The remaining people, seeing Chu Tian's state, were terrified.
Especially since their leader had already fled.
They had no will to fight.
At this moment, Lin Chi, along with a few others, rushed over.
Lin Ran, who usually hid behind during battles, was acting strangely this time.
He had rushed in with his older brother.
The few people scattered, preparing to flee.
Lin Chi and Lin Ran each intercepted one.
Chu Tian smashed one person away with his meteor hammer, and that person immediately suffered broken bones.
The remaining two fled in different directions.
Chu Tian aimed at one person, flashed his body, and intercepted him.
The man's pupils contracted: "Brother, spare me, I'll give you anything!"
"Hmph... I'll spare you? When you captured those two children, why didn't you think of sparing them?"
Before he finished speaking, Chu Tian slapped him.
This person was not weak; an earthen wall rose before him.
He was an earth controller, an earth-element ability user.
*Bang...* The earthen wall was shattered by Chu Tian's slap.
A cloud of dust rose, obscuring Chu Tian's vision.
But it didn't matter; with his divine sense, he was not afraid of vision problems.
The earth controller had already fled the moment the earthen wall broke.
Chu Tian, who was about to pursue, paused, turned, and went after the other one.
That earth controller, perhaps confused or unlucky.
The direction he chose was towards Yan Mingshan.
At this moment, Yan Mingshan was holding someone and heading back.
If nothing went wrong, the earth controller would run right into him.
Without any suspense, a few minutes later, Chu Tian returned to the camp.
He was carrying a headless corpse, his head also shattered by his massive slap.
He didn't know when it started, but Chu Tian had developed a liking for this method of attack, which was not very harmful but extremely insulting.
But that was before; now his strength was such that a single slap would likely result in only one outcome for anyone who wasn't practicing iron-head kung fu.
"Second Brother, burn it!" Lin Chi saw Chu Tian return.
He took the corpse from Chu Tian's hand and threw it onto the pile of bodies.
"Mm!" Lin Ran waved his hand, and a piece of yellow paper with sparks shot out.
*Boom...* Fierce flames ignited out of nowhere.
A foul odor wafted out, and Lin Yu frowned, feeling a sense of nausea.
Lin Ran waved his hand again, and several yellow talismans with drawn runes shot into the ground around the burning pile of corpses.
A transparent light membrane formed around it.
The smell and smoke from the burning corpses were instantly masked.
"Uncle Yan, this..." Chu Tian walked up to Yan Mingshan and pointed to the person at his feet.
Yan Mingshan had been observing Chu Tian for some time. Seeing him speak, he replied faintly:
"These people specialized in tomb raiding and grave robbing. I originally didn't want to get involved!"
"Who knew these beasts, when passing through our village, kidnapped Zhao Si's two children!"
"There was no choice, I had to come out."
Yan Mingshan sighed and continued, "Chu Tian, I knew long ago you were from the Ninth Division. I don't want to get involved in the Ninth Division's affairs. Consider this meeting as if you never saw me!"
"I'll send these two children back. Alas... the Ninth Division, if you can sever ties with it, it's best to do so quickly!"
Before he finished speaking, he stepped forward and picked up the two children.
They had already been put to sleep by Lin Yu's calming technique.
"Uncle Yan..." Chu Tian had many questions for him.
Yan Mingshan stopped and turned to look at Chu Tian, saying, "Are you heading to the Luo family?"
"Mm..."
"After I send the two children back, I will also visit the Luo family. We might meet again then."
After speaking, he bent his leg and *whoosh...*
He shot up into the air like a cannonball.
His body paused in mid-air, then turned and flew eastward.
The remaining four, Chu Tian, looked at each other.
They tidied up the camp, which had been heavily damaged.
They found some food from their backpacks.
Lunch cans, compressed biscuits, nutrient solutions.
They put anything usable into their backpacks.
Chu Tian directly opened a can of luncheon meat and began to eat it greedily.
His mouth had become incredibly bland during this time.
After devouring a can in just a few bites, he noticed...
Lin Chi stood at the edge of the blasted-open hole, sniffing the air.
His expression was tense. Chu Tian walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
He shook his head and said, "There's something big down there!"
"Big something?" Chu Tian was confused.
Lin Chi looked back at the cage that had hit the child earlier and suddenly realized, "No wonder they were preparing virgin boys and girls. It's a toll for passage!"
As he muttered to himself, Chu Tian became even more stunned.
"Second Brother, can you seal this place? Otherwise, something bad will definitely happen!"
Lin Ran, who was still searching for things, heard Lin Chi call him.
With a sausage in his mouth, he ran over and glanced inside.
Then his eyes narrowed. He grabbed Chu Tian and Lin Chi and shouted to Lin Yu, "Run!"
Chu Tian, Lin Chi, and Lin Yu were all bewildered.
Seeing Lin Ran, he directly took out two speed talismans and stuck them to his legs.
However, his older brother was very conscientious. He ran to Lin Yu's side, who was still in a daze.
He pulled her over, tossed her onto his back, and bolted.
Chu Tian and Lin Chi were a step behind.
*Roar...*
A roar echoed from the hole.
Chu Tian's heart skipped a beat, and a terrifying aura emanated from within.
He reached out to grab Lin Chi, *riiiip...*
He grabbed empty air, pulling off one of Lin Chi's sleeves.
Then, without looking back, he disappeared into the woods.
"Damn it..."
Chu Tian cursed inwardly. They were already running as fast as they could.
He didn't stop, activating his travel form. A translucent deer body grew from his back.
He pushed off with his feet and darted away.
Less than three seconds after he left.
A colossal black shadow flew out of the cave.
Emerging from the cave, its blood-red eyes glanced in Chu Tian's direction.
It hesitated slightly, then turned and flew towards the mountaintop.
In the blink of an eye, it disappeared into the sea of clouds above.
At this moment, the four of them, Chu Tian, had already put a considerable distance between themselves and the cave. Lin Ran was running desperately ahead.
Lin Chi was chasing behind. Chu Tian had already overtaken him and grabbed Lin Ran.
He asked, "Stop running, that thing flew away!"
Chu Tian had been monitoring the blasted-open hole with his divine sense the entire time.
He had seen what came out of it, and it had also looked at him.
Just that glance was like thunder in Chu Tian's mind.
His running form almost stumbled to the ground.
Fortunately, the monster did not pursue Chu Tian and the others.
Otherwise, Chu Tian felt that the four of them would have been in big trouble today.
Lin Ran heard Chu Tian's shout and slowly stopped.
Chu Tian saw that his face was covered in sweat, his clothes soaked. In this cold November, steam was rising from his body.
"Huff huff..." He panted heavily.
Lin Chi also caught up, also panting.
"Seco... Second Brother, what was that... thing just now?"
Lin Chi asked, gasping for breath.
"I'm not sure, but from the aura, it should be..."