The night before the National League finals.
Ye Xuan was cultivating frantically in his hotel room, trying to consolidate the realm he had forcibly raised through a secret technique.
Just Then, a ghostlike figure appeared soundlessly outside his window.
"Who?!"
Ye Xuan's eyes snapped open. Every hair on his body stood on end as an intense sense of danger surged into his heart.
The window was gently pushed open.
A man clad in a black robe, wearing a silver mask over his face, drifted silently inside as though he had no weight at all.
His aura was as deep as the sea, making Ye Xuan's heart skip a beat.
This was definitely a super expert!
"Don't be nervous." The Masked Man's voice was hoarse yet magnetic. "I mean no harm."
As he spoke, he casually waved a hand, and an ancient rosewood box landed steadily on the table before Ye Xuan.
"A small token of greeting. Please accept it."
Ye Xuan did not look at the box. His gaze remained fixed on the Masked Man as he asked warily, "Who are you people? What do you want from me?"
"We are people who appreciate you."
The Masked Man chuckled softly and said slowly, "As for our purpose... what do you think?"
He did not say it outright, but his gaze seemed to drift toward the direction of Lin Family Manor beyond the window.
Boom!
Ye Xuan's heart gave a sudden tremor!
He understood in an instant!
These people were Lin Yuan's enemies!
He opened the rosewood box.
In an instant, dense and pure spiritual energy, so concentrated it was nearly tangible, rushed at his face!
Inside the box lay a Thousand-Year Fire Lingzhi the size of a fist, crimson throughout, as if magma flowed within it.
Beside it were three crystal-clear Top-Grade Spirit Stones emitting terrifying fluctuations of energy!
Hiss—!
Even Ye Xuan could not help but suck in a sharp breath when he saw these things!
Any one of these items, if taken outside, would be enough to stir up a rain of blood and wind of carnage!
Yet now, they had simply been presented before him as a "greeting gift"!
The other side's wealth was simply unfathomable!
"You... are people from the Huangfu Family?"
Ye Xuan asked tentatively.
Recently, apart from the Huangfu Family, which had a blood feud with the Lin Family, he could think of no one else who dared to provoke Lin Yuan so openly and possessed such deep reserves.
The Masked Man smiled without confirming or denying it, which amounted to an admission.
"Well? Ye Xuan, we have a common enemy and a common goal. In this world, there are no allies more steadfast than this."
Ye Xuan's heart began pounding violently.
Reason told him that cooperating with a colossal force like the Huangfu Family was no different from scheming with a tiger. With the slightest misstep, he would be devoured until not even bone fragments remained.
But...
He could not refuse!
He needed resources too badly!
The backlash of the Burning Blood Dragon Transformation Technique was growing more severe by the day.
Without a vast quantity of natural treasures to replenish his life essence, let alone taking revenge on Lin Yuan, he feared he would not even live to see next month's sun!
"Teacher... what should I do?" he called out anxiously in his heart. "The Huangfu Family clearly wants to use me as a shield to deal with Lin Yuan!"
Within his Consciousness Sea, the Extreme Dao Ancestor remained silent for a long while before letting out a faint sigh.
"Kid, wealth and honor are sought amid danger!"
"Given your current situation, there is no way back! The Huangfu Family wants to use you, but aren't you using them as well?"
"They see you as a blade, so become the sharpest blade! Take every benefit they offer first, and turn it all into your own strength!"
"As long as you become strong enough—strong enough that even they cannot control you—the blade can turn around and bite its master!"
"Use them boldly! Right now, you need these things!"
The Extreme Dao Ancestor's words were like a calming pill for Ye Xuan.
He raised his head, and the last trace of hesitation in his eyes was replaced by resolve and madness.
"Fine! I accept!"
"A wise choice." The Masked Man nodded in satisfaction. "Rest assured, this is only the beginning. As long as you keep causing trouble for Lin Yuan, we—the Huangfu Family—will supply you with resources without limit!"
With that, his figure turned into a wisp of black smoke once more and vanished into the night.
Ye Xuan stared at the treasures on the table, treasures enough to drive any Martial Artist mad, and unprecedented ecstasy erupted in his eyes!
"HAHAHA! Destiny stands with me! I, Ye Xuan, truly am favored by destiny!"
"Lin Yuan! Do you see that? Even the heavens are helping me!"
He immediately set down several isolation formations, then grabbed the Thousand-Year Fire Lingzhi and swallowed it in a single bite!
Rumble—!
An incomparably violent fire-element energy exploded within his body!
It felt as though he had swallowed a living volcano!
Ye Xuan let out a pained roar and frantically circulated the Burning Blood Dragon Transformation Technique, guiding that terrifying energy to scour through his limbs and bones!
The bottleneck within his body was like paper before that tyrannical power, instantly smashed through!
Boom!
Marrow Cleansing Realm Third Level!
Success!
Yet it was not over!
The medicinal power of the Thousand-Year Fire Lingzhi remained vast and boundless!
Ye Xuan's eyes turned bloodshot as he grasped all three Top-Grade Spirit Stones in his hands, devouring their energy madly like a giant whale drawing in water!
Rumble rumble—!
The aura within his body rose higher and higher once again!
The realm barrier he had only just stabilized was forcibly rammed open again!
Marrow Cleansing Realm Fourth Level!
Two consecutive breakthroughs in a single night!
"AAAAAHHH—!"
Ye Xuan threw back his head and howled.
A terrifying aura several times stronger than before shot skyward from his body, nearly blowing the roof off the entire hotel!
Feeling the unprecedented power surging endlessly through his body, his face broke into a deliriously joyous smile!
"I truly am the Child of Destiny!"
He clenched his fist, feeling the power within it that could split mountains and shatter stones, and his confidence swelled as never before!
"Lin Yuan! Just you wait!"
"I will catch up to you eventually! Then I'll crush you viciously beneath my feet!"
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