บท 156: Hunter 156: The Trouble on the Mountain
"Wait, I'm not…"
Lin Jiu saw the scarlet card that appeared on the corpse and realized that what this person was trying to say before he died was that he wasn't an Outcast. This kind of contractor, if not killed here, wouldn't have survived for long anyway.
"Uh… isn't that the contestant who was defeated by Zhang Chulan in the finals!"
A Daoist from Dragon Tiger Mountain recognized Lin Jiu.
"Damn, he was holding back in the finals!"
The Daoist was astonished to see that the Outcast from Quanxing were as helpless as chicks before Lin Jiu, realizing how much he had been holding back during the tournament.
Lin Jiu was having a great time killing, especially when it came to unarmed Outcast who couldn't defend against his sharp sword. He was just about to go on a slaughter spree from Mount Huaguo to the Southern Heavenly Gate!
"Leader Red! Leader Red, cough, cough... take it easy!"
Xu Si hurriedly shouted when he saw no survivors left under Lin Jiu's onslaught. He had already made up his mind to raise this guy's danger rating in the records!
Lin Jiu stopped his killing. The Quanxing had no bottom line when recruiting Outcast, so there were many of them. In just a short time, Lin Jiu had killed more than a dozen, but he had only acquired less than 4% of the World Source. Since these Outcast weren't particularly strong, not a single treasure chest had dropped.
"If I don't find some valuable targets, this is just a waste of effort."
With that thought, Lin Jiu gave up on the cannon fodder in the front of the mountain and hurried toward the back.
None of these Outcast dared to stop him. If they had arrived with hundreds of them together, and a fifth of them had died in an instant, wouldn't you be scared too?
They would love nothing more than to send Lin Jiu away in a sedan chair as fast as possible—no one wanted to keep him around.
...
"You all have been following for a while now, right? It's not good to keep hiding…"
Zhang Lingyu stopped in the forest at the back of the mountain and spoke to those behind him.
Five figures appeared before Zhang Lingyu. The old man in the green suit in the center, clutching a string of beads, said, "Master Lingyu, you're a wise man. Just leave us a copy of the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, and we won't give you any trouble!"
Zhang Lingyu said nothing, but the golden light that flashed across his body made his intentions clear.
"Alright, everyone! Use your skills and greet Master Lingyu!"
Yuantao, using his Nine Dragons Son artifact to block Zhang Lingyu's water and thunder attacks, called out to the others.
Before they could act, Lu Jin arrived with a group of young Outcast, including Lu Linglong.
"Yuantao, you little rat, if you wanted the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, you should have come to me! What are you doing asking a junior? Have you no shame?"
Lu Jin said coldly.
"Looks like we've walked into a trap!"
Yuantao realized that Lu Jin had long known their Quanxing members would show up on Dragon Tiger Mountain.
"Well, Lu Jin is here. Everyone, retreat!"
Yuantao wasn't surprised as the opposition surrounded them; they had long prepared for such contingencies. They knew the number of Outcast from the Quanxing that had come this time exceeded expectations.
Yuantao planned to separate the group and lead them into traps. They had watched the battles of Lu Jin's young disciples, so they had a general understanding of their skills. But Lu Linglong's side was unfamiliar with the Ouanxing's techniques, which made them vulnerable.
...
Lin Jiu hurried toward the back mountain. Aside from some out-of-the-loop Outcast from the Quanxing who enthusiastically offered him a bit of World Source, nothing unexpected occurred.
"Hmm?"
As Lin Jiu passed a building, he noticed Feng Baobao hesitating at the door, knowing that the old master was inside imparting teachings to Zhang Chulan.
Following Feng Baobao's hesitant gaze, Lin Jiu saw that it was a fake Zhang Chulan.
"Zhang Chulan, where are you going?"
Feng Baobao hesitated as she saw the fake Zhang Chulan about to disappear into the forest and quickly chased after him.
"…"
Lin Jiu thought for a moment about the opponents Feng Baobao might encounter—Baron, who knew the Six Vaults Immortal Bandit Technique, and Xia Liuqing, who was skilled in divine masks—and felt a bit tempted.
However, these two together would be difficult to kill, and the treasure chests they dropped had only a chance of containing something useful. Xia Liuqing's divine mask intrigued Lin Jiu, not because it would improve his combat abilities but because he was simply interested in it.
"I might have a chance to ambush… uh, bring justice!"
Lin Jiu thought as he sensed the nearby battle and quickly moved toward it.
"This commotion…"
Lin Jiu leaped between the tree branches, appearing in a spot where fighting was taking place.
"Who's there!"
Lu Jin, whose skin had turned pale and temperament more irritable, immediately noticed Lin Jiu's arrival.
"So it's you!"
Lu Jin saw Lin Jiu in the tree, realized he wasn't an enemy and shifted his focus away.
"Damn, I ran into this guy again!"
Shen Chong, already traumatized from a previous encounter, grew anxious.
The previous MVP loser, Dou Mei, upon seeing Lin Jiu, couldn't help but add a couple of crow's feet to her eyes.
Gao Ning reassured her, "Don't worry, I've already set up the Twelve Labor Array."
"Who is this guy that has you four so scared?"
Even a blind man could see that Lin Jiu's arrival had rattled the Quanxing's Four Sorcerers.
"It's you judgment freaks again. And we've got a second-rate artifact refiner and a third-rate one!"
The first half of Lin Jiu's comment confused them, but the second half referred to Yuantao and the simpleton. The comparison with Ma Xianhong, a top-tier refiner, made Lin Jiu's words undeniably accurate.
"Leader Red, you're as cautious as ever!"
Gao Ning, the monk, helplessly remarked, seeing that Lin Jiu had never stepped into the Twelve Labor Array's coverage area.
They had already learned the hard way that even outside the array, all four of them combined couldn't defeat Lin Jiu.
Lin Jiu glanced at Lu Jin before vanishing into the woods. Just as he expected, the array's emotional control gradually intensified, making it harder to maintain control over one's emotions over time. Even with higher mental fortitude, he could only last longer, but he was still far from having the willpower of the old master.
Lu Jin had been in the array for a while, and leaving it now wouldn't be easy with the Quanxing members watching. Entering the array meant engaging in battle, and Lin Jiu had no intention of becoming a participant. It was better to leave early and find a new target.
As soon as Lin Jiu left, the Four Sorcerers relaxed. However, Yuantao was dissatisfied with Lin Jiu's earlier remarks—how dare such a young man speak so arrogantly!
"Hmph, so full of himself at such a young age! If I get the chance, I'll teach that brat a lesson!"
Yuantao said coldly.
Gao Ning smiled wryly, while Shen Chong directly said, "Why don't you just go outside and have a practice match with him!"
Xia He suddenly attacked Zhang Lingyu, sending him flying into the forest, and said to the others, "Leave this pretty boy to me; the rest of you can do as you please!"
"Xia He, what are you doing?!"
"Phew, it's much easier now that that guy's gone," Xia He sighed in relief.
"You mean Red? You guys from the Quanxing's have tangled with him?" Zhang Lingyu, of course, wasn't blind or deaf.
"Who knows what that guy has been through! We almost got wiped out! You almost never saw us again, that guy is terrifying!" Xia He said, suddenly mimicking a slicing motion across Zhang Lingyu's chest.
Meanwhile, the two tussling in the woods hadn't noticed that someone was standing on a branch, watching them with narrowed eyes.
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