At Dan Pavilion, Lucy Sun and the others were completely stunned.
They never expected that, right now, this guy would actually dare to throw down a challenge to the Rowe clan patriarch, right in front of everyone!
"Seriously, who is this dude?"
Chloe Cheng sensed something was off. Watching Lily Liang and Evan Lin over there, she quietly asked Lucy Sun beside her.
"I... I have no idea. Who could he possibly be?"
Lucy Sun looked utterly lost and shook her head. "That Lily Liang is honestly just a nobody under the Shang family, which itself is just a minor subordinate of the Ancient Martial Rowe clan."
"She's got zero chance of knowing any big shots. And that dude next to her? Never seen him before in my life."
Lucy Sun's voice gradually faded.
She never bothered to hide it—she totally looked down on Lily Liang and Evan Lin.
The gap between Lily Liang's Liang family and the Ancient Martial Rowe clan was way bigger than just the Shang family in between. As for Lily Liang herself, there's no way she could know anyone really powerful.
In Lucy Sun's eyes now, the whole Liang family was barely worth noticing. Even the Shang family had to treat her with respect.
"So what the heck is going on here?"
Chloe Cheng frowned, confused and totally lost.
"Before you hit me with questions, how about I ask you a couple first?"
The Rowe clan patriarch stood tall, with First Elder Rowe and Second Elder Rowe flanking him, and a whole bunch of Rowe clan members lined up behind.
The Rowe clan patriarch was first-grade Pointing-to-Mystery, with two third-grade Pointing-to-Mystery elders.
Behind them were twenty more Rowe members at fifth-grade Pointing-to-Mystery and above. Further back, over a hundred Vajra realm warriors, and around three to four hundred Inner-Strength juniors, all Rowe clan youth, were converging here from all directions.
No matter where you put them, the Ancient Martial Rowe clan was an absolute powerhouse.
Right now, the air was totally still—not a single breeze.
It wasn't that the wind had stopped; before it could even hit the Rowe clan crowd, it got wiped out by the thick, restrained aura around them.
"Yeah."
Evan Lin nodded calmly, not even flinching with all those Rowe clan people staring him down.
Lily Liang stood next to him, shaking like a leaf.
She tried her hardest to squash her fear, but with that insane aura pressing down, she didn't stand a chance.
She was shaking.
Evan Lin shot her a look, not giving Lily Liang any chance to refuse. The Three Maiden Spirits floating at his side grabbed Lily Liang and dropped her off next to Dan Pavilion.
Dan Pavilion didn't object.
Lucy Sun, Chloe Cheng, and the other two didn't dare say a word either.
Evan Lin waved his hand, sending a streak of qi that traced a circle on the ground.
That circle wrapped up Dan Pavilion's five and Lily Liang inside.
"Don't step out and you'll stay alive."
Evan Lin dropped that line and didn't bother to explain. He turned back and stared at the Rowe Patriarch, waiting for him to speak.
"Was Blake Rowe killed by you?" the Rowe Patriarch asked.
His very first question was a bombshell.
Dan Pavilion, Lucy Sun, Chloe Cheng, and Lily Liang all went pale in shock.
"Blake Rowe? Wasn't he a Pointing-to-Mystery big shot from the Rowe clan a few years back?" Ray Zhao's heart skipped a beat as he heard the patriarch's question. He was floored: "He's dead?"
"Not just dead, but killed by that guy?" Tim Xu's face twisted as he added, "No way... right?"
He still couldn't believe it, but the scene right in front of them left no room for doubt.
If he really was killed by him...
Then this dude—so young—must already be at Pointing-to-Mystery Realm?
Stronger than Blake Rowe in Pointing-to-Mystery?
Chloe Cheng jumped, her heart tightening. Lucy Sun's eyes went wide—she was shaking all over.
A Pointing-to-Mystery expert under twenty?
Dan Pavilion swallowed hard, Adam's apple bobbing. On the surface, he looked cool as ever—a real pill master vibe—but inside he was freaking out.
A Pointing-to-Mystery expert under twenty.
That's insane!
"Yep."
Evan Lin nodded.
A bunch of Rowe clan folks glared at Evan Lin, eyes blazing with rage, like a pack of hungry wolves ready to tear him apart.
"Was Brandon Rowe killed by you?" the Rowe Patriarch asked again, still calm as ever.
Brandon Rowe!
Hearing another name, Lucy Sun and the others felt their hearts squeeze tight again.
They didn't know Blake Rowe well—he'd left the clan ages ago. But Brandon Rowe? Everyone knew him. He was the top candidate to take over as Rowe Patriarch!
Brandon Rowe was a powerhouse, scary strong.
In the whole Rowe clan, his strength was top three—right behind the patriarch and the elders.
But he's dead too?
Lucy Sun and the others stared at Evan Lin.
Hearing Evan Lin drop a second "yes," it felt like their whole world just flipped upside down.
A kid not even twenty, killed Blake Rowe, then took out Brandon Rowe too?
No way a newbie in Pointing-to-Mystery could pull that off!
"Was Fourth Elder Rowe killed by you?" The Rowe Patriarch pressed again.
The air around them felt frozen.
Fourth Elder Rowe!
Dan Pavilion's pupils shrank, his hands trembling behind his back.
No one doubted the Rowe elders' strength—so just how deep did this kid's power go?
He couldn't even imagine it anymore.
Ray Zhao's legs shook as he remembered how he'd mouthed off to Evan Lin earlier—he nearly peed himself.
"Is he human or ghost? Is he man or monster?" Lucy Sun muttered, thinking she was hearing things.
Too shocking.
A kid who killed two Rowe clan members—and an elder on top of that?
This has to be a joke.
No way, right?
Even Lucy Sun's heart was trembling.
"Yes." Evan Lin was as calm as ever, answering with just one word—no more, no less.
He stood there, reached out, and caught a dead leaf drifting down from the branch beside him.
With no wind, the leaf dropped straight down.
The Rowe Patriarch's aura didn't fade—he was about to speak again.
"I'll say the rest for you."
Evan Lin's voice was calm as he cut him off: "First, I killed Blake Rowe because he murdered my student. He deserved to die."
"Then I killed Brandon Rowe because he tried to kill me. He deserved to die."
"After that, I burned your elder alive because he tried to lure me in as bait. He deserved to die."
"A few days ago, I destroyed the Shang family because they attacked my teacher. They deserved to die."
"On the way here, I ran into a Rolls-Royce with an old man inside. He wanted me dead, so I sent him to the underworld too."
"Today, coming to your Rowe clan, I've got just one question."
"The hundreds and thousands of people in your Rowe clan—do they deserve to die?"