<h4>Chapter 370: Skirmish: Part 1</h4>


    Lin Sheng retracted his hand and looked at the potion.


    “Very well. This thing is mine now.” He smiled as he tossed the bottle in his hand.


    The cultist leader’s eyes widened as he turned and ran. He had sacrificed so many town citizens to create that four monsters, and with them not being able to do anything against thetter, he could not figure out a way to turn the tables.


    Unfortunately for him, barely a few steps in, a dark power thread sted out of his forehead.


    *Whoof!*


    As the thread retracted, the old man fell onto the ground, dead.


    At the same time, a storm of dark power threads shot out from Lin Sheng’s back like a bristling porcupine. All of these threads easily avoided those from Baine and Nymphaea.


    Be it the military, the four monsters, or a few wandering Darksiders, who had just appeared, all twenty of them were instantly killed.


    The dark power threads on Lin Sheng’s was like a piercing needle as they were swiftly retracted. And the moment one needle was pulled back, one Darksider dropped dead.


    But when it was the turn of the civilian Darksiders, a scrawnydy that had been looking down and keeping silent suddenly lifted her hand as her sharp, ckened nailed struck out, and shattered the dark power thread.


    But before she could continue to resist, hundreds of dark power threads swarmed over in a frenzy like sharks scenting blood towards her.


    *Bam!! Bam!! Bam!!*


    “Ughhh!!!”


    Amidst the piercing whistles, the scrawnydy only managed to take out a couple of threads before her defense faltered as arge hole was bored through the chest.


    Even so, she did not fall dead, and simply stood there and gave Lin Sheng an eerie look as she gave up resisting.


    “Very well, killing our pawns. We will meet soon enough. Very soon... and when that timees, you will pay for this!”


    As she said that, her body quickly dissolved and barely two secondster as the body was reduced into a stter of ck liquid.


    “That’s quite the promation even when she’s that weak.” Lin Sheng was rather speechless. A genuine, powerful character would not give out such promations.


    He had plenty of things to deal with on a daily basis on top of his busy research work, he did not have the time to entertain threats like this.


    And even when he was faced with one, he soon tossed it to the back of his mind and ignored it altogether.


    ...


    Inside an art room in the city.


    There was an oil painting on the wall, in the background were a ck in and a grey manor. Standing in front of the manor was an elegant-looking nobledy in a ck dress.


    Thedy in the drawing originally held a rose vase and was smiling as she sat on the grass and enjoying the sun.


    At this moment, however, the elegant face had given way to viciousness.


    “My host body is destroyed! Tarnation!”


    With slow steps, she walked out of the picture frame and into the room as she threw the vase in her hand violently aside.


    A loud crashter, the vase shattered into countless pieces, throwing the rose it in onto the ground.


    “You’ll pay with your own body for destroying my host!”


    A chilling sneer appeared on the nobledy’s face after she calmed down a little. She then walked out of the art room and onto the city’s street as she made towards the direction Lin Sheng was at in the distance.


    Barely a few steps in, purple markings started to crawl up her legs. The markings looked like a purplework as it held her solidly in ce.


    “Who goes there!? Show yourself!” The nobledy paused for a bit as shapeless energy sted the purple markings apart.


    Amid the thick mist, a powerful dark figure approached.


    “The Entrance is mine, Madam. I’m sure you still remember that?”


    Thedy sneered as a series of dark shadows appeared in the mist around her. These shadows were extremely thin, and their legs reached their knees with long fingers and nails. All of the shadows formed around her back, like guards protecting their liege.


    “Madam, if you want to overturn the table, you need to first ensure you have the ability to pull it off.” The powerful figure’s voice sounded even more menacing.


    Within the mist behind him, countless human figures slowly formed around him. The shadows were slightly smaller than him, but each was at least two meters in height.


    In a blink of an eye, at least hundreds of figures were standing off against the nobledy.


    From another direction, a dark figure on a massive horse approached from the mist.


    Following the cantering of the horse was a gentle and calm male voice.


    “Don’t worry. We still have fifteen minutes. If the n fails, then we’ll see where they end up in. If they are in your area, feel free to take the potion for yourself.


    If it is mine, then don’t me me for taking it as a tribute. And of course, if it is in his area...”


    All three parties went silent.


    As the representation of the three forces here, there was little to no difference in their strength, and all were weary of each other.


    “What if he leaves the ce?” The nobledy sneered.


    “Then it belongs to all three of us as the n fails. If thates to pass, we’ll all move out, and kill everyone.” The rider said.


    ...


    After Lin Sheng and Tenko Kasumi had obtained the potion, they kept their word and brought Shafreddy and the rest towards the outside.


    While Kasumi’s strength testing has yet to bepleted, the unexpected finding he had was enough for Lin Sheng to leave this ce earlier.


    If he manages to utilize the Entrance potion correctly, he could either use it as a tool for recognition or some other things. Either way, it will be a great boon to him.


    Aside from the entrances guarded by the three hidden realms, there were other entrances as well. But the ones the three hidden realms were suppressing were the biggest.


    All sorts of families, universities or Darksider factions were suppressing all sorts of Entrances of all sizes.


    And if he could master the potion in his hand, the benefits would be enormous.


    Lin Sheng had Kasumi lead the group, while he followed in the rear.


    As he headed back, he pondered about the unexpected find in his mind. He, however, did not notice a pair of red eyes were staring at his direction from afar.


    The eyes were so well hidden that even Tenko Kasumi did not notice them.


    Of perhaps she did notice them, but she could not be bothered to tell him.


    Shafreddy, Ian and the rest of the academy forces led by Laylee walked in the middle and was nervous.


    Aside from the potion, she had gained another very important item, and if she could return safely, it will serve Carta nche and the three hidden realms well.


    But she was clear that be it the Sevenlocks Tower or those hidden mysterious factions, they would not allow her to leave so easily.