Chapter 38

In the midst of the dark forest, Qin Wentian carried Fan Le and hurriedly walked, though he himself was also very weak at this moment. However, they had to leave that area as soon as possible to avoid being targeted again. Now, neither he nor Fan Le had the strength to continue fighting.

"Really bad luck," Fan Le muttered gloomily as he lay on Qin Wentian's back. "If I had known it was so dangerous, I wouldn't have meddled. I'm still a virgin, you know."

"Shut up," Qin Wentian muttered, annoyed by the fatso's incessant chatter.

"Hehe, how does it feel now that your bloodline has calmed down?" Fan Le continued. "And what about that little dog? Why is it following us?"

"If you keep talking, I won't be able to hold on much longer," Qin Wentian said, exhausted. Just now, both he and Fan Le had been in a berserk state, their bloodlines boiling, but after using their bloodline powers, they had fallen into a period of extreme weakness due to the massive energy expenditure. Additionally, their star power had been completely drained, leaving them in a very weak state.

Especially Fan Le, who had already exhausted his strength and was hit by Ou Chen's gun tail, causing him to bleed from his head. Fortunately, Qin Wentian was skilled in acupuncture and managed to stop the blood loss. At this moment, Fan Le had no strength left in his body.

Thinking about this, Fan Le said to himself, "Revenge should be taken the next day, but since I'm still young, I need to cultivate for another year or two. Then I'll take my revenge."

"Qin Wentian, why is your realm so low? If you were at the Wheel Pulse stage, dealing with that scum Ou Feng would be a piece of cake," the fatso continued to chatter.

"There's a cave ahead," Qin Wentian ignored the fatso's words and walked toward the cave. In their current state, encountering a beast would mean certain death.

Approaching the cave, Qin Wentian put Fan Le down and sat on the ground, breathing heavily.

"Fatso, cultivate and recover some strength. Otherwise, if we encounter a beast, we'll be in big trouble," Qin Wentian said, then sat cross-legged and began meditating. Fan Le also sat down; they were both extremely weak at this moment.

"Can't be this unlucky," Fan Le's eyes, which had just closed, opened again. He saw a beast leopard approaching, staring at them in the cave.

Qin Wentian's expression stiffened as he stared at the leopard and struggled to stand up.

"Buzz." The leopard's movement was incredibly swift, pouncing in an instant like a bolt of lightning. At the same time, the snow dog beside Qin Wentian transformed into a white blur, moving even faster than the leopard.

"Roar..." A deep growl came from the snow dog's mouth, and Qin Wentian watched in amazement as the snow dog's body suddenly grew to the size of a third-level beast wolf, accurately biting the leopard's throat.

In an instant, the leopard's body fell, its neck artery severed, and it died shortly after.

"Transformation? Is that even possible?" Fan Le and Qin Wentian were dumbfounded. What left them speechless was that the snow dog turned around, approached the cave, and looked at Qin Wentian with a pleading expression, which was quite despicable... but as its body slowly shrank, the despicable expression became rather cute.

"Amazing speed," Qin Wentian thought to himself.

"This little guy is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Let's call him Little Rascal," Fan Le said with a smile.

"Despicable," Qin Wentian looked at Fan Le with disdain. "But, the name is not bad."

Saying this, Qin Wentian also grinned. The poor snow dog was thus named 'Little Rascal.'

With 'Little Rascal' guarding outside, Qin Wentian and Fan Le felt much more at ease while cultivating. By nightfall, their star power had been replenished. Fan Le opened his eyes and heard the buzzing sound of Qin Wentian's cultivation, which made him secretly marvel. His own cultivation was never this noisy.

However, this guy was ruthless. As soon as he recovered a bit of strength, he started cultivating again to strengthen his body.

Of course, Fan Le understood that after today's events, Qin Wentian must be eager to advance his realm as soon as possible. They were still waiting for revenge.

"Ou Chen, Ou Feng, I'm looking forward to it," Fan Le grinned, a sinister smile on his face. Then he walked forward, carrying the leopard's body to satisfy his hunger.

When Qin Wentian opened his eyes, he saw Fan Le outside the cave, eating roasted leopard meat with his hands, his fat face covered in grease, and the smell wafting over.

"You just recovered a bit of strength and are already being so loud. This smell and the firelight will likely attract beasts soon," Qin Wentian scolded, but the recovery ability of martial cultivators was indeed formidable. They had been exhausted from their earlier berserk state, but now, after just half a day, they had recovered a lot.

"So, let's eat quickly and get out of here," Fan Le said, taking large bites. Qin Wentian walked over and started eating as well, with Little Rascal sitting beside him, looking at him with a pleading expression.

"How much can you eat with that small body?" Qin Wentian fed a piece of leopard meat to Little Rascal, who started eating contentedly.

"Most beasts also absorb the essence of heaven and earth to grow. This leopard meat is a great tonic," Fan Le said while eating. Qin Wentian also felt the energy in the leopard meat, and if an ordinary person were tired and ate some beast meat, they would likely recover quickly.

"For the next month, we'll be living in luxury," Fan Le stood up and said. "A beast is approaching, let's get out of here."

"Okay," Qin Wentian nodded and left with Little Rascal.

They found another place, where Fan Le, having eaten his fill, started sleeping, while Qin Wentian cultivated alone, with Little Rascal keeping watch.

During the day, the three of them went out to hunt beasts, naturally enjoying the delicious beast meat.

In the blink of an eye, it was the tenth day since the seven academies' martial students had entered the dark forest. Now, the students had delved deep into the forest, all being cautious.

At this moment, in a forest, a group of people were walking slowly. Suddenly, a hurricane swept by, and their expressions changed. They saw a massive iron-armored rhinoceros charging toward them, ancient trees breaking in its path, displaying immense power.

"This is a peak third-level beast, the iron-armored rhinoceros, with incredibly violent strength," the group trembled. They tried to escape, but the hurricane swept past their faces, and they saw the iron-armored rhinoceros charging past them.

More surprisingly, two young figures were sprinting rapidly on either side of the iron-armored rhinoceros, their speed astonishing.

"Fatso, take action," a voice came, and they saw several star arrows drawing beautiful arcs, as if guided by eyes, chasing the iron-armored rhinoceros. Nine arrows in a row, the iron-armored rhinoceros seemed to be sealed in its path, stopping instantly. Then, another young figure rushed through the flying dust, delivering a powerful punch, with a faint sound of a dragon's roar.

"Bang." The young man's punch struck the iron-armored rhinoceros's forehead, and the surrounding trees seemed to tremble. They saw the iron-armored rhinoceros convulse and then collapse, making a thud.

"Such incredible strength. The iron-armored rhinoceros is known for its defense, yet it was killed with a single punch," the group was shaken. Then they saw a snow dog jump onto the iron-armored rhinoceros's back, with a despicable expression.

The young men were naturally Qin Wentian and Fan Le. Fan Le walked out and said to Qin Wentian, "You freak, your strength has become even more violent after breaking through to the ninth level of Body Tempering."

After more than ten days of cultivation, Qin Wentian had successfully reached the ninth level of Body Tempering, the final level.

His clothes were somewhat tattered, and he turned to Fan Le with a smile, "Fatso, are you jealous?"

Qin Wentian used the violent star energy from the Heavenly Hammer Star to temper his body, and with the enhancement of the fifth-level star soul, his strength was terrifying.

"I'm jealous of you, can you freely use your bloodline power?" The fatso put his hands on his hips and grinned at Qin Wentian, causing Qin Wentian's face to fall. Although he possessed high-level bloodline power, he could not use it freely. The bloodline power lay dormant in his body, completely imperceptible.

"Also, do you only know that Snake Subduing Fist or do you have other moves?" Fan Le continued.

"Once I break through to the Wheel Pulse stage, I'll cultivate a divine technique. For me, it's more important to break through my realm," Qin Wentian replied. He would choose a suitable divine technique after condensing his second star soul.

"Okay, improve your realm quickly. That day, Ou Chen made us look very bad, and without using bloodline power, it would be difficult to deal with Ou Feng," Fan Le squinted his eyes and walked forward.

Qin Wentian nodded. The reason he could defeat Ou Feng across realms that day was entirely due to the terrifying energy released by his bloodline power. Now, at the ninth level of Body Tempering, it would be difficult for him to defeat the second level of Wheel Pulse Ou Feng.

In another part of the dark forest, a group of flying creatures circled in the sky. Below, Ou Feng and Mu Ye had gathered again, along with two other figures.

"Ou Feng, the Qin Family has been exiled to Tianyong City for so many years and has long declined. A descendant of the Body Tempering realm, and you want me to take action?" One person looked at Ou Feng with disdain. This person was Hua Yun, a second-year student of the Imperial Star Academy, who had opened four Wheel Pulses and was also a noble.

In the dark forest, the nine academies' martial students participated in the trial, but they could not prevent others from entering. Hua Yun happened to be training in the dark forest and met Ou Feng.

As for the other young man, he was a training student from the Royal Academy, Ye Zhan of the Ye Family, at the second level of Wheel Pulse.

"That guy has a companion with bloodline power, which is quite troublesome," Ou Feng's eyes narrowed. He did not mention that Qin Wentian himself possessed bloodline power. He was determined to have Qin Wentian die in the dark forest to wash away the humiliation of being chased and fleeing in disgrace.

"Mu Ye, take action," Ou Feng said. Mu Ye looked into the sky, and the circling birds suddenly scattered in all directions, disappearing in an instant.