43: Chapter 16: Li Lao Appears

Lin Chen let out a long breath.

After this battle, he gained a clearer understanding of his own combat strength.

He could contend with a late-stage Martial King who had integrated 1 to 4 Law Powers.

Each integrated Law Power increased his Law Power tenfold.

And after the ninth Law Power was integrated, a qualitative change would occur… At this moment, everyone behind him seemed petrified.

They had originally thought that Lin Chen coming out wouldn't change anything.

That was a late-stage Martial King!

But Lin Chen's burst of power, in just a few minutes, had slain the Other World strongman.

Especially those few in Class S who had previously sided with Zhou Kai. Their faces were now flushed red.

They averted their gaze from Lin Chen, wishing they could find a hole to crawl into.

Lin Chen didn't bother with them.

He walked over to Xu Yang.

"Are you feeling better?"

Xu Yang had actually recovered a while ago.

Though he knew Lin Chen was terrifying, he was still too shocked to fully recover his senses.

"What an unparalleled prodigy!" Xu Yang thought to himself.

"Ah… I'm fine now. Thank you for saving me this time."

"From now on, you're my brother. This life of mine is yours," Xu Yang said, regaining his composure.

Lin Chen, however, smiled faintly.

"No need to thank me. I just admire your backbone, unlike those others."

Zhou Kai's face immediately twisted upon hearing this, but he dared not act out.

At this moment, Duan Peng and Jiang Yueru, seeing Lin Chen slay the Other World strongman, also returned.

"Lin Chen, we owe you our lives this time."

"All the exotic fruit here should rightfully be yours," Xu Yang said.

Lin Chen, however, smiled faintly.

"Let's split it equally among the four of us."

The four, of course, did not include Zhou Kai and his companions.

This made Zhou Kai so angry that his veins bulged, but he had nothing to say.

Duan Peng, however, was displeased.

"Lin Chen, you're looking down on us. This crisis was entirely thanks to you. We didn't contribute anything, so how can we possibly ask for exotic fruit?"

Lin Chen heard this and felt helpless.

"Then each of you take ten percent. After all, you were the ones who discovered this place and brought me here."

The others could only agree.

Immediately, Lin Chen's Mental Energy covered a ten-thousand-meter radius around him.

exotic fruits flew towards him, pulled by his Mental Energy.

After the exotic fruits were picked, the plants quickly withered.

He also didn't let go of the hundreds of Tier 2 Blood Armored Lizards.

One hundred and twenty-six flying swords whistled out.

After the Nine Yang Divine Thunder Sword Formation reached perfection, the sword formation composed of a hundred flying swords was exceptionally terrifying.

When this cultivation method reached the Heaven Tier, it could theoretically control thousands of flying swords simultaneously.

It was best suited for group battles!

An hour later, all the exotic fruits in this underground cave had been harvested by Lin Chen.

Hundreds of Tier 2 Beasts had also been slain.

Fortunately, his spatial ring was large enough.

The Beast corpses were also stored inside Lin Chen's spatial ring.

Lin Chen's eyes burned with fervor as he looked at the exotic fruit in his spatial ring.

420 Tier 1 exotic fruit.

108 Tier 2 exotic fruit.

56 Tier 3 exotic fruit.

23 Tier 4 exotic fruit.

632 Tier 2 Beast corpses.

There were so many Tier 4 exotic fruit!

Just the Tier 1 to Tier 3 exotic fruit were worth 50 billion federal currency.

Each Tier 4 exotic fruit, if auctioned, would be worth tens of billions of federal currency!

Roughly estimating, this harvest was worth over 1.8 trillion!

Lin Chen then explained the harvest to Duan Peng and the others.

Hiss—

"How much?!…"

Duan Peng's eyes widened in disbelief.

Over 1.8 trillion federal currency was equivalent to his entire family's annual total income!

Since the Blue Star Federation obtained resources from the Other World, many Other World-related industries had emerged over several centuries.

The Other World's resources were abundant.

The great families of humanity all had at least Martial King strongmen overseeing them, enabling them to mine various resources in the Other World.

Such as weapons, ores, Heaven And Earth Treasure, Beast materials, and so on… This led to these great families becoming extremely wealthy.

Generally, families with at least 5 early to mid-stage Martial King strongmen were considered great families.

Families with 1 peak Martial King strongman were considered super families.

Families with 1 Martial Sovereign Realm strongman were considered ultimate families.

There were only 5 ultimate families in the entire Federation.

The three major Martial Arts Academies of the Federation all had Martial Sovereign Realm strongmen overseeing them.

And Duan Peng was a genius from a super family.

His family had a peak Martial King strongman overseeing it!

Everyone's breathing became hurried.

Although their families each had strong foundations, the families couldn't allocate all resources to them.

After all, there were many others to support.

Zhou Kai and the others behind them, hearing Lin Chen's conversation, were filled with envy and jealousy.

Zhou Kai could no longer hold back.

He gritted his teeth and shouted, "I want a share too! I scouted the way with my Mental Energy, why do I get nothing?!"

Lin Chen sneered upon hearing this.

"You already received your share."

Duan Peng also laughed mockingly.

"Spineless coward, if you want exotic fruit, go be a dog for the Otherworlders, maybe they'll reward you with one."

Zhou Kai trembled with rage upon hearing this.

"You guys just wait."

With that, he left alone without looking back.

The remaining few quickly followed Zhou Kai.

"Lin Chen, let's go back too," Xu Yang said with a sigh.

Lin Chen also nodded slightly.

It wasn't advisable to stay here long.

Immediately, the group walked towards the exit.

Just as they had exited the underground cave and arrived on the surface, Lin Chen's Mental Energy, extended outwards, discovered a bloody scene.

In the valley, the four people who had followed Zhou Kai out lay on the ground, their bodies a bloody mess.

Zhou Kai, however, was kneeling in front of a black-robed figure, his expression terrified.

As soon as Lin Chen and the others emerged, Zhou Kai spotted them.

He immediately said with a trembling voice, "G-great one, they're out. I didn't lie to you. You promised to let… let me go."

The black-robed figure ignored Zhou Kai.

He looked at Lin Chen, his face filled with fanaticism.

"You escaped last time, but this time no one will come to save you."

Heretics!

Lin Chen's heart pounded violently.

The black-robed figure was a Martial Sovereign Realm strongman!

At this moment, Lin Chen and the others' faces were extremely grim.

He was very puzzled as to how the Heretics knew he had come to the Other World.

Only seven people, including Duan Peng, knew about his current venture.

However, he couldn't rule out the possibility that someone in the Martial Arts University was monitoring his movements.

Thinking about it now was useless.

He still had over 60 million energy points.

He could only take a gamble: break through to Super Spiritual Mind Master!

Just as Lin Chen was about to add points to break through, a somewhat aged voice sounded.

"You parasites, you've finally appeared."

Instantly, an old man with white hair appeared in the valley.

"Headmaster!" Duan Peng and the others exclaimed.

Lin Chen also suppressed the thought of breaking through and looked at Old Li, filled with surprise.

Did Old Li arrive midway, or had he been following them all along?

Could he be — bait?

This feeling of his fate being controlled by others, he strongly resisted!

At this moment, Lin Chen urgently wanted to become stronger quickly.

Just then, the black-robed Heretic opposite him also paled in shock upon seeing Old Li appear.

He quickly transformed into a black shadow and fled.

"Since I'm here, you'll stay."

Old Li slowly raised one hand and clenched it in the direction the black-robed Heretic had fled.

Boom—

The void ahead twisted.

The black-robed Heretic was grasped by a transparent energy hand, unable to move.

The next moment, bang—

The black-robed Heretic was actually crushed!

A terrifying energy shockwave spread out, but Old Li casually waved his hand and annihilated it.

Lin Chen and the others were shaken.

A Martial Emperor strongman was terrifying indeed!

A super strongman of the Martial Emperor level was gone without even making a ripple.