Chapter 7: Double Star Mission

  "Bang bang bang!!!", three sharp arrows, wrapped in wind power, fiercely shot onto Lin Chen's body, making Xia Lu widen her beautiful eyes and open her small mouth to let out a surprised cry. Even the leader of the thieves on the other side couldn't help but laugh sinisterly. The Lv38 archer, this arrow's attack power is still quite believable.

  However, the next scene was shocking and unbelievable. Three sharp arrows shot at Lin Chen's body, but they actually fell to the ground without even piercing his skin. After all, a physical defense of 3800 points wasn't something that a mere Lv38 archer could break through.

  After all, a 38-level archer, without any special equipment, probably has an attack power of around 1500 points. If you have a perfect-grade bow and arrow, plus some good attack-enhancing accessories, you might be able to reach 2000 physical attacks, but wanting to break through 3800 defense is still a big gap.

  "What! Impossible!", the most shocking one goes without saying, is naturally that archer. As for his own attack power, he was very clear that even if it was a fourth-tier defensive demon beast, his arrows could at least cause some damage. However, this guy who didn't even have the title of a beginner swordsman, actually had a defense that exceeded that of a demon beast?

  "This is impossible! Shattered Star Arrow!!!" Seeing that his arrow was ineffective, the archer's anger and shock were intertwined, and he had never used his arrow technique before, which was now fully displayed. A layer of pale silver light attached to the arrow, aiming at Lin Chen's neck, and shot out again with a tight string.

  "Whoosh!!!", a pale silver light flashed in the air, leaving behind a dazzling sound wave trail. This arrow was like a shooting star in the night sky, dazzling but swift, making it impossible to dodge.

  "Even a BOSS above level 40 wouldn't dare to easily break through 3800 points of physical defense, let alone you, a mere 38-level archer?" Looking at the incoming Starlight Arrow, although its power was strong, Lin Chen didn't take it seriously and allowed the arrow to directly hit his neck.

  It felt like a newly hatched chick had lightly pecked at its own neck, and the menacing Starlight Arrow fell directly to the ground without any effect.

  "Hurry up!!!", with the ten-minute invincible state, Lin Chen didn't waste it. Taking advantage of their shock and confusion, Lin Chen quickly pulled Xia Lu up and ran towards the direction of the forest. Judging from the appearance of these thieves, they seemed to not dare harm Xia Lu, or maybe they didn't want to harm her. Now that he had a ten-minute invincible state, running into the forest should be fine.

  Being tightly pulled by Lin Chen's hand, Xia Lu was also shocked by Lin Chen's inhuman defense, but thinking of the golden medicine that Lin Chen had just drunk, Xia Lu knew it must be due to the medicine. Coming back to her senses, Xia Lu hastily followed Lin Chen and ran towards the forest.

  "Go after them!!!", although Lin Chen's defense was unbelievable, but seeing Xia Lu running away and thinking of the consequences of her escape, the leader of the thieves gritted his teeth and said in a low voice, letting all the thieves disperse and chase after Lin Chen and the others.

  "Ah!!!!", at this moment, Xia Lu, who was tightly holding Lin Chen's hand and running, let out a cry of surprise and fell to the ground, with a painful expression on her face, clearly having twisted her ankle.

  "Damn it! I actually forgot that she's just a physically weak magician! ", seeing Xia Lu who fell to the ground and stumbled, Lin Chen secretly felt a shock and some regret. The physical condition of magicians is always very poor, how could he drag a magician to run away like his life depended on it? It's a miracle if she didn't fall.

  "Run away quickly! They're just here to catch me! Run away quickly!" Xia Lu, who had fallen to the ground and was clutching her ankle in pain, looked up at Lin Chen with a pained expression, only to see that he had stopped in his tracks. Her face twisted in urgency as she shouted loudly at him.

  "It won't do! Since I've decided to save you, there's no reason to give up halfway!" Lin Chen said firmly, shaking his head in response to Xia Lu's words. Having made a decision, he was determined to see it through to the end, and on this point, Lin Chen still had some perseverance.

  Otherwise, even with a skill ring, Lin Chen would not be able to become a master-level caster and alchemist. After all, being able to sit in one place for several years, repeating the dull process of casting and forging day after day, also requires great perseverance.

  "No more! I can't run anymore! You escape quickly!", Lin Chen had not given up on himself even at this time, Xia Lu was secretly moved and also very anxious, "You escape quickly! It's better for one person to be caught than for two people to be caught together!"

  "Shut up! I said I'd save you, and I will! Lin Chen interrupted Xia Lu's words, directly picking her up and throwing away the last unstable serum. Amidst the powerful explosion, he held Xia Lu and ran towards the forest."

  "Ding, activate dual-star difficulty mission 'Escape', mission requires escorting Xia Lu to escape from the pursuit of the Hungry Wolf Bandits, reward 4500 experience points."

  Just as Lin Chen was about to interrupt Xia Lu's words and say that he would definitely save her, a task prompt suddenly appeared in Lin Chen's mind, causing him to be slightly startled. In this world, being able to level up by killing people was already surprising enough, but he hadn't expected that there were actually tasks that could be accepted.

  "Hoo-hoo-hoo！！！", after all, he was a level 11 warrior, holding a delicate and boneless woman in his arms as he ran. Lin Chen could still hold on for a short while, but it was clear that this wasn't the time to be surprised by the task. His feet moved swiftly like the wind, and Lin Chen held Xia Lu directly running towards the forest.

  "Damn it! Chase after them! Don't hold back! Chase them all!", Several bandits were blown up again by the unstable explosives, and this leader was completely driven mad. On one hand, so many people had died that his mind was temporarily consumed by hatred. On the other hand, Lin Chen was only over 400 meters away from the forest, and he secretly became anxious in his heart.

  "Yes!!!", although they were afraid of the unstable medicine in their hearts, these thieves were also extremely angry. Now, they were urged by the leader's urgent voice, and the thieves responded in unison. The remaining hundred or so riders dispersed and chased after Lin Chen directly at the speed of galloping horses. Judging from the speed of the horseback ride, it was believed that before Lin Chen and the others could enter the forest, they would be intercepted.

  "How detestable! What else is there!", the unstable medicine was already gone, seeing those thieves about to catch up again, Lin Chen anxiously and hastily opened his own package to see if there were any other useful things left.

  The medicine that could be used up had run out, but just as Lin Chen was silently helpless, he suddenly saw some scattered materials that had been thrown into the corner of the package.

  "Found it!!!", Lin Chen secretly rejoiced, directly opening his Life Skills panel and putting the materials he needed on it, starting to refine the medicine that he could use at this time.

  "Ding, refining successful, obtained high-concentration Wasp medicine (Perfect grade) *3", the system's prompt echoed in Lin Chen's mind, making him secretly helpless. Without a pill furnace, he could only use his skill panel to refine it, and indeed the effect was greatly reduced. He had only managed to refine three Perfect-grade high-concentration Wasp medicines after all.

  Although the skill panel refines medicine, the quality is at least one level lower than that refined with a medicine furnace. However, refining with a skill panel has a huge advantage - it's much faster. The entire process takes only 10-15 seconds to complete.

  "Hoo-hoo-hoo...", three bottles of high-concentration Sas medicine were thrown in three different directions at the pursuing thieves, followed by another intense explosion. Although its power was far inferior to that of the unstable medicine, the three bottles together only managed to kill or injure a dozen or so people. However, the explosion was merely an additional function of the high-concentration gas medicine.

  "Throw the flame magic towards the direction of my exploding potion!”, Lin Chen hastily shouted to Xia Lu as he threw out his three bottles of high-concentration gas potion.

  "Alright!", although she didn't know why, but hearing the urgency in Lin Chen's voice, Xia Lu also hastily nodded her head, muttering the incantation for a string of fireballs, and then several fireballs were thrown towards the places where the three bottles of high-concentration gas medicine had just exploded.

  "Boom!!!", as the fireball approached, suddenly, three clusters of terrifying flames ignited, "pin"-shaped three clusters of flames, mixed with blue high-temperature terror, spread out, connecting into a large piece, almost burning the entire sky red, those bandits' wailing and howling cries were blocked by the flames that surged up more than ten meters high.

  "Haha, high-concentration gas, not only is it easy to explode, but it's also extremely flammable... Haha...", hearing the miserable cries, Lin Chen's mind received a hint of experience, and he secretly sneered in his heart, holding Xia Lu, and directly rushed into the forest.