However, before encountering the Ferocious Beasts, Linlong had already encountered three people. Furthermore, they were three of the people that he had previously asked about the secret realm. Not only did they refuse to tell him, but they had also given him a fierce look.
Although there had been such unpleasantness before, Linlong did not intend to do anything to them.
Who would have thought that after the three of them signaled with their eyes, they would surround him with a whoosh.
"Senior brothers, what do you want?" Although the three of them did not seem to have come with good intentions, Linlong still had an indifferent expression.
"Brat, it can be considered fate that we are similar." One of them chuckled.
"You can say that." Linlong nodded.
"So, you don't mind taking out the Mysterious Crystal Stones on you and giving them to us, right?" Another person said.
Hearing those words, how could Linlong not know what the other party was planning? Thinking back to how he casually took out a thousand Mysterious Crystal Stones without a frown, they felt that he must have a lot of Mysterious Crystal Stones on him, which was why they had such an idea.
"I do have quite a few Mysterious Crystal Stones on me." Linlong said.
"That's not bad." Linlong's words made the three's eyes light up.
"Brat, if you know what's good for you, then take it all out. In the future, us three brothers will take good care of you. If anyone wants to bully you, they'll have to go through us first." The first person said again.
Linlong shook his head. "Unfortunately, I usually don't lend my Mysterious Crystal Stones to others."
Hearing Linlong's words, the faces of the three darkened. One of them even said coldly. "Lend? Who said you're lending? We want you to take it out and give it to us! "
"That's even more impossible." Linlong said.
"Brat, you're courting death!" That person could not help but sneer.
After saying that, he directly pulled out the runic iron sword from his waist. After pulling it out, he directly activated the runes on it.
"Brat, if you don't want to die, then obediently hand it over!"
"There's no one else here. Even if you shout your throat hoarse, no one will come to save you!"
The other two also said fiercely.
"If I can't beat them, then can't I run?" Linlong said with an indifferent smile.
"Run? Do you think you can run?" One of them sneered.
The three of them had already surrounded Lin Long. In their opinion, it would be difficult for Lin Long to escape even if he had wings.
Who would have thought that before he finished speaking, Linlong would move and rush toward the gap between the two of them?
"Courting death!" The man with the rune sword in his hand roared and slashed at Lin Long.
Unexpectedly, Lin Long's figure flashed and directly dodged his sword. Then, he directly charged out of their encirclement.
The three of them were naturally surprised. They didn't expect Linlong to rush over just like that.
After a moment of shock, they hurriedly used their own footwork to chase after Lin Long. However, how could they catch up to Lin Long? They were quickly left behind by him.
Seeing Linlong disappear without a trace, the three of them naturally had ugly expressions.
"That brat seems to have completely grasped the Iron Lined Steps!" Someone could not help but comment.
"That's right, he has already completely mastered the Iron Striped Steps." Another person added.
After chasing Lin Long for a while, they could naturally see that he had completely mastered the Iron Lined Steps.
"To be able to master the Iron Lined Steps to such a level at such a young age, it seems that we have provoked a strong opponent." The third person frowned.
"What are you afraid of? There are three of us. Apart from us, there are also Fu Yu and Lu Jinghui in the secret domain. That brat is only one person, how can he be our match?" The second person coldly said.
"That's true." The other two nodded.
"Alright, let's continue forward. We'll teach that brat a lesson when we have the chance."
As they spoke, the three of them continued forward. They had only taken a few steps when they encountered three fierce beasts.
These three fierce beasts were naturally the three that Lin Long had discovered earlier. Originally, Lin Long had come for these three fierce beasts and did not expect to encounter the three of them. Hence, Lin Long directly circled around them.
However, Lin Long did not go far at this time. He stared at the three of them from afar.
He originally wanted to hunt these three fierce beasts and then investigate the surrounding situation. Naturally, he would not go far at this time.
However, at this time, when he saw the three of them fighting fiercely with the three fierce beasts, he immediately had an idea in his mind.
He was inexplicably surrounded by these three people. If it were not for his Iron Lined Steps and the fact that these three people were careless and did not take out their runic iron swords just now, he would not have been able to escape so easily.
Now that he saw such a good opportunity, he naturally would not let it go.
After the three people and the three beasts really started fighting, he directly sneaked towards the person closest to him.
Soon, he arrived behind that person.
The three people did not expect that someone would sneak up on them at this time. In addition, Lin Long's Dantian Record was impressive, so Lin Long did not sneak over at all.
When the distance was close enough, Lin Long directly attacked that person with his sword. At this time, he completely unleashed the power of his runic iron sword.
Even if it was a fierce one-on-one battle, this person was not a match for Lin Long, let alone a sneak attack.
Therefore, this person did not have the time to react, and Lin Long's runic iron sword had already pierced through his back.
"Ah …"
After such a scream, he immediately breathed his last.
"Brat, you actually killed Hao Fangming!"
When they saw that their companion had been killed by Lin Long, the remaining two people exclaimed in shock.
"This is what you deserve." Lin Long sneered.
After succeeding in his attack, he directly drifted backwards. This was naturally to prevent the fierce beast that was fighting with Hao Fangming from rushing over to attack him and giving the other two an opportunity.
As he retreated, the fierce beast turned around to attack the other two people. After all, the two of them were closest to it and were fighting its companion.
If they were surrounded by these three fierce beasts, with Lin Long beside them, the two of them would definitely be in danger. Therefore, how could they let such a thing happen?
Therefore, in that instant, the two of them used their footwork to swiftly retreat, and the three fierce beasts naturally followed closely behind.
"Luo Qiang, let's escape first. We'll kill this brat when we have the chance!" One of them hurriedly said.
"Alright!" The other immediately agreed.
Making a prompt decision, the two of them directly turned around and fled. The three fierce beasts behind them were not fast, so they were quickly left behind.
Lin Long did not chase after them because if he did, he would be besieged by the two of them. Although he could use all his strength to take down the two of them, he would definitely have to pay a price. At this time, the gains did not make up for the losses.
After confirming that the two of them had escaped far away, he then dealt with the three fierce beasts. With the exquisite Iron Striped Steps, it took him some time to kill the three fierce beasts.
After that, he searched the surroundings. What made his expression turn ugly was that he still did not find any ancient ruins.
It seemed that the existence of the ancient ruins had nothing to do with these fierce beasts. Lin Long could not help but frown.
After that, he gave up on this method and directly walked forward.
After walking for half a cup of tea's time, he found a purple fruit on a tree in front of him. This fruit clearly contained spiritual energy. Although it was not comparable to the Dark Blood Fruit, it was still quite useful.
Therefore, Lin Long naturally became interested in this purple fruit.
However, he did not directly rush over, because such fruits were usually surrounded by fierce beasts.
Soon, he found a fierce beast hiding on a higher tree to the right of that tree. It was a monkey that was completely black.
Although it hid behind the tree trunk, it stared closely at Lin Long. Not only that, it also looked at the purple fruit from time to time.
Obviously, it was the fierce beast guarding the purple fruit.
However, what surprised Lin Long was that this fierce beast only had the strength of a Bronze Sword Rank.
After confirming this, Lin Long naturally did not care about this fierce beast and directly rushed toward the purple fruit.
Sure enough, as soon as he approached, the black monkey jumped out and bared its teeth at him.
Lin Long ignored it and continued walking toward the purple fruit.
That black monkey finally could not bear it anymore and directly rushed toward Lin Long.
However, when it was a few feet away from Lin Long, it stopped. This was because it could clearly feel the energy contained in the runic iron sword that Lin Long took out.
Seeing that it had stopped, Lin Long took a few more steps forward and directly put the purple fruit into the runic spatial ring.
The black monkey immediately roared, but it did not dare to rush over.
Lin Long could not be bothered with it and continued to walk forward.
There was no use for him to consume the purple fruit now, because he was in the Institute of Runes. He would consider consuming it after he left the institute.
What Lin Long did not expect was that the black monkey was still unwilling to give up. After Lin Long walked forward, it still followed closely behind him.
Lin Long naturally would not allow such a monkey to follow him so closely. At once, he took out the runic iron sword and chased after it.
What made Lin Long depressed was that although this monkey only had the strength of an Iron Sword Rank, its speed was extremely fast. Even if he pushed his Iron Stride to the limit, he still could not catch up to it.
In the end, the monkey even pointed at Lin Long and laughed proudly.
Seeing this, Lin Long took out the purple fruit and pretended to take a bite. This caused the monkey's expression to immediately change. It immediately jumped up and down and bared its teeth.
Only then did Lin Long put away the purple fruit. After that, the monkey did not dare to laugh again.
However, it still followed Lin Long closely, looking as if it would pester Lin Long to death if he did not hand over the purple fruit.
Lin Long could not do anything to it, so he could only let it follow behind him.
After walking for a while, Lin Long found a sign in front of him. He walked forward to take a look and found a line of words on it.
"There is a Tower of Wind ahead. There is an incomplete map in the Tower of Wind."
Incomplete map? Could it be the kind of map that Song Le mentioned? Lin Long's eyes immediately lit up.
At once, he sprinted forward. After half a cup of tea's time, he found a four-story black tower in the forest ahead.
The four-story tower was not tall, not even as tall as the surrounding trees.
There were already four people around the black tower, but all of them were still a certain distance away from it.
There must be some kind of energy in the black tower that repelled them. Otherwise, they would have rushed forward long ago, Lin Long thought to himself.
He cautiously approached these people. Not long after, he arrived behind a large tree not far from the black tower.
From here, he could clearly sense the strength of these people. What made him frown was that one of them had the strength of a Silver rank, while the other three had the strength of an Iron sword rank.
Most importantly, these people seemed to be together.
At this time, Lin Long also knew why the four of them kept looking. There was obviously a runic array around the black tower, and it faintly emitted a repelling force, preventing the four of them from taking a step forward.
One of the Iron sword rank people could not help but look at the Silver rank person and ask, "Senior Brother Zheng, is there really an incomplete map in the black tower?"
"Of course, that wooden sign originally existed in the secret realm. How could it lie to me?" the Silver rank person replied.
This person looked to be in his thirties.
From what he said, Lin Long knew that there were other similar wooden plaques in addition to the one he had seen.
It was also at this time that a few more people came from the left and right. Among them, two came from the left, and three came from the right.
Clearly, they had found the same wooden sign.
They all had the strength of an Iron sword rank.
When these five people discovered that there were already people in front of the black tower, and that one of them had the strength of a Silver rank, their faces turned ugly.
However, the map still allowed them to walk around the black tower.
Soon after, they respectfully looked at the Silver rank Senior Brother Zheng and said, "Senior Brother Zheng, you're here too."
Senior Brother Zheng said coldly, "Seeing me here, you still dare to come over?"
The faces of these people stiffened, and they hurriedly said, "We... we just came to take a look... we definitely would not dare to fight with Senior Brother Zheng."
"Get lost!" Senior Brother Zheng shouted angrily.
Hearing this, the five people looked at each other, and after a while, they all helplessly retreated.
Silver rank people were really too strong. How could they dare to contradict this Senior Brother Zheng?
This was also the reason why Lin Long did not directly go over.
However, they did not go far, and stood about a dozen feet away to watch.
At this time, Senior Brother Zheng did not say anything. Obviously, he felt that these people standing so far away would not affect them at all.
After a while, the black tower suddenly emitted a faint light. After this, Lin Long felt that the repulsive force emitted by the black tower slowly disappeared.
Obviously, it was ready to enter the black tower.
After a few breaths, the repulsive force completely disappeared, and Senior Brother Zheng and the others who were around the black tower immediately rushed towards the black tower.
At this time, Lin Long did not care so much, and directly rushed towards the black tower.
There were two other people who rushed with him. These two people were not among the five people from before, but had just arrived.
They were not threatened by Senior Brother Zheng, so they did not care so much.
Seeing that three people had suddenly rushed over, the five people who had been chased away earlier were unwilling to just watch. They braced themselves and rushed over as well.
In a moment, there were eight more people rushing over. In other words, there were four people who entered first, and then there were eight more people behind, for a total of 12 people.
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