Chapter 17: Today, you cannot escape even if you had wings!

"Hmm?"

At a certain moment, while walking, Lin Fan suddenly came to a stop, his eyebrows slightly furrowing.

It turned out that a moment ago, his mind had reminded him there was a fork in the road ahead, where danger lurked no matter which path he took. Turning right would lead him into the territory of a King Profound Realm demon beast, while going left would take him into an ancient battlefield left behind from ten thousand years ago, fraught with perils.

Both left and right were extremely dangerous.

But now, Lin Fan had to choose one.

Of course, Lin Fan could also detour from other places.

However, this would require at least an additional five or six days' time.

In a few more days, the Sky Star Sect would begin recruiting disciples, and Lin Fan simply did not have that much time.

"What should I choose?" Lin Fan stood still, wrestling with the decision internally.

Boom boom boom...

At this moment, a great noise came from the direction of the Transcendent demon beast territory, as though many powerful demon beasts were rushing toward his location.

"Not good!"

A bad premonition arose in Lin Fan's heart.

Very soon, Lin Fan spotted an old man leading a dozen or so powerful demon beasts, charging in his direction—it was none other than Zhou Qianyong from the Zhou Family.

Zhou Qianyong practiced a unique Cultivation Technique that allowed him to control demon beasts to some extent. After entering the Sky Star mountains, he used his control over some demon beasts to quickly locate Lin Fan and even reached some sort of agreement with some powerful demon beasts, bringing them directly to hunt Lin Fan down.

Zhou Qianyong had only one goal, and that was to kill Lin Fan in revenge for the Zhou Family's son, Zhou Gang.

"You little beast, today you cannot escape death, die!"

Zhou Qianyong's roar echoed loudly.

Following this roar, a rolling pressure swept toward Lin Fan, who only felt his Soul Ocean tremble, as if it were about to collapse.

"Run!"

In the next moment, without any hesitation, Lin Fan bolted toward the direction of the battlefield left behind from ten thousand years ago.

Although the ancient battlefield was also extremely dangerous, Lin Fan no longer had any other options but to enter it.

Zhou Qianyong and the demon beasts under his command were extremely fast, closing the distance with Lin Fan more and more. At their current speed, it would only take a few breaths before Lin Fan would be overtaken.

And yet, Lin Fan was still a long distance from the battlefield.

In any normal situation, Zhou Qianyong and his group would definitely catch up to Lin Fan before he could enter the battlefield.

"You little beast, don't even think about escaping, today you cannot fly even with wings!"

While speaking, Zhou Qianyong struck out with his palm, fully invoking the power of an Earth Profound Realm master.

As Zhou Qianyong launched his palm strike, a huge energy palm appeared, compressing space as it swept toward Lin Fan.

In an instant, it had already reached behind Lin Fan.

It should be noted that at this time, Lin Fan was merely at the late period of the Initial Profound Realm, and his physical body was still very weak. If this palm strike hit him, he would most certainly be reduced to dust.

"Hmph, I'll stake everything!"

Clinching his teeth, Lin Fan made his decision.

An Array Plate and an Array Flag appeared in Lin Fan's left and right hands, respectively, and with a casual wave, he summoned the Heaven and Earth Energy within a hundred meters to form an Energy Barrier behind him.

Boom...

At that moment, the palm strike from Zhou Qianyong landed, slamming heavily upon the Energy Barrier.

The immense energy transferred through the Energy Barrier hit Lin Fan, causing him to spit out a mouthful of blood. Then, like a string-cut kite, Lin Fan's body flew forward, vomiting several more mouthfuls of blood while still airborne.

Lin Fan sustained severe injuries!

This was only because Lin Fan had promptly mobilized the Heaven and Earth Energy to create an Energy Barrier, blocking most of the attack; otherwise, he would have undoubtedly perished.

In the next moment, Lin Fan's body crashed heavily into the ground, once more coughing up several mouthfuls of blood.

However, at this time, Lin Fan felt an immense joy, as if there were no wounds on his body at all.

Because at this moment, Zhou Qianyong's palm strike had sent Lin Fan into the midst of the battlefield.

Despite the severe injuries, Lin Fan had ultimately saved his own life.

Zhou Qianyong and a dozen demon beasts quickly followed pursuit, but they stopped not far from where Lin Fan was on the other side, not daring to step into the ancient battlefield left behind from ten thousand years ago.

Zhou Qianyong also knew the dreadfulness of this battlefield. He was well aware that this battlefield was extremely tricky; even a warrior of the Heavenly Profound Realm would eventually be unable to escape and be doomed to perish within once they fell into it.

Therefore, even though Zhou Qianyong wanted to slay Lin Fan, he dared not move forward.

"Haha!"

Lin Fan burst into hearty laughter, looking at Zhou Qianyong and taunting him, "You old fool, don't you want to kill me? Come on, if you have the guts, come here and do it!"

Zhou Qianyong's complexion turned ugly, then he said coldly, "Now, you little beast have fallen deep into the Death Battlefield. In the end, you will be trapped inside, so why should I make a move?"

This battlefield from ten thousand years ago was known as the Death Battlefield.

After a pause, Zhou Qianyong then loudly proclaimed, "It's just a pity that you, this little beast, killed my son Zhou Gang, and I can't personally kill you to avenge him."

Lin Fan said, "That kind of person deserved death!"

Saying this, Lin Fan coughed up another mouthful of blood, his body swaying once again. It was evident that Lin Fan's condition was dire, and if his willpower wasn't strong enough, perhaps he would have already collapsed.

But Lin Fan quickly regained his composure, looked at Zhou Qianyong, and said somberly, "I, Lin Fan, swear today that if I live to walk out of the Death Battlefield, one day, I will surely annihilate the Zhou Family."

As Lin Fan spoke, waves of killing intent surged out from his body.

"Haha!"

Upon hearing Lin Fan's words, Zhou Qianyong burst into laughter, even bending at the waist, as if he'd heard the funniest joke in the world.

After the laughter, Zhou Qianyong then loudly said, "You actually still think about walking out of the Death Battlefield? Truly a fool dreaming."

Lin Fan indifferently stated, "Whether I can walk out of the Death Battlefield or not, you will find out in time."

Having said that, Lin Fan turned around and, with staggering steps, began to walk step by step into the depths of the Death Battlefield.

Lin Fan knew that he was now deeply entrapped within the Death Battlefield and, even with the map in his mind, it was impossible to escape under normal circumstances.

Knowing that it was impossible to leave the Death Battlefield, Lin Fan did not make any futile effort because he knew all attempts here would be in vain. Strong Killing Arrays lined the edges of the Death Battlefield, making escape impossible even for those of the Heavenly Profound Realm, let alone himself.

If he couldn't leave, he might as well continue further inside; perhaps other opportunities awaited.

Zhou Qianyong watched Lin Fan's retreating figure.

For some reason, in that very moment, as he watched Lin Fan's figure, his heart inexplicably filled with unease.

Zhou Qianyong even felt a premonition that perhaps Lin Fan truly might be able to walk out of the Death Battlefield.