Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist-Chapter 296 - 90: I, Lin Chen, Will Never Abandon Any Junior Brother
"What about you?"
Lin Chen looked at the others. Faced with this question from Lin Chen, the teenagers in a state of grief each began to think.
"Since Senior Brother Lin is going, I’m going too!"
"Damn those fish monsters. Rather than hiding here waiting to die, it’s better to fight our way out."
Except for the two who were lying on the ground unconscious and the two whom Lin Chen had kicked into unconsciousness, the other thirteen made their decisions.
Ten chose to head to the eastern side of the island with Lin Chen, while three chose to stay.
Lin Chen glanced at the three who chose to stay and didn’t try to persuade them. Everyone has the right to choose, and besides, his analysis that the iron gate couldn’t hold was just a guess. Maybe reinforcement would come quickly and staying at the iron gate might actually be safer.
"Let’s go."
After making a decision, Lin Chen wasted no time, holding his bow and arrows, taking the lead. Jiang Qing followed closely behind, and the other teenagers hurried to catch up, quickly heading towards the eastern side of the island.
Thirty breaths later.
Lin Chen shot an arrow into the grass on the left side. A fish monster had just started to jump up when the arrow pierced through its skull. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞
At the same time, more rustling sounds came from the dense forest ahead. Lin Chen glanced at the teenagers behind him, saying, "If you want to survive, rush through. We don’t have time to evade."
Lin Chen saw clearly from the steps earlier how large the fish monster tide was. It’s impossible to bypass them, and even if they avoided one group, they would encounter another. The longer it took, the fewer chances there were to escape.
Taking advantage of the instructors blocking the main force of fish monsters, the only way was to carve a bloody path as quickly as possible.
Seeing the fish monsters emerging from the dense forest, Lin Chen chose not to shoot. He tucked the Snake Shadow Bow at his waist, and with Qi Blood surging throughout his body, he charged directly towards the fish monster group in the next moment.
Jiang Qing followed right behind Lin Chen.
Jiang Qing acted decisively as well. With each palm strike from Lin Chen, a fish monster was killed instantly.
These fish monsters only possessed the equivalent strength of the Opening Acupoints Realm and couldn’t withstand Lin Chen’s palm strikes. Although Jiang Qing couldn’t kill fish monsters with a single strike like Lin Chen, her sweeping palm shadows still enveloped several fish monsters. The fish monsters blocking her path were dying wave after wave.
Seeing the ferocity of the two, the teenagers who were facing fish monsters for the first time calmed their panicked spirits.
They exchanged glances, and the bloodlust in the teenagers was ignited.
Kill!
Kill everything that stands in our way!
If we truly can’t escape, killing one means breaking even, and killing two means profit.
Fifty breaths later!
Lin Chen, looking at the seemingly endless fish monster horde ahead and considering the pace of their advance, frowned and shouted, "The others deal with the fish monsters on both sides. Stay close behind me!"
At this pace, the number of fish monsters killed couldn’t keep up with the rate at which they gathered. Continuing like this would inevitably lead to getting caught in the tide of fish monsters.
Upon hearing Lin Chen’s words, the other teenagers began to close ranks, staying tightly behind Lin Chen.
At this moment, Lin Chen held nothing back. The terrifying Qi Blood coursed furiously within him. With every palm strike, not only were several fish monsters killed, but large groups of fish monsters were also overturned by the palm wind. As for these overturned fish monsters, Lin Chen didn’t even bother with them, leaving them to Jiang Qing and the other teenagers behind him.
Eleven of them advanced like an arrow, with Lin Chen as the sharp arrowhead, carving a path through the encircling fish monsters.
One zhang, two zhang, three zhang...
After the time it takes to drink tea, finally, there were no more fish monsters in front.
The teenagers present all breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the back of the person in front of them with eyes full of admiration.
They felt very strenuous dealing with the fish monsters approaching from the sides, but thanks to Senior Brother Lin’s effort, they broke through the encirclement. The terror of his strength was palpable.
Without Senior Brother Lin, they would never have broken out of the fish monsters’ encirclement.
Lin Chen at the forefront was now covered in blood, all from the fish monsters he had killed.
He had lost count of how many fish monsters he had slain, and at last, they had broken through the encirclement.
"Don’t break ranks, keep this formation and speed up!"
Lin Chen gave an order, worried that at this last moment, the people behind him might relax their vigilance, giving the fish monsters a chance.
After ten more breaths, they completely broke out of the fish monsters’ encirclement and continued moving forward without hesitation!
A quarter of an hour later, having completely left the fish monster group behind, Lin Chen stopped. The weariness from the earlier exertion and the previous expenditure of energy was starting to set in.
"Everyone rest for thirty breaths."
Seeing the tired expressions of those behind him, Lin Chen instructed.
The teenagers present followed his words without any objection, as they were truly exhausted.
One of the teenagers immediately sat down on the ground upon hearing this.
"So tired..."
"Stand up!"
Lin Chen swept a cold glance at him: "Sitting down now will only make you more tired. Resting for thirty breaths is to adjust the circulation of Qi Blood within your body. If you want to fall behind next, then sit and rest."
When in a state of exhaustion, sitting only exacerbates fatigue because the tension holding one together dissipates.
"Yes!"
The teenager immediately stood up, not feeling anything wrong with Lin Chen’s words. Even they were unaware that in their hearts, Lin Chen’s image was now comparable to that of the instructors.
"Junior Brother Lin, something’s not right."
Jiang Qing, who had been silently following beside Lin Chen, suddenly whispered softly.
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"Don’t you find it strange how the fish monster attacks have occurred, and about Uncle Xu... Why didn’t Lord Xu, knowing there was an escape route on the eastern side of the island, have the instructors lead us there from the beginning."
