CHAPTER 129: 129

"She is here." Inside the room, Lin Meilin, who was leisurely watching Yang Ze struggle while buried under Cang Yue’s curvy figure, finally glanced towards the direction of the broken door as a slight smile appeared on her face.

She was looking forward to how much progress Lin Yue had made, especially after getting the Crimson Heart.

Outside the house, Lin Yue stared at the exquisite stone house in front of her with some confusion. Wasn’t this the tribe leader’s residence? Why does it have a broken door?

Because it was still noon, she couldn’t clearly see the inside of the large hall that seemed to be shrouded in darkness. Though she could hear occasional groans as if someone was trying to struggle free.

"Strange." Raising an eyebrow, Lin Yue steeled her heart before slowly walking towards the house. From the intelligence of the Sword Sect, she knew that the tribe leader of the Blue Faced tribe was someone at the 5th Stage of Vein Expansion realm... exactly like her.

But contrary to herself, who has just managed to step into the 5th Vein Expansion a few days ago, the tribe leader has been in this realm for a long time. She didn’t dare to underestimate her. God knows what kind of secret techniques and trump cards she might have amassed after constantly robbing tributes from the Sword Sect.

Thinking about it, she simply loosened her hand, letting the dark ribbon loose. Once inside, she wasn’t going to waste any words. She was going to attack with all her might, not even giving the opponent a chance to rest or catch their breath. The sooner she ends this fight, the better it will be for her.

Even though she still hasn’t stepped into the realm of Core Condensation, the blood she drained from the three elders of the Blue Faced tribe was enough to keep her energetic for an extremely long time.

Besides... the Crimson heart has two most terrifying abilities... Endless Internal Energy and Endless Mental Energy. Although she couldn’t use the mental energy, she could use her internal energy without any worry.

Thinking like this, her confidence surged as she took a deep breath before directly rushing inside.

The moment she stepped inside the room, the first thing that greeted her was the figure of an enchanting woman leisurely sitting on a large, comfy chair.

She was sitting there quietly with an unsurprised face as if she was expecting her arrival.

Lin Yue didn’t know why, but the moment she looked at the enchanting figure, her heart trembled for a moment. It was as if what she was facing wasn’t just a tribe leader of this bandit’s den, but instead someone who had been in the position of power for an extremely long time.

The moment this thought came to her mind, she immediately shook her head. What a joke, how could someone living with these useless weaklings be someone great? With a cold snort, she was about to rush forward when her eyes finally caught sight of two figures sandwiched together.

"Eh!?" She couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow as her breathing stiffened. Although she couldn’t see the face and the clothes were different, she knew exactly who the woman lying on the ground was...

"CANG YUE!?" Lin Yue exclaimed in disbelief. She knew exactly how powerful this bitch was. She was the saintess of the Duality Sect. She had experienced her strength firsthand. If she were to make a guess, then Cang Yue would be able to fight off and even win against someone at the 5th Vein Expansion realm.

And yet such a woman was lying there on the ground unconscious.

And underneath her was the short figure of Yang Ze, who seemed to be struggling to get out, but couldn’t.

Looking at the scene, Lin Yue’s expression turned incomparably serious. She didn’t know how this bitch came here, but since she was already lying on the ground, it could only mean that she was thoroughly beaten by the tribe leader.

"Useless bitch." Cursing her for being good for nothing, Lin Yue felt a tinge of regret in her heart. Had she known earlier, she would have attacked the tribe leader together with her.

But because of how fast she progressed from the 2nd Vein Expansion realm to the 5th Vein Expansion realm, she became arrogant. She even believed that she would be able to step into the Core Condensation realm after draining the entire Blue Faced tribe.

Unfortunately for her, reality gave her a hard blow. Forget about stepping into the Core Condensation; she couldn’t even see the starting point of it.

"Have you seen enough?" Lin Meilin’s enchanting voice sounded in her ears as Lin Yue readied herself for the fight. She didn’t know how strong this leader of the tribe was, but she must be pretty strong if she could take out Cang Yue without getting injured.

"HAH!" Without wasting another second, Lin Yue rushed forward with the black ribbon floating around her body, completely covered in pitch black internal energy.

Now that there was no element of surprise, and she didn’t know how strong the woman in front of her was, Lin Yue didn’t go all out. She started by simply using her internal energy to imbue the black ribbon as she continuously slashed it towards the enchanting woman.

Lin Meilin, on the other hand, simply raised an eyebrow. The strength Lin Yue was displaying right now was at most the 3rd Vein Expansion realm. But she knew perfectly well that she had drained the entirety of the Blue Faced tribe.

"Interesting." How could she not understand what her daughter was thinking? She wanted to test her strength.

With a smirk, Lin Meilin decided to play along.

Every time Lin Yue’s attack reached near her, she would dodge it gracefully. A few times, the ribbon almost touched her body, but it always missed by an inch. No matter how hard Lin Yue tried, the woman in front of her seemed to be a loch, easily predicting her attacks before dodging them gracefully.

Xiao Ruolan, on the other hand, didn’t make any move. She just stood there, quietly enjoying the fight between the two women. Though sometimes she would sneer at the enchanting woman from time to time.

"Huff... Huff..." After attacking the tribe leader for fifteen minutes without any advantages, Lin Yue began to pant heavily. Even her attacks slowed down, and the internal energy imbued in the ribbon began to thin.

Just one look at her, and anyone would think she was tired from overexerting herself. But all three women knew she was just acting. It’s just that they all decided to play along.

Lin Yue gazed in the direction of the tribe leader, and upon seeing the tribe leader’s face lit up with joy, sneered in her heart.

She only displayed the strength of the 3rd Vein Expansion realm, and with her random bombardment of internal energy, it was perfectly normal for anyone at this realm to run out of internal energy.

Lin Yue’s steps faltered as the tribe leader in front of her slowly made her way towards her.

Ten meters... five meters... three meters...

And when she was just one meter away from her, Lin Yue immediately poured as much internal energy as she could into the black ribbon, completely enveloping it in darkness. And then, without any hesitation, she pulled her hand back before smashing the ribbon towards the tribe leader’s head.

Even though it all took time to explain, it happened in an instant. From Lin Yue faking weakness to Lin Meilin, walking near her, and Lin Yue attacking with all her might.

Lin Yue could already see the split corpse of the woman in front of her.

But the moment her ribbon was a hair’s width away from Lin Meilin’s face, it stopped.

"HUH!?" Lin Yue’s eyes widened in disbelief as she looked at the scene in front of her.

The woman didn’t dodge or block it; she just stood there with a leisurely expression, and yet, her ribbon was stuck in front of Lin Meilin, refusing to budge forward.

"Not so fast." A charming voice sounded in Lin Yue’s ears as she saw the woman simply waving her hand, and with that, she felt a gust of wind hit her on the face, before her body was flung across the room like a doll.

*Thud

With a loud sound, Lin Yue fell face down on the ground as her entire body was overwhelmed with pain, but more than pain was the feeling of shock and disbelief.

Perhaps others might not be able to tell what happened, but she definitely could.

"Core..." There was a tinge of disbelief in her voice as she muttered further. "Core Condensation."

What she just saw was the main ability of a Core Condensation realm expert... Elemental mastery.

The woman in front of her controlled the wind to first block her attack easily and then flung her across the room like a doll.

"Unfortunately, no reward for you." Lin Meilin’s laughter filled the room as she twirled her fingers around, seemingly satisfied with Lin Yue’s reaction.

"How... how is this possible?" Lin Yue felt her mind had stopped working. How could the mere tribe leader of such a run-down tribe living in such a remote location be an expert in the Core Condensation realm?

Even the most powerful people of the Major cities and towns couldn’t step into the realm of Core Condensation. And it was all due to the Major Sects holding on to the secret to step into this realm. It was their way of keeping all these major families and royal families under their control.

From the intel she received, this tribe leader should have been just another bandit who, after constantly stealing the Sword Sect’s tribute, managed to reach the Peak of Vein Expansion realm. But now...

"Gulp." Swallowing a mouthful of saliva, Lin Yue couldn’t believe what she was seeing.

"Playtime’s over." Lin Meilin just chuckled softly before waving her hand, and with that, another gust of wind hit Lin Yue from the back, carrying her towards Lin Meilin.

Mid-air, Lin Yue managed to move her body, balancing it and then used her ribbon to rotate around her body at a rapid pace. But unlike before, she wasn’t holding back. The strength of someone at the peak of the Vein Expansion realm was clearly on display, with an almost endless amount of internal energy being poured into this attack.

"Do you know what the biggest difference between someone at the Vein Expansion and Core Condensation realm is?"

Looking at Lin Yue’s attack, Lin Meilin just shook her head helplessly before speaking in an enchanting voice.

"It is the fact that in the realm of Core Condensation realm, the internal energy is transformed into a higher form... the Elemental Energy."

Speaking till here, Lin Meilin simply waved her hand, and with it, a wall of air visible to the naked eye appeared in front of Lin Yue, stopping her in her tracks.

"What the..." Lin Yue could only watch helplessly as her very first attack got stuck in the wall of air, instantly bringing a halt to her attacks before they even began.

She tried to pull out the ribbon that was stuck in the wall, but no matter how hard she tried or how much internal energy she put in, it just didn’t budge.

"You never truly faced a Core Condensation expert, did you?" Lin Meilin’s voice was as leisurely as ever as she tilted her head with a smile.

"Then let me teach you what it means to go against a Core Condensation Realm Powerhouse."

With a smile, she raised her hand as ten wind blades appeared beside her out of thin air.

Lin Yue, who was still struggling in mid-air, trying to pull out her ribbon, felt her scalp tingle upon looking at those wind blades. She could feel a deadly threat from them.

Without wasting any time, she released the ribbon from her hand as her figure finally landed on the ground.

But this didn’t ease her in the slightest; on the contrary, she used all her internal energy to plunge both her hands into the ground and....

"AAAHHHHHH"

With a loud shout, she lifted off a piece of earth in front of herself.

And at this exact moment, Lin Yue’s wind blades arrived.