Chapter 334
by fanqienovelChapter 334: The Shocking Infinite Chains
“She’s not mad—just blinded by fleeting fortune.”
“Without sufficient willpower, one couldn’t control such power…”
Yan Yunyu had never displayed remarkable strength before, so the crowd doubted her and saw her challenge as delusional arrogance.
Amid the murmurs, an elderly voice barked from the upper floor: “Foolishness!”
The speaker was the current manager of Four Seas Tavern, a powerful being temporarily assigned by the Yan family. Had Yan Yunyu ascended the stairs, she’d have recognized him as one of the clan elders of the Yan family.
His outburst made it clear—he, too, deemed her actions reckless.
Hearing the elder’s anger, the tavern’s original manager tentatively asked, “Should we stop her, Elder?”
After a pause, the clan elder shook his head.
“Let her face consequences. We’ll clean up her mess here, but if she keeps overestimating herself outside… no one will save her then.”
The elder cared little for Yan Yunyu’s life—she wasn’t his legitimate descendant, and even among his thousands of offspring, few held his affection.
Yet Yan Yunyu mattered.
She alone linked the Yan family to Mu Lin, and her recent acquisition of the Void Hidden Chain made her indispensable. Letting her die would be disastrous.
A new plan formed in his mind:
“Send more legitimate daughters to Mu Lin while relations are warm. Even if this one falters, the tie remains…”
…
Unaware of the elder’s scheming, Yan Yunyu stared eagerly at Black Wolf’s snarling approach. Her anticipation only enraged him further.
Black Wolf had fixated on crushing Mu Lin to shatter the Southern Prodigies’ hopes. Now, instead of Mu Lin, his woman dared challenge him? The insult burned.
Unlike other northern scholars, Black Wolf was unhinged—volatile, bloodthirsty, and easily provoked. This very trait made him the southern aristocrats’ chosen target.
Humiliation ignited his fury.
“You dare mock me, wretch? Die!”
Boom!
He tore through the air, a blur of murderous momentum. Paralyzed by his killing intent, Yan Yunyu froze—
But the Infinite Chains didn’t.
Mu Lin’s enhancements had heightened the spiritual weapon’s instincts. Before she could blink, a silver chain hissed through the shadows, striking at Black Wolf’s flank.
“Crack!”
With a loud crack of the whip striking flesh, Black Wolf… was sent flying once more.
The soul-piercing nature of the Infinite Chains meant this strike didn’t just wound his body—it lashed his soul, twisting his face in agony.
To his credit, though Black Wolf acted wildly and arrogantly, his arrogance wasn’t entirely baseless.
He bore the soul-rending agony without crying out.
But while he endured the pain, his shock remained undiminished.
“When did those chains appear?”
Black Wolf wasn’t stupid—his combat instincts were razor-sharp.
After the first strike, he’d stayed vigilant against the Infinite Chains, even reserving part of his focus during his furious charge to scan his surroundings.
Yet to his shock, despite his caution, he hadn’t detected the chains’ approach until they struck.
This bizarre occurrence chilled him to the core.
There was good reason for this.
The Infinite Chains’ ability to traverse space made them appear and vanish without a trace—they didn’t move through the physical world but teleported instantly. Most cultivators couldn’t react in time.
Even so, Black Wolf might’ve dodged vital spots if warned early.
What made detection impossible was the chains’ new trait after merging with Great Luo Merging Heaven: vanishing presence.
This trait rendered the chains utterly silent and undetectable—or subconsciously ignored.
Like frantically searching for keys only to find them in your hand all along.
Combined with their spatial teleportation, this meant anyone without monstrously heightened spiritual awareness couldn’t evade the chains.
Even foreknowledge offered no escape.
…
“You actually got hit? You’re weaker than I thought.”
Yan Yunyu only snapped out of the killing intent’s paralyzing effect after Black Wolf crashed down.
Seeing him cough blood, she blinked at how easily she’d wounded him. Her careless mutter poured oil on his rage.
“You think a spiritual weapon makes you invincible?” Black Wolf snarled. “I’ll show you—battle-hardened warriors can’t be crushed by trinkets!”
“Swish!”
He charged again, zigzagging unpredictably to dodge the chains.
Then—“Crack!”
The phantom-like Infinite Chains smashed him earthward once more.
“…”
The scene left the onlookers stunned.
“Since when… was Yan Yunyu this strong?”
“It wasn’t Yan Yunyu’s strength, but her Infinite Chains that dominated. They materialized freely from thin air while making observers instinctively overlook them before striking. This ability was too powerful—even I couldn’t dodge those chains confidently.”
Yan Yunyu’s display drew varied reactions—envy, awe, and odd murmurs: “Hey, could she actually defeat Black Wolf alone?”
“Well…”
Days ago, such words would’ve been dismissed as delusion. Now, hope flickered in their eyes. Their faces revealed both smug delight and bitter resignation.
The joy came from Black Wolf’s earlier taunts. He’d branded Mu Lin a coward, yet now struggled against Mu Lin’s companion. His humiliating defeat felt like poetic justice, especially after his insults toward others.
The bitterness stemmed from their own inadequacy. If Yan Yunyu—who spent her days on trivialities rather than Hard Practice—could overwhelm Black Wolf through mere association with Mu Lin, what did that say about their years of effort?
Their musings ended abruptly. During the second assessment, Black Wolf remained standing despite spitting blood. With a feral roar, he lunged again.
“You can’t kill me—”
*Crack!*
The chains hurled him backward mid-sentence.
*Hiss—*
Repeated soul-strikes finally wrung a pained gasp from him. Yet the tenacious man kept rising, charging anew each time.
“I refuse—”
*Crack!*
Soon he resembled a ragdoll, batted around by Yan Yunyu’s Infinite Chains. Spatial phasing combined with perceptual erasure rendered the chains unstoppable—speed meant nothing against attacks materializing anywhere, defenses useless against strikes the mind refused to acknowledge.
Unable to dodge or block, Black Wolf’s relentless punishment stirred unexpected pity among spectators.
“Feeling sympathy for that brute? Madness.”
“Agreed. This isn’t combat—it’s slaughter.”
“Does Mu Lin accept followers? How do I join?”
Many coveted Yan Yunyu’s borrowed power. Yet through the beating, Black Wolf kept struggling—a broken beast refusing to yield.
“Ao!”
With another ear-piercing wolf howl, dozens of shadows suddenly sprang from his silhouette.
These shadows rapidly swelled, transforming into giant wolves within moments.
“Ow…”
Under Black Wolf’s command, the wolves charged at Yan Yunyu from all sides.
But Black Wolf wasn’t done.
While his subordinates attacked, he retreated swiftly and hurled dark moon "sword energy" at her from a distance.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
His claws slashed furiously, sending storm-like waves of dark moon sword energy crashing toward her.
The combined assault of wolves and energy threatened to overturn the battle.
“Hahaha! Let’s see you block this!”
“Trouble…”
The Yan family’s clan elders tensed, ready to intervene.
Yet they froze moments later.
Though the onslaught was overwhelming, Yan Yunyu… held firm.
“Clang—”
The wolves and sword energy were fierce, but her Infinite Chains proved fiercer.
Without moving, silver voids materialized behind her. Chains erupted from them, writhing like serpents.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
The chains shredded through wolves and energy alike, dismantling Black Wolf’s attack effortlessly.
“Incredible!”
The crowd buzzed with awe, certain of her victory.
But a few voices cautioned, “Don’t celebrate yet. Black Wolf’s forbidden power remains.”
“…”
Silence fell at the mention of forbidden power.
The northern aristocrats’ forbidden power had haunted them for days—a force beyond high-level resources, capable of reversing any battle.
True to expectations, humiliation fueled Black Wolf’s rage. He raised his head and howled.
“You’ll regret this, bitch!”
“Ow…”
His howl twisted the sky.
Though inside Four Seas Tavern, a dark moon’s shadow loomed above him. The tavern warped—walls crumbling into desolate fields dotted with graves, rusted blades, and creeping shadows.
Cold dread seeped into every heart as the dark moon’s presence smothered their spirits.
“So eerie…”
Yan Yunyu shuddered. Instinctively, she summoned a silver chain that streaked across the room, binding Black Wolf in an instant.
He ignored it, arms outstretched to embrace the descending dark moon.
“Binding instead of whipping now?”
He strained against the chains—and failed.
But the dark moon had already fused into his body, staining his aura with otherworldly menace.
“You’re finished. With the dark moon, I’m unstoppable!”
He laughed madly. Yan Yunyu, however, smiled.
“No. You lose. I’ll stop playing and use Mu brother’s true gift.”
“Playing?!” Black Wolf’s veins bulged. “You call this a game?! Die, you bastard! Witness the dark moon’s true horror!”
“Boom!”
He erupted with energy, straining the chains as he lunged at her.
One step.
Then he froze.