"Lin... Wang... Sheng!" The middle-aged man on the stretcher kept mumbling something that puzzled everyone.

He was someone we encountered in the Magic Forest, and to make your former guild master end up like this, I think nothing else but the Magic Eye could have done it.

"No wonder, no wonder I couldn't find his body in the sea of corpses back then. It turns out he went to find the Magic Eye." A chilling glint flashed in Huo Mu's eyes.

"Now you can cooperate with us, right?" Luo De said with a faint smile.

"Of course, I will exchange Lin Chen's blood for information about the Magic Eye." Huo Mu said coldly.

At this moment, Lin Chen and Zhang Sanfeng and the others had already returned to China.

Upon setting foot on Chinese soil, Lin Chen and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Lin Chen's gaze suddenly sharpened as he focused intently on the four people in front of him.

Standing before him was an acquaintance, none other than Alice, the young hall master of the Pantheon.

"Alice, is your butt itchy again?" Lin Chen looked at her teasingly.

"You... I'm not here for your crystal stones." Alice snorted coldly.

"Then why are you here?" Lin Chen was momentarily stunned.

"Could it be you have a crush on me?" Lin Chen wore a narcissistic expression.

"Who's got a crush on you, shameless! I'm here for you to cure me." Alice said angrily.

"So it's still an itchy butt." Lin Chen teased.

"You rascal, Ma Qi, teach him a lesson for me." Alice finally couldn't stand it anymore.

At this moment, a figure abruptly appeared in front of Lin Chen.

Crack crack crack!

In the blink of an eye, sharp ice blades shot up from the ground, directly immobilizing Lin Chen's hands and feet.

"Lin Chen!" Li Mengli's face changed as she was about to act.

Zhang Yu was also ready to take action, but Zhang Sanfeng stopped the two of them.

"Don't worry, Lin Chen is fine."

Ma Qi trapped Lin Chen with ice pillars, wearing a mischievous expression: "Kid, daring to bully our master, you're simply asking for it."

Although Lin Chen's hands and feet were restrained, there was no trace of fear on his face.

"Do you want to punish me? I just love being punished by beautiful women, go ahead." Lin Chen smiled gleefully.

"You're still smiling? I'll make you cry soon." Ma Qi snorted coldly, suddenly producing a clear ice needle in her hand, which she thrust toward Lin Chen.

However, just as the ice needle was about to pierce Lin Chen, a wave of heat abruptly surged forth.

The ice needle vaporized into steam the moment it touched Lin Chen.

And the ice restraining Lin Chen also dissolved into nothingness.

"Damn!" Ma Qi was just about to make another move when her foot suddenly got stuck.

"How is it possible!" Ma Qi was shocked to find that her foot was trapped in quicksand.

And the sand quickly gathered, enveloping Ma Qi entirely.

Ma Qi struggled desperately, but the sand was like quicksand; the more she struggled, the deeper she sank.

At this moment, from behind Alice, a masked boy suddenly dashed out.

His body leapt into the air, using a burst of inner strength to pull Ma Qi out of the quicksand and into his arms.

The masked boy looked at Ma Qi with a pained expression: "Are you alright?"

"Mike, I'm fine." Ma Qi looked happy.

Watching Mike and Ma Qi sprinkle their lovey-dovey energy, Lin Chen was speechless.

"How dare you bully Ma Qi, kid, I'll make you pay." The masked boy was about to go all out against Lin Chen.

"Enough, Mike, come back." Alice said coldly.

Mike froze in place, his originally dark hand gradually returning to its normal appearance.

"Kid, we'll let you off this time." With that, Mike and Ma Qi returned behind Alice.

Alice said coldly, "Lin Chen, you promised to save me, you bully."

Lin Chen looked at Alice's resentful eyes and felt at a loss: "Did I say that? Do you have a witness?"

"You, you, 5555, you bully, you go back on your word. Everyone says Martial Artists from China are the most trustworthy, but it turns out like this. And I protected you all the way, what a fool I was." Alice actually started crying like a little girl.

Lin Chen finally understood why they hadn't encountered any trouble since that night attack at sea; it turned out Alice's people had taken care of all the issues.

Seeing Alice weeping like a pear blossom in the rain, Lin Chen was momentarily speechless.

"Alright, alright, stop crying, I'll save you, okay?" Lin Chen sighed.

Unexpectedly, the crying Alice immediately beamed with joy.

"Hmph, you said it, I recorded it this time." Alice swung her phone smugly.

Lin Chen looked at the phone in Alice's hand, feeling helpless: "Is it necessary to be so serious?"

Alice smiled faintly: "Of course it's necessary."

"I've already given you the first phase of treatment, the next phase should be a month later, so there's no use following me now." Lin Chen shook his head.

"That's not okay, what if you run away, or what if you get killed? No, I must stick with you."

Lin Chen had some understanding of the Pantheon; these people might not follow rules and act recklessly, but they valued trust the most.

So Lin Chen knew Alice's words were sincere.

Moreover, Lin Chen could also see that this little devil, renowned in the world, was not as terrifying as people rumored, perhaps even a bit endearing.

"Alright, if you want to follow, then follow. Just be careful I don't unleash my wolfish nature one day and..." With that, Lin Chen licked his lips.

"Mengli sis, you must be Lin Chen bro's girlfriend, how can you not control him, he's bullying me and even said he'll..." To Lin Chen's surprise, Alice ran over to Mengli and complained.

Li Mengli also looked helpless: "I'm not his girlfriend, I can't control him."

Alice looked at Li Mengli: "Really? He's not your boyfriend? So why were you so worried when you fainted on the island?"

"Let me clarify, we have no relation whatsoever." Li Mengli said coldly.

"Really?" With that, Alice directly ran to Lin Chen and hugged his arm.

"Since you don't have a girlfriend yet, let me be your girlfriend, I'm very well-behaved." Alice held Lin Chen's arm like a coy little woman.

Zhang Sanfeng couldn't stand it anymore: "Lin Chen, I'm going back to the Martial Arts Alliance first, leave the Pantheon guests to you."

"Zhang Yu, let's go." With that, Zhang Sanfeng took Zhang Yu and left.

Watching Alice holding Lin Chen's arm, Li Mengli couldn't help but feel a sour pang in her heart.

She walked over and pulled Alice away: "Hey, don't you know men and women shouldn't touch each other?"

"What do you mean shouldn't touch, that's your Chinese rule, we in the Pantheon have no such rule. You just said you had nothing to do with Lin Chen, so why do you care?" Alice pouted.

"Who said, I was lying to you, Lin Chen is my boyfriend, he's mine." With that, Li Mengli actually took Lin Chen's arm, shielding him like a protective chick.