424: Being caught up again

"Why is it so quiet here? Could the masked men in black have already withdrawn?"

"No, that's not right. This isn't how it should be."

Chen Tianming carefully examined the path ahead and realized it was getting narrower and narrower. He estimated that they wouldn't be able to go much further before entering the deep mountains.

If they were caught by these men in black, it would definitely bode ill for them.

Thinking of this, Chen Tianming hurriedly called out, "Miss Liu, let's hurry and escape. If we are any later, we won't be able to get away."

"Right, let's go quickly." Liu Yuyan nodded.

Chen Tianming and Liu Yuyan continued forward. Before long, they reached the path ahead and saw a stone house. His eyes lit up, and he rushed toward it.

As he approached the stone house, he realized there was no danger, so he slowed down.

Suddenly, Chen Tianming sensed a crisis. He hurriedly stopped his movement and jumped to the side.

Rumble.

A loud bang rang out. The wall of the stone house exploded, and a dark shadow shot toward him.

Startled, Chen Tianming hurriedly dodged to the side, and the dark shadow struck the ground.

"Thud."

With a thud, the shadow fell to the ground, letting out a miserable cry.

"Who is it? Come out, don't hide your head and show your tail," Chen Tianming called out coldly.

"Hehehe, I didn't expect you to be quite clever, but it's too late now."

A cold voice rang out from over there.

The voice was very familiar, and Chen Tianming's body stiffened in place.

Because this was Li Qi's voice; it was Li Qi who was ambushing them from the shadows.

Liu Yuyan's face also turned pale.

She knew Li Qi was dealing with her from the shadows, and Chen Tianming also knew Li Qi was ambushing them, but she didn't say anything.

Chen Tianming had been plotted against by Li Qi, and even if she wanted to help him now, it would be of no use.

But Chen Tianming was different; he was a martial artist with high-level martial arts, so he should be able to fend off the poison bees.

Sure enough, Chen Tianming circulated his internal energy and immediately blasted a palm strike in that direction.

"Ah!" A startled cry flew out from ahead.

Subsequently, a poison bee emerged from the ground and attacked Chen Tianming relentlessly.

Seeing this, Chen Tianming was greatly alarmed.

The poison bee was a type of venomous insect, and they were extremely fast. If he were bitten by the poison bee, he would definitely die from the poison.

Thinking of this, Chen Tianming immediately bolted forward.

"Hahaha, do you still want to escape now? Chen Tianming, today we are going to kill you; otherwise, how can we answer to the sect leader?" A sharp voice rang out.

Then, a team of masked men in black rushed over from the side, directly surrounding Chen Tianming.

Seeing that the situation was bad, Chen Tianming took out silver needles, pricked himself twice, and then shot them toward a masked man in black in front of him.

Swish!

A fierce burst of silver needles shot rapidly toward the masked man in black, but unfortunately, the masked man's martial arts were quite high, and he easily dodged them.

Chen Tianming's silver needles struck a large tree, and the tree immediately collapsed.

Seeing that his silver needles had failed, Chen Tianming hurriedly put them away.

These men in black had martial arts that were too high; he could not afford to get entangled in a fight, or else he wouldn't survive either.

Thinking of this, Chen Tianming turned and rushed toward the direction ahead.

"Chase him."

The other men in black immediately chased after Chen Tianming.

But Chen Tianming's martial arts were not low; his movement technique was fast, and he also had his flying sword to assist him.

Although those men in black also had flying swords and blades, their flying swords were not as powerful as Chen Tianming's.

Therefore, those men in black were shaken off by Chen Tianming.

Chen Tianming ran forward. Before long, he saw a small river and hurriedly jumped in.

Chen Tianming jumped into the river water and then submerged himself.

Chen Tianming did not dare to be careless; he kept his internal energy circulating.

Before long, Chen Tianming heard a sound ahead.

He hurriedly swam toward it and then saw several corpses lying in the grass on the bank.

After Chen Tianming saw the corpses clearly, he was secretly pleased; he had finally dealt with those people.

Just as Chen Tianming was preparing to climb out of the water, something suddenly moved in the grass ahead.

Chen Tianming's pupils dilated sharply, and a strong sense of crisis surged in his heart.

This crisis made him feel that death was descending. He desperately swung his hands to punch the space in front of him. A blast of force shot out from his fists, instantly tearing through the air. A masked man in black was struck by Chen Tianming's attack, and his whole body flew toward the riverbed.

Splash!

The river water rippled, and before long, a muffled grunt from the man in black came from the riverbed.

Chen Tianming secretly breathed a sigh of relief; he had almost died at the hands of that masked man in black just now.

If that masked man in black had truly acted, he would likely be dead by now.

Just as Chen Tianming was secretly rejoicing, a cold glint flew toward him, aiming straight for Chen Tianming's head.

Chen Tianming was startled and immediately rolled to the side.

However, Chen Tianming was still a step too slow and had his right shoulder pierced by a long spear.

Blood flowed out along the long spear, dyeing the river water red.

"Chen Tianming, let's see how arrogant you can be! After we kill you, we will find your companions and take revenge." The masked man in black shouted triumphantly.

At this moment, another arm also attacked Chen Tianming.

"Swish, swish, swish."

Chen Tianming dodged to the side, but he took another hit to his body.

Chen Tianming cursed internally; these people's attacks were too fierce, and he couldn't avoid them. As long as he was struck, he would definitely suffer serious injuries.

At this moment, Chen Tianming saw several men in black flying toward him, so he hurriedly retreated backward.

His martial arts were weaker than those of the men in black, so he could only escape first.

But when those men in black saw Chen Tianming running away, they couldn't help but be consumed by rage.

"Kill Chen Tianming, don't let him get away!" that man in black shouted angrily.

"Yes, Sect Leader." The men in black behind rushed toward Chen Tianming.

Seeing this, Chen Tianming hurriedly flew into the distance. He flew about a kilometer away and, confirming that there were no masked men in black tracking him, only then did he slow down.

"Phew, that exhausted me," Chen Tianming said, panting heavily.

Now Chen Tianming felt that his physical strength had been depleted too severely, and he had to rest for a while.

Chen Tianming sat down nearby and then took out a pill from his storage bag and swallowed it.

This pill was a healing pill he had refined previously; it could not only restore his internal energy but also improve his physical constitution.

Before long, Chen Tianming felt much better.

Chen Tianming stood up and continued to fly forward.

He needed to find Liu Yuyan now and discuss with her what to do next.

The two of them were separated. After all, the men in black were relentlessly pursuing them as a group; the two of them couldn't handle so many, and by dispersing, they might be able to defeat them one by one.

Just as Chen Tianming was about to continue flying forward, he heard a burst of rapid breathing coming from the distance.