Best Young Master

In the Trial Arena, the ancient tree towered into the sky, its dense foliage blocking out the sun. From afar, the roars of Xuan Beasts echoed intermittently, shaking the heavens, painting a scene of wilderness.

"Pfft!"

Ye Fan wielded the Jing Tian Divine Spear, pinning a hundred-zhang-long golden centipede to the black mountain body. Blood flowed down the mountain, forming a bloody pond at its foot.

"Mine, the inner core is mine, the Beast Core is also mine."

The Bai Yan wolf howled wildly. Once the golden centipede was completely dead, it suddenly stepped forward, swinging a large paw to slash a silver ray, splitting open the centipede’s head, from which rolled out a head-sized Beast Core, shining with emerald light.

The area around them was in a mess, with many places corroded by the centipede’s poison liquid into pits and craters. The nearby mountains had been beaten into ruins.

Ye Fan’s battle armor fluttered as he stood proudly in the void, watching the Bai Yan wolf extract the golden centipede’s Beast Core and inner core. Then, with a wave of his hand, the Jing Tian Divine Spear returned to his hand, and the centipede’s hundren-zhang-long body was also stored into the Virtual Space.

This was already the eighteenth powerful Xuan Beast he had slain.

Along the way, he and the Bai Yan wolf had slain countless oblivious Xuan Beasts, their armor stained with blood, acquiring no small amount of Beast Cores and inner cores.

The deeper they ventured, the stronger the Xuan Beasts they encountered. This Xuan Beast had already reached the strength of late-stage Lord Realm, and with its extraordinary talents and domineering poison liquid, Ye Fan had expended quite an effort to pin it to death.

This golden centipede was guarding a Golden Lotus, which had been growing for seventy to eighty thousand years. Its medicinal properties were fully restrained, with no fragrance whatsoever. If it weren’t for the Bai Yan wolf’s keen sense of smell, they would have likely missed it.

After picking the Golden Lotus, Ye Fan, with the Bai Yan wolf, continued to delve deeper into the central area of the Trial Arena.

After walking for a while, the Bai Yan wolf muttered quietly: "It’s strange. According to the usual pattern, we should encounter a powerful Xuan Beast. Why is there no movement at all?"

The mountains and forests were deathly silent. Not only were there no roars of Xuan Beasts, but even the calls of birds and insects were absent, the silence spine-chilling.

"Is it possible that there’s a powerful Beast King ahead?"

Ye Fan began to be cautious, spreading out his divine consciousness to scan the movements within a thousand miles ahead.

As soon as his divine consciousness extended, Ye Fan detected a few trialists up ahead, complaining as they retreated.

How powerful was his divine consciousness? It could completely avoid others’ senses, easily intercepting their conversation.

"Young Master Pang Xie is too domineering, wanting to monopolize the treasure!"

"Shush... keep your voice down. If he hears us, none of us will survive."

"What’s wrong with talking? The treasure belongs to him, and we’re not even allowed to complain? It’s ridiculous!"

"Xuan Ci Polar Light, it takes millions of years to produce a single ray. What a pity! We are fated to be without this treasure!"

"Ah... the more I think about it, the more indignant I become. Why? The Xuan Ci Polar Light isn’t their family’s. They cleared the field, not allowing anyone near. This way, once the Xuan Ci Polar Light emerges, he’ll naturally be the first to obtain it."

"We can’t help it. His father is the City Lord!"

"Let’s leave, let’s leave. If he finds out we’re still here, we’ll end up like those clueless ones, killed directly—I haven’t had enough of life yet!"

"That’s true. We don’t seek to compete for the chance of Proving Dao with those demons. As long as we can break through to the Venerable Realm and become a Saint, we’ll be content."

The two chatted as they walked, and soon left the area. Afterwards, the conversation shifted to other topics, so Ye Fan stopped listening.

"Xuan Ci Polar Light..."

Ye Fan stroked his chin for a moment and decided to try his luck.

Others feared Young Master Pang Xie’s influence, but Ye Fan did not. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have slain all his followers.

In the very center of the area stood a towering giant peak, tens of thousands of zhang high. At the base of the mountain, strands of Xuan Ci Polar Light shot upwards, clearly marking the presence of an ancient cave.

In front of the mountains, thick white Bone Powder had accumulated, making it a veritable Death Forbidden Land. Yet the Xuan Ci Polar Light within the cave was irresistibly alluring.

In front of the towering Xuan Ci Mountain, Young Master Pang Xie, dressed in brocade clothing, was resting with eyes closed. Beside him stood four middle-aged men, each exuding a powerful aura.

"Master, when will the Xuan Ci Polar Light emerge? We’ve been waiting here for three days. We can’t just keep waiting like this, can we?" one of the middle-aged men asked in a deep voice.

"It should be in the next few days. The Xuan Ci Polar Light is something I am determined to obtain. Any sacrifice is worth it if I can acquire it." Pang Xie’s handsome face always brimmed with confidence.

"Oh, by the way, is that ant surnamed Ye dead yet? Why haven’t those useless underlings reported back?"

Pang Xie frowned and asked one of the middle-aged men beside him.

"I don’t know. We haven’t received any news yet. But rest assured, that kid surnamed Ye is certainly doomed. Those soldiers are our brothers, extremely powerful. With so many people against him alone, it’s as easy as a snap." the man replied.

"That’s right. Perhaps they haven’t found Ye yet. After all, this Trial Arena is vast. Searching for one specific person in such an expansive area is like looking for a needle in a haystack!"

Another middle-aged man said, "But don’t worry, Master. As soon as they find that ant, with their strength, killing him will be like slaughtering a dog!"

"The two big brothers are right. Don’t forget, besides our people, there are also two other groups that want to kill him. Just the Iron Blooded Fifteen Riders alone can easily kill him. Perhaps he’s already dead, but our people don’t know yet. Don’t worry, I’m sure news will come soon."

The four chatted with ease, patrolling the surroundings to keep anyone from approaching. The Xuan Ci Polar Light must not fall into others’ hands.

Pang Xie learned from his father that within this Trial Arena lay a Xuan Ci Mountain, beneath which was a Ci Guang Cave. Inside the cave lay the naturally formed Xuan Ci Polar Light. Obtained, it could be refined into a terrifying Spiritual Treasure, impervious to any metal Holy Weapons, and is Immortal Materials capable of refining Emperor Weapons.

Moreover, the Xuan Ci Polar Light could temper a cultivator’s body, achieving a rebirth effect.

Such immortal treasures, how could he not be tempted?

He directly led his four trusted men to clear this area, not allowing anyone to approach, while he patiently awaited the emergence of the Xuan Ci Polar Light.

The Xuan Ci Polar Light is extremely terrifying; ordinary cultivators cannot get close, otherwise, they will certainly be decomposed by it.

Only when it is about to emerge does its power weaken, and only at that moment can the Xuan Ci Polar Light be obtained.

"Young Master Pang Xie is here, who dares to trespass the forbidden land? Are you sick of living?"

A middle-aged man beside Pang Xie noticed a trace of divine power fluctuation, abruptly turned around, and two beams of eerie green light shot from his eyes.

"What a big mouth!"

Ye Fan calmly emerged from the cover of the trees, beside him was the Bai Yan wolf, as large as a calf.

Currently, the Bai Yan wolf no longer had white eyes, its old wolf eyes shot two beams of green light, locking gazes with the middle-aged man.

"It’s you? You... you’re not dead yet?"

One of them looked at Ye Fan in shock, a face full of disbelief.

"You’re all not dead yet, why should I be?"

Unconcerned, Ye Fan strode toward the Xuan Ci Cave, with each step, a blurred pattern appeared beneath his feet.

"I don’t want to see him again, make him disappear for me!"

Pang Xie glared icily at Ye Fan, giving orders coldly.

"Leave it to us!"

The four middle-aged men exchanged glances, a trace of cold divine radiance flashed through their eyes!

"Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut, let me handle it!"

A middle-aged man with a terrifying, ferocious scar on his face sneered and approached Ye Fan.

"Old Scar Zhou, don’t waste time, just take him down and search his divine soul. To have walked the strongest trial path, he must possess extraordinary martial arts and secret techniques that the young master desires!"

One of them laughed while speaking to Scarface.

"Of course!"

Scarface smiled smugly, beckoning to Ye Fan, saying, "Kid, let grandpa send you on your way!"

"Noisy!"

Ye Fan suddenly accelerated, his body breaking the bounds of space and appeared directly before Scar Zhou, a golden palm struck his scarred face hard, sending him flying with a bloody, blurred visage!

"You..."

Scarface was furious, his whole body’s blood surged, and the injured cheek instantly healed, his eyes ablaze, he punched at Ye Fan from afar.

"Screech!"

A blazing Punch Ray pierced the void like a sharp sword, blasting toward Ye Fan, the terrifying aura overwhelming!

"Kill!"

Ye Fan shouted explosively, using the Divine Soul Resonance Heavenly Sound, like a lightning strike on a clear day, shaking Scarface’s blood and energy, his divine soul quaking.

Then, Ye Fan swung a golden fist, wrapped in the wild Thunder Power, smashing toward Scarface’s Punch Ray ruthlessly.

"Boom!"

The entire region boiled over, terrifying energy overflowed, a wave of destruction spread from the collision point of their punch rays, affecting a hundred miles around, turning all vegetation to ash, and several low mountains completely shattered.

"Let me send you on your way first!"

Ye Fan’s cold voice rang beside Scarface; he pinched the Sword Seal, simulating the Emperor’s Heavenly Weapon with the Ten Thousand Transformation Saint Technique, and cleaved Scarface in one stroke.

Blood light erupted!

Scarface screamed, his cleaved body rapidly fled, then operated a secret technique to painfully merge back together, bit by bit forcing out the terrifying killing intent from his body.

"Let’s all go together, this kid is somewhat tricky!"

Being cleaved in half by Ye Fan, Scarface felt terror, no longer caring about saving face, shouting loudly.

"All of you, go together, resolve him quickly. As for his martial arts and secret techniques, it doesn’t matter if we lose them, he must not hinder me from obtaining the Xuan Ci Polar Light!"

Young Master Pang Xie frowned, instructing the other three.

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