The Story of the Swordsman

Escape

Yun Lintian arrived in the forest. The forest was filled with lush pine trees. On the ground, Yun Lintian found some rank 1 medicinal herbs.

He did not rush to pick it up, instead, he increased his vigilance while observing the surroundings. After a while, he saw no signs of life around him. Then he started moving forward.

Buzz-do

As he took a step, the silver necklace on his neck suddenly trembled for a moment. Yun Lintian quickly grabbed it, but the result was the same as before — nothing could be found.

"Come on! Don't tease me like this." Yun Lintian could not help but complain. This necklace keeps on shaking. It gave him hope because he thought he would activate the system or something that could help him become strong.

Woosh!

When Yun Lintian noticed the necklace, suddenly, a spear appeared out of nowhere, shooting towards his head at high speed. Without thinking for a second, Yun Lintian instinctively rolled around on the ground to dodge the incoming attacks.

Booms!

The spear smashed into the pine tree behind Yun Lintian, causing the tree to shatter into pieces.

Yun Lintian quickly stood up and looked at the figure that was attacking him. Judging from the spear symbol on his clothes, Yun Lintian instantly recognized the identity of the figure. Of course, this man was one of Luo Kun's henchmen.

"Lumayan. You can avoid my surprise attack ... Oi! Where are you going!?" The man slowly approached Yun Lintian with an arrogant smile. However, he had to stop talking because he saw Yun Lintian pick up his spear and flee in a hurry.

"Thank you for the gun!" Yun Lintian shouted back while performing movement techniques to increase his speed.

"Damn!" The man from the Luo clan quickly chased after Yun Lintian.

From the aura of the man, Yun Lintian knew that his strength was at least around the eighth level of the Essence Realm. With his pitiful fifth level strength, there was no way he could go against the man directly. Therefore, he decided to immediately escape without hesitation.

Yun Lintian scanned the surroundings carefully.

A hundred meters in front of him, there was a panther lying on the ground.

Yun Lintian rushed forward with all his might. With a glance, he instantly knew this panther was at least the peak of the Essence Realm.

Booms!

A spear shot toward the ground occupied by the panther, causing clouds of dust to fill the air.

The man who was following Yun Lintian saw this scene. A bad premonition suddenly appeared in his heart and his body quickly reacted and he turned around, trying to escape from the place.

The angry panther turned his head and happened to see the silhouette of the man. The cold eyes of the panther were instantly fixed on him and leaped, attacking his target at an extremely high speed.

The man saw a panther chasing him. He wanted to cry while cursing Yun Lintian inwardly because of his cunning actions.

...

"Whoops... That's almost." Yun Lintian muttered to himself while panting. He leaned against a tall tree to take a breath.

Wiping the sweat off his forehead, Yun Lintian looked around and found a swamp in the distance. A piece of memory instantly reappeared in his mind as he took out a leather map from his spatial ring.

The map was given by Yun Ruanyu before she came here. It contained information from the Mythological Realm of the Blazing Sun. Every treasure cave and savage beast territory were inscribed on the map.

Yun Lintian stored the map and walked towards the swamp. Arriving there, he was immediately attracted by the pink lotus floating in the middle of the swamp.

"No way! The Heavenly Buddha Lotus? How did it come up here?" Yun Lintian was stunned by the lotus identity in front of him.

This lotus was a divine rank magical plant according to the [Records of Life Remains]. It could be used to strengthen one's Blood Vessels or used as a divine rank pill ingredient. Judging from the color and number of the leaves, this age of the Heavenly Buddha Lotus should be around thirty years at most. It takes about a thousand years to become fully grown.

Yun Lintian put aside his excitement and looked at the swamp under the lotus. Normally, this kind of heaven treasure would have its guard, but he did not see any ferocious beasts around the lotus.

After making sure there was no danger around him, he used his hands to test the temperature of the water before jumping. The swamp measures about 3 square kilometers with a depth of more than 100 meters. Yun Lintian had to swim for a while to reach the lotus.

When he reached halfway, Yun Lintian suddenly stopped his movements because his instinct told him that he was in danger. His body involuntarily stiffened and he took out a long iron spear from his ring and looked around warily.

Yun Lintian looked at the huge shadow within the water, slowly approaching him.

"What ..." Yun Lintian could not even finish his sentence, the swamp water suddenly formed into a gigantic wall and struck him.

He hurriedly expended his energy to put up a protective barrier around his body.

Booms!

The water wall swallowed Yun Lintian completely and immediately shattered his protective barrier. His whole body hurts.

Yun Lintian was pushed deep into the water. He calmed himself down and examined his body. After seeing no major injuries, he looked around, finding a way to return to the surface.

At this moment, his gaze unintentionally landed on the approaching large shadow in the distance. His body immediately stiffened as he could see this shadowy appearance clearly. Its appearance resembled that of a crocodile, but it was a hundred times larger than a normal crocodile. His skin was so thick that Yun Lintian did not think he could leave a single scratch on him.

"Crocodile? And it had even become a Spirit-level Beast !?" Yun Lintian exclaimed in shock and he hurriedly fled towards the edge of the swamp.

The roar!

The crocodile let out a loud roar and rushed to Yun Lintian at high speed.

There was no way a human like Yun Lintian could defeat a natural water beast like a crocodile. In the span of ten seconds, the distance between the two was getting closer.

Yun Lintian took out a green talisman from his ring and put some enormous energy into it.

The green talisman shone brightly and released waves of wind, enveloping Yun Lintian, causing his movement speed to increase rapidly.

Seeing that his prey was about to escape from his hands, the Crocodile shot several water arrows at Yun Lintian.

Bang out!

Yun Lintian blocked him and used his impact to push himself away from the Crocodile. The distance between the two widened and about 200 meters remained before Yun Lintian could reach the edge of the swamp.

When the crocodile saw Yun Lintian rise to the edge of the swamp, it let out an angry roar once more before turning around, returning to guard the lotus.

After Yun Lintian climbed to the edge of the swamp, he continued to flee. After he ran out of energy, he stopped and rested into a nearby tree.

"that's fucking shit." He muttered to himself and began to replenish his strength. He never thought his first adventure would end with running away from the enemy twice in a row.