Twenty Lin family elders surrounded me, all at the Foundation Establishment realm.
Their killing intent flooded the entire street.
In my previous life, any single one of them could have crushed me like an insect.
Now?
I stood with my hands clasped behind my back, completely still.
"Ye Qinghan! You dare humiliate our Lin family's pearl? Today we'll cripple your limbs and drag you through the streets!"
The lead elder, Lin Batian, was at Foundation Establishment 9th layer — half a step into Core Formation.
He raised his palm, spiritual energy condensing into a massive golden tiger.
"Heaven-Crushing Tiger Palm!"
The other nineteen elders attacked simultaneously.
Fire dragons, ice phoenixes, sword qi torrents — twenty Foundation realm attacks descended on me like the apocalypse.
Lin Qingwan covered her mouth, eyes wide with terror.
Part of her actually hoped I would survive.
But a larger part wanted to see me die screaming.
I smiled.
And activated my second 10,000× Critical Return Card.
"Is that all?"
BOOM!!!
The moment their attacks touched my body, an invisible shockwave erupted from within me like a detonating star.
All twenty attacks reversed instantly — amplified ten thousand times!
The twenty elders didn't even have time to scream.
Their bodies exploded backward like broken kites, smashing through buildings, walls crumbling, blood spraying everywhere.
Lin Batian's right arm was completely torn off.
Three elders coughed up blood and fainted on the spot, meridians shattered beyond repair.
The entire street fell into dead silence.
Every onlooker froze, jaws hanging open.
"He… he just destroyed twenty Foundation realm experts… with a single move?!"
"Isn't Ye Qinghan supposed to be trash who can't even open his spirit sea?!"
"What the hell just happened?!"
I walked slowly toward Lin Qingwan, who had collapsed to the ground in shock.
I crouched down, lifted her delicate chin with one finger, and smiled like a demon:
"Surprised, Fairy Qingwan?"
"This is just the appetiser."
"Remember that wedding night ten years from now?"
"Remember how you personally fed me that poisoned wine and whispered, 'trash like you doesn't deserve me'?"
Her entire body trembled.
I leaned closer to her ear:
"I will return that exact moment to you… one thousand times over."
"And when you're kneeling on the ground begging me to kill you instead of letting you live—"
"I'll remind you of today."
I released her and stood.
Lin Qingwan collapsed completely, tears streaming down her face for the first time in her entire life.
The proud ice goddess of Heavenly Profound Continent… was crying.
[Ding! Target Lin Qingwan's emotional state: Shattered!]
[Favorability: -80 → Deep Hatred +120]
[Villain's Halo activated! Cultivation speed +1200% for 48 hours!]
[All witnesses' fear toward Host detected — converting to cultivation energy!]
Perfect.
I turned and walked away, leaving the Lin family elders groaning in pools of their own blood.
Behind me, Lin Qingwan screamed through her tears:
"Ye Qinghan! I will make you regret this! I swear on my dao heart — I will destroy you!"
I didn't even look back.
"Looking forward to it."