（Chapter 9）A MESSY ASS KILLING Under the THICK FOG

The knight captain, who had been pulled in, was astonished and was ready to shout for help when he felt vines completely seal his mouth.

No sound escapes even a tiny bit.

The knight captain didn't know what's going on, thinking that he had been ambushed by some foul monster.

When he fought his eyes open, he collided with a pair of crimson orbs full of murderous intent.

"Wah wah..."

The knight captain wanted to summon his phantom beast as a response, but before he took action, he felt a sudden stinging sensation in his belly.

A lethal blade had penetrated sixty!

"Sów!"

Lin Chen's murderous intentions were thick like soup, and the familiar face right in front of him was gradually dissolving like fog.

His heart was brimming with satisfaction from vengeance!

Lin Hongbin, you made me take this path.

"Gulp gulp!"

The sharp blades condensed by tree vines were frantically devouring the knight captain's internal spiritual energy and life essence.

In moments, he passed away due to depleted life force! He never let out a sound until the last breath!

Lin Chen chose to jump into the abyss precisely because he knew that the fog and miasma deep in Zilian Mountain are worse, and it also messes with the sense of smell of Jin Mao Bai Shu. The chances of successfully hiding and turning the tides are bigger here!

Turning from prey to hunter, smooth as apple pie!

Lin Chen is different from other geniuses. He's been through countless battles and knew death intimately on the journey from earth to heaven.

It's precisely because of this that he has an indomitable character!

Even if you drop into a predicament, don't think you're down and out!

As long as you're still breathing, everything else is up for grabs!

Lin Chen spread his senses and held his breath, moving just like a ghost out of the cave.

The hunt is on!

"Can't track him anymore?"

Lin Yiming wrinkled his brows, his expression drenched in annoyance.

The knight captain ahead was drenched in sweat, he kept injecting spiritual energy into the Jin Mao Bai Shu in his hand, hoping to speed up the animal's perception of Lin Chen's scent.

But no matter how he urged the Jin Mao Bai Shu, the animal just squeaked nonsensically and trembled nervously.

It seems that a dangerous monster is lurking in the dense fog.

"Young... prodigy, this kid is playing it too clever, he's exploiting this fog and miasma to dodge the Jin Mao Bai Shu's tracking!"

The knight captain wiped the perspiration off his forehead and whispered nervously.

Under the fog, even they, who manipulate beasts, can see only about ten meters!

How hard is a chase?!

"Damn it!"

Lin Yiming's eyes lit up with anger, "He can't escape far, search the area around us!"

Although Lin Chen's cultivation has recovered, he's basically only at the third level of the Earth spirit realm.

In his entourage, there are a total of eight earth spirit realm third level personal bodyguards, coupled with himself at the fourth level of the Earth spirit realm.

Chasing after Lin Chen isn't exactly a walk in the park?

Hey, hold on...!

Lin Yiming's complexion suddenly turned ghostly pale, his eyes once again sweeping around.

No matter how much he counted, there were only seven people left around them.

He remembered it distinctly, he brought eight personal bodyguards here!

"Where's Lin Yu?"

Lin Yiming abruptly asked, his voice echoing like thunderclaps.

The remaining personal bodyguards looked at each other in confusion.

It seemed like Lin Yu was, indeed, nowhere to be seen.

"Just now on the cliff edge, I jumped down with Lin Yu..."

One of them went pale, "Isn't it that little rascal Lin Chen?"

"No time for your crap!" another one interjected, "That kid's pet creature is already dead, and even if his combat power recovers, how strong can he actually be? Besides, with so many of us, we should be more afraid of him trying to escape than worrying about this kid Lin Chen!"

Before he could finish speaking, from the depths beneath them, a sharp tree vine springs up.

"Quickly dodge!"

Lin Yiming reacted swiftly, his arm enveloped with blazing red light, gripping the vine tightly.

"Swish!"

Lin Yimang exerted strength within his palm, the flame instantly torching the vine.

"Snap!"

Another tree vine, flying in in utter silence, punctured the chest of one of the personal bodyguards in the dim fog.

The previous attack was merely a trick!

"It's Lin Chen!"

Lin Yiming was enraged beyond measure.

The Flame Bird shrieked, belching forth enormous flames, driving off the fog around them.

A figure could be seen speeding past the trees in the blink of an eye.

"Coward, come out now!"

Lin Yiming raised his hand and summoned a long sword of flame, cutting through the void, charging forward with determination.

Flame airwaves exploded continuously, creating a plume of smoke that billowed outwards.

The forest before them was instantly halved by the fiery sword!

Lin Chen rolled and miraculously dodged the strike.

Before he steadied himself, Lin Yiming and his pet phoenix bird Flame Bird charged towards him head-on.

The other personal bodyguards also summoned their pets, forming a tightening ring around him.

Lin Chen sneered, his perception being far superior than everyone else, and the dense fog served as his natural camouflage.

He saw his figure surge and plunge back into the thick fog again.

Lin Yiming missed his mark and nearly had his eyes rolling back in his head, "Little Fire, find him for me!"

Flame Bird squawked, spitting out waves of fire that lit up the surroundings.

The toxic fog sizzled under the intense heat from the raging flame, emitting crackling sounds.

The other personal bodyguards also spread out, each vigilantly tensing up.

"Chirp chirp chirp!"

A guard captain was hauling a Little White Bai mouse, noseying around for Lin Chen's silhouette.

He got thrilled in his heart.

The flame quickly blow off the thick fog, and the Little White Bai mouse's sense of smell came back to life.

As long as he can lock onto Lin Chen's scent, he definitely won't get away!

"WHOOSH!"

Just then, out of the fog, a fist appeared suddenly.

Covered with a light green air flow, seemingly light, but actually as heavy as Mount Everest!

"Bang!"

The guard captain couldn't dodge it, and was hit in the face by a punch.

"Snap!"

That was the sound of the nose bone breaking!

He screamed aloud, staggered to his feet, and had blacked out.

Lin Chen's hand moved like lightning, and seized the guard captain's neck, twisting him right off.

After killing one person, he made himself scarce into the thick fog.

Lin Chen started popping up at 10 or something, and this journey has seen numerous bloody battles, countless times zipping between life and death, making him amass a treasure trove of battle experience.

Under the cover of the fog, every time Lin Chen struck, he could take one person's life!

Lin Yiming raged, desperate to run Lin Chen to ground, but simply couldn't catch sight of the other party's trace.

His heart, sinking deeper and deeper, was colder than ice.

Keep this up, and I might also end up as road kill!

"WHOOSH!"

Lin Chen's figure popped up again like a ghost, stabbing again with a tree vine formed blade into another guard captain's stomach.

Lin Yiming had been stockpiling power, waiting for a chance to pop upsuddenly.

"Blood Spirit Sword!"

Seen that, he surged a blood-colored sword light in his palm, and let out an enraged roar.

The flame bird resonated with him, and when Lin Yiming plunged his sword, it shot flames continuously, illuminating the world around.

Under the fire, Lin Chen's figure resembled a murderous god, with a ferocious face.

Lin Yiming's heart jumped, was the other party so audacious, did they have some trick?

But at this juncture, there was no retreat.

Lin Yiming gritted his teeth, the aura of the fourth layer of Ground Spirit realm fully erupted.

Qi gathered, making his bloody Spirit Sword more sharpened!