180: Chase

After checking and seeing no issues, Lin Chuan left the garden and found the others waiting outside.

Seeing Lin Chuan come out, Xiao Lin hurried to meet him and said, "Master Lin, are you missing anything? Don't hesitate to say so, I'll have someone fetch it."

Lin Chuan shook his head and said, "I'm not missing anything; it's already finished!"

"Finished? It's done? So fast?" Xiao Lin said in surprise.

"Come, I'll take you to see it." Lin Chuan smiled and beckoned to Xiao Lin.

Full of anticipation, Xiao Lin followed Lin Chuan to the entrance of the Secret Realm and found a little girl standing at the door.

He asked in confusion, "Master Lin, who is this?"

"Oh, she's just a puppet. In the future, if you need to buy things from the mall, you can find her to exchange Spirit Stones for vouchers, or buy revival coins from her after dying in the Secret Realm," Lin Chuan explained.

Xiao Lin walked up to Karina, looked at her, and said, "A puppet? So, something like a puppet?"

Lin Chuan nodded without explaining too much.

Xiao Lin didn't mind and entered the Secret Realm directly.

Qin Yi was also a bit eager to move, but Lin Chuan stopped him, saying, "Just wait patiently."

Qin Yi nodded and stood aside in silence.

After an unknown amount of time, Xiao Lin walked out of the Secret Realm looking excited. As soon as he emerged, he said happily, "Hahaha, as expected, a man of great reputation is no fraud. I have finally witnessed Master Lin's divine craftsmanship!"

Lin Chuan smiled and said, "Then, our agreement?"

Xiao Lin waved his hand and said, "Of course it counts! I'll have someone take care of it immediately!"

Lin Chuan took out the Shadow Transfer Stone, handed it to Xiao Lin, and instructed him on the setup method.

Xiao Lin nodded and ordered his subordinates to handle it properly.

Lin Chuan said, "Since there's nothing else, we'll head back first."

But Xiao Lin suddenly said, "Wait!"

Lin Chuan turned to look at Xiao Lin and asked calmly, "Is there anything else?"

Xiao Lin said with a grin, "Master Lin, may I ask, how many people can enter this Secret Realm at the same time?"

"Unlimited!" Seeing that Xiao Lin wasn't turning hostile, Lin Chuan suppressed the irritation in his heart.

"Oh, then Master Lin, I have no more questions. Please, after you!" Xiao Lin said with a smile.

Lin Chuan nodded and led the group out of the Imperial Palace.

Without stopping, they headed straight out of the Imperial City.

Once outside the city, Lin Chuan took out the black pot and threw it on the ground. He pulled No. 28 and Qin Yi inside, and along with Li Rufeng, who was on his Sword Flight, they headed straight for the Teleportation Array.

While flying, Li Rufeng suddenly shouted, "Kid, someone is following us!"

Lin Chuan was taken aback and asked, "Where?"

Li Rufeng said with a grave expression, "As soon as we left the city, I felt an aura lock onto me. I thought it was an illusion, but I felt it again just now!"

Lin Chuan looked at Li Rufeng's expression and asked, "Are they very strong?"

Li Rufeng nodded and said, "They are indeed not weak. Even that Elder from the Shadow Pavilion couldn't completely lock onto my aura, but this one hasn't broken once."

Lin Chuan hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's go down first!"

The four of them landed on a deserted snowy mountain and waited quietly.

After just a few breaths, five figures suddenly descended from the sky. The leading old man laughed and said, "You have some skill. Did you notice my aura lock?"

Lin Chuan looked at the five people opposite them and asked, "What do you want with us?"

The leading old man smiled, then said coldly, "You must be that Master Lin. Very well. Since you've come to the Northern Territory, there's no need for you to go back!"

After saying that, the old man suddenly moved. Holding a long sword, he instantly appeared beside Lin Chuan!

The long sword, like a wandering Dragon, pierced straight toward Lin Chuan's throat.

In the next instant, No. 28's Nen Shield appeared immediately. It not only blocked the old man's attack but also expanded instantly, covering a significant area around the four of them.

Lin Chuan wanted to ask more, but the remaining four people also suddenly attacked. Each holding a long sword, four streaks of Sword Qi slashed toward No. 28's shield.

"All four of them are at the Nascent Soul Peak!" Li Rufeng shouted.

Seeing that his lethal strike didn't finish Lin Chuan, the old man wasn't in a hurry. He used a flash to leave the shield's range. His Spiritual Qi gathered into a massive Ice Dragon, and he swung his sword toward Lin Chuan's group again.

In an instant, the four of them saw a massive frost Dragon, carrying wind and snow, sweeping toward them.

But No. 28, who was beside Lin Chuan, also moved. She took a step forward and extended one hand. A White Giant Dragon also appeared instantly, charging toward the frost Dragon the old man had unleashed.

No. 28's Dragon was covered in flickers of lightning. After colliding with the frost Dragon, dense sounds of explosions rang out.

They saw the Dragon formed from Sword Qi slowly dissipate upon contact with No. 28's white lightning Dragon.

The old man's expression changed, and he said in surprise, "How is that possible?"

After the frost Dragon was dispersed, No. 28's white Dragon did not disappear. Instead, it moved like a real Dragon, surrounding the four people who were attacking the Nen Shield.

The four people's expressions changed, and they tried to use movement techniques to escape.

But in the next moment, the lightning Dragon actually exploded violently. The massive force, containing lightning, covered all four figures.

When the white light vanished, only one figure fell miserably from the sky, crashing directly onto the peak of the snowy mountain.

As for the other three, forget their physical bodies—even their Primordial Spirits were nowhere to be seen.

The old man quickly searched with his Divine Sense and found that the auras of those three had completely vanished, as if they had never existed.

"This guard's cultivation is definitely at the Void Refining Peak or even higher. The intelligence was wrong; I've really hit a steel plate this time!" the old man thought to himself, immediately spreading his Divine Sense to find an escape route.

The Cultivator who had fallen to the ground now crawled up, charred all over. Without a word, his aura surged and his Spiritual Qi ran wild. It was clear he was preparing a powerful move!

Li Rufeng was so scared his voice changed as he roared, "That grandson is going to self-detonate!"

No. 28 suddenly rushed in front of the man, hands on her hips, and gave a loud shout. Her aura blew away all the wind and snow on the ground, revealing the hard ice beneath that had been frozen for tens of thousands of years.

After the shout, the Cultivator, whose skin had been bulging, suddenly had his aura stop. He stood on the ground, swaying.

The old man, who had been thinking of escaping while the man self-detonated, saw this scene and immediately cursed, "What kind of Spiritual Technique is this? This is a damn Demonic Technique!"

No. 28 didn't care about the old man's surprise. She pushed her hands forward, and a massive Spiritual Qi Ball suddenly appeared, spinning.

The Cultivator was directly sucked into it and ground into pieces before everyone's shocked eyes.

The old man even saw that after the Cultivator's body was shattered, his Primordial Spirit had just left the body when it was caught by the high-speed rotating lightning of that massive white Spiritual Qi Ball and ground up along with it.