"Xiao Huo!" Lin Jin called out softly. A fireball flew out from his shoulder. It was the Rank 5 fire wolf, Xiao Huo. Under the illumination of the fireball, Lin Jin could vaguely make out his surroundings.
However, Lin Jin frowned at the sight.
He was clearly no longer in Peach Blossom Residence. His surroundings were like a graveyard with mounds of soil and fallen tombstones everywhere.
Lin Jin's first reaction was that Shu Xiaolou must be joking.
After all, only Shu Xiaolou could perform teleportation. Although Lin Jin had obtained Cosmos Ink, it was impossible for him to master teleportation within a short period of time.
"Shu Xiaolou, stop fooling around," Lin Jin shouted. His voice echoed but no one responded. Lin Jin and Shu Xiaolou had grown familiar with each other over the past few days so they no longer addressed each other as' appraiser '.
Just then, Lin Jin felt movement beneath his feet. Then, a ghostly hand reached out from the soil and grabbed Lin Jin's ankle.
This ghostly hand was immensely strong and cold as if it was a real corpse. The chill it exuded instantly made Lin Jin lose all feeling in one of his legs. This sudden turn of events startled him.
Xiao Huo reacted quickly and bit down.
The ghostly hand's reflexes were even faster. After a quick search, it shrank back.
Roar!
The ghostly hand ambushed Lin Jin, enraging Xiao Huo. His body expanded and in the blink of an eye, he turned into a ten-meter-long, ten-foot-tall giant wolf. Flames swirled around his body, illuminating their surroundings.
Without a doubt, this wasn't Peach Blossom Residence. It wasn't even within the academy.
The flames could only illuminate a hundred feet away. Beyond that, it was pitch-black. Lin Jin was certain that this was a barrier similar to the Nebula Barrier.
Someone was out to get him.
And it wasn't Shu Xiaolou.
Without hesitation, Lin Jin took out the nebula flag and tossed it into the air. But to Lin Jin's surprise, the small flag that was supposed to be hidden in the surroundings fell to the ground instead.
The Nebula Barrier didn't work.
Lin Jin gasped as his heart sank.
This is bad.
The Nebula Barrier, which had never failed him in the past, didn't work this time. Lin Jin could sense that the surrounding dark energy was suppressing his spell.
Putting the flag away, Lin Jin's expression darkened.
Just then, the graves around them began to shake. Then, foul smelling ghosts with disemboweled stomachs crawled out and pounced at Lin Jin.
However, before they could get close, Xiao Huo spat out a mouthful of flames and burned them to a crisp.
Almost at the same time, ghostly howls came from the surroundings. The sound was ear-piercing and disturbing.
Lin Jin hurriedly covered his ears with both hands, but the sound still managed to seep into his ears. In the end, he had no choice but to insert a silver needle into his acupoints to seal his sense of hearing. Only then did he stop the unbearable noise.
Lin Jin was now certain that someone was out to get him. His mind was racing as he realized that his biggest enemy was undoubtedly the Demonic Appraisal Association.
When Lin Jin killed two core members of the Demonic Appraisal Association, he knew that they would seek revenge. But to think that they would dare do it in Heavenly Jade Academy.
However, if the members of the Demonic Appraisal Association somehow managed to 'teleport' him somewhere else, the situation would be different.
In any case, Lin Jin knew that he was probably no longer in the academy.
The barrier that trapped him was rather difficult to deal with. He was unable to use the Nebula Barrier here. If this continued, there would continue to be various kinds of attacks, and it would definitely be impossible to guard against them. To be honest, if his methods were not high enough, he might not even be able to withstand the first round. Don't look at how those ghosts were burned clean by Xiao Huo. If there were no flames and it was just a hand-to-hand fight, even Xiao Huo in his giant wolf form might not be able to win.
It was just as Lin Jin predicted. As the ghostly wails continued, blood began to seep out from the soil beneath their feet. The blood gushed out rapidly, covering their ankles in no time at all. No one could predict what would happen if this dragged on.
"Open the door!"
Lin Jin had no choice but to open the Visitation Hall's door and borrow the museum's power to defend against this barrier.
The moment the door behind Lin Jin opened, everything around him began to crumble. Ghostly wails and wolf howls could be heard as the sea of blood surged. Something seemed to be approaching within the surging sea of blood. But eventually, it was shattered the moment the Visitation Hall's door opened.
With a loud boom, the sea of blood disappeared without a trace. The horrifying wails vanished as well. The darkness around them quickly receded before disintegrating like a rag.
Lin Jin could see the starry sky and moonlight once again.
And a sharp sword right in front of him.
The person wielding the sword was a deformed man. He was tall but had a conjoined midget on his back. The midget was attached to his body, connected by flesh and blood. It was as bizarre as one could imagine.
The deformed man's face was filled with shock. One of his arms was long while the other was short, thick while the other was thin. Upon closer inspection, the sword in his hand was a sharpened blade made from a spine. But because the Visitation Hall's door was slightly ajar, the immense force stopped the sword from piercing through.
Lin Jin broke out in cold sweat at this sight.
That was close.
If he had been any slower, the bone sword would have pierced through his neck and he would have died for sure.
Lin Jin reacted quickly. He raised his hand and shot out a handful of silver needles. The needles pierced through the deformed man like rain. But even so, the man didn't retreat. This deformed man was like a rubber figurine made by a child. Even Lin Jin's needles couldn't pinpoint the man's acupuncture points. Hence, he could only injure the enemy but not paralyze his body.
This was Lin Jin's first time encountering an enemy like this.
The deformed man suddenly shouted, "Ghost Feather, I'm going to die if you don't act now!"
Just as he said that, Lin Jin felt a gust of wind behind him. Knowing that someone was ambushing him, he raised his hand and shot out his Thunderfire Needle without hesitation.
The Thunderfire Needle shot out and collided with a shadow that was darting toward him. In an instant, the Thunderfire Needle surged and a bolt of lightning flashed, illuminating the night sky.
The lightning came from the Thunderfire Needle. When the Thunderfire Needle collided with something, it didn't fall to the ground. Instead, it hovered in the air while an arrow landed not far away.
The arrow was broken but it was still ablaze.
Evidently, the arrow that ambushed Lin Jin was this arrow that came out of nowhere.
If Lin Jin's reaction had been a little slower, or if he didn't have a magical weapon like the Thunderfire Needle, he would have most likely been hit by the arrow.
It was another life-or-death situation.
In just a short period of time, Lin Jin was surrounded by perils. He couldn't care less now. He invoked a spell, opened his mouth, and spat out the Dragonfire spell. The area in front of him was instantly turned into a sea of fire. The deformed man was immediately engulfed in flames as he screamed in agony.
On the other side, Xiao Huo had already pounced forward to kill the person who ambushed him.
As it was a Rank 5 fire wolf, it didn't take long for Xiao Huo to return. When Xiao Huo returned, he was holding a charred corpse in his mouth. Clearly, Xiao Huo had bitten the person to death. Judging by the charred corpse, this person was also a deformed freak with an extremely uncoordinated body structure.
But no matter who it was, they had all died under Xiao Huo's sharp teeth.
Within the sea of Dragonfire, blood suddenly gushed out of the deformed man's body, extinguishing the Dragonfire. Although the deformed man was severely injured, he wasn't dead yet.
Lin Jin frowned.
His Dragonfire couldn't be extinguished so easily. The man's blood was a little strange.
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