30: What are you doing talking about love now?

"Now!"

"It's time to settle our scores, isn't it!"

Wang Chen advanced with his sword, his eyes playfully observing the three individuals beneath the rock wall.

At this moment, the three Followers, who had been dumbfounded, were startled awake by the cold voice, and their bodies trembled involuntarily.

Especially feeling the killing intent in Wang Chen's gaze, they were on the verge of despair.

Before coming, they had thought that dealing with a Giant-Beast Master would be incredibly easy, and they could use this to curry favor with Chen Hao.

However, they hadn't expected that even with the 'assistance' of wild monsters, they, the three of them, couldn't affect Wang Chen in the slightest.

This peer was so strong, he was practically a monster!

"Wang... Chen, we were forced into this, can you please let us go?"

"Yes, yes, this was all Chen Hao forcing us, we didn't want to do it."

"Please, for the sake of our three years of being classmates, let us go."

Knowing that they were absolutely no match for Wang Chen, the three Followers immediately begged for mercy.

Follower A even shamelessly brought up their three years of supposed classmate feelings.

"Heh heh!"

Hearing their words, Wang Chen was amused.

Classmate feelings?

He didn't even know the names of these three guys; what feelings could there be?

Besides, if they wanted to talk about feelings now, what were they doing before?

"Stop wasting my time, where is Chen Hao?"

"Tell me quickly, and I can give you a quick end!"

Wang Chen looked at the three indifferently, completely unmoved.

Hearing his words, the three's faces turned pale, and Follower A said with some reluctance:

"Wang Chen, if you let us go, we'll tell you..."

Swish!

A cold light flashed, and Follower A's head was directly severed.

"What right do you have to bargain with me?"

"You're asking for death!"

Waving his hand to shake off the blood from his long sword, Wang Chen's tone was full of mockery.

Beside him, Follower B and C were drenched in blood and immediately slumped to the ground, trembling.

"Chen Hao is outside the valley."

The two of them were as soft as mud, only knowing to scream frantically.

Hearing this, Wang Chen swiftly dispatched them with two slashes and turned to lead Situ Yu out of the valley.

However.

There were indeed signs of activity outside the valley, but it was empty, with no trace of Chen Hao.

"That bastard won't escape, this girl will definitely tear him to pieces!"

Back at the original spot, Situ Yu angrily kicked at stones, looking furious.

Wang Chen, who was currently stripping equipment, gave the girl a strange look upon hearing her words.

He didn't doubt the authenticity of Situ Yu's words.

After all, in Dongling City, there really wasn't anyone who had offended the Situ Family and could still be alive and kicking.

He was just a bit surprised at how big-hearted this girl was; she hadn't been soft when killing wild monsters before, and now she was killing...

"What are you looking at?"

Situ Yu noticed Wang Chen's gaze and glared back angrily.

"Nothing!"

Wang Chen shrugged, then stood up with the stripped equipment.

"Let's go, let's chase the Fallen One Shaman, or the duck that's almost in our mouth will fly away."

Calling out to Situ Yu, Wang Chen directly strode towards the interior of the valley.

As for the Fallen One corpses around, neither he nor Situ Yu were interested in looting them.

Fallen One-type wild monsters had no useful Materials on them, and even their meat was poisonous; only their experience points were relatively abundant.

Because of this, the two of them didn't notice that a guy who had been scared unconscious was hidden among a few Fallen One corpses.

...

...

"Hoo!"

After running to a patch of weeds deep in the valley, the Fallen One Shaman looked back.

Noticing that the two annoying humans hadn't caught up, it let out a long breath.

"Damn humans!"

"I'll get my revenge on you sooner or later!"

Muttering curses under its breath, it used its short staff to push aside the grass in front of it and walked in.

Behind the patch of weeds was a dark, gloomy Cave entrance about two meters in diameter, with cold air spreading out from it.

The ground at the edge of the Cave entrance was frozen solid.

This was a secret passage the Fallen One Shaman had accidentally discovered; passing through it could lead directly out of the valley.

Because this place was secluded, the Fallen One Shaman also set its lair in the passage.

"I'll be back!"

With a lingering look at its surroundings, the Fallen One Shaman entered the Cave entrance, simultaneously using the weeds to cover the Cave entrance again.

"I hope those damn humans don't find this place!"

Thinking silently, it walked deeper into the Cave entrance.

However...

The Fallen One Shaman's thoughts were destined to be in vain.

Not long after it entered the Cave entrance, footsteps appeared nearby.

"Wang Chen, how did you find out it had a secret base?"

Seeing the cold air emanating from the Cave entrance, Situ Yu poked Wang Chen, her face full of excitement.

"Of course, I thought about it with my brain."

Hearing this, Wang Chen pushed Situ Yu's randomly poking hand away from him.

"This valley is pocket-shaped, with only one exit. If the Fallen One Shaman chose to run inwards when escaping, then there must be other secret passages."

He casually explained, then walked to the edge of the Cave entrance and used his long sword to push aside the covering weeds.

Upon closer inspection, one could see that the edges and surface of this Cave entrance were very smooth, not at all like something dug out, but more like a hole made by some kind of creature.

"Be careful in a bit; there might be a terrifyingly strong creature in there."

Wang Chen reminded the curious Situ Yu, then entered the Cave entrance with his sword.

After walking downwards for about twenty meters, the slope disappeared, and the passage became flat.

Rip!

As the Illumination Scroll was torn open, soft light illuminated a ten-meter radius around them.

Looking at the smooth rock walls of the passage, Wang Chen was more confident in his previous speculation.

This was indeed not a dug-out passage; the rock walls were incredibly smooth, and occasionally, one could see some kind of imprint, like those made by scales.

"About two meters in diameter, scales on its body, capable of moving quickly underground..."

Looking at the surroundings, Wang Chen pieced together his thoughts one by one.

"This should be a cave left by a Dark Worm!"

Soon, he had the answer.

"Dark Worm?"

Situ Yu, who was beside him, heard Wang Chen's murmur and instinctively recoiled, as if imagining some terrifying scene.

Dark Worm,

A type of wild monster that lives underground.

Strictly speaking, its strength among wild monsters wasn't particularly great.

Although it was over five meters long and had a body diameter exceeding two meters, its Rank was only around thirty-five to forty.

For elite Awakeners active in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, it wasn't a big problem.

However, its grotesque appearance and its ability to open a huge mouth over three meters in diameter made many female Awakeners keep their distance from it.

"What? Scared?"

Seeing Situ Yu's expression, Wang Chen asked with a smile.

"No way!"

Situ Yu's voice lacked conviction.

A five-meter-long bug, just thinking about it was terrifying!