Everyone watched as Shi Hao answered, "I want to break through the Extreme Realm of speed."
The moment he finished speaking, Shi Hao immediately began sprinting at top speed around the Precious Bone. Relying solely on his physical body, he actually stirred the passage's runes. In an instant, those runes seemed to weave themselves into a dazzling curtain of light, highlighting his ultimate speed.
The next moment, Shi Hao leaped into the air, then fiercely clenched his fist and smashed it down at the bluestone ground where the Precious Bone lay. This punch contained the full extent of Shi Hao's strength. The bluestone ground instantly shattered, and four Precious Bones burst forth from within.
A sharp-eyed person suddenly darted out from the crowd and snatched one of the Precious Bones Shi Hao had dug up. Shi Hao immediately reacted by kicking him flying and taking the Precious Bone back.
The other three Precious Bones, however, moved incredibly fast, shooting through the air to escape. They brushed past Shi Hao before he could catch them.
Just then, Huo Yuhao suddenly moved. With speed too swift to follow, his figure became an afterimage. In the blink of an eye, he precisely seized all three Precious Bones that had nearly escaped.
Shi Hao was overjoyed at the sight. "Good thing you were here, or I would've suffered a huge loss."
Before Huo Yuhao could respond, the person Shi Hao had kicked away suddenly got back on his feet and roared at him, "I'm from the Four Great Families! How dare you attack me!"
Shi Hao waved his fist. "So what if you're from the Four Great Families? If you've got the guts, bring all your people at once."
The man was instantly left speechless. Though furious, he dared not say another word. Gritting his teeth, he retreated several steps and did not dare act up again.
Huo Yuhao casually handed the three Precious Bones in his hand to Shi Hao. "By rights, these three Precious Bones should have been reclaimed by the Void God Realm. I may have forcibly stolen its assets. I wonder whether I'll be punished."
Shi Hao did not care in the slightest. "Mine, mine, they're all mine. If there's punishment, we'll bear it together. What's there to fear?"
Tang Wulin smiled awkwardly. "I feel like everyone is looking at us as if we're bandits."
"So it really is possible to take another path. This is outrageous."
The surrounding spectators all began discussing it. Seeing Shi Hao actually break convention and successfully seize the Precious Bones, their eyes burned with excitement. Everyone looked eager to try, each secretly calculating how they might dig up the Precious Bones in the Origin Land Passage later.
The next moment, the ground suddenly trembled, and two enormous stone steles surrounded by misty runes slowly rose into the air.
"Shatter the Origin Land Passage and receive one Primordial Precious Bone as a reward." A radiant line of text appeared on the stele to the left.
"Surpass the limits of speed under the rules and forcibly seize three Primordial Precious Bones from the Origin Land Passage. Reward: three Primordial Precious Bones." A line of text also appeared on the stele to the right.
Bird Grandpa reminded Shi Hao and Huo Yuhao, "Write down your relevant information on them to complete your respective records."
Shi Hao scratched his head, at a loss. "I don't know what to write."
Elder Jingbi replied, "Write whatever you like. It's only meant to announce it to the world."
Huo Yuhao raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, Announce it to the world, leave a personal signature... Isn't it obvious that we're supposed to write our names?
It had to be said that this Bear Child Shi Hao was truly innocent. Right before everyone's eyes, he wrote down what he liked in one fluid motion—
Loves Drinking Beast Milk.
This immediately drew booming laughter from the surrounding crowd. Some people even laughed so hard that they bent over.
Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao calmly wrote down his title—Ice Spirit.
Shi Hao sensed that something was wrong. "What's going on? Why are you all laughing?"
Bird Grandpa laughed. "Your name is really interesting."
Shi Hao looked embarrassed. "What? That's a name? Weren't we supposed to write what we liked?"
Elder Jingbi chuckled as he explained, "Just like how you call me Elder Jingbi, Essence Jades are what I like. But someone as straightforward as you is a first for me."
Shi Hao wore a bitter smile. "Can I change it?"
Everyone laughed at him in unison. "No!"
Shi Hao turned to Huo Yuhao, looking confused. "Ice Spirit? What does that mean?"
Huo Yuhao immediately explained, "Didn't they say to write what we liked? I like my Spirit Eyes and the ice element, so I wrote Ice Spirit."
Shi Hao suddenly understood. "So that's how it is."
Beside them, Tang Wulin curiously examined the various records on the stone stele and was shocked to find that many dated back tens of millions of years.
"How strange. These records are all so ancient. And the newest record was actually broken by that guy."
Tang Wulin's words immediately stirred Shi Hao's competitive spirit. He looked at the familiar name on the stone stele. "It's him, Shi Yi."
The stele's inscription read: Double Pupils Heaven Opener—Shi Yi. During a battle in the Origin Land, he slew nine Beast Kings, setting the greatest record for slaying kings.
Shi Hao refused to accept it. "I'll kill ten Beast Kings in one go and surpass Shi Yi's record."
Bird Grandpa shook his head upon hearing that. "There are too many cultivators nowadays, and the Origin Land no longer has powerful Beast Kings. Forget ten—even one is now a rare creature that is difficult to encounter."
Elder Jingbi pointed at the tall dormant volcano in the distance and suggested, "However, you can first surpass Shi Yi's record for climbing the mountain."
Shi Hao nodded in agreement. "Sure. If any friends want to witness this record, you can head to the mountaintop now and wait for me."
"A Bear Child wants to break the record of a young supreme of an era? Isn't that far too arrogant?"
"Who knows? What if he's the descendant of some ancient ferocious beast? Let's go take a look together."
Everyone hurriedly notified their respective family members and shared the earth-shattering news. The major families immediately dispatched people, preparing to witness this historic moment.
The name Loves Drinking Beast Milk became famous because of the Void God Realm's Record Stele, and many people came specifically to see him. If Shi Hao could break Shi Yi's record, these spectators intended to seize the opportunity to recruit him into their own factions.
Although Huo Yuhao had also set a record, in everyone else's eyes, Ice Spirit had merely been luckier. After all, if someone else had done it, they might theoretically have been able to move faster than the rules and seize the Precious Bones as well.
After waiting two hours for the mountain-climbing witnesses to gather, a group claiming to be from the Four Great Families came looking for Shi Hao with weapons in hand. They surrounded Shi Hao, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Wulin.
"So you're the one who recklessly injured someone from the Four Great Families. Hand over the Precious Bones at once to apologize. You'd better not refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."
The leader sent by the Four Great Families threatened Shi Hao in this manner.
However, Shi Hao's answer was completely unexpected.