Chapter 620 - 253: Who Said I’m Alone?
Chapter 620: Chapter 253: Who Said I’m Alone?
In the center of the complex, a massive altar carved with a roaring Ancestral Giant Dragon was emitting a faint glow.
Lin Ye’s gaze focused.
’This is the place.’
Lin Ye was on high alert.
Under the cover of his Shadow Scale, he was like a silent phantom, quietly slipping into the shadows of the ancient complex.
A clearing had been made around the altar, and several simple tents were set up. The ashes from a recent campfire were still warm.
Clearly, this place had become a temporary camp.
Just as Lin Ye approached the edge of the altar, preparing to investigate further...
"Who’s there!"
A cold shout suddenly rang out from a shadowy corner of the camp.
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH—!
Before the voice had faded, three arrows shimmering with a faint blue light tore through the air in a triangular formation, whistling sharply as they shot toward him!
Lin Ye’s pupils contracted slightly.
His figure flickered like a phantom, leaving a nearly invisible afterimage as the three arrows grazed his body and embedded themselves in the stone wall behind him, their fletchings still quivering violently.
They missed.
But a ripple of surprise went through Lin Ye.
Those three arrows weren’t fired randomly.
Their trajectory, timing, and angle had all been precisely calculated. It was clear they had pinpointed his location.
The archer had truly spotted him.
This surprised him.
Although his Shadow Scale skill hadn’t been upgraded in a long time, its effectiveness was undeniable.
Until now, not a single one of his peers had ever been able to see through this state using their own perception.
In the next moment, seven or eight figures with powerful auras emerged from various corners of the camp, loosely surrounding the area.
The leader was a tall, gloomy-faced young man in a Longyin-issued combat uniform. His eyes were as sharp as a falcon’s, and he radiated the powerful aura of the Late Stage of the Divine Realm.
Behind him were six other people.
A lean, athletic man with cold eyes holding a composite longbow—the archer from just now.
A burly man built like an iron tower, carrying a huge Tower Shield.
A woman with an unpredictable Body Technique holding dual blades, whose aura was the eeriest of all.
...
This was a standard hunting party with an extremely balanced composition, equipped for both offense and defense with ranged and close-quarters combatants.
The man with the composite bow swept his gaze over the empty shadows and spoke again, his voice laced with an undeniable chill.
"Get out."
"Or the next arrow will be aimed at your vitals."
Since he’d already been discovered, there was no point in hiding any longer.
Lin Ye’s figure slowly emerged from the shadows as he deactivated his Shadow Scale.
Seeing that Lin Ye was alone, the seven-person squad visibly relaxed.
A team member with a scar on his face grinned and said to the young man in the lead, "Hao, your plan was flawless. You said if we just lay in wait, a fat sheep would deliver itself right to us."
The leader, Wei Hao, also broke into a smile that said he had everything under control.
Just then, the woman with the dual blades glanced from Lin Ye to Wei Hao and suggested, "Hao, we already have seven fragments. We just need one more to make a set of eight. How about... we ask him to join us?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the archer let out a disdainful sneer.
"Ask him to join? I remember him. I think he’s the only greenhorn rookie in this entire selection who hasn’t even reached the Divine Realm."
"Why waste our breath on him? Let’s just take his fragment! Teaming up with a guy like that? Are you worried we’re finding the ancestral land too fast? He’ll just drag us down!"
The group broke into discussion, their gazes on Lin Ye filled with unconcealed contempt and scrutiny, as if they were sizing up a piece of merchandise to be disposed of at will.
Listening to the group’s chatter, Lin Ye didn’t get angry. Instead, a curious smile slowly spread across his face.
’I’ve been walking for two days, and besides that unlucky bastard Ren Qiyu, I haven’t seen a single living soul.’
’And you all just happen to have seven fragments on you.’
’Looks like my luck isn’t half bad.’
Wei Hao noticed the smile on Lin Ye’s face. He frowned and asked grimly, "Kid, what are you smiling at?"
Lin Ye’s gaze swept over the seven of them. His tone was level, as if he were simply stating a fact.
"Nothing. I just think my luck is pretty good."
The moment he said this, the atmosphere instantly froze.
The expressions on the faces of everyone in Wei Hao’s squad changed.
They weren’t idiots; they understood the meaning behind Lin Ye’s words.
’This kid, who’s only in the Gang Condensation Realm, is all alone and dares to see our elite seven-person squad as his "fat sheep"?’
"Heh..." Wei Hao laughed, his anger turning to amusement. He took a step forward, a powerful aura pressing down on Lin Ye like a mountain. "You seem... a little confused about the situation."
The mockery in his eyes vanished, replaced by an icy killing intent.
"You can’t be naive enough to think we’d fight you one-on-one, can you?"
...
「Meanwhile, in a conference room at Longyin Academy.」
The confrontation at the altar was clearly displayed on a massive light screen.
"I didn’t expect one fight to follow another so quickly. Interesting."
Hou Guanghe put down his teacup, watching with great interest.
Yi Jiugao’s gaze swept across the screen as he said in a deep voice, "Wei Hao’s squad. Seven members, all of whom have participated in the selection at least once before. Their average cultivation is at the Mid-stage of the Divine Realm or higher. The captain, Wei Hao, is even at the Late Stage of the Divine Realm."
"Their ranged specialist, Cenbo, has the innate ability of Super Long-Distance Vision, which lets him see through most concealment techniques. He must have been the one who discovered Lin Ye just now."