"I... I don’t even know the gentleman’s name."

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Outside of Coastal City, Lin Chen had left the city for several miles, heading towards a forest on the side of the official road.

A dozen or so breaths later, two figures appeared at the edge of the forest.

"This person doesn’t walk on the official road, and even enters the forest, how strange."

"It’s better that he entered the forest; this way, when we make our move, we don’t fear being discovered."

The two middle-aged men exchanged a glance, both with murderous intent in their eyes.

As Grade-Entering Martial Artists, they rarely engaged in murder and robbery because they were only Ninth Grade, without much advantage against other martial artists of the same grade, and they looked down on the possessions of those below the grade.

Of course, the main reason being that every Grade-Entering Martial Artist had a family behind them, and if they were attacked, the family would certainly investigate.

But this time was different; the person who just entered the woods wasn’t from the four major families, so they weren’t afraid of retaliation from a family.

Most importantly, through the information provided by the Treasure Pavilion shopkeeper, they judged that this person’s family might have already fallen into decline.

A genius from a declining family, without a backing, was nothing to be feared.

As for the opponent’s strength, at this age, he was likely just entering the grade, while they were Ninth Grade for several years, plus there were two of them.

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Swish!

Just as the two middle-aged men’s figures entered the forest, a golden light suddenly shot over.

The speed was so fast that the middle-aged man on the left didn’t even have time to react; his head was pierced through, leaving a bloody hole, and he collapsed to the ground.

The man’s companion looked at this scene with an expression of disbelief.

"We’ve been duped!"

In a moment, he realized that the so-called fat sheep in their eyes had long discovered them. He had entered the woods to lure them in for an ambush.

However, the man did not run but instead looked towards the young man ahead holding a bow.

The bow... was suitable for an ambush, but since he was now on guard, the opponent’s arrows wouldn’t hit him.

"Kid, dare to kill someone from the Zhuang family, you will pay the price..."

Before the man’s words fell, another golden light roared towards him.

And at the moment Lin Chen nocked the arrow, the man moved his body, watching the arrow whistle past his side, with a look of smugness on his face.

Bang!

Then, before the smile on the man’s face could retract, he looked down and clutched his abdomen, where blood was gushing out.

His abdomen had been pierced by another arrow!

He clearly only saw the opponent shoot one arrow, and he dodged it, so why was his abdomen also hit by an arrow?

"Speak, why were you following me!"

Lin Chen, holding a bow, walked over slowly. Right after he left the city gates, he sensed someone following him, so he deliberately walked towards the forest to lure them in.

"I don’t understand what you’re saying; we were just passing by."

Seeing the middle-aged man clutching his abdomen trying to lie, Lin Chen smiled and raised his bow again, this time aiming at the man’s forehead.

If it weren’t for keeping someone alive, the arrow he just shot could have killed him.

"Three..."

"Two..."

Lin Chen counted down, his expression cold. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Zhuang Xin looked at the cold expression of the young man in front of him, his body trembling; he understood what the young man meant, only giving him a count of three to confess, or the young man would kill him without hesitation.