Chapter 1269: Chapter 1240: Hunter Squad

The battle at the Kunlun Mountains has ended.

The fight between the Palace of the Nether King and those enemies has also come to a close.

Li Chen, however, found himself in a different place.

The weeds were lush, the trees towering, with just a glance you would see a jungle filled with a primitive aura. This jungle was very ancient, its existence seemingly spanning a long time.

The growth cycle of a tree adds one ring for each year. Li Chen glanced back at the tree he was leaning against; judging by its thickness, it must have at least a hundred rings, right?

“Here I am again.”

Looking at the sky, a bitter smile graced Li Chen’s face.

On his body, the Black Pearl and the Red Moon had returned to the position of the dantian, while the Cross Sword had entirely disappeared upon his return.

That thing was just a one-time pass.

After one round trip, it vanished completely.

So, although Li Chen had returned to the minor world, if he wanted to go back, he would have to think of another way.

“What a headache! Do I really have to break through to the Heavenly Level in this wretched place to go back?” Thinking of this, the bitterness on Li Chen’s face grew even more intense.

Right now, he only had the cultivation of the Roaring Level. To break through all the way, there were still the Roar, the Burning Heat, the Great Scorching, and finally even the Endless Hell that Lieu Zhanxiao and others hadn’t reached.

Heaven knows how long it would take him to cultivate to that extent, but anyway, he didn’t want to stay here for decades.

“Forget about it, for now.” Shaking his head, Li Chen leaned his head against the tree behind him.

“Crack!”

“Hiss—”

It seemed that the angle of his head tilted a bit too much, triggering the wounds on his body, causing him to gasp in pain.

People are often like this, able to ignore much of the pain during battle, and not feeling much when injured.

But only after the battle is over do they feel the torment of their injuries.

Li Chen was in such a situation now.

In the fierce battle with Lieu Zhanxiao, the Hyper Regeneration Cells in Li Chen’s body completely lost their vitality, and even Li Chen didn’t know how to restore this ability again.

However, before thinking about restoring that special ability, Li Chen thought it was more important to heal his injuries first.

Channeling the little True Qi in his body, Li Chen slowly started to heal his wounds.

Some external injuries were fine, but the bones in his shattered left arm and right leg were temporarily impossible to recover.

Without that super-speed regeneration ability, such injuries are an extremely troublesome matter for anyone.

“Plop—”

A soft sound came from not far from Li Chen.

Li Chen turned his head to look, only to see a plump rabbit gnawing on grass not far away.

“Isn’t that just perfect timing,” Li Chen mused to himself. He had water and healing medicine, but what he lacked most was food.

This rabbit really appeared at the perfect time.

Stretching out his only movable right arm, he tugged at his clothes.

In no time, Li Chen had pulled out a long thread.

He tied a stone to the end of the thread and glanced at the rabbit that was still there, then threw it.

The stone flew out like an arrow in an instant.

“Bang!”

The moment it hit the rabbit’s head, the thread, under Li Chen’s True Qi manipulation, wrapped around the rabbit’s neck.

He gave a tug with his hand, and the knocked-out rabbit was pulled over to Li Chen.

Looking at his lower body, with only one leg that could move, the bitter smile on Li Chen’s face deepened.

“This feeling of being a cripple is really not pleasant at all.”

Just at that moment, an inquisitive voice came from afar.

Though Li Chen’s condition wasn’t good now, his senses were still quite sharp, and he clearly heard the voice from afar.

“Hey? What’s going on? I just saw a rabbit there, where did it suddenly go?”

“Li Weisi, could it be your eyes were playing tricks on you?”

“Reid, I saw it too.”

“Okay, if Beatrice saw it too, then there really must have been something. But where’s the rabbit?”

“No idea, let’s go check it out.”

Hearing this conversation, Li Chen’s expression became somewhat peculiar.

He could tell that the voices were all very young and, as they approached, Li Chen also noticed that they sounded human.

Li Chen was aware of the dangers in the minor world; it was not only humans in this small world. Other races seemed even stronger than humans.

“Li Weisi! Reid! Look, there’s someone here!”

“What the heck? Beatrice, don’t go near, it’s dangerous!”

Li Chen had no intention of moving because he had already seen these people before they saw him.

Indeed, they were a bunch of young people.

Hmm, almost excessively young. When Li Chen looked up, there were a total of five people, and among them, none seemed to be over eighteen years old.

At this moment, the small campfire in front of Li Chen had been set up, and with a flick of True Qi, the rabbit meat was split open and placed on the grill.

“Who… what are you?”

The group cautiously approached Li Chen, and the young man who was called Li Weisi cautiously asked.

“Me?” Li Chen chuckled: “Can’t you see? I have no pointed ears, no fangs, and no horn.”

“Human race?” Seeing that Li Chen was of the same race, their vigilance seemed to ease a bit, and they moved a little closer, lowering their weapons slightly.

“Why are you alone in this place… huh? You seem to be injured?” The girl in the group, Beatrice, was surprised when she noticed the blood on Li Chen.

Li Chen thought for a moment, then said, “You could say I’m a hunter. I came across a very powerful demon beast earlier, so I ended up like this.”

Li Chen pointed at his broken hand and leg, saying somewhat helplessly.

Seeing Li Chen like this, the group finally relaxed completely. In their eyes, someone with a missing hand and leg was clearly not a threat.

“What about you guys, who are you, and what are you doing here?” Li Chen asked with interest.

“We… we are hunters too!” Li Weisi, who seemed to be the leader, hesitated for a moment before replying.

Li Chen could see that this young man seemed to have the strongest strength in the group, possessing around Mid-Yellow Rank strength.

Being at the Yellow Rank at such a young age was indeed quite impressive.

The others were mostly at Low-Level Yellow Rank.

Li Chen could tell that the youth’s words didn’t fully match his heart, but he didn’t press further, just smiled faintly and continued tending to his grilled rabbit.