After a while, the man wearing the wolf head mask saw Linlong and the other two. Linlong and the other two were currently fighting against several fierce beasts.
With Linlong's Divine Will, he already knew that someone was approaching. Moreover, the person seemed to be an expert who could activate level-4 icy talismans.
Under normal circumstances, Lin Long would definitely conceal himself when such a powerhouse suddenly approached him. He wanted to see why the other party had come.
However, because he was held back by these fierce beasts, he was unable to hide immediately.
An expert who could activate level-4 icy talismans should not have come to the east. Could it be that he was here for these two from the Black Kill Organization? Linlong pondered as he dealt with the fierce beasts in front of him.
The man wearing the wolf head mask did not know that Linlong had already discovered him. Therefore, he did not reveal himself immediately. Instead, he sized up the three people who had appeared.
Naturally, he recognized the two from the Black Kill Organization as Zhu Jiaming and Li Qian. Then, he recognized Linlong as the person he was supposed to deal with.
After recognizing the three people, he was immediately puzzled. If Zhu Jiaming and Li Qian failed their mission, they should have escaped or been captured by the other party. Why would they join forces to deal with the fierce beasts now?
If he did not ask the three people present, he would not be able to get the answer. Therefore, when the three people were ready to kill the fierce beasts, he directly revealed himself.
"Hall Master Xing!" Seeing this person, Zhu Jiaming and Li Qian could not help but be surprised.
Indeed, this person was from the Black Kill Organization! Hearing the words of the two, Linlong nodded inwardly.
Hall Master Xing immediately said coldly, "Weren't the two of you here to deal with Linlong? Why are you joining forces with him to deal with the fierce beasts?"
"This …" Li Qian was momentarily speechless.
Zhu Jiaming quickly reacted and said, "Hall Master Xing, we were captured by Linlong just now. Now, we are forced to deal with these fierce beasts."
"Is that so?" Hall Master Xing was skeptical.
Then, he asked, "With the two of your strength, why can't you take down this person?"
"Linlong has completely mastered level-3 icy talismans. Therefore, we are no match for him," Zhu Jiaming said.
"I see." Hall Master Xing nodded. He immediately believed Zhu Jiaming's words.
Then, he looked at Linlong and said, "Linlong, I didn't expect you to be so capable."
"It's just a coincidence." "Hall Master Xing, there's a matter that I would like to ask you about. May I know if you can answer it?" Lin Long chuckled softly.
"En, what's the matter?" Hall Master Xing was clearly taken aback. He didn't expect Linlong to ask such a question.
"Who ordered the Black Assassins to take action?" Linlong asked.
"I'm afraid that I can't answer your question," Hall Master Xing replied.
While the two of them were talking, Zhu Jiaming had already killed the last Direbeast.
At this moment, Hall Master Xing said. "The two of you, stand by the side and watch how I deal with that lad!"
"Hall Master Xing, you are an expert capable of activating grade-4 Glacial Talismans. How could I possibly be a match for you? That's why I admit defeat," Lin Long said.
"Un. You managed to see through my cultivation?" Hall Master Xing asked in surprise.
"It's just a coincidence." Linlong smiled again.
"Hehe, is that so?" Hall Master Xing sneered coldly. In the next instant, he took out an ice talisman from his robe. This ice talisman was very different from a grade-3 ice talisman. Clearly, it was a grade-4 ice talisman.
It was also at this moment that Hall Master Xing didn't expect Lin Long to turn around and run away.
"Trying to escape?" With a furious roar, Hall Master Xing kept the Glacial Talisman and chased after Lin Long.
He immediately activated his fastest speed, but to his dismay, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't catch up to Lin Long.
This lad seemed to have completely mastered the Silver Steps! Hall Master Xing soon realized why he couldn't catch up to Lin Long.
Lin Long had already mastered the Silver Steps, but he had only just grasped the basics of the Silver Steps. How could he possibly be a match for Lin Long?
Naturally, Lin Long was using the Wind Ape Steps, but because it was similar to the Silver Steps, Hall Master Xing thought that Lin Long had mastered the Silver Steps.
Naturally, Hall Master Xing was surprised to see this. He couldn't understand how a young lad like Lin Long could have such high attainments in both Glacial Talismans and Movement Techniques.
One must know that there was a limit to a person's energy. Take Hall Master Xing for example, he only managed to master the Silver Steps because he was talented and had spent a lot of time on Movement Techniques.
After chasing for a while longer, Hall Master Xing confirmed that he couldn't catch up to Lin Long, so he could only give up helplessly.
I have to report this matter to Elder Wang. With this thought in mind, Hall Master Xing immediately left the Subterranean Gallery.
Soon, he saw Elder Wang of the Black Assassin Organization. This Elder Wang was the man wearing the ox-head mask.
Seeing that Hall Master Xing returned empty-handed, Elder Wang couldn't help but frown. He asked, "Hall Master Xing, you didn't meet them?"
"Elder Wang, I did meet them, and I also met Lin Long. It's just that I couldn't catch him," Hall Master Xing replied.
"What? Even you couldn't catch him? Could it be that he already has the strength to activate a grade-4 Glacial Talisman?" Elder Wang couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
"That's not it. The reason I couldn't catch him is because he has already mastered the Silver Steps. Of course, it's also because I was too careless at that time. If I had made a move right away, he wouldn't have been able to escape at all!" Hall Master Xing said.
After letting Lin Long escape, Hall Master Xing had already regretted it. He didn't act carelessly at that time. Instead, he had attacked Lin Long directly.
What he didn't know was that Lin Long had already discovered him when he arrived at the Subterranean Gallery.
Elder Wang was shocked. "What did you say? He has already mastered the Silver Steps? "
"That's right." Hall Master Xing nodded.
"How did he do it?" Elder Wang couldn't help but frown.
He also knew that it was very difficult to raise one's proficiency in other aspects while practicing Glacial Talismans. Thus, he was shocked to see that Lin Long had already mastered the Silver Steps even though he was only a grade-2 Glacial Talisman at such a young age.
At this time, he still didn't know that Lin Long had already mastered the grade-3 Glacial Talisman.
"I don't know about that." Hall Master Xing shook his head.
"Oh … One more thing. How did Li Qian and Zhu Jiaming lose to him?" Elder Wang asked in the next moment.
Only then did he remember this point.
"That Lin Long has already mastered the grade-3 Glacial Talisman," Hall Master Xing said.
"Really?" Hearing Hall Master Xing's words, Elder Wang's eyes widened in shock.
Then, he couldn't help but ask, "How did he master the Silver Steps while completely mastering the grade-3 Glacial Talisman?"
"I don't know about that." Hall Master Xing shook his head again.
"It seems that our previous intelligence is ridiculously wrong!" Elder Wang frowned.
"Elder Wang, what should we do next?" Hall Master Xing asked.
"I don't believe that I can't take him down myself!" Elder Wang sneered.
…
Lin Long didn't leave the Subterranean Gallery. Instead, he headed straight for the southern part of the Subterranean Gallery.
With his current strength, there was no way he could compete with the people from the Black Assassin Organization. Therefore, he wanted to earn enough crystals in the Subterranean Gallery before leaving.
By then, he would have enough contribution points to acquire the knowledge of grade-4 Glacial Talisman. Once he mastered grade-4 Glacial Talisman, he would have the confidence to deal with the Black Assassin Organization.
The method of killing vicious beasts to obtain materials was too slow, so it was not suitable for Lin Long at all.
Therefore, Lin Long adopted the method of searching for crystals. Once he obtained enough crystals, he could directly leave the Subterranean Gallery.
In the Subterranean Gallery, the stronger the vicious beasts, the higher the probability of obtaining crystals. Therefore, Lin Long chose to travel from the eastern part of the Subterranean Gallery to the southern part of the Subterranean Gallery.
Not long after, he stepped into the southern part of the Subterranean Gallery. As soon as he entered the southern part of the Subterranean Gallery, a grade-3 vicious beast appeared in front of him.
As soon as it saw him, the vicious beast charged straight at him. In an instant, waves of cold air enveloped Lin Long.
Lin Long hurriedly took out a grade-3 Glacial Talisman and activated it.
In an instant, the cold air activated by the grade-3 Glacial Talisman completely suppressed the cold air released by the vicious beast. With this suppression, the vicious beast was frozen on the spot.
In just a short while, it could not hold on any longer and was killed by Lin Long's sword.
Although this vicious beast was a grade-3 vicious beast, it was no match for Lin Long who had mastered grade-3 Glacial Talisman.
After killing the vicious beast, Lin Long continued forward.
These days, apart from searching for crystals all over the mountains and plains, he had another method in mind. That was to find a grade-3 vicious beast called the Ice Soul Rat.
These Ice Soul Rats often appeared near crystals. As long as he found them, he would be able to find crystals.
However, because the Ice Soul Rats were extremely difficult to find, the academy's disciples basically gave up on this method and chose to search everywhere.
The reason why Lin Long set his sights on the Ice Soul Rats was naturally because he had the bamboo rat. Once he found an Ice Soul Rat, he could let the bamboo rat remember the scent of the Ice Soul Rat. After that, he would be able to solve the problem once and for all.
Therefore, apart from searching everywhere for crystals, Lin Long was also searching for Ice Soul Rats.
The southern region of the Subterranean Cavern was naturally much more dangerous than the eastern region that Lin Long had been to previously. After all, the vicious beasts inside were basically all grade-3 vicious beasts. Lin Long was currently alone and it would be troublesome if he was surrounded by a large number of vicious beasts.
Therefore, Lin Long naturally did not dare to be careless. With every step he took, he pushed his divine sense to the extreme and only proceeded forward after confirming that he would not be surrounded by vicious beasts.
Unknowingly, two days had passed. What made Lin Long frown was that during this period of time, he did not even see the shadow of the Ice Soul Rat, let alone the crystals.
"Did you really see the Ice Soul Rat in the cavern?"
"Yes, I'm not lying!"
"In that case, let's make a trip to the cavern!"
Just as he was feeling gloomy, such a voice suddenly came from ahead. When he heard the three words "Ice Soul Rat", Lin Long's eyes naturally lit up.
He immediately headed in the direction of the voice. Very quickly, he saw those four people.
Hearing footsteps behind them, the four of them immediately turned around.
Lin Long immediately said, "Senior brothers, I heard you say that there are Ice Soul Rats in the cavern. Can I follow you to the cavern?"
Every region of the Subterranean Cavern had a cavern. The number of vicious beasts in the cavern was even denser than the outside, and there were even more vicious beasts that did not exist in the outside world. Therefore, it was extremely dangerous inside and no one dared to enter without forming a team.
After hearing Lin Long's words, one of them said, "The four of us should be enough."
The person who was obviously the leader said, "There's no harm in having one more person. We'll have a higher chance of facing those vicious beasts."
"Senior brother Mo, you're right," the other two said.
Hearing them say so, the first person who spoke shut his mouth and didn't say anything.
Lin Long immediately expressed his thanks. "Many thanks, senior brothers."
The leading senior brother said, "It's fine if you want to follow us, but do you have the strength to activate a grade-3 ice talisman?"
Some people with low cultivation levels would sneak into the south. In order to prevent Lin Long from being such a weak person, Senior Brother Mo was very vigilant.
"I have the strength to do so," Lin Long said.
"Then activate the grade-3 ice talisman for us to see," the other person said.
Lin Long took out the grade-3 ice talisman. After activating it, the four of them nodded their heads, convinced that Lin Long had the strength to do so.
"Alright, since that's the case, let's immediately head to the cavern," senior brother Mo said.
Immediately, the five of them headed towards the cavern.
Not long after, they arrived at the entrance of the cavern.
There were many entrances to the cavern, and this was only one of them.
"Alright, let's go in … Junior Brother Lin, don't run around when you're inside. Follow the rest of us. Otherwise, we won't be able to save you if you're surrounded by beasts." Senior Brother Mo warned Lin Yun before entering.
"Senior brother Mo, I'll remember." Lin Long nodded.
He immediately followed senior brother Mo and the rest into the cavern.
Below them was a maze-like place, and there were almost no differences between the various caverns.
The moment they entered, they encountered three grade-3 vicious beasts. With their strength, they naturally dealt with the three vicious beasts easily.
Then, they continued to advance.
Unknowingly, an hour had passed. In this hour, they had walked through many caves, but they didn't find any Crystal Stones, nor did they see the shadow of the Ice Soul Rat.
However, none of them had the intention to give up.
It was at this moment that Lin Long furrowed his brows. He discovered that there were at least ten vicious beasts in the cavern ahead.
If they continued to advance, they would definitely be surrounded and attacked by those vicious beasts.
Seeing that senior brother Mo and the rest still didn't notice anything and continued walking towards the cavern, Lin Long couldn't help but say, "Senior brothers, the cavern ahead seems to be a little dangerous. Let's change direction."
The moment he said that, one of the four people coldly said, "The four of us didn't notice anything, so what can a puny junior brother like you do? If you're afraid, leave! "
The person who spoke was the one who didn't want Lin Long to join their group. His name was Liu Yongliang.
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