Chapter 718: Chapter 249: Ancient Demon (Part 4)
Those people carefully followed behind him, thinking they were well-hidden, but little did they know, Lin Zheyu had long since noticed them.
Four groups of people, quite a number.
Lin Zheyu pondered for a moment, eventually giving up on other ideas, the risk was too high.
Boom!
With a sudden forceful step, a terrifying roar erupted, Lin Zheyu’s speed soared instantly, vanishing from everyone’s perception in the blink of an eye.
"Hiss!"
"Holy shit!"
Several exclamations of surprise were heard.
"Should we keep chasing?" Fang Rong mumbled.
"Chase my ass, with that speed and strength, you’d be running to your death," Chai Yutian said with a serious look, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes.
Luckily, he hadn’t rushed into action, otherwise, this might have ended in disaster once again.
The other groups were also startled by Lin Zheyu’s sudden burst of speed, leaving with lingering fear.
...
Feeling that no one was following, Lin Zheyu slowed down.
This whole forest was filled with a large number of magic puppets and demons, Lin Zheyu had encountered quite a few along the way.
However, in broad daylight, the demons and puppets were heavily suppressed, remaining in hiding, not daring to roam around freely.
"It’s just ahead!"
Lin Zheyu sensed the direction and spoke to himself.
The position of the space-time node was a considerable distance from Ruyang City, nearly over three hundred kilometers.
From afar, Lin Zheyu could sense a sinister and evil aura emanating from the forest.
Swoosh!
Suddenly, a dark light shot out from the forest.
With a swish.
As if anticipating it, Lin Zheyu swiftly sidestepped, avoiding the dark light while a blade gleamed, slashing towards the dense forest beside him.
Whoosh——
Sensing danger, a figure darted out of the dense forest, avoiding Lin Zheyu’s attack, yet charging towards him instead of retreating.
"Oh!"
Lin Zheyu uttered a light exclamation.
He rarely saw cultivators willing to engage in close combat proactively, usually only the totem warriors of the Barbarian Race dared to shorten the distance for melee.
Though slightly surprised, Lin Zheyu felt no fear in his heart.
Compared to melee, he was more wary of the strange methods of cultivators.
Whoo!
A chilling gust of wind approached.
The figure that had suddenly rushed out rapidly morphed, the human arm swelling, transforming into a hairy limb.
The arm whistled through the air, its palm covered with sharp claws, reaching out to grasp Lin Zheyu.
"Ancient Demon!"
Lin Zheyu’s heart stirred.
In the information he bought at the market, there was a related introduction.
Ancient Demons had allied with the Nine Nether Sect, these were a group of Exotic Beasts that had cultivated into an ancient Demon Race, thus called Ancient Demons.
Lin Zheyu hadn’t expected to encounter an attack from an Ancient Demon before even entering the Demon God Barrier.
This place was indeed more dangerous than he had imagined.
Boom!
The opponent’s speed was swift, striking heavily at Lin Zheyu’s chest.
Lin Zheyu’s expression remained unchanged, his eyebrows didn’t even twitch.
He smirked coldly, and at the moment when the opponent’s claws landed on his chest, the long knife swooped down.
End the battle swiftly.
After all, this was the Nine Nether Sect’s territory, Lin Zheyu worried that a prolonged fight would attract more powerful enemies. Hence, he planned to slay the opponent directly at the cost of enduring an attack.
Thump——
The long knife pierced into the opponent’s surprised eyes, from the shoulder straight into the heart.
"Such a strong physique!"
Lin Zheyu was shocked in his heart.
At the moment the knife struck the opponent, he felt immense resistance.
Bang!
Another claw attack came.
This Ancient Demon quickly regained its senses, enduring the severe pain on its body, horrifying dark light gleamed on its claws, thrusting sharply towards Lin Zheyu’s abdomen.
Lin Zheyu endured the opponent’s attack, the True Essence in his body surged wildly, his hands exerting force, and with a puff, the opponent’s body was cut into two halves.
"You!!"
"Are you a Barbarian?!!"
The Ancient Demon widened its eyes, staring at Lin Zheyu in disbelief.
In his mind, he couldn’t understand why the opponent remained unharmed after enduring his two full-force attacks.
The dense runes glowing golden on Lin Zheyu’s body made him mistake it for some special totem of the Barbarian Race.
Poof!
Seeing the Ancient Demon still alive, Lin Zheyu raised his blade again.
With a poof, the hairy head fell to the ground, rolling towards the distance.
"Ugh, it hurts like hell..."
Having killed his opponent, Lin Zheyu murmured in pain.
This Ancient Demon’s strength wasn’t particularly strong, probably around the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment. However, enduring those two blows was still quite unpleasant.
The wounds weren’t deep, even his abdomen only had a small hole poked in it.
But where the Ancient Demon had clawed, eerie dark light shimmered, hindering Lin Zheyu’s recovery.
Hissing——
Constant hissing sounds were heard, vast True Essence poured into the wound, and within a few breaths, the dark energy completely vanished.
The wound gradually healed at a visible speed.
Lin Zheyu breathed a slight sigh of relief.
As long as it could heal, although strange, it was still far from the Nether Ice Flame from before.
Last time, when hit by the Nether Ice Flame, Lin Zheyu had relied on Source Power to completely eradicate it.
This dark energy could be completely worn away with copious amounts of True Essence.
Simply treating his injuries.
Lin Zheyu grabbed the items from the Ancient Demon and dashed into the forest.
With the Mixed Element Concealing Breath Skill fully activated, Lin Zheyu’s speed rapidly increased once again, rushing towards the Demon God Barrier.
Though this forest was fraught with peril, as long as he didn’t encounter those above the Golden Elixir Layer, Lin Zheyu reckoned he could handle it with his strength.
And those at the Golden Elixir Layer are considered strong anywhere.
Lin Zheyu couldn’t believe that the Nine Nether Sect and Ancient Demons would be extravagant enough to station numerous experts above the Golden Elixir Layer in this forest.
Before long.
A pitch-black light curtain appeared before Lin Zheyu.
The curtain had no color; only the inky black space inside made the entire curtain appear dyed in darkness.
Lin Zheyu moved, stepping through the curtain without hesitation, entering within.
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