He who kills others will be killed in turn.

At the stone hall by the entrance at the foot of the mountain.

The five-colored arrow that had just been intercepted suddenly blurred in mid-air, dissolving into a sky full of light specks and vanishing out of thin air.

"Oh no!"

Ning Qingcheng, who had been hiding invisibly on the side, felt all the hairs on her body stand on end. A sharp stinging sensation of space being forcibly torn apart made her scalp tingle.

With no time to think, she screamed almost instinctively, "Senior Brother! Watch out!"

Before her voice could even fade.

The void in front of Lin Mo twisted without warning. The vanished arrow actually broke through space like a teleportation, condensing into form once again!

This time, it appeared less than three inches away from Lin Mo's eyeball!

The killing intent concentrated on the arrowhead was bone-chillingly cold. One could even clearly see the tainted murderous aura on it—it was Situ Hongyi's killing intent.

If this arrow hit, it would not just pierce his eyeball, but his entire head.

However, Lin Mo remained standing in place, completely motionless.

He allowed the arrow, which had evolved into a spiritual weapon, to carry the momentum of tearing through space and aim straight for his eye.

Everyone stared at Lin Mo. Many had not even reacted yet, but almost all the members of the Situ family wanted to watch Lin Mo be shot dead by this Void-Rending Arrow.

However, the expected scene of blood splattering on the spot did not occur.

Time seemed to have been paused.

The arrow, powerful enough to pierce mountains, came to an abrupt halt less than an inch from Lin Mo's pupil, simply hovering in the air.

The sharp edge of the arrowhead failed to make Lin Mo even blink.

Everything was completely under his control.

Lin Mo reached out two fingers and casually pinched the shaft of the arrow.

The next moment, an unparalleled, overbearing spiritual energy surged wildly from his body. Without the slightest hesitation, it rushed into the Void-Rending Arrow like a bursting river, violently tearing and crushing the blood essence mark left inside by Situ Hongyi.

Then, he claimed it for himself.

Immediately after, a complex and eerie mark was branded onto it. If one's eyesight was good enough, they could even see that it was a lifelike phantom...

"The craftsmanship is passable, but the taste is a bit lacking."

Lin Mo weighed the arrow in his hand, as if evaluating a cheap trinket he had just picked up from a street stall. "Now, it's mine."

A deathly silence fell over the surroundings.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

What was that?

The Situ family's ultimate heirloom, the Void-Rending Arrow!

When fired, it could shock ghosts and gods, capable of taking a person's head from miles away in an instant.

But now, this legendary killing weapon could not even touch a single hair on this young man's head. He had even seized control of it right on the spot.

Yet the Void-Rending Arrow could not cause any harm to this person.

Just what kind of monster was this guy?!

Ignoring the crowd's horror, Lin Mo toyed with the smooth arrow shaft and cast his gaze toward Situ Yunshu not far away.

Situ Yunshu's face was somewhat pale. She stared fixedly at the Void-Rending Arrow in Lin Mo's hand, knowing all too well who its former owner was.

Their eyes met in mid-air.

Finally, Situ Yunshu slowly closed her eyes and turned her head to the side.

A silent acquiescence.

He broke into a grin, his smile carrying a hint of chilling malice.

Since that ultimate Old Geezer was so polite to give such a huge gift, wouldn't it seem very rude if he didn't return the favor?

After all, it was his first time visiting.

He spread his five fingers, and boundless spiritual energy gathered in his palm, condensing into a translucent bow of light in an instant.

Spiritual energy flowed along the body of the bow.

The Void-Rending Arrow seemed to sense it, emitting a soft hum as it automatically notched itself onto the bowstring.

"Those who kill will always be killed by others."

Lin Mo's voice was not loud, but it spread clearly throughout the entire area.

He released the bowstring.

There was no earth-shattering momentum, no streak of light tearing across the sky.

Infused with entirely new spiritual energy, the Void-Rending Arrow completely unleashed its true power the moment it left the string, directly merging into the void and vanishing without a trace.

At the peak of the mountain, upon the eaves of the mansion.

Situ Hongyi threw down the broken bow in his hand and was quietly waiting for the feedback of the Void-Rending Arrow piercing a skull.

But the next second, his expression changed drastically.

"Pfft!"

A mouthful of scalding blood sprayed out without warning. His body swayed, and he nearly tumbled off the roof.

From the depths of his consciousness came an agonizing pain of being forcefully torn apart.

He had completely lost his connection with the Void-Rending Arrow, which he had refined with his blood essence for decades!

This feeling was a hundred times more painful than someone carving a piece of flesh from his heart with a blunt knife.

"How is this possible? How could this be possible?!"

Situ Hongyi roared hoarsely, looking like a madman.

Ever since he took the position of the head of the Situ family, when had he ever suffered such a humiliating disgrace?

Even back then, when he learned that his worthless daughter had been defiled by a wild man in the mortal world, he only felt anger.

But now, what surged into his heart, apart from bewilderment, was a deep-seated fear stemming from the depths of his soul.

He forcibly suppressed his churning vitality and tremblingly pulled a pill from his robes, swallowing it whole in an attempt to stabilize his injuries first.

However, before the pill could even dissolve, a familiar, spine-chilling fluctuation abruptly appeared in front of him.

The space before him twisted and tore like ripples on water.

An arrow drilled out of thin air.

The familiar five-colored flowing light lingered on the arrow shaft, but at the same time, it emitted a power fluctuation that filled him with despair.

It was still that arrow.

Only this time, the arrowhead was aimed at himself.

Moreover, the distance was simply too close.

Boom!

With a deafening explosion, the Patriarch's mansion in the core area of the Situ family violently blew apart!

Soaring flames and a devastating energy shockwave instantly swept across a radius of several miles, causing the entire blessed land to tremble violently.

The next second, space was torn apart once more, and the Void-Rending Arrow hovered beside Lin Mo.

The moment she saw the Void-Rending Arrow again, Situ Yunshu turned pale and nearly fainted. Situ Dingyi immediately stepped forward to support her.

"Miss..."

Situ Yunshu gasped heavily for air. She knew exactly what that firelight and that roaring explosion meant.

Did she hate him?

She did. For the sake of the family, she had been forced into an arranged marriage, and when the other party refused, she was imprisoned here for over a decade.

For the sake of the family, they now wanted her own daughter to enter an arranged marriage.

And just now, they had even used the family's ultimate heirloom to try and execute the person who was taking her away.

Situ Yunshu did not know how to face all of this.

So Situ Yunshu fainted.

Lin Mo swept his divine sense over her and raised his hand. As a cultivator in the Golden Core stage, modifying a mortal's memory would be as easy as flipping his hand.

But in the end, he lowered his hand.

He still showed respect to Jiang Yunlu's mother, just as she had respected him a moment ago.

If she ended up hating him in the end, it didn't matter. There was no right or wrong in this, only differing stances.

Of course, if she truly hated him, then she wouldn't be as cute as that Old Geezer.

Lin Mo turned his head to look at the First Elder, who lay there like a dead dog, and the Second Elder, who had nowhere to run.

"Alright, now it's time for the two elders."