Chen Tiannan, Targeted by All

At the rear of the crowd, Chen Tiannan watched as Lin Ming and that dark-gold puppet charged toward him again like Yama come to claim his life, killing intent surging. He was instantly scared out of his wits. How could he dare linger for even a moment?

He immediately let out a strange cry. The Dou Qi inside his body, already greatly depleted, erupted again as he squeezed it dry. No longer caring about direction, he once more began a new round of desperate flight like a homeless dog.

And as Lin Ming hunted him down, the panicked Chen Tiannan almost instinctively tried to repeat his old trick, attempting to burrow into the crowds still fiercely fighting over the scrolls.

His intention was already extremely obvious: he wanted to use the chaotic flow of people and the potential conflicts to block Lin Ming again and fight for a sliver of survival.

However, this time, looking at Chen Tiannan's familiar escape tactic, a cold trace of ridicule and calculation flashed through Lin Ming's eyes.

Just then, Lin Ming secretly pondered in his heart: Although I "openly and honestly" announced it just now and "revealed the prize" of the two scrolls I obtained in public, proving they were only Earth Tier High-grade, successfully dispelling these major factions' greed for Heaven Tier Dou Techniques and avoiding becoming the target of everyone, too much of anything is never good!

If I "am forced" to obtain a third scroll now, even if I reveal the prize again and show that it is still only Earth Tier High-grade, the situation will be different!

With two Earth Tier scrolls obtained, given the strength Lin Ming had displayed, he still would not become the target of everyone and be attacked by the crowd together.

But if he obtained