Chapter 193: Duan De Captured, Blood Sacrifice

Chapter 193: Duan De Captured, Blood Sacrifice

In the Lin family dungeon, Duan De was bound, covered in bloody wounds. He looked extremely disheveled, and his aura was exceptionally weak.

Not long after finishing his contact with Wu Yifan, he had set off to return towards the Ancient Desolate Holy Land. However, before he could make it back, he was captured by the Lin family experts who had rushed over.

After being captured, they interrogated him for three whole days and nights, demanding that he hand over that item.

But the Covering Fortune Mysterious Pearl was no longer with him. Furthermore, Duan De was not the type of person to betray others, so the Lin family had gained no clues despite interrogating him for so long.

Just then, footsteps slowly approached. When Duan De opened his eyes, he was shocked to see Lin Xukun looking down at him from a position of superiority.

"Tell me who your other accomplice is, and perhaps my Lin family can grant you a way to live. But if you refuse to speak, then there will truly be no room for negotiation, and you will surely die."

Lin Xukun looked at Duan De and spoke in an extremely cold tone.

However, Duan De spat a mouthful of blood at Lin Xukun. It did not reach him, though, as it was blocked by Lin Xukun's protective Immortal Qi.

"Don't you dream of it! I won't say a—ahhhhh!"

Before Duan De could finish his sentence, Lin Xukun pressed the device in his hand. In an instant, ten thousand jun of lightning descended upon Duan De, causing him to let out bursts of miserable screams that he could not suppress.

Five minutes passed before Lin Xukun stopped, by which time Duan De had been tortured until he was no longer recognizable as human.

"And now? Can you speak?"

"Go to hell. Ahhhhh!"

Duan De remained stubborn again, and was subsequently met with another round of lightning strikes.

Seeing this, Lin Xukun knew that no information could be extracted from Duan De's mouth, so he turned around, intending to leave.

However, before leaving, he handed the device in his hand to the Lin family members and gave an order.

"Torture him until he speaks. But keep it in check; do not let him die. He still has his uses."

"Yes, Young Lord!"

After Lin Xukun came out, he saw Lin Tianen standing at the entrance of the dungeon, his expression dark and unreadable.

Lin Xukun acted as if he didn't see it, quickly walking up to Lin Tianen and saying respectfully,

"Father."

"Hmm. How is the interrogation going?"

Lin Tianen nodded and asked slowly.

"Still no information. He refuses to reveal who that person is."

"Since that is the case, you need not concern yourself with this matter any further. Come with me."

After saying this, Lin Tianen turned and left.

Although Lin Xukun felt some inner doubt, he followed anyway.

Soon, Lin Xukun followed his father to the front of a Small World.

Looking at the Small World before him, for some reason, Lin Xukun felt a vague sense of unease in his heart. But then, thinking of something, he shook his head with a bitter smile.

His father was an Immortal Venerable Peak; could there really be anyone who could put him in danger in front of his father?

Thinking of this, Lin Xukun followed his father into the Small World.

However, upon entering the Small World, Lin Xukun froze in place. Not far from him, two terrifying corpses knelt, their blood Qi completely drained. As for their faces, how could Lin Xukun not recognize them? They were none other than his second uncle, Lin Tianyu, and his third uncle, Lin Tianqin.

"Father, what is going on here?"

Lin Xukun swallowed hard, his heart gradually filling with unease.

He knew that although he didn't like his second and third uncles very much, they were both Immortal Venerable Peak experts, the supreme powerhouses of the Lin family. How could they have died for no reason?

At this moment, Lin Tianen also stopped his footsteps. With his back to Lin Xukun, he spoke in an extremely pained tone.

"I'm sorry, son. Father had no choice but to do this; it is the only way to preserve our Lin family."

"What do you mean?"

Lin Xukun realized that something was wrong and turned to flee. However, this was a cage carefully prepared by Lin Tianen; how could Lin Xukun, a mere Grand Unity Golden Immortal, possibly escape?

Just as Lin Xukun turned to flee, two blood-red iron chains shot out from the Void Realm of the Small World, piercing directly through Lin Xukun's body.

"Ahhhhh! Father, why are you doing this? I am your son!"

Lin Xukun turned to look at Lin Tianen, attempting to awaken his father's love and conscience.

But unfortunately, Lin Tianen had no way back now. The next second, the figure of the Blood Soul Gate Elder appeared before Lin Tianen.

"Who are you?"

"Hehehe, who am I? I am the one who can help your father become an Immortal Emperor. And you three are the stepping stones for your father to become an Immortal Emperor!"

The Blood Soul Gate Elder spoke in an extremely sinister tone.

That's right. To help Lin Tianen reach the Immortal Emperor Realm, the Blood Soul Gate Elder had used the most evil method of Blood Sacrifice, which required three individuals with the closest Bloodline ties to Lin Tianen to perform.

These three were Lin Xukun, Lin Tianyu, and Lin Tianqin.

It had taken quite a bit of effort for Lin Tianen to lure Lin Tianyu and Lin Tianqin here, but fortunately, he had succeeded in the end.

"Father, this is an evil path! If the Five Great Holy Lands find out, they will definitely purge our Lin family!"

Lin Xukun was still struggling bitterly. Under the effect of the blood chains, Lin Xukun's blood Qi was plummeting at a terrifying speed, almost dropping one small Realm per minute.

It would have been better if Lin Xukun hadn't mentioned the Five Great Holy Lands. As soon as he did, Lin Tianen became enraged.

"Enough! What damn Five Great Holy Lands? Our Lin family is about to be wiped out; even if we go to them, they won't lift a finger. Therefore, our Lin family can only save ourselves now. Only by relying on the Blood Soul Gate can we, the Lin family, survive and look down upon the entire Upper Realm!"

Lin Tianen roared.

As Lin Tianen's words fell, Lin Xukun's eyes were filled with disbelief. It seemed he could not believe that his father would actually say such things.

Then, in the next second, Lin Xukun's power was completely absorbed by the blood chains, leaving him a dried corpse kneeling on the ground, which then turned to ash and dissipated.

Lin Tianyu and Lin Tianqin, who were behind Lin Tianen, suffered the same fate.

A strange change occurred within the Small World. With the death of Lin Xukun, the sky of the entire Small World turned into a scene of scarlet red in the next second.

Before Lin Tianen could react, a surge of power flowed from the Small World into his body, helping him break through directly to the Immortal Emperor Realm and stabilize at the Immortal Emperor Early Stage.

Feeling the incomparably powerful energy within his body, Lin Tianen felt utterly intoxicated by it, as if he could destroy the entire world in a single thought.

But Lin Tianen knew that this was merely an illusion caused by his inability to adapt to the sudden surge of power. Even so, it was enough to illustrate just how much stronger an Immortal Emperor was compared to an Immortal Venerable Peak.

"Is this… the power of an Immortal Emperor?"

Lin Tianen clenched his fist, his face filled with an intoxicated expression.

Just then, the Blood Soul Gate Envoy at the side spoke up.

"Now that you have become an Immortal Emperor, remember everything you have promised. If you go back on your word, I would not mind taking back everything I have given you."

Hearing this, Lin Tianen's expression furrowed slightly, but he was extremely wary of the Blood Soul Gate Envoy in front of him, so he nodded and agreed.

But then, thinking of something, he spoke with an extremely solemn expression.

"The matter has not ended here."