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Chapter 428 - 403: Meeting the Ghost King Again

Chapter 428: Chapter 403: Meeting the Ghost King Again

Yes, it was like a creature that, after enduring the passage of time, had spotted its prey and was filled with a mad gaze!

Li Chen felt a hint of foreboding within his heart, but he wasn’t afraid. Despite his current weakened state, he had more than enough strength to deal with such a monster.

Suddenly, the monster began to run swiftly—its four limbs, as if suction cups were attached to its palms, allowed it to adhere to the walls, enabling it to run wildly!

Moreover, the monster’s speed was extremely fast. In just an instant, it had reached the wall near Li Chen, opened its mouth, and its chilly fangs shone menacingly as it lunged at Li Chen.

The speed was incredibly fast—just like a cheetah!

Li Chen was also startled by the monster’s speed, but he reacted quickly. As the monster lunged with bared fangs, Li Chen mustered his True Qi, clenched his left fist, and then threw a punch into the air!

This punch, carrying a fierce momentum, was extremely accurate. The moment the monster lunged, the punch hit it in its lower body, akin to its chest, and the immense force sent the monster flying.

It lunged quickly, but it flew backward even faster!

The monster crashed harshly against the wall, then fell to the ground. However, the moment it hit the ground, it sprang up like a shot and charged at Li Chen once again!

Furthermore, it seemed even more ferocious, its mouth wide open as if it intended to tear a chunk of flesh from Li Chen’s body.

What was going on?

Li Chen frowned inwardly. It shouldn’t be, his punch had the force of several thousand pounds—could this monster really be unharmed?

Ordinary people couldn’t withstand his strength; only a few from the Main God Ranking and hidden experts could possibly handle it. This monster was somewhat strange, but surely it hadn’t reached the level to be on par with him, right?

Li Chen looked at the monster as it lunged again, and once again he punched, hitting it squarely. But suddenly, the monster’s claw snagged, seeming to catch on something.

Li Chen saw that it had torn his sleeve.

He was shocked; indeed, this monster was somewhat terrifying. Thankfully, there was only one—if there had been a group, he couldn’t have withstood it.

After being hit for the second time, the monster fell to the ground, unable to rise again. Li Chen watched as it still struggled on the ground. He walked over and stomped down hard to crush it, but even as his foot came down, the monster still clawed at his leg.

"Boom"

The tremendous force was like a sledgehammer. Instead of the sound of flesh being crushed as before, there was a crunch as if bones were being crushed. It seemed the monster’s body contained only bone, no blood or flesh.

Having dealt with that monster, Li Chen then walked towards Zhong Tian and the others.

"It’s alright now, let’s go,"

Li Chen reassured them.

Seeing that Li Chen was fine, the three of them could finally ease their worries, but suddenly, they stared at something behind Li Chen, expressions of extreme horror on their faces!

"Li Chen!" Lin Yi called out, her face showing panic for the first time. She still tried to tough it out, but her face had turned pale.

"Mr. Cheen!" Yue’er screamed sharply.

"Big brother, there’s a group more," Zhong Tian managed to say more calmly, pointing behind Li Chen.

A group?

Are you kidding?

There really was a group?

Li Chen turned around and saw a massive swarm of those monsters appearing around the corner, and couldn’t help but gasp in shock!

Damn it, dealing with one was tough enough, and you bring me a whole group?

This isn’t a buy-one-get-one-half-off deal, no, not right, even if it’s for free, I don’t want it!

Monsters crawling on the walls, on the floor, above in the passageway—the sight made Li Chen’s scalp tingle!

Whirling around, Li Chen bellowed, "Run!"

They had to run. If they didn’t, being chased down by this group of deranged monsters would lead to certain death.

After the recent clash with that monster, Li Chen had realized that these creatures were incredibly fast, had strong life forces, and were very aggressive, tearing off a piece of your skin before they’d completely died.

These kinds of creatures were manageable when alone, but in groups, it was better to stay as far away as possible.

Lin Yi and the others started sprinting madly, with Zhong Tian striding and panting hard, but when he looked back, he breathlessly said, "Big brother, they’re catching up."

Li Chen looked back, and indeed, those monsters—up, down, left, right—were fast closing the distance.

Gritting his teeth, Li Chen said, "You guys keep running ahead, I’ll hold them off!"

Li Chen stopped, watched the dozen monsters approaching like a tide, and with grim resolve, he stimulated the Mysterious Energy that lay dormant within him!

"Come out!"

With a loud shout, Li Chen madly stimulated that energy, and it, as if angered, violently reacted, then took over his body!

"Big brother!" Zhong Tian called out, then also started running towards Li Chen, "I’m coming to help you."

The Ginseng Doll had already jumped away, reaching Lin Yi’s shoulder, and the two women along with the Ginseng Doll continued to run forward.

The group of monsters, seeing Li Chen and Zhong Tian, charged without a second thought, but suddenly, Li Chen’s eyes emitted a cold intensity, and his clothes fluttered without wind as the Mysterious Energy inside him went berserk.

"Get away from me!"

Li Chen pushed forward with both hands, and the surging, fierce mysterious energy produced a powerful Qi Force, roaring towards that group of monsters like a landslide!

The bursting Qi Force directly pressed towards them, causing the momentum of the monsters to suddenly stall. Several of them were sent flying as if blasted off, directly flying backwards.

But the remaining few monsters, in that instant, clung their claws tightly to the walls or the ground, their bodies sticking close, no matter how terrifying the Qi Force generated by Li Chen’s energy was, they were fixed in place.

As soon as Li Chen’s Qi Force stopped, these monsters immediately charged at Li Chen, one after another, some even lunged at Zhong Tian.

Damn, these things are really troublesome!

Li Chen couldn’t help but feel anxious. The creatures of this ghost place all felt eerily strange. What exactly were these things?

He had already overused his energy just now, which had aggravated the injuries in his body. Even though he had the fresh blood of the Ginseng Doll and a pill from Great Grandfather before, he still had old injuries that were not fully healed. Now, the reckless use of energy had added new internal injuries.

With his right hand, he grabbed a monster that pounced on him and then furiously swept it forward, repelling the few that wanted to pounce on him as if hitting them with a baseball bat.

But Li Chen felt a pain in his hand; the monster he was holding was clawing at his arm.

Damn!

Li Chen flung that monster away. His fist, charged with True Qi, smashed hard onto a monster on his left. The sound of cracking bones was heard, and Zhong Tian was also trying to fight, but his movements were too slow. The monsters, so agile, were about to swarm over his body.

Li Chen grabbed one, smashed it hard against the wall, and then threw it at the other monsters.

"Zhong Tian, pull back!"

Li Chen said, but at the same time, those previously repelled monsters returned, and the ones that had not died were attacking again. Li Chen had no choice but to keep fighting.

The monsters came one after the other, attacking simultaneously. Li Chen felt overwhelmed, although he was able to kill monsters, his body was continuously attacked by them.

Zhong Tian did not leave; his body was torn apart by the monsters, and one even bit into his shoulder.

Just then, a monster impressively crawled from the upper passageway and chased after Lin Yi and the others!

"Find death!"

Enraged, Li Chen sped up, leaped into the air, pulled the monster down, and directly tore it into two pieces!

After returning to the fray, Zhong Tian also felt as if he couldn’t exert any strength; his clothes were torn to shreds by the monsters.

Li Chen grabbed a monster on his back and then violently smashed it against the wall. His left hand, charged with True Qi, landed a punch on a monster in front of him.

After fighting for a while, Li Chen killed the last monster. At the moment of killing it, Li Chen felt a sigh of relief.

At this moment, his body was covered in wounds, and Zhong Tian’s condition was even worse, but these were just physical injuries, which would heal in a few days. For Li Chen, the real danger was the aggravation of his internal injuries and the use of mysterious energy, which made the situation very bad.

But before he could catch his breath, Li Chen heard that rumbling sound again, his expression changed suddenly, grabbing Zhong Tian, "Let’s go!"

The two headed towards Lin Yi and their direction. Soon after running, Li Chen found Lin Yi and the others as they weren’t that fast.

"You’re injured?"

Lin Yi looked at the wounds on Li Chen’s body, bloodied and shocking.

"Minor injuries, they’re

about to catch up," Li Chen said.

The rumbling sound behind them kept sounding, getting closer and closer. Li Chen and the others continued running, but suddenly, a fork in the road appeared.

"Which way shall we run?" Yue’er almost cried out in asking.

Li Chen took off his bloodied jacket, threw it to the right, then led everyone to the left. At the same time, he fully activated his True Qi to mask the bloody scent on him and Zhong Tian to prevent it from spreading.

The group of monsters following them, hearing no more noise ahead and seeing the familiar bloodstains on the ground, did not hesitate and chased to the right.

Hearing the sound of the monsters fading into the distance, Li Chen breathed a sigh of relief. At that moment, the side effects of forcibly using the mysterious energy appeared again, and he felt as if his body was falling apart.

Tired, such a scenario had never happened before.

This time, it was old injuries compounded with new. The old injuries were not healed, and now his body was thrown into chaos. Although both he and Zhong Tian had only superficial injuries, they still needed some time to recover.

Li Chen’s lips were somewhat pale. The Ginseng Doll, seeing this, jumped up, made a cute growling sound, and under Li Chen’s gaze, squeezed out a drop of blood.

Li Chen tugged at the corner of his mouth, feeling the energy wreaking havoc inside him after the side effects passed.

"Thank you."

Taking the blood, Li Chen swallowed it directly, feeling the changes inside his body. However, Li Chen frowned a bit, the effect of the blood this time was not great.

His injuries were still very severe.

"Let’s rest for a bit," Lin Yi said with sympathy.

Li Chen hadn’t spoken yet, but suddenly, a wild burst of laughter erupted.

"It seems, my trip to Mong Kok was really well-timed."

Li Chen’s pupils constricted!

Ghost King!