Chapter 39

Zheng Rui and Pan Tao are not only disciples of the Lingbao Pavilion, but their elders also hold high positions within the Lingbao Pavilion.

The identity of being a Lingbao Pavilion disciple alone is enough to make them strut around among the trial participants, let alone the powerful backing they have behind them.

Nie Tian, on the other hand, is just an outsider, not even a member of a subordinate family of the Lingbao Pavilion.

The disparity in status and identity between the two sides is so great that Zheng Rui and Pan Tao have never taken Nie Tian seriously from the beginning to the end.

Therefore, they dared to order and drive Nie Tian around at will.

"Just talk, don't touch me!"

However, Nie Tian, who had been obedient and showed no signs of defiance throughout the journey, suddenly had a stern look on his face and immediately responded when they kicked at him.

Standing just three meters behind An Ying, very close to Zheng Rui and Pan Tao, Nie Tian swiftly lifted his foot.

"Bang! Bang!"

Nie Tian's two feet collided with Zheng Rui and Pan Tao in quick succession, and a dull sound echoed as their soles met.

Zheng Rui and Pan Tao instantly felt a tremendous force surge from the soles of their feet.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

The two figures suddenly retreated backward, and they ended up falling into the oncoming spirit beasts.

In contrast, Nie Tian's body only trembled violently for a moment before he immediately steadied himself.

Zheng Rui and Pan Tao, in a panic, fought off the two spirit beasts that pounced on them. After they managed to drive the beasts back, they glared at Nie Tian with red eyes.

"You actually dared to fight back?!"

Zheng Rui roared, his eyes brimming with intense anger, as if he wanted to tear Nie Tian apart.

Pan Tao, once he was free, also stared at Nie Tian in disbelief, "You dare to lay a hand on us?"

The other trial participants, while battling the spirit beasts, also paid attention to the developments between the three of them.

When they saw Nie Tian immediately respond to Zheng Rui and Pan Tao's provocation, they were all shocked and looked at Nie Tian as if he were a monster.

As members of the subordinate families of the Lingbao Pavilion, they dared not defy Zheng Rui and Pan Tao's orders and had been carefully serving them all along, fearing that these two would cause trouble.

Nie Tian is a member of the Nie family from Black Cloud City, and the decline of the Nie family in recent years... they had heard about it long ago.

Even they, in their hearts, looked down on Nie Tian and wanted to find an opportunity to mock him.

They thought Nie Tian wouldn't dare to resist them.

They never imagined that, in such a dangerous situation, Nie Tian would dare to defy Pan Tao and Zheng Rui, directly responding with brute force.

"So what if I fought back?" Nie Tian glanced at the two of them and said without any mercy, "I entered the Qinghuan Realm with An Sister's help, and I only owe her. So, when the second miss spoke to me, I gave the first miss some face and didn't argue with her."

"What are you two? What face do I need to give you?"

Saying this, Nie Tian waved his hand, looking completely fearless, "I came to the Qinghuan Realm to broaden my horizons. What do I care about second-level spirit beasts or Enlightenment Sky Pills? Come on, if you want to make a big deal out of this, go ahead! So what if you're at the ninth level of Qi Condensation? I want to see how good you really are!"

This was not the first time he had fought someone of a higher realm.

In fact, from a young age, he had always fought opponents of higher realms!

Whether it was Nie Hong or Nie Yuan from the Nie family, or Yun Song from the Yun family, he had always been the one to beat them.

Now, after the baptism of the dense spiritual energy in the mine, he had advanced to the sixth level of Qi Condensation, and he firmly believed in the strength of his body.

In that mysterious place, he had also mastered a technique called the Fierce Punch, which gave him confidence even when facing opponents at the ninth level of Qi Condensation.

Zheng Rui and Pan Tao were also at the ninth level of Qi Condensation, and he was not afraid of them at all!

"How arrogant!"

"Is this guy really a member of the Nie family?"

"Does he even know the word 'death'? To dare provoke Zheng Rui and Pan Tao of the Lingbao Pavilion in the Qinghuan Realm?"

The surrounding trial participants couldn't help but shout out.

These guys, relying on the precious spirit artifacts in their hands, had gained a significant advantage in their battles with the spirit beasts.

Thus, while fighting the spirit beasts, they could still pay attention to the conflict between Nie Tian and Pan Tao, Zheng Rui, and cheer on the chaos.

They were all young, and they not only didn't resist such conflicts but also hoped for more.

Because the spirit beasts were not enough to threaten them.

As the leader, An Ying had noticed the conflict among the three from the beginning but had not intervened.

She had thought that under the coercion of Zheng Rui and Pan Tao, Nie Tian would obediently listen and join the others in fighting the spirit beasts.

She hadn't expected that Nie Tian would not only resist but do so in such an intense manner.

"Zheng Rui and Pan Tao probably didn't use their spiritual energy, but I wonder if Nie Tian did. If neither of them did..." She looked at Nie Tian thoughtfully, curious about his strength and eager to see what would happen next.

The low-level spirit beasts around them were not a concern for her. Even without Nie Tian and the other two, the remaining people were enough to deal with all the spirit beasts.

With this confidence, as the leader, she did not intervene and let the situation escalate.

"Brother Tao, help them kill those annoying spirit beasts! I can't stand this kid for a moment longer!" Zheng Rui growled, giving up on the spirit beast he was fighting and approaching Nie Tian step by step.

"The Qinghuan Realm has its own rules; you can't take someone's life." At this moment, seeing Zheng Rui's anger, An Ying reminded him.

This reminder seemed more like an incitement.

"I know the rules! Don't worry, I won't kill him!" Zheng Rui grinned, "But from today on, his trial in the Qinghuan Realm is over!"

Clearly, Zheng Rui was planning to use heavy-handed tactics.

"I'll see about that." Nie Tian remained calm.

He really didn't think that a mere Zheng Rui could do anything to him.

At this moment, the youth holding the dark green metal ball suddenly felt a large lump rise from the ground beneath his feet!

Feeling the ground shake, he instinctively looked down and immediately screamed.

A gray-brown lizard suddenly burst out from the ground beneath his feet!

Before he could use the metal ball to unleash lightning, the lizard had already bitten his legs.

"Crack!"

A loud cracking sound came from his leg bones.

As he screamed in agony, the lizard's mouth continued to move upward, biting into his waist.

Blood spurted from his waist, and his eyes gradually lost their light.

The dark green metal ball he tightly held fell to the icy ground beside him as he lost his grip.

"Qin Shun!"

The other youths around him, their eyes bloodshot, swung their spirit artifacts and roared, trying to attack the lizard that had suddenly appeared.

Unexpectedly, after killing the youth, the lizard from deep underground retracted its head and disappeared back into the ground.

"Ground Lizard! It's the second-level Ground Lizard! Why is it here?"

As the leader, An Ying's eyes instantly turned red, and she went mad, slicing the two first-level spirit beasts closest to her with her long sword.

She knew very well that there were only four second-level spirit beasts in the entire Qinghuan Realm, and the Ground Lizard was one of them!

However, this ice field area had always been the territory of the Ice Python, and the Ground Lizard's territory should be in the desert beyond the ice field.

Her original plan was to kill the Ice Python in this ice field area, rest for a while, and then go to the desert to hunt the Ground Lizard.

She was not prepared to face the Ground Lizard in the ice field.

"Zheng Rui! Pan Tao! Put aside your personal grudges and help me kill the Ground Lizard first!" An Ying was in a panic.

She was very worried that the Ice Python, another second-level spirit beast, might also be nearby.

The four second-level spirit beasts in the Qinghuan Realm were as powerful as Qi Condensation practitioners who had just entered the Afterbirth stage. If she faced one, she believed that with her strength and the help of Zheng Rui and Pan Tao, they could successfully kill it.

But facing both the Ice Python and the Ground Lizard at the same time, she had no confidence at all.

At this point, she no longer cared about letting Zheng Rui test Nie Tian and only wanted to quickly deal with the Ground Lizard to prevent the Ice Python from appearing.

However, what she feared most came to pass.

"Hisss!"

The sound of a snake's tongue flicking came from behind an ice crystal tree.

A python over ten meters long, with a body as thick as a human waist and entirely silver-white, soon appeared in everyone's line of sight with the "hisss" sound.

"Oh no!" An Ying's face changed dramatically.

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