Chapter 263 262: I'm Really in the Innate Divine Realm

Li Tianhuo waved at Mu Lin and Yu Mingyang. "Get out of the way! But don't go too far. Watch closely how I kill them all!"

Large tears streamed down Shen Xilu's face. She couldn't understand why everything had become so tragic.

"I still have so much to do! I haven't even become a Grandmaster yet!" Shen Xilu cried, her eyes brimming with tears.

But Mu Lin didn't retreat. Instead, he walked straight forward.

Wu Henghai was startled. "Mu Xiaoyou, get back here!"

But Mu Lin smiled. "All of you will be safe. Just sit aside and rest. I'll deal with him."

Li Tianhuo sized up Mu Lin. The man was completely unremarkable from head to toe, without even a hint of an aura.

'He's just an ordinary person, playing the hero and rushing to his death.'

Li Tianhuo had no intention of showing mercy this time. He viciously wanted to tear Mu Lin limb from limb.

'Then I'll roast him. Only that will quench the burning hatred in my heart.'

With a wave of his hand, the Heaven-Falling Palm formed a massive palm imprint that shot straight at Mu Lin.

With a flick of his toe, Mu Lin caught a foot-long branch and grasped it in his hand.

Imagining the branch as a blade, he unleashed his Sword Dao, charging with unparalleled dominance toward the massive fiery palm and forcefully cleaving it in two.

Only, the branch couldn't withstand the fiery power and instantly disintegrated into ash.

Li Tianhuo narrowed his eyes, his expression turning serious.

'I can't believe this kid is actually a Martial Arts Grandmaster who has cultivated sword intent.'

'How terrifying.'

Wu Henghai watched, his mouth dry. He thought Mu Lin's incredible medical skills were already amazing, but he never expected him to be such a powerhouse.

Shen Xilu was even more dumbfounded. She had called Mu Lin a genius as a joke, but who knew he was a real one...

It was... just too much to handle.

"Old man, my primary cultivation is cold intent. You can't subdue me! An ordinary flame like this can't hurt me at all. At most, it might singe a few of my body hairs."

Li Tianhuo sneered, "What disgusting words. No matter how amazing you are, you're only at the Grandmaster level. Compared to the Innate Divine Realm, the difference is as vast as that between the clouds and the mud!"

"Prepare to die! Heaven-Destroying Palm!"

A stronger, larger fiery palm descended from the sky straight toward Mu Lin.

The light from the fiery palm was so blinding that everyone hurriedly shut their eyes and rubbed them.

They couldn't bear to watch the scene of Mu Lin being slaughtered.

This one palm strike would likely be enough to obliterate Mu Lin completely.

But Mu Lin was in no hurry. He gathered his energy, enveloping his fist in Cold Marrow, and threw a vicious punch.

The icy fist met the flames, and steam erupted with a loud HISS.

The punch was immensely powerful. After a moment, it found its mark.

BOOM!

When the fiery smoke dissipated, a gaping hole was visible in Li Tianhuo's chest—his heart had been completely shattered.

"It can't be... This can't be happening... I'm an Innate!"

But a moment later, Li Tianhuo collapsed, utterly and completely dead.

Mu Lin shook out his hand, sighing.

He had drawn out every last bit of Cold Marrow in his body just to barely push back Li Tianhuo's flames.

If the flames had been even a fraction stronger, Mu Lin would have been powerless to stop them and would have been overwhelmed himself.

Now, his body was completely drained, and he was utterly exhausted.

Mu Lin had squeezed out every last drop of his True Qi.

Shen Xilu held her breath. 'Is Mu Lin even human?'

"He killed a Divine Realm expert in a single blow, right? That's just insane!"

The other team members were also gawking in astonishment.

'Just who in the world is Mu Lin? How can he be so incredible?'

Mu Lin took two steps back and exhaled deeply, but as he did, he felt a strange hallucination begin to form.

"What a pity," he murmured.

'In the end, Li Tianhuo's strength wasn't anything to write home about. He was just a newly ascended Innate Divine Realm expert who still didn't understand many things.'

'I was confident I could have subdued Li Tianhuo, and capturing him alive would have been far better than killing him.'

'Unfortunately, I had no choice. Li Tianhuo's attacks were too brutal, and I couldn't protect everyone around me by myself.'

'That's why I had to finish him in one blow, giving him no chance to recover.'

'Still, what a pity.'

'Otherwise, I could have gotten the name of the mastermind behind him.'

'But things ended up like this. It's a huge loss.'

Turning his head, Mu Lin saw the shock in everyone's eyes.

Yu Mingyang let out a long sigh. "I told you he was something else, didn't I?"

He'd suspected from the start that there was more to Mu Lin, and he was right!

He'd had the same questions as Wu Henghai all along, he just observed more carefully.

"Mr. Mu, your act was too convincing! I couldn't sense at all that you were this powerful!" Yu Mingyang said, giving him a thumbs-up.

But Wu Henghai said, "Mr. Mu, Gu Wu needs your treatment! Otherwise, he'll surely die!"

Mu Lin glanced at Gu Wu on the ground, who was as battered and broken as a sack of rags. 'Wouldn't it be better to just let him go?'

He knew Elder Bai's attitude towards the Military Suppression Bureau, so he hesitated.

He had already done them a favor by stepping in. If he also saved this man, the debt of gratitude would be too deep.

Suddenly, a man stepped out from the ranks of the Fifth Squad. Mu Lin recognized him—it was the same man who had berated him at the Bai Family Manor.

The man walked up to Mu Lin, knelt down solemnly, and kowtowed several times. THUD! THUD! THUD!

"I'm sorry, Mr. Mu! I was wrong! I shouldn't have spoken to you like that! Please, I'm begging you, save our captain, please?"

Mu Lin sighed. "It's no big deal. I'm not angry. Get up. Even if just for Captain Wu's sake, I'll save Captain Gu."

After speaking, he crouched down and silently took his pulse.

His brows knitted together tightly:

"Li Tianhuo's True Qi completely destroyed his meridians. His body is riddled with fractures. The fact that he's still breathing is a miracle."

'Good heavens...' Wu Henghai had never imagined the situation was this dire.

"It's that bad? Can he survive?"

Although they competed fiercely for credit, there was no real enmity between them, so Wu Henghai was genuinely afraid that Gu Wu would die just like that.

'How tragic would that be!'

Mu Lin threw a few needles, sealing Gu Wu's heart meridian. "Don't worry. Let's get to a hospital first. With me here, even if he reaches the gates of Yama Hall, I'll drag him back."

The team members were so overjoyed they wept, wishing they could just hug and kiss Mu Lin.

"Thank you!" they cried out, weeping with excitement.

Mu Lin waved his hand. "Let's go. We can't afford any more unexpected twists."

Wu Henghai arranged for his team to be taken to the hospital first. It wasn't just the critically injured Gu Wu; everyone had wounds of varying severity.

They all needed medical attention.

Then, Wu Henghai ordered the uninjured members to remain and investigate the scene.

There wasn't a single part of Gu Wu's body left unscathed. His skin was scorched by the searing flames, his bones shattered by immense force, and his meridians were utterly destroyed.

The situation was so grim that even Mu Lin felt an urge to scratch his head in frustration.

Nevertheless, he steadied himself and asked Wu Henghai to arrange a treatment room. Then he dismissed everyone and began treating Gu Wu, completely focused on the task.

Each step of the process was incredibly time-consuming, forcing Mu Lin to give it his absolute all. There was no room for error, and the effort demanded an immense amount of his mental and physical energy.

By the time Mu Lin looked up, it was already pitch black outside the window.

He had been applying the needles repeatedly, guided by muscle memory, and hadn't immediately noticed that night had fallen.

He pushed the door open and left the treatment room. Wu Henghai scrambled to his feet as if he were seeing a high-ranking leader.

The other team members also stood up one after another, their eyes shimmering with tears.

"Mr. Mu, how is our captain?"

Mu Lin said, "Everyone, rest assured. My treatment was absolutely meticulous. Now it just depends on when Captain Gu wants to wake up. At the latest, tomorrow morning!"

Wu Henghai nodded at length. "Mr. Mu, thank you! You've helped us so, so much!"

"On behalf of the Nanjiang Branch of the Military Suppression Bureau, I thank you for your contribution."

Mu Lin waved his hand. "Stop with the formalities, I can't stand it! Captain Wu, if you insist on being polite, then stop being so polite to me."

What kind of circular talk was that? It made Wu Henghai's expression darken.

Shen Xilu sized up Mu Lin. She felt he was a complete enigma, from head to toe, inside and out. It was all just too strange.

"Mr. Mu, can I ask you a question?"

Mu Lin smiled. "Go ahead. I can see you're dying to ask."

Shen Xilu blinked. "Are you an Innate Expert? You've already reached the Divine Realm?"

Mu Lin nodded calmly. "That's right. There's no need to hide that at all."

"My God, how are you so incredible?! We're around the same age, and I was already considered the fastest among my peers!"

She wouldn't have become a Level One operative otherwise.

Today, Shen Xilu felt like her entire worldview was collapsing.