Killing Enemies and Escaping (Please Follow, Favorite, and Recommend!)

Chapter Forty

Meanwhile, the moment Lynn and the teammates beside him received the message, they reacted almost without hesitation.

No one hesitated in the slightest. They quickly turned and charged toward the outside of Night Shadow Bunker.

Since the commander had issued the retreat order, the situation within Night Shadow Bunker had clearly spiraled out of control. Staying here any longer would be no different from waiting to die.

No one was willing to take the risk of remaining under such circumstances.

Night Shadow Bunker's formation covered a vast circular area, meaning that no matter which direction they broke through from, they would have to pass through Night Shadow Bunker's Sky Curtain.

Fortunately, breaking through the Sky Curtain was not particularly difficult. They had already gone through it once when entering.

Everyone had some confidence now. Although the situation was critical, at least this step would not be a problem.

For the moment, the squad had no plans to disband. Amidst the chaos, sticking together was always safer than fighting alone.

As Lynn and his teammates approached the Sky Curtain, they could not hide the relief and delight on their faces.

No matter what, escaping first to save their lives was all that mattered. Everything else could wait.

However, when they easily broke through the Sky Curtain and had just stepped beyond Night Shadow Bunker's perimeter, the sight before them made everyone's expression change abruptly.

Outside the Sky Curtain stood another black formation barrier, dark as ink and seemingly intangible, yet it tightly sealed off their escape route!

This barrier seemed to make up for the Sky Curtain's flaw, preventing them from escaping so easily.

What was even more alarming was that a group of Wizard Apprentices stood behind the barrier, staring at them with cold, cruel smiles.

"Stragglers! Finish them!" one apprentice shouted sinisterly.

So this new barrier was the line of defense the Lionheart Knight had mentioned.

When he had told Astrid that "no apprentice can break out," he had been referring to this very defense.

"Kill!"

The squad leader roared, chanting a spell as he immediately accelerated forward.

Upon hearing the command, fierce glints flashed in the eyes of many squad members, and they prepared to fight to the death.

Sorcery rapidly gathered and shot toward the apprentices closing in on them.

The air was thick with the tension of an intense magical clash.

Lynn remained calm. Rather than having his fighting spirit stirred by the squad leader's roar, he became even more vigilant.

After all, this squad was not truly united. It was merely a group of people fighting for themselves, each harboring ulterior motives.

In this situation, so-called "unity" was nothing but a joke.

He had already prepared himself to run at any moment. When the squad leader shouted about fighting to the death, Lynn became even more wary.

Sure enough, the next moment unfolded exactly as Lynn had expected.

Of the more than twenty Wizard Apprentices in the squad, over a dozen immediately began casting sorcery, standing where they were and pouring out firepower.

In contrast, the squad leader who had just shouted about fighting to the death did not slow down in the slightest. Instead, he accelerated toward the distance with a clear objective.

The leader's shout had merely been meant to buy time, tricking his teammates into staying behind and casting sorcery while he dealt with the enemy.

His shout was not meant to boost morale, but to turn the others into "bait" and slow the enemy's pursuit.

That shout had fooled not only their opponents, but his own people as well.

Most of the squad members stopped and cast sorcery, fighting desperately.

But several people in the squad were far more cautious. They had not been deceived by the leader's shout and remained vigilant, preparing to break out.

It was like being targeted by a huge black bear in the wilderness, Lynn thought. You don't need to outrun the bear. You only need to outrun your teammates.

Lynn gave a soft chuckle, but he did not hesitate at all.

As the laugh faded, his hand flicked repeatedly, swiftly retrieving a bottle of Speed Potion from his spatial item.

This potion was only one step away from becoming a perfect finished product. Lynn had inspected it before; although its effects were slightly weaker, it was enough to handle the current emergency.

Without hesitation, he swallowed the potion and immediately felt a violent surge of energy flood into his body.

"Whoosh!"

He shot forward in an instant, several times faster than before, like an unbridled horse racing through the wind.

Several clever squad members also chose to scatter and flee, each seeking their own path to survival.

Lynn was one of them. As he sprinted, he heard the curses of those Wizard Apprentices behind him.

Those apprentices were clearly furious at being abandoned, but Lynn did not care in the slightest. He only focused on charging desperately into the distance.

Suddenly, a thunderous boom erupted behind him. A flash of sorcery exploded, blasting a huge crater into the spot where Lynn had been standing moments ago.

But Lynn was too fast. The sorcery only chased after him and ultimately failed to harm him at all.

He no longer spared any thought for what lay behind him, swiftly widening the distance between himself and the enemy.

Those apprentices left behind naturally could not continue pursuing him. They could only turn and face the unfortunate squad members who had remained.

The night was dark, and the second black Sky Curtain seemed boundless, as though it had no end.

Lynn had already raced for a long time with the aid of the Speed Potion, yet the view before him had not changed in the slightest.

No matter what, the Sky Curtain still felt impossibly distant, pressing down on him until he could barely breathe.

"Two bottles left..." Lynn muttered, quickly checking the potions in his spatial item. He relaxed slightly. He still had two more chances to accelerate.

He took a deep breath, quickened his pace once more, and charged toward the distance.

After racing for some time, Lynn finally saw the edge of the Sky Curtain. It seemed to be gradually drawing closer.

At that moment, two figures rapidly approached from afar.

One was fleeing for his life, a Furnace Apprentice, while the other was clearly an enemy pursuing him.

Lynn abruptly raised his head and met the fleeing apprentice's eyes.

Both of them were filled with surprise.

Lynn recognized the fleeing apprentice. He was the one who had made threats before Lynn together with Riley.

Yet not long after, the situation had changed completely. The once-arrogant apprentice could now only flee in disgrace.

"Ice Arrow!"

Lynn barely hesitated. As he softly chanted the spell, he continued charging at full speed toward the end of the second Sky Curtain.

An arrow of ice rapidly formed, its tip gleaming with a frigid light.

However, the arrow was not fired at the pursuer behind the apprentice. Instead, it precisely targeted the fleeing apprentice's path.

The Ice Arrow shot forth violently, striking at its target like lightning.

Although the apprentice sensed the danger and quickly tried to dodge, it was already too late—the arrow had anticipated his movement and directly struck his route forward.

"You! Damn you!"

The apprentice cursed furiously, his eyes filled with killing intent.

If there had not been an enemy behind him, he would have turned and fought Lynn to the death. But now, he could only swallow his anger.

The Ice Arrow's impact made him stumble, and in his panic, the pursuer behind him seized the chance to launch a sorcery attack.

"Damn it!"

The apprentice's expression changed at once, but he had no time to react and could only face the fierce attack.

At the same time, Lynn swallowed another Speed Potion. Energy surged through his body in an instant, and his speed exploded once more.

He did not hesitate again, charging straight toward the end of the Sky Curtain.

Ahead lay an endless black Sky Curtain. With no obstruction in his way, Lynn smoothly broke through this barrier, encountering almost no one.

At last, he reached the end of the Sky Curtain. He stopped and looked up at the black wall before him.

This Sky Curtain was different from the previous one. It resembled a heavy wall, no longer something that could be passed through as easily as a waterfall.

Lynn tested it by ramming into it, only to find that he could not break through at all.

"Such dense negative energy particles..."

Lynn's heart tightened. Before he could examine it closely, he suddenly sensed the aura of clashing sorcery rapidly approaching.

Looking closely, he was surprised to discover that the apprentice he had struck earlier was still alive.

Although the apprentice staggered somewhat, he had clearly not died. The pursuer was closing in on him, and the two were engaged in an intense sorcery duel.

Boom!

The sorcery of both sides collided, and the thunderous roar was deafening.

Lynn saw the apprentice pull a huge shield-like object from his robes. Using it to block the aftermath of the sorcery, he borrowed the force to rebound and launch a powerful blast of energy directly at Lynn.

Boom! Boom!

Two rays of different colors shot toward Lynn like lightning, moving so quickly that they nearly trapped him.

"Dodge!"

Lynn's eyes narrowed. He swiftly swallowed his last Speed Potion, and his speed surged in an instant. His body shifted sideways like a gale, easily evading the two fatal attacks.

However, at the very instant he turned to avoid them, he suddenly discovered that a watermelon-sized hole had appeared where the sorcery collided, clearly blasted open by tremendous power.

In contrast, the other sorcery had no effect at all, seeming completely unable to pierce the Sky Curtain.

"Only Negative Energy Sorcery affects this Sky Curtain!"

A glimmer flashed in Lynn's eyes as inspiration struck him.

He immediately understood everything and quickly devised a feasible plan.

"My Heart of Flower Language still has over twenty degrees of defense left... It can work!"

Lynn sneered. A cold glint flashed in his eyes, killing intent gathering in his pupils. Rather than retreating, he strode directly toward the place where the two were fighting.

"Huh?!"

The apprentice connected to White watched this with confusion in his eyes, clearly unable to understand why Lynn was suddenly approaching.

However, when the pursuer saw Lynn's actions, he immediately burst out laughing. "None of you can escape!"

As he laughed, he turned to look into the distance. More and more pursuers were rapidly drawing near, and the battle seemed to be growing increasingly unfavorable.

Lynn was not frightened by this. Instead, with the boost from the Speed Potion, he rapidly closed in on the apprentice connected to White, only stopping abruptly once he felt the distance was sufficient.

Then, with a movement of his mental power, he activated the Heart of Flower Language!

Boom!

Vines and flowers instantly burst from the ground, not beneath Lynn's feet, but rapidly beneath the feet of the Level 3 Wizard Apprentice connected to White.

"What is this?!"

The apprentice's expression changed drastically. He swiftly pulled out a magical item from his spatial item, intending to tear apart the suddenly appearing vines and flowers.

However, just as he was about to act, his pupils abruptly widened. The sight before him gave him no time to react at all.

The power of the Heart of Flower Language erupted completely. In an instant, the vines and flowers rapidly intertwined, forming a massive cocoon that tightly wrapped around the apprentice.

The distant pursuer thought the two Furnace Apprentices had joined forces, believing Lynn had cast sorcery to protect the other man.

The pursuer sneered and directly used his magical item, stacking it with his own sorcery in an attempt to tear apart this defensive sorcery.

From the corner of his eye, Lynn caught sight of this and instead directly activated the Heart of Flower Language.

A gap immediately split open in the intact cocoon, precisely in the direction of the pursuer's sorcery!

The person inside the cocoon was still desperately attacking it, completely unaware of what was happening behind him.

Boom!

A powerful beam of sorcery struck him directly in the chest, instantly piercing through his body. The apprentice's eyes bulged wide, and he died with them still open.

The Heart of Flower Language's vines used their remaining energy to rapidly contract. One vine tightly wrapped around the apprentice's spatial item and extended toward Lynn.

Lynn grabbed the spatial item and sneered. "Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Watching the apprentice who had courted death by insisting on involving himself in Lynn and Riley's grudge die before his eyes, Lynn showed no attachment. He turned and raced toward the Sky Curtain.

At the same time, he silently chanted a spell and cast the only Negative Energy Sorcery he knew—

"Wraith Breath!"

In an instant, a Female Ghost with disheveled hair and a grotesque face lunged out from before Lynn, heading straight for the unknown thickness of the dark Sky Curtain.

The ghostly form of the Female Ghost circled through the air, letting out a bloodcurdling shriek as it instantly tore open a corner of the Sky Curtain, rapidly expanding the opening that had originally been only the size of a watermelon.

Using the last effects of the Speed Potion, Lynn leaped into the opening without hesitation. His body swept through like the wind as he broke through the Sky Curtain and raced into the distance.

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