"Rumble..."
Terrifying explosions rang out one after another, blasting the mutated beasts that had chased Lin Li for over a hundred kilometers into scattered pieces.
The quick-reacting beasts swiftly dodged, suffering only minor injuries.
The slower ones were blasted until they were drenched in blood and gravely wounded, howling in agony.
"Huh? They've actually stopped chasing me. Looks like I'll have to teach you a lesson."
Lin Li was somewhat surprised when he saw the mutated beasts that had pursued him stop where they were.
Then, with no mutated beasts interfering, he focused on traveling and smoothly left the Hengduan Mountains.
As he continued flying toward Shuanghe City, he noticed a column of black smoke rising to his front right.
Seeing this, Lin Li slowed his flight. After a moment's thought, he decided to go over and see what was happening.
When he drew closer, he saw two groups of masked men engaged in a fierce battle.
Not far away was a caravan. Its members looked battered and disheveled, clearly having just endured a perilous, bloody fight.
Lin Li observed them carefully for several minutes and reached a conclusion.
The two groups of masked men had probably set their sights on the caravan at the same time. Both wanted to keep the caravan's wealth for themselves, so they had fought to determine the victor. The winners would ultimately claim all the spoils.
"Should I help those merchants?" Lin Li wondered silently.
"Kill...!!!"
The battle cries shook heaven and earth. The two groups of masked men fought fiercely, flashes of blades and swords flickering as the stench of blood filled the air, sickening to behold.
In only a short while, more than a dozen corpses lay sprawled across the ground. Bright-red blood flowed wantonly over the earth, gathering into pools