Seeing the masked man, Lin Tianba’s face immediately broke into a bright smile, as if he had grabbed onto a life-saving straw, and hurriedly quickened his steps to the masked man’s side!

"Young Master! You’ve finally appeared, thank goodness you haven’t abandoned us!" Lin Tianba said respectfully, resembling a servant in front of the masked man!

The masked man looked at Lin Tianba sternly and said in a cold voice, "I haven’t abandoned you, but you have truly disappointed me!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Tianba’s face immediately showed a look of shame!

Lin Tianba said fiercely, "Young Master, we followed your plans, summoned all the disciples last night, intending to catch Lin Kongxian and Lin Fan in a trap. But who would’ve thought Lin Fan’s power was beyond my expectations; he’s now in the Huajin realm and killed one of my junior disciples, causing us to be at a disadvantage!"

"Oh? Has he progressed to the Huajin realm? That’s truly something to anticipate!"

The masked man’s exposed eyes squinted, gleaming with a dazzling cold light!

Seeing the cold light in the masked man’s eyes, Lin Tianba involuntarily trembled slightly, for he had seen this kind of cold light before!

It was when he first met the masked man; being very dissatisfied with the control of the masked man, he intended to teach him a lesson. But who would’ve thought that the masked man would expose the same cold light and then easily defeat him!

This time, Lin Tianba’s respectful expression deepened by threefold, saying, "Young Master, what should we do now?"

"What else can we do? Of course, leave first, and make plans later!" said the masked man!

"Alright, then we’ll heed the Young Master’s advice!" Lin Tianba quickly said.

At this moment, the masked man had become Lin Tianba’s pillar of support, so he had to follow the masked man’s advice, being absolutely amenable to his words!

However, just as Lin Tianba was about to step away from the place, he saw the masked man, eyes full of mockery, looking at Lin Tianba and Lin Long without moving his feet.

Lin Tianba frowned and curiously asked, "Young Master, you..."

"Hehe! Elder Lin, it’s not that I’m heartless, but the person backing me has put tremendous pressure on me too. In regards to this matter, to conceal my identity, I cannot bring both of you along!" the masked man said.

With these words, Lin Tianba’s complexion immediately turned grim, and he said coldly, "What do you mean?"

"Hehe! Elder Lin, there’s no need to be tense, I don’t intend not to take you with me. However, bringing two people is more conspicuous than bringing one, so... I’m only able to take one person. I believe Elder Lin now understands what I mean!" the masked man said with a cold smile.

At this, Lin Tianba’s expression turned heavy, thinking to himself how ruthless this was!

Nonetheless, given that the masked man was his backbone, Lin Tianba dared not defy his wishes!

Then, Lin Tianba suddenly turned his head and stared coldly at Lin Fan!

Seeing this, Lin Long’s face changed drastically, quickly and fearfully saying, "Grandfather, I am your own grandson, you can’t do this to me!"

"Long’Er, you can’t blame Grandpa, after all... Grandpa is also being forced!" Lin Tianba said with a face full of sorrow and sighs!

While speaking, Lin Tianba reached into his bosom, took out a dagger, and began to approach Lin Long step by step!

At this point, Lin Long was terrified, his fear accompanied by endless hatred, he couldn’t believe that his own grandfather, for survival, would actually want to kill his own grandson with his own hands!

"Lin Tianba! You old unclean beast, you’ll die a miserable death!" Lin Long shouted angrily!

"Long’Er, forgive me!"

Lin Tianba shouted, and then he shook his figure, suddenly appearing in front of Lin Long, clutching the dagger tightly in his hand, gritting his teeth, then no longer hesitating, swinging his arm to stab towards Lin Long’s abdomen!

Thud~

The sound of flesh being torn rang out, sending shivers down one’s spine!

Drip drop drip drop~

Blood dripped down!

However, the blood flowing was not Lin Long’s, but Lin Tianba’s!

Just moments ago, during Lin Tianba’s seconds of hesitation, Lin Long also intended to kill, pulling out the hidden dagger from his body, and ruthlessly stabbed it into Lin Tianba’s heart a second before he acted!

Seeing this scene, the masked man’s eyes sparkled, his mouth, concealed behind the black cloth, curled up into an amused arc, as if he had seen something very interesting!

Lin Tianba looked incredulously at the dagger stabbed into his heart and rasped, "You... you actually killed me!"

"Old unclean beast, you wanted to kill me, why can’t I kill you! Hehe! I used to call you grandfather, but you truly have a cruel heart! Old unclean beast, you deserve to die!"

Lin Long said fiercely, his eyes blood-red, face ferocious like a mad beast!

Lin Long withdrew the dagger from Lin Tianba’s heart, blood immediately gushing out, then swung the dagger fiercely, the sharp blade sliced across his throat, and with a "thump," Lin Tianba collapsed on the ground twitching a few times, then fell silent completely!

Afterward, Lin Long walked up to the masked man, knelt on one knee on the ground, and said respectfully, "Young Master!"

"Haha! Good! I like your ruthless attitude; it is exactly what we want to choose!" said the masked man!

"Thank you for your praise, Young Master!" Lin Long quickly replied.

"Now that you’ve killed Lin Tianba, it’s time for me to fulfill my promise. Come on, follow me out of here, I’ll take you to a place you’ve never been before!"

The masked man laughed heartily, then turned and left!

Lin Long turned his head to look at the Sun and Moon Divine Sect situated halfway up the mountain, his eyes flashing with cold murderous intent, a thought crossed his mind: Someday, I will return. Then he followed behind the masked man, departing together!

...

Although the disciples of the Sun and Moon Divine Sect, who had previously gone out to search for Lin Tianba and Lin Long, were all recalled, after a brief rest, a new round of searching began!

Lin Fan dared not relax in the slightest, this time almost dispatching the entire sect’s disciples, not even leaving a single sweeper, initiating a net-like search!

Lin Tianba, dead in such an obvious place at the bottom of the cliff, was immediately discovered!

Some disciples hurried back to report the news to Lin Fan and Lin Kongxian, claiming that Lin Tianba was already dead.

Lin Fan and Lin Kongxian did not hesitate, promptly rushing over, and upon seeing Lin Tianba’s manner of death, their expressions both changed!