115: He unleashed a devastating attack right at face level! You call that being critically injured and near death?

Black Crow hadn't reacted yet.

“Get out of the way?”

“Get out of what?”

Just then,

a voice, almost pressed against his ear, rang out.

“He told you to get out of the way, why aren't you listening?”

All the hairs on Black Crow's body stood on end in that instant!

He turned his head.

A harmless face appeared beside him.

It was Lin Yuan!

“Isn't it good to live a good life?”

Lin Yuan looked at him, tilting his head.

“You just had to come to a place like this to die.”

At this moment, Black Crow's mind went blank.

How was he here?!

Shouldn't he be recovering in the fortress?

Didn't they say he was critically injured and near death after his battle with Qin Shan?!

This speed... this aura... all thoughts were instantly drowned by endless fear.

He didn't have time to think; his body's instinct had already reacted.

Energy burst from his body, and at the same time, he retreated rapidly!

However,

a hand had already gently pressed onto his shoulder.

“Too late.”

Lin Yuan's voice fell.

“Sizzle—!”

Black-purple thunder light burst from his palm!

Destructive power raged within Black Crow's body!

His consciousness was torn apart inch by inch in the thunder light.

The excruciating pain didn't even have time to reach his brain.

His last thoughts were only endless regret and confusion.

That power... far exceeded C-class!

The intelligence... was all wrong!

“Black Crow!”

The thin man and the Hoarse Man roared simultaneously!

They moved!

The Hoarse Man moved like lightning, aiming directly for Lin Yuan's back!

Meanwhile, the thin man transformed into an afterimage, rushing towards Black Crow, who was enveloped in thunder light!

He wanted to save him!

His speed was extreme; he grabbed Black Crow's arm, which was still outside the thunder light, and pulled it back!

“Rip—!”

A sound of flesh tearing.

He succeeded.

Or rather, he didn't quite succeed.

He only pulled back a severed arm still emitting black smoke.

Black Crow's entire body had already turned into charcoal in the thunder light.

Then, with a "whoosh," it shattered into black powder, scattering with the wind.

The thin man stared at the severed arm in his hand, stunned.

Dead?

Just like that... gone in one encounter?

Didn't even last a second?

On the other side, the Hoarse Man's sure-kill strike also missed.

Lin Yuan's figure had already vanished from his original spot the moment before his attack arrived.

When the Hoarse Man saw Black Crow turn to ashes, the ominous premonition in his heart reached its peak!

He no longer hesitated, abandoning all thoughts of attack.

“Go!”

He roared at the thin man, who was still stunned in place!

Turning around, he frantically fled towards the abyss.

The thin man woke up as if from a dream, his face drained of color.

He threw away the severed arm in his hand and followed closely, pushing his speed to the limit.

“Come when you want, leave when you want?”

Lin Yuan's figure reappeared in its original spot, pouting slightly.

“Did you ask me first?”

He didn't chase the Hoarse Man who was running in front.

Instead, he took out the familiar thunderfall battle staff from his storage space.

The thunderfall battle staff.

He weighed the battle staff in his hand, his gaze locked onto the thin man who was running a little slower.

“Go!”

Lin Yuan flicked his wrist.

The battle staff, infused with the power of lightning, tore through the air and shot towards the thin man's back!

The thin man, who was fleeing for his life, felt the threat from behind, and all the hairs on his body stood on end!

That aura had him firmly locked; there was no avoiding it!

“Open!”

At the critical moment, he let out a roar, a layer of energy appeared on his body, and at the same time, he forcibly twisted his body!

He wanted to block, he wanted to dodge!

But the speed of the battle staff far exceeded his imagination!

“Pfft—!”

The battle staff tore through his protective energy; it didn't hit his back but pierced through his left shoulder.

It carried his entire body, tumbling forward for over ten meters, finally pinning him firmly to the ground with a "bang"!

“Ah—!!”

The thin man let out a scream, blood gushing from his mouth and the wound on his shoulder blade.

He struggled to lift his head, his eyes full of venom.

He knew he couldn't escape!

“I'll fight you to the death!”

He gritted his teeth fiercely, ignoring the battle staff piercing his body, and propped himself up with one hand.

With the other, he condensed a ball of pitch-black energy and slammed it hard onto the ground!

“Shadow Swamp!”

Centered on him, a swamp emitting corrosive aura rapidly spread.

Countless ghostly hands made of shadows reached out from it, grabbing at Lin Yuan, who was slowly approaching!

This was his ultimate life-saving skill, enough to trap opponents of the same level and slowly corrode them away!

However, Lin Yuan looked at the spreading darkness with an expressionless face.

He didn't even stop his steps.

“Sizzle...”

Those ghostly hands, upon contact with the lightning radiating from Lin Yuan's body, let out sharp shrieks and immediately dissolved.

The madness on the thin man's face froze.

He watched with wide eyes as Lin Yuan walked through his “Shadow Swamp” and arrived before him.

“Is that all?” Lin Yuan looked down at him, a hint of disappointment in his voice.

He lifted his foot, lightning gathering at its sole.

“No—!”

Amidst the thin man's desperate roar, Lin Yuan stomped down.

“Bang!”

His head exploded, red and white matter mixing with the black mud.

The thin man's roar came to an abrupt end.

The Hoarse Man, running at the very front, heard his companion's last desperate roar from behind.

He didn't even turn his head!

He even burned his own life force, boosting his speed by another notch!

Soon, he rushed to the end of the grassland, to the edge of the abyss rift valley.

Without any hesitation.

He leaped, plunging into the darkness.

“Sizzle.”

A flash of electricity.

Lin Yuan's figure appeared at the edge of the abyss.

He looked down.

Within the Electromagnetic Induction, that life signal was falling at an astonishing speed, and soon, it disappeared beyond his perception range.

“Tsk, he ran pretty fast.”

Lin Yuan shook his head, a little regretful.

He chose not to pursue.

The situation below was uncertain; what if it was another trap?

Not worth it.

He turned around and pulled out his battle staff.

He flicked off the bloodstains and held it in his hand.

After doing all this, he looked up, gazing into the distance.

The sounds of battle were already shaking the heavens.

On the other side of the grassland, the team led by Su Wanqing had just violently clashed with the tail end of the monster horde!

A biting chill spread out!

The dozen or so monsters charging at the front were frozen into ice sculptures in the blink of an eye.

The Qin Family Guards and Kunlun Branch Bureau members who followed closely unleashed a flurry of blades and swords, hacking the stationary monsters into countless fragments.

The battle had officially begun.

Lin Yuan looked at the chaotic battlefield and flexed his wrist.

“Forget it, if one got away, one got away.”

“Let's get to business first.”

His gaze swept over the dense mass of monsters.

These were all walking experience packs and spoils of war!

Lin Yuan's figure flickered, turning into a streak of lightning, and charged straight towards the densest concentration of monsters.