Chapter 46

The ground was filled with a swarm of man-eating insects, their foul stench filling the air. Ye Feng shivered, and with a firm grip on the axe in his hand, he slashed through the air, a flame-like true qi appearing.

After absorbing the fire beast, Ye Feng's dantian stored a large amount of flame true qi. This true qi, when released, resembled real flames, but it was not. It was true qi, extremely hot due to the presence of the source of fire.

The true qi appeared as a glowing orb, slicing down with the axe, producing a rumbling sound. The ground began to shake, and the giant trees rustled.

The man-eating insects arrived instantly, but they ignored the axe blade and continued to charge, quickly breaking through Ye Feng's first line of defense, getting closer and closer to him. From a distance, Gui Wuxue's face became even more twisted, his mind extremely perverted.

"Whoosh!"

A wisp of blue smoke emerged from the void, as if something had been ignited. One after another, blue smoke appeared in many places, spreading a burnt and foul smell.

The situation suddenly changed. When the man-eating insects came into contact with the flame true qi, they were ignited. Due to their small size, they burned up immediately, turning into blue smoke.

"What's happening?" Gui Wuxue, seeing the man-eating insects rapidly decreasing, roared in anger, unable to understand why Ye Feng's true qi was so hot.

Flames were the strongest enemies of the man-eating insects. Although Ye Feng's true qi was far from the intensity of real flames, its temperature was similar to that of ordinary flames, which was enough to deal with these insects. The smell of burning became stronger, and large numbers of man-eating insects fell to the ground.

Raising these man-eating insects was extremely costly, and each loss was a significant one. Seeing so many insects die, Gui Wuxue's heart bled, and he quickly summoned the insects back to avoid more deaths.

In just a few breaths, the number of man-eating insects was halved. Ye Feng increased his attack speed, and the true qi in his dantian surged out, covering the surrounding space. The sound of sizzling continued, and the ground was covered with man-eating insects.

"Boy, I will kill you!"

Gui Wuxue went mad. After decades of hard work, his efforts were almost destroyed by Ye Feng. With a twisted face, he pounced on Ye Feng.

Without the man-eating insects, Gui Wuxue was like a tiger without its claws. He was far inferior to Ye Feng in strength and true qi. In terms of martial arts proficiency, he was even less of a match.

With a cold laugh, Ye Feng let out a light whistle, his body shooting up, the axe blocking the sun and moon, transforming into a silver river, and slashing down fiercely.

"Crack!"

Faced with the merciless axe, Gui Wuxue had no defense. His body froze, watching the axe split him in two from top to bottom. For three breaths, his body remained still before slowly separating, blood gushing out, and his internal organs mixing with the blood on the ground.

After killing Gui Wuxue, Ye Feng took his storage ring and walked out of Qixia Valley without looking back. The sky had already darkened, and Ye Feng found a quiet place to spend the night.

Inside the cave, the fire crackled. Ye Feng sat by the fire, taking out Gui Wuxue's storage ring and began to clear out the resources inside.

"Wow, what a haul!"

Looking at the ground covered with monster cores, all at the peak of the ninth level, a large number of spirit fruits, countless spirit herbs, and tens of thousands of spirit stones, some of which were particularly prominent due to their extra dense aura.

"Wow, medium-grade spirit stones!"

Feeling the dense aura, Ye Feng realized that Gui Wuxue actually had medium-grade spirit stones.

The higher the grade of spirit stones, the more precious they were. One medium-grade spirit stone could be exchanged for at least a hundred low-grade spirit stones. In the Kaoyuan Kingdom, most of the spirit stones in circulation were low-grade, and medium-grade ones were very rare, let alone high-grade ones.

The ring also contained a large number of corpses, apparently used to feed the man-eating insects. After clearing out the contents, Ye Feng threw the storage ring deep into the cave, finding it extremely disgusting.

The next morning!

After a night of rest, Ye Feng's spirit was fully restored. It was the night of the full moon, and Ye Feng had to reach Zifeng Mountain within a day. He would then spend the last two days heading to Lingyang Mountain to gather and wait to leave.

At the foot of Zifeng Mountain, countless evil demons and monsters were active, with extremely fierce appearances. Some had human bodies and monster heads, while others had human heads and monster bodies, all terrifying.

Not far from Zifeng Mountain, two groups of people were facing off. One group was clearly much larger than the other, and another group stood nearby, watching quietly.

"Kou Chenlong, I advise you to commit suicide. Otherwise, we will injure you all and throw you into the demon lair, where you will become playthings of the demons."

The cackling came from the larger group, dressed in black. If Ye Feng had encountered them, he would have recognized them as Hei Wukun, the brother of Hei Wuchang, a very ruthless person. The women, upon hearing this, were terrified, imagining the consequences of being thrown into the demon lair.

"What a despicable move. Your Daluo Academy is actually working with Guiyun Fort to exterminate us from Tianling Academy in Tianxiang Valley. You are truly mad. When we get out, I will report this to the higher-ups and see how you explain it." Kou Chenlong was extremely angry. Tianling Academy, with him as the leader, had many disciples gathered, preparing for battle.

"You won't have the chance to get out. Even if you kill us, what will the higher-ups do? Do you think they don't know? They just don't dare to do anything to our Daluo Academy." Hei Wukun was extremely arrogant, speaking with a haughty tone.

The four major forces were in constant competition. Over the years, each had developed, trying to surpass the others. Therefore, they would eliminate each other's talented disciples. Tianling Academy was clearly inferior to the others, especially in recent years, with a decline in talent, and Daluo Academy's attacks were even more severe.

"Brother Xie, what should we do? Should we just watch? If they really exterminate the Tianling Academy disciples and then turn on us, we will surely be no match." A young disciple from Liuli Valley asked Xie Wenhao.

"We will wait and see. If Tianling Academy can't hold on, we will help. This will maintain the balance. If the balance is broken, it will be detrimental to Liuli Valley." Xie Wenhao said calmly, fully aware of the implications.

"Brother Xie thinks far ahead. This way, we can see the true strength of the elite disciples from the other academies. We can act later." A man in a golden robe, holding a fan, and with a large belly appeared. It was Jin Bu Huan from Liuli Valley.

The atmosphere on the scene became increasingly tense, with both sides ready to engage. It was the night of the full moon, and after tonight, they could enter Zifeng Mountain.

These evil demons and monsters were very peculiar. They would never appear on the night of the full moon, making it the best time to gather Zileng Grass. If missed, they would have to wait another year.

However, this year was unusual. The sky was about to darken, and the evil demons and monsters seemed restless, not leaving Zifeng Mountain or returning to their lairs. They roared, and beasts within a hundred miles had already fled, as if something significant was about to happen.

"Kill!"

Ma Wenqiang shouted, and his followers rushed out. The ordinary elite disciples clashed, and the battle began. Unbeknownst to them, a strange red light appeared in the sky, making the evil demons and monsters even more agitated.

Kou Chenlong was the first to charge, followed by Liang Xinyu, Mei Xiaoyao, and Huolong Peak, engaging the opponents' top experts.

A few pairs of eyes, like venomous snakes, emitted a sinister aura. They were from Guiyun Fort, led by someone named Gui Wujiu, whose eyes scanned everyone like a venomous snake before diving into the crowd.

"Ah!"

Several cries of pain came from the crowd. Gui Wujiu entered and quickly killed several disciples, each one strangled to death, in a brutal manner.

The battle became incredibly fierce. Several Tianling Academy disciples had already died at the hands of Guiyun Fort, and their morale was waning. They were often one against two, and the stronger ones could barely hold on, while those of equal strength were quickly killed.

The Tianling Academy disciples, with bloodshot eyes, abandoned their defenses and charged forward, managing to hold on for a while, but at a great cost to their stamina.

Daluo Academy and Guiyun Fort, seeing Tianling Academy's counterattack, were not in a hurry, treating it like a cat playing with a mouse. They planned to wait until their stamina was depleted before exterminating them.

Time passed quickly, and the battle had lasted for about an incense stick's time. Some were already feeling exhausted, gritting their teeth to continue fighting.

"Bang!"

A loud noise echoed through Zifeng Mountain. Kou Chenlong's body leaped high, facing the attacks of Ma Wenqiang and Tian Li. Unable to dodge, he was hit by Tian Li and flew backward.

"Spit!"

Kou Chenlong spat out a mouthful of blood. Tian Li possessed divine strength, much stronger than a normal person, and this punch inflicted significant damage on Kou Chenlong.

"Stop your futile resistance. You might as well die obediently, or I will send you all to the demon lair!"

Hei Wukun laughed wickedly and pounced, his opponent being Mei Xiaoyao. His lecherous eyes scanned Mei Xiaoyao's body, as if he wanted to pounce on her.

"You will not die well!" Huolong Peak swept his opponent from Guiyun Fort back and roared in anger.

"You will die first! Die!" The Guiyun Fort disciple, who had been forced back, charged again, determined to kill Huolong Peak.

The battle became even more intense, with many disciples severely injured and unable to fight. The opponents were not in a hurry to kill them, apparently planning to send them to the demon lair, a disgrace to Tianling Academy, even more painful than death.

"Hum!"

At that moment, an unmatched axe mark slashed down from the sky, landing between the two groups, creating a path. The space rumbled as if an earthquake had occurred, and an invincible aura descended from the sky.