The shadow came incredibly fast, almost pouncing in front of Sun Peng in the blink of an eye.

"Mommy!" Watching the monster with its gaping maw lunge towards him, Sun Peng was instantly petrified.

Just at that moment, a fireball flew past, striking the shadowy figure hard.

The black apparition let out a wail and was knocked rolling onto the ground.

And in the next instant, Zhou Ming had also completed elemental condensation, and a spear of ice shot out rapidly, piercing the monster straight through.

What the hell is this thing.

"Look at the demon patterns on its head, it's a little demon," someone suddenly said, pointing at the monster's head.

It was then that Lin Chen suddenly noticed a crystal-like sphere appearing above the little demon's head.

Lin Chen looked around, it seemed no one else had noticed this thing.

At that moment, the sphere suddenly flew rapidly towards him, almost in the blink of an eye, it penetrated his pupils.

Inside the Tianyan space, the dark gate of the Prison of Time swung open abruptly, swallowing the globe of light.

Could it be that the Prison of Time needs this thing?

"Ding dong, host 'Lin Chen' can now enter the third level of the Prison of Time for cultivation," a system notification voice echoed in his mind at that moment.

Lin Chen suddenly understood, so this crystal could be used to upgrade the Prison of Time.

Normally, the Prison of Time was always absorbing energy, but because the Earth's spiritual energy was so scarce, its growth was very slow, while the energy contained in fairies could just be absorbed by the Prison of Time.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen felt overjoyed.

Seeing the little demon killed, Sun Peng finally breathed a sigh of relief and kicked the little demon twice, "Damn thing, how dare you scare me."

"So this is a little demon, not that powerful either!"

"Yeah, the demons here are not so terrible."

Sun Peng looked proud, "With our young master Zhou taking action, all these demons and ghosts are nothing but a drizzle!"

Zhou Ming had a proud look on his face, as if he had regained the halo of respect from others.

"Don't worry, everyone, I will lead us out of the encirclement, killing demons and ghosts on sight."

Zhou Ming was full of bravado, having just killed the little demon, he was brimming with confidence and assuredness.

But Lin Chen frowned, this little demon had a weak presence, it was just a young demon. In the forest, Lin Chen had already sensed several presences much more powerful than this little demon, lurking around them.

"I think we should not wander off. It's better to wait for rescue here," Lin Chen spoke in a serious tone.

After all, if everyone stayed together, they would be able to watch out for each other, making it unlikely for ordinary demons to approach, but if they were on the move, it would be easy for demons to find a weakness to exploit.

Especially among the students, whose strengths varied widely, those who were weaker would easily become targets for attack.

"Lin Chen, I think you've been scared out of your wits by the demons!" Sun Peng scoffed sarcastically.

"Sun Peng, did a dog eat your conscience? If it weren't for Lin Chen, that demon would have bitten your neck a long time ago," Hao Lin said angrily.

"Tsk, who asked him to meddle? Even if Lin Chen didn't take action, our young master Zhou would have killed that little demon just the same."

After voting, the majority still agreed to leave the forest.

This place was too gloomy and terrifying; no one wanted to stay a minute longer.

Lin Chen shook his head helplessly and whispered to Sun Keke, "Keke, just stay in the middle of me, Hao Lin, and Mengfan."

"Okay!" Sun Keke nodded vigorously.

Along the way, Zhou Ming and others killed another seven or eight little demons, and the journey was relatively smooth.

However, the further they went, the deeper the frown on Lin Chen's brow became.

"Stop, everyone!" Lin Chen called out to the group.

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"What's the matter, Lin Chen, why do you have so many issues?" Sun Peng had just killed a small demon and was getting into the groove of it when he was interrupted by Lin Chen, which made him a bit displeased.

"Lin Chen, if you're tired, or scared, you can wait here for rescue. Please don't hold everyone back, as it's getting dark and our time is very limited."

Lin Chen let out a cold laugh, "Do you think you can lead everyone out of this forest? We haven't moved at all, we've been going around in circles this whole time."

"What nonsense are you spouting, how is that possible?" Sun Peng retorted with a sneer.

"Lin Chen, have you been scared witless? We've been walking for over an hour now, I reckon we've reached the third mountain range," Zhou Ming said with a scoff.

Lin Chen smiled faintly and pointed to a small tree beside him, "I made a mark on this tree when I passed by just now; look, we've been walking for more than an hour, but we've ended up back here."

What? Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, everyone was shocked.

"Ah!" At that moment, a girl suddenly screamed. Isn't that the candy wrapper I just threw away? Why is it here?

At this time, everyone looked ashen, utterly exhausted from walking for more than an hour, only to find they were still at the starting point.

"It looks like we've encountered a 'ghost hitting the wall'," Lin Chen said with a smirk at the corner of his mouth.

"Ghost hitting the wall!" Upon hearing Lin Chen's words, everyone was alarmed, and some of the girls were even trembling all over with fear.

In people's hearts, ghosts are more terrifying than demons because they are transformed from human souls.

"So what should we do?" Zhou Ming's face also became unsightly.

With his Third Eye opened, Lin Chen looked around.

In the dark corners, a few small ghosts were hanging behind them, clearly waiting for everyone to be worn out to target the weakest.

After observing the color of the few ghosts, Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief; these ghosts were all white, meaning they were minor spirits.

Lin Chen walked toward the few spirits with a stern face.

"If you few continue causing trouble, I won't be polite to you, get lost," Lin Chen's palm surged with flames as he used the True Qi, bellowing angrily.

Seeing Lin Chen talk to thin air, everyone was puzzled.

"Has Lin Chen been scared out of his wits?"

"Pretending to be mysterious, I think he's just trying to embolden himself!"

Watching Lin Chen's strange behavior, the students began to discuss among themselves.

The little ghosts, seeing that they had been discovered by Lin Chen, were clearly frightened out of their wits, but still were unwilling to leave.

"Court death!" Lin Chen flipped his wrist, and a fireball shot out instantly.

"Boom!" A small ghost was instantly scattered into oblivion.

A faint ghost spirit floated in the air, absorbed by Lin Chen's Tianyan eyes.

The other small ghosts, terrified out of their wits, fled in all directions.

"Now we can leave," Lin Chen said after scaring away the few small ghosts.

"I think we'd better not run around blindly, it's better to wait for rescue here," Zhou Ming suddenly said.

Lin Chen couldn't help but get angry. It's not the god-like enemy one should fear, but pig-like teammates. Are you leading your team to their deaths?

"Just now when I talked about waiting for rescue, you didn't listen, and now you think of it. You've killed so many small demons just now, do you think they'll let things go so easily? If the Demon King comes, we will only have death as an option," Lin Chen said coldly.

"Lin Chen, stop scaring people. How could the Demon King appear so easily? I'm exhausted, I won't walk anymore."

"Yeah, let's rest for a while before we go on, we're both thirsty and tired from the day's walk."

These people were all from great families, unaccustomed to such hardships, and many of them sat down on the ground.

Lin Chen frowned and checked the time, "Then we'll rest for ten minutes."

Just then, with a roar that rent the mountains asunder, dark clouds gathered nearby, swooping towards the place where Lin Chen and the others were resting.

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