Lying

"Eighth refinement of the physical body..." Lin Chen's mouth twitched.

Three days. Just three fucking days.

This kid's strength had broken through from the sixth refinement of the physical body to the eighth, skyrocketing to the point where even those two savage apes, which together could battle a Blood Qi martial artist, were no match for him.

Seeing the two savage apes' miserable state, Lin Chen's eyelids twitched wildly.

"Monster!"

"Good lad, hahahaha... Good, excellent!" Situ Ting laughed loudly without restraint.

"Eighth refinement of the physical body, eighth refinement of the physical body..."

On the other side, Kong Ao of the Martial Alliance stared fixedly at Su Bo's location, watching that figure unleash his might and beat the savage apes down.

Suddenly, the intense pain from his injuries and memories from the past surged into his mind.

Kong Ao grinned. Standing behind Lin Chen, he placed his hands behind his back. A faint ripple tore open space, and he vanished from this stretch of starry sky in an instant.

And at the moment space was torn open...

Situ Ting and Lin Chen abruptly turned to look at him.

"Old Kong?" Lin Chen frowned.

"Who did you send a message to?" Blazing sun power capable of incinerating stars surged around Situ Ting. Solar fire formed the divine shape of a Three-Legged Golden Crow, igniting into roaring flames.

A violent killing intent suddenly rose from his body.

Kong Ao's face instantly turned pale. Situ Ting's killing intent enveloped him, while the Three-Legged Golden Crow's divine shape completely sealed off the surrounding starry sky.

An aura of death that seeped into his soul assaulted his heart.

He would die. He would die. He really would die...

He knew full well that if he failed to fool his way through this, Situ Ting would erase him completely in the next breath.

Situ Ting had never shown mercy when killing Martial Alliance martial artists. After several massacres, the Martial Alliance had still been unable to do anything to him.

Because his teacher was Yue Shan, a supreme Dharma Manifestation realm martial artist.

Even the Martial Alliance would not lightly offend a Dharma Manifestation realm martial artist, much less one from Red River Star, which had produced more than one Dharma Manifestation realm martial artist over the past century.

If not for the Federation Tribunal's ruling, the title of Sin Star hanging over Red River Star, and the designation of its ancient human clan as sinful citizens...

If those titles could only be lifted by someone with the strength of a Nirvana Throne killing alien Nirvana Thrones on the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield and accomplishing the feat of becoming a king of the starry sky...

Then a Sin Star belonging to an ancient human clan that possessed so many exceptionally gifted martial artists, had produced several Dharma Manifestation realm experts and dozens of Divine Ability realm experts...

Would have long since been absolved of the labels of Sin Star and sinful citizens.

After all, under Federation rules, nurturing prodigies for the human race could offset a portion of the crimes for which their ancestors had been judged and punished.

Back to the matter at hand...

If Situ Ting had merely been the student of a Dharma Manifestation realm martial artist, then after daring to kill Martial Alliance martial artists, he would have long been slain in the starry sky by the Martial Alliance's enforcement squad.

But fifty years ago, on the Ten Thousand Races Battlefield, Situ Ting had broken through into the Divine Ability realm before the age of thirty.

Then, bearing the title of genius, he had challenged the genius martial artists of the myriad races in the Divine Ability realm.

He had slain seven genius martial artists of the myriad races in a row on the arena and received the Federation Second-Class Military Merit Medal from the Federation.

The Martial Alliance would have to be insane to provoke a holder of the Federation Second-Class Military Merit Medal like Situ Ting. Besides, every Martial Alliance martial artist he had killed had given him something to hold over them.

Even if the matter reached the Federation Tribunal, Situ Ting would still win without question.

Kong Ao forced himself to remain calm and said coldly, "Situ Ting, you barged into the great Trial Star and attempted to challenge the trial rules set by the Federation..."

"I sent word to the enforcement squad, asking them to detain you and hand you over to the Federation. Is that not allowed?"

"The enforcement squad?" Situ Ting stroked his stubble, always feeling that this bastard was lying.

The problem was...

He could not find any flaw.

Given Kong Ao's earlier anxious behavior, he had indeed violated the Federation's trial rules. If charged, he really would have to be handed over for judgment and punishment.

Furthermore, Kong Ao was extremely afraid of death and afraid Situ Ting would kill him.

So calling the Martial Alliance's enforcement squad to protect himself was logically consistent.

And even though Situ Ting was indeed much stronger than Kong Ao, he had no way to investigate where the torn space led.

Naturally, he had no idea who Kong Ao had contacted.

Situ Ting looked toward Trial Star. Su Bo was already locked in battle with a near second-order savage ape, and he was still hammering the thing down.

Seven or eight other savage apes comparable to the ninth refinement of the physical body stood nearby, eager to join the fight.

Savage apes were demonic beasts famed for their strength, yet within their own territory, one had been defeated by a tiny human martial artist from a lower realm using overwhelming power.

This drove the fairly intelligent savage apes into a furious rage.

After glancing at Su Bo again and confirming that the kid was fine, Situ Ting sneered. "Trash. If you're this cowardly, don't cultivate martial arts..."

"The Martial Alliance is full of garbage like you!"

"You..." Kong Ao flew into a rage. A domain of lightning flickered into view behind him, continuously unleashing terrifying lightning strikes against the void.

But Situ Ting could no longer be bothered with him.

He was merely a weak Divine Ability realm martial artist whose future was nearly severed. At his peak, he would probably only reach the peak of the weak Divine Ability realm.

Perhaps even Lin Chen beside him would become stronger than him.

Such a minor character was not worth remembering, much less worth dirtying his hands over.

Divine Ability realm martial artists only lived for around a thousand years anyway. This kid was already seven or eight hundred years old. In a few more years, he would croak.

"Feels great..." Su Bo was bare-chested, pushing Wind-Treading Step to its limit.

But under the siege of more than a dozen savage apes, they still found an opening and landed several heavy punches on him in succession, smashing him straight into the ground.

Especially that near second-order savage ape, comparable to a martial artist who had refined blood into qi. Its strength was only slightly inferior to his.

Getting hammered like this...

Damn, his whole body felt much better. After tempering his internal organs, the feeling of saturation in his body had been reduced by more than twenty percent through this violent battle...

In another three days or so, he could continue tempering his internal organs and speed up his cultivation.

Su Bo's eyes shone brilliantly. These savage apes are fucking great demonic beasts.

The strength in his hands inevitably weakened a little.

No, he could not just beat them to death like this. He still needed them to help him digest the effects later.

Once his body felt good, the sky had darkened as well...

Su Bo threw several punches and sent the near second-order savage ape flying, then used Wind-Treading Step to cross several miles and ran out of the savage apes' territory.

"I'll come find you again tomorrow..."

"Roar, roar, roar..." The near second-order savage ape let out a crazed roar.

It wanted to chase him, but could not beat him. Looking at its clansmen, all of whom were exhausted, panting, hungry, and dizzy enough to want nothing more than to lie down and sleep...

After roaring in impotent fury for a while, the near second-order savage ape's cries shook the mountains before it finally fell silent in helplessness.

After leaving the savage apes' territory, Su Bo returned to the Five-Viscera Yuanchen Tree...

On the way, he caught several edible demonic beasts, skinned them, removed their tendons, drained their blood, and lit a bonfire. Then he started roasting them right in the tree canopy.

Elsewhere, at least three thousand miles away from Essence Lake.

In an extremely well-hidden secret location, Liu Yue and Yi You set up several layers of precautions before beginning to refine the Five-Viscera Yuanchen Fruit and cultivate.

The auras around their bodies...

Eighth refinement of the physical body!