The Villain Doesn’t Want To Get Entangled With the Beautiful Girl After Rebirth

17. The True and False Lin Nuo

Lin Nuo saw that the demonic cult disciples were either dead or fleeing, leaving Su Kexin unthreatened.

Isn’t the erupting protagonist supposed to take down each little friend with a single slash?

After clearing the field, the spiritual light on Su Kexin gradually faded.

Her flowing hair returned to its original state, her body weak, drenched in sweat, she clutched her spirit sword, gasping for air.

Alright, the outburst is over, now’s the time.

Lin Nuo jumped down from the tree, planning to spout some nonsense to Su Kexin first, pretending to regroup with her, to confirm if she had returned to normal, then take her by surprise and stab her to death.

His blade, already thirsting for blood, was waiting to be stained with Su Kexin’s.

Just then, faint footsteps were heard nearby.

From the sinister jungle emerged a robust man.

[It’s him]

An honest crew cut, eyes squinted like two straight seams, a man with a kind face, but Lin Nuo knew, this friendly and honest appearance concealed a vicious nature.

The two locked eyes, the cold wind carrying a scent of blood.

“Hello, I remember you’re a disciple of the Xuan Yun Sect, right? I’ve been separated from my companions, have you seen them?”

Zhong Ping approached with a smile, his steps measured, the kind of harmless smile that most wouldn’t guard against.

But Lin Nuo was different, he was wary of everyone, especially since Zhong Ping might very well possess the technique of demonic energy erosion, he couldn’t let his guard down.

What would he come over for? Surely just to shake hands, then have Lin Nuo drop dead.

Isn’t that the trick he had left over?

But now wasn’t the time to engage with this crew-cut, squinty-eyed freak. At his current second-stage spiritual realm, killing a few demonic cult disciples had already drained most of his spiritual power, and all his talismans were spent on the celestial dragon, fighting this squinty-eyed freak would be too risky.

He needed to play some tricks to force him away.

As Zhong Ping drew closer, Lin Nuo’s expression remained unchanged, and he pulled out a crystal stone from his robe.

“Zhong Ping, this is our Xuan Yun Sect’s transmission crystal. As long as I channel my spirit into it, all the images can be sent to our elder.”

“So, young brother, what do you want to send back?”

Zhong Ping still wore a smile, continuing his approach with the same pace.

Lin Nuo said, “I’ll cut to the chase. I’ll send back your image. You came here wanting to seize the spiritual weapons and pills, right? Many have died over there, their belongings are yours. I’ll just take my junior sister away. The moment I act, your violent actions against me will be transmitted to the Xuan Yun Sect and the Imperial Forest Sect, and you won’t be able to escape. After I take my junior sister away, this crystal will be yours to destroy. How about that?”

As soon as Lin Nuo spoke, Zhong Ping halted, stopping in his tracks.

This kid, it seems he knows my secret.

Judging by his aura, he’s about a third-tier, probably doesn’t have anything good on him. I still have a reliable image of a good person at the Imperial Forest Gate, and I must continue to infiltrate until the sect is destroyed.

If I act, my misdeeds will be exposed, and I can no longer stay at the Imperial Forest Gate.

Just let it go? No, he doesn’t plan to let anyone escape.

“What a pity.”

Zhong Ping opened his squinted eyes, a fierce killing intent flickering within.

A dark aura enveloped his body, and in an instant, he took on the appearance of Lin Nuo.

“You didn’t activate the transmission stone early, but now it’s too late.”

Transforming into Lin Nuo’s likeness, this move is the Pseudo Body Technique, capable of short-term impersonation.

However, the flaw of the Pseudo Body Technique is that it can’t change freely; once it clones someone’s appearance, it must wait until the time ends to revert.

In this way, even if the image is transmitted back, it can’t be discerned that it’s Zhong Ping.

Lin Nuo was somewhat surprised; this buzz-cut man had quite a few skills.

Late? Not at all, after all, the crystal in his hand isn’t a real transmission crystal, it’s just to bluff this buzz-cut man.

If I, Lin Nuo, had a real crystal, wouldn’t I have activated it earlier? Why would I waste words with you?

Bluff failed, time to think of another way.

“Then there’s no other way, only one of us can live.”

Lin Nuo drew his long sword, his face calm.

Now, he could probably split a few illusions, use them to distract his attention, then take the chance to retreat to Su Kexin’s side, stab her, and make a run for it.

Suddenly, a strong demonic palm wind blew over, and a man flew from a distance, crashing to the ground and rolling over before losing consciousness.

Lin Nuo saw that it was Zhou Jianhu, seemingly hit by the demonic palm wind, now likely unconscious.

“Not worth a blow.”

From the distant jungle emerged a group of black-clothed Lian Mo Sect disciples, led by a scruffy-bearded middle-aged man, their leader, Du Xu.

Lin Nuo felt uneasy; the Lian Mo Sect had quite a number of people. Now, as a second-tier, his spiritual power was already low, barely managing against Zhong Ping, let alone a group of Lian Mo Sect disciples.

Trouble, the number of illusions he could split was less than the number of these people, the original plan probably wouldn’t work.

“Master, look, that’s the kid who killed the heavenly slave dragon!”

One of the disciples pointed excitedly towards Lin Nuo, and Du Xu followed his gaze.

He saw two Lin Nuos.

“How can there be two identical people?”

Du Xu looked puzzled.

A disciple responded, “Master, this is his Shadow Split Technique, our companions were confused by it before.”

“Shadow Clone Technique? Hidden weapons!”

The disciples responded promptly, launching several hidden weapons towards Lin Nuo.

Lin Nuo, realizing the incoming threat, quickly dodged, while Zhong Ping was more direct, dispelling the hidden weapons with a forceful palm wind.

Du Xu, aware of the situation, shouted, “The one striking is the real body; the one dodging is the clone. Ignore the clone, focus on beating the real one to death!”

“Yes!”

Du Xu, leading a group of Demon Refining disciples, surrounded and attacked the cloned Zhong Ping that resembled Lin Nuo, leaving the real Lin Nuo unattended…