Chen Lin followed the meat ball up the room's steps and ran outside, only to find himself deep in the wild mountains. The meat ball had already vanished.
He dared not linger. Picking a direction at random, he continued fleeing. He had no idea whether the skeletal old man had been killed by the explosion; the man might well come after him.
But he had lost all his mana and could only run along the ground. Having gone without food for so long, he was terribly weak, and before long, he could run no farther.
With no other choice, Chen Lin found a secluded place to hide, gathered a few wild fruits to fill his stomach, and fashioned a crude outfit from leaves and vines.
After that, he alternated between walking and resting. Somehow, he made it out of the mountains without incident and reached the edge of a main road.
He was covered in dirt, and his leafy clothes had fallen into tatters, making him look like a wild man. Fortunately, his body's density had not changed, and he remained incredibly tough. Otherwise, after traveling through the mountains for so long, he would have been a bloody mess.
"Dad, there's a monster over there!"
A wooden cart pulled by a unicorn creature approached from the distance, carrying an older man and a boy. The boy spotted Chen Lin from afar and immediately cried out.
Chen Lin saw them too. He stopped to watch and waved for help.
With his current physical toughness, ordinary people and ordinary martial artists posed no concern. Even low-level cultivators could do little to him. Since these two still needed a carriage to travel, they could not be high-tier practitioners, so there was no need to be overly wary.
To his surprise, however, the moment