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Chapter 404 The Chase

This small team, consisting of five five-star Dou Zhe (Battle Masters), had been under Jing Chen's surveillance for quite some time. To Jing Chen, five five-star Dou Zhe were essentially no different from one. Moreover, since they had entered the dense forest, he didn't need to worry about being spotted by other teams and then being surrounded.

Following the team into the dense forest, Jing Chen was not foolish enough to attack from the front immediately. Instead, he quietly hid in the nearby bushes, patiently waiting like a venomous snake roaring at its prey.

After Jing Chen followed the team for some distance, the group finally stopped to rest. During the rest, one of the mercenaries slowly left his companions and walked towards a grove of bushes. As soon as he turned into the bushes and drew his weapon, everything went black before his eyes, followed by a sharp pain in his throat, and his consciousness instantly blurred.

Shortly after the mercenary girl, a panicked shout rang out: "A magical beast! A third-tier magical beast!"

Hearing his shout, the mercenaries who had just finished resting were stunned. One of them laughed and cursed at his companion who was scrambling to catch his breath, "You son of a bitch, were you drained dry by a woman last night? This is the outer edge of the Monster Mountain Range, what kind of Tier 3 monsters are here..."

Before the curse could even finish, the mercenary, who had been looking down, had already rushed in front of him. As a flash of cold light suddenly appeared, the curse that the mercenary hadn't quite uttered was instantly frozen in his throat.

With lightning speed, he dispatched a mercenary, then shifted his body, raised his hand, and a fine steel sword shot out towards the mercenary who was still stunned in the distance!

"Jing Chen! It's Jing Chen!"

In just over ten seconds, two five-star warriors were easily killed by the disguised Jing Chen. The other two mercenaries finally came to their senses. One of the older mercenaries suddenly kicked his companion toward the oncoming Jing Chen. He quickly drew a short flute from his sleeve, put it to his lips, and was about to play it when a powerful kick, imbued with ferocity, slammed into Jing Chen's chest.

"Pfft!" A mouthful of blood gushed from his mouth. Using the force of the impact, the mercenary's body traced a perfect parabola in mid-air. With his last bit of strength, he uttered a brief, sharp sonic wave from the whistle in his mouth.

The sound waves were sent out from the piccolo and then spread out in all directions.

"Damn! You can even brag about that? That's awesome." Jing Chen casually slashed the mercenary who blew the whistle in the throat, and then, with a forceful movement of his left hand, he snapped the neck of the mercenary who had been kicked over by the whistle.

"Damn it, I was careless." After looking around, Jing Chen quickly looted all their belongings.

Looking up beyond the dense forest, I saw figures suddenly flying towards me.

Jing Chen didn't say much, and turned to run away.

"Chirp chirp..." As Jing Chen turned to flee, a large number of Shao Yin whistles sounded from outside the dense forest behind him. At this moment, all the mercenaries rushed towards the dense forest.

"Grab him!"

Behind him, a large number of mercenaries chased after Ming, their shouts echoing through the dense forest as they watched the faintly visible figure ahead.

"Damn it, this is really a disaster!!!" He glanced at the large group of pursuers chasing him from behind, his lips twitched, and he turned around somewhat dejectedly. Using the green markings on his body as cover, he kept darting away through the grass.

After running for a while, Jing Chen's expression suddenly changed. He turned around and saw a middle-aged man with a gloomy face running towards him at the front of the mercenary group. When he saw Jing Chen turn around, a sinister smile appeared on his face, and a low roar rose up, cutting through the grass and into Jing Chen's ears.

"You little bastard, you killed my son, you killed my Third Regiment Commander! Today I'll make you die in this Monster Mountain Range!"

The tranquility of the Monster Mountain Range was shattered by a sudden chase. Countless shouts and cries of pursuit echoed across the mountain's skies. Because of the pursuing group's speed, some mercenary teams that had originally planned to hunt monsters stopped in their tracks, watching the large group rushing past them with bated breath.

Driven by curiosity, some other mercenaries also ran with the main force, eager to see who this person was who could attract such a large-scale encirclement and suppression.

"Capture Xiao Yan! That guy possesses a Xuan-rank cultivation technique!"

As he gave chase, Mu She spotted a group of mercenaries watching the commotion in the forest. A sinister smile crept across his face, and he suddenly roared at the top of his lungs.

Upon hearing their leader's shout, the members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group behind them immediately joined in with a shout, and Jing Chen's roar, imbued with profound-level cultivation techniques, resounded throughout the mountains.

"Profound-level cultivation technique?" Upon hearing these four words, almost all the mercenary teams stopped what they were doing, exchanged glances, and a greedy glint flashed in their eyes.

After a brief silence, someone finally couldn't resist the allure of the Xuan-rank cultivation technique and grabbed their weapon, chasing after the faintly visible shadow in the distance.

With the leader taking the lead, the mercenaries who were still hesitant also started walking and shouting loudly as they joined the pursuit.

The chorus of voices behind him also reached the front. Jing Chen, who was desperately fleeing, glanced at the ever-growing original army behind him, and his expression immediately changed. He cursed under his breath, "Damn it, they're so damn insidious!"

Jing Chen darted swiftly through the dense forest, glancing around before rushing towards the area where the magical beasts were most frequently spotted.

"Come on, I want to see if there are more of you than monsters in the Monster Mountain Range! I'll make sure you bastards get yourselves killed!" With a sneer, Jing Chen accelerated his sprint once more.

"Boy, let's see how you escape today!" In the distance behind, Mu She's cold voice, mixed with fighting spirit, echoed through the dense forest like a lion's roar.

Jing Chen paid no attention to this pointless threat and just kept charging forward.

Seeing that his shout could be met with fifty from Jing Chen, Mu She's lips twitched. He narrowed his eyes and quietly watched the back of the figure that was gradually widening the distance between them. Yao Ou frowned. Jing Chen's speed was really beyond his expectations.

Finally, Mu She slowly exhaled, his body trembling slightly. Pale blue battle aura quickly enveloped his body, and a low shout rang out from his throat: "Yellow-rank battle skill, Wind Soaring Step!"

As Mu She's shout subsided, a large amount of pale blue battle qi suddenly surged from his feet, and wisps of breeze gradually formed at his feet.

With a powerful stomp of its foot on the ground, Mu She's figure shot out, its speed nearly doubling compared to before.

"Damn!" The faint sound of wind breaking behind him forced Jing Chen to turn around. He was startled when he saw the Mu Snake rushing towards him.

"I will kill you today!" As the distance between the two drew closer, a ferocious killing intent surged across Mu She's face, and he said coldly.

"Kill me? You're not worthy! You'd better go down and join your son, he's still waiting for you down there!" Jing Chen cursed as he turned around, then lashed out with a hand chop, sending a crescent-shaped sword aura flying towards Mu She.

"Hmph!" Mu She snorted coldly and punched the sword energy. Instantly, a gust of wind appeared out of thin air in front of him, then burst out and finally collided with the sword energy.

"Bang!"

The two fierce forces collided, directly scraping away a layer of grass in the dense forest, and some slender tree trunks were also cut in half.

"He does have some skill, no wonder he's so arrogant." Upon first meeting Professor Jing Chen, a hint of surprise flashed in Mu She's eyes. He sneered, stomped his foot hard on the ground again, and his figure shot forward another dozen meters.

"Kid, it's over!" Jelin took a few steps, and Mu She got closer and closer to Jing Chen. He looked at the boy running for his life and grinned maliciously.

(End of this chapter)