37: Chapter 37 has vanished into thin air?!

"Sir, you needn't worry. Our Alliance holds you in high regard and sincerely hopes to invite you to join us."

Vice Minister Wei Rujun said.

"Fang Bin has already mentioned this before. My answer remains the same."

"I am used to being a loner; I will not join any alliance."

Lin Fan refused without the slightest hesitation.

"Of course, of course. We are aware of your wishes."

"What I want to say is that our Branch Minister wishes to meet with you. I believe this meeting will certainly not be a waste of your precious time."

As Vice Minister Wei Rujun spoke, her gaze drifted seemingly unintentionally over the magic beast corpse behind Chen Ping.

In her view...

Since this Chen Ping possessed such overwhelming strength yet still went to the trouble of hunting common grade low-tier magic beasts, he must be in urgent need of money.

As long as the director offered a generous enough reward, the other party would surely not refuse.

Lin Fan fell into silence.

The Branch Minister wanted to see him?

For what purpose?

Logically, it would be best to decline directly.

But he knew in his heart that if he refused, these two probably wouldn't let the matter drop.

After thinking for a moment, he came up with a countermeasure.

"Fine. When I have some free time, I will naturally pay a visit."

"But as you two can see, I'm quite busy at the moment."

Lin Fan said pointedly.

He had no interest in the Alliance's invitation; it was nothing more than another attempt to persuade him to join.

Right now, his mind was filled only with hunting magic beasts and accumulating experience points!

Hearing this, Vice Minister Wei Rujun's eyes lit up, and Zhao Chaoyang's expression softened considerably.

"No matter, we can wait."

Lin Fan was momentarily speechless upon hearing this answer.

Were these two determined to drag him to the Alliance Building today no matter what?

Seeing that they had no intention of leaving...

Lin Fan simply gave up on persuasion.

If they kept talking, he might accidentally reveal something.

If they wouldn't leave, he would just leave himself.

"Void Walk!"

Lin Fan chanted internally, activating the system skill.

He had discovered earlier that everything related to the system was visible only to him, and skill activation was naturally no exception.

Therefore, he wasn't worried at all about being noticed by these two.

The moment the skill activated.

Lin Fan's perspective suddenly soared, turning into a bird's-eye view looking down upon the forest.

He was no longer the Mage Apprentice he once was, and the skill's range had expanded accordingly.

Without hesitation, he selected the coordinate furthest from his current position.

"Right here."

He thought to himself.

In an instant.

A gale rose out of nowhere, whistling as it swept through the surroundings, causing Zhao Chaoyang and Vice Minister Wei Rujun to immediately go on high alert.

Regarding this...

Lin Fan had long since grown accustomed to it, and his expression remained calm.

Just as the two were filled with suspicion and searching everywhere for the source of the wind...

A rift suddenly tore open in the space behind Lin Fan.

On the other side of the rift was a vast, white void.

Looking at the bewildered expressions of the two before him...

Lin Fan became even more certain that they couldn't see this spatial rift at all.

He hesitated no longer.

He grabbed the magic beast corpse from the ground and stepped toward the rift.

However, in the eyes of Vice Minister Wei Rujun and Zhao Chaoyang...

They only saw Chen Ping suddenly lean down to pick up the magic beast corpse and walk straight forward.

It wasn't until his figure vanished into thin air and the gale abruptly stopped that the two woke as if from a dream, realizing what had happened.

"He... did he just vanish into thin air?"

Zhao Chaoyang was so shocked he was incoherent.

Vice Minister Wei Rujun was equally filled with horror.

They hadn't sensed any fluctuations of mana, nor had they seen Chen Ping cast any spells.

How did the other party just disappear right in front of them?

"Could it be some kind of magic item?"

Vice Minister Wei Rujun murmured to herself.

Even she felt this guess was a bit far-fetched.

"We must go back and report this immediately!"

Zhao Chaoyang urged anxiously, and Vice Minister Wei Rujun nodded solemnly.

The two immediately set off to gather their respective teams, preparing to return to the branch to report.

At the same time.

Lin Fan dragged the magic beast corpse through that white space.

Stepping out from the other side of the Void Walk, he was already deep within the forest.

As soon as he appeared...

He immediately used his space pouch to put the magic beast corpse inside.

"It looks like I really need to get a storage item."

Lin Fan sighed helplessly after putting away his spoils.

He was just about to step into Void Walk again when a dark shadow suddenly pounced from the side.

"What the hell..."

Before Lin Fan could finish his sentence, he was struck hard by a giant paw.

Bang!

His whole body flew backward like a broken kite, slamming hard into a large tree in the distance.

The thick trunk was bent violently by the impact, nearly snapping in two.

"Ugh!"

Lin Fan groaned in pain.

He felt as if his internal organs had been displaced.

His stomach was churning, and his body spun uncontrollably in the air.

He slid down from the bent trunk and staggered to find his footing.

"Eh? How am I not injured at all?"

Lin Fan was surprised. He carefully checked his body and found that he was actually unharmed, without even a trace of pain.

It was no wonder; this undying robe on his body could even withstand attacks of the Saint Mage level...

One must know that a single strike from a Saint Mage was enough to demolish an entire city.

That hit just now was no more than an itch to him.

His previous groan and staggering were merely instinctive physical reactions.

Thinking about his pathetic appearance just now...

Lin Fan couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed.

"Fortunately, no one saw it."

He muttered in a low voice, then looked up at the thing that had attacked him.

His eyes behind the mask suddenly narrowed, his gaze locking onto a furry giant beast in the distance.

It was actually a Mutant-level Magic Beast!

At this moment, in front of the spatial rift, stood a giant bear nearly seven meters tall.

It was covered in brownish-brown fur, and its crimson eyes flashed with bloodthirsty light.

On its two giant paws, which were as large as frying pans, grew ten metallic claws that glinted with a cold light.

The giant bear stood on its hind legs, its crimson eyes staring fixedly at Lin Fan, filled with intense killing intent.

It suddenly opened its bloody maw, revealing sharp, bone-white fangs.

It let out a deafening roar.

What alarmed Lin Fan even more...

Was that he actually couldn't recognize the species of this magic beast!

The former Lin Fan was a complete bookworm and had read extensively during his four years at the academy.

Yet there was no record of such a giant bear in his memory.

"Sigh, I blame Void Walk for teleporting me to such a deep place."

"A magic beast of this level shouldn't appear near the borders of Baiyun City at all."

Lin Fan grumbled inwardly, blaming this on Vice Minister Wei Rujun and Zhao Chaoyang.

If it weren't for those two being so persistent...

He wouldn't have ended up in such a dangerous place.

But there was no use thinking about that now.

The priority was to reach the Void Walk rift behind the giant bear.

The sky had completely darkened, and night was slowly enveloping the entire forest.

And precisely because of this...

Lin Fan had no intention of going head-to-head with this giant bear...