Chapter Twenty-Two: Life and Death

  Step by step, they walked towards the corpse of the fierce beast. Now it was time to reap the rewards of this victory. Ling Lin and the others wouldn't have come to provoke the fierce beast for no reason. They had come to kill the fierce beast because...

  The purple blood sword was inserted into the head of the fierce beast, and Ling Lin lightly lifted it up with one hand, making a grasping motion, and then suddenly a black gem-like object appeared. This was the most precious part of the fierce beast's body - the demon core.

  Yao nucleus, this is the exclusive possession of fierce beasts above the innate boundary. Yao nucleus can be used to assist cultivators in their cultivation, it's a good material for refining instruments, and even some array methods use it as raw material. Therefore, yao nucleus is a very popular thing in the Cultivation Realm, looking at the yao nucleus in front of him which was only the size of a walnut, Ling Lin estimated that its price would be worth at least dozens of lower-grade spirit stones, not to mention if it were converted into gold, it would be countless.

  Feeling the abundant energy within the demon core, Ling Lin felt that he was one step closer to the tenth level of the Martial Path.

  After leaving Ling Lin, Shi Ning was in a daze, filled with immense sorrow that overflowed her entire body. With her energy exhausted to the limit, she randomly chose a direction and sped away like lightning, her mind a complete blank as she only thought of quickly leaving this place that made her heart ache.

  Her yuan force was rapidly depleted, and she didn't know how long she had flown, only feeling that her remaining yuan force was almost gone when she slowly came to. Stepping on the withered branches and leaves, making a "rustling" sound, Shi Cong suddenly thought of herself still being in the dangerous Lianyun Mountains, thinking of her situation earlier, couldn't help but break out in cold sweat. She didn't know that at this time, in the dark surroundings, there were pairs of eerie green eyes staring at her.

  A huge wild boar was frantically running in the forest, as if something terrifying was chasing after it. "Hiss", countless fine blood lines suddenly burst out from its body, like a small snake drilling out, and the rapidly running body instantly softened, the massive body of the wild boar crashing to the ground.

  From behind, the sound of footsteps echoed, and the dry leaves on the ground were trampled to make a "rustling" sound. A figure slowly emerged. It was a young man, with an unyielding determination on his face that didn't match his age, and his entire being exuded a fierce aura, as if it wasn't the ferocious beast that had fallen to the ground, but rather he who was the true ferocious beast.

  This young man was Lin Ling. In the past few days, Lin Ling had been passing through a crazy killing spree, and with this wild boar, there were already twenty-three heads of martial arts boundary ferocious beasts that died at his hands. From the eighth to tenth level of martial arts, even the weakest point of Lin Ling couldn't be looked down upon, and even those at the eighth level found it difficult to escape from his hands.

  The purple blood sword was thrust into the wild boar's corpse, and a scene similar to that day occurred again. However, this time the absorption speed was much faster, and in just a few blinks of an eye, the wild boar's corpse withered away. The Purple Blood Sword quivered and returned to Ling Lin's hand.

  That day, the Purple Blood Sword underwent a strange transformation. After devouring the Pre-Heavenly Beast, Ling Lin suddenly discovered that this might be helpful to the sleeping Purple Forest. Moreover, he found that this seemed to be a self-repair mechanism of the Purple Blood Sword. The current power of the Purple Blood Sword was only one ten-thousandth of its peak period. Although it was unknown how many beasts the sword needed to devour to recover to its peak period, Ling Lin firmly believed that as he grew stronger, there would come a day when he could make it fully recover and display its terrifying power at its peak.

  With the Purple Blood Sword in hand, Ling Lin's figure gradually disappeared into the distance as he searched for his next target. After these few days of slaughter, he discovered that his cultivation had increased rapidly in the midst of killing, and some originally unfamiliar martial techniques had become more familiar during intense battles, a true triple win. Moreover, Ling Lin had even greater ambitions. As he stepped into the final stage of the Martial Path, the fierce beasts below the Innate Realm that could pose a threat to him were almost gone from sight. Gradually, his target shifted towards the Innate fierce beasts. However, he knew that although he could defeat early-stage Innate Realm fierce beasts, killing them would still be quite difficult. Even if he managed to kill one, he feared that his true energy would be overconsumed, which was undoubtedly something Ling Lin did not want to see happen. In such a perilous place, overconsuming true energy was no different from seeking death.

  Ling Lin was not in a hurry, he discovered that the power of devouring had another special ability, which could sense the powerful ferocious beasts in advance. As a result, every time he encountered some powerful ferocious beasts, Ling Lin always managed to avoid them in advance, without the danger of the ferocious beasts, and in this dangerous Lianyun Mountain Range, his strength was growing rapidly.

  He waited, waiting for himself to reach the peak of martial arts in two more days, and then he would start killing those pre-heavenly ferocious beasts. Moreover, he was not in a hurry to leave Lianyun Mountain Range, this was a good place, and Ling Lin, who had left Qingyuan Sect, no longer had anywhere to go back to. The power of the Martial Arts Realm was really too weak, so he decided to reach the pre-heavenly realm within Lianyun Mountain Range before going out to make a name for himself.

  The night was deep, and Lin Ling lay alone in the mountain cave. "I wonder how she's doing," Lin Ling murmured to himself, a figure flashing through his mind. "She should have returned to Qing Yuan Sect by now. Perhaps they will never meet again in this lifetime." A bitter smile spread across his face, perhaps this was the best outcome after all. Lin Ling gazed desolately at the night sky, a night with a thin moon and sparse stars. He had no idea that the person he was thinking of was going through a life-or-death struggle at that very moment.

  Shi Ningning is in a desperate bid for survival! After swallowing another elixir, she quickly recovers some of her vitality and dashes through the dense forest like lightning. Two figures are hot on her heels, making Shi Ningning feel extremely unlucky.

  After leaving that day, I galloped aimlessly for a while until my energy was almost depleted before I came to. But as soon as I woke up, I found myself surrounded by a group of ferocious beasts. Fortunately, they were all at the Martial Dao level, otherwise I might have been torn apart by the ferocious beasts in an instant. However, even if there were only Martial Dao levels, it was still impossible to withstand their large numbers, plus my own energy consumption was too huge. After a difficult struggle, I barely escaped.

  It's not over yet, the next day Shī Níng was preparing to return to Qīng Yuán Zōng. However, she unexpectedly ran into two people she least wanted to meet, Dòu Wǔ Méng's Dù Hán and Mēng Shān! These two guys hadn't even left yet!

  Just as Shi Ningning discovered them, Du Han and Meng Shan also saw Shi Ningning. Although they were shocked to see only Shi Ningning alone, with the mysterious little devil of the Martial Path nowhere to be seen, it was clearly a good opportunity. After a momentary exchange of eyes, escape!

  Apart from escaping, Shi Ning couldn't think of a better solution. She suddenly turned around and changed direction. At this time, if she continued to flee outward, it would be suicidal, and she would immediately be caught up by the two behind her. She could only re-enter the Lianyun Mountains, hoping to use the complex terrain within the mountains to shake off the two people behind her.

  Shi Ning didn't know how much longer she could hold on, and at this moment, a figure involuntarily appeared in her mind. Perhaps she would never have the chance to see him again. Feeling the dwindling yuan force within her body, Shi Ning's heart was bitter, wishing she could see him one more time.

  "Heh heh, her yuan energy is about to run out." Du Han said with a sinister tone. They were intentionally letting Shi Ning escape. Along the way, they had been controlling their speed, neither shaking them off nor catching up, just lingering behind her like a cat playing with a mouse.

  Although they had a huge advantage in terms of strength, Du Han and the other person were extremely cautious. Because he and Shi Ning's strengths were similar, and even Meng Shan was slightly weaker than Shi Ning. Although joining forces would definitely allow them to defeat Shi Ning, when a cultivator at the Innate Realm level went all out, it was entirely possible for them to take down another person with similar strength. Du Han did not want to be dragged down by her in a situation where he had already secured victory.

  Now, the poem with little yuan power was no longer a threat. "Take action!" Du Han shouted, his speed suddenly increasing.

  At this moment, a shocking beast roar suddenly remembered...