Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Decisive Killing! An Unexpected GainA gentle pull on the trigger, and the crossbow arrow shot out suddenly!

    A cry of anguish erupted from the yellow-haired burly man, followed by a dull thud of something hitting the ground!

    The air seemed to freeze, not to mention the curses that had been ringing, even the earlier cries vanished.

    Lin Yue quickly wiped the sweat off his forehead, taking deep breaths.

    He had just killed someone.

    Yet strangely, the complex emotions from killing didn’t come at once.

    The crossbow arrow had pierced and embedded itself into the man’s heart; not even a god could save him.

    Moreover, he had fallen onto the ground... the kind of trap that could take out a giant mutant sheep.

    Lin Yue wiped the fresh sweat off his forehead again.

    He had no other choice at that moment.

    The opponent didn’t back down from his intimidation, instead they repositioned and launched an attack on him.

    He could only convey the most profound price to show them he wasn’t someone to mess with.

    They wanted his life, being courteous would be too foolish.

    Lin Yue took deep breaths, remaining hidden under the sheepskin without coming out. Sёarch* The n?vel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    There were at least two more enemies!

    Then suddenly, a series of footsteps accompanied by the "squeak, squeak" sounds came closer.

    Bai seemed to have jumped right onto the roof!

    After hearing Lin Yue’s scream, Bai hurriedly squeezed under the sheepskin to reach him, ignoring its own safety.

    "Squeak? Squeak squeak!" Seeing Lin Yue unharmed, Bai cocked its little head, seemingly surprised that Lin Yue was completely fine.

    The little creature rubbed its head against Lin Yue’s face, its voice becoming much softer.

    "Bai, I’m fine, keep watch!"

    This little one didn’t seem to know what tactics were.

    Though Lin Yue didn’t understand before either, the Otherworld forced him to learn these things.

    If it weren’t for the scream he let out, the yellow-haired man wouldn’t have showed his face so easily.

    After confirming Lin Yue was okay, Bai obediently went back downstairs to keep watch. The air quieted, now only the wind of the desert could be heard.

    Had the enemies left?

    Lin Yue couldn’t be sure.

    Having injured one and killed another, would they leave, or...

    "Squeak! Squeak!" Bai suddenly barked towards another direction, Lin Yue reflexively aimed his sighting scope again!

    A bald man holding a longbow suddenly appeared at one edge of the wall, with the arrow aimed at the visible Bai!

    But clearly, Lin Yue’s crossbow was faster!

    The crossbow string snapped, followed by a scream and a heavy thud.

    The second one!

    Both of them had used bows... these raiders seemed quite adept at it.

    Especially the one shot from the first yellow-haired one, almost a meter away from him.

    This arrow hit directly to the face, making the bald man fall straight down.

    Any hesitation would cost Lin Yue a bloody price.

    Exhaling heavily, Lin Yue focused intently.

    The sighting scope swept slowly along the side of the wall, noting even the slightest sound wasn’t overlooked.

    The air fell silent again, time ticking by.

    Until Bai’s familiar "squeak" sounded, allowing Lin Yue to finally relax a little.

    The crisis was finally over.

    He removed the two layers of sheepskin covering him, discovering he was soaked through.

    Under this heat, wearing a mountaineering suit, wooden armor, a helmet, and covered with two layers of skin, he was nearly overheated.

    Nimbly slipping off the roof, Bai immediately came to his side, and together they opened the stone door.

    Lin Yue trusted Bai’s sense of smell; since it didn’t signal danger, those people were either completely gone or had perished here.

    Following the wall, Lin Yue raised his steel repeating crossbow, moving cautiously towards where the yellow-haired burly man had fallen.

    He quickly discovered the grim corpse nestled in the trap.

    Taking a deep breath, Lin Yue didn’t look at it further.

    Killing didn’t feel good.

    Beside the corpse in the trap were stacked three pieces of stone—what he used to stand on.

    Indeed, even though the trap was encircled, it still bore significant weaknesses.

    However, Lin Yue realized something vital.

    Apparently, items he created couldn’t be touched to be stored in the Storage Space.

    If they could, both traps and walls should have been taken by these people long ago.

    From the start, he faced these lunatics who had breached near the shelter.

    Shaking his head, Lin Yue continued forward.

    Not far ahead, he discovered a dead body of an unfamiliar person in the trap.

    The person lay in the trap, with a large wound on the head, seemingly caused by a gun or spear-like weapon.

    Lin Yue pondered and understood; this was likely the person who first screamed, but with heavy injuries, was finished off by his companions.

    Really ruthless.

    Looking at the steel repeating crossbow in his hand, if he hadn’t decided swiftly, these people might have been celebrating over a secure shelter and an abundance of resources.

    "Squeak." Bai ran in front, leading Lin Yue onward.

    Bai seemed indifferent to Lin Yue taking out his own kind.

    In its eyes, there was only danger, or no danger.

    Regardless of whether it was mutated creatures, Secret Realm monsters, or humans resembling its master.

    Hardly any distinction at all.

    Lin Yue saw the bald man lying in the trap, faced with an arrow, his large amount of blood soaking the pit.

    Lin Yue exhaled deeply.

    His heart raced.

    Despite saying there were no feelings from killing, it wasn’t entirely true.

    But now he had taken this step, and it was forced retaliation.

    Future encounters like this would continue, as long as these raiders existed.

    "Bai, can you find where these people came from?"

    Lin Yue asked Bai, but Bai ran towards the direction of the Ancient Secret Realm Gate.

    Confused, Lin Yue followed quickly and noticed some irregularities.

    The path towards that Ancient Gate had sparse bloodstains.

    Upon reaching the Ancient Gate surrounded by stone walls, Lin Yue also spotted a corpse lying on the ground.

    The corpse beside a scarred head had a faint glow near its hand.

    What is... that?

    Pulling out Iron Spear, Lin Yue poked at the glowing spot and found it was a glowing glass orb.

    When the spear tip touched the orb, Lin Yue suddenly heard a system voice!

    [You have acquired 1 cubic meter of Storage Space!]