Lin Chen turned around and was stunned by the enchanting figure behind him.

"Holy smokes, she's gorgeous!"

Behind him stood a girl in red, elegant and poised. Even with a light veil covering her face, it could not hide her captivating and seductive features.

What Lin Chen found most unbearable was the girl's prominently raised chest.

Damn it, it was bad enough that she had a large bust, but wearing a V-neck dress on top of that? Wasn't that just tempting men to commit crimes?

"Miss, you've got the wrong person. I'm just a bystander; I don't even have the box!" Lin Chen said with his hands spread out.

The girl in red always gave him an intense feeling of danger; he knew that charging in blindly was likely not going to end well against her.

"Eh, you're not from the Island Nation?" the girl in red asked, taken aback.

"Of course not, sister. I saw that guy from the Island Nation running off with the box in that direction. You could still catch him if you hurry," Lin Chen said with a sheepish grin.

"Oh, it seems I'll need to use some methods before you'll talk," the girl in red giggled, suddenly holding a snow lotus in her hand.

Lin Chen felt the air around him cool instantly, as if he'd stepped into an ice cellar.

"Snap!"

The snow lotus in the girl's hand suddenly shattered, and she blinked her beautiful eyes: "You wouldn't talk if it were like this, right? Shall we try a different method then?"

With that, the girl actually began to slowly peel off her red dress, followed by her undergarments, and then...

Gazing at the undraped perfect body before him, Lin Chen suddenly felt blood gushing from his nose.

The girl swayed towards him like a snake, taking delicate steps until she stood before Lin Chen. Her slender fingers gently skimmed across his face.

What made Lin Chen even more unbearable was the way the seductress grabbed his hand and placed it on her chest....

"You must like this way, don't you..."

The girl's sultry voice nearly melted Lin Chen.

"Since you won't talk, then I'll just have to look for myself." The girl in red smiled bewitchingly, but her smile contained a chill.

Lin Chen felt a pain in his head and was left standing still.

The girl's Divine Sense had just entered Lin Chen's mind when she was shocked by what she found within.

She saw Lin Chen's soul deeply bound by blood-red seals.

What in the world was inside this guy's head, and what exactly were these seals hiding!

The girl in red was full of astonishment, and what made her more uneasy was the endless danger she felt at the end of the seals.

Finally, she neared the end. What could it be, what could it be!

The scene brightened before her, and the girl in red was astonished by what she saw.

Before her was a cage; inside it, a red-haired boy, chains binding him tightly, his likeness nearly identical to Lin Chen's.

What was this all about, and who was he! Why was he bound within the depths of Lin Chen's soul!

Just then, the boy suddenly raised his head, his blood-red eyes blazing like a devil from hell: "Get out! Get out!"

"Ah!"

Under the influence of that voice, the girl's Divine Sense instantly dissipated.

At that moment, Lin Chen abruptly regained clarity.

There was no nude girl before his eyes—the girl in red was still fully clothed, standing slender and tall in her original spot.

"Illusion Technique?" Lin Chen finally realized he'd been tricked.

The girl in red had yet to recover from the shock. She stared at Lin Chen with wide eyes, but soon her gaze softened into a flirtatious smile.

"Little guy, you're getting more and more interesting!"

Damn it, he was always the one using illusions to control others, but this time he was the one who fell for someone else's trick.

Lin Chen finally understood the meaning of the phrase "beauty is a beast."

If he hadn't been bewitched by the red-dressed girl's Bewitching Technique just now, she wouldn't have had the chance to infiltrate deep into his soul.

However, Lin Chen also realized that the strength of the girl before him was terrifying and far beyond his ability to contend with.

"Beauty, you're so kawaii, even wearing SpongeBob underwear," Lin Chen suddenly said with a smile.

After hearing Lin Chen's words, the girl in red was first stunned, then asked, "How do you know about that?"

Lin Chen's lips curved up into a smirk as he pointed with his finger, "You've got it open there!"

"What?" The girl in red was taken aback and quickly checked.

Nothing—she was duped!

"Pfft!"

When she looked up, Lin Chen threw a spherical object onto the ground. In just an instant, the surroundings were engulfed in a cloud of black fog.

The fog cleared and Lin Chen had already used invisibility to make his escape.

The girl in red frowned slightly, a blush in her eyes, "That little brat actually dared to trick me, but how did he know my underwear was SpongeBob, and what's that binding in the depths of his soul?"

Shaking her head, the girl in red was at a loss.

At this moment, Lin Chen, who had already fled to a secluded spot, took off his ninja costume, burned it with fire, and then reverted to his original appearance.

The Disguise Pill given by the popularity system was really a great thing.

Lin Chen didn't dare to delay, and hailed a cab to go straight home.

The outside world was too dangerous. Although there was also a little demon at home, after all, she was genuine, unlike that bad woman who used illusions to seduce him; what depressed him the most was that he actually responded to it.

Back home, thankfully, Zuo Sisi and An Xiaodi weren't there. Lin Chen lay in bed, still frightened.

The journey he had just taken was like a narrow escape from death. If it wasn't for the navigation from the popularity system finding him the best escape route, he would probably have died somewhere in the jungle.

He realized how weak he was after seeing Long Feixue, the black-clothed elder, and the red-dressed girl. Lin Chen felt like he was nothing but trash.

What comforted him the most, though, was that despite the multitude of crises, he had finally gotten his hands on the Five Elements Map.

Entering the Tianyan Divine Gaze space, he took out the box, tried several times to crack the code, and, failing that, Lin Chen forcefully pried it open.

Well, I'll be! In addition to the ancient scroll, there was also a tracker hidden inside. Thank goodness he was smart enough not to open the box outside.

He unfolded the sheepskin Five Elements Map, and just like the first one, it was a mysterious map with a large Water character written on it.

Piecing the two maps together, a corner of the whole picture began to reveal itself.

Lin Chen was certain that it must be something akin to a treasure map, and it's very likely that there'd be five maps corresponding to the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. He had now collected two and was sure that only by bringing all five together would the secret hidden by the treasure map be revealed.

At the Dragon Group headquarters, Long Feixue's face was ashen.

Although she had nearly wiped out all of the Ninth Prince's men and left the prince severely wounded this time, the Five Elements Map had been lost.

The intolerant failure Long Feixue was greatly enraged.

"Have you found the location of the box?" Long Feixue asked.

A technician wiped his sweat and said, "We found it, but..."

"But what?" Long Feixue asked anxiously.

"But the signal seems to be coming from outer space," said the bewildered technician.

"Outer space?" Long Feixue was equally stunned!

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