no more tokens in the west. Should we change direction to take a look?"

Lin Yin had a blade of grass in his mouth, resting his head in his hands as he lay on the thick lichen, his eyes closed in meditation, completely ignoring Song Shurun.

Song Shurun stood there awkwardly, unable to retreat or remain, with an atmosphere full of awkwardness around him.

Chou Xiaoyuan couldn’t stand it any longer. Her accumulated anger finally erupted at this moment as she walked over and loudly rebuked Lin Yin, pointing at his nose:

"Lin Yin! I know you don’t like us, but we’re all on the same team. You should at least have basic manners, right? When someone asks you something, why are you pretending not to hear? I admit our combat ability is not as good as yours, but we’ve been through a lot together. Without us, you wouldn’t have gotten so many competition tokens. No need to be so arrogant!"

Pei Nan also chimed in: "Exactly! You look down on us, but we think you have a mental problem! You’re like a big fool, moody as hell! Let’s just disband, and see if anyone else in Cold Smoke Pavilion wants to team up with a weirdo like you!"

After being yelled at by Chou Xiaoyuan and Pei Nan, Lin Yin didn’t get angry. Instead, he lazily opened his eyes as if he had just realized someone was talking to him.

"Noisy."

Chou Xiaoyuan and Pei Nan suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness like punching cotton: "You—!"

Song Shurun quickly stopped his teammates who were still quarrelling, and said to Lin Yin:

"Captain, if you have any dissatisfaction with us, you can say it after the competition. Now is not the time for internal conflict. We represent Cold Smoke Pavilion, and securing honor for the school is our primary task. The number of tokens we currently have doesn’t guarantee victory, and there isn’t much time left in the competition. Besides, no one is really tired, so I don’t understand why you insist on resting here. Please give us an explanation."

Lin Yin shrugged, his tone still as unpleasant as ever: "You guys are really useless and love to meddle! Sometimes ignorance is bliss. Since you don’t want bliss, I’ll just say it, so you don’t criticize me for being impolite."

After pausing for a moment, Lin Yin continued:

"Three members of the Tianyi Team were eliminated by the Defiance Squad. They took the Tianyi Team’s tokens, evaded Chu Yunyi’s pursuit, and hid. With Chu Yunyi’s personality, he values the competition result more than fighting to the bitter end with the Defiance Squad for revenge. He wants to win, so he will definitely come to snatch our tokens."

"Instead of moving forward and wasting energy, we might as well wait for Chu Yunyi to come to us. Based on my prediction, Chu Yunyi will first target the closest Desert Boat Team, and then come for us. If I can counter-kill him, our number of tokens will definitely exceed half, and we’ll be the champions! Do you understand, you little weaklings?"

"What—!" Lin Yin’s words contained too much information, and the three of them didn’t know where to start being shocked.

Pei Nan’s eyes were almost popping out: "Jiang Yuesheng’s elimination was because of the Defiance Squad? Who defeated him? As far as I know, Jiang Yuesheng has been sparring with Ye Qingting and Cui Tianxiao since childhood and knows their fighting styles too well. How could he lose? Could it be he lost to that female martial artist named Li Xing? Impossible!"

Before the competition, Pei Nan had carefully studied the combat strength of the martial artists from each team, viewing Jiang Yuesheng as his strongest opponent. Little did he know that before even meeting him, he was KO’d by another team, sparking his curiosity.

Chou Xiaoyuan was even more surprised than Pei Nan: "Harssas Academy is almost out of the ranks of prestigious schools; could they have a team that strong?"

Song Shurun stroked his chin in deep thought: "Simply getting eliminated could be done, but snatching tokens is too difficult. With Chu Yunyi there, that’s practically an impossible task! The strangest thing is, we haven’t heard the elimination announcement for the Defiance Squad. If it wasn’t an error by the competition organizers, that implies the Defiance Squad eliminated Chu Yunyi’s aides at zero cost, how is this possible!"

Looking at Song Shurun and the others as if they’ve seen a ghost, Lin Yin sneered: "Psh, I knew you’d have a ton of questions, so troublesome! Believe it or not, Chu Yunyi is coming soon, so just wait and watch!"

Lin Yin finished speaking and continued to rest with his eyes closed. After a while, a sound broke the silence, immediately followed by Pei Nan’s exclamation: "Chu, Chu Yunyi—!"

Lin Yin grinned, leaping to his feet like a carp, looking at the Chu Yunyi in front of him with eyes full of both excitement and bloodlust.

"Chu Yunyi, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time."

Chu Yunyi, in a neat black battle robe that made his stance look all the more upright, looked at the slightly deranged Lin Yin and said indifferently: "Lin Yin, your spiritual power is very strong; you shouldn’t have been rated as second-class."

During the fight with Li Xing, Chu Yunyi noticed a faint spiritual power spying covertly. Among all the participants, only Lin Yin, who possessed the Dark Elemental Spirit, matched that sinister aura.

Even though it was unclear how Lin Yin, with second-class spiritual power, managed to extend it such a distance, Chu Yunyi was sure that Lin Yin already knew his purpose for coming.

"Hahahaha!" Lin Yin laughed wildly: "It’s all thanks to the Dark Elemental Spirit, temporarily boosted by devouring the Star Beast’s spiritual power. But to get the approval of a Heaven Rank talisman master, shouldn’t I feel honored?"

Chu Yunyi said coolly: "No need. Since you already know, let’s get straight to the point. Hand over the tokens, and I’ll grant you dignity."

Lin Yin’s expression suddenly turned vicious: "Such big talk! Whether you get the tokens depends on your capability!"

Lin Yin pressed his palms together, a black sphere appearing between them, like a black hole, it rapidly absorbed the surrounding Elemental Power.

"Nether Demon Six Paths Cannon—!"

Lin Yin threw the black sphere towards Chu Yunyi, the sphere’s speed was not fast, yet it seemed to have a life of its own, automatically adjusting its direction according to Chu Yunyi’s evasions.