Lin Chen hurriedly headed in the direction he had previously agreed upon with Zhao Yijing and the others. Whether Zhao Yijing and her companions had managed to rescue the human warriors from the claws of the magical beasts or not, they couldn’t linger here any longer—they had to leave as soon as possible.
The few magical beast auras that had suddenly appeared, all of them were shape-shifting Great Demons. They were definitely no match for him.
At this moment, Lin Chen pushed himself to the utmost limit of his speed. After flying for half an hour, he finally arrived at a location just outside the Mysterious Forest, which was the meeting point he had agreed upon with Zhao Yijing and the others, less than three miles away from the cave where they had gone to rescue the human warriors.
However, at this moment, Lin Chen saw no sign of Zhao Yijing and the others.
"Could it be that something unexpected happened to them while they were rescuing the people?"
Lin Chen frowned, calculating the time; during the period he had lured away the Lion Demon, Zhao Yijing and her companions should have been able to rescue everyone.
The three shape-shifting demon beasts that were previously in that cave had all been lured away by him; among them, the Lion Demon even lost its life to Lin Chen. Wouldn’t it have been child’s play for Zhao Yijing and the others to deal with the little monster beasts inside the cave?
Lin Chen couldn’t rest easy. Seeing that other shape-shifting Great Demons were soon to catch up, he didn’t dare to delay any further.
His figure moved swiftly again, Lin Chen flew towards the cave, and sure enough, saw everyone was still inside.
"Senior Sister, why haven’t you left yet?"
"Forget about these people. Strong magical beasts are on their way here—there are at least ten of them, their cultivation all above the Seventh Layer of Melding Earth Realm. Hurry and follow me."
In just a few words, Lin Chen quickly explained the gravity of the situation. Upon hearing him, Zhao Yijing and the others immediately nodded in agreement and promptly followed Lin Chen to leave.
The reason they had not left sooner was that they had already slain the little demons in this cave and rescued all the human warriors.
However, the cave was filled with treasures collected by these magical beasts, all piled up inside. At that moment, everyone was busy gathering these treasures.
Nevertheless, following Lin Chen’s reminder, Zhao Yijing and the others followed him to leave. Seeing this, the other warriors soared into the air to escape the place quickly as well.
But there were some warriors, unable to part with the vast amount of treasures before them, deciding to grab some more before leaving.
However, within less than a quarter of an hour, over ten extremely powerful presences descended upon the cave—they were all shape-shifting Great Demons. With their methods, the demons quickly slaughtered those who had not yet left.
At this moment, Lin Chen and his companions had escaped the cave. Since their Divine Sense could not detect too far, they could only determine their direction by looking at the mountains in the sky. Their destination was naturally the lofty mountains in the distance. It seemed that ancient relics were there, and that was precisely where the inheritance was located.
"Junior Brother Lin Chen, why are so many shape-shifting magical beasts pursuing us? We were simply rescuing some human warriors, and they shouldn’t have been able to detect that."
Xu Lianyu looked at Lin Chen with puzzlement, as she too had sensed the powerful auras of those magical beasts earlier, each one extraordinary.
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen scratched his head, a bit embarrassed, before speaking softly.
"I’ve slain one of the three shape-shifting demon beasts that were originally in this cave—a Lion Demon!"
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"What!? You’ve slain another shape-shifting Great Demon? Weren’t the ones just now at least at the Seventh or Eighth Level of Melding Earth Realm?"
Xu Lianyu and Lin Chen’s other senior sisters all looked at him with surprise. It was said that Demon Cultivators from the Black Cloud Sect were a bit stronger than ordinary warriors. However, magical beasts of the same realm were even stronger than the Black Cloud Sect’s Demon Cultivators.
Just how monstrous was Lin Chen that, with the cultivation of the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Gathering Realm, he had managed to slay a shape-shifting Great Demon?
At this moment, Lin Chen and the others noticed that those powerful magical beasts were still in hot pursuit, and their expressions turned grim.
Xu Lianyu even considered stopping the flight and confronting them head-on but was stopped by Lin Chen.
"Damn it, these humans are truly cunning, managing to flee so swiftly. Shall we increase our efforts to chase them?"
"There’s no need for that. These human warriors must be heading to Qilin Mountain in search of opportunities. Let’s wait for them at the entrance to Mt. Taiyin. To reach Qilin Mountain, they must pass through the entrance of Mt. Taiyin."
"Whoever killed Lion Fur, all these humans must die!"
The shape-shifting Great Demons appeared inside the cave, looking at the human corpses on the ground and spoke in a cold tone.
The Human Race and the great demons have always been mortal enemies. Humans can use demons to enhance their cultivation as well as in Alchemy and Artifact Refining, whereas magical beasts can also strengthen themselves with the bodies and flesh of humans.
Upon hearing the suggestion of the goat-headed shape-shifting Great Demon, the rest of the demons no longer pursued Lin Chen and the others directly but instead headed for the entrance of Mt. Taiyin.
Shortly after they left, at the edge of a canyon close to towering walls, with a flicker of faint light, a group of warriors appeared out of thin air, just as if they had come out from inside the walls—and these warriors were none other than Lin Chen and the disciples of the Jade Cauldron Sect.
"Thanks to Junior Brother Lin Chen’s Illusionary Formation, we managed to deceive the eyes of those magical beasts."
Xu Lianyu found Lin Chen’s formation extremely interesting and wanted to delve into it herself.
If it hadn’t been for Lin Chen’s last-minute idea to use the Illusionary Formation to conceal their presence, they might have already been fighting with those magical beasts.
Although it was uncertain what the outcome of a battle with so many shape-shifting Great Demons would have been.
"It was also luck that I had just researched the Illusionary Formation not long ago. However, it wouldn’t be very effective against warriors above the Melding Earth Realm."
Lin Chen smiled lightly, thinking that they had been very fortunate this time.
"But considering what those magical beasts said earlier, they know we’re heading to Qilin Mountain in search of opportunities."
"It seems that Qilin Mountain is no ordinary place. Now that they’re waiting to ambush us at an essential pass, we’ll inevitably have to fight those shape-shifting Great Demons."
The words of the crowd caused Xu Lianyu and the others to frown, as they had no great confidence in defeating those shape-shifting magical beasts.