It's so painful! So hard! So difficult!

His words were rather cautious, and he obviously didn't understand that Bai Lin was deliberately avoiding the topic of "men".

"Well, it sounds quite attractive." Bai Lin held up his chin with a thoughtful look, as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing that she seemed to agree, Long Yucheng spoke again, "You've already benefited from me, so you have to pay something back."

Bai Lin was slightly stunned when he heard this. "This is the only combat ability I have, but isn't this a condition of cooperation itself?"

Long Yucheng shook his finger, his eyes becoming hazy. "You're not interested in that, but I still love beautiful women. Let me put it this way, please give me a chance to pursue you, Miss Bai Lin!"

Bai Lin looked at the man with a frown on his face. That's right, since he was a otaku who traveled through time, couldn't the other person be an otaku too? It's not strange to have some preferences.

"No way." She could feel the naked desire in the other person's tone. What kind of relationship was that? He was just lusting after her body.

Chapter 139 Stabbed

Long Yucheng didn't react much, as if he wasn't surprised by Bai Lin's answer. He still had no intention of stopping and continued talking.

"So, what about your fellow magician? She's also very cute..."

"You'd better not bring this up again." Before the other person could finish, Bai Lin cut him off abruptly, her voice cold. Although she was very upset by the other person's attention to a woman's body, it was still an equal cooperation and exchange, so she couldn't get angry. She just wanted to give Long Yucheng a warning.

Long Yucheng was choked again, and his face naturally looked unhappy, and the smile on his face completely disappeared. He stood up and placed himself completely in the shadows.

"Are you really sure you want to go against me for a young girl?"

Is this guy mentally ill? This was the only thought in Bai Lin's mind at the moment. From the cheerful and sunny person they had just met, he had slowly changed to this state now, with serious moodiness, and even his IQ had dropped significantly during conversations.

It's really ugly to use this kind of thing to threaten someone you just met. Bai Lin shook her head and stood up. In order to let the other party understand her attitude, she took a step forward, so that her face could be illuminated by the light.

"I repeat, it's best not to mention this matter again."

Her attitude didn't soften at all. After all, Bai Lin had already fully understood that the other party was a pure horny idiot. To be able to so easily throw out the word "going against" at the negotiation table for cooperation, did he think he was the emperor of some great country?

Since the other party is not very smart and has no intention of cooperating, Bai Lin doesn't think he needs to put on a good face for him.

"Okay... okay. After tonight, we'll be rivals. I hope you don't regret the decision you made today!"

The other person's voice trembled with anger, and it was obvious that his face, hidden in the shadows, was extremely distorted. Bai Lin didn't even think about replying to him, but just sighed softly.

There's a saying that goes, "Not arguing with fools is the secret to happiness." Just as Bai Lin was about to return to his room, he suddenly sensed a rare chill coming from the distant woods. He immediately turned to look towards Long Yucheng, only to find that he was still standing there motionless, looking a little strange.

"Longyu City?" Bai Lin's intuition prompted her to shout.

"Ugh… Pfft!" Bai Lin's only response was Long Yucheng's falling backwards. Blood splattered onto the ground, and Bai Lin instinctively took a step back. Instantly, the surrounding woods seemed to go wild, twisting into a dark terror. Any slight movement set Bai Lin's nerves on edge.

There were enemies. She was well aware that she was under attack, but where were they? Long Yucheng's agonized roars never ceased, even accompanied by feeble curses, disrupting Bai Lin's thoughts. For a moment, she was unsure whether to check on the enemy. As she hesitated, a sudden surge of murderous intent erupted from her side. Bai Lin immediately raised her shield, only to see countless iron weapons flying towards her like celestial flowers.

Due to the size of the shield, Bai Lin had no choice but to crouch down, using it to protect her head while she fully assembled her helmet. Fortunately, armor was quite effective against dart-like hidden weapons, and Bai Lin wasn't hit. Just as her helmet was taking shape, a subtle clinking sound came from behind her neck, which made her feel a little scared.

Obviously, the opponent was trying to take the opportunity to attack again after the feint. It seems that the enemy had planned this tactic. Bai Lin immediately shouted,

"Get out of here! What's the point of hiding your head and showing your tail?"

Although he didn't know the other party's identity, it was obvious that he wanted to kill him. Bai Lin naturally didn't think it was necessary to be polite to him.

"Haha, you incompetent, furious brat! I'll finish you off!" An unpleasant, hoarse laugh echoed from the forest, perhaps deliberately altered. Although Bai Lin momentarily grasped the opponent's direction, he lost it just as quickly. It was a shame the timing of the hidden weapon's launch was too subtle, and he hadn't mastered the technique through various martial arts techniques. Otherwise, he could have considered a surprise counterattack.

Long Yucheng, who had collapsed behind the tree, was slowly rising, clearly recovering somewhat. Bai Lin could clearly see him gripping his sword, as if intending to strike back. Just as she was about to run for cover, another scream rang out from Long Yucheng's side. Clearly, his intentions were too obvious, and he was struck again.

Could this guy be a little more fw? Is he really incapable of anything but casting spells and firing flares? Bai Lin felt a tinge of anxiety in her heart. She held her weapon, pondering a strategy. Although everything about Longyu City made her feel unhappy, out of empathy, she still wanted to save as many people as possible.

Being in the open naturally has its advantages. If they could take this step and pull Longyu City back, they could form a small defensive line with just the two of them. Just as Bai Lin took a step forward, ready to act, a dark, spherical object rolled to her feet and exploded, releasing a large amount of black smoke. The intense smoke choked her, causing her to cough and tears to flow. She instinctively covered her eyes with her hands.

At that moment, Bai Lin felt someone touch her back, and at the same time, a voice called out, "Don't do it, it's me." The familiar voice immediately put her at ease; it was clearly Katie. After a few seconds of the green light from the spell, Bai Lin was no longer trapped by the thick smoke, though her vision was still restricted.

"With you here, the other party's use of smokescreen really miscalculated." Bai Lin joked casually and bent down at the same time.

Katie smiled slightly and climbed onto Bai Lin's back. "Hurry up and solve it. My remaining magic power is not optimistic."

Bai Lin understood, raised her weapon, and prepared to fire. Without Katie's prompt, she was at a loss as to what to do. While she was still dazed, Katie had already unfurled her Tear of Tiamat, blocking another wave of hidden weapons. Despite this, Katie still offered no instructions.

Bai Lin couldn't help but ask, "Where exactly is the other party's location? Can you give me some accurate information?"

Katie shook her head and said, "It's not that I don't want to talk about it, but the other party may have used some technology to interfere with my detection, and only revealed their figure for a moment when attacking."

Chapter 140 Impulsive Attack

"However, there is a way. But you have to protect me better from now on." Katie said, rubbing her hands together and then opening them, and a large amount of ice mist rolled out.

Since he can use special techniques to hide his body, even to the extent that even Katie can't detect any trace of magic... then he can only use his magic to attach himself to others and then track them.

Katie wasn't worried at all about mistaking humans for other objects. After all, animals move in unique patterns, vastly different from hidden weapons, which only follow a single trajectory. Even a slight brush with the icy mist would be enough for her to identify the location.

This sudden, unpredictable spell attack was bound to hit the opponent unless they were hiding behind trees or other cover. The only flaw was that after the ice shield exploded, Katie lost her ability to defend herself. However, with Bai Lin around, she felt completely at ease.

The first thing they caught was a rapidly moving creature. However, even without the ice mist, Katie would have spotted him long ago, as he was in the middle of a fierce battle with Long Yucheng.

The icy fog would stiffen muscles due to the excessive cold, thus slowing down movement. However, Katie's indiscriminate attack also affected Dragon Jade City, so it didn't help him. But the focus wasn't on that, but on the more numerous targets surrounding them.

"Currently, we've observed... a total of more than three people. Bai Lin, go support Longyu City first." Katie didn't specify Longyu City's location. After all, she was still capable of that level of sound detection. The roar of clashing iron was all too familiar to her. As soon as she finished speaking, Katie immediately began to chant a spell.

"Understood!" Bai Lin felt a chill sweeping towards her as she took her first step. From the mist, broken by her sharp flight, she accurately caught sight of every incoming hidden weapon. She immediately stepped back, shielding Katie behind her, using both shield and sword. She blocked every hidden weapon as she retreated.

Without pause, another chill emanated from Bai Lin's back, leaving her no chance to breathe. But Katie also unleashed her own spell at this moment. A faint white light rose prominently from the mist, and a whip-like ray of light lashed out fiercely. This sweeping attack, while scorching the vast forest, naturally struck the opponent. Receiving a scream in response, Katie sighed and continued her spell.

Although the opponent was smart enough to move his body quickly after throwing the hidden weapon, he had no idea that Katie had noticed his position. It would be better to say that even if he knew, there was nothing he could do.

Magic was so illogical that even blocking her vision and hearing couldn't affect Katie's observations. The shadows hidden in the dark forest were as conspicuous as burning flames to her.

Katie couldn't confirm where she'd hit the opponent, but the slowing of his movements told her that her attack had indeed worked. With the blood flowing, she could more accurately track his movements; it was clear his tricks couldn't even account for the blood leaking out.

"Oh, by the way, if possible, I don't want you to kill anyone. Keep your hands off me. I'll do this kind of thing." Bai Lin turned around and took a step forward without stopping. Holding the blade tightly, she continued to rush towards Long Yucheng's location and casually said to Katie.

However, all she heard in response was Katie's chant. Overthinking such things during this critical moment was self-defeating, so Bai Lin assumed Katie had taken it all in. With two quick runs and one leap, Bai Lin's iron body separated the two engaged in combat. But once she regained her composure, she realized they had already distanced themselves from each other.

Now, Bai Lin could finally see the enemy's mysterious figure with his own eyes. The dark figure, an assassin, was clad in a black robe, clearly concealing his form. Although he was dressed the same as the mage in the room above, his robe was noticeably more tattered.

Beneath the black robe, a pair of weathered hands, covered in numerous tattoos, caught Bai Lin's attention. In his hand, of course, was an assassin's standard weapon: a dagger that looked like it had killed many people. Perhaps it had been specially treated to avoid glare.

Just as Bai Lin was about to strike the shadow with her shield, the shadow had already begun to retreat, quickly leaving her attack range. Before Bai Lin had time to think about whether her intentions were too obvious, she heard a burning sensation and a very loud voice behind her.

"Get out of the way!"

Without hesitation, Bai Lin immediately exerted force from her waist, moving her legs to the side and rear, while simultaneously raising her shield. She saw Long Yucheng, a new bloodstain on his face, holding his sword with an angry expression. The holy sword, on the other hand, shone with a divine light, clearly poised to launch an attack.

A flash of white light, like a meteor streaking through the night sky, instantly cleaved the fog, completely obscuring Bai Lin's vision from the nearby area. Following that, a resounding explosion ruthlessly destroyed everything in the direction of his strike. Amidst the resonant rumble, the flames brought by the holy light also spread across the ground and the distant trees.

This explosion naturally had its own aftermath, and Bai Lin's shield took a violent hit, causing her to take three steps back. After stabilizing herself, she immediately asked loudly, "Are you okay, Katie?"

"Yeah, it's okay." Katie's voice was still calm. "But the spell was interrupted, and I lost my target."

There wasn't much magic power attached to the other party to begin with, and after being tossed around like this, she couldn't tell the exact location of the black shadow, let alone disappear without a trace.

"I'm glad she's okay." Bai Lin breathed a sigh of relief, then immediately started cursing at Long Yucheng, "You bastard, if anything happens to Katie, I'll kill you, you little bastard!"

Long Yucheng gasped for air, beads of sweat streaming down his forehead. Perhaps due to the combination of the poisoning and the intense exercise, even his breathing seemed labored. But he remained composed and retorted, "You bastard lesbian, you better not be so arrogant in front of me."

Bai Lin was about to say something else when Katie patted her shoulder and said, "Stop talking. Let's focus on the enemy first."

Chapter 141 The Fall of the Son

Bai Lin was naturally not unreasonable, so she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. After all, if someone lost their temper over every stupid thing, they would have died of anger long ago.

Despite the vast scope and power of Longyucheng's attack, the mist strangely spread again. A dark figure streaked through the mist, hurling a round object that rolled towards them, spraying gas in the air.

Bai Lin sneered inwardly. She tensed her arm and calf muscles, leaped forward, and with a shield strike, sent the round object flying towards where the shadow disappeared. Although some residual gas still sprayed out, she repelled most of it.

However, the shadow's movements were ultimately too swift, and after Bai Lin countered with a sudden attack, it disappeared from her sight. After landing, she flung her shield in anger, then instinctively moved away from the location of the remaining gas.

With enough fog, adding another prop was a dangerous substance. Just as she was about to plan her next move, Long Yucheng's sword blazed brightly again. Only then did Bai Lin realize something was amiss.

Clearly, those people had the conditions to quietly drop bombs again from the untouched forest, so why did they deliberately reveal their bodies? Was it a mistake? No, it's unlikely. Although Bai Lin couldn't think of a specific reason, he quickly judged.

They were guiding Shi Lezhi's Longyu City to launch an attack.

Katie had naturally anticipated this and shouted, "Stop!" But Long Yucheng acted as if he hadn't heard her, stubbornly unleashing all the magic power stored in his sword. Another brilliant slash, as brilliant as daylight, swung forth with the same devastating force as before, further destroying the already devastated forest.

After the first strike, Long Yucheng, already breathless, raised his sword again, seemingly unsatisfied, and swung it again. Unable to bear the sight any longer, Bai Lin quickly stepped forward and restrained Long Yucheng from behind. Despite the latter's cries of "Let me go" and a stream of curse words, Long Yucheng, already inferior to Bai Lin in strength and having endured such a drain, naturally had little energy to struggle.

Soon, Long Yucheng lowered his head and stopped struggling completely. He gasped for breath, obviously exhausted, and didn't even say a word.

Seeing him like this, Bai Lin took a breath and said, "Listen, I know we don't have a good relationship. But if we cooperate rationally and deal with these guys in black robes together, it won't do any harm to us. Do you understand?"

Long Yucheng nodded weakly, his throat seemingly about to utter a sound, but it abruptly stopped. With this pause came the weight of Bai Lin's hand, amplified by Long Yucheng's shift in weight. Clearly, the other person's entire body weight was bearing down on Bai Lin.

Although Bai Lin was very strong, this leaning on her still had a significant impact on her. She was about to say something when a hand covered her mouth. The familiar and cold touch naturally made Bai Lin recognize it as Katie.

Why was she covering her mouth? ...to breathe? Thinking of Long Yucheng's rapid, heavy breathing, like a dog's, and watching his head slowly and feebly tilting over, Bai Lin finally realized the answer to his mysterious behavior.

That was "poison." From the very beginning, the assassins had been planning their plan. Taking advantage of the two men's conversation, they preemptively injected poison needles, weakening Long Yucheng's body functions and laying the groundwork for the current scene.

After that, the mist thrown out must have had a special effect of spreading, which is why, even when the poison gas attack failed, they still lured Long Yucheng to attack, causing him, who was already in poor condition, to inhale more poison gas, thus completely losing his combat ability.

The foam oozing from Long Yucheng's mouth made Bai Lin fully aware of the tragic outcome his opponent had suffered, either due to impulsiveness or carelessness. Feeling the fierce murderous aura in the air, Katie, restricted by her chanting, was likely useless. Bai Lin naturally freed one hand and struck sideways. The sound of iron clashing was natural, but it was also accompanied by the sound of flesh piercing through flesh.

Was Bai Lin's wrist pierced? Bai Lin felt nothing special except the sharpness of the opponent's sword blade, but she also saw the blood splattering.

The owner of that blood, however, was Long Yucheng, the one who had fallen into her arms. If one looked closely, one could see a thin, almost imperceptible black blade piercing the eye of his helmet. It was razor-sharp, clearly having been thrown or otherwise hurled.

But what Bai Lin caught in his hand was another medium-length sword. Looking along the hilt, Bai Lin could clearly see a smile on the face under the shadow. Obviously, it was a provocative smile.

Bai Lin exerted force with his arm, deflecting the opponent's blade. Before he could retaliate, the opponent quickly retreated, disappearing into the mist again. Another hidden weapon attacked from the side, and Katie skillfully deployed the Eye of Tiamat, which had almost recovered, and barely blocked another wave of attacks.

Bai Lin, with mixed feelings, put down Long Yucheng's... body. His brain stem was completely destroyed, so to say it wasn't a corpse was probably overestimating Katie's treatment. While she wouldn't shed tears over the impulsive kid's death, who had been so tense just a moment ago, his exit was a bit too easy.

He didn't vanish into countless fragments like Bai Lin did, only to return from the sky. Bai Lin's eyes held a hint of loneliness and helplessness. Perhaps because they were both time travelers, she felt a pity for the other's life, which ended so hastily after traveling through time.

Without hesitation, Bai Lin turned and ran in the opposite direction of the smoke, toward the wooden house. She expertly raised her shield and, drawing on her various martial arts skills, easily blocked a wave of incoming hidden weapons. She had no such thing as a warrior's honor, and she didn't consider fleeing at such a time as shameful.

However, as a modern person with a rather strange understanding of kindness, she felt that she should return to the wooden house. Whether it was the still unconscious female assassin or the remaining two people, they must have heard the noise and were likely already close to the thick fog.

Although this might not have much to do with Bai Lin, she still took action with the idea of ​​saving as many people as possible.

Chapter 142: Squashed

She had barely taken two steps when a thorn in her back pierced her, a sense of danger. Stepping, stopping, and turning, Bai Lin unleashed an energy-releasing attack without hesitation, a burst of blazing flames instantly illuminating the enemy's figure.

Knowing that Bai Lin could predict his attacks to a certain extent through his murderous intent, why did he resort to a backstab, which was clearly ineffective? The answer was simple: once Bai Lin escaped the fog's coverage, Katie could chant again. Clearly, these shadows didn't want to see that happen.

The black shadow still had a relaxed smile on his face. He leaned his body to the side, but he did not completely hide from Bai Lin's attack range. The sword in his hand was gradually approaching Bai Lin's body. It was obvious that he wanted to kill Bai Lin by exchanging injury for life.

However, the slightest chance he had was abruptly cut short just before the flaming blade reached him. The assassin, who had walked on the edge of a blade for decades, licking blood for a living, had miscalculated.

The intelligence they had received was limited to the adventurer team, so they naturally assumed Bai Lin was a nobody. While her exceptional reflexes had somewhat shocked the shadows, he was confident in his own abilities. Simply entangled Bai Lin with his attacks seemed like a non-issue.

Bai Lin hastily turned and swung his shield, a vertical, oblique strike that was much easier to dodge than a horizontal one. So after careful consideration, the black shadow decided to continue the attack.

However, at that moment, he regretted it. Through the scorching flames, the black shadow seemed to have witnessed himself being burned to charcoal. He quickly held his sword horizontally, trying to block Bai Lin's sword.

Unfortunately, his death was much more tragic than he had imagined.

Bai Lin's extraordinary strength has been growing since she arrived in this world, all of which is linked to her "level". As her level increases, she can wrestle monsters and throw minotaur swords with ease. What will happen when this level of strength is used against humans?

The first person to fully experience this feeling was the female assassin. Even though Bai Lin had reduced his strength, she was still kicked unconscious.

Although Bai Lin still doesn't have a specific numerical concept of her own strength, in fact, if converted using real data, her strength...

I'm afraid there are already more than ten tons of data.

And what if this force, which could flatten a person with one punch, is equipped with the appropriate equipment and then supplemented by a fierce flame? The answer is obvious.

After Bai Lin swung his sword, the opponent's pitiful and delicate iron sword shattered directly. It even shattered without any specific point of impact, and the entire iron sword was directly broken into pieces. The scattered iron pieces also pierced the opponent's body with great threat, but compared to what happened next, it could only be considered a minor injury.

Just being struck by the shoulder caused the opponent's entire body to tremble unnaturally. Then, the part of the black shadow's body that was struck splattered with blood and flesh like an iron sword. At the same time, his body flew into the distance like a torn sack, shedding various parts.

Bai Lin quickly turned around as she looked at the viscera and blood splattered all over the floor. Her hands suddenly felt weak. Even though she had seen many bloody scenes while fighting monsters, she still felt a severe nausea.

It wasn't just a physical rejection of corpses and blood clots, but more of a complex emotional response to killing. Even though the other party had a way to kill him, and there was nothing unreasonable about striking first, killing someone, regardless of the reason, was akin to crossing a "line."

She wasn't a natural killer, so it was normal for her to experience mixed emotions after killing someone. Someone once said that a person could only kill one person in their lifetime. After killing someone, the option of "killing" became available. Although Bai Lin didn't quite understand the specific meaning of this statement, she imagined it was similar to the concept of "boundary."

For someone as emotionally charged as Bai Lin, this kind of thing was truly difficult to handle. Fortunately, this was a critical moment, and she didn't have time to dwell on it. Swallowing the bitter taste in her mouth and suppressing the nausea in her chest, she began to run again.

After all, Katie would definitely have some thoughts after seeing this scene. Bai Lin didn't want to stay here for another second for whatever reason. But just as she turned around, another figure came running towards her.

No matter how she thought about it, the assassins wouldn't come directly to confront her, so Bai Lin simply raised her weapon and didn't take any action. But when the figure finally revealed her full appearance, Bai Lin was quite shocked. It was the female assassin who had been sleeping not long ago.

Judging from her expression, the female assassin was in a hurry. She held her dagger in one hand and handed the two men a suspicious brown ball with the other.

"Eat it quickly, it can reduce the toxicity." These few words startled Bai Lin again. How could she have the antidote? Wasn't it a bit suspicious? In a hurry, she was about to ask Katie when she spoke.

"Well, thank you." After hearing this, Bai Lin took the pills and handed one to Katie.

"The situation is urgent. The amount of this medicine I brought isn't enough to begin with, so the other two remain outside the fog. Have you seen our captain? I heard he's here too."

The female assassin said this, obviously she had already taken the medicine, and she came in alone out of consideration for saving others first. But it seems that at least the rear has not been attacked, and there is still a safe retreat route. After swallowing the pill, Bai Lin said slowly,