"Roar!"
The Gale Leopard's roar shook the mountain forest.
Just as Ye Xuan tensed his entire body and swiftly adjusted his condition-
With a bang, the Gale Leopard's four paws drove against the ground, and its enormous demonic beast body hurtled toward Ye Xuan like a cannonball.
Whoosh!
Its sharp claws slashed straight at Ye Xuan's head.
Watching this, Ye Xuan's pupils abruptly contracted. He leaped, darting sideways as earth and stone cracked beneath him.
Bang!
With a tremendous crash, the Gale Leopard's sharp claws struck the ground, leaving a deep, startling claw mark.
"It certainly lives up to the name Gale Leopard. What incredible speed. They say its speed alone is already on par with peak Meridian Opening. I wonder if that's true."
Ye Xuan steadied himself and looked back at the Gale Leopard, which had missed its pounce, murmuring to himself.
He felt even more excited. His blood boiled, and every cell in his body thrummed with excitement.
He liked this feeling, this feeling of facing danger.
"Roar! Roar!"
Having missed its strike, the Gale Leopard seemed to grow even angrier.
It roared furiously and lunged at Ye Xuan again.
Ye Xuan did not fight back, only dodging continuously.
He wanted to train his reflexes first, then counterattack. Only this way could he perfectly achieve the purpose of his trial.
No one was born knowing how to fight, and Ye Xuan was no exception.
Although he possessed the Chaos Sacred Body, his previous life had, after all, been in a peaceful era. He had no combat experience whatsoever.
Unable to kill Ye Xuan after so long, the Gale Leopard's eyes turned scarlet. It had clearly gone completely berserk.
"Roar! Roar! Roar!"
It pounced at Ye Xuan again, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. Its hideous maw opened wide, snapping viciously at his head.
"That should do!"
This time, however, Ye Xuan did not dodge.
The instant the Gale Leopard's sharp claws struck at him, he suddenly reached out and seized them with precision.
In the next moment, he exerted force with one arm and actually flung the Gale Leopard away before its jaws could close on him.
Boom!
A tremendous crash rang out!
The Gale Leopard slammed into the ground. As earth and stone exploded, countless bloody gashes split open across its enormous body.
Ye Xuan rushed forward, the Spiritual Qi within him surging wildly into the spiritual meridian in his right leg.
He felt an incredibly violent force emerge within his right leg. The next moment, he raised it and stomped down hard!
Splat!
The Gale Leopard's head burst like a watermelon, shattering completely.
A glittering beast core rolled out.
"A beast core?" Looking at the glittering beast core, Ye Xuan's eyes could not help lighting up.
He had transmigrated here over three years ago, so naturally, he knew about beast cores. These were good things.
Cultivators at the bottom relied on hunting demonic beasts for their cores, exchanging them for cultivation resources.
Of course, to the current Ye Xuan, a beast core of this level was nothing at all.
But this was his first time killing a demonic beast, after all, so he was still a little pleased.
Ye Xuan picked up the beast core and put it straight into the system space.
The system came with its own space, making storage and such much more convenient.
Although he also had the spatial ring Han Bingning had given him, he had not brought it along.
That thing was very valuable. Carrying it around would be too conspicuous and invite unnecessary trouble.
Ye Xuan continued onward and began hunting demonic beasts.
As he killed several more demonic beasts, his entire bearing changed, becoming steady and reserved.
He also acquired a trace of bloody killing aura, no longer looking like a novice at all.
"Help, help..."
A broken cry suddenly rang out. Ye Xuan's expression abruptly changed, and he swiftly dashed toward its source.
He moved extremely fast, traversing the winding path as though it were level ground, often covering over ten meters in a single bound.
His movements were nimble and astonishingly fast.
Soon, Ye Xuan reached a clearing and saw what was happening.
Several young men and women dressed in outer sect disciple robes were fleeing in disarray.
They were gasping for breath, their faces filled with terror.
Several of them had clothes that were already torn to shreds, their bodies covered in bloody wounds.
Behind them, an enormous male lion was pursuing them on all fours.
Strangely, the lion's fur was not golden, but black.
A demonic beast, a Black-Furred Lion!
This was a demonic beast equivalent to the Meridian Opening ninth layer, but its combat strength far exceeded that of an ordinary human at the Meridian Opening ninth layer.
Under normal circumstances, even two cultivators at the Meridian Opening ninth layer might not be its match.
Of course, exceptionally formidable geniuses were another matter.
"Ah, help! Help!"
"Junior brother, save me! Save me!"
Just as Ye Xuan saw them, they also spotted him.
At once, they grew excited.
As they shouted for help, their eyes shone with hope as they looked at Ye Xuan.
They were like people on the verge of drowning who had seized their last life-saving straw.
"Roar!"
Just then, the Black-Furred Lion suddenly let out a furious roar.
It first roared twice at Ye Xuan, then shot toward a female disciple who had fallen to the very rear.
Sensing the danger, the female disciple's already pale, pretty face instantly grew even paler, and her eyes filled with despair.
"Ah-!"
She could not help screaming in terror. In her panic, she also tripped and fell headfirst to the ground.
The disciples fleeing ahead turned back and saw this, becoming even more panic-stricken.
Not only did they fail to turn back to save her, they ran even more desperately, as though terrified of getting caught up in it themselves.
The fallen female disciple turned her head in despair, her face streaked with tears.
But what she saw was a gaping scarlet maw smeared with flesh and blood.
The Black-Furred Lion's mouth was already very, very close to her...
Ah, no! No-!
She screamed in despair inside, but could no longer make a sound.
Yet just as the Black-Furred Lion's blood-red maw was about to swallow her-
Bang!
A thunderous sound suddenly rang out. The next moment, she saw a young man appear behind the Black-Furred Lion.
The young man had handsome features, but his eyes were extraordinarily cold and fierce!
He rushed behind the Black-Furred Lion like lightning and smashed a fist viciously toward it!
A faint fist radiance appeared, and a piercing explosion rang through the air.
Bang!
With a tremendous crash, the young man's fist slammed into the Black-Furred Lion. It opened its mouth with an agonized howl, its entire body instantly blasted away.
The instant it was sent flying, its sharp fangs had been less than five centimeters from her face.
A drop of saliva mixed with blood landed on her face. Her entire body had gone completely rigid.
After punching the Black-Furred Lion away, Ye Xuan gave it no chance to catch its breath. As earth and stone exploded beneath him, he shot after it like an arrow loosed from a bow.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A series of explosive impacts rang out, accompanied by agonized howls. The Black-Furred Lion soon collapsed completely.
It was a mangled mass of flesh and blood, with no life left in it.
Watching this, the female disciple could not help covering her mouth. She seemed to have forgotten even her fear, her face filled with shock.
As for the others, they had long since fled without a trace...