Flee? Kill?

The searing killing intent that suddenly struck made Bu Wuchen pale with alarm. He hurriedly activated Instant Shadow-Piercing Steps-

"Whoosh!"

As a fierce gust erupted beside his ear, the youth had already teleported into the shadow of a tree dozens of paces away.

Instant Shadow-Piercing Steps allowed him to reach any shadow within a hundred paces in an instant!

After a moment of stunned silence, a trace of doubt rose in Feng Jieshuang's eyes. "Hmm? You actually dodged my killing blow?"

"Not bad, that vigilance of yours~"

"Your movement technique is quite stunning, too!"

The woman licked her red lips and said seductively, "If you weren't a thorn in Young Master Lin's eye and a splinter in his flesh, you'd be good enough to become a subject beneath my skirts~"

At those words, Li Duanfeng, a man of medium build with side-parted hair, immediately grew displeased.

Jealousy surged in his heart. Hmph, I could let it slide when you acted that way with Young Master Lin!

But now you've actually taken a fancy to a fellow like this?

He gave a cold snort and said viciously, "So what? He still has to die!"

Qiu Chaoyang, who had a hideous, snake-shaped scar on his left arm, smiled sinisterly. "Heh heh, Bu Wuchen, our esteemed Senior Bu, I suggest you stop resisting and obediently accept your death!"

By now, how could Bu Wuchen not know he had fallen victim to a plot?

"Young Master Lin? Hmph, the Lin Lineage again..."

"So you lot are the vicious dogs hired by the Lin Lineage?"

Bu Wuchen's words grew colder.

Yet the unyielding fighting spirit in his eyes burned all the fiercer!

All four of them sneered at his words.

The shortest of them, Qian Dali, practically grinned from ear to ear as he mocked, "Ohohoho, how imposing our 'esteemed Senior Bu' is!"

"Surely you've noticed something wrong with yourself by now?"

Bu Wuchen's brows knitted tightly.

Just a moment ago, he had seen the word "Poisoned" clearly displayed on his status panel.

Although the poisoning was not severe, for the time being, he could only wield mystic cultivation combat strength around the Qi Observation Realm Second Layer.

More fatally, the poison had also diluted more than half the Mystic Qi within the mystic palace in his dantian...

If he had faced only one opponent at the Qi Observation Realm Ninth Layer, his current combat strength, combined with the boosts from Strength of Nine Oxen and Two Tigers, Bronze Skin and Iron Bone Body, and Cheetah Gale Speed, would have given Bu Wuchen a fighting chance.

The problem was that there were no fewer than four enemies at the Qi Observation Realm Ninth Layer Peak drawing their weapons now!

The way they looked at Bu Wuchen resembled ravenous wolves and fierce tigers eyeing a fat sheep.

As they slowly approached in a fan-shaped encirclement, they said, "Judging by your expression, you must have felt it already?"

"You should feel honored. The poison Young Master Lin used against you was precious stuff!"

"That's right. Just two or three drops in your stomach would kill you stone dead in an instant."

"Even if you don't drink it, inhaling a little of its poisonous fumes will severely suppress your cultivation!"

"Don't look at us like that. We took the antidote long ago."

"So I suggest you give up this pointless struggle."

"One slash across your throat might at least give you a clean death. Hahahaha..."

Just then-

"Ding-dong! God-Level Choice System successfully triggered. Host, please choose from the following options."

"Option one: offer up all assets in the Portable Warehouse and beg the other party to spare you."

"Reward for this option: one 3D dog-head life-saving icon."

...

"Option two: find a way to escape pursuit."

"Reward for this option: upon successfully escaping, receive twenty thousand gold coins and one pair of 'Escape Expert Golden Boots.'"

...

"Option three: neither beg for mercy nor flee, but counterkill all four!"

"Reward for this option: upon successfully counterkilling them, receive one [Battle Pet Token] and one [Invisibility Talisman]."

Bu Wuchen, whose brows had still been tightly furrowed, suddenly lit up. Ha, here it is!

I'm definitely choosing the third option!

Ugh, too bad I can only claim the reward after successfully counterkilling them.

Otherwise, I could use the [Invisibility Talisman] to escape, then use the [Battle Pet Token] to catch any reasonably powerful mystic beast as a battle pet. Counterkilling these four would be as easy as turning my hand!

After all, in this Night Forbidden Forest, two-legged human cultivators are hard to find, but powerful mystic beasts with four, five, six, seven, or eight legs can be encountered all the time...

While thoughts churned through Bu Wuchen's mind, Feng Jieshuang, who had always been adept at reading expressions, immediately caught the subtle change in his face.

An ominous premonition immediately crept into her heart, and she told her companions, "Hey, stop wasting words. Be careful-delay breeds trouble!"

"It's not as though you haven't heard about his wager duel with Lin Zhuxian..."

As her words fell, she raised her slender, wind-slicing sword and charged in first!

After hearing Feng Jieshuang's words, the other three also put away their contempt. Driving their Mystic Force to its limit, they all charged toward Bu Wuchen to kill him!

Fighting four against one in an open area like this, I'm certain to lose!

As that thought flashed through his mind, Bu Wuchen turned and ran.

"Hmph, running? You think you can escape?"

Li Duanfeng sneered.

Qiu Chaoyang habitually licked the scar on his arm, a vicious gleam blazing in his eyes. "Heh heh, run, run! Prey struggling on the brink of death is much more fun to play with!"

"Hurry after him! Don't let that little bastard get too far!"

Feng Jieshuang reminded them gravely, "Don't forget, this is the Night Forbidden Forest, known as a death zone for humans..."

Qiu Chaoyang, who had been the most eager to play, immediately felt his heart tighten-

We really can't let him charge around blindly like a headless fly.

Within eighteen li of the entrance to the Night Forbidden Forest, mystic beasts are extremely scarce.

Even the occasional ones you encounter are only low-rank mystic beasts.

But once you go more than eighteen li deep, you gradually enter the territories of those powerful mystic beasts!

If we happen to run into a high-rank mystic beast, or even one of the legendary spirit-rank mystic beasts...

It could kill several Qi Observation Realm Ninth Layer cultivators with a single fart!

For a time, they all pursued him even harder.

"Huff, huff..."

Several figures raced through the dense primeval forest, one fleeing and the others pursuing.

Besides the howling wind beside their ears, there was the rustling of leaves brushing against them, together weaving a night song steeped in murderous menace!

Although the potent poison in Bu Wuchen's body severely affected his cultivation strength;

The boost from Cheetah Gale Speed made him only slightly slower than those four.

Added to the dozens of paces he had gained by using Instant Shadow-Piercing Steps at the beginning, and the many winding turns among the trees;

Those four could not catch him in the short term.

"Kill me? Heh heh..."

"You're better off eating dust behind my ass!"

Bu Wuchen sneered provocatively.

Their faces darkened. "Hmph, don't get cocky!"

"The poison has been deeply rooted in you all this time, and you've kept fleeing at full speed, burning through your Mystic Power even faster. Let's see how much longer you can run!"