"Ah!"
"Help!"
"Roar!"
"I don't want to die!"
Behind them, shouts of killing and screams of agony echoed. Lin Yu felt a sense of urgency and murmured, "Clones!"
Within a hundred meters, white light flashed, and clones appeared all around.
A total of two hundred clones, including ordinary and elemental clones, formed small teams to protect Lin Yu and the other two.
As soon as the clones appeared, the seven geniuses in the distance were slightly startled.
Someone pointed at him and said, "This is Lin Yu's clone talent, there are quite a few of them."
Xiao Qianyuan sneered, "The clones' strength won't be very high. They probably only inherit half of the main body's power. Clones like these, even a thousand of them, wouldn't be my match."
The others nodded in agreement.
They were all proud sons of heaven, the top geniuses in their academies.
Apart from a few seventh-tier senior students, they were the strongest awakened ones.
They had their own pride. It wasn't that they looked down on Lin Yu, but rather that they didn't even consider him.
A student from a declining academy, what right did he have to compare with them?
Even though they were surprised by the sheer number of Lin Yu's clones, their inherent arrogance made them disdainful of him.
Lin Yu glanced back at the seven people. He shook his head, unwilling to get involved with them, and walked away with his clones.
However, their gazes made him very displeased.
Along the way, Lin Fan's face was filled with anger.
"These people are so arrogant, it's infuriating!"
Bai Xiaosha also nodded, "You'll get used to it."
"You can tolerate it, but I can't," Lin Fan said indignantly.
Bai Xiaosha was startled and asked, "What are you going to do?"
Lin Fan said, "I'm not going to do anything, just add a little seasoning for them."
Lin Fan chuckled, and with a thought, puppets began to run around the surroundings.
At this moment, the seven people arrived at a crossroads.
"Everyone, we part ways here!"
"Farewell!"
The group separated. Some walked away, while others entered the forest.
They opened their wristwatches, and a map appeared before them.
This was a secret realm map they had downloaded before coming.
The destination for many of them was the first village.
This was a place where they could resist the strange attacks of the night.
However, it was still early, so they dispersed in all directions, exploring the world. Only if they couldn't find any new villages would they plan to spend the night in that village.
And in a place they didn't know, a small, pitch-black puppet worm was hopping through the jungle.
Suddenly, a giant exotic beast looked at the little worm.
"Hehehe, I love eating worms the most. I'll eat you, little worm!"
As it spoke, it was about to grab the worm, but to its surprise, the worm dodged.
Then, the worm fled, and the beast chased after it.
At the same time.
More than a dozen other exotic beasts or ferocious beasts were also infuriated by the various worms and chased after them.
At this moment, Ye Ling'er was cautiously making her way through the forest.
Her talent was life-elemental, so she was like a fish in water in the forest.
Suddenly, her expression changed drastically.
"Not good!"
But it was too late. A giant exotic beast lunged at her.
"Vines, obey my command, entangle!"
As the words fell, green energy surged from the ground, and vines coiled around the exotic beast like snakes.
Roar!
The exotic beast stopped upon seeing the attack.
"Haha, I'm lucky! I've actually encountered a human. Human woman, today you will die without a burial place."
Flames erupted around it, burning the vines to ashes.
Then, a stream of fire was spewed from its mouth.
Ye Ling'er's expression changed slightly, and she dodged to the side.
She muttered and pointed at a large tree beside her.
"Bestow life upon you, defeat it!"
Whoosh~
The large tree uprooted itself, and a face appeared on its trunk, glaring at the ferocious beast and charging at it.
"Flowers, plants, and trees, heed my command, kill!"
Green energy covered an area of a hundred meters.
The trees activated, grass and wood entwined, and flowers opened their gaping maws to bite the exotic beast.
The exotic beast was shocked and quickly dodged.
"I am a royal genius, how can I be defeated by a mere human female!"
"Blazing Lava!"
Suddenly, the ground collapsed, lava erupted, and the temperature rose sharply.
Ye Ling'er turned pale with fright.
Fire already had ać ć¶ effect on her, and her heart sank to the bottom.
Run!
Without a second word, she fled into the distance.
Along the way, plants were activated by her to block the exotic beast behind her.
At the same time.
The other geniuses also encountered attacks from exotic beasts.
Most of them were wounded and in a sorry state.
Xiao Qianyuan furiously severed the head of an exotic beast, completely unharmed.
Shui Qianchou of Shenyi Academy manipulated water, which transformed into a shield one moment and a spear the next. In the end, he didn't even bother to control the water.
The water currents automatically defended and attacked.
It was an absolute defense.
Along the way, exotic beasts fell before him one by one. He was at ease, as if walking in his own backyard.
Until he discovered a damaged worm.
Holding it in his hand, he muttered, "A puppet?"
He looked up in the direction he had come from.
He sneered and said, "Heh, I see!"
He put away the puppet worm and walked away.
On the other side.
Lin Fan said excitedly, "Hehe, although I didn't kill them, these guys are injured. Only Xiao Qianyuan and Shui Qianchou are strong. The others are okay."
Lin Fan felt a sense of relief, as if he had drunk ice water on a hot summer day, utterly exhilarating.
Lin Yu reminded him, "Did you retrieve the damaged puppets?"
As his words fell, Lin Fan's expression visibly soured with annoyance.
"Oops, I forgot. I'll go get them now."
Soon, he retrieved all the puppets, but found that one was missing.
"One is missing!" Lin Fan said.
Lin Yu's pupils contracted, and he said, "It's fine, let's go!"
The three set off, but three of Lin Yu's clones were gone.
In a canyon.
As soon as Lin Yu's three clones appeared, they were attracted by the sounds of fighting.
They walked towards the battlefield and saw a woman fighting a giant exotic beast.
"Oh, it's that woman named Ye Ling'er."
"This exotic beast is quite strong, at least ten times stronger than an ordinary sixth-tier exotic beast."
"However, it's still not as strong as me!"
"This Ye Ling'er is quite skilled, but unfortunately, she's at a disadvantage."
Lin Yu was confident he could kill this exotic beast.
However, he controlled the three clones and left, having no intention of participating in the fight.
As for playing the hero and saving the damsel?
Whoever wanted to do it could do it; he had no interest.
The clones searched for a long time but still couldn't find the puppet worm that Lin Fan had lost.
He was now basically certain that the puppet worm had been picked up by someone.
Forget it, no more searching!
On the other side, after walking for about half an hour, the trio crossed a small mountain several hundred meters high. Suddenly, a giant willow tree hundreds of meters tall appeared before them.
"Good heavens, this willow tree is enormous!"
At this moment, stars appeared in Bai Xiaosha's eyes. After a while, he exclaimed excitedly:
"Under that willow tree, there's a new village!"