Unable to kill Xu Shangjie, Lin Bai continued searching Qingyou Mountain for the whereabouts of a True Martial Realm demonic beast.
"With my current strength, hunting a first-level True Martial Realm demonic beast should be a piece of cake."
"But how come I've been wandering around in here for so long without finding a single True Martial Realm demonic beast?"
Lin Bai wandered aimlessly. With the trial nearly over, he still had not found a single True Martial Realm demonic beast.
"Forget it. I'll go find Tiedan and Shaolong first. I wonder if they have enough tokens."
Along the way, Lin Bai had killed many people, and the number of tokens on him had now reached a peak—ninety-three of them.
The main reason was that Xu Shangjie had offered a bounty of twenty thousand spirit stones for Lin Bai's head. It was simply too tempting, so many martial artists attacked whenever they encountered Lin Bai.
Lin Bai killed them in retaliation, and their tokens naturally fell into his hands.
Whoosh—
Just then.
A sharp arrow shot through the air from the forest.
"Who's there?"
Quick as a flash, Lin Bai struck back with a claw and caught the arrow in his hand, then cast a cold gaze into the woods.
"You actually managed to catch my arrow. No wonder Xu Shangjie offered twenty thousand spirit stones to have you killed."
"But it doesn't matter. I'll be taking those twenty thousand spirit stones."
After saying this coldly from the shadows, the man drew his bow, nocked an arrow, and fired explosively.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Four arrows appeared in the air, crashing toward the earth like meteors.
The arrows carried terrifying force, smashing apart every great tree in their path.
"Slash!"
Drawing the Spirit Severing Sword, Lin Bai swept it horizontally, breaking all the arrows.
"I heard long ago that there was an expert archer in this trial named Liu Qing. Looks like it's him."
"Hmph. You picked a fight with me too. You really had no idea who you were provoking!"
Lin Bai charged toward the forest from which the arrows had flown.
Liu Qing had already made quite a name for himself in the trial. His most famous battle was against the New Talent King, Nan Lidao, whom he had nearly killed.
He had become famous in a single battle.
After that, Liu Qing had seized tokens through trickery and force, hunting martial artists throughout the trial.
Therefore, the number of tokens on him should be the highest in the entire trial.
Charging into the woods, Lin Bai shattered the thorns before him with a single sword strike. A streak of sword light shot forth in fury, forcing the man hiding behind a great tree into the open.
"You actually managed to find my position. Impressive indeed. Looks like I can't kill you this time. Once I take first place in the trial and obtain the Profound Grade martial technique, I'll come back for you."
Seeing that his position had been exposed, Liu Qing said coldly before turning and running.
Liu Qing was an expert archer to begin with, and he was extremely afraid of close combat.
"You ambushed me, and now you think you can just run?"
Lin Bai charged after him with his sword.
"Lin Bai, I advise you not to push your luck. Since I'm not killing you, you should kneel and thank me."
Liu Qing spoke coldly.
"Heh."
Lin Bai seemed to have heard the greatest joke in the world. Liu Qing was simply far too arrogant.
Even though he knew Lin Bai had discovered him, he acted as though he had deliberately chosen to spare Lin Bai.
Slash!
A streak of sword light shot out and struck Liu Qing in the back.
"How dare you kill me! I'm a martial artist of the Divine Alliance!"
"If you kill me, you'll be subjected to the Divine Alliance's endless pursuit!"
Although Liu Qing had been defeated, he still spoke with arrogance soaring to the heavens.
"If you know what's good for you, chop off your own head and hand it to me."
"Enough of your nonsense! I've already killed plenty of Divine Alliance martial artists. One more won't make a difference."
Lin Bai raised his sword and was about to sever Liu Qing's head.
Liu Qing's expression finally changed, and he hurriedly said, "Lin Bai, don't kill me. I'll trade you a piece of information for my life."
"What information? Let's hear it." Lin Bai asked curiously.
"Ye Suxin and Xu Shangjie have already captured your two good brothers. They're waiting for you at Ten Mile Slope. If you don't go, they'll definitely be killed by Ye Suxin when the trial ends."
"That information is enough to buy my life, isn't it?"
Liu Qing spoke coldly.
"Ye Suxin! If you dare touch Tiedan and Shaolong, I'll wipe out your entire clan!"
The instant Lin Bai heard this, he flew into a rage.
Martial artists fighting to the death was something Lin Bai could accept, but what he could never tolerate was using the relatives and friends beside him to threaten him.
That had already touched Lin Bai's reverse scale.
"Now you can let me go, right?"
"Lin Bai, I hope you can survive Ye Suxin when you go to Ten Mile Slope. If you do, then your life will be mine."
Liu Qing climbed up from the ground and spoke coldly.
"I really don't know who gave you the courage. You've clearly already been subdued by me, yet you're still this arrogant!"
Enraged, Lin Bai thrust his sword through Liu Qing's heart.
"You! You really dare to kill me... I'm a martial artist of the Divine Alliance!"
Even at death's door, Liu Qing still stared at Lin Bai in disbelief.
"The Divine Alliance? I already told you—if the Divine Alliance doesn't provoke me, everything is fine. Otherwise, I'll wipe out the Divine Alliance!"
Lin Bai pulled out his blade, bringing out a spray of hot blood. He put away Liu Qing's Storage Bag, then turned and sped straight toward Ten Mile Slope.
"Xu Shangjie, you beast! Let go of me! We'll fight fair and square!"
"Why did you capture us?"
Qi Shaolong and Tiedan had been captured and tied together.
Qi Shaolong's face was full of fury, while Tiedan looked utterly bewildered.
"What else could it be? Isn't it because this fool can't beat Lin Bai and wants to use us to threaten him?" Qi Shaolong had already seen through Xu Shangjie's scheme.
Half an hour earlier, Qi Shaolong and Tiedan had just killed twenty demonic beasts and were preparing to leave the trial.
They had suddenly been captured by Xu Shangjie's disciple, Xu Rui.
Xu Rui brought the two of them before Xu Shangjie, who was overjoyed.
Slap! Slap!
Xu Shangjie slapped Qi Shaolong twice across the face. "Shut your dog mouths! I'm keeping you alive because Lin Bai hasn't arrived yet. Once Lin Bai comes, you're both dead!"
"I'm truly curious whether Lin Bai will come."
Qi Shaolong and Tiedan glared furiously at Xu Shangjie.
Qi Shaolong laughed angrily. "You can forget about it. Although Lin Bai and I are roommates from the same room, our relationship isn't good. He won't come here to throw his life away for the two of us."
"Your plan is doomed to fail!"
Qi Shaolong spoke indignantly.
"That may not be true. Although Lin Bai's cultivation is extremely high, I can tell that he's someone who values loyalty."
"He'll definitely come."
Xu Shangjie spoke coldly.
"Big Brother, once Lin Bai arrives, let's cripple his dantian first. Then let me beat him up properly before tearing him apart limb from limb. Otherwise, I won't be able to quell the hatred in my heart!"
Xu Rui spoke with incomparable fury.
That day, Lin Bai had driven Xu Rui out of Yellow Character Room Five, causing him to lose all face in front of the newcomers.
Xu Rui had sworn to take revenge on Lin Bai!
"Good! We'll chop off his head and use it as a chamber pot!"
Xu Shangjie laughed wildly.
"Xu Shangjie, Xu Rui, you two bastards! Let Shaolong and Tiedan go!"
Just then, an enraged voice came from the forest in the distance, startling a flock of birds into the sky.
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