Martial Master

Qin Chen had to quickly harvest the Bitter Rhythm Herb; otherwise, that person would likely deduce the approximate ripening time of the herb, which should be around this period, and come here.

Without hesitation, Qin Chen immediately prepared to break through the two formations.

However, at that moment, he suddenly felt a fluctuation of true power in the void.

Not good, someone is coming.

A surge of alarm rushed through Qin Chen's heart. He had no time to break the formations and hurriedly found a dark corner by a large rock to hide.

Just as he managed to conceal himself, a figure in gray suddenly appeared in the void, covered in blood, clearly being chased. The person looked extremely disheveled.

After this person appeared, they paused momentarily, clearly discovering this place for the first time, with a look of surprise on their face.

In the next moment, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, three more figures darted in. These three were evidently pursuing the gray-clad individual and were stunned upon entering this underground world.

After glancing around, the expressions of the four brightened. One of the three exclaimed directly: Underground Ruins?

They were all adventurers from the Black Death Swamp, naturally aware that underground ruins in the Black Death Swamp represented treasures.

At that moment, Qin Chen was also secretly observing these four martial artists. The pursued gray-clad person had a defiant demeanor, looking young yet surprisingly haggard, with a cultivation level at the peak of the late stage of the fifth tier.

As for the three pursuing him, the leader was a burly middle-aged man, appearing extremely robust, also at the peak of the late stage of the fifth tier.

The remaining two included a woman in her thirties, who was somewhat attractive, dressed provocatively, and extremely alluring. Possibly due to years of training in the Black Death Swamp, her face showed signs of weariness, with a cultivation level not weak, also at the late stage of the fifth tier.

Regarding the last individual, also at the late stage of the fifth tier, Qin Chen was surprised to find he recognized this person; it was the martial zong he had encountered earlier at the Black Cultivation Society, who was pursued by the An Bei Twin Demons and had used him to escape.

Qin Chen had no fondness for this person. Back then, in the Black Cultivation Society, this individual had thrown him a storage ring containing only a low-grade true stone to escape, which attracted the An Bei Twin Demons' attention and ultimately led to a conflict.

Had it not been for this person's cunning and treachery, Qin Chen wouldn’t have clashed with the An Bei Twin Demons. Although the An Bei Twin Demons had brought him no harm, he harbored intense disdain for this person.

Such individuals, pursuing their goals, would not care about harming the innocent. To them, injuring innocents was not something that would trouble their conscience.

Upon seeing these individuals, Qin Chen instantly understood they were martial artists who had been training in the Black Death Swamp for years.

After discovering such a place, the initially pursued gray-clad man quickly took out a black object resembling a root and threw it to the three opposite him without hesitation.

Then, he coldly said: Ge Peng, we have no grudges between us, what does it matter if I give you this black olive root? This is an underground ruin, there may be treasures here; why not cooperate?

Cooperate?

The middle-aged man called Ge Peng coldly laughed, secretly surrounding the gray-clad man with his two companions, and scoffed: Fei Yang, what qualifications do you have to talk about cooperation with us now?

The gray-clad man Fei Yang sneered, glancing disdainfully at Ge Peng and the others: Ge Peng, you don’t want to be the only one to enjoy the riches here, right? Not to mention whether you have that ability, it’s I who brought you all here; otherwise, who would have known that there was an underground ruin in that lake?

Furthermore, Fei Yang’s face displayed contempt as he continued: It’s not that I look down on you three; I admit that together, you can easily defeat me, but I, Fei Yang, am not easy to deal with. Even if I can’t beat you, can you guarantee you will capture me? Once I send word back, regardless of what you’ve obtained in this underground ruin, do you really think you can bring it back to Heimo City?