Chen Lin made no further attempt to escape.
His opponent's spatial abilities were extremely powerful. With his own abilities alone, he had absolutely no chance of getting away.
To resist the old man, aside from relying on Tiezhu's flames, his only option was the Spatial Talisman the Blue Alien had left him. That talisman could temporarily grant him mastery of Dominator Tier spatial rules, which should allow him to break out of this space.
With that thought in mind,
Chen Lin asked Tiezhu to open the Fruit Core Grotto-Heaven, preparing to retrieve the talisman.
But before Tiezhu could act, the killing intent emanating from the old man vanished again.
Then, with a lift of his fishing rod, he fished up something bright red. It swayed and fluttered as the old man caught it in his hand.
"Sss... hahaha! Not bad!"
The old man held his catch beneath his nose and took a deep sniff, then burst into excited laughter.
Chen Lin's expression, however, grew grave.
He could clearly see that what the old man had caught was neither a fish nor a shrimp, nor even a monster. It was a woman's red belly band.
This fellow was a pervert!
Moreover,
the fact that the old man could fish up a red belly band made him suspect there were people imprisoned beneath the thick fog. After all, fish and shrimp did not wear belly bands.
"Congratulations on your fine catch, Senior."
Chen Lin told Tiezhu to hold off on entering the Fruit Core Grotto-Heaven and continued trying to communicate with the old man.
His opponent was very likely the legendary Wheel Realm great monster. Even if he retrieved the talisman, he might not be able to escape.
Resolving this through conversation would be best.
High-level monsters like this generally did not