Chapter 57

On the summit of Maple Leaf Mountain, atop a massive blood-red tree, nine lustrous crimson fruits hung, emitting an enticing fragrance that gradually spread out.

These were the Blood Essence Fruits, the most precious in the Blood Essence Realm.

Beneath the Blood Essence Tree, piles of beast corpses lay stacked, from First Stage to Ninth Stage beasts, and even Half-Step Innate beasts could be seen.

Beside these corpses, two groups were confronting each other.

One group was led by Ye Feng and Zhang Yang from the One Origin Sect, while the other was led by a mysterious young man surnamed Liu from the Zhang family.

"You are truly despicable, actually wanting to take all the Blood Essence Fruits for yourselves!" Zhang Yang glared at the other side coldly.

"Don't even think about it. Once our elders arrive, we'll settle accounts with you!"

"Beat these bastards to death!"

The disciples of the One Origin Sect spoke up one after another.

Ye Feng narrowed his eyes and remained silent. When he and the One Origin Sect disciples arrived, they were ambushed by a group of beasts. After barely managing to kill all the beasts, the Zhang family disciples appeared, trying to take all the Blood Essence Fruits.

This whole situation seemed strange.

"Since you won't hand them over, then you must die!" Zhang Jingxin narrowed his eyes, licked his lips, and said cruelly.

"Do you think you can kill us? When our elders arrive, we'll hold your Zhang family accountable!" a One Origin Sect disciple said angrily.

"Ha ha ha, hold us accountable? What reason? If all of you One Origin Sect disciples are killed by beasts, should our Zhang family be responsible?" Zhang Guoqi laughed loudly, looking at the One Origin Sect disciples as if they were already dead.

The One Origin Sect disciples' faces turned pale. Did the Zhang family intend to kill them all and then pretend they were killed by beasts?

If the One Origin Sect couldn't provide solid evidence, what could they say?

"Since these One Origin Sect disciples are so stubborn, let's take action and kill them all!" the voice of the young man surnamed Liu came from under the hood.

The Zhang family disciples released waves of killing intent without hesitation, their aura surging. Ye Feng's eyelids twitched. In just a month, these Zhang family disciples had significantly improved their strength.

What kind of extraordinary encounters had they had?

However, Ye Feng was relieved that only four of the seven top disciples from the Zhang family were present, so they weren't completely at a disadvantage. He didn't know that the other three had already been killed by Ye Xiwen.

With only four of them, the gap wasn't so great, especially with himself, a Half-Step Innate realm practitioner, leading the charge.

What made Ye Feng uneasy was the young man under the hood, who gave him a sense of danger. This intuition had saved him many times.

The young man surnamed Liu stepped forward, his foot stomping the ground, creating a huge crack.

A terrifying aura was released, locking Ye Feng in a powerful grip.

"Innate, actually an Innate expert!" Ye Feng was greatly alarmed. The fear of an Innate expert was something he, a Half-Step Innate practitioner, understood well.

For martial cultivation, reaching the Innate realm was the first true step. The Postnatal realm was just about laying the foundation. At the Innate realm, one's life underwent its first transformation.

The terrifying aura pressed down like a mountain, making everyone feel as if they were about to faint. This was the pressure of an Innate expert. If these weren't elite disciples with strong wills, a group of ordinary disciples would have been crushed to death by just that pressure.

"Everyone, retreat quickly! We'll settle accounts with them once the two elders arrive!" Ye Feng shouted, drawing his longsword and standing in front of everyone.

"Ha ha ha, do you think they can come in?" The young man surnamed Liu laughed, looking at Ye Feng and the others with a mocking expression, as if they were mere ants. "This space has already been sealed. No one can come to save you. Don't even dream about it, ha ha ha!"

"What!" The One Origin Sect disciples were shocked. If the space was sealed, it meant they were locked in, and no one could enter or leave. Were they all going to be trapped and die here?

"They are too overbearing. Stay and fight them!" a One Origin Sect disciple roared.

"Right, fight! I'll take one down with me even if I die!"

"Overestimating yourselves, kill them all, not a single one should be left alive!" the voice of the young man surnamed Liu came from under the hood, his eyes filled with greed as he stared at the Blood Essence Fruits that were about to ripen.

The young man surnamed Liu suddenly moved, a longsword in hand, releasing a terrifying aura and a brilliant blade light that instantly slashed toward Ye Feng.

The surrounding spiritual energy instantly condensed around the blade, forming a roaring dragon that lunged forward.

Ye Feng thrust his sword forward to block, the sword tip bursting with sword qi, displaying strength far beyond that of a typical Ninth Stage Postnatal peak practitioner.

"Boom!"

The blade qi and sword qi collided violently in the air, creating layers of terrifying shockwaves. The young man's blade qi continued its momentum, striking Ye Feng hard.

"Spit!" Ye Feng spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying. The gap between a Half-Step Innate and a true Innate was clearly demonstrated in this single strike.

"Overestimating yourselves!" the young man surnamed Liu said disdainfully.

"Brother!" Ye Ruxue rushed out from the crowd, running to Ye Feng's side.

"Take action, kill them all, not a single one should be left alive!" Zhang Jingxin said cruelly.

The Zhang family disciples roared and charged forward.

Suddenly, a loud sound of something breaking through the air was heard, a sharp sound, and a massive blade qi slashed through the air.

"Die, Zhang family scum!" a furious shout came from the sky.

Several Zhang family disciples who were running fast were instantly turned into blood mist by the blade light.

"Who?" the young man surnamed Liu reacted first and shouted.

"It's me!" A figure approached from a distance, getting closer and closer. Everyone's eyes were filled with shock. It was Ye Xiwen.

"It's actually you? How is that possible? You should be..." Zhang Jingxin said, somewhat disbelieving.

"Surprised?" Ye Xiwen said with a cold smile. "But unfortunately, things didn't go as you planned. Those scum have already been taken care of by me!"

"You dare!" Zhang Jingxin said in shock. Those weren't ordinary core disciples; they were the top core disciples. In this generation of Zhang family disciples, only seven had emerged, and now three had been killed by Ye Xiwen.

Zhang Jingxin was instantly enraged.

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