In the silent jungle, a man wearing a baseball cap walked to the center of a desolate forest and looked around.
"The place where the aura just came from must be here..."
He crouched down and carefully searched the surrounding soil for Lin Qiye's footprints, like a seasoned hunter.
His name is Zhuang Qi. In fact, he was a hunter before becoming a believer. However, he accidentally awakened the Forbidden Ruins and was later recruited into the [believers], becoming a fanatical supporter of the Age of Evil Gods.
Zhuang Qi pressed his body completely against the ground, gently sniffing something. During the rain, most of the clues had been washed away, making it impossible for an ordinary person to continue tracking. However, Zhuang Qi was no ordinary person; his tracking ability was not just for show.
He quickly found the direction Lin Qiye had gone.
"Running into the deep mountains, huh...naive." Zhuang Qi seemed to have seen through Lin Qiye's plan, sneered, and continued to track him in the direction he had left.
His movements were extremely agile. Even in such a deep mountain where it was impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face, his speed did not stop at all, and his sharp eyes were always observing his surroundings.
Suddenly, as if he had discovered something, he abruptly stopped in his tracks.
His gaze fell on the ground beside a tree, where a piece of bark was inserted into the soil. The surrounding soil was still fresh, so it must have been inserted recently. Moreover, he could vaguely see writing on the surface of the bark...
A sense of doubt arose in Zhuang Qi's mind. Driven by curiosity, he quickly walked to the bark and reached out to pull it out to see what was written on it...
Click!
Zhuang Qi stepped into the grass next to the tree bark, and heard a crisp click from under his foot, which startled him.
Boom—!!!
A blinding flash of fire erupted violently from beneath his feet, followed by a terrifying explosion. The blast wave propelled him into the air before he crashed heavily to the ground several meters away…
A faint smell of burning lingered in the air.
"Pfft cough cough cough cough..." Zhuang Qi, whose body was covered in charred black patches, coughed violently and slowly got up from the ground. Although he had been hit head-on by the blast, he did not seem to be seriously injured.
"Damn it, how come there are anti-tank mines buried in this deep mountain forest?! Who the hell is so despicable?!" Zhuang Qi cursed as he touched his bloodied right hand.
Upon reaching the "Chuan" realm, surging spiritual energy continuously washes over the body, strengthening the physique to the point of near-superhuman ability. Even if one were to take the hit of an anti-tank mine, it would not be fatal.
This is why the difference between the "Pool" Realm and the "River" Realm is so huge.
Zhuang Qi endured the pain and walked to the flattened area. It turned out that the bark had long been blasted into ashes, which meant that he would never have the chance to know what was written on the bark... Thinking of this, he felt as disgusted as if he had swallowed a fly.
This feeling of piquing people's curiosity but having no follow-up made him very unhappy!
In the distance, Lin Qiye, hidden on a thick tree branch, twitched slightly at the corner of his mouth and sighed...
"As expected, people from the 'Chuan' realm aren't so easy to kill. Mumu, it's your turn now."
Lin Qiye patted the head of the little mummy next to him and said.
Mumu was the name Lin Qiye gave to the little mummy. After all, it didn't seem right to keep calling it a mummy, and Lin Qiye himself was terrible at naming things, so he just hastily decided on the name.
Mumu nodded, and its bandaged shoulder suddenly swelled up, revealing a huge rocket launcher on its small shoulder.
Mumu carefully adjusted the angle, aiming the rocket launcher at Zhuang Qi, who was cursing in the distance...
"Heave-ho!"
Mu Mu let out a soft moan, and the rocket launcher on his shoulder suddenly burst into flames. A rocket with a trail of fire roared toward Zhuang Qi!
Seeing that the rocket launcher had finished firing, Lin Qiye didn't say a word. He simply hoisted Mumu onto his shoulder and ran away!
Just as Zhuang Qigang was recovering from the anti-tank mine, he felt a blur before his eyes, and another rocket flew towards his face!
"What the f—"
Boom—!!
!Lin Qiye carried the little mummy on his shoulder, his figure floating forward like a ghost. Because he was moving so fast, the little mummy could only be tossed up and down like a sandbag.
Immediately afterwards, a figure billowing black smoke flew out from the flames, the mottled hunting knife in its hand reflecting the dancing flames, and whistled as it chased after Lin Qiye.
Zhuang Qi was much faster than Lin Qiye. Despite the terrain providing cover, he caught up with Lin Qiye in just a few dozen seconds.
"You little thief, you're asking for death!!" Zhuang Qi's face was covered in blood, his eyes filled with rage, as if he wanted to tear Lin Qiye to pieces!
Just as he was about to catch up with Lin Qiye, Lin Qiye shouted, "Mumu!"
"Heave-ho!"
Mu Mu's bandages swelled up, and her originally petite body grew to more than twice its original size, like a small mountain clinging to Lin Qiye's shoulder. At the same time, a dense array of black gun barrels protruded from his body, all aimed at Zhuang Qi in mid-air.
"What the hell?!" Zhuang Qi was completely dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
A mummy that can transform into a weapon? What is this? Is it some kind of mystery?
Before he could think further, a hail of bullets erupted from firearms of different calibers: submachine guns, automatic rifles, sniper rifles, pistols, shotguns...
The flashes of fire illuminated a corner of the dark jungle, and the deafening roar of hundreds of guns firing simultaneously even drowned out the thunder on the horizon, echoing through the deep mountains!
Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang...
The hunting knife in Zhuang Qi's hand shattered into pieces in an instant. The broken blades, like leaves dancing in a whirlwind, enveloped his entire body. A dense barrage of bullets collided with the fragments of the hunting knife, creating a ring of dazzling sparks.
Although the fragments of the hunting knife blocked the swarm of bullets, the kinetic energy contained in so many bullets was real. Zhuang Qi's figure in mid-air was suppressed by the waterfall of bullets and fell directly down, instantly putting him at a distance from Lin Qiye.
"Controlling the knife by breaking it down into fragments... Is it a forbidden object, or his forbidden realm? If it's a forbidden realm, can he only break down this knife, or can he break down all metals?" Lin Qiye clearly perceived the entire process through his mental power, and while rushing forward, he thought rapidly.
After blocking all the bullets, Zhuang Qigang was about to retrieve the fragments of his hunting knife when a rocket-propelled grenade, burning with fire, flew from the front.
Boom—!!
"Damn it, is this ever going to end?!" Zhuang Qi roared angrily, using a shard of his hunting knife to withstand the explosion of the rocket.