Chapter 2229: 2230: Reunion with the Azure Dragon Society

They didn't know about Lin Chen's ordeal and assumed he was hiding to avoid the pursuit of Tao Yuyu and others."Heh, I originally thought he had some courage, but came here only to be a coward hiding everywhere."

Behind Tao Yuyu, a person showed disdain. This was the figure that initially chased Lin Chen and Sun Tianming, now standing behind Tao Yuyu, raising his eyebrows lightly.

"Heh, if he doesn't show up when the time comes, once this round of limelight is over, I won't let his little friends off the hook easily..." Tao Yuyu sneered coldly.

He was naturally referring to Meng Shan and others whom Lin Chen had brought back. Although they were still within the Green Ripple Sect, once the time passed and the Sect Master forgot about it, dealing with someone who had just started cultivating would be effortless for him.

After Tao Yuyu finished speaking, the figure behind him nodded in agreement, with a cruel smile playing on his handsome lips.

"It's here!"

While they were discussing, Lin Chen and his group swiftly approached from afar, and with a light flick of their toes on the ground, several figures floated forward a number of steps. In just a few breaths, the three had entered the circle of light columns.

Whew...

All three exhaled turbid air, relaxing upon catching up, as the long journey had consumed quite a bit of their Spiritual Energy.

Fortunately, the Spiritual Energy in this realm was much more abundant than before, so Lin Chen didn't need to rely on medicines to recover. Instead, he sat down cross-legged briefly, and soon the Spiritual Energy in his Dantian was replenished.

"I thought you wouldn't dare to come..."

When Lin Chen opened his eyes again, Tao Yuyu's figure appeared before him, having spotted him from the moment Lin Chen stepped into the area.

But he wasn't in a rush; he approached Lin Chen, waiting patiently.

Lin Chen stood up, raised his eyes to Tao Yuyu, his expression calm and unchanged.

Here, Tao Yuyu did not dare to act, so Lin Chen naturally didn't need to be overly wary.

Because in this place, everything outside could be seen, and the activation of this Formation also required outside elders to control.

Thanks to this, Tao Yuyu dared not act recklessly here.

"I've been wondering where you all were hiding."

Tao Yuyu laughed softly, but the smile was chillingly cold. His original plan was to torment Lin Chen to death in the first trial layer.

But unexpectedly, even with many dispatched, Lin Chen and his companions couldn't be found, as if they were a loach hiding within, erasing all traces.

This made Tao Yuyu very unhappy, and this unhappiness deepened with Lin Chen's appearance, with a somewhat grim expression.

"Not exactly hiding, just didn't expect you all to be so useless in finding us."

Lin Chen retorted fearlessly, not intimidated by Tao Yuyu's suppression of prowess.

"Heh, is that so? Remember, we agreed to fight me. If you hide until after this competition, I'll naturally settle scores with you afterward."

Tao Yuyu looked at Lin Chen with a meaningful gaze, then glanced at Sun Tianming.

As for Chen Jie on one side, he was ignored. No matter how much Tao Yuyu wanted to target them, Chen Jie's status differed. If Tao Yuyu harmed these people, it wouldn't matter much, but hurting Chen Jie could incur Chen Lin's wrath.

"Don't worry, I will show you my might."

Lin Chen squinted, clenching his fist, with his eyes also emitting a cold light. The cold light stared straight at Tao Yuyu. No matter how high his cultivation, if he wanted to harm Lin Chen and his people, Lin Chen would definitely chase him down!

"Hope your fists are as hard as your words."

Tao Yuyu sneered, then sized Lin Chen up and asked, "But hiding for so many days, do you have enough points? Need me to share some?"

"Heh, don't trouble yourself with that."

Lin Chen shrugged, having seized many Storage Rings from those people, and during the search for Lin Chen, many Green Ripple Sect disciples sent for trials were killed.

And these persons' possessions were naturally collected as spoils of war.

"Then see you later."

After saying this, Tao Yuyu didn't linger there, as he sometimes really found it difficult to control his temper when facing Lin Chen's nonchalant demeanor, wanting to kill him on the spot.

But evidently, Tao Yuyu couldn't do that now, as it would lead to endless troubles.

With his departure, Lin Chen also regained awareness, beginning to scrutinize everything here.

Compared to before, now in this Spiritual realm, there were very few shadows, just a few dozen scattered throughout the field.

Some were grouped together, but most were solitary figures standing alone.

These people appeared aloof, as if everything here was beneath them, standing quietly, mostly with heads slightly bowed, showing no interest in opponents around them.

"Oh, that fat guy seems gone."

Lin Chen scanned around but didn't spot the fat guy from before, furrowing his brow lightly.

"Indeed, with his strength, acquiring points would be effortless; how could he be absent here..."

Having seen that fat guy's strength, Sun Tianming and Chen Jie had already privately ranked him first in the contest.

But now the situation was indeed peculiar.

The fat guy who initially entered had now vanished without a trace.

They didn't believe someone so strong could be beaten by anyone.

"There's only one explanation; he wasn't aiming for this."

Lin Chen pondered for a moment and could only say this.

But with this, the fat guy's purpose for coming here became somewhat intriguing.

"Forget it, not the time to think about this. Better focus on the current situation; Tao Yuyu is the real trouble."

Sun Tianming reminded that although Tao Yuyu was less powerful than Zheng Chuanhai encountered before, Lin Chen couldn't handle it easily. If not approached cautiously, it would also put them in danger.

Moreover, it's not only Tao Yuyu, there were other few people, all of whom Lin Chen and his companions had to resolve.

"Mm." Lin Chen also nodded solemnly.