Seeing Lin Chen actually destroy Wu Yong's arm with a single strike, both Miao Shan and Zhao Qian's faces revealed a deep shock.

How could this be possible? Wu Yong is a high-ranking martial artist of the Innate Realm, yet Lin Chen has crippled his right arm with just one move. How terrifyingly strong must this kid be?

Miao Shan's eyes narrowed slightly, with murderous intent surging in his gaze: "This kid is tricky; we'll go at him together."

After speaking, Miao Shan took up his skull cane and charged directly at Lin Chen.

Wu Yong, having chopped off his own arm, now had a deathly pale face.

Yet, he still held back the pain, using Spiritual Energy to seal the acupoints at the wound. Then, unexpectedly, a steel gauntlet appeared on his left fist, and he viciously smashed it towards Lin Chen's chest.

"Kill!!"

The two peak Innate Realm experts both brought out their signature moves, preparing to deal Lin Chen a fatal blow.

Lin Chen, facing the two aggressively charging opponents, also showed a hint of seriousness in his eyes.

However, he didn't dodge. With gold-purple flames surging in his hand, he charged towards the two of them instead.

"What? He's going to face two peak experts head-on?"

"Could this kid have gone mad?"

At this moment, all the martial artists watching held their breath as they focused intently on the imminent clash of the three.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a thunderous boom!

Golden light dazzled, and two figures were sent flying backwards.

Spurt, spurt!

Miao Shan and Wu Yong retreated dozens of steps after landing and each spat out a mouthful of blood.

As the dust cleared, Lin Chen stood in the center of the explosion, steady as Mount Tai, and the two Innate Realm experts had not managed to make him budge an inch.

How could this be possible!

The valley fell into dead silence, as everyone had not expected Lin Chen to be this strong.

Xu Ye's face showed shock. "A Sky Origin Realm expert!"

To think that just two days ago, Lin Chen's cultivation was barely at the early stages of the Innate Realm, and in just two days, he had already attained the power of the Sky Origin Realm.

Such a terrifying speed of advancement was simply inconceivable.

It's known that advancing from the Innate Realm to the Sky Origin Realm is a bottleneck for martial artists, one that could not necessarily be broken in a lifetime.

Even if someone did break through, at the fastest, it would take about ten years, yet this guy did it in only two days. There are no words to describe such speed other than monstrous.

"Damn, this kid is so strong," Zhang Yu said in shock, staring at Lin Chen with a look of astonishment.

At this moment, Miao Shan and the others had pale faces. A Sky Origin Realm expert and an Innate Realm were as different as heaven and earth. Even if the three joined forces, they had no chance of victory.

"You all gang up on one girl, that's despicable. Today I will take your lives," Lin Chen said, his gaze icy as he stared at the shocked pair.

Just then, laughter suddenly came from the woods, and Zhao Qian, pushing someone, emerged.

"Lin Chen, behave yourself, or this woman's life is over," Zhao Qian said.

Seeing the person pushed out by Zhao Qian, Lin Chen's expression changed.

"Yu Fei!"

At that moment, Zhou Yufei looked guilty. In fact, she would have been very safe if she had stayed in the valley. But after waiting almost two days without any news from Lin Chen, she grew anxious.

She wanted to leave the valley to gather some news, but she ended up being captured by the Zhao family's people.

Zhao Qian placed a knife against Zhou Yufei's neck, pulled out a dagger, and thrust it into the ground in front of Lin Chen, smiling sinisterly: "Kid, do you want your woman to live? Then stab yourself in the abdomen with this dagger five times, and I'll let her go."

"What?"

Everyone was shocked upon hearing Zhao Qian's demand.

Five stab wounds to the lower abdomen would bring even the strongest person to ruin.

"Lin Chen, don't agree! It's my fault, I shouldn't have left the valley without listening to you. I don't care if I die, please don't do anything foolish," Zhou Yufei struggled and cried out.

Lin Chen glanced at the sharp knife on the ground and then back at Zhou Yufei, before he actually picked up the knife.

"You said that if I stab myself five times, you will let Yu Fei go?" Lin Chen asked indifferently.

"Of course," Zhao Qian said coldly, watching Lin Chen.

Lin Chen nodded, "Okay, remember your words."

Seeing Lin Chen raise the knife, Zhou Yufei's expression abruptly changed, "Lin Chen, no!"

"Lin Chen, don't do it!" Xu Ye and others behind him also began to call out frantically.

However, Lin Chen's hand had already swung down, and the dagger flashed as it was plunged into his abdomen.

Pu chi!

Blood suddenly gushed out.

At this scene, tears immediately started streaming down Zhou Yufei's face, "Lin Chen, you fool. Let them kill me, don't do anything foolish anymore."

Lin Chen looked up at Zhou Yufei with a smile on his face, "Do you remember our second year in high school, when my meal card ran out and I hadn't eaten for two days? You bought an egg pancake and placed it in front of me. I will always remember that favor; so for that egg pancake, enduring five stabs is worth it."

As he spoke, Lin Chen's knife fell again.

Everyone was stunned, nobody expected Lin Chen to be willing to sacrifice his life just for an egg pancake.

Receiving a drop of kindness, one should return a spring of favor—that phrase ignited a newfound respect for Lin Chen among many.

Lin Chen clenched his teeth as he repeatedly inserted the dagger into his abdomen.

"Once, twice, three times..."

"No, Lin Chen, no!" Zhou Yufei burst into tears, her face etched with regret.

She regretted not listening, why she had to run out like this, causing Lin Chen to suffer so many stabs for her.

Shock appeared on the faces of Xu Ye and Zhang Yu behind her. This was a true gentleman, and the kind of friend you want to have.

Tears also appeared on the faces of Zhao Xiaohua and Tang Bao'er.

"Lin Chen, you are still so foolish," Zhao Xiaohua sighed helplessly.

At this moment, the faces of Miao Shan and the others were smeared with a thick sneer.

Lin Chen's biggest weakness was his overwhelming sense of loyalty and righteousness. To trade his life for an egg pancake was, in their eyes, pure folly.

Pu chi, the fifth knife fell, and Lin Chen was almost entirely drenched in blood. He threw the bloodstained dagger to the ground and said coldly, "Now you can let her go."

Zhao Qian withdrew the knife from Zhou Yufei's neck and suddenly smirked sinisterly, "I said I wouldn't kill her, but I didn't agree to let others do the same. You go ahead and kill this bitch."

No sooner had the words left his mouth than several Martial Artists behind him leapt out, heading straight for Zhou Yufei.

"What?"

The complexions of Xu Ye and the others also drastically changed. They had not expected Zhao Qian to be so cunning, to go back on his word. Even after Lin Chen had fulfilled the agreement, they still intended to kill Zhou Yufei.

"Despicable and shameless!" Killing intent surged in Lin Chen's eyes, and in a wave of his hand, the Thunder Sword was unleashed, swooshing towards the attackers closing in on Zhou Yufei.

"Crack, crack!" Flashes of lightning streaked across, and bolts of thunder descended from the sky, instantly turning the several Martial Artists who were attacking Zhou Yufei into ash. The next moment, with a flash, Lin Chen appeared in front of Zhou Yufei and took her into his arms.

Seeing this, Miao Shan and the others' faces drastically changed; they had not anticipated that, severely injured as he was, Lin Chen's movement technique would still be so fast.

Lin Chen's gaze was filled with murderous intent as he stared at them, "You trash all deserve to die!"