Legend of the Heroes of Another World's Divine Tower

The sound of Lin Chi and Lin Ruyan crawling could be heard from inside the secret passage. After a while, the two of them emerged somewhat disheveled from the pile of rocks at the exit.

"Phew... Now I finally understand why I could never find you two when we played hide-and-seek." Lin Ruyan brushed the dust off her clothes, recalling the past, and couldn't help but laugh. "So you guys cheated with this secret passage! I searched the house for ages."

"Hmm, the teleportation array should be in... this direction!" Lin Chi didn't really respond.

After saying that, he took Lin Ruyan's hand and, with the faint golden light emanating from the Soul-Suppressing Lamp at his waist, quickly traversed the dark and quiet forest.

"He's just like him," Lin Ruyan whispered with a chuckle behind Lin Chi.

But they didn't know that not far behind them, a hunched black shadow, blending into the night, was slowly and silently following them by "scent perception."

"How did this forest... become so smelly?" Lin Ruyan wrinkled her nose uncomfortably, a faint, nauseating stench lingering around her.

"It's probably the smell of corpses." Lin Chi pointed to the remains that could be vaguely seen lying in the depths of the forest. He also sniffed curiously and felt that the smell was not particularly strong. Perhaps it was because he had been on missions for a long time and had long been used to this kind of environment.

"Alright." Lin Ruyan looked troubled and quickened her pace, wanting to get away from this aura as soon as possible.

Lin Chi quickly followed and continued to lead the way.

However, the unpleasant stench seemed to come alive, constantly gathering towards Lin Ruyan, growing stronger and stronger, even surpassing the foul smell of the bandit gathering places in the camp.

Lin Ruyan was so overwhelmed by the increasingly strong stench that she felt dizzy and weak in the legs, and she staggered.

"Mom? Are you alright?" Lin Chi quickly helped her up and sniffed the air again. To him, the smell didn't seem to have changed much.

"Something's not right..." Lin Ruyan's expression changed. Suppressing her nausea, she cautiously looked around at the darkness. "This isn't ordinary corpse stench...this is the stench of 'accumulated memories'! There are elves nearby!"

"Elves? Martell followed us?!" Lin Chi's heart tightened, and he immediately took out a hallucinogenic grenade and a magic scroll from his backpack, going into a state of alert.

"It's not him... He doesn't have this 'accumulated' stench. It's another elf, and it's nearby!" Lin Ruyan covered her mouth and nose forcefully, but the stench was so strong that she could hardly breathe.

Just then, a point of light suddenly appeared deep in the forest. Accompanied by the rustling sound of the grass being moved, the light grew closer and closer.

A hunched figure, dressed in a worn black cloak, slowly emerged from the shadows. He reached out and removed his hood.

What was revealed was a shriveled, pointed ear that clearly belonged to an elf, and an aged face covered with deep wrinkles and only a few sparse white hairs.

That's Uncle Ming!

"I thought it was just Lin Chi alone, but I didn't expect you to be here too, Madam?" Uncle Ming lifted the mask that had been covering the lower half of his face, revealing a gloomy and aged elven face.

That was not the aged appearance that elves should naturally have due to their longevity, but rather the terrible marks left by excessive consumption of their life essence.

"Who are you?!" Lin Ruyan reacted instantly, shouted, and her protective shield immediately unfolded, completely shielding the still somewhat dazed Lin Chi behind her, facing this "Uncle Ming" who exuded a dangerous aura.

"Uncle Ming?" Lin Chi looked at the face that was both familiar and incredibly unfamiliar, his voice filled with disbelief.

"You can run away if you want, but Lin Chi can't leave. He can only stay by my side and purify me. How can I bear to let such a 'fragrant' scent go?" He took a deep breath in ecstasy and reached out to grasp at the air in Lin Chi's direction, as if caressing an invisible treasure.

"Let me introduce myself again, my name is Eli Baldwin." He grinned, revealing yellowed and blackened teeth.

"I have searched for the fragrance of countless maidens, but none can compare to even a fraction of the scent emanating from you! It turns out that the ultimate 'fragrance' in this world is a hybrid born from the fusion of elven and human blood, sweeter and more alluring than any maiden!"

He stared intently at Lin Chi, his chapped lips greedily licking.

"What a pity! It's a boy. It would have been perfect if it were a girl." Eli's tone suddenly turned mournful and ferocious.

"Originally, I wanted to savor this moment slowly and not ruin it so quickly, but you actually want to betray me and run away from me! I've always been so good to you, taking such good care of you, were all those 'Uncle Ming' calls you made just lies to me?!"

His face was contorted in pain, as if he were enduring immense suffering and betrayal.

"What do you want to do to Chi'er!" Lin Ruyan's eyes burned with anger. The perverted desires revealed by this madman were more disgusting and chilling than Lin Feng when he was insane.

"Since you want to escape, then I have no choice but to... keep you here. I'll pierce you, make you into the most perfect specimen, so that you can stay by my side forever, every night... for me to savor."

His eyes were unfocused as he fumbled with the staff, as if he could already feel the cold texture of the "specimen".

Before he could finish speaking, Eli raised his withered hand, and a violent hurricane appeared out of thin air, roaring as it crashed into the protective barrier Lin Ruyan had erected! At the same time, a clear energy fluctuation erupted from his body—

Level 45!

"Level 45?! You...you were only level 31, weren't you? They bullied you like that before..." Lin Chi was struck by a heavy blow. Many details that he had deliberately ignored now connected together, pointing to a cruel truth.

"If I didn't act weak and pitiful, how could I arouse your ridiculous 'sense of justice' and compassion? And how could I... so easily get close to you and protect you?"

Eli let out a sharp laugh, completely shattering the pretense.

At this moment, Lin Chi felt a corner of his heart that he had always held onto regarding "goodness" and "justice" collapse with a bang, along with his father's last words of advice when he was lucid.

"We must uphold the justice in our hearts no matter what!"

It seems incredibly pale and ironic at this moment.

"Chi'er! Wake up! Don't let his words affect you!" Lin Ruyan struggled to maintain the protective shield, her face pale from the impact of the hurricane, but she still loudly reminded her son.

Lin Chi bit his tongue hard, the sharp pain bringing him back to his senses.

His eyes flashed, and after judging the distance, he hurled a calculated-capacity hallucinogenic grenade at Eli, while simultaneously tearing open a "Thorn Vines" magic scroll!

"Bang!"

Hallucinogenic light exploded before Eli's eyes, and vines shot out from the ground like venomous snakes, instantly binding him tightly, and the thorny vines lashed him hard!

"Now!" Seizing this brief opening, Lin Chi grabbed Lin Ruyan and sprinted desperately toward the teleportation array!

"Ah—! I never expected you to have such skills!" Amidst the sound of the vines whipping, Eli's excited and distorted groans could be heard.

"This is so awesome! Hahaha!"

But he clearly doesn't intend to continue "enjoying" it.

"Unfortunately, I can't play anymore, my 'baby' is about to run away."

The wind blades easily sliced ​​through the vines. Eli broke free of his restraints and transformed into a blurry black shadow, chasing after the mother and son at a speed far exceeding his previous display!

Lin Chi dragged his mother through the woods, occasionally throwing hallucinogenic grenades and tearing open scrolls in an attempt to slow Eli down.

However, Eli, who was prepared, either disrupted the light burst with a hurricane or cut the vines in advance with wind blades, and Lin Chi's methods were thwarted one by one.

The reels quickly ran out, and they had few grenades left. They were eventually forced into a small clearing in the woods, with no way to escape.

"Keep running! Struggle!" Eli approached slowly, gesticulating wildly and in a bizarre and frenzied manner.

"I love these lively 'prey' creatures; the more they struggle, the more...fragrant their scent becomes!"

He licked his lips and danced with strange steps, performing his own unique "courtship dance," pressing closer with each step.

Just as a greedy, determined smile appeared on his face—

"laugh!"

The euphorbia shot out from the dense forest to the side with a speed too fast for the naked eye to detect!

Precise, ruthless, and without any hindrance!

The halberd tip pierced Eli Baldwin's chest in an instant, pinning him to the ground!

Eli's face froze instantly, the madness, greed, and ecstasy on his face. He looked down in disbelief at the halberd blade protruding from his chest, a hoarse sound escaping his throat, and the light in his eyes dimmed rapidly.

Life was extinguished in an instant.

"Death row inmate—Eli Baldwin! He escaped the 'Rebirth' ritual without permission and repeatedly harmed young girls, severely tarnishing the reputation of the Elven race! He has been executed!"