The old man regrets it! Is Lin Yuan the Son of Destiny?

The words fell.

He suddenly reached out, his five fingers forming a claw, and fiercely plunged them into Wang Teng's chest!

"Ah--!"

Wang Teng let out a piercing scream that was not human!

He could clearly feel his entire body's Essence Blood and spiritual energy being madly and continuously drawn out through Ye Xuan's arm!

His body was rapidly shriveling!

Meanwhile, Ye Xuan had a look of intoxication on his face!

He could feel an unprecedentedly powerful force surging madly within his body!

"So... so powerful!"

"Lin Yuan! Just you wait! I'll soon... soon be able to crush you under my feet! Everything you've done to me, I'll return it a thousandfold, a hundredfold!"

A few seconds later.

Wang Teng had become a dried corpse.

Ye Xuan, satisfied, withdrew his hand, feeling the surging power within him, inwardly exulting!

"Teacher, look, I've gotten stronger again!"

He boasted inwardly to the Extreme Dao Ancestor.

However, his mind was silent.

Ever since Ye Xuan started associating with his mysterious and powerful father, he had become increasingly silent.

Firstly, Ye Xuan's father's strength was unfathomable, making this wisp of remnant soul feel deeply wary, afraid of exposing himself.

Secondly... he watched Ye Xuan walk further and further down this dark path, his heart filled with complex emotions.

Of course, he wanted Ye Xuan to become stronger.

Because only when Ye Xuan was strong enough would he have a chance to break free from this damned ring and regain his life!

But... he didn't want the Price to be Ye Xuan completely falling into the demonic path, becoming a monster that only knew how to kill and devour!

An old fox knows when to lie low!

This kid is beyond saving!

I must have been blind back then!

How could I have chosen such a twisted individual?

He seemed honest and dependable on the surface, and I thought he had potential, but inside he was already rotten to the core!

If I had known this would happen, I should have...

In Extreme Dao Ancestor's mind, another figure uncontrollably surfaced.

That young man who lay lazily on a chair, yet suppressed the entire scene with a single thought, treating all heroes under heaven as nothing.

Lin Yuan!

That kid, although his actions were eccentric and he seemed like a slacker, his disposition and bearing were that of a true Emperor!

What a pity... what a pity!

For the first time, Extreme Dao Ancestor felt a sliver of a thought to cut off his tail to survive.

Seeing Extreme Dao Ancestor remain silent, Ye Xuan snorted disdainfully.

He no longer needed this old man's guidance!

At this moment, a tall middle-aged figure and a graceful, slender silhouette also emerged from the darkness.

It was Ye Xuan's Father and Li Xuan'er.

"Very good, Xuan'er, this is exactly how it should be."

Ye Xuan's Father smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the desiccated corpse on the ground.

"To become someone superior, you must climb over the bones of others!"

Beside him, Li Xuan'er stood quietly, not saying a word.

But the strange, icy aura emanating from her had become even more potent than before!

As time passed.

The number of participants in the Wilderness Hunt was rapidly decreasing.

The lights emitted by eliminated participants lit up one after another in various corners of the wilderness.

Those who had survived until now were all true elites.

In a quiet bamboo forest.

Gu Ningxue swept aside her opponent's attack with a single sword strike, then surged forward. Her fair, jade-like fingers lightly tapped the opponent's forehead.

Humph--!

The young master from a noble family stiffened, then was sent flying backward by an irresistible force.

On the leaderboard.

Her name was firmly settled in third place, just behind Liu Mingxuan and Chen Yu.

She sheathed her sword and stood, her expression cool and aloof, preparing to leave.

Suddenly!

Several sharp gusts of wind attacked her from different directions!

Gu Ningxue's beautiful eyes narrowed. She lightly tapped her toes, her figure like a graceful swan, retreating backward, narrowly dodging this wave of sneak attacks.

"Who's there?!"

She coldly demanded.

"Heh heh, as expected of the Gu family's eldest daughter, the number one genius of the Capital Martial Arts Academy. You certainly have some skill."

Accompanied by a string of frivolous laughter.

Liu Mingxuan and Chen Yu, leading over a dozen elite disciples from various families, slowly emerged from the depths of the bamboo forest.

Their gazes towards Gu Ningxue were filled with malicious greed.

"Liu Mingxuan? Chen Yu? What do you want?"

Gu Ningxue's brows furrowed tightly.

"What do we want?"

Chen Yu licked his lips, a ferocious smile on his face.

"Of course, it's to... invite Miss Gu to come with us."

Liu Mingxuan added from the side, "That coward Lin Yuan is hiding in Black Wind Valley and won't come out. We have no choice but to use some extreme measures to force him out!"

"As long as we have you in our hands, do you think that Lin Yuan won't obediently come out to die?!"

"Despicable!"

Gu Ningxue's pretty face instantly became covered in frost.

"Hahaha! Despicable? The winner takes all! Once we kill Lin Yuan, who will dare to say a single word against us?"

Chen Yu let out a wild laugh and waved his hand.

"Brothers, go! Take her down! Remember, alive!"

"Yes!"

Those dozen or so Prodigies instantly turned into hungry wolves and pounced towards Gu Ningxue!

Facing Chen Yu's undisguised ferocious expression and Liu Mingxuan's arrogant posture of assured victory, Gu Ningxue's cool and beautiful face showed no fear.

All that was present was a chill like a ten-thousand-year-old ice mountain.

She couldn't even be bothered to waste another word.

Zheng--!

A clear sword cry echoed through the bamboo forest!

The long sword in her hand, as if drawing a stream of autumn water from the heavens above, its sword light flowed, instantly transforming into a sky full of sword shadows, actively sweeping towards those dozen or so Prodigies!

"Overestimating yourself!"

"Attack together, cripple her!"

Seeing that Gu Ningxue dared to attack first, that group of so-called elite disciples all sneered, took out their weapons, their spiritual energy erupted, and they encircled her from all directions!

Blade light, sword shadows, fist winds, palm energy!

Dozens of terrifying attacks imbued with Marrow Cleansing Realm cultivation instantly intertwined into a dense, inescapable net of death, aiming to completely devour Gu Ningxue!

However, Gu Ningxue's figure, within that deadly attack net, transformed into a gracefully dancing ice butterfly.

Her footsteps trod a profoundly mysterious rhythm.

Every dodge and weave was perfectly timed to avoid the most fatal sharpness.

The long sword in her hand, moreover, transformed into the fangs of death.

Ding! Ding! Dang!

Crisp sounds of metal clashing rang out, dense as raindrops!

Where the sword light flashed, a scion of a noble family would inevitably let out a muffled groan and retreat in embarrassment!

Their attacks, though seemingly ferocious, couldn't even touch the corner of Gu Ningxue's clothes!

Instead, they were forced into a state of disarray by her elusive swordsmanship, their formation instantly falling into Chaos!

In just a dozen breaths, four or five people were already injured by her sharp sword energy, leaving bone-deep bloody gashes on their arms and shoulders!