Chapter 8: Continuing to Flee (Seeking Bookmarks and Recommendations)

  (PS: 20,000 words already, and it has risen to the top of the new book list in the category. Everyone is giving me strength, keep going forward, I hope to rush to the front page of the new book list, hehe...)

  Holding the motionless Xia Lu, Lin Chen directly ran into the small woods. Due to the injury caused by his three bottles of high-concentration anesthetic, dozens of bandits were burned to death in the scorching flames that reached the sky. The continuous experience prompts echoed in Lin Chen's mind.

  "Alright, I'm almost at level 12...", after confirming that the bandits behind wouldn't easily catch up, Lin Chen checked his stats and saw he was already at level 11 with 4185/6000 experience. Of course, level 12 wasn't Lin Chen's goal; his current goal was level 16. Although at level 13 there would be a skill called "Inner Strength Shield" that increased defense, the increase in defensive power wasn't much. Only the "Instant Step" evasion skill at level 16 could be considered a lifesaving ultimate move.

  Temporarily out of danger, Lin Chen finally put Xia Lu down, looking at Xia Lu who was half-lying on the ground. Lin Chen rummaged through his own package and pulled out a bottle of medicinal treatment, handing it to Xia Lu's face, "Here, quickly use this to treat your foot injury. We're not truly safe yet."

  "What a perfect remedy...", the scarlet remedy, in its small bottle, was amber-colored and extremely beautiful. Seeing this remedy, Xia Lu, who had been feeling shy and embarrassed due to Lin Chen's hug, was immediately drawn to the remedy in Lin Chen's hand.

  He carefully sized him up for a long time, looking at Lin Chen with a shocked expression on his face: "I saw someone give my grandfather a bottle of perfect-grade healing medicine as a birthday gift before, but it didn't look as good as the one in your hand. Is this an epic-grade healing medicine?"

  "Stop talking so much! Hurry up and drink it away! It'll be troublesome if they chase us into the woods...", although they had already entered the woods, but only a few hundred meters in. Lin Chen was cautiously looking back, paying attention to the bandits chasing into the woods, seeing Xia Lu still worrying about the medicine at this time, with a defeated look on her face. Even if you're interested in the medicine, can't you at least distinguish between situations?

  "Drink it away? What a waste……", Xia Lu looked at Lin Chen with an expression of looking at a spendthrift, shook her head firmly, then carefully opened the lid of the medicine bottle, took off her leather boots and white silk stockings, revealing a pair of small white feet. Originally crystal clear and transparent perfect jade feet, but now had a bruise swelling up, seriously affecting the beauty of the jade feet.

  At the sight of these jade-like feet, even Lin Chen, who thought he had a strong willpower, couldn't help but steal a few more glances with his hidden eyes, and secretly admire them in his heart. Indeed, she was worthy of being a young lady from an ancient feudal society, nurtured in luxury and pampered. This fair and translucent skin could make the vast majority of women jealous to death.

  Pour out a small amount of the treatment agent, about one-fifth, in an amber color, and slowly apply it to the bruised area. Gently massage and rub it in, and the bruise will quickly disappear, truly worthy of being called an epic treatment agent.

  "Awesome!!! It's healed so quickly!", it had only been half a minute, and her injuries had completely recovered. Xia Lu's face was filled with surprise and joy as she lifted her head up.

  Lin Chen, who was originally peeking with the corner of his eye, was caught by Xia Lu's raised eyes, and his heart instinctively panicked, turning his face away in a fluster. In order to cover up his own embarrassment, he hastily said: "If you use all these medicinal treatments, one breath of time is enough to recover from your injuries, but now so much time has been wasted."

  Xia Lu, who had lifted her head, caught Lin Chen stealing a glance at her bare feet, and her face turned bright red with embarrassment. It seemed as if there was a small deer colliding in her heart. At this moment, Xia Lu also felt some regret, having taken off her shoes and socks in front of a strange man.

  "Everyone, chase! The woman's foot is injured! They can't get away!", just as the atmosphere was a bit awkward for a moment, a loud roar suddenly sounded from afar, startling Lin Chen and Xia Lu.

  "Not good! They're after us!", Hearing this voice, Xia Lu's face was also shocked, and she hastily put on her shoes and socks in a mess, got up from the ground, and followed Lin Chen to quickly run towards the depths of the forest.

  However, she was a physically weak magician, and even if she used her full strength, the speed was not impressive. Moreover, after running only a few hundred meters, she was already panting heavily.

  Due to Xia Lu's speed, although there are only two people running now, the speed is still not as fast as when Lin Chen was carrying her and running. As the noise from behind grew louder and louder, Lin Chen hesitated for a moment before speaking up: "How about I carry you on my back? At this rate, we won't be able to escape..."

  When Lin Chen made the suggestion, Xia Lu thought of what he had just done to her feet and immediately blushed. This also made Lin Chen feel embarrassed for a while. Fortunately, Xia Lu only hesitated slightly before nodding her head lightly with a lowered head.

  When Xia Lu agreed, Lin Chen didn't know why, but he felt a little thrilled in his heart. He quickly walked over, bent down, and waited for Xia Lu to climb onto his back. As soon as she did, he felt two soft bulges on his back, which made Lin Chen's body tremble. However, the people chasing behind were getting closer and closer, so Lin Chen didn't dare to delay and immediately took off in a sprint.

  "Over here! They're over here!!!", at this time, a loud shout rose up, in the midst of the hurry, turning back to take a look, it was actually that Lv38 archer, agilely running through the forest, discovering Lin Chen and the others. The archer's profession, in this forest, was almost their home turf.

  "It seems this task is much more difficult than I imagined", seeing the archer behind him catching up, Lin Chen's heart secretly shocked, his feet ran even more wildly, while in his heart he muttered to himself.

  "Visual interference agent (Epic grade), capable of forming a black smoke screen with a radius of thousands of meters, interfering with vision". Helplessly, Lin Chen took out another bottle of rare medicine. This kind of medicine is usually used when fighting against a BOSS and can't win, or when escaping for one's life. It seems that it can only be wasted here too.

  The medicine in his hand was thrown backwards, and a thick black smoke appeared immediately after, spreading rapidly to all sides. Seeing the bowmen being engulfed by the black smoke, Lin Chen smiled secretly to himself, no longer running in the original direction, but instead turning left and charging into the black smoke, running towards the left.

  Although shrouded in black smoke, the archer was still able to grasp Lin Chen's escape direction. When he crashed into several large trees in the smoke-shrouded forest and finally rushed out of the range of the black smoke, Lin Chen, who had been fleeing in this direction, suddenly disappeared without a trace. "Huh? Where did he go?"

  Vision interference potion, since it was used to escape from the BOSS, naturally wouldn't interfere with allies as well. Although the person using the potion would also be affected to some extent, compared to those who couldn't see their own hands in front of them, they were much better off, at least having a visibility range of about 10 meters, and not crashing into trees like that archer.

  "Whoa, temporarily got rid of...", in the black smoke, Lin Chen rushed for hundreds of meters. After rushing out of the black smoke, Lin Chen secretly let out a sigh of relief. Although Lin Chen and the archer were only separated by a few hundred meters, there was a dense fog between them that wouldn't disperse within ten minutes.

  Although temporarily got rid of, Lin Chen knew he was not truly safe yet. Now taking advantage of the black smoke that trapped those people in the forest, he quickly pulled away to a safe distance.

  Thinking of this, Lin Chen carried Xia Lu on his back and ran wildly towards the deeper part of the forest...