The Female Lead Brought Her Lover to the Wedding Banquet and Broke Off the Marriage; I Slaughtered Her Entire Family - Chapter 10:

Chapter 10: Since You’re Here, You Still Want to Leave?

Yue Huan turned sharply, his rage subsiding slightly, replaced by viciousness. “Boss Qiu, you understand me best.”

“White Tiger Manor has always been good friends with Elder Yue. Such a small matter, leave it to us.” The black-clothed man bowed slightly. “But the Lin family’s defenses are tight; it won’t be easy to strike…”

“Hmph, I’ve already made preparations!” Yue Huan took out a rolled-up beast hide map from his sleeve and tossed it over. “Just got this. It’s a detailed layout of that little bastard Lin Chen’s residence, including the locations of his mother’s secret sentries, when the guards change shifts, and even which room the brat sleeps in. It’s all marked clearly!”

The black-clothed man opened the map and studied it carefully, a grin spreading across his face. “With this, it’ll be much easier. Though… the price…”

“Ten million spirit stones! Once it’s done, another ten million!” Yue Huan gritted his teeth, squeezing the words out from between them.

A gleam flashed in the black-clothed man’s eyes. “Deal!”

…

The night was pitch black, so dark you couldn’t see your fingers.

The tall gates of the Lin residence were tightly shut, the surroundings deathly silent.

Several shadows darker than the night itself floated over the high walls without a sound, blending into the shadows within the estate.

Their movements were highly professional, avoiding all known patrol routes and sentry points, heading straight for Lin Chen’s bedroom.

The leader of the group was the most agile. He crept to Lin Chen’s door and pressed his ear against the crack.

Inside came the sound of deep, steady breathing.

Asleep?

A cruel glint flashed in the black-clothed man’s eyes. He raised his hand in a gesture.

The others immediately spread out, forming a semicircle around the door, their short blades gleaming coldly in the dark.

At a command, they would burst in and claim his life!

Just then—

“I’ve been waiting for you guys. What took you so long?”

A lazy, mocking voice suddenly sounded behind them.

All the assassins froze and spun around!

Under the crooked old locust tree in the courtyard, Lin Chen leaned casually against the trunk, arms crossed, a bone-chilling smile on his face.

“Y-You… how are you here?” The leader cried out in disbelief, glancing at the tightly closed bedroom door, then at Lin Chen in the courtyard.

“Since you’re already here, you still want to leave?” Lin Chen snapped his fingers.

Buzz!

Around the courtyard, intricate spiritual patterns lit up on the ground, interwoven into a net, sealing the entire courtyard completely!

“Not good! It’s a trap! Retreat!” The leader reacted quickly, shouting loudly.

But it was too late.

Lin Chen’s figure vanished on the spot, as if he had never been there.

In the next instant, he appeared ghost-like behind one of the assassins.

Phantom Step!

“Die!” The assassin, a battle-hardened killer, sensed the lethal threat behind him and instinctively swung his blade backward.

The blade was sharp, slicing through the air.

Yet Lin Chen didn’t dodge, even charging straight at the blade!

Puff!

The short blade pierced into his chest, but it was like stabbing into tough leather, barely sinking half an inch before stopping.

Lin Chen’s body, strengthened by the Cloud Spirit Stone and the system, was no longer the same!

“H-How is this possible?” The assassin’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He had never seen such an indestructible body!

Lin Chen’s hand shot out like lightning, grabbing the assassin’s wrist holding the knife, his five fingers tightening fiercely.

Crack!

The sickening sound of bones shattering echoed.

The assassin’s wrist was crushed on the spot!

“Ahhhh—!”

A wretched scream split the night sky.

The other assassins, shocked and furious, lunged at him.

But Lin Chen’s spiritual energy surged around him, his figure flitting like a butterfly among the assassins. Thanks to the speed advantage of Phantom Step, their attacks all missed, unable even to graze his clothes.

He pointed his fingers like a sword, gathering a destructive force at his fingertips.

Annihilation Finger!

Boom!

The finger force pierced through the void, striking an assassin squarely in the chest.

The assassin didn’t even have time to scream as his chest exploded into a bloody hole. His body flew backward and crashed heavily onto the ground, dead.

“Too weak.” Lin Chen’s voice was calm, as if stating a fact. “Not even enough to warm me up.”

In just a few breaths.

Four bodies lay scattered across the courtyard.

Of the remaining two, one had his ribs crushed by Lin Chen’s kick and lay coughing blood on the ground; the other was the leader, his wrist shattered.

“Keep one alive for questioning,” Lin Chen ordered coldly.

By now, the Lin family guards had already surrounded the courtyard, weapons in hand, their fierce gazes fixed on the two surviving assassins.

Lin Chen walked up to the leader, looking down at him.

“Talk. Who sent you?”

“Hmph, kill me if you want. Don’t waste words!” The assassin was tough, bracing his neck.

Lin Chen chuckled lightly and pulled out a delicate jade bottle, uncorking it.

“Recognize this? Heart-Eating Gu.”

“Once it’s in your stomach, it’ll start chewing from your intestines, bit by bit, moving upward—heart, liver, lungs, kidneys… The pain, tsk tsk, they say it’ll make you die from the pain and wake up from it seven or eight times before finally dying.”

The assassin’s face turned ghostly pale, his body trembling uncontrollably. “Y-You…”

“Kneel, tell me what I want to know, and I’ll grant you a quick death,” Lin Chen’s voice carried no warmth. “Otherwise, I don’t mind letting you experience it firsthand.”

The assassin’s psychological defense completely crumbled.

“I’ll talk! I’ll talk!” He sobbed, collapsing. “It was… it was Yue Huan! Lord Yue hired us!”

“As expected, that old dog.” Lin Chen was unsurprised.

“He… he gave us the map and the security details of your residence… said… said we must kill you…” The assassin’s voice grew weaker, tinged with sobbing.

Lin Chen stroked his chin. “Oh? Map and security details? So there’s a traitor in my Lin residence?”

“I… I don’t know! Really don’t! I only know someone passed the intel to our boss…”

Lin Chen thought for a moment and waved his hand. “Drag him away for a proper interrogation! Dig out that traitor for me!”

At this moment, Lin Shan also rushed over, his face darkening at the sight of the carnage and the captured assassin.

“Chen’er! That old Yue Huan struck first! We can’t just let this go!”

“Second Uncle, don’t rush.” Lin Chen’s face showed a cold smile. “He likes playing dirty? Then we’ll play along.”

“What are you planning?”

“Isn’t Yue Huan most protective of that disciple Li Feng?” Lin Chen grinned sinisterly. “We’ll start with Li Feng.”

“Tomorrow, I’ll personally visit the mines.”

“And ‘visit’ our former ‘Sword Dao genius’ to see how he’s doing now.”