Chapter 56: Monument-Shattering Palm!

At that moment, however, the sword intent suddenly turned violent.

Lin Ning'er’s expression changed drastically in alarm. She desperately tried to regain control over this surge of sword intent, only to discover that this violent power was entirely beyond her ability to manage.

"Sister!"

Lin Chen’s pupils constricted sharply, and he lunged forward in a single bound.

"Boom!"

With a deafening explosion, the sword intent burst apart.

Lin Ning'er’s body was blown backward by the violent shockwave.

With a furious roar, Lin Chen leaped into the air and pulled Lin Ning'er tightly into his embrace.

Her face was deathly pale, her internal aura entirely chaotic, and a trail of blood hung at the corner of her lips.

"Sister, what's wrong?"

Anxious, Lin Chen immediately channeled his spiritual energy to investigate. He discovered that an unfamiliar force had taken root within Lin Ning'er’s body, locking down her meridians and joints, preventing her from properly circulating her sword intent.

When sword intent goes uncontrolled for too long, it inevitably turns violent!

"This power..."

Su Yuwei stepped forward. After examining her, her pretty face suddenly darkened. "The one who poisoned her even used a special technique to seal her meridians. Even if the poison is cleared, she will never be able to fuse with the sword bone!"

"Hum!"

Right at that moment, the sealing force inside Lin Ning'er’s body was suddenly triggered.

A white light materialized in the air, forming the grim voice of a woman.

"Whoever dares to touch my sword bone, I will slaughter their entire family!"

Just those few words seemed charged with terrifying murderous intent, as if descending straight from the underworld.

Lin Chen instantly felt as though his chest had been struck by a heavy blow, turning his face exceptionally pale.

He groaned softly and staggered backward.

"Swish!"

With a flick of her finger, Su Yuwei shattered the white light. "The poisoner locked a voice within a seal. The moment the seal is activated, that person will also be alerted!"

"Creak."

Looking at the pale-faced Lin Ning'er, Lin Chen felt a rage that pierced the heavens at that very moment!

No matter who you are, sooner or later I will find you, tear you to pieces, and hack you into a thousand chunks!

"Xiao Chen, am... am I unable to cultivate after all?"

Lin Ning'er opened her eyes with difficulty, her beautiful eyes filled with utter disappointment.

"Sister, you will definitely be able to cultivate. Give me two years, and I will surely set you on the path of cultivation!"

Suppressing his fury, Lin Chen forced a smile onto his face.

"Okay."

Lin Ning'er closed her eyes and drifted into a deep sleep.

"She is simply exhausted. That seal will only restrict her cultivation; it won't cause permanent damage to her body," Su Yuwei said in a low voice. "After all, the person who poisoned her still intends to use the sword bone inside her to become an peerless prodigy. If anything were to happen to her, the sword bone would dissipate along with her!"

"What kind of venomous, scorpion-like heart does this woman possess to do such a thing!"

Lin Chen growled in a low voice, blazing murderous intent radiating from his eyes.

Simply unforgivable!

"Junior Sister, do you know who the poisoner is?"

Lin Chen abruptly raised his head, his gaze locked fiercely onto Su Yuwei. "You must know who it is. Tell me, and I will go kill her!"

"Her identity and status are far too high; neither of us can reach her right now," Su Yuwei said with a calm expression. "When the day comes that you and I step beyond these Five Nations, I will naturally tell you who she is."

Lin Chen nodded.

Deep in his heart, he swore a silent oath that one day, he would hack the poisoner into a million pieces!

A day later.

Lin Chen carried Lin Ning'er on his back and moved into the inner sect.

Both in terms of cultivation environment and resources, the inner sect far surpassed the outer sect.

Lin Chen carried Lin Ning'er to the bed in the room, settled her in comfortably, and gently pulled the door shut as he stepped outside.

Outside the courtyard, Elder Zhao happened to be passing by, and their gazes locked.

"Swish!"

A sharp gleam shot from Elder Zhao's eyes; his face was ferocious, icy, and brimming with murderous intent.

Elder Zhao extended a single finger and made a slicing motion across his throat.

Then, enunciating every word in a chilling voice, he said, "Watch over your sister well and don't give me a chance. If she falls into my hands, I'll make her taste... all the tortures of this world!"

Lin Chen's gaze was like that of a dragon. "You won't live until that day."

Watching Elder Zhao's retreating figure, Lin Chen's gaze sharpened once more.

Over the past month, he had already gathered information on Elder Zhao's strength.

Tenth-layer Earth Spirit Realm!

He was just a step away from entering the Heaven Spirit Realm.

Wanting to kill him would not be easy.

However, Lin Chen would not let slip any opportunity to strengthen himself.

Upon entering the inner sect, other disciples received daily instruction from the inner sect elders, but Lin Chen was the exception.

He remained in seclusion day in and day out, and no one knew what he was cultivating.

Inside the training room.

"You must remember, for the Monument-Shattering Palm, the key word is 'shatter.' The might of a single palm should smash mountains and crack monuments. No matter where this strike lands, it must fracture everything in its path! Combined with the Dragon Jade Hand, it can produce miraculous effects."

"Come, Lin Chen, I will demonstrate it for you!"

Tuntun’s gaze suddenly turned sharp. Striking out with a single palm, it combined the Dragon Jade Hand with the Monument-Shattering Palm, slamming it heavily into empty air.

The momentum of this strike was capable of nearly shattering all things in creation!

"Terrifying!"

A flash of light crossed Lin Chen’s eyes.

Right now, what he lacked most were martial arts techniques!

When his repertoire of martial techniques was vast enough, his actual combat capability would continuously soar.

"Come, give it a try!"

Tuntun stepped aside to make room.

Lin Chen nodded. Following the movements Tuntun had just demonstrated, he began to practice.

Taking a deep breath, he gave a low growl, "Monument-Shattering Palm!"

Gathering power in his palm, he struck forward!

"Boom!"

This palm carried the sound of tearing through the air, possessing boundless might capable of destroying a corner of the world.

As for the palm wind he generated, it was even fiercer and more extreme than the one Tuntun had just demonstrated!

"Lin Chen, your obsession is truly overwhelming."

Tuntun stared in astonishment. "This palm strike is technically correct, but it always gives off a feeling of 'dragging each other down to perish together'—it's either you die or I do. Your unstoppable, never-retreating momentum is ruthless indeed!"

"Isn't the path of cultivation precisely like that?"

Lin Chen smiled faintly. In his mind, he was constantly contemplating how to slay Elder Zhao.

Naturally, his cultivation came infused with a biting intent to kill and an unyielding obsession!

As for the grade of the Monument-Shattering Palm technique, Tuntun could no longer remember it.

However, Lin Chen was well aware that its grade was definitely not low, and it was certainly far from as simple as it appeared on the surface!

It felt as though deeper secrets were waiting for him to unearth them.

Time passed quickly.

One early morning.

Before Lin Chen had even gotten out of bed, he heard a flurry of startled cries echoing from outside.

Frowning, he got up and walked out.

He discovered a bloody human head placed right in front of his courtyard.

It even looked somewhat familiar.

"Kid, this is the head of your family member, isn't it?"

Standing outside the courtyard, Elder Zhao grinned, a sense of retaliatory pleasure written all over his face.

*Isn't this Lin Hongbin?*

Taking it in at a glance, Lin Chen felt a slight surge of surprise in his heart.

Before long, he had pieced the whole story together.

After Elder Zhao found out that he hailed from the Lin family of the Great Cang Kingdom, he had evidently resorted to ruthless means and slaughtered the entire family.

*Wonderful, that saves me the trouble of going back to do it myself.*

Lin Chen raised his head, looking at the gleeful Elder Zhao, while a mocking curve played at the corner of his lips.

He actually did the dirty work for me.

What a good person!