Mutual Destruction!

Experiencing life!

Hearing Ye Tianming's words, the man burst out laughing. "I'm not here to experience life. I'm here to temper myself too, though our methods are a little different. Little brother, until we meet again."

With that, the four women carrying the sedan chair turned and left.

Ye Tianming hurriedly called out, "Brother, your demonic beast."

On the sedan chair, the man waved a hand. "It's yours."

Ye Tianming was stunned. "You're giving it to me? That's a Dharma Aspect Realm demonic beast..."

Without looking back, the man said, "Its level's too low. It's no use to me, so you can take it if you want."

With that, the four women carried him away into the distance.

Ye Tianming stood where he was, staring at the demonic beast, speechless for a long time.

A demonic beast this big would fetch at least tens of thousands of spirit crystals if he sold it! Its inner core was still intact, after all...

Ye Tianming said softly, "Tower Ancestor, are rich people always this willful?"

Little Pagoda said, "Rich people really are willful."

Ye Tianming said earnestly, "Tower Ancestor, if only you were rich."

Little Pagoda: "..."

Ye Tianming began dismantling the demonic beast. His storage ring had limited space, so he couldn't take the entire beast with him. He could only take some of its valuable core parts.

About an hour later, he finally finished dismantling it. He put the inner core and some of the key parts into his storage ring. Looking at the meat left over, he felt it was a shame to waste it, but there was nothing he could do. He set up a pot and enjoyed a good meal before setting off.

His expression remained grave along the way. Back in Qingzhou, he had considered himself talented, and he counted as strong among the people he knew. But now that he had come out and encountered these monstrous geniuses, he finally realized just how great the gap between them was.

There was Nanling Zhao before, then his senior sister, and now that man... They were all about his age, yet their strength was terrifying.

At that moment, he deeply understood a sentence he had once read in a book: one's horizons determined one's understanding.

Only when a person left their original circle and encountered broader, higher-level circles would they discover just how small and ignorant they were.

He also understood that there had to be young people in this world who were even more monstrous and terrifying than Nanling Zhao and that formidable senior sister.

Work hard!

Ye Tianming drew a deep breath. All he could do was work twice as hard. Only when he had strength could he go and see the wider world.

He put his thoughts aside and quickened his pace, keeping his mind on high alert. Suddenly, his pupils contracted. He whipped his head around to see a black shadow charging fiercely toward him from a hundred zhang away, like a mountain bearing down on him. In its path, every tree shattered inch by inch, turning to dust.

A demonic beast of unknown realm!

Because it was far, far too fast...

Ye Tianming suddenly stamped his right foot hard against the ground and roared, "Rise!"

Boom!

In an instant, endless earth vein power surged from the ground, blasting the forest around him to pieces. Terrifying presences spread through the heavens and earth. Not only that, the entire ground began to tremble violently...

He had gone straight for his strongest killing move, drawing on all the earth vein power.

Little Pagoda was completely stunned.

Why had this kid unleashed his ultimate move right off the bat?

The moment he unleashed it, the demonic beasts for hundreds of li around were shocked. Who was so damn formidable to cause such a commotion?

Ye Tianming suddenly roared, "Die! I'll take you down with me!"

As he spoke, he frantically drove all the earth vein power toward the demonic beast...

The demonic beast charging at Ye Tianming was dumbfounded too. What the hell was this? He was going for mutual destruction right off the bat?

Sensing the terrifying earth vein power and seeing the young man's reckless disregard for his own life, the demonic beast lost its nerve. It turned and fled at once. It was so fast that it vanished into the distance in the blink of an eye.

Seeing the demonic beast run away, Ye Tianming froze. "Tower Ancestor, what does that mean?"

After a moment's silence, Little Pagoda said, "It saw how fierce you were. Maybe it went to get help."

Holy shit!

Ye Tianming's expression froze. He hurriedly stopped using his technique, letting the earth vein power flow back into the ground. Within nearly a hundred zhang around him, every tree had been reduced to dust, leaving not a blade of grass. Not only that, countless enormous, bottomless cracks had opened in the ground.

He was also somewhat weakened, because that move consumed far too much.

With no time to worry about anything else, he hurried away.

Little Pagoda suddenly said, "Kid... why did you go all out with your ultimate move as soon as you started?"

Gasping for breath, Ye Tianming said, "Books say that even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. I was afraid I'd get careless and underestimate my enemy, so I went all out from the start."

Little Pagoda fell silent.

Ye Tianming asked, "Tower Ancestor, is that wrong?"

Little Pagoda thought for a moment, then said, "It's not that it's wrong. I just feel like it's a bit stupid."

Ye Tianming: "..."

Little Pagoda suddenly laughed. "Don't think too much about it. Just follow your heart."

Ye Tianming nodded. "I mainly think that when you make a move, you should give it everything you've got. Settle it in one move: either win or die. No wasting time."

Little Pagoda laughed. "That's not wrong, actually, but you have to consider the situation. Like now-you're so weak. What would you do if another demonic beast attacked?"

Ye Tianming nodded. "I understand."

He found a secluded place and rested for an hour before continuing on his way. The deeper he went, the stronger the oppressive feeling became. At first, there had still been a little light, but now the area around him was so dim that it was like night.

He knew he had entered the deepest part of the dense forest. He spread his divine sense around him, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

Suddenly, Ye Tianming stopped. He slowly turned to look and saw a pair of eyes watching him from the darkness not far away.

The other party didn't move!

And when his divine sense approached the other party, it vanished without a sound.

Seeing that the other party had no intention of attacking, Ye Tianming thought for a moment and said, "I'm just passing through. Could you let me by?"

With that, he took out a large chunk of demonic beast meat and tossed it over.

Little Pagoda said gravely, "Brother, you're here to temper yourself, not to practice dealing with people."

Just then, a head emerged from behind a tree. It was a woman in a long, bright red dress, exceptionally beautiful. She leaned against the tree, her face pale and blood at the corner of her mouth. She seemed to be badly injured.

She was looking at Ye Tianming, her eyes full of wariness.

Seeing her wary gaze, Ye Tianming hurriedly said, "Miss, I'm just passing through."

With that, he started walking away.

"Young master, wait."

The woman suddenly spoke.

Ye Tianming stopped and turned to look at her. She looked at him with a hint of pleading in her eyes. "I came here to temper myself too. I fought a demonic beast earlier and was gravely injured. Could you help me?"

Ye Tianming hesitated, then said, "How can I help you?"

The woman asked, "Do you have any medicine for injuries?"

Ye Tianming shook his head. "No."

The woman sighed softly. "Then never mind. You should go, young master! But whatever you do, don't go in that direction. There's an extremely powerful demonic beast more than ten li away. That whole area is its territory. I accidentally entered its territory earlier, and it gravely injured me."

Ye Tianming thought for a moment, then said, "Miss, can you move now?"

The woman smiled bitterly. "No. The meridians in both my legs were shattered by that beast. Its strength is truly terrifying..."

Ye Tianming said gravely, "It's too dangerous for you to stay here, then. I'll take you somewhere else."

With that, he walked toward her.

But the woman shook her head. "It's all right. I've already notified my family, and they've sent someone to fetch me..."

As she spoke, she retreated a little, still wary.

Ye Tianming stopped and said solemnly, "Miss, I'm not a bad person."

The woman looked at him. "Young master, bad people usually say they're not bad people."

Ye Tianming said, "I'm a student of Guanxuan Academy."

The woman looked a little surprised. "You're from Guanxuan Academy? Which place?"

Ye Tianming said, "Central Divine Province."

A smile appeared on the woman's face. "I'm from Guanxuan Academy too. I'm from Northern Prefecture."

Ye Tianming smiled. "My name is Ye Tianming. What's yours?"

The woman said, "Zhou Xue."

Ye Tianming glanced around, then said, "This place is too dangerous. I'll take you somewhere safe."

The woman lowered her guard. "All right."

Ye Tianming strode toward her. But the moment he reached her, he suddenly drove a fist at her forehead. The punch carried immense earth vein power and produced a piercing blast of air.

Little Pagoda: "..."

The woman, who had supposedly been too "badly injured" to move, suddenly sprang to her feet and drove her knee toward Ye Tianming. But she had been caught off guard, so the blow carried only thirty or forty percent of her strength.

Bang!

Their blows met head-on, and both staggered backward. After the woman stopped, she slowly raised her head and looked at Ye Tianming. Her smile had turned ice-cold. "How did you see through me?"

Ye Tianming stared at her. "I told you my name was Ye Tianming."

The woman narrowed her eyes. "So what?"

Ye Tianming said calmly, "I made it through Guanxuan Dao. There's no way the students of Wan Prefecture wouldn't know my name, but when I told you, you didn't react at all. Clearly, you already knew my name, which is why you were so calm... The Xiao Family sent you to kill me."

The woman laughed. "The little bastard's got a good head on his shoulders, but it won't help you. You're still going to die. Remember, the one who killed you is Xiao Xue of the Xiao Family!"

With that, she waved her hand.

Boom!

A gigantic Dharma Aspect, some hundred zhang tall, suddenly formed behind her.

Dharma Aspect Realm!

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