"Since it has intelligence, perhaps I can fool it a bit and get some starlight power..."
Chen Shu's eyes held a thoughtful expression.
Despite being in a crisis, he still possessed the nature of a rogue.
Just then, the golden slime let out a cute cry.
"Hmm?"
Chen Shu blinked, then his gaze inadvertently swept over, and his expression immediately changed drastically.
He saw the dense fog in the distance continuing to spread, actually pursuing him relentlessly.
"Damn! This thing wants to eat people!"
Chen Shu's eyes widened, and he quickly urged Xiao Huang to speed up.
Unfortunately, with the suppression of the star ruins, all three of his contracted spirits were only Black Iron grade, and they were too slow to run.
The dense fog was not slow, like a special monster, spreading forward.
"Are the dense fog and the ruins a team?"
Chen Shu could only guess so, but when he saw a creature created by the ruins also being swallowed, he immediately dismissed this idea.
As he was thinking, the dense fog closed in again, clearly targeting Chen Shu.
"Isn't this the dense fog of the [Azure Origin Forest]?"
His expression was solemn. He had only thrown a few nuclear bombs back then, and it actually chased him all the way here?
In fact, this was the dense fog from another spatial dimension.
The creatures inside did not recognize Chen Shu at all; they simply disliked him...
"No, I need to save my life first, at least until the power of the ruins interferes."
He hesitated no longer and recalled his three contracted spirits into his beast-taming space.
The moment the space rabbit burrowed into his space, it unleashed its divine skill, [Spatial Secret Power], at Chen Shu.
"Brother is leaving first!"
The spatial mark on Chen Shu's body glowed faintly.
Then, he vanished from his spot and appeared on a giant tree several thousand meters away.
"Now I can only rely on myself."
Chen Shu's three contracted spirits were all in cooldown.
His expression was calm, and a bottle of yellow potion appeared in his hand, which was the teleportation potion from the system.
With this item, even without the protection of his contracted spirits, he could guarantee his own safety.
"Chen Shu?"
Just then, a vigilant voice came from below.
"Hmm?"
Chen Shu's gaze shifted. He saw a Golden beast tamer standing about a hundred meters away, his eyes filled with vigilance.
The two looked at each other, but neither made a move.
"It's you?"
Chen Shu recognized the other party as Martin's other teammate.
"Your contracted spirits?"
Lin Ka's eyes flickered as he noticed the absence of contracted spirits around Chen Shu, and he immediately had the intention to attack.
He spoke to test the waters, "Are you in some danger?"
"What's wrong? Do you have designs on me?"
Chen Shu raised an eyebrow and said, "I don't have time to deal with you now. Prepare to run for your life."
Saying that, he leaped down and left the giant tree.
But the moment he landed, an earth spike shot out, fiercely aiming for his groin.
"What the hell!"
Chen Shu swallowed the teleportation potion in his mouth and instantly vanished from his spot.
"Hmm? Gone?"
Lin Ka frowned, a hint of regret in his eyes.
Now that Chen Shu had no contracted spirits by his side, it was a good opportunity to eliminate him.
"You're really courting death!"
Just then, Chen Shu's voice came from behind him.
"Hmm?"
Lin Ka suddenly turned around, only to see a blob of blue liquid rushing towards him.
*Splat!*
Lin Ka did not dodge and was splashed directly.
"Bye-bye!"
Chen Shu smiled slightly, drank another sip of the teleportation potion, and left the area.
Lin Ka had no time to bother with Chen Shu and quickly wiped the liquid off his face. He initially thought it was some kind of toxic gas, but it had no corrosive properties.
"Could it be purely to humiliate me?"
He frowned, pondering for a moment, but found no definitive answer.
Then, he mounted his contracted spirit and intended to pursue Chen Shu; this opportunity could not be missed.
"Truly courting death!"
Chen Shu shook his head. The liquid he had splashed on Lin Ka was precisely the system's lure potion.
The potion had no effect on the special creatures within the ruins because they were not even considered living beings, so they would naturally not be attracted.
But it might have some effect on the creatures within the dense fog.
Chen Shu largely suspected that the beings inside were from the ferocious beast lineage, and it might have some effect.
As for Lin Ka's fate, it was not his concern.
Martin was from the Savior Church, so those who could be his teammates were clearly not good citizens.
Chen Shu walked alone on the forest path, clutching the teleportation potion, even having a mouthful of the potion in his mouth.
If he encountered danger, he could withdraw immediately.
According to the original rules of the ruins, if he encountered danger, he would be forcibly removed from the ruins.
But now that the dense fog was involved, the rules had probably been overturned.
What if he wasn't automatically removed, wouldn't he be finished?
Chen Shu wouldn't risk his life; the system's potion was more reliable.
Time gradually passed.
Chen Shu summoned his three contracted spirits again.
Since he hadn't encountered the dense fog, he started hunting special creatures in the forest again. The more strength he recovered, the greater his chance of survival.
Meanwhile, Lin Ka was starting to panic a little.
"Why is it still chasing me?!"
He kept looking back at the vast expanse of fog, cursing incessantly.
He thought it was the white fog used by the ruins for elimination and didn't consider it to be spatial dense fog.
By common sense, dense fog was the barrier at the edge of spatial dimensions, equivalent to an insurmountable wall.
Now, the 'wall' was moving erratically, which was indeed a bit absurd...
Lin Ka lost interest in searching for Chen Shu and began to flee with all his might.
Two days passed in a flash.
Lin Ka's face became a little pale. As the dense fog approached, he sensed a death crisis, as if the white fog behind him was a ravenous monster.
"Hmm? There's some in front too?!"
Just then, the contracted spirit beneath his feet suddenly stopped. He saw that the sky was also filled with fog.
He quickly changed direction and began to flee madly.
But as time gradually passed, despair flickered in his eyes.
White fog in all directions!
He was surrounded. Unless he had teleportation, he could only wait for death.
But even at his peak, he didn't have a teleportation skill, let alone his current four Black Iron grade contracted spirits.
"Let's gamble!"
Determination flickered in Lin Ka's eyes. He sent a small white flying insect next to him towards the dense fog.
He had to test if there was any danger inside.
If the dense fog was eliminated, his contracted spirit would only be sealed in his beast-taming space, not perish.
But the moment the flying insect approached the dense fog, its body trembled, and it dared not take another step forward, as if there was a natural enemy inside.
"Hmm? There really is danger?"
Lin Ka's expression turned grim. He decisively pulled out a sharp blade and stabbed himself in the abdomen.
He wanted to escape using the rules of the ruins!
If the beast tamer himself was in danger, the ruins would forcibly remove him from this place.
However, after one minute,
Lin Ka looked at the gushing blood from his abdomen, feeling somewhat depressed...