Boom——
Lin Chen only felt an extremely sharp pain in his chest, and the next moment, he was sent flying back ten miles by Tan Yu's sword strike.
Even though he was wearing the Fiery Fire Profound Armor, Lin Chen still felt a deep sword mark appear on his body.
It must be said, Tan Yu's strength was far greater than Lin Chen imagined, perhaps even on par with Zi Ling. No wonder Lin Chen always sensed an intensely terrifying aura from him.
This was Tan Yu's true strength. If not for Lin Chen's sturdy physique and the Fiery Fire Profound Armor, he likely would have been killed by that sword.
Whoosh——
Lin Chen, heavily injured and keenly aware of his underestimation of Tan Yu, immediately used a Qiankun Escape Talisman to flee without hesitation.
After slashing Lin Chen away with his sword, Tan Yu immediately shifted his form once more, arriving at Lin Chen's position, poised to follow with another sword strike to finish him off.
However, as he approached Lin Chen, he discovered that Lin Chen had somehow vanished into thin air, causing his sword to strike empty space.
After Lin Chen's escape, Tan Yu did not pursue him, realizing that within these ruins, their Soul Power was suppressed, making finding Lin Chen akin to searching for a needle in a haystack, a complete waste of time.
Then Tan Yu approached the Green Crystal Stone Veins and began slicing out Sword Light with his Sharp Sword to mine the Green Crystal Stone.
However, after several sword slashes, he managed to extract only a fist-sized crystal stone.
He never expected that mining the Green Crystal Stone would be so arduous, suggesting that Lin Chen likely didn't mine much earlier either.
What Tan Yu didn't know was that Lin Chen, with the help of Little Profound Turtle, had already mined quite a few Green Crystal Stones.
"This thing is so tough to mine, we were too optimistic before. Who knows when we'll finish mining the whole vein," Tan Yu frowned.
He had spent one-fiftieth of his strength just to extract a fist-sized Green Crystal Stone.
In other words, if he exhausted all his Spiritual Power, he could at most mine fifty fist-sized Green Crystal Stones before needing to recuperate and restore his strength to continue.
This being the case, even he was mining so slowly, let alone others.
Moreover, Tan Yu absolutely refused to allow his Spiritual Power to drop below half, because if Lin Chen decided to come back, they would be in danger.
After all, Tan Yu was certain that after Lin Chen escaped, he hadn't gone far. Who knows if that guy might unexpectedly return midway.
If he happened upon them when all their Spiritual Power was drained, they would be in grave danger.
After all, Tan Yu harbored some fear toward Lin Chen, always feeling that Lin Chen wasn't an ordinary person.
Take the previous attack, for instance. He had condensed his Spiritual Power and unleashed his strongest sword strike, yet failed to kill Lin Chen.
It's worth noting that Tan Yu's sword strike would have at least heavily injured a Creation Realm Third Layer expert, leaving them incapacitated, yet Lin Chen seemed largely unharmed.
As Tan Yu had speculated, after using the Qiankun Escape Talisman, Lin Chen hadn't teleported too far.
While mining Spirit Crystals, Lin Chen had already used the Abyssal Eye to scan the island and found a very hidden cave.
So after being struck by Tan Yu's sword, Lin Chen immediately teleported to that cave.
"Lin Chen, you're really useless, getting injured by that guy's sword. You even told people to leave, aren't you afraid of embarrassing yourself with such big talk?" Little Profound Turtle crawled out from Lin Chen's sleeve, sitting on his shoulder, looking at him with disdain.
Upon hearing this, Lin Chen's heart ached, feeling exposed by Little Profound Turtle, thinking to himself, am I not going to save face?
"Shut up, or do you want a beating?" Lin Chen glared at Little Profound Turtle, angrily saying.
"Hmph, what are you being all arrogant for? It's not me who hit you. If you have the guts, take it out on him, why shout at me?" Little Profound Turtle retorted rudely, leaving Lin Chen speechless in anger.
"Shut up and don't disturb my healing." Lin Chen looked at Little Profound Turtle with annoyance, then swallowed an elixir to begin healing.
Seeing Lin Chen begin to heal, Little Profound Turtle stopped arguing and instead floated toward the front of the cave to protect Lin Chen.
Being Lin Chen's Spiritual Beast, seeing him beaten had upset Little Profound Turtle too, and if Lin Chen hadn't stopped it, it would have ripped Tan Yu apart earlier.
After taking the elixir, Lin Chen's injuries quickly healed because the injuries weren't too severe, and the elixir, made by Zhao Rushi, had excellent healing properties.
"Good enough, let's go, time to get revenge on Tan Yu." Lin Chen said calmly, healed not long after taking the elixir, ready to avenge the sword strike.
"Lin Chen, you finally saw sense. We should've done this sooner, you and I will team up and crush them without a trace." Little Profound Turtle exclaimed excitedly, having been holding back its fury from Lin Chen's serious injury.
"Don't get ahead of yourself. I told you before, unless we're absolutely sure, you're not allowed to act. This time for revenge, you stay in my sleeve, and I'll handle it alone." Lin Chen looked at Little Profound Turtle, speaking calmly.
Upon hearing this, Little Profound Turtle's previously excited expression immediately turned into one of utter disappointment.
"Alright then." Little Profound Turtle said, burrowing into Lin Chen's sleeve, after which Lin Chen exited the cave, flying towards Tan Yu and the others.
Clang clang clang——
Tan Yu and his companions were diligently mining the Green Crystal Stone Veins when suddenly, Tan Yu sensed a powerful killing intent surging around them.
He immediately looked up towards the sky and saw countless fiery red crystals falling from above.
"Not good, prepare to defend." Seeing the fiery red crystals, Tan Yu felt a wave of terror rise within him.
He had witnessed the explosive power of Lin Chen's crystals before, and just five of those had almost killed Lei Hao.
At present, the number of falling fiery red crystals was three or four times that number, and since they came from all directions, they completely blocked all escape routes. No matter which way they fled, they would crash into the crystals and suffer explosive damage.