Lord Of All Realms

by Stayrr

In ancient times, there existed giant spirits capable of supporting the heavens. With bodies as enormous as stars, they soared across the universe. Great clan leaders with mysterious blood running through their veins shattered the void and created new worlds. Ancient Qi Warriors crossed a river of stars to enlighten numerous mortal beings. For unknown reasons, an era silently came

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To break the rules and directly become a disciple of the Cloudsoaring sect!

To help his grandfather reclaim the position of clanmaster; to fully heal his injuries and give him the chance to continue treading path of cultivation!

What Li Fan had offered was so appealing to Nie Tian that he was on the verge of revealing the truth in exchange for all the benefits.

However, just when he was going to open his mouth, he suddenly thought of the miracles within that miraculous world.

The eight huge fire dragons, the ancient, dilapidated altar, and the giant arms that pointed to the heavens were all extremely fascinating, and had been haunting his mind day and night.

He had the vague feeling that, compared to the wonders of that mysterious world, Li Fan's offer was not even worth mentioning.

However, Nie Tian couldn't bear to see Nie Donghai keep struggling in his current state, with injuries that had been dragging him down for years. He wanted to relieve his grandfather of his miseries by telling the truth.

He ached over the tough choice, and couldn't help but look over at Nie Donghai, as if begging to be rescued.

He noticed that Nie Donghai had taken in a deep breath to calm himself, and was now wearing an unwavering expression.

"What? Did you remember something?" Li Fan threw an inciting glance at Nie Tian while simultaneously thinking to himself, "How can a little kid like you not be moved by such temptations?"

He truly believed Nie Tian was about to spill the truth.

"No, I didn't remember anything." Nie Tian shook his head bitterly. "Perhaps I'll think of something in the future. Once I do, I'll definitely go find you, uncle Li."

"Little bastard!" Li Fan cursed in his heart. Finally giving up, he said, "Ok, never mind. You'd better take care of yourself and be extra careful. If you're abducted again, we'd have to send out a lot of people to look for you all over the world again."

With these words, Li Fan didn't pause for a second before leaving.

After he stepped out of the gate, Nie Donghai looked Nie Tian in the eye, signaling for him to remain silent for the moment.

A quarter-hour later, when Nie Donghai was convinced that Li Fan was long gone, he finally said, "We're good now."

Nie Tian felt guilty and was eager to explain. "Grandfather, I…"

Nie Donghai waved his hand and said, "You're no longer a child. I trust your judgement. Considering you didn't tell Li Fan the truth, I can well imagine that the wonders you encountered must have been beyond my imagination."

Nie Tian bowed his head and said in a low voice, "I feel like if I make full use of my miraculous encounters, then even if I can't enter the Cloudsoaring sect, I should be able to make extraordinary achievements. I also believe that someday, I can personally help you reclaim the position of clanmaster and heal your injuries.

Nie Donghai was deeply moved. More certain than ever that Nie Tian had experienced some very unusual encounters, he said, "From now on, you have to seal that secret up tight! Don't reveal it to anyone before you are strong enough to keep it safe personally! Including me! And your aunt!"

Nie Tian nodded his head resolutely. "I understand."

He secretly vowed that in the future he would make up for the things Nie Donghai had missed because of him keeping the secrets of that mysterious world. In fact, he would pay him back in double.

At that moment, Nie Qian walked in with a pink envelope in her hand, and stared at Nie Tian with a strange expression. Turning to Nie Donghai, she said, "Father, the An clan has sent us a letter. I can't believe that An Shiyi wants to invite Little Tian to their clan."

"An Shiyi?" Nie Donghai frowned and said, "Tell the messenger that Nie Tian has fallen ill, and he won't be able to leave his residence."

"Okay." Nie Qian nodded her head and glared at Nie Tian. "Well this is what you get when you try your hand at flirting when so young! Happy now? It won't be long before that temptress comes knocking."

Nie Tian smiled embarrassedly, lowering his gaze.

"Nonsense!" Nie Donghai harrumphed coldly. "That girl never does things without planning ahead. Considering how she rose up in Black Cloud City, and managed to become so popular in the Spiritual Treasure sect, what do you think she's been relying on?"

Before Nie Qian could open her mouth, Nie Donghai grimaced and continued, "After failing to observe another anomaly, she must want to dig into Little Tian and ask where he was during the ten days he went missing."

Nie Qian was also curious about the truth. "I noticed that Mr. Li just left, so…"

"From now on, you aren't allowed to ask any more questions regarding that matter!" Nie Donghai said sternly.

"Fine," Nie Qian replied, clearly not very happy.

"Go respond to the An clan." After instructing her to leave, Nie Donghai turned back to Nie Tian and said, "Remember, stay away from An Shiyi. She is the most terrifying character in Black Cloud City. Several years ago, the Yun clan attempted to challenge the An clan's position in Black Cloud City. The results were that a large number of them were either killed or severely injured.

"From what I know, most of those members of the Yun clan died by her hands.

"Her path to the Spiritual Treasure sect was also soaked in blood. That woman never shows mercy. She has even killed more than a few Qi warriors of the Spiritual Treasure sect.

"You might not know it, but after she returned to Black Cloud City, the Yun clan suddenly became obedient again. Compared to her, Yuan Qiuying is nothing."

From the way he talked, it was obvious that Nie Donghai feared An Shiyi, and was worried that Nie Tian might unwittingly offend her.

Nie Tian was secretly shocked. "I'll do as you say."

He knew that An Shiyi was fierce, but he didn't expect her to be so fierce that even his grandfather considered her to be the most terrifying character in Black Cloud City.

Nie Donghai tousled his hair and said, "Alright. No need to worry too much. In that woman's eyes, you, and in fact the entire Nie clan, are nobodies. And after all, we have the Cloudsoaring sect to back us. As long as you stay in our clan, she will have to give face to the Cloudsoaring sect, and won't dare to act recklessly. Li Fan is gone. You don't need to be so cautious from now on. Why don't you try and study the dagger An Shiyi gave you? Plus… whatever matters you were avoiding earlier, you may try and engage with them now."

After making these comments, he seemed to have remembered something all of a sudden, so he added meaningfully, "However, it would be better if strange things like spatial rifts do not reappear in our clan ever again, so that we could avoid new troubles."

"I understand." Nie Tian clearly understood what his grandfather meant.

"You may take your leave now." Nie Donghai waved his hand.

Nie Tian immediately went back to the third floor.

During the past three months, he had feared that Li Fan might notice something, hence he didn't dare to touch the animal bone.

He even didn't dare to take the liberty to touch the dagger An Shiyi had given him as a gift, which according to Nie Donghai was a Medium grade spiritual tool.

Spiritual tools were divided into five grades: Elementary, Medium, Premium, Spirit Channeling, and Immortal. There were seven levels in each grade.

Cultivation bases of Qi warriors were divided into ten stages: Qi Refining, Lesser Heaven, Heaven, Greater Heaven, Worldly Realm, Profound Realm, Soul Realm, Void Domain, Saint Domain, and God Domain. (I changed the Mortal Realm into Worldly Realm and Mystery Realm into Profound Realm to better fit the original meaning.)

Normally speaking, a Qi warrior of the Qi Refining stage or Lesser Heaven stage would be able to fully exhibit their power with a Elementary grade spiritual tool.

A Qi warrior should at least reach the Heaven stage to be able to fully display the power of a medium grade spiritual tool.

In the entire Nie clan, Medium grade spiritual tools were extremely rare.

That was the reason why Nie Beichuan didn't care about losing face and demanded the dagger when he realized that what An Shiyi had gifted was a Medium grade spiritual tool.

"A Medium grade spiritual tool," Nie Tian murmured. "That woman… was indeed generous with treasures."

He took out the forearm-length crimson dagger, stroking his finger down the shiny, smooth surface and trying to use his spiritual power to trigger it to change.

BZZ!BZZ!

One after another, thin but dense threads of crimson flame instantly appeared from the dagger.

As the crimson dagger released flame energy, its tip started to emanate powerful flames!

By this point, the animal bone in his waist pocket seemed to have suddenly started to interact with the dagger, and became scorching hot.

Nie Tian couldn't bear the heat and took the animal bone out from his waist pocket.

A strange attractive force was suddenly generated around the animal bone, as Nie Tian could clearly see the originally straight strings of light emanating from the tip of the dagger being bent into arches and trapped by the animal bone.

In the next moment, he saw the strings of red light emanating from the tip of the dagger being absorbed.

Dense strands of crimson flame were vanishing from the sides of the dagger at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye.

Soon the previously mysterious dagger was reduced to an ordinary item, dark and completely lifeless.

PUFF!

At last, a strange sound came from within the dagger, as if some restrictive spell were completely destroyed.

At the same time.

An Shiyi received the message that Nie Donghai explicitly rejected her invitation on behalf of Nie Tian.

PUFF!

A strange sound that was identical to that of the one emitted by the dagger rang out from something within her sleeves, and she couldn't help but make a "Hum?!" sound.

"The Nie clan is so poor and weak now, so they definitely wouldn't destroy a medium grade spiritual tool for no reason. The Crimson Sun Dagger was in that kid's hands, and now it is completely destroyed. This is interesting.

"I am truly intrigued."

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"It's destroyed…"

Inside the room, Nie Tian stared blankly at the dagger, which was already dark, lifeless, and drained of spirit. He suddenly felt somewhat depressed.

There were only a few spiritual tools of Medium grade in the entire Nie clan. His grandfather used to have one, but he sold it at a low price several years ago, and used the money to try to find a cure for his disease.

Nie Tian also understood that the only reason An Shiyi had generously gifted him this Medium grade spiritual tool was that Jiang Zhisu had been present at that time.

It was such a precious item, and he had lost it to the animal bone before he could properly explore its secrets.

Glaring at the animal bone with intense hatred, he couldn't hold back from cursing. "What a waste! What a waste!"

BZZZ!

Little fragmented flames started to spark in the animal bone, swiftly gathering in its center, and then rushing towards the drop of crimson blood.

"Yee?!" He exclaimed as he pressed his finger on the animal bone, which had become scalding hot again. He quickly discovered that the shrunken drop of blood was now growing larger again.

He immediately understood that he had just replenished the energy of the animal bone, which had been consumed when it split space and brought him to that mysterious land.

"It won't trigger another spatial disorder, will it?" he thought nervously.

Li Fan had spent three whole months waiting for another spatial rift to open up. Now, even though Li Fan was gone, there were still numerous unidentified Qi warriors wandering about outside of the Nie clan.

All of them had gathered there because of the unusual spatial fluctuations that emerged in the Nie clan.

If another spatial rift reappeared in the Nie clan now that Li Fan had returned to the Cloudsoaring Mountain, those Qi warriors would probably rush into the Nie clan and explore the secrets of the spatial disorder, regardless of the price they might end up paying.

As powerful as they were, the Nie clan would be totally incapable of stopping them, and the secrets to his animal bone might also be exposed in the process.

He pressed his finger closely on the animal bone, calling out in his heart and praying for nothing to happen. "Don't! Please don't!"

Although he wished to visit that mysterious land again to explore its profound secrets, this wasn't the time. Once the animal bone caused a spatial disorder, he would immediately fall into a maelstrom of huge troubles.

As the animal bone grew hotter and hotter, it almost seemed as if it could hear his inner cries.

The change he feared might happen didn't occur. After converging all the flame power from the Crimson Sun Dagger into the drop of blood, the animal bone once again became quiet.

As anxious as he was, Nie Tian didn't dare to probe the drop of blood with his spiritual awareness, therefore he quickly put it back into his waist pocket.

After a while, when not a single bit of heat was emanating from the animal bone, and no change had occurred, he felt a bit of relief.

Then he frowned deeply. "This won't do," he thought. "As long as I'm in the Nie clan, I won't be able to freely explore the wonders of the animal bone. I have to think of an alternative."

However, after thinking long and hard, he failed to come up with a good solution.

He was still too young, and his cultivation base was merely in the sixth level of Qi Refining. Between Black Cloud City and the Cloudsoaring Mountain was a vast and dense forest, and Qi warriors from the Cloudsoaring sect or Black Cloud City constantly roamed it. If he triggered an unusual spatial disorder, those powerful Qi warriors would very likely notice.

If he were then found by the Qi warriors from the Cloudsoaring sect, he would probably be safe; however the mysterious item on him would undoubtedly be hard to keep concealed.

If it were Qi warriors from the An clan or the Yun clan that found him, he doubted that he would return to the Nie clan alive.

Furthermore, there were spirit beasts constantly foraging in the wild lands to the north of Black Cloud City. Exploring the secrets of the animal bone there would ensure that his chances of getting killed would be even higher.

"After all, I'm not strong enough…" After pondering for awhile, he decided that leaving Black Cloud City and entering the desolate and uninhabited land would not be a wise idea. Hence, he had to give it up for the time being.

"For now, I'll try to grasp the essence of that fist strike. I'll wait until I'm powerful enough, then I'll go out of Black Cloud City to explore the miracles of the animal bone."

With these thoughts, he adjusted his breathing and tossed any thoughts of the animal bone out of his head. After calming down, he tried to fill his heart with rage.

All of a sudden, a force of anger and frenzy, as well as a begrudging mood, started to build up in his heart.

As he recalled the gesture of the giant hand reaching into the heavens, he gradually lifted his arm and pointed to the ceiling, imitating the gesture.

After his wrath was accumulated to a certain degree and his eyes seemed to be filled with burning flame of rage, he suddenly felt the spiritual power in his dantian's spiritual sea flowing uncontrollably towards his own raised arm.

ROOOAARRRR!!

He couldn't help but howling out loud as a force of rage poured into his meridians and converged into his spiritual power.

A wild and ancient aura was released from his body. As of this moment, it seemed as if he had suddenly become the reincarnation of an ancient giant spirit, full of the courage to battle against the heaven and earth.

The spiritual power violently rushed into his fist. An intense urge to unleash the wild and uncontrollable power spurred him to explode into action!

He sensed that he had to let off the furious spiritual power fluctuations gathered in his fist!

His clenched fist violently smashed down on the stone table in front of him, and all of the suppressed power instantly found an outlet.

CRACKLE!

All of a sudden, the door-sized table was shattered into small pieces, and the fragmented stones shot out in every direction, filling the entire room.

After the blow, he was surprised to discover that he was completely drained of spiritual power!

The spiritual power in his spiritual sea appeared to be emptied, not leaving a slightest bit!

Totally depleted of strength, he collapsed to the ground and his face grew pale due to overexertion.

He was surrounded by countless shattered stones. After his strike was complete, the larger stones continued the process of fracturing, breaking up up into even smaller pieces.

The room was filled with the intense emotion of rage which he had attached to his fist!

It wasn't until some time had passed that the rage finally dissipated into the heaven and earth.

Looking at stone fragments falling to the floor and the gravel-filled room, Nie Tian let out a bellow of rage. "What a violent power!"

The stone table had been crafted from an extremely solid slab of green rock!

Even though green rocks were not considered spiritual materials, the formidable clans in Black Cloud City all used it as a construction material, due to its toughness.

A rock was a rock, and was definitely tougher than the body of a Qi warrior with a low cultivation base.

According to Nie Qian, Qi warriors who had just entered Lesser Heaven stage would need to use spiritual power to strengthen their body, so as to match the hardness of the green rock.

Strengthened by their spiritual power, Qi warriors with a mid-stage or late-stage of Lesser Heaven cultivation base could be tougher than the green rock.

However, before reaching the Lesser Heaven stage, even if they wrapped himself in spiritual power, a Qi warrior wouldn't be able to match the toughness of the green rock.

Since his rage-filled fist strike could shatter a piece of green rock, in the event that he struck a Qi warrior's body, that Qi warrior would only be able to survive if his cultivation base had reached or surpassed Lesser Heaven.

Qi warriors who had just entered the Lesser Heaven stage might be killed instantly by a single blow.

And those with a similar cultivation base to his own, Qi warriors of the ninth level of Qi Refining or lower, would die beyond the shadow of a doubt!

"The explosive power is terrifying. However, it is also terrifying to have consumed all my spiritual power with one punch! With a single strike using up all my spiritual power, I would have no more strength to fight back afterwards, leaving me at the complete mercy of my enemy.

"This style must be used with extreme caution!"

After the initial ecstasy, he gradually came to realize this style of punch was a double-edged sword by nature. If he couldn't kill his opponent with a single strike, he could only wait to be killed.

However, he also had the feeling that the power of this fist strike hadn't been displayed to its full extent.

At present, with his poor cultivation base, a single punch managed to completely drain the spiritual power in his dantian's spiritual sea. Obviously, that wasn't its ultimate limit.

He was sure that with a better cultivation base and a larger amount of spiritual power, the power of this fist strike may possibly rise to a whole new level!

"In the mysterious world, there were a total of 32 giant hands reaching into the heavens. Every one of them was the embodiment of a style of striking that was as domineering as this one! If I manage to comprehend the essence of all those 32 styles, then…"

With these thoughts, Nie Tian's eyes emanated a feverish light of excitement.

As of this moment, he firmly believed that resisting Li Fan's temptation and not revealing the secrets of the animal bone was the smartest choice of his entire life!

By this point, Nie Donghai walked in, looked at the messy floor, and asked, "What happened here?!"

"I was trying to comprehend a fist strike," Nie Tian smiled joyfully.

"A fist strike?" Staring at the floor full of rubble, Nie Donghai's eyes flashed a hint of astonishment. In the next moment, he nodded his head and said, "That woman from the An clan has tried every means to get the secrets of the spatial rift from you. The offer she made this time… was too hard to reject. I've already accepted it on your behalf."

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Chapter Thirty-three: A Command Medallion From Out of Nowhere

As he spoke, Nie Donghai pulled out a palm-sized command medallion from his breast pocket and handed it to Nie Tian.

When it touched Nie Tian's hand, it gave off the feeling that it had been carved out of a single piece of frosty jade.

A jewel-bedecked pavilion was engraved on the front of the command medallion, on the eaves of which hung a large number of fine spiritual tools. When he turned it around, Nie Tian saw "Spiritual Treasure Sect" in huge block characters.

"What's this?" Nie Tian asked confusedly.

Nie Donghai pondered for a moment, and elaborated, "This is the command medallion to the trial. As you know, there are six other cities in the vicinity that are around the same size as Black Cloud City. They are Bone Shatter City, Thunder Clap City, Dim Star City, Frost Stone City, Cold Moon City, and Yellow Sand City.

"In the other six cities, there are many clans like ours, each of which cling to different Qi warrior sects like we do.

"Among the mountains and rivers in between these seven cities, there exist four formidable Qi warrior sects, the Cloudsoaring sect being one of them.

"Other than the Cloudsoaring sect, there are the Spiritual Treasure sect, the Grayvale sect and the Mystic Mist sect.

"In Black Cloud City, our clan serves the Cloudsoaring sect, the An clan relies on the Spiritual Treasure sect, and the Yun clan… clings to the Grayvale sect.

"The clans in the other six cities are mortal clans like ours. They also serve the Spiritual Treasure sect, the Cloudsoaring sect, the Grayvale sect, and the Mystic Mist sect, by mining in the mountains, growing spirit plants, or taking care of mortal world affairs for them.

Nie Tian listened attentively and nodded along. "I see."

Nie Donghai continued, "It's said that the Spiritual Treasure sect, the Cloudsoaring sect, the Grayvale sect, and the Mystic Mist sect belong to the same Qi warriors' alliance. Ostensibly, these four Qi warrior sects work together, but they actually secretly compete with each other, and fights often break out between their juniors.

"Competition is the necessary path Qi warriors must tread in order to train themselves.

"Rulers of the four great Qi warrior sects purposely allow their juniors to fight amongst themselves. In their eyes, the best way to continuously improve the cultivation base and display remarkable talent is to go through such a process.

"They themselves surpassed their peers step by step and achieved their current accomplishments in the same way.

"In order to train the juniors, the four sects often intentionally create conflicts and unique environments to allow them to grasp the essence of their spiritual powers through battle, and to comprehend the profundity of different stages.

"Of course, they operate these events in a way to make sure everything is under their control.

"Like this one…"

With these words, Nie Donghai halted, giving Nie Tian a moment to digest what he had just said.

Nie Tian reflected for a while, and soon understood the intentions of the four great Qi warrior sects. He nodded his head and indicated for Nie Donghai to continue.

"In our vast expanse, there exists numerous mysterious dimensions. These dimensions may be parallel to the place we are in, but each of them has their own wonders.

"Some of the dimensions are extremely deadly, and remain unconquered to this day.

"There are also mysterious dimensions which have been fully explored and researched by the four great sects, thus leaving behind no further secrets.

"The Spiritual Treasure sect is in control of a mysterious dimension named 'Green Illusion', which has been completely conquered. I heard that when the Green Illusion dimension was first discovered, not only were there high-level spirit beasts, but also fierce, savage alien species.

"However, under the power of the alliance of the four powerful Qi warrior sects, the fierce tribes and the high-level spirit beasts of the Green Illusion dimension were all wiped out.

"The premium quality spiritual materials, corpses of the spirit beasts, and secrets of the savage tribes in the Green Illusion dimension were long ago split up between the four major sects.

"However, the Green Illusion dimension still exists.

"For purpose of training their juniors, the four major sects intentionally spared the lives of the low-level spirit beasts there. Once every few years, they arrange for juniors of the Qi Refining stage to participate in trials in the Green Illusion dimension.

"There, they fight spirit beasts of similar levels to refine their battling techniques, strengthen their hearts, and comprehend the profundity of their stages.

"Due to the fact that the Green Illusion dimension belongs to the Spiritual Treasure sect, they usually have fifteen slots for every trial.

"On the other hand, the Cloudsoaring sect, Grayvale sect, and Mystic Mist sect each have ten slots.

"It will be the same with this trial. The four major sects are going to arrange a total of forty-five juniors of Qi Refining stage.

"I've also just heard recently that Nie Xian is going to be among the ten juniors of the Cloudsoaring sect. Nie Xian has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, and is only one step away from stepping into the Lesser Heaven stage. The Cloudsoaring sect hopes that he can use this chance to properly understand the essence of how to wield spiritual power and eventually break into the Lesser Heaven stage.

"The entire Cloudsoaring sect only has ten slots, and some of them went to a few sect elders' grandchildren. The rest of the slots have been gifted to clans who rely on the Cloudsoaring sect just like ours.

"However, the Nie clan is not among them.

"Since we don't have any slots, I… didn't mention it to you before."

With these words, he took a deep look at the command medallion in Nie Tian's hand and said, "I didn't expect that woman from the An clan to send you a command medallion as a gift.

"Obviously, she intends to admit you into the Green Illusion dimension by giving you this command medallion, and deploy members of the An clan to keep a watch on you while you are in there, in hope of learning the secrets of the spatial rifts that appeared in the Nie clan.

"Even though I understand her intentions, this is just too rare an opportunity, so I have decided to let you participate in the trial."

Actually, before he entered the room, Nie Donghai was still on the fence about whether he should let Nie Tian to go to the Green Illusion dimension.

Those juniors who were entering the Green Illusion dimension would be disciples of the Spiritual Treasure sect, Cloudsoaring sect, Grayvale sect, Mystic Mist sect, together with talented youngsters from the major clans of the seven cities.

Most participants would be in the sixth level of Qi Refining or higher, while many of them would be in the ninth level of Qi Refining, just one step away from entering Lesser Heaven stage.

In the Green Illusion dimension, any kind of fight was allowed, as long as there was no killing.

Under such circumstances, battles would take place extremely frequently, and it was permitted to seriously injure one's opponent.

He originally worried that it wouldn't be safe for Nie Tian to go to the Green Illusion dimension with his sixth level Qi Refining cultivation base, and wanted to give it up.

However, as he walked in, he noticed that the green rock table had been reduced to a floor full of gravel…

At that point, he changed his mind.

Nie Tian clenched his hand down tightly onto the command medallion that An Shiyi had sent him, looking radiant and full of fighting spirit. "Grandfather! I must go to that Green Illusion dimension! Please rest assured, I won't let anyone walk over me!"

For no apparent reason, the thought of being able to fight juniors of his own age made him seethe with excitement, and he couldn't wait one more second to rush into action.

It seemed he was born to fight!

"Good!" Nie Donghai also felt Nie Tian's fighting spirit. "This command medallion came from the Spiritual Treasure sect, so you have to enter together with the people from the Spiritual Treasure sect. First thing tomorrow, the Spiritual Treasure sect will send people over to pick you up at our clan and take you to the Green Illusion dimension.

"You'd better find a place to hide the object that can cause spatial disorders, and not carry it into the Green Illusion dimension.

"What's more, I believe the Spiritual Treasure sect people will keep an eye on you while you are in there, so be smart."

"I understand." Nie Tian nodded his head.

He knew that An Shiyi would definitely not gift him a command medallion to the Green Illusion dimension for no reason. An Shiyi's men would definitely be watching him all the time, hoping to solve the mystery behind the spatial disorder through him, so that they could find and control a more mysterious and more powerful secret dimension.

Therefore, he decided not to bring the animal bone to the Green Illusion dimension with him.

…

At the same time, in the Yun clan…

Yun Zhiguo wore an ecstatic look on his face while he returned to his house, humming a little tune.

Inside, Yuan Qiuying, her son Yun Song, and several trusted followers that she had brought along from the Yuan clan were all waiting anxiously.

Seeing Yun Zhiguo returning with a face full of smiles, Yuan Qiuying suddenly become enlivened, and blurted, "How did it go? Do you have it?"

Yun Zhiguo burst into laughter. "Only eleven years old, and our Song'er has already reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. He is undoubtedly the most qualified in the entire Yun clan to go to the Green Illusion dimension!"

"I'll say!" Yuan Qiuying laughed charmingly. "Even if they don't give face to our family, they must give face to my clan. Ours is the most powerful clan in Frost Stone City, and even among the many clans that rely on the Grayvale sect, our clan is still the most powerful one. I've already lowered myself to marry you, so your clan had better give face to my father."

"Exactly, no doubt about it." Yun Zhiguo gave a loud laugh. "If I hadn't married you, I'm afraid that this slot would probably haven't been given to Song'er. This is all thanks to you."

"It's good that you understand that." Yuan Qiuying was quite satisfied with his attitude.

Just as she was about to say more, a man rushed into the room with a strange look on his face. It was the old servant that had been assigned the task of killing Nie Qian and Nie Tian.

"Mistress, I've just learned that An Shiyi sent a command medallion to Nie Tian."

"Nie Tian!" Yuan Qiuying opened her eyes wide as the memory of her humiliation by Nie Tian in front of the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion rushed back to her. With rage filling her heart, she said, "Song'er! You are going to enter the Green Illusion dimension with your older cousin Yuan Feng this time, who I've always cherished since he was little. He already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining last year, and was officially accepted into the Grayvale sect.

"Follow Little Feng when you are in the Green Illusion dimension," she instructed viciously. "Once you come across that little punk Nie Tian, exert all your means to destroy him and make him a useless person!"

"Please rest assured, mother. I know what to do!"

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The Green Illusion dimension trials took place once every ten years, and involved the four sects and twenty-five clans of the seven cities.

There were a total of twenty-five clans in the seven cities that were similar with Black Cloud City. Those clans that had recently demonstrated their worthiness would be rewarded with slots by the four sects, and would choose their most talented juniors to enter the Green Illusion dimension together with the young and talented juniors from the four sects.

This Green Illusion dimension trial was imminent, hence the twenty-five clans of the seven cities had been getting ready and doing their best to pour their resources in the direction of those juniors who would participate in the trial.

Some of the juniors were gifted the highest level spiritual tools within the clan, while others were gifted with precious medicinal pills. Every one of them was prepared to display their talents in the Green Illusion dimension.

However, all Nie Donghai could give Nie Tian was concern and advice, due to the poor condition he had been in over the years.

The next day…

Early in the morning, Nie Donghai led Nie Tian to the front gate of the Nie clan, where they waited.

"Although An Shiyi is cruel and merciless, the woman has her principles," Nie Donghai said calmly, "She has her bottom lines, so she definitely won't lower herself to the level of harming you. I feel safe putting you in her hands. All you have to do is to be careful in the Green Illusion dimension and don't expose your secrets."

Nie Tian gently nodded. "Consider it done, grandpa. I'll take good care of myself."

"Okay." Nie Donghai squinted his eyes and gazed into the direction where the An clan was located. "Yun Zhiguo's son Yun Song is also going to attend this trial in the Green Illusion dimension. That shrew Yuan Qiuying hates your guts, so I'm afraid she'll instruct Yun Song to lay murderous hands on you in the Green Illusion dimension."

"Yun Song?" Nie Tian's mouth twitched with disdain. "I managed to beat him until he puked blood when I was in the fourth level of Qi Refining. It's only been several months. He should still be in the sixth level of Qi Refining. I, on the other hand, am now also in the sixth level of Qi Refining. Humph, he better pray not to bump into me in the Green Illusion dimension!"

Nie Donghai's face turned grim. "It's not him that I worry about. It's Yuan Feng from the Yuan clan of Frost Stone City. He and Yuan Qiuying have always been close, and that kid is truly a fierce character. Yuan Feng broke through into the ninth level of Qi Refining a year ago and has already been officially accepted by the Grayvale sect. Moreover, he is regarded highly in the Grayvale sect, and was appointed as leader of the Grayvale sect in this trial!

"Yuan Feng is older than you, and his cultivation base is higher than yours. As leader of the Grayvale sect in this trial into the Green Illusion dimension, every Grayvale participant will take orders from him.

"Remember, you must always stay with the other participants from the Spiritual Treasure sect, and try not to get separated from their group.

"In case you accidentally stray, go find Nie Xian and team up with the participants from the Cloudsoaring sect, if possible. You will enter with the Spiritual Treasure sect, but after all, the Nie clan is subordinate to the Cloudsoaring sect, so their leader ought to admit you into their group.

"Teaming up with others is very important. Your individual power is extremely limited. Keep that in mind!"

Nie Tian listened attentively and kept nodding along, growing increasingly expectant regarding the Green Illusion dimension's trial.

By his very nature, he enjoyed this kind of competition!

Looking at Nie Tian, who was full of fighting spirit, Nie Donghai secretly nodded his head, and had the sudden feeling that the Green Illusion dimension's trial could possibly let Nie Tian shed away his old self and take on a new identity, truly understanding the cruelty and dangers of the Qi cultivation world.

He vaguely felt that Nie Tian would be able to adapt to the Green Illusion dimension.

An He, the An clan's overweight old servant, came in a horse carriage from the silent morning roads and arrived in front of them. "Master Nie, our mistress has sent me here to take Nie Tian to the Green Illusion dimension."

"Thank for going through all the trouble." Nie Donghai said, then glanced at Nie Tian and said, "Come, greet uncle An."

Nie Tian quickly bowed down. "Uncle An!"

An He nodded expressionlessly towards Nie Tian, then signalled for him to get in the carriage.

Nie Tian didn't waste any time, and entered the carriage under Nie Donghai's concerned gaze.

After Nie Tian was in, An He told Nie Donghai, "Master Nie, don't you worry. With me escorting Nie Tian to participate in the Green Illusion dimension's trial, we surely won't be secretly attacked. That kind of dirty move is not something I will allow."

An He thew a meaningful glance in the Yun clan's direction.

"Many thanks!" Nie Donghai clasped his hands.

Clearly, he knew An He's status and power in the An clan, therefore he seemed quite relieved.

"I'll bring Nie Tian back safe and sound in half a year." With these words, An He said no more. Snapping his whip, he sent the majestic black horse galloping forward with great force.

The sound of horse hooves clashing against ground rang out in the silent morning street. Before long, the carriage disappeared from Nie Donghai's vision.

…

Three days later, in the desolate and uninhabited marshland outside of Thunder Clap City…

The marshland was completely covered by swaths of peat moss. By the side of a clear lake, An Shiyi, who was feeling hot and stuffy, cooled herself with a paper fan as she explained the rules of the Green Illusion dimension to fourteen well-dressed young boys and girls.

Those young boys and girls were from the Spiritual Treasure sect and the clans that clung to the Spiritual Treasure sect.

Most of them were in the seventh level or eighth level of Qi Refining, with only three in the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Those three were dressed in bright yellow robes, with the character "Treasure" conspicuously sewn to the chest, which made them stand out from the rest eleven youngsters.

They had already been admitted as disciples of the Spiritual Treasure sect.

Among the three of them, there were two boys and one girl, with the beautiful girl being their leader.

The girl resembled An Shiyi to some extent. As young as she was, she already had a delicate, curvaceous physique. The way she behaved was composed and relaxed. Apparently she was used to calling the shots.

The girl's name was An Ying. Looking very impatient, she said, "Alright. Alright. You've said too much. Don't you think you are being superfluous?! The sect elders have already given us the warnings and advice that you are giving us now. There is no need for you to repeat it again."

"Then how come you're the only one complaining?!" An Shiyi said with a glare.

An Ying chuckled, a sound as pleasant as bird singing. "You are my sister. What are you gonna do about it? Besides, they're all cursing you inwardly. Since they don't dare to say it out loud, I have to."

Before An Shiyi could scold her, An Ying quickly said, "When will the kid from the Nie clan arrive? He's not even from our sect, but has kept all of us waiting for him. He really thinks he is a big deal!"

An Ying's cultivation base had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining and she had been a disciple of the Spiritual Treasure sect since long ago. Furthermore, she was the one who would lead the participants from the Spiritual Treasure sect in this trial.

Three days ago, when An Shiyi returned to the Spiritual Treasure sect, she specifically found her and told her that the An clan had given their only slot to a boy named Nie Tian from the Nie clan.

An Shiyi had instructed her to keep a close watch of Nie Tian in the Green Illusion dimension and pay attention to every single unusual thing about Nie Tian.

Actually the An clan had fought hard for that trial slot, and they originally had intended to let An Ying's younger brother use it to enter the Green Illusion dimension's trial.

Therefore, An Ying was very dissatisfied when An Shiyi gave the slot to Nie Tian.

Although she realized that An Shiyi must have arranged for Nie Tian to enter the Green Illusion dimension for a reason, An Ying was still rather upset about it.

Because of that, she hated Nie Tian before they even met, all for taking her brother's slot.

The trial was about to begin soon, but Nie Tian still hadn't shown up. The fact that he made all these people wait this long fueled her hatred towards him even further.

An Shiyi knew An Ying held a grudge against Nie Tian, so she didn't argue with her. "Well, Black Cloud City is far away. I expected him to be a little late. Don't worry. They should be here soon according to my calculations. Little Ying, although Nie Tian isn't a member of our Spiritual Treasure sect, since I gave him the command medallion and invited him to enter the Green Illusion dimension, you should be more magnanimous and try not to give him a hard time."

"Someone as broadminded as me wouldn't stoop to his level." An Ying let out a harrumph and glanced at the two boys in the ninth level of Qi Refining who were also from the Spiritual Treasure sect. "As for the others, I won't be able to control their actions."

Under An Ying's gaze, those two youngsters both briefly raised their chins, their faces full of arrogance.

"You little rascal!" said An Shiyi.

She clearly knew those two boys from the Spiritual Treasure sect had always admired and followed An Ying's orders.

As long as An Ying showed a smidgen of dissatisfaction towards Nie Tian, they would exert all means to give Nie Tian a hard time.

They were Zheng Rui and Pan Tao. Both of them were grandchildren of Spiritual Treasure sect elders, so even An Shiyi wouldn't be able to control them.

"Since he dares to enter the Green Illusion dimension with the Spiritual Treasure sect's command medallion, he should already be prepared to become a target…" Finally, An Shiyi gave up, knowing her persuasion wouldn't work.

"Relax, sis," An Ying said reassuringly, "I will 'take good care of him' in the Green Illusion dimension!"

At that moment, An Shiyi suddenly raised the end of her eyebrow and looked into the distance. "Here he comes."

An He from the An clan was leading Nie Tian, as their figures slowly became clear on a distant muddy road, striding in An Shiyi's direction.

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Even though Nie Tian was still tens of meters away from the lake where An Shiyi was, he could already feel numerous unfriendly gazes converging upon him.

Nie Tian's expression was still firm and determined as he followed An He, walking over in a composed manner.

Once within earshot, he put on a bright smile and called out to An Shiyi, "Beautiful sister, we meet again."

An Shiyi smiled and laughed. "I'd hoped to meet you in Black Cloud City a few days ago. Unfortunately, you had suddenly fallen ill. Otherwise, I might have personally escorted you here."

"That was my fault," Nie Tian said, sounding a little embarrassed. "I understand that you've been kind to me. The slots in the Green Illusion dimension trial are so precious that our clan doesn't even have one. However, you gave a valuable slot to me. I'll remember your kindness forever in my heart. In the future, should you face any trouble, as long as it's within my power to help, I'll spare no effort to aid you, elder sister!"

Before An Shiyi could reply, An Ying snorted and said, "What a sweet-talker! Should anything happen to my elder sister, how could you possibly help her? Your clan is the weakest in Black Cloud City, and completely overshadowed by the Yun clan. What makes you think you are capable of helping my sister?"

"Who are you?" Nie Tian asked, looking surprised.

The one to answer the question was An Shiyi. Smiling, she said, "She's my sister An Ying, who's also from Black Cloud City. You've probably heard of her."

"An Ying…" Nie Tian was inwardly shocked. Nodding, he continued, "Of course I've heard of her."

An Ying was actually An Shiyi's cousin, and the most promising star among the younger generation of the An clan. A year ago, she managed to break through into the ninth level of Qi Refining at the age of twelve, and thus emerge from the An clan, becoming a disciple of the Spiritual Treasure sect.

It was said that her cultivation talent was even more outstanding than An Shiyi's.

The whole An clan secretly believed that in the future, she might even surpass An Shiyi!

As Nie Tian thought back to the wonders he had encountered in the mysterious dimension, he confidently said, "You're right. My cultivation base is not very high at the moment, and the Nie clan is not the strongest among the clans. But time can change all things. Who knows will happen in the future? Perhaps one day, when elder sister is in trouble, I will be able to help her!"

"In that case, I'd like to thank you in advance," An Shiyi said jokingly, casting a glare at An Ying. "It's about time I summon the other three sects."

With these words, she took out a command medallion from her sleeve pocket and pressed a slender jade finger down onto it.

A misty spiritual aura immediately flowed out of her fingertip and filled the whole command medallion.

The next moment, a light ring sprang out from within.

Nie Tian took a close look at the command medallion, and noticed that it wasn't made of jade, but rather, some sort of strange metal.

Obviously, An Shiyi's command medallion was different from the one he had been given.

An Ying looked at Nie Tian and said in a domineering tone, "Since you will enter the Green Illusion dimension holding our command medallion, you must listen to everything I say once we're inside. Whatever I tell you to do, you must do!"

Nie Tian's only reply was a cold chuckle.

Seeing his nonchalant attitude, An Ying tilted her chin up a bit and declared, "I don't care what you think now. I'll see to it that you obey me when we're in the Green Illusion dimension."

All the youngsters by her side followed her lead, casting unfriendly glances in Nie Tian's direction.

Nie Tian ignored them.

Before long, Li Fan appeared from a distant copse, followed by the participants from the Cloudsoaring sect.

"Uncle Li…" Nie Tian mouthed. Considering that Li Fan had spent so much time in the Nie Clan, he felt a bit embarrassed. Ducking his head down, he sidled over to join the group of teenagers next to An Ying.

After all, he was a member of the Nie clan. Showing up here with people from the Spiritual Treasure sect would seem somewhat strange, and he was afraid that Li Fan might read too much into it. An Ying almost instantly noticed what he was doing. Laughing loudly, she grabbed his arm and dragged him forcefully out of the crowd. "What are you hiding for? Even though the Cloudsoaring sect doesn't have a slot for you, we, the Spiritual Treasure sect, are wealthy enough to gift you one. What's the big deal? Come. Let Mr. Li have a good look at you!"

Her hand wasn't very large, but the force she exerted when she grabbed Nie Tian's arm was considerable, allowing her to easily pull him out into the open.

Nie Tian looked embarrassed, but deep down was astounded by her strength. Therefore, he couldn't help but take a deep look at An Ying, deeming her as a major opponent.

He was sure that when An Ying pulled him, she didn't apply her spiritual power. Although he didn't react instantly, he did subconsciously resist her once he realized what she was doing.

Although he didn't use his full strength, it was enough that a normal woman would never be able to force him to move.

And yet, An Ying succeeded!

Before he could recover from his shock, Li Fan's eyes flashed with a strange light, and he said, "Nie Tian? What are you doing here?"

"Greetings, uncle Li," Nie Tian said with a sheepish smile. Aware that he couldn't extricate himself from the situation, he stepped forward and bowed respectfully. "Elder sister An gave me a command medallion, granting me the opportunity to enter the Green Illusion dimension. I didn't mean to hide anything, uncle Li, it's just…"

"You don't need to explain." Li Fan looked over with a frown at the smiling An Shiyi. "You held nothing back, did you?" The moment he saw Nie Tian, he immediately understood An Shiyi's intentions.

Looking as composed as ever, An Shiyi smiled and said, "Nie Tian and I hit it off, and I believe he has a bright future. Since our sect has many slots to the trial, and I have the right to distribute them, giving a slot to him wasn't a big deal."

Meanwhile, Nie Tian happened to notice that Jiang Lingzhu, the same girl he had met in front of the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion was standing behind Li Fan, waving at him.

There were nine people clustered around her, one of whom was Nie Xian, who had just recently been accepted into the Cloudsoaring sect.

Nie Xian looked back and forth between Jiang Lingzhu and Nie Tian, his face full of confusion.

"Nie Tian, it's me," Jiang Lingzhu called out. "Don't you remember me?"

Nie Tian had been so surprised to see Nie Xian that he forgot to acknowledge Jiang Lingzhu. Only when he heard her yelling did he snap out of his daze.

Waving back, he said, "Oh, hey, you're here, too!"

Nie Xian's expression grew even more confused.

Even An Ying turned to stare in surprise at Nie Tian. "How do you know Jiang Lingzhu?" she asked. "With her help, you wouldn't even need my sister to get a command medallion for yourself."

"She could do such a thing?!" Nie Tian asked in surprise.

"She's the daughter of the Cloudsoaring sect's sectmaster, and leader of the trial participants from the Cloudsoaring sect. If she made the request, she could surely have gotten you into the Green Illusion dimension."

Nie Tian was flabbergasted. "She's Jiang Zhisu's daughter!?"

Although he had met Jiang Lingzhu once, he was completely unaware that she had such a powerful background.

He used to think that Jiang Lingzhu was a child of another clan that served the Cloudsoaring sect, similar to Nie Xian. He didn't expect her to be from such a lofty family.

Even as Nie Tian stood there in shock, the participants from the Grayvale sect and the Mystic Mist sect also arrived.

The Grayvale sect participants were led by a gray-garbed old man. Behind him was a teenager, who stood as straight and sharp as a spear!

Yun Song, who had once fought Nie Tian, was standing next to him, pointing at Nie Tian and whispering something to him.

A moment later, that teenager's fierce gaze pierced the wind and flew towards Nie Tian like a sword.

Nie Tian met his gaze, and immediately felt stabbing pain in his eyes. His expression darkened.

He instantly realized that this teenager was Yuan Feng, whom Nie Donghai had mentioned, leader of the the Grayvale sect trial participants.

Nie Tian was already on guard against Yuan Feng, knowing that he would be one of his greatest enemies in the Green Illusion dimension. "A year ago, he broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining," he thought, "and hence was officially accepted by the Grayvale sect. I can see already that he is worthy of his reputation." As for the Mystic Mist sect, an old lady led their trial participants, and arrived last.

The second they arrived, she barked, "You! Girl from the An Clan. Hurry and open the gate to the secret dimension! I have important matters to attend to after sending these kids into the Green Illusion dimension."

"Okay," An Shiyi said, smiling.

She subsequently took out the same command medallion which she had previously used to summon the other three sects. After she filled it again with her spiritual power, it instantly became as splendid and gorgeous as the moon.

WHOOSH!

All of a sudden, the command medallion left her palm and flew to the center of the lake, where it floated above the crystal-clear water, releasing ripples of shockingly strong energy.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Beams of silver light splattered out from within the medallion, and then converged into the center of the quiet lake, which then began to ripple with waves. The waves grew larger and larger, and a vortex gradually formed that led to the bottom of the lake.

Moments later, the vortex was fully formed.

"An Ying, you take the lead," An Shiyi instructed. "Jump into that vortex with participants from Spiritual Treasure sect, and enter the Green Illusion dimension."

"Got it." An Ying's seemingly tender and delicate frame suddenly bolted up into the air, flew into the vortex, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The other two disciples from the Spiritual Treasure sect, who had also reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, followed her by leaping into the air, disappearing into the vortex a moment later.

An Shiyi rushed the rest of their participants from various major clans to do the same. Under her direction, they all threw themselves into the vortex, one after another.

When they had all entered, Nie Tian also launched up into the air and shot into the vortex like a bullet. An Shiyi watched him closely the entire time.

"Strange," she thought. "He didn't cause the space to change in the least bit. Am I wrong?"

An Shiyi, who had been staring at Nie Tian all the time, grew suspicious after sensing no anomalies at all when he was completely lost in the vortex.

"Is it our turn yet?" Li Fan called out.

"Yes," An Shiyi replied in a disappointed tone. "Participants from the Cloudsoaring sect may enter now."

Li Fan leaned over to Jiang Lingzhu and quietly said, "Go ahead. In case you run into Nie Tian in the Green Illusion dimension, remember to watch out for him. If he stays with people from the Spiritual Treasure sect, he'll be targeted for sure. If possible, include him in your group. After all, he's from the Nie clan, and we're supposed to take care of him."

Jiang Lingzhu looked at Yuan Feng out of the corner of her eyes. "I'm afraid he might encounter those from the Grayvale sect before we meet. I've noticed that guy has reeked off murderous intentions ever since he identified Nie Tian."

"Be more careful then."

"Sure. "

Soon afterwards, participants from the Cloudsoaring sect, Grayvale sect, and Mystic Mist sect all jumped into the vortex in the middle of the lake.

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It was a green and misty evening, and numerous mountains jutted up from the greenish-black earth.

There were broken stones scattered all around the foot of one particular mountain, within which could be seen the ash-covered skeletons of dead spirit beasts.

They had been low-grade spirit beasts in life, but after years of erosion, their spiritual power had long since been drained away. Therefore, they were no longer useful for equipment forging, and were nothing that would catch the interest of anyone who saw them.

BUZZZ!

All of a sudden, bright light started to shoot out of a smooth stone wall, emanating strong spatial fluctuations.

The stone wall immediately turned into a shiny mirror, within which numerous flickering figures could be seen.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

The figures suddenly flashed out of the stone wall to land moments later at the foot of the mountain.

Participants from the Spiritual Treasure sect stood still, staring at the green dome-like sky above their heads and yelling excitedly.

"The Green Illusion dimension!"

"This is the Green Illusion dimension!"

"We're finally here!"

Nie Tian stood among them, gazing around curiously to examine the Green Illusion dimension. When no one was paying any attention, he drew upon the Qi Refining Incantation to sense the spiritual Qi of the Heaven and Earth.

Just for a moment, he realized the spiritual Qi here was even weaker than in Black Cloud City, not to mention the rich spiritual Qi in Cloudsoaring Mountain.

"No wonder…" He murmured to himself, finally understanding why the Cloudsoaring sect, Spiritual Treasure sect, Greyvale sect, and Mystic Mist sect hadn't left people behind to practice cultivation in the Green Illusion dimension after conquering it.

The reason was because the place wasn't suited for Qi warriors to practice long term cultivation.

Every Qi warrior wanted to cultivate in a place with rich spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth. A blessed land with rich and pure energy could enhance a Qi warrior's cultivation speed to a large extent.

Therefore, due to the faint spiritual energy here, powerful Qi warriors would never select the Green Illusion dimension as a place to cultivate.

What's more, the high-grade spirit beasts and ferocious tribes that used to live here had already been wiped out by the four sects. All precious spiritual materials had also been mined, leaving behind a location of little value or use.

Hearing the newcomers clamoring on and on, An Ying couldn't help but shout. "Everyone, be quiet!"

The enthusiastic crowd of young men and women gradually calmed down.

Next, she picked a direction and began to move. "Come with me!"

Zheng Rui and Pan Tao from the Spiritual Treasure sect gave similar orders. "Hurry up, and follow her!"

Before departing, all the teenagers from the clans that clung to the Spiritual Treasure sect had been urged by their clan elders that once they were in the Green Illusion dimension, they must listen to the disciples from the Spiritual Treasure sect.

It was due to this reason that every one of them behaved rather obediently under the domineering demands of An Ying and her two sect brothers.

Stroking the command medallion An Shiyi had given him, Nie Tian looked back at the smooth stone wall for a moment, then followed the group and marched forward silently.

Earlier, when he jumped into the vortex in the lake, he distinctly sensed the unique fluctuations of spiritual power emanating from the command medallion in his hand.

That confirmed to him that only those who carried the command medallion would be able to pass through the lake vortex to enter the Green Illusion dimension.

That command medallion was literally the key to get inside.

In six months, he would have to use the same method to go through the mirror-like Secret Dimension Gate behind him and return to the marshland.

As he followed An Ying and the group further and further away from the Secret Dimension Gate, he couldn't resist turning his head back and checking a few more times.

Before long, he saw Jiang Lingzhu, Nie Xian, and the others flashing out of the mirror-like stone wall.

After stepping into the Green Illusion dimension, Jiang Lingzhu looked around, and soon caught sight of Nie Tian, a few hundred meters away, walking further away with An Ying.

Nie Tian put on a bright smile, and nodded his head. Then, he turned around and caught up with the Spiritual Treasure sect group.

Jiang Lingzhu stood at the foot of the mountain, watching Nie Tian disappearing off in the distance. She felt a bit confused, and couldn't help but wonder what Nie Tian was thinking. "He actually started to run faster after seeing me. Could it be that he… doesn't wish to go with us?"

A hour later…

After leaving the mountain peak where the Secret Dimension Gate was located, An Ying led Nie Tian and the others to a silent and desolate wild land.

Dead tree branches and dried up beast bones were scattered about everywhere, with the ruins of stone houses visible here and there.

Everyone could tell that the stone houses had been shabby and ill-designed even before they were destroyed.

Upon a careful glance, Nie Tian couldn't find anything of note in the cold, greenish-black land other than scattered bones and wrecked stone houses.

An intense sense of loneliness and wildness rose from his heart. Looking at the rubble and bones, he realized that this piece of land had once been home to several intelligent tribes.

Even as he pondered the subject, An Ying swept a pile of dry bones off of a millstone-sized black rock with her feet, and then sat down.

Then she signaled that the trial takers should gather around; clearly she had had something to brief them about.

Nie Tian ignored her arrogant manner. Curious about what she had to say, he followed everyone else as they approached her.

After all of the fourteen trial takers had gathered by her side, she cleared her throat and said in a charming voice, "The ferocious tribes and high grade spirit beasts in the Green Illusion dimension were wiped out long ago. The area we are standing in now was one of their living districts. I heard that the four sects suffered great casualties to completely eradicate them.

"Fortunately, it's all over now, and the Green Illusion dimension has become the Spiritual Treasure sect's private property.

"There are no tribes left in the Green Illusion dimension, and the only living things here should be the low grade spirit beasts.

"Before I came, the sect elders told me that there are still many first grade spirit beasts left in the Green Illusion Dimension now. However, there are four second grade spirit beasts!

"Those four spirit beasts have the strength and abilities of Qi warriors at the Lesser Heaven stage, and they are our main targets in this trial.

"The four sects have each prepared a reward for the winners. Our Spiritual Treasure sect has put forward a Heaven Comprehending Pill. The Heaven Comprehending Pill can allow warriors of the Qi Refining stage to experience and comprehend the state of mind at the Lesser Heaven, Heaven, and Greater Heaven stages, which will enable us to enter the Lesser Heaven stage much more effortlessly.

"Not only that, the enlightenment from the Heaven Comprehending Pill will also be significantly helpful for us when we enter the Heaven stage and the Greater Heaven stage.

"A Heaven Comprehending Pill is extremely valuable to us. Even in the entire Spiritual Treasure sect, they are extremely rare. As the host of this trial, our sect has indeed spared no cost."

Trial takers from the affiliated clans all began to seethe with excitement, eyes filled with fiery light. Only Zheng Rui and Pan Tao were already aware of the information, and remained composed.

"A Heaven Comprehending Pill! I can't believe the reward is a Heaven Comprehending Pill!"

"It appears the four sects have indeed attached great importance to this trial. A Heaven Comprehending Pill is undoubtedly the most precious treasure for us Qi Refining stage cultivators!"

"This is terrific!"

Nie Tian was also shocked at heart.

He had heard of a Heaven Comprehending Pill before, and knew that it could allow Qi Refining stage warriors to temporarily experience and comprehend the state of mind at the Lesser Heaven, Heaven, and Greater Heaven stages.

For a cultivator to enter the Lesser Heaven stage from the ninth level of Qi Refining stage, one couldn't merely rely on the accumulation of spiritual power; a matching state of mind was required.

It was the same with entering the Heaven stage from the Lesser Heaven stage, or entering the Greater Heaven stage from the Heaven stage. The right state of mind was needed, and simply relying on the pureness and depth of spiritual power wasn't enough.

A single Heaven Comprehending Pill would benefit Qi Refining level cultivators all the way through the following three Heavenly stages. It was needless to say how rare and valuable it was.

Seeing the whole crowd getting excited, An Ying nodded and continued, "The most valuable reward is undoubtedly the Heaven Comprehending Pill provided by our sect. Other than that, the Cloudsoaring sect, Grayvale sect, and Mystic Mist sect have also put forward three Medium level spiritual tools. Compared to the Heaven Comprehending Pill, those three spiritual tools are inferior, but if they match your cultivation attributes perfectly, they may also be of great value to you.

"The heads of the four remaining second grade spirit beasts' heads can be used to get those four treasures. Beheading a second grade spirit beast and taking its head out of the Green Illusion dimension enables one to exchange it for a treasure.

"The strongest of the four is a Frost Python. Only its head could be used to exchange for the Heaven Comprehending Pill!"

An Ying tilted her chin, her little face full of arrogance. "As the host of this trial, the Spiritual Treasure sect has the most participants, and thus the task our sect has given us is to get the python's head.

"However, what I want is not only that python's head, but all of the second grade spirit beast's heads!

"I'd like us to slaughter all of the four second grade spirit beasts in this trial. If we can't, we'll go and snatch them from others. We must obtain all of the heads!

"Of course, the Heaven Comprehending Pill will be mine. Don't even think about trying to lay hands on it!

"But I'll distribute the three spiritual tools to those of you with good performances.

"Remember! Only when we've obtained the heads of all the second grade spirit beasts will you be qualified to get the three spiritual tools!"

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500 kilometers south of Mystic Mist Palace…

A poisonous miasma of various colors floated in mid-air like a layer of thick clouds.

Dried bones had been piled up into an eccentric altar. In front of it could be seen a ghastly woman, as ugly and horrifying as a ghost, waving her sharp, black fingernails through the air, and simultaneously mumbling something under her breath.

Five tunic-clad young boys and girls, all of whom had relatively dark skin, were listening silently.

Eyes emanating green light, the woman said coldly, "The Spiritual Treasure sect, Cloudsoaring sect, Grayvale sect, and Mystic Mist sect ruined our major plan several days ago. We have to do something about it. There is only one goal during your journey into the Green Illusion dimension, and that is to kill all the junior disciples from the four sects. They are all in the same stage as you are, so not a single one must be left alive!"

A skinny young man licked his upper lip like a blood-thirsty beast. "Lady Night Ghost," he said, "please rest assured. By the time we leave the Green Illusion dimension, all those juniors from the four sects will be dead."

The young man's name was Mo Xi, a disciple of the Ghost sect, who was in the ninth level of Qi Refining.

On his neck hung a necklace made of human thumb bones, which came from the numerous enemies he had slaughtered.

Whenever a Ghost sect disciple killed an enemy who was at the same level of cultivation, they would chop off the enemy's thumb, and string them together.

As for the rest of the four Ghost sect disciples, they had only collected enough thumb bones to make bracelets.

Mo Xi had killed so many more opponents that he was the only one who was able to craft a necklace.

Clearly, he was the most powerful and dreadful of the five.

"Yes, with you as the leader, I can rest assured." The old woman they referred to as Night Ghost laughed in an evil, ghost-like manner before continuing. "The people from the Blood sect have also arrived."

As of this very moment, a burly man with disheveled red hair arrived at the altar of bones, followed by five teenagers from the Blood sect.

His hair was as red as blood, and the loose strands which dangled down his wide forehead initially seemed like streams of blood.

Every one of the five boys and girls behind him reeked of a strong smell of blood, as if they had just attended a feast of gore in which they drank their fill of fresh blood.

Their leader was a properly dressed girl, who was so beautiful that it seemed as if she had come from a painting. However, she had an extremely cold look on her face, as if she was trying to scare off anyone who dared to get near.

The instant Mo Xi caught sight of her, he exclaimed, "Yu Tong!? You're going to lead the team from the Blood sect?! Aren't you supposed to be working on your breakthrough into the Lesser Heaven stage?"

"I will," Yu Tong said, snorting coldly. "In the Green Illusion dimension."

The old woman from the Ghost sect gave a low-pitched, terrifying chuckle. With a nod, she continued, "It seems the four sects really angered your Blood sect. Otherwise, you wouldn't appoint Yu Tong to enter the Green Illusion dimension. This is wonderful. With only Mo Xi in a leadership position, I wasn't completely sure, but with Yu Tong there too, there won't be any problem."

The burly man from the Blood sect looked at the disciples from his sect and chuckled. "The mission for those trial takers from the four sects is to slaughter the four second grade spirit beasts. Yours is to slaughter all of the trial takers, not the spirit beasts!

"You are the real hunters!

"The four main targets are An Ying from the Spiritual Treasure sect, Jiang Lingzhu from the Cloudsoaring sect, Yuan Feng from the Grayvale sect, and Zheng Bin from the Mystic Mist sect!

"They are viewed as core disciples of the four sects. Kill them and bring me their heads, then you'll receive a handsome reward!

"A debt of blood must be paid in blood." The burly man from the Blood sect harrumphed coldly. "The four sects dared to ruin our major event, so they should not blame us for destroying the foundation of their future!"

The old woman from the Ghost sect took out a piece of bone and threw it into the bone altar. "It's about time."

A moment later, a portal of dark-green light gradually formed in the center of the bone altar.

As she opened the portal, the old woman warned, "Remember, the Green Illusion dimension is not ours; we've gone through a lot to create this access point to the Secret Dimension Gate. Remember, you must finish the job and return in six months. Those who can't return in time, or who get caught by the four sects, can simply wait for death to meet them in the Green Illusion dimension."

The responses from the disciples were immediate.

"Got it."

"We only need three months to finish the job. Those who can't return in time deserve to die inside!"

"The gate is open!"

The ghastly old woman glanced over all of the eleven trial takers from the Ghost sect and the Blood sect, and then said, "Go!"

…

In the Green Illusion dimension…

Since Nie Tian wasn't from the clans that clung to the Spiritual Treasure sect, no one talked to him the entire time.

Actually, he felt comfortable that way, and didn't try to start conversations with any of the other teenagers. He intentionally trailed behind, following from a distance.

An Ying had apparently received some tips from the elders of the Spiritual Treasure sect, as she would take out a map every now and then, examine it, and then point in a certain direction.

From the look of things, she had already identified the location of the python, which could be used in exchange for the Heaven Comprehending Pill.

Under An Ying's leadership, the trial takers from the Spiritual Treasure sect continued to march through the cold and silent wastelands.

There were no sun, moon, or stars in the Green Illusion dimension. There were no days or nights. In fact, without a special device that could be used to mark time, it would be hard to determine the exact date and time.

Nie Tian couldn't possibly have such a device, since he was from the Nie clan. Therefore, he had no clue of how long they had been wandering in the wastelands.

However, based on his judgement, he was fairly certain that they had traveled in the cold and silence for at least two days.

During that time, they didn't run into any spirit beasts; all they saw were a handful of spirit beast skeletons.

At one point, An Ying suddenly stopped in place and gestured to the vague shadows of some distant glaciers. "We've almost reached the border of the wastelands," she explained. "Those glaciers in front of us are our destination. That frost python could be lurking in them. From now on, everyone must be careful.

"The wastelands were originally the domain of several fierce tribes, but they were wiped out long ago. That's why we have been safe along the way.

"However, once we leave the wastelands and enter the glaciers, we should prepare ourselves for possible encounters with the Green Illusion dimension's spirit beasts. Those spirit beasts only exist in the Green Illusion dimension, and they regard all outsiders as enemies. Once they see us, they will immediately attack.

"After all, they are smart enough to know that all of the high grade spirit beasts have been killed by cultivators from our sects.

While talking, An Ying suddenly lay her eyes on Nie Tian.

Nie Tian stared blankly at her, not sure why she suddenly focused her gaze on him at that point.

An Ying smiled. "From now on, we may come across spirit beasts at any moment, and they will most likely attack those who walk in the forefront. The landscape of the glacier area is very complicated, so it will be hard to know where the spirit beasts are hiding, and from which direction they will launch attacks."

Upon hearing her words, Zheng Rui and Pan Tao's faces immediately filled with unfriendly intentions.

An Ying squinted and snickered. "Nie Tian, you're not a member of our sect, yet you've taken one of our sect's command medallions to get here into the Green Illusion trial. Therefore, you owe us something in return. The task of finding the path ahead naturally falls upon you."

All of a sudden, every trial taker's gaze converged on Nie Tian.

When those boys and girls from various clans stared at him, their eyes were full of malice.

Obviously, they took it for granted that Nie Tian, as the outsider, should be the one to take the risk and explore the road ahead of them.

Nie Tian smiled wryly. "Can I say no?"

"Sure." An Ying laughed again, and this time it seemed more sincere than before. "You're welcome to disobey my orders. As long as you're ready to part ways with us and travel alone in the Green Illusion dimension."

Nie Tian rubbed his nose and nodded. "Alright, I'll do it."

A wise man knew when to bend himself. Considering his ignorance regarding the Green Illusion dimension, he knew that if he left the Spiritual Treasure sect's group, he would be no different than a blind man.

Moreover, An Ying had a map that could lead them to the four second grade spirit beasts, that being another important reason for him to stay with the group.

Once he left An Ying, he would be like a headless chicken, unable to find directions in the vast Green Illusion dimension.

He might not even be able to find his way back, and thus end up getting stuck in the Green Illusion dimension.

Therefore, even though he knew perfectly well that An Ying was targeting him, he could only bear with it temporarily, and pay her back in the future.

"Good boy," said An Ying with a content smile. "Go on ahead and lead us into the glaciers. Show us whether the spirit beasts in the Green Illusion dimension are as ferocious as the sect elders have told us."

Nie Tian acted obediently. "Sure"

He stepped up his pace, and had soon walked from the very back of the group to the front.

Under An Ying's urging gaze, he strode out into the vanguard position. An hour later, they were out of the wastelands, and had reached the border of glacier area, which was the turf of the spirit beasts.

ROOOOAR!

The minute they entered the glacier area, angry roars of the spirit beasts started to ring in their ears.

ROAR! HOWL!

All of a sudden, one after another, numerous spirit beasts jumped out from behind jade-like frozen trees. Hatred flashed in their eyes as they abruptly launched attacks and threw themselves towards Nie Tian at the same time.

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The world was vast and full of resources of all kinds. The spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth filled every corner of the world, and was what made Qi warriors so powerful.

Since spirit beasts also breathed spiritual Qi, they too could cultivate and become more powerful.

Just like Qi warriors, when spirit beasts strengthened themselves with spiritual power, they could be graded according to their level of strength.

Spirit beasts were divided into ten grades which corresponded to the Qi warrior's ten stages. A first grade spirit beast's strength was equivalent to that of a Qi refining cultivator.

The first grade spirit beasts were the lowest ranked. They were usually physically strong, and had tough bones. However, they weren't able to release their internal spiritual power in any form.

Despite being able to wield only external strength, they were big threats to Qi warriors who had just started along the path of cultivation.

RAARGH!

One after another, spirit beasts roared, bolting out from the glacier region to dash towards Nie Tian, who stood at the forefront of the group.

Considering that this was the first time he had encountered spirit beasts, it was no surprise that his jaw dropped in shock.

However, a mere moment later, he calmed himself.

"One, two, three… eleven, there are eleven spirit beasts!" By the time he confirmed their numbers, the beast leading the pack, a Frost Armor Rhino, was already closing in.

It was about three meters long and covered in silver-colored frost armor. As it ran along, a terrifyingly cold mist puffed out of its mouth and nose.

A one-meter long, razor-sharp horn jutted out from its snout, which emanated sparkling and translucent cold light.

Nie Tian's heart tightened as he watched the Frost Armor Rhino speeding toward him faster and faster, its horn aimed directly at his chest. He felt as if his body had been infiltrated by the ice-cold wind, and was almost completely convinced that no matter how strong he was, once that horn pierced his chest, he would suffer severe injuries.

Behind the Frost Armor Rhino were numerous other spirit beasts, eyes emanating the cold light of hatred as they charged in Nie Tian's direction.

"Heads up!" he said, chuckling as he backed away from the charging Frost Armor Rhino.

Considering the insane behavior of the eleven spirit beasts, Nie Tian didn't have the slightest hope of killing them by himself.

He had to share the burden with trial takers from the Spiritual Treasure sect, and let everyone face the spirit beasts' rage together.

The sudden appearance of the spirit beasts caused all of the other trial takers' hearts to pound, and they began to shout.

"Eleven spirit beasts!"

"We've only just reached the edge of glacier area, and there are already eleven spirit beasts. It seems there are a lot more spirit beasts in the Green Illusion dimension than we thought!"

"Be careful, everybody! Prepare to fight!"

An Ying, Zheng Rui, and Pan Tao dashed out to stand in front of the other youngsters, although Nie Tian was still in the process of retreat.

An Ying was the most composed of all, seemingly completely calm as she unsheathed a long, crescent moon-shaped saber from her back.

Even as the saber left the sheath, tongues of scorching fire began to pulse off of the tip of the blade..

She raised the saber above her head and then gracefully swept it out in an arcing slash as she cried, "Assume formation!"

The trial takers had all trained with her previously, and immediately grouped together in a tight formation.

Within seconds, a cone-shaped battle formation appeared, with An Ying being at apex. By this time, Nie Tian reached them, and cried out. "I've lured out the spirit beasts. The rest is up to you guys. Hey, I only came to the Green Illusion dimension to broaden my view and gain experience. I don't want to die in the first skirmish! I'm only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, far weaker than you all, so it's only fair that you take care of those monsters."

With these words, he passed by An Ying and arrived at the center of the formation, the safest point of all.

The Frost Armor Rhino had already locked onto Nie Tian, and thus continued to run in his direction. However, when it saw him merging into the group, it shifted its attention to An Ying, who was now at the forefront.

Considering that the Frost Armor Rhino was almost upon them, An Ying didn't have the time to argue. Bracing herself, she spat, "What a wuss!"

From the moment the spirit beasts appeared and rushed towards Nie Tian, her focus had remained on him, mainly because she had been given the task of checking to see if there was something strange about Nie Tian or not.

When one's life was on the line, no one would hold back their secret weapon.

She had hope that Nie Tian would spare no effort to fight the Frost Armor Rhino, and that under her attentive observation, he would expose his secrets.

However, she could never have imagined that he would simply turn and run the instant he faced danger.

Nie Tian didn't intend to fight the Frost Armor Rhino at all. Instead, he diverted its attention to her.

Although she knew that Nie Tian's decision was the smartest one, she still held a grudge towards him for stealing her brother's trial slot, and continued to berate him for using cowardly and timid methods.

"What a coward!" she snapped. Then, she clenched her fist down onto the hilt of her saber, causing a one-meter-long blade of fiery light to burst out..

"Half-moon Slash!"

The one-meter-long blade of light then sped through the air toward the Frost Armor Rhino, a graceful crescent-moon shape backed by deadly power.

CRACK!

Shockingly, when the blade light slashed into the top of the the three-meter-long Frost Armor Rhino's head, its body was instantly ripped open, causing blood to spray out in all directions!

Furthermore, the Frost Armor Rhino's surging momentum couldn't be stopped, and its own momentum carried it forward so quickly that it was completely cut in half!

It wasn't until its horn was about half a meter away from An Ying that the two halves finally came to a stop and collapsed with a loud crash.

An intense smell of blood immediately rose up from the corpse, filling the entire battlefield.

From his position in the center of the group, Nie Tian watched An Ying's every move. Seeing that she managed to split the Frost Armor Rhino in half with just one slash, he felt deeply shocked. "What a fierce woman!"

Although the Frost Armor Rhino was a first grade beast, he was well aware that because of its thick skin and strong muscles, coupled with the layer of icy, translucent armor that covered its body, its defenses were even more solid than steel.

The fact that An Ying could slaughter the Frost Armor Rhino, with a single strike at the ninth Qi Refining level, left Nie Tian deeply shocked.

His eyebrows twitched as he looked at her saber and murmured, "Such formidable power definitely doesn't stem solely from her spiritual power, but rather…that spiritual tool. That saber is at least a Medium grade spiritual tool, which is completely compatible with her cultivation attribute. It must have accompanied her for many years.

"That's the only way she could unleash the full power of the saber, and at the same time, completely release her own spiritual power!"

After coming to this conclusion, Nie Tian's gaze turned slightly more grim.

In that same moment, An Ying cried, "Watch out! The spirit beasts are spreading out to flank us!"

Nie Tian had also noticed that after An Ying killed the Frost Armor Rhino in a single blow, the other spirit beasts behind it seemed to be terrified of her.

Instead of madly dashing towards her, they circled around to the sides of the formation to launch attacks on other trial takers.

"These spirit beasts are pretty smart," murmured Nie Tian.

He still didn't have the slightest intention of fighting. Instead, he continued to examine the chaotic fighting going on between the spirit beasts and the trial takers, secretly assessing the balance of power between the two sides.

From his point of view, as long as An Ying was on their side with her powerful saber, the trial takers would undoubtedly win the battle.

There was no need for him to risk his life in the fighting.

The saber-wielding An Ying was apparently stronger than the spirit beasts, strong enough to determine the course of the battle.

Each and every one of the trial takers from various clans roared and brought out various spiritual tools that sparkled with precious light, while simultaneously preparing bizarre spiritual incantations and techniques of all kinds.

"Die!"

"Menial spirit beasts! How dare you attack us?! Die!"

"Kill them all!"

There was one young man with the same cultivation attribute as Nie Hong, but with a cultivation base at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

He wielded a dark-green metal ball, which caused thunderclaps to boom as it erupted with bolts of green lightning. His opponent, a huge silver spider, struggled in agony as they fought.

A baby-faced young woman let out a nervous whistle as she swung her sword, sending sharp wind blades into the fray.

Her target was a snow ape. Under her ferocious storm of wind blades, numerous chunks of flesh and fur were cut off of the ape's body.

As he watched attentively, Nie Tian muttered, "As expected, the clans they are from must be much more powerful than the Nie clan. These trial takers all have Medium grade spiritual tools with them. Every one of them has something extraordinary that conforms with their attribute. It seems… this battle really isn't mine to fight."

He noticed that Zheng Rui and Pan Tao, who were also from the Spiritual Treasure sect, had been fighting effortlessly beside An Ying. Apparently this battle was extremely easy to them.

"From the look of it, the safest option would be to stick with them until they run into the second grade python. "

After gaining a clearer understanding of the situation, Nie Tian seemed to relax a bit. He shrunk back into the cone shaped battle formation, refraining from uttering even a single word, as he deliberately tried to make the other trial takers forget about his existence.

However, not everyone forgot about him…

Zheng Rui, who was fighting beside An Ying, unexpectedly withdrew to the center. "Nie Tian! This battle puts all of us in danger. Do you really want to stand around doing nothing?!"

With a cold glance at Nie Tian, he kicked his foot towards Nie Tian, hoping to force him out of the center of the formation to face the spirit beasts on the other side.

Before they had all entered the Green Illusion dimension, Zheng Rui already understood An Ying's implication, and began to resent Nie Tian, the outsider.

When everyone was fighting, he saw Nie Tian hiding and observing unconcernedly in the center of the group. Therefore, he felt increasingly annoyed, and didn't want it to be so easy for him.

"We're fighting an intense battle, and you think you can just sit back and watch? Get out there!!" Pan Tao also lifted his foot and threw a kick towards Nie Tian.

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Zheng Rui and Pan Tao were no ordinary disciples of the Spiritual Treasure sect. Their parents and grandparents were high ranking officials of the sect.

Being mere disciples in that sect was enough for them to show off their strength amongst the trial takers, let alone the fact that they had powerful seniors supporting them.

On the other hand, Nie Tian was an outsider, not even from the clans that were affiliated with the Spiritual Treasure sect.

Both Zheng Rui and Pan Tao were too powerful and lofty to spare Nie Tian a second glance.

Therefore, they had no qualms about berating and ordering him about.

Having acted compliently up to this point, Nie Tian finally showed his true colors.

"Talk if you want," he said from his position about three meters behind An Ying, "but keep your hands and feet to yourselves!"

With that, he lifted his foot in a flash.

BANG! BANG!

Nie Tian's foot met Zheng Rui's and Pan Tao's feet in quick succession, causing muffled booms to ring out.

Zheng Rui and Pan Tao immediately felt a tremendous force spreading up their legs.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

To their surprise, both of them were sent back several steps, causing them to stagger into a crowd of spirit beasts.

In distinct contrast, Nie Tian only shuddered slightly before standing there as still as a rock.

However, Zheng Rui and Pan Tao were disoriented as they were suddenly thrown into the fray, and had to immediately deal with the two spirit beasts that had jumped onto them. After they forced the two spirit beasts into retreat, they immediately glowered at Nie Tian with bloodshot eyes.

Zheng Rui's eyes and face were immediately filled with surging fury. Looking almost as if he intended to eat Nie Tian alive, he shouted, "How dare you fight back!"

After fighting off his enemy, Pan Tao also glared at Nie Tian with an expression of disbelief. "You freaking dare to get physical with us?"

The rest of the trial takers also diverted part of their attention, continuing to fight the spirit beasts, yet looking over to see what was going on between the three of them.

When they saw Nie Tian responding strongly to Zheng Rui and Pan Tao's provocative actions, all of them were shocked and looked at Nie Tian as if they were looking at a freak.

Even they, members of the Spiritual Treasure sect's subordinate clans, dared not disobey the orders of Zheng Rui and Pan Tao. All of them had served the two cautiously so far, fearing that the slightest fault could cause trouble.

As for Nie Tian, he was nothing but a member of the Nie clan from Black Cloud City, which according to the rumors… had really gone downhill in the recent years.

Even these trial takers from other clans didn't take Nie Tian seriously, and had been trying to find an opportunity to make fun of him.

They didn't believe that Nie Tian would dare to rebel against them, much less have the audacity to insult Pan Tao and Zheng Rui. Despite the inherent danger of the situation, he even responded to them with direct brute force.

"So what if I feel like fighting back?" Nie Tian said, glancing at the two of them out of the corner of his eye. Without the slightest bit of respect, he continued, "It's all thanks to sister An's help that I'm here in the Green Illusion dimension. She's the only one I owe anything to. When Miss An Ying said unpleasant things to me, I didn't bicker with her out of respect for her sister."

"Who the hell are you two? Why do I have to give you face?"

With these words, Nie Tian waved his hands, and recklessly continued, "I came to the Green Illusion dimension to broaden my view. I don't care a bit about the spirit beasts and the Heaven Comprehending Pill. Come on. If you want to resolve things, just bring it on then! So what if you're in the ninth level of Qi Refining? I actually do want to see for myself how good you are!"

This wouldn't be his first time fighting with those who had a superior cultivation base.

As a matter of fact, he had fought opponents with superior cultivation bases his whole life!

Nie Hong and Nie Yuan from the Nie clan, and Yun Song from the Yun clan, all of them were eventually beaten soundly by Nie Tian.

Nowadays, after having been baptized by the dense spiritual energy of the flamecloud mine, he had already entered the sixth level of Qi Refining, and had always firmly believed in his physical strength.

Moreover, he had come to understand that unique raging fist strike from the mysterious land, which made him confident enough to face an opponent in the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Therefore, he felt no fear of Zheng Rui and Pan Tao!

All the surrounding trial takers couldn't help but clamor.

"How arrogant of him!"

"Is this guy really from the Nie clan?"

"He dares to provoke a fight with Zheng Rui and Pan Tao from the Spiritual Treasure sect. Does he want to die?"

Every one of them, thanks to their precious spiritual tools, had significant advantages when fighting the spirit beasts, and because of that, they were able to divert part of their attention to watch the quarrel between Nie Tian, Zheng Rui, and Pan Tao, and even make comments. As if it weren't chaotic enough.

As teenagers, not only did they do nothing to stop the conflict, they actually hoped the scene would grow bigger.

The main reason was that the spirit beasts were too weak to threaten their safety.

As the leader, An Ying had long since noticed the conflict between the three, but didn't say anything.

She had originally assumed that the pressure from Zheng Rui and Pan Tao would have convinced Nie Tian to fight the spirit beasts with the rest of the group.

Never did she expect that Nie Tian would not only rebel, but fight back violently.

"I don't think that either Zheng Rui or Pan Tao used their inner spiritual power. I'm only not sure about Nie Tian, though. If he didn't either…" She glanced over at Nie Tian, wondering about his true strength and what was about to happen next.

She didn't consider any of the low-grade spirit beasts around her as worthy opponents; in her view, even without the group of three, the rest of the trial takers were capable of killing all the spirit beasts.

Having such confidence, as the commander, she didn't stop them, but rather let the situation continue to develop.

Zheng Rui let out a bellow, and backed off from his fight with the spirit beast. "Brother Tao, go ahead and help them kill off these annoying spirit beasts. I've had enough with this punk!" Step by step, he walked slowly towards Nie Tian.

As of this moment, An Ying could tell that Zheng Rui had become truly mad, and thus warned him, "There are rules in the Green Illusion dimension. One cannot take another's life."

However, although her words seemed like a warning, they actually served as an incitement.

"Of course, I know the rules!" Zheng Rui said, grinning. "Relax, I won't kill him! But mark my words. His trial in the Green Illusion dimension has come to an end!"

Apparently, Zheng Rui intended to seriously injure Nie Tian.

"That depends on how good you are!" said Nie Tian with a composed smile.

He truly doubted that Zheng Rui was strong enough to hurt him.

At this very moment, the ground beneath the feet of the young man with the dark-green metal ball suddenly rose up into the air!

As soon as the ground started trembling beneath him, he subconsciously looked down at the ground, and then immediately let out a sharp shriek.

A giant, grayish-brown lizard suddenly scuttled out from the ground under his feet!

Before the young man could launch any lightning attacks with the metal ball, the lizard had already swallowed his legs with its huge mouth.

CRUNCH!

An extremely loud and cracking sound echoed out from his legs.

Even as a wail of pain escaped his mouth, the lizard's bit upwards at his waist.

Instantly, blood spurted out of his waist and abdominal area, and the light in his eyes began to fade.

The dark-green metal ball fell to the icy ground beside him, as his grip weakened and finally grew completely slack.

The surrounding teenagers' eyes went wide, and they howled madly, waving spiritual tools as they attempted to bombard the lizard.

"Qin Shun!"

Shockingly, after killing the young man with its deadly bite, the lizard shrunk down and disappeared into the ground again.

As the commander, An Ying's eyes suddenly turned bright red. With a mad hack of her saber, she split apart the nearest first grade spirit beast and yelled, "The Lurker Lizard! That was the second grade Lurker Lizard! Why did it show up here?"

She knew very well that there were only four second grade spirit beasts left in the entire Green Illusion dimension, and that the Lurker Lizard was one of them!

However, the glacier area where they were standing had always been the Frost Python's turf, whereas the Lurker Lizard's territory was normally the desert beyond the glacier area.

Their original plan was to slaughter the Frost Python in the glacier area, and after a few days of rest and reorganization, they would then proceed to the desert to hunt down the Lurker Lizard.

An Ying definitely wasn't prepared to confront the Lurker Lizard in the glacier area.

"Zheng Rui! Pan Tao!" she called out anxiously. "Put your personal grudges aside for the moment and help me kill the Lurker Lizard!"

She was afraid that the Frost Python, another second grade spirit beast, was also in the vicinity.

The four second grade spirit beasts in the Green Illusion dimension had formidable strength that was comparable to Qi warriors at the early stage of Lesser Heaven. If there were only one of them, she had the confidence to kill it with Zheng Rui and Pan Tao's help.

However, if they had to deal with the Frost Python and the Lurker Lizard at the same time, she had no idea what might happen.

By this point, she could no longer afford to let Zheng Rui test Nie Tian's secret. All she wanted was to finish off the Lurker Lizard as quickly as possible, in case the Frost Python appeared.

Unfortunately, it was at this point that her worst fears came true.

HISSS!

The python's call came from behind a strangely-shaped, translucent, ice-covered tree.

The python was more than ten meters long, as thick as a man's waist, and silvery-white in color. Almost as soon as its hiss echoed out, it appeared in front of everyone

"Oh, no!" An Ying's expression changed drastically.

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Unexpectedly, the Frost Python and the Lurker Lizard showed up at the same time!

The moment those young trial takers heard the hissing sound of the Frost Python, their faces all turned pale.

Even Zheng Rui and Pan Tao also panicked.

Nie Tian's expression turned grim, and he became more focused than ever, no longer in any sort of mood to quarrel with Zheng Rui.

After Qin Shun's death, the sudden emergence of the Lurker Lizard, and the appearance of the Frost Python, Nie Tian realized his journey to the Green Illusion dimension would not be as simple as he had pictured it.

An Ying took a deep breath to calm down, and then said decisively, "Zheng Rui! Pan Tao! You deal with the Lurker Lizard! As for the Frost Python… leave it to me!"

Everyone could hear the lack of confidence in her voice.

"No way!" shouted Zheng Rui. "You definitely can't handle the Frost Python alone!"

"Zheng Rui and I will kill the Frost Python," Pan Tao chimed in. "You handle the Lurker Lizard!"

Long before they embarked upon their journey, they had heard from their seniors that the Frost Python was the most powerful spirit beast in the Green Illusion dimension.

Otherwise, its head wouldn't be the only item that could be used to exchange for the Heaven Comprehending Pill.

Both Zheng Rui and Pan Tao were fully aware that An Ying was slightly stronger than them.

However, they were all at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and cultivators from the Spiritual Treasure sect, so they knew very well that An Ying was only stronger by a bit. If they collaborated, they would be able to defeat An Ying.

By telling them to fight the Lurker Lizard, and facing the stronger Frost Python herself, An Ying was clearly putting herself in great danger.

They couldn't accept such a plan!

In the middle of their conversation, Zheng Rui and Pan Tao exchanged glances and instantly agreed to overtake An Ying and fight the Frost Python, which had just appeared.

"I am the commander! Do as I say!" An Ying, cried, sounding both furious and charming at the same time. She raised her long saber high in the air, stopping the two from approaching. "I know I can't kill the Frost Python, but at least I can stall it! I will buy enough time for the both of you to kill the Lurker Lizard!

"Once the lizard is dead, you can come over and help me slaughter the Frost Python!

"If we switch targets, none of us will be able to finish the battle in a short time. If the fight drags on, none of us will be able to make it out of the Green Illusion dimension alive!"

"But, it's not fair for us to let you stall the Frost Python on your own," Zheng Rui said anxiously. "You'll probably…"

What An Ying said next was spoken with a decisiveness that could sever nails and chop iron, "If you truly worry about my safety, hold nothing back! Kill that Lurker Lizard as fast as possible! As long as it dies quickly, I'll be fine!"

"Okay!" shouted Pan Tao, eyes reddened. "We'll follow your instructions!"

The baby-faced girl clenched her short sword in hand and looked over at An Ying. "Elder sister Ying," she said on the verge of tears, "you… you must be careful!"

She had been good friends with Qin Shun, who had died right next to her. The moment he was killed by the Lurker Lizard, she panicked.

All the teenagers who were attending the Green Illusion dimension's trial looked slightly older than their actual age, due to the fact that they had started cultivation at early ages. At first glance, they seemed like a group of fifteen-year-olds or sixteen-year-olds.

However the truth was that they were only twelve or thirteen.

In fact, that girl had just turned twelve this year. In her clan, she had always been protected like a princess, and this was her first time to experience such a cruel battle.

Obviously, she hadn't adapted.

Other than the three from the Spiritual Treasure sect, the rest of the trial takers from the various clans had all quieted down after Qin Shun's death.

Their eyes all flickered with the light of fear and anxiety, especially after the Frost Python showed up.

In fact, the appearance of the Frost Python turned the fear in their eyes into desperation!

The only exception was Nie Tian, who had argued with Zheng Rui earlier.

Several months ago, Nie Tian had went through an even more desperate situation outside of Black Cloud City.

He would never be able to forget that experience for the rest of his life. Back then, he eventually burned the two powerful experts to ashes with the animal bone's frightening power.

Nie Tian had long since surpassed his peers in terms of resilience, and after killing those two, had become even more resolute and unwavering.

Although he could do nothing to win the battle in front of him, he did not panic, nor did he show fear.

Fearless, he managed to keep a clear mind and concentrate his attention.

This was the reason that he was the first to discover an abnormal change!

Next to the baby-faced girl, a level stretch of land began to bulge upward slightly.

Overwhelmed by fear, the girl was staring blankly at An Ying, completely unaware of such a subtle change in the ground.

She couldn't possibly have expected the Lurker Lizard would emerge so close to her again, after it had just killed Qin Shun right next to her.

She was still completely focused on An Ying's words of consolation.

At this moment, Zheng Rui and Pan Tao, who previously attempted to overtake An Ying, had just stopped their argument with An Ying and had yet to turn around.

"Get out of the way!" Nie Tian bellowed, startling everyone, who immediately lay their eyes on him.

Under everyone's astonished gaze, Nie Tian shot up into the air like a human rocket!

The spiritual power in his dantian's spiritual sea instantly converged into his right leg!

Nie Tian flew high up over the girl's head, and like a plummeting meteor, slammed with full force onto that bulging piece of icy land beside the her!

BOOM!

A muffled sound of a collision came from the icy ground. To Nie Tian, it felt as if he had exerted all his strength to stomp onto a giant rubber ball.

Afterwards, his momentum reversed, and he actually sprung up high into the air.

ROOOAARRRR!!

All of a sudden, a fierce growl exploded from underground, a cry that clearly came from the Lurker Lizard.

"Ahhh!!!!" Only at this moment did the baby-faced girl understand what was happening.

Rattled, she lurched forward and attacked with her sword, creating sharp wind blades that pierced into the icy ground beside her.

CHING! CHING!

Streaks of bright light suddenly shot out from the icy ground, emanating in all directions.

Suppressing their terror, the entire group howled and dashed towards the spot where the Lurker Lizard was about to emerge.

"The Lurker Lizard!"

"It was the Lurker Lizard again!"

"The kid from the Nie clan found its trail!"

"If it weren't for him, Jiang Miao would already be dead in the jaws of the Lurker Lizard, just like Qin Shun."

However, after its attack was foiled, the Lurker Lizard vanished into the earth once again.

When the trial takers reached Jiang Miao's side, they discovered nothing.

On the other hand, after landing back on the ground, Nie Tian panted heavily and said, "Are you people really that scared? If you think we can't win, why don't you just kill yourselves so that you don't get eaten by the Lurker Lizard and the Frost Python"

Surprisingly, no one had a single thing to say in response to his rebuke.

All the trial takers suddenly became silent, staring at Nie Tian, who was already adjusting his breaths, preparing for another strike.

Fortunately, due to the appearance of the Frost Python, the spirit beasts that had been attacking them previously weren't in a hurry to launch another round of attacks.

Moreover, the Frost Python seemed surprisingly patient, and was taking its time to approach them.

Because of that, the crowd had the time to process Nie Tian's words and reassess the dangerous situation they were in.

"He is right." An Ying said, breaking the silence. "The situation we are in might be the worst we've ever met in our lives! However, the purpose of this trial was to train ourselves, and we should have the courage to face a desperate fight!

"Relax, everyone! A second grade spirit beast isn't as formidable as you think!

"As long as I can keep the Frost Python occupied while Zheng Rui and Pan Tao kill the Lurker Lizard, we can turn the situation around and eventually defeat the Frost Python!

"I have full confidence that I can buy them enough time!

"What's more, I want you to kill off those first grade spirit beasts as fast as possible, and take some burden off of Zheng Rui, Pan Tao, and me afterwards.

"Please trust me! And trust yourselves!"

Nie Tian immediately noticed that the fear in the trial takers' eyes was slowly replaced by courage and bloodlust, all thanks to the inspiration provided by An Ying.

He couldn't help but cast an admiring glance in her direction.

At the same time, to his surprise, An Ying glanced back at him from afar, a similar expression in her eyes.

Grinning, he waved and called out, "Good luck."

"You too," answered An Ying.

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The baby-faced girl was still seized by shock. Clutching her sword tightly, she timidly said, "Thank you, Nie Tian."

"My name is Jiang Miao. I'm from Dim Star City, which isn't far from Black Cloud City. Whenever you're in town, I'd love to show you around."

Nie Tian grinned back at her. "You're at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and that sword of yours… is also a rare tool. As long as you focus on fighting and pay close attention to what's happening beneath your feet, you should be able to detect the movement of the Lurker Lizard. You'd better be more careful from now on, and don't let your mind wander any more."

Jiang Miao nodded her head vigorously. "Yes, I will."

HISSS!

At this moment, another strange sound rang out from behind the Frost Python.

Pan Tao's expression flickered. "I can't believe there are more spirit beasts!"

As he spoke, ten more first grade spirit beasts showed up from behind the Frost Python, one after another.

They were mostly snake-type spirit beasts that likely appeared because of the summons from the Frost Python.

The moment they appeared, Nie Tian understood why the Frost Python had been taking its time to make a move.

It was waiting for the arrival of its lackeys!

Originally, the trial takers had outnumbered the first grade spirit beasts in this region. Furthermore, the juniors from various clans all had outstanding spiritual tools in their hands, which had given them the upper hand in the fighting.

That was why they were able to spare some attention to watch the conflict between Nie Tian and Zheng Rui.

However, the appearance of this additional wave of spirit beasts meant that they would all have to face two to three first grade spirit beasts.

In that case, no matter how powerful their spiritual tools were, they wouldn't be able to finish the fight within a short time.

The mere appearance of the Frost Python had ensured that the trial takers would lose their advantage.

Their only hope had been that An Ying could keep the Frost Python occupied while the rest of them finished off their opponents, and that they could subsequently help An Ying slaughter the Frost Python.

However, with another wave of spirit beasts coming, it seemed their last remaining hope was gone.

HISSSSS!

The Frost Python hissed, and cast them an ice-cold glare, which… appeared to be filled with a gleam of ridicule.

After waiting patiently for so long, the moment the snake-kind spirit beasts gathered around it, it finally decided to make a move.

An Ying now clearly understood the situation, and knew that their cowardice and hesitation had cost them their best opportunity.

"Dammit! We should have attacked earlier!

"We can't wait any longer!" She looked down anxiously at the ice-cold ground. " For all we know, there are even more spirit beasts rushing over from other regions!"

According to her knowledge, the Lurker Lizard, being a second grade spirit beast, also possessed the ability to summoning low-ranking spirit beasts, although she was unsure of whether it had actually done so yet.

Perhaps, spirit beasts from the desert… were charging toward them at this very moment.

She didn't dare to waste any more time.

WHOOSH!

Clusters of burning flames suddenly shot out from within her crimson curved blade. Once they left the blade, they continuously altered their shape in the midair, and eventually turned into a stream of lava-like flame.

In a flash, six streams of flame formed in front of An Ying.

Emitting a blazing fire, they intertwined with each other, forming a faint yet complicated pattern of flame.

"Flame Stream Formation!"

All of a sudden, An Ying raised her long saber high up in the air, and then pointed its tip towards the Frost Python.

WHOOSH!

The intertwined pattern of raging flames that had been floating in midair suddenly flew towards the Frost Python.

As it began to move, An Ying dashed forward, holding her long saber in hand.

The ten-meter-long Frost Python cast a cold glare at her, before throwing its head back and opening its gigantic mouth.

Suddenly, a beam of light as thick as the python's body shot out of its mouth, straight up into the air, where it slammed into the enormous flame formation.

The moment the frost power met the flame power, they immediately sent millions of sparks flying out in all directions, filling up the entire sky.

Also at that very moment, Nie Tian let out another shout. "Everyone, attack! She's buying us time!"

Upon hearing his words, the mesmerized trial takers suddenly snapped back to reality.

Nie Tian, on the other hand, didn't waste his time watching the battle between An Ying and the Frost Python, but instead dashed towards the spirit beast that was closest to him, his face grim.

It was an Iceclaw Monkey, which had a pair of sharp claws and silver fur covering its entire body.

The Iceclaw Monkey was a first grade spirit beast, known for its agility, but possessing only a pair of sharp claws, which emanated a cold light, as its weapons.

Its favorite target was the neck and face area, and especially the eyes!

EEK! EEK!

Upon seeing Nie Tian running madly towards it, the Iceclaw Monkey let out a sharp screech before it blurred into action, snaking across the battlefield towards Nie Tian.

It didn't move in a straight line, but rather in a serpentine motion.

Right before it was about to engage with Nie Tian, it stabbed its sharp claws into the ground, and then raised them violently up a moment later.

Numerous chunks of ice and snow were thrown into the air, which broke into even smaller fragments, forming a cloud of ice shards, and temporarily blocking Nie Tian's line of sight.

A moment later, a silver shadow suddenly appeared behind Nie Tian. When the shadow became clear, it was the Iceclaw Monkey.

With full force, it stabbed its razor-sharp claws towards the back of Nie Tian's neck.

The neck is one of the most vulnerable part on a human body, and were it to be pierced by claws, it would result in almost instant death for most people.

Clearly, the monkey knew the weak spots of the human body very well.

EEK! EEK!

In the moment before its sharp claws were on the verge of making contact with Nie Tian's neck, it finally let out a sharp, complacent screech.

"Looking to die?!"

Nie Tian snorted coldly. It almost seemed as if he had grown a pair of eyes on the back of his head; he reached both hands behind him and grabbed the Iceclaw Monkey's furry wrists with incomparable precision.

The Iceclaw Monkey shrieked as it was forcefully swung over Nie Tian's head.

Nie Tian clenched its wrists tightly, stopping it from making another vicious attack. Then, he kicked the Iceclaw Monkey in the chest.

With this kick, not only did he use his full physical force, but he also drew power from his spiritual sea.

BANG! CRACK!

The Iceclaw Monkey' torso was immediately launched into the air, without its arms!

Nie Tian didn't bother to look at the screaming Iceclaw Monkey, but instead turned the skinny and shriveled monkey arms around to examine them.

With the sharp claws facing outwards, he then decided to use them as weapons on the nearest spirit beast!

He knew after losing its arms, the Iceclaw Monkey would no longer be a threat.

Even if it was still alive, it wouldn't be able to have an impact on the outcome of the battle.

WHOOSH!

Once again, the Lurker Lizard suddenly emerged from under the ground.

At this time, a young man named Zu Fang was caught up in the middle of a fierce fight with a giant spider, and thus when the Lurker Lizard emerged and attacked again, he wasn't able to respond.

KA! CHA!

The Lurker Lizard shattered his leg bones with one bite. Because of the intense pain, he no longer had the strength to handle huge spider. A moment later, the spider's sharp claws pierced through his chest and abdomen.

Pan Tao and Zheng Rui, who had been searching for the Lurker Lizard, immediately dashed in his direction, yelling his name. "Zu Fang!"

Unfortunately, they were too late.

By the time they arrived by his side, Zu Fang had already stopped breathing; the spider, knowing that it was no match for two new enemies, immediately took to flight.

"Dammit!" Pan Tao's eyes turned red. "The Lurker Lizard hides itself beneath the surface, yet it can perceive the course of the battle, and launches sneak attacks on us when we are distracted by our enemies! As long as it lurks underground, we won't be able to locate it and kill it!"

Irritated, Zheng Rui shouted, "We must think of a way, fast! An Ying… won't be able to hold on for much longer!"

Noticing one more person had died, Nie Tian didn't panic. Instead he checked An Ying's situation, while simultaneously listening in on Zheng Rui and Pan Tao's conversation.

His expression immediately turned very grim.

"This doesn't look good!"

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The enormous flame formation above An Ying's head had been completely shattered by the frosty light beam!

Nie Tian noted that the rich, white frost mist in the surrounding area had been gradually gathered to that beam of frosty light.

This was the glacier area of the Green Illusion dimension, the habitat of the Frost Python. With its second grade cultivation, the Frost Python was even able to draw power from the freezing spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth to increase the power of its beam of frosty light.

Because of the freezing spiritual energy, the beam was bolstered, growing longer and thicker!

On the other hand, An Ying became more and more exhausted because of the wastage of power and energy.

HISSSSS!

After destroying An Ying's flame formation with its frosty light beam, the Frost Python slowly slithered towards her.

Even though Nie Tian was a hundred meters away, he was able to see the frustration and fear in An Ying's eyes.

It seemed she knew that she wouldn't be able to last much longer.

She had placed all her hope in Zheng Rui and Pan Tao, and yet they hadn't found any trace of the Lurker Lizard.

Nie Tian had a clear understanding of the situation, and he knew that the key to surviving this fierce battle was An Ying successfully stalling the Frost Python.

If An Ying died, and the Frost Python crashed into their battle formation, the trial takers who had been fighting the first grade spirit beasts would all be killed instantly.

If it came down to that, Nie Tian himself would have no hope of escaping, and would also fall prey to the spirit beasts.

"This won't work." With a grim look in his eyes, he racked in his brain for a way to turn the extremely dangerous situation around.

Of course, from the moment the Frost Python showed up with the Lurker Lizard, he realized that in order to live, he had to cooperate with An Ying and others.

For this reason, he didn't hesitate in the slightest to jump in and save Jiang Miao.

Although he still detested Zheng Rui and Pan Tao, he also knew that they were of great importance in this battle.

Zheng Rui and Pan Tao were the strongest besides An Ying, and could take the pressure off of the rest of the group so that the Lurker Lizard wouldn't dare to go around and kill more of them.

Nie Tian suddenly said, "The pressure on An Ying is too great. One of you has to go help her!"

Pan Tao was puzzled and froze for a moment. "Are you talking to us?"

Zheng Rui grew irritated and said angrily, "Who do you think you are? Our task is to kill the Lurker Lizard. We know exactly what to do. No need for you to worry!"

"Kill the Lurker Lizard?" Nie Tian laughed coldly. "You can't even find it. How can you kill it? You are only wasting your time here! If it doesn't come out, are you just going to continue waiting until An Ying gets killed by the Frost Python?!"

Zheng Rui was about to retort when Pan Tao waved his hand, signaling him not to argue with Nie Tian. "Do you have any better suggestions?"

Nie Tian understood that An Ying had been in an extremely dangerous situation, and therefore said as quickly as he could, "Zheng Rui, you go help An Ying. Pan Tao, you stay here and defend. If the Lurker Lizard dares to emerge again, Zheng Rui can always come back and help. I believe that when the Lurker Lizard appears, I'll be able to shoulder some of the burden for you, and buy us enough time for Zheng Rui to return.

"Time is of the essence, An Ying won't be able to last much longer. You need to make up your mind now!"

Unlike Zheng Rui, Pan Tao was able to look at the bigger picture, and make the wisest decisions at critical moments.

Therefore, Nie Tian addressed him alone.

Pan Tao took a deep breath and firmly said, "Zheng Rui, listen to him. Go help An Ying! Don't worry about me. If that Lurker Lizard dares to emerge, I can hold out for at least five or ten minutes!"

Just as Zheng Rui was deliberating, Nie Tian bellowed, "Do you think An Ying can afford for you to waste any more time?!"

As they spoke, Zheng Rui snuck a glance at An Ying, and realized that An Ying couldn't hold off the Frost Python's raging attacks any longer. He gritted his teeth, glared at Nie Tian, and said, "If anything happens to Brother Tao, I won't let you off!"

Finally, he bolted towards An Ying at the fastest speed possible.

On the other hand, Nie Tian had long since stopped fighting the first grade spirit beasts.

He knew very well that the crucial factors in turning the situation around were the Lurker Lizard and the Frost Python.

Especially the Lurker Lizard!

Ever since it burst out from under the ground and killed Zu Fang, the trial takers' moves had become somewhat hesitant.

They would constantly look down at the ground beneath their feet, afraid that the Lurker Lizard might suddenly emerge and kill them.

Although the Lurker Lizard hadn't showed up for a while, it was still like a ticking time bomb beneath the ground that could go off any moment.

With such a huge threat lurking in the shadows, every one of the trial takers moved as if they were fighting on thin ice. They all feared that they could be the next Zu Fang.

"Calm down. We have to find the Lurker Lizard."

Nie Tian kept adjusting his breathing. After mentally casting aside the life-threatening nature of the situation, he concentrated on the icy ground beneath his feet.

"Calm down, calm… down…"

He forced himself to relax so that he could better detect any unusual movement underneath the ground.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP…

He didn't even realize that during the process, his heart rate had become slower and slower.

Even his body temperature had dropped significantly.

Shortly after, he found that his entire body had become cold, and his blood flow had become extremely slow, just like his heartbeat.

However, his senses had been augmented significantly, enabling him to perceive the changes in the surrounding spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, the fluctuations of the trial takers' spiritual power, and every breath of the spirit beasts.

Whenever the trial takers or the spirit beasts moved, their feet landed on the ground, creating vibrating waves that he could sense through the soles of his feet.

He was secretly surprised by his newly-discovered enhanced perception. In order to get a better feel for the slight vibrations, he took off his shoes and socks and stood barefoot on the cold and hard icy land.

Shedding the two layers of obstruction and standing there barefooted enabled him to feel every vibration of the ground even more clearly.

On the intense battlefield, he suddenly closed his eyes, focusing all his psychic power onto his feet.

He focused his heart on sensing even the most trivial vibrations.

All of sudden, he experienced a mysterious sensation, as if his soul were transcending his body and going out into the open.

It seemed as though strands of his psychic awareness had penetrated the ground from the bottom of his feet, and started to roam about in the underground world.

In that moment, he felt as though there were a dozen versions of himself cutting through the dark space underneath the ground.

It felt like his hands were reaching out into pitch-black darkness, trying to find something…

When his psychic awareness wandered to where the trial takers and the spiritual beasts were, he was able to hear the ear-piercing sounds of their footfalls.

The sounds should have been weak and hard to perceive, but with his psychic awareness, they became as loud as thunderclaps.

Moreover, he could quickly tell which sounds came from the trial takers and the spirit beasts.

Therefore, his psychic awareness filtered out those sounds and continued to search in other directions.

He searched with great patience…

Pan Tao, who was constantly shifting about to observe the icy land around them, quickly noticed his strange behavior.

It was the most crucial moment of the battle, yet Nie Tian didn't join them, but rather took off his shoes and socks, closed his eyes, and adopted an attitude that seemed as though he was courting death.

Pan Tao took a closer look, and then subconsciously moved closer to him, fearing that he would be killed by the nearby spirit beasts.

Right after Nie Tian had saved Jiang Miao and provided some reasonable suggestions, Pan Tao had come to view him as a true member of the team.

Since he trusted that Nie Tian would never jeopardize their safety, and that he must be helping the team in his own way, Pan Tao viewed protecting Nie Tian as his responsibility.

"What a strange dude!" grumbled Pan Tao, yet he kept watch for Nie Tian, secretly preparing himself to fight off the spirit beasts that had been wandering near them.

As of this moment, strands of Nie Tian's psychic awareness, which had been roaming the underground world, suddenly sensed a strong sign of life!

"The Lurker Lizard!"

Nie Tian violently opened his eyes, and aimed at a spot according to his previous probing.

Just as he was about to make a move, he was suddenly taken over by fatigue, and discovered that he had been completely depleted of energy, as if he hadn't slept in seven days.

He immediately realized that he had drained his energy by channeling his psychic awareness underneath the ground and searching for a trace of the Lurker Lizard.

Clearly he was now in no position to effectively fight the Lurker Lizard and make it pay.

He pointed at a teenager who was fighting a Frost Armor Rhino, and shouted urgently at Pan Tao, "Pan Tao! Over there! Behind Tong Hao! The Lurker Lizard is beneath the icy land one and a half meters behind him! Go! Attack that piece of icy land with full force! Please trust me!"

Pan Tao was shocked. "Are you sure?!"

With a pale face, Nie Tian nodded vigorously and urged again, "I'll kill myself if I'm wrong!"

Pan Tao was stunned.

"Hurry up!" Nie Tian roared.

Pan Tao hesitated no more. He hefted his long golden spear in hand, blurring into action, and arriving behind Tong Hao in blink of an eye.

His long spear suddenly emanated a brilliant golden light, so bright that Nie Tian couldn't help but close his eyes!

POOFF!

After closing his eyes, he heard the sound of the spear piercing into the ground.

In the next moment, the Lurker Lizard's mad cry came from underneath that piece of icy land.

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Dark-green blood spewed violently out from the crack the golden spear had opened up in the ground.

At the same time, the Lurker Lizard's ear-piercing shriek rang out from the depths below.

The land began to shake violently; clearly, the Lurker Lizard's thirst for blood had been spurred, and it was about to tear through the ground to the surface.

Pan Tao had more battle experience than Jiang Miao and others. The moment he saw the blood spilling out from under the ground, he knew that Nie Tian's judgement had been completely correct!

Ecstasy stretched across his face, and at the same time, his black pupils suddenly turned dark-gold!

His hands suddenly exploded with a wave of enormous spiritual power fluctuations as he pulled out the spear and vigorously pierced it back into the earth.

The long spear once again flashed with golden light, forcing Nie Tian to close his eyes.

CHING!

The spear's earth-piercing sound rang out again, and the pained howls of the Lurker Lizard could once again be heard.

"Haha! Finally, I've got you!"

Pan Tao, after succeeding in both his attacks, grinned from ear to ear. More confident, he pulled out the spear one more time and prepared for a third attack.

However, after being hit twice, the Lurker Lizard finally realized that its whereabouts had been exposed.

Wounded, it immediately sank further down into the earth, sapped its will to fight Pan Tao.

"Yee?!"

Pan Tao's face was full of disbelief as looked at the bulge in the ground rapidly making its way off into the distance.

The second grade Lurker Lizard was intelligent enough that it wouldn't dare to continue fighting after having its body pierced twice.

Although Pao Tao had been prepared for the opposite, the Lurker Lizard actually fled!

Pan Tao got extremely excited, cheering loudly while brandishing his golden spear. "Zheng Rui! You don't have to come any more. The Lurker Lizard has fled! Hahaha! It actually fled!"

Upon hearing his words, all the teenagers who had previously feared that the Lurker Lizard might sneak up on them from under the ground, were immediately filled with strength and spirit.

Without the threat of the Lurker Lizard, they no longer had to worry about attacks on their flank, and finally became full of courage!

Nie Tian noticed that none of them were looking down anymore, and instead went all-out against the spirit beasts in front of them.

"What! The Lurker Lizard has fled?" Zheng Rui, who had gone to help An Ying fight the Frost Python, grew excited as well. "Brother Tao! Well done! If we can escape death this time, it will be all thanks to you! Hahaha, you're so awesome, bro! Respect!"

After Zheng Rui had joined her, An Ying was no longer in sore straits, and actually could spare some time to take a glance at Pan Tao.

Even though she didn't know what exactly had happened, she was confident that Pan Tao wouldn't lie, and since he said the Lurker Lizard had fled, it must be true.

The fact that Pan Tao was able to defeat the Lurker Lizard totally surpassed her expectations, and she was sincerely happy that he had managed to do that.

"Pan Tao, I didn't know you had it in you. Good job!" She was quite generous with her praises.

Jiang Miao's cheek blushed with excitement. "Big Bro Pan! You are amazing! It's all thanks to you if we win!"

Elated, the rest of the teenagers also started shouting out, praising Pan Tao in every possible way.

"You are truly worthy of being a disciple of the Spiritual Treasure sect, Biggest Bro Pan! Much respect!"

"Thank you, Big Bro Pan!"

"…"

Immersed in an earful of praises, Pan Tao smiled in embarrassment, and subconsciously cast a glance at Nie Tian.

He knew more than anyone that Nie Tian had played the most crucial role in this, and it was only because of him he was able to severely wound the Lurker Lizard.

If Nie Tian hadn't provided an accurate location, he would never be able to catch the Lurker Lizard off guard and inflict such incalculable damage on it, forcing it to escape.

The Lurker Lizard also didn't think someone would be able to locate it, so it had let its guard down.

Pan Tao took it by surprise in the same manner it had launched sneak attacks on Qin Shun and Zu Fang. Otherwise, if it had come out of the earth and fought Pan Tao openly, it wouldn't had suffered such a great loss.

After all, it was fundamentally stronger than Pan Tao.

Somewhat shamefaced, Pan Tao looked at Nie Tian from afar, only to find that Nie Tian had extended his arm high in the air and stuck out his thumb, making a gesture of praise towards him.

Pan Tao could find no traces of ridicule in Nie Tian's eyes, only heartfelt congratulations.

Nie Tian also understood that although locating the Lurker Lizard had been the key, they couldn't have wounded it without Pan Tao's decisive attacks. He himself had been too depleted to strike early on.

As a matter of fact, both he and Pan Tao had played important roles in this battle.

The Lurker Lizard had previously been hiding in the dark and unleashing murderous attacks on the trial takers. Now that it had fled the battlefield, the whole situation immediately turned around.

Nie Tian had almost collapsed due to overconsumption of his power, but now that the Lurker Lizard had fled, he could finally catch a breath and regain his strength, knowing that the crisis had passed.

After seeing recognition in Nie Tian's eyes, a faint smile could be seen on Pan Tao's face, which was… one of heartfelt admiration and pleasure. "Hahaha."

He nodded at Nie Tian, and the both of them exchanged a look of tacit mutual understanding.

At that time, Zheng Rui reminded him in a loud voice. "Brother Tao! Don't just stand around. Come and help us get rid of this Frost Python!"

"I'm on it!" Pan Tao said, laughing.

However, just as he was about to rush towards them, his eyebrow twitched, and he noticed that Nie Tian was in a poor state.

Face serious, Pan Tao instructed. "Tong Hao! Don't bother with the spirit beasts any more. Go to Nie Tian's side and guard him for a while. He seems to be under the weather."

Tong Hao was the only one whose spirits didn't rise after the Lurker Lizard fled. He was still standing there looking stunned.

He knew very well that if Pan Tao hadn't jumped in to fight off the Lurker Lizard, he would have been its next victim, and he… would have surely been killed.

As of this moment, he was still seized by fear.

Upon Pan Tao's order, he glanced at Nie Tian, and found that Nie Tian was sitting on the ground with a pale face, and appeared to have lost all his spirit. He furrowed his brows and seemed to be somewhat unwilling to take action.

He wasn't aware that it was Nie Tian who had really saved him.

While everyone else was bathing in blood, Nie Tian, on the other hand, was sitting on the ground…

That made him feel that it was a bit unfair.

He thought Nie Tian did nothing to help.

"Tong Hao! Did you hear me?!" Pan Tao glared at him.

Only then did Tong Hao respond. "Yeah, got it. I'm on it."

From his point of view, it was Pan Tao who had saved his life, and he was in his debt.

Therefore, as long as Pan Tao instructed him to do something, he had to follow it, regardless of whether he was willing or not.

Soon, he arrived to Nie Tian's side.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" he asked indifferently.

"It was nothing major, but I'm a little weak." Nie Tian didn't explain, so as not to make Pan Tao, who had been incessantly praised by everyone, feel embarrassed. "Thank you for protecting me."

"You're welcome. I'm just following big brother Pan Tao's orders." With an unconcerned look on his face, Tong Hao sized up Nie Tian, before putting on an enigmatic expression, saying, "You're quite the talker. Moments ago, you told us to cast aside our fears, but now… look at you!"

Truth be told, Nie Tian's poor state and pale face did add up to the image that he was scared.

He took it for granted that Nie Tian had been scared to death, seeing no hope of surviving the fight with the Frost Python and the Lurker Lizard.

Nie Tian let it pass and didn't argue, since he didn't have the energy to waste on a person like him.

"As it turns out, you're nothing but a talker," Tong Hao murmured, looking at Nie Tian again with his eyes full of disdain.

All of a sudden, the other teenagers started to cheer.

"The Frost Python has also fled!"

"The rest of the spirit beasts are all retreating back into the depths of the glacier area!"

"Hahaha! We've won! We've fought them away!"

Nie Tian looked over with rapt attention, and only then did he realize that the Frost Python, at an amazing speed, had indeed fled to the deepest parts of the glacier area.

After losing assistance from the Lurker Lizard, it was forced to face An Ying, Zheng Rui, and Pan Tao together. Apparently it understood that once the three of them joined forces, it would be almost impossible to defeat them, and thus it left decisively.

The moment it left, the remaining spirit beasts certainly didn't dare to linger around, and scattered in all directions.

"Do we chase them?" Zheng Rui asked, trying to conceal his excitement.

An Ying stood there holding her long saber, panting heavily, beads of sweat rolling down her forehead. "No, we don't. I've consumed too much of my spiritual energy dealing with the Frost Python. I don't even have thirty percent of my spiritual power remaining in me. I have to recover as quickly as possible, and only then can we march further into the glacier area.

"Who knows if there are more second grade spirit beasts there."

Pan Tao agreed. "Right. To be safe, we'd better recuperate for a bit."

The trial takers, having just escaped death, wanted to chase the spirit beasts, but after hearing An Ying and Pan Tao's comments, they all quickly gave in.

After this battle, every single one of them looked at Pan Tao differently.

In their eyes, it was Pan Tao who had severely wounded the Lurker Lizard that had been hiding in the dark. He had single-handedly made the greatest contribution to this battle!

Pan Tao was the one who had laid the groundwork for their victory.

Without him, the Lurker Lizard would be a huge threat to everyone, and Zheng Rui and An Ying wouldn't have been able to force the Frost Python to flee.

Even though they didn't say it publicly, but after going through such a tribulation, everyone had come to view Pan Tao as a leader, just like An Ying.

They even began to muse that Pan Tao should be the one to give orders.

Pan Tao had earned respect and stateliness for himself with his performance in this battle.

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The battle was over.

The trial takers gathered around An Ying and her sect brothers, flattering Pan Tao and praising An Ying for undertaking the heavy responsibility of holding off the Frost Python.

It seemed the deaths of Qin Shun and Zu Fang hadn't affected their mood. After all, no one had been very close to them before entering the Green Illusion dimension together.

Seeing that the Lurker Lizard and the Frost Python had fled, Tong Hao, who had been guarding Nie Tian, left to join the crowd.

Nie Tian actually enjoyed being able to have some time to himself. He sat on the ground by himself, ignoring the clamoring crowd.

Instead, he narrowed his eyes, looking around as he pondered the unusual and strange occurrences that had occurred earlier.

"Psychic awareness traveling under the ground…"

Normally speaking, being in the sixth level of Qi Refining, his psychic awareness shouldn't be powerful enough to penetrate deep into the earth, not to mention search underground for a long time.

However, when he calmed himself earlier, and tried to sense the movements of the Lurker Lizard, his psychic awareness unexpectedly managed to leave his body.

As far as he knew, only Qi warriors who were much stronger than him would be able to do that.

Ever since he was young, he had been aware that he was special.

Because he had always been taller and stronger than his peers, none of them could defeat him by relying on physical strength alone.

But he had only been aware that he was physically stronger than his peers, not that his psychic power… was also superior.

With this battle, he had gained a better understanding of himself.

"It almost completely drained my energy for my psychic awareness to leave my body a single time. I should avoid using this skill as much as possible."

As he was thinking to himself, an intense sleepiness struck him. He felt as if he needed to sleep for a very long time to fully restore the energy he had consumed.

Since there was no more threat from the spirit beasts, he let his guard down, became relaxed, and gradually closed his eyes.

Not too far away….

Pan Tao was still being complimented by everyone, and from several dozens of meters away, he snuck a glance at Nie Tian.

When he noticed that Nie Tian had already started recuperating immediately after the battle, he came to have a higher opinion of him.

In his eyes, Nie Tian had already become one of the most important members of their team, his importance only second to An Ying's.

He even attached more importance to Nie Tian than Zheng Rui.

"Alright, alright." Seeing that Nie Tian was already resting, he could no longer stand the noise of the people around him. "Let's all stop here and rest! Nobody knows whether the spirit beasts we've just scared off will return or not."

"Everyone, rest and reorganize where you are. Get your strength back as quickly as possible!

"We have to make sure our battle prowess is always at a high level!"

An Ying nodded and instructed, "No talking until your spiritual power is recovered. You all talk a lot, but are unable to help when the situation is critical."

She also took a glance at Nie Tian from afar.

Early on, when everyone was taken over by fear and didn't know what to do, it was Nie Tian who had stepped up.

She had no idea of what happened to him after that, and why he looked so exhausted now, but Nie Tian's calmness and wits at that crucial moment had left a deep impression on her.

Like Pan Tao, she also secretly deemed Nie Tian as an important team member, even though she said nothing.

Hearing Pan Tao's and An Ying's orders, the trial takers, who were still immersed in excitement, finally quietened down, and sat down in a circle with An Ying and Pan Tao in the center.

Each and every one of them reached into the cloth pouches that hung by their waists, and one after another, took out glittering, translucent spirit stones.

Eyes closed, they clenched their hands tightly onto the spirit stones and absorbed the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth from within them, thus quickly restoring the strength they had consumed.

Before entering the Green Illusion dimension, their clan's seniors had told them that the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth in the Green Illusion dimension was much poorer than that of the world they lived in.

Without help, restoring their strength would be an extremely slow process.

Therefore, every one of them was given spirit stones by their clan seniors before they entered the Green Illusion dimension so that they would be able to restore strength at a higher speed.

However, Nie Tian didn't take anything with him, due to the fact that the Nie clan was already in decline.

When everyone closed their eyes and started absorbing spiritual power from their respective spirit stones, Pan Tao left the crowd quietly.

He went to Nie Tian's side. Seeing Nie Tian sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, he thought Nie Tian was sleeping, so after a moment of hesitation, he chose not to disturb him, but rather took out two pieces of jade-like spirit stones and placed them on the ground in front of him, before sitting himself not far from Nie Tian.

Even though An Ying's eyes were closed, she had been secretly paying attention to the sounds and movements around them, in case the spirit beasts returned.

She noticed Pan Tao's abnormal behavior and slightly opened her eyes, observing Pan Tao's every move, then whispering to herself, "How come this guy has changed so drastically?"

Even though she was confused, she didn't pursue the questions in her mind. Instead, she closed her eyes again and went back to recuperation.

Time passed quickly and soundlessly.

After an unknown period of time, while everyone was still recovering their spiritual power, they suddenly heard the sound of footsteps approaching.

One after another, they all opened their eyes nervously, thinking it must be the spirit beasts, returning to kill them.

"Don't worry, it's not the spirit beasts." Looking in the direction where the sounds had come from, An Ying said, "The sound of the footsteps doesn't belong to the spirit beasts, and it's not coming from the depths of the glacier area. If my speculations are correct, it should be a group of trial takers from the other sects."

An ice-cold voice suddenly rang out. "Good job, An Ying!"

In the next moment, Yuan Feng from the Grayvale sect showed up.

Soon after he appeared, Yun Song and the other trial takers from the Grayvale sect also revealed themselves.

"The Grayvale sect!" Zheng Rui furrowed his brows and stood up.

"That's correct." Yuan Feng arrived in front of them. His cold eyes glanced up and down every one of them, before he stepped closer and took a look of the corpses of the spirit beasts as well as Qin Shun and Zu Fang who had died in battle. He then said, "From the look of it, you've just gone through a bloody battle. What is it? Did you run into the Frost Python?"

At this moment, Nie Tian was awakened from his deep sleep by Yuan Feng.

He knew that he couldn't have slept for long.

However, even though it wasn't a long sleep, he could clearly feel that he had recovered most of his strength.

Before he had time to look at Yuan Feng, he noticed the two spirit stones in front of him.

In the next moment, he saw Pan Tao, who was sitting the closest to him.

He immediately realized that the spirit stones were from Pan Tao, hence he thanked him, smiling.

"If you consider me as a worthy teammate, then keep those two spirit stones." Pan Tao said with a sincere face.

Nie Tian nodded his head, picked up the spirit stones, and put them into his waist pouch.

The reason he felt exhausted wasn't that he had overly spent his spiritual power, but rather that he had drained his psychic power. Hence, he didn't need spirit stones to recover.

However, since Pan Tao had given them to him, he certainly wouldn't refuse.

The trial of the Green Illusion dimension was far from over. It was still hard to know whether or not they would encounter more dangerous situations.

Whenever he drained his spiritual power in the future, with the help of those two spirit stones, he would be able to recover in a much shorter time. That would also serve to increase his chances of winning.

Zheng Rui said, "Not only did we run into the Frost Python, but we also came across the Lurker Lizard! Dammit!… But fortunately, we're strong enough. Although we weren't able to kill the Frost Python and the Lurker Lizard, at least we forced them to retreat. If it were you guys, having to deal with the Frost Python and the Lurker Lizard at the same time, I'm afraid none of you would be able to survive."

"Shut up!" An Ying called out to him.

"Hey!" Yun Song from the Yun clan chuckled as he said, "Cousin! They must have used up their spiritual power fighting off the Frost Python and the Lurker Lizard. Look, they're all using spirit stones to recover their strength. This means they currently lack battle power.

"What's more, two of them are dead!"

Yun Song's eyes flashed with a strange light, before he finally cast his ill-intentioned gaze towards Nie Tian.

The moment he saw Nie Tian, his face turned cold, and his eyes filled with vicious intent.

It was only until now did Zheng Rui suddenly realize that his words had revealed the fact that their battle power was compromised.

He secretly hated himself for talking too much. Not daring to say another word, he cast a fierce glare at Yun Song.

"Yuan Feng, the purpose of our journey to the Green Illusion dimension is to kill the four second grade spirit beasts." An Ying remained a sound mind. "The Frost Python must have consumed a lot of its energy fighting us. You can leave us, catch up to it, and kill it before it restores its full strength."

"That can wait." Yuan Feng's tone was cold and indifferent as he lifted his hand, pointed at Nie Tian, and said, "This young man isn't a member of the Spiritual Treasure sect. I need you to give him to me. If you do, I'll leave, and hunt the Frost Python down in the deepest parts of the glacier area."

"You want Nie Tian?" An Ying asked, stunned.

Pan Tao was also taken aback.

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An Ying was quite confused. "What did Nie Tian do to anger you? I don't recall the two of you having a conflict. What do you need him for?"

"I don't need to explain to you why," Yuan Feng said, leaning forward aggressively. "Just give him to me, and we're gone. We'll go hunt down the Frost Python and kill it."

After a pause, he snorted threateningly and said, "Otherwise, don't blame me for taking advantage of your condition and attacking you guys before you have recovered!"

An Ying's face turned grim. "What? You want to start a fight now?"

"That's right," Yuan Feng replied coldly.

An Ying furrowed her brows.

After the deaths of Qin Shun and Zu Fang, there were only 13 of them left, and they had just narrowly escaped a bloody battle.

An Ying herself had only recovered seventy percent of her spiritual power after recuperating for a while, and in her current condition, she wasn't confident that she could defeat Yuan Feng.

The rest were in even poorer condition than she was. If it really came down to a fight, there was an eighty to ninety percent chance that they would lose.

Weighing the advantages against the disadvantages in her mind, she hesitated, looking over at the distant Nie Tian, and wondering whether he was worth her putting everyone in danger.

Zheng Rui, who had only remained silent for a moment, came to An Ying's side and said in a low voice, "An Ying, Nie Tian… isn't from the Spiritual Treasure sect. Is it really necessary that we go all out to save him? No killing is allowed in the Green Illusion dimension, so even if Yuan Feng were to capture Nie Tian, he would never dare to kill him. So why don't we…?"

Eyes glittering, not a single one of the other trial takers with the Spiritual Treasure sect said anything.

However, when Zheng Rui made the above statement, expressions of agreement appeared on their faces.

Apparently, they didn't think it was worth fighting the Grayvale sect for an outsider, especially when they had just experienced a bloody battle and had yet to recover.

If they were to fight the Grayvale sect now, they would definitely be on the losing side.

Among all of them, only Jiang Miao, who had been previously saved by Nie Tian, appeared anxious and looked sympathetically at An Ying while shaking her head non-stop.

The other exception would be Pan Tao, whose face turned grim, as he was clearly trying to suppress his anger.

"Do you have a feud with Yuan Feng?" he whispered next to Nie Tian.

Nie Tian said calmly, "I have a feud with a woman from the Yun clan named Yuan Qiuying in Black Cloud City, and she is Yuan Feng's aunt."

Pan Tao nodded his head and suddenly stood up with the intention to back Nie Tian up. "So that's how it is."

At this very moment, Nie Tian also sprung to his feet, glaring violently at Yuan Feng. "What do you want?"

"Nothing much," Yuan Feng said coldly. "Just to cripple you."

Nie Tian took a deep breath, his eyes suddenly filled with ferociousness. "Bring it on then!"

He decided that if Yuan Feng dared to come over, he would immediately strike him with the style of furious punching that he had learned in the mysterious world.

Besides, after the short rest, he had regained most of his energy, and was confident that he could deliver the punch.

Although he knew that after that punch he wouldn't have any strength left to attack again, he still believed that with that one punch he would be able to kill Yuan Feng!

He had never shied away from fights, especially when others attempted to force him into a corner. He had never backed down one bit from a conflict.

Yuan Feng looked at him out of the corner of his eyes and arrogantly said, "Who the hell do you think you are? Do you have what it takes to fight me one-on-one? Only when you reach the ninth level of Qi Refining will I consider you as an opponent worth killing."

"So you don't dare?" Nie Tian said, intentionally provoking him.

Yuan Feng didn't even respond to Nie Tian. Instead, he looked at An Ying and impatiently said, "You're their leader. You aren't going to risk everyone's safety just for this reckless outsider, are you?"

Pan Tao suddenly said, "Yuan Feng! If you want to touch Nie Tian, you will have to go through me!"

Yuan Feng was stunned for a moment. "You?"

Nie Tian turned his head and looked deeply at Pan Tao, who was standing beside him, but didn't say a word.

However, Pan Tao's attitude obviously had an impact on An Ying.

Moments ago, An Ying was torn with indecision, but upon hearing his words, she immediately clenched her jaw, and strode over stand next to him.

Standing next to Nie Tian and Pan Tao, she pointed her long saber at Yuan Feng, and firmly declared, "You want to fight? Then let's fight! We aren't scared of you! If it's a war you want, we'll be happy to oblige!"

"What's happening?" Zheng Rui thought, deeply confused. However, since An Ying and Pan Tao had already stated their intentions, he could only support them, so slowly and reluctantly, he went over to their side.

Although none of the other trial takers wanted to get in another fight, after seeing that An Ying and Pan Tao had made up their minds, they all knew that they should support their leaders, so they also hurried over.

"An Ying, are you sure you've thought this through?" Yuan Feng said with a grim face.

"Yes, I have," An Ying replied loudly.

Yuan Feng questioned again, "You really think it's worth it to let everyone bear the consequences for one outsider?"

"I don't care which side he's on outside of the Green Illusion dimension. Now that he's here with us, it means he is one of us now!" An Ying brandished her long saber, and glanced at all of her teammates behind her. "If any of you gets bullied, I'll do the same for you!"

Appealing loudly to the crowd, she cried out, "Fight to the last drop of our blood!"

Spurred by her statement, all the trial takers responded with even louder and fiercer shouts.

"Fight them!"

"Fight to the last drop of our blood!"

"Fight them to the end!"

Yuan Feng's expression slightly flickered. When he carefully examined An Ying, Pan Tao, and the rest of the trial takers with the Spiritual Treasure sect, there was no longer even the slightest hesitation and fear in their eyes.

He didn't realize that these people had just gone through a bloody battle, and were still immersed in the fierceness of it.

The reason why they dared to accept the challenge wasn't Nie Tian, but rather the way Yuan Feng had talked to An Ying. Therefore, they wanted to fight for An Ying.

"Cousin…" Yun Song murmured in a low voice. He had caught sight of the thirst of blood in the eyes of An Ying and the others, and their willingness to fight to the death. All of that made him anxious, so he was the first to lose his nerve.

Yuan Feng's expression flickered as he weighed the pros against the cons in his head. Soon after, he nodded. Staring at Nie Tian, he said "You have a good leader. Lucky for you, I'm going to let it go this time, punk."

With these words, he waved his hand, pointed at the deepest part of the glacier area, and said, "Let's go!"

With that, he took the lead and left.

The trial takers with the Grayvale sect secretly let out sighs of relief, and quickly caught up with him.

Soon, the ten trial takers with the Grayvale sect passed by An Ying's group, and disappeared into the glacier area.

Only by this point did An Ying and everyone loosen up their tightened nerves, and finally relax.

As soon as Yuan Feng was out of sight, they began making arrogant and rampant comments in loud voices, denouncing him for bluffing, and for lacking the courage to actually start a fight.

"That's all they've got?! They're pretty good at talking, but don't have the courage to fight!"

"Yuan Feng is really full of hot air. Does he really think we're scared of him?"

"That asshole! If we hadn't just fought the Frost Python and the Lurker Lizard, I would be in the middle of killing them right now!"

"If I ever see him again, I'll definitely teach him a lesson. That son of a bitch thinks a lot of himself."

On the other hand, An Ying let out a deep breath. Sounding exhausted, she said, "Actually, that was close. That Yuan Feng… you don't know him. He's a maniac, and he's capable of doing anything. Even I myself felt quite nervous. I was truly afraid that he might fight us at all costs."

Pan Tao and Zheng Rui had a similar feeling.

Unlike the other trial takers, the three of them had long since heard about Yuan Feng's deeds after he entered the Grayvale sect.

They all knew that Yuan Feng was a cruel and merciless figure. The reason he didn't actually fight them this time was most likely because he didn't wish to consume his group's power so early on. He also feared that the Cloudsoaring sect and the Mystic Mist sect might swoop in while they were fighting.

As the focus of this incident, Nie Tian expressed his gratitude to Pan Tao and An Ying, before he sat back down.

"Thank you," he said.

After he sat down, he immediately closed his eyes, forcing himself to sleep.

He knew that as long as they were in the Green Illusion dimension, no one would be able to tell what they would face in the next moment.

The only thing he could do was to fully recover his strength as fast as possible, so that he could face the conflicts that could break out at any time.

"We've just saved you, and this is it?" Tong Hao said in a discontent tone.

Nie Tian didn't even twitch his eyelids.

"Aren't you supposed to thank everybody before you go and recover?" Tong Hao continued indignantly. "We almost risked our lives fighting the Grayvale sect for you just now!"

Looking at Nie Tian, who had already closed his eyes and was falling asleep, the rest of the teenagers also had their faces filled with discontent.

Zheng Rui's expression was especially cold and grim.

Pan Tao said angrily, "Tong Hao, shut your pie hole will you?!"

He was the only one who knew that Nie Tian was the real reason why Tong Hao was still breathing.

However, Tong Hao, completely unaware of what had truly happened, had taunted Nie Tian over and over again, which made Pao Tao so mad that he itched to punch Tong Hao in the face and smash his teeth into pieces.

"Oh, okay, I'll just listen to you, Brother Tao." Grievances spread across Tong Hao's face

"All of you, stop wasting your time and start recovering," An Ying said in a berating tone.

Only then did the crowd quiet down once again.

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With the help of the spirit stones, it took a while, but everyone eventually recovered, after which they rose to their feet.

Soon, cries of, "I'm starving!" began to rise up, and eventually, all eyes came to rest on the corpses of the spirit beasts.

With Pan Tao and Zheng Rui taking the lead, the group set up a bonfire. After cutting the meat off the bones, they made skewers with tree branches and then began to grill the meat above the fire.

Before long, the meat had been roasted into a deep brown color, and emanated an enticing aroma.

The hungry trial takers could no longer resist the temptation and started gulping down large chunks of spirit beast meat.

They sat around the bonfire, devouring the chunks of meat, fat dripping down their chins, and their faces filled with satisfaction.

"This is so delicious!"

"This is much fresher, more tender, and more delicious than the food back at home!"

"It's not easy to have a meal of spirit beast meat. We're blessed to have such a feast!"

At this moment, only An Ying and Nie Tian were still in deep, recuperative sleep, and thus could not enjoy the delicious food.

As Pan Tao ripped huge bites off of a greasy beast leg, he said, "We have more than enough dead spirit beasts. Roast some meat for An Ying and Nie Tian, so that they can wake up to a good meal."

"Sure," people responded.

Zheng Rui was cutting meat into small pieces with a knife, and eating in a graceful manner. "Brother Tao, what's going on with you? Why are you looking after that punk all the time? Have you forgotten that we almost got into a fight with him?"

The rest of them were also confused about why Pan Tao had been looking after Nie Tian. Therefore, upon hearing Zheng Rui's words, they all cast their glances towards the two.

"Things changed," Pan Tao said with a upright expression. "When the Lurker Lizard sneaked up on Jiang Miao, he was the first one to notice it, and he saved Jiang Miao's life. From that moment on, he had already truly become one of us."

"No matter who he is outside of the Green Illusion dimension, in here, I want you all to treat him as our teammate."

"It's possible that we may come across even greater dangers in the future. If we all have different thoughts and don't trust each other, I'm afraid we won't be able to get out of here alive." There was a sense of righteousness in his words.

At that moment, An Ying opened her eyes, took over, and said, "Pan Tao is right." Eyes full of admiration, she looked at Pan Tao, and then started to rebuke Zheng Rui, "You ought to learn from Pan Tao and stop focusing on the petty things. This journey to the Green Illusion dimension has opened my eyes to the fact that Pan Tao can be trusted with important missions. He has far exceeded my expectations."

Pan Tao gently lowered his head, looking a bit guilty as he said, "Don't say that. I just believe that the most important thing is for us to unite."

After being lectured, Zheng Rui grumbled to himself in irritation, "Wasn't it you who hinted for us to give Nie Tian a hard time in the Green Illusion dimension?"

Around this time, the baby-faced Jiang Miao noticed that Nie Tian had also opened his eyes. "He's awake."

"Go give him something to eat," ordered An Ying.

Then, she reached out her small, jade-like hands, snatched a huge piece of meat from Zheng Rui's hand, and shoved it into her mouth in an unconstrained manner. She bit out a chunk and started munching, while simultaneously mumbling, "Zheng Rui, why are you eating like a sissy? This is the Green Illusion dimension, not the Spiritual Treasure sect. Do you really have to eat so gracefully and use a knife and a fork?"

Upon hearing An Ying's comment, Zheng Rui immediately felt embarrassed, and gave up on his graceful usage of the short knife.

Meanwhile, Jiang Miao grabbed a piece of Frost Armor Rhino meat and walked over to Nie Tian's side.

Jiang Miao handed it over to Nie Tian timidly. "This is for you."

Nie Tian had just awoken and was still a little dizzy.

"Oh, thanks," he said, grabbing the meat and immediately wolfing it down.

That piece of meat weighed at least 2.5 kilograms, but Nie Tian inhaled it down in the blink of an eye, not leaving a single scrap behind.

After witnessing this, Jiang Miao stood there aghast.

However, Nie Tian didn't feel satiated in the least bit, and was still incomparably famished.

He looked at Jiang Miao. "Do we have more?"

Jiang Miao nodded and quickly replied, "Yeah! There's still plenty left!"

With these words, she rushed to where An Ying and the others were sitting, and took an even bigger piece of meat, this one over four kilograms.

Nie Tian didn't hold anything back. He grabbed the meat and wolfed it down as fast as lightning.

A warm current gradually began to build up in his abdomen. When Nie Tian focused his mind on it, his eyes suddenly shone with bright light.

Apparently that surge of warmth originated from the piece of meat that he had consumed, which came from a first grade spirit beast.

Unlike the meat he usually ate back in Black Cloud City, these spirit beasts had refined the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth and turned it into the nutrients for their robust beast bodies.

The meat clearly contained rich spiritual power.

Moreover, he was able to absorb the power and disperse it to his internal organs, thus strengthening his fleshly body.

He had never experienced anything like that before when he ate normal kinds of meat…

"Get me some more, please," he said to Jiang Miao, his spirits high. "Bring over more this time. I've got a big appetite, and I can pack away more food than the five of those other kids combined. Look at me. We're at the same age, but I'm taller and more robust than they are, aren't I? That's because I eat more than they do."

"Your appetite is definitely astonishing," Jiang Miao murmured, before she obediently returned to where An Ying was sitting to fetch more meat.

When Jiang Miao seized another sizable piece of meat that he had just cooked, Tong Hao looked at her, eyes wide, and couldn't help but yell, "No way! You are giving him too much. Can he eat all that?"

Jiang Miao explained, "He already finished the pieces I gave him erlier."

Upon hearing her words, everyone started to examine Nie Tian with a strange light in their eyes.

They hadn't paid attention to Nie Tian before, and thus weren't aware that he had already consumed enough meat servings to feed at least four people.

Their eyes widened as they watched Jiang Miao put 5 kilograms of roasted meat into Nie Tian's hands.

Nie Tian, on the other hand, ignored their gazes, and rapidly tore the shockingly large piece of meat into shreds, gulping it down almost instantly.

"Does this guy know anything other than eating?" Zheng Rui said, sounding shocked.

An Ying and Pan Tao were also shocked by Nie Tian's appetite, and their faces filled with disbelief.

Jiang Miao, somewhat intrigued, stared at Nie Tian, an expression of curiosity on her face. "So? Are you full? Do you want more?"

Nie Tian replied weakly, "How about… just a little more?"

Jiang Miao and An Ying exclaimed at the same time. "Ah?!"

The way the others looked at Nie Tian had also changed drastically, since now they thought of him as a monster in human shape.

"Is there more?" Nie Tian asked again in a low voice.

Under everyone's scorching gaze, he began to feel slightly embarrassed, but he truly wasn't full yet…

He didn't know why, but after he had drained his psychic awareness, he became surprisingly hungry, and his appetite grew significantly larger than before.

More shocking than that was that after he consumed all of the spirit beast meat, he could clearly feel more strands of power building up in his abdomen, before it gradually dispersed to his muscles, blood, bones, and internal organs.

Merely after eating vigorously for a while, he had a strange yet wonderful feeling that his body was growing stronger.

He didn't wish for that feeling to stop.

"Yes, there is!" It wasn't Jiang Miao who replied to him, since she was already flabbergasted by his appetite. It was Pan Tao.

Pan Tao, who had already ate his fill, strode towards him with a huge piece of meat in his hand, and under everyone's disbelieving gaze, he handed over to Nie Tian.

Nie Tian took it and started munching again. "Um, thanks."

However this time, unlike before, he didn't wolf down the whole piece of meat that was as large as the previous one.

Halfway through with it, he finally slowed down his pace.

Yet, the piece of meat, which was horrifyingly large in everyone else's eyes, eventually disappeared little by little into his mouth…

Nie Tian forced out a dry smile, and avoided looking at everyone's disbelieving face. "I'm pretty much full. And tired too. You guys do what you have to do, I'll get some more sleep."

Admiration stretched across Pan Tao's face. "What an amazing appetite!"

Face filled with shock, An Ying whispered to herself, "Does his amazing appetite count as the strange thing that big sister talked about?"

Eyes shut, Nie Tian held his breath, and with rapt attention, he started to gradually adjust his breathing. Having totally ignored the others' strange gazes, he began to thoroughly investigate the unusual experience he felt within himself.

It had become his habit that whenever he calmed down and meditated with rapt attention, he would always operate the Qi Refining Incantation to absorb the spiritual Qi around him.

"Yee?!"

The moment he started operating the Qi Refining Incantation, he discovered that the strands of warmth in his abdomen seemed to have been driven by the internal force that had been generated by the Qi Refining Incantation, converging wildly into his dantian's spiritual sea.

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The Qi Refining Incantation was the most basic spiritual incantation.

Juniors from the Nie clan weren't the only one to practice cultivation with it; almost every child in the Qi Refining stage started out using it.

It was simple, easy to understand, and most commonly used to help children build a solid foundation.

The young cultivators from the Spiritual Treasure sect, the Cloudsoaring sect, the Grayvale sect, and the Mystic Mist sect all cultivated the Qi Refining Incantation before they entered the Lesser Heaven stage.

Normally speaking, such a simple and common incantation wasn't anything very miraculous.

However, when Nie Tian used it this time, he felt strands of warmth converging into the spiritual sea in his dantian.

After a sound sleep, he had already fully recovered his energy and power. When he examined himself with his psychic awareness, he could clearly feel that his spiritual sea… was expanding, slowly but surely!

When examining the spiritual sea with his psychic awareness, it seemed like a muddled cloud.

Inside the cloud, he could see pure spiritual power swirling about. Whenever he needed it, he could channel it out of the spiritual sea, through his meridians, to any part of his body. Thus, he could cast all kinds of spiritual techniques.

The spiritual sea was a fuel source for a Qi warrior. It was the fundamental reason why Qi warriors were powerful, and also the biggest difference them and regular mortal beings.

At the Qi Refining stage, a Qi warriors' cultivation routine would be to continuously channel the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth into his spiritual sea, enabling the muddled, cloud-like spiritual sea to gradually expand.

The spiritual sea could be viewed as a vessel that stored spiritual power.

Naturally, the larger the spiritual sea, the more spiritual power it would be able to contain, and in turn, the more power a Qi warrior would be able to channel.

In general, the only way a Qi warrior would be able to upgrade that vessel would be to completely fill it up to capacity, and then force more spiritual power into it. Only then could it come to contain a greater amount than before.

Normally, when a Qi warrior absorbed the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth to expand and upgrade their spiritual sea, they wouldn't feel the actual change, not even in the slightest.

The amount of spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth that could be refined in one single session was extremely limited, and therefore, so was the expansion of the spiritual sea.

Under normal circumstances, one would be able to feel a slight increase in the capacity of his spiritual sea only after a month of exhausting practice.

The primary unit usually used to measure time in terms of cultivation practice was a year. For a Qi Refining cultivator, it would usually take at least one year to make a small breakthrough.

As for those who didn't work very hard, or had a poor talent, it would usually take them years to achieve such small breakthroughs.

Originally, Nie Tian would only be able to see the changes in his spiritual sea after a month of practice.

But now, just by channeling that surge of warmth into his spiritual sea, all of a sudden, he could sense that his cloud-shaped spiritual sea was extending outwards bit by bit.

His spiritual sea was obviously in the process of upgrade and expansion!

Moreover, to his surprise, he was able to clearly perceive the process.

That was something he had never experienced in his whole life.

"The spirit beast meat contained spiritual power! The spirit beasts must have absorbed the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, refined it into pure spiritual energy, and dispersed it into their blood and muscles."

"The power it contains is after refinement, therefore much purer and richer than the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth here!"

"The spirit beast meat is practically a godsend! Not only can it help me strength my physique, but it can also help me upgrade and expand my spiritual sea, boosting my cultivation to a great extent!"

After gaining a clear understanding of the process, he immediately started to channel the power he had absorbed from the spirit beasts' meat from his abdomen into his spiritual sea.

After an unknown period of time, when he could no longer feel new power being generated in his abdomen, he stopped his cultivation.

To his surprise, with that single session, he actually managed to expand his spiritual sea by ten percent!

He was currently in the sixth level of Qi Refining. Based on his normal cultivating speed in the Nie clan, he probably would've needed one and a half months to get such a result.

To break through into the seventh level of Qi Refining, he would need to expand his current spiritual sea to twice its original size, which would enable it to contain twice as much spiritual power as it could now.

If he had stayed in the Nie clan, even if he practiced cultivation day and night, he would still need a year and a half to enter the seventh level.

However, after doing nothing more than having a feast of spirit beast meat today, and then practicing cultivation for a single session, he managed to expand his spiritual sea by ten percent.

"Green Illusion dimension. I made the right decision by coming here!"

Before coming to the Green Illusion dimension, he didn't have a clear purpose, and merely considered this journey as another experience.

At first, he thought the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth in the Green Illusion dimension was faint, and he would have to fight different spirit beasts on a regular bases. Hence, the amount of spiritual power in his spiritual sea would be constantly at a low level.

Never would he have imagined that he could possibly improve his cultivation base in the Green Illusion dimension.

It wasn't until this moment, when he discovered that he could utilize the spirit beast meat to greatly improve his cultivation base, did he finally acquire a direction, and realize what a great boon the Green Illusion dimension's trial was to him.

After recuperating and reorganizing, An Ying and her team set off to the depths of the glacier area, hoping to find and kill the Frost Python.

Unfortunately, it seemed that the Frost Python had hidden itself. After ten days of arduous searching, they still failed to track it down.

During that period of time, all they had come across were a few scattered first grade spirit beasts, each and every one of which they besieged and slaughtered.

Their fresh, tender, and delicious meat became food for the trial takers, shared by everyone.

Usually, a Frost Armor Rhino could weigh several hundred kilograms. However, after losing Qin Shun and Zu Fang, they only had thirteen people left.

The thirteen of them could consume about fifty kilograms worth of beast meat at the utmost.

They couldn't possibly carry fifty kilograms worth of meat while searching for the Frost Python.

Plus, every once in a while, they would run into new spirit beasts.

Because of all that, Nie Tian devoured more than enough beast meat every day with his frightening appetite.

Having realized the spirit beast meat could help him improve his cultivation, Nie Tian's already frightening appetite completely erupted.

Each day, he would eat spirit beast meat equivalent to the amount eaten by the other twelve put together!

What he had been doing in the recent days was to finish off the spirit beast meat that the others couldn't.

As for the meat he couldn't finish, he carried as much as he could, so that he would be able to come back to it when they couldn't find new spirit beasts to kill.

However, An Ying and the others showed no interest in carrying a large amount of spirit beast meat with them, because they probably could harvest more in the next battle.

Without a doubt, if they were to experience bad luck and couldn't find more spirit beasts in a day or two, they would still need food.

As a result, Nie Tian naturally became the one who carried the spirit beast meat for everyone.

It was also at this time that Nie Tian's shocking strength and ability to carry the heavy load became gradually known to everyone.

With several hundred kilograms of spirit beast meat on his back, Nie Tian didn't even break a sweat following the team, and more surprisingly, he could still run like a hare.

Without knowing the reason behind Nie Tian's behavior, everyone was quite content with his hardworking attitude, feeling that having someone like him to handle their supplies and carry several days worth of food for everyone… was actually not a bad thing.

When they felt hungry after failing to find a spirit beasts after a few days, even Tong Hao and the others, who had previously harbored resentment towards Nie Tian, changed their attitude towards him.

Every day, immersed in unprecedented joy, Nie Tian said to himself, "This is awesome!

"This journey to the Green Illusion dimension is probably the best experience of my entire life!"

"Today, my spiritual sea has expanded by ten percent again, and that adds up to a ninety percent expansion since I first entered the Green Illusion dimension!

"Two more days! I just need two more days to break through into the seventh level of Qi Refining!"

He could feel himself improving on almost a daily basis!

Furthermore, carrying several hundreds kilograms of spirit beast meat itself was valuable training for his physical body.

He understood that it happened to be the best way to improve his physical strength to bear such a heavy load.

On one hand, he had been building up his physical strength by carrying a huge load. On the other, he had been upgrading his spiritual sea by eating the spirit beast meat. Over these days, he had truly been happy and satisfied.

He even wished to live like this forever.

The Frost Python, the Lurker Lizard, the Green Illusion dimension' trial, the rewards, none of these mattered to him any more.

Because he had been able to see himself getting stronger by the second!

One day, An Ying and the others were resting around the bonfire, talking with eloquence, while Nie Tian was sitting ten meters away from them, operating the Qi Refining Incantation. All of a sudden, Nie Tian's body shuddered, and he violently opened his eyes that were filled with ecstasy.

"The seventh level of Qi Refining!"

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Having searched in the glacier area for ten days, yet failing locate the Frost Python, An Ying finally started to grow anxious.

Apparently, the thirteen of them searching for the Frost Python together wasn't the smartest choice.

They had already killed almost of all the first grade spirit beasts in the glacier area. In the recent days, it had already become very difficult for them to encounter any low grade spirit beasts at all.

In order to improve their efficiency, An Ying made a bold decision: they would split up and search.

Like her, Pan Tao and Zheng Rui were from the Spiritual Treasure sect, and thus all had flare sticks in their hands.

If they released a signal, anyone within a five kilometer radius would be able to see it.

Therefore, after discussing the matter with Zheng Rui and Pan Tao, An Ying decided that each of them would led a team to conduct an inch-by-inch search for the Frost Python within a five kilometers radius.

Zheng Rui, the weakest of the three, picked four team members, while Pan Tao and An Ying chose three each.

Nie Tian, Jiang Miao, and a teenager named Guo Qi were in Pan Tao's team.

With Pan Tao in the lead, they picked a direction and parted ways with An Ying's and Zheng Rui's teams.

As usual, Nie Tian still carried a mountain of spirit beast meat on his back, and ate like a mad person every day while following Pan Tao.

Whenever there was time to rest, he'd immediately start using the Qi Refining Incantation to expand his spiritual sea.

In a period of about ten days, he had made a huge leap in his cultivation, from the sixth level of Qi Refining into the seventh. This had enabled him to enjoy the sweet taste of success.

To advance from the seventh level to the eighth level, he would need to again double the size of his current spiritual sea.

He had set a goal for himself, to enter the eighth level of Qi Refining within two months, with the help of spirit beast meat help.

By now, he had completely lost interest in searching for the Frost Python; all he cared about was his daily cultivation.

Pan Tao led them in thorough searches of each and every glacier and ice cave they saw. Finally he glanced at a time measuring device, a disheartened expression on his face. "It's been a day and a half," he said. "We should be about 3.5 kilometers away from An Ying's team now. I can't believe we haven't come across a single low grade spirit beast."

"Brother Tao," said Guo Qi, "perhaps there simply aren't any spirit beasts left in this region."

"I wonder how things are going with sister An Ying and brother Zheng Rui," Jiang Miao said softly.

At this moment, the four of them sat at the foot of a small glacier. Failing to make any progress, they all seemed discouraged.

"I bet they haven't come any closer to finding the hidden Frost Python than we have," Pan Tao said. Sighing, he shook his head. "We've wasted way too much time in the glacier area. The Cloudsoaring sect and the Mystic Mist sect might have already killed the other two second grade spirit beasts already."

"Brother Tao," Guo Qi said, "Yuan Feng from the Grayvale sect entered the glacier area before us. We have already wandered around for more than ten days, but we haven't run into any one of them. Isn't it a bit strange?"

"What's there to worry about?" Pan Tao shook his head. "The glacier area is actually a vast area. If Yuan Feng and his group have been searching for the Frost Python together just like we did, the odds of us running into them should be very small. Unless… they also split up and search in different regions. That's the only way we might even have a chance of running into each other."

Guo Qi pondered for a while, and then nodded. "Good point."

"Nie Tian, do you have any good ideas?" Pan Tao suddenly inquired.

Nie Tian, who had been eating meat silently beside Pan Tao, raised his head, mouth stained with grease. "If you can't find it, how could I?" he answered in a lazy and unconcerned manner.

Ever since he realized that the spirit beast meat could greatly boost his cultivation, he had completely lost interest in searching for the Frost Python.

Pan Tao and the other two had all noticed Nie Tian's lackadaisical attitude.

Among the three of them, Jiang Miao had been saved by Nie Tian, and Pan Tao knew Nie Tian had special talent, and thus they didn't say anything.

Only Guo Qi had expressed his dissatisfaction towards Nie Tian multiple times, demanding that Pan Tao talk to Nie Tian, so that Nie Tian would not idle along like that, only caring about eating.

However, Pan Tao did nothing other than smile and ignore the requests.

Pan Tao pointed in a direction. "You two, search over there, and I'll have a word with Nie Tian."

Guo Qi's eyes shone, thinking that Pan Tao must want to reprimand Nie Tian in private. He chuckled sinisterly, and pulled Jiang Miao away.

After they had left, Pan Tao came to Nie Tian's side, forced out a smile and said, "Nie Tian, come on and help me."

Nie Tian was stunned.

"Sure, I'm from the Spiritual Treasure sect, but my days in the sect aren't as pleasant as you would think." Pan Tao put on a sour face. "In the sect, people like me and Zheng Rui are actually not well received. No matter how hard we work, people will always say that we are who we are because of our parents or grandparents.

"Those old ones in the sect all admire people like An Ying, who made their way up from the subordinate clans, and were finally admitted into the sect.

"Truth be told, I've always been looked down upon and never been taken seriously."

It took a moment for Nie Tian to respond, "Everyone has their own difficulties. You don't want people to talk about you like that. But do you understand how hard it is for me to get admitted to places like the Cloudsoaring sect and the Spiritual Treasure sect?"

"Yeah, I know." Pan Tao nodded his head. "But your hard work and efforts will be acknowledged. But me? No matter how hard I work, my achievements will be only deemed as the result of the help that I've received from my parents and grandparents, rather than of my own efforts.

"This Green Illusion dimension's trial is very important to me. I must make some accomplishment, so that they will have a whole new level of respect for me!"

"Alright," Nie Tian said with a shrug. "How do you want me to help you?"

Pan Tao suddenly seemed thrilled. "You were able to locate the Lurker Lizard even when it was under the ground, so can't you do the same thing again?!

"From my point of view, the Frost Python must be hiding in a secret place that we are unable to see, just like the Lurker Lizard was.

"I don't think that we can find it by solely relying on our eyes. I hope that you can apply the method you've used to locate the Lurker Lizard to search for that Frost Python."

Nie Tian smile bitterly, but after a moment of hesitation, he said, "The glacier area is such a vast area. If we can't roughly locate it, it's going to be very hard for me to find it. Alright, since it's you, I'll give it a shot. But if it doesn't work, you can't blame me for it."

"Of course! Of course!" Pan Tao said in a hurry.

Soon after, Nie Tian calmed himself, adjusted his breathing, and started to unleash his psychic awareness.

With him as the center, strands of his psychic awareness extended out in every direction.

Those strands of psychic awareness were like invisible tentacles, traveling further and further away from him, covering a radius of forty meters.

Moments later, he opened his eyes, tired, and shook his head towards Pan Tao, saying, "It's not here."

"Let's change for another location then!" said Pan Tao.

"Let me… have a rest first." Nie Tian put on a wry smile.

"Okay! I'll wait for you!" Pan Tao completely listened to him.

In the following period of time, Nie Tian worked very hard with Pan Tao and the other two, probing the surrounding regions with his psychic awareness.

Every time he consumed his psychic awareness, he would feel incomparably exhausted, but after a deep sleep, he would be able to recover shortly.

Gradually, he discovered a pattern in that every time he drained his spiritual awareness, and recovered, his psychic awareness would be slightly enhanced.

At the very beginning, his sensing range could merely reach forty meters.

Later on, as his psychic awareness gradually strengthened, the range he could sense had already expanded to over fifty meters.

He was extremely reluctant to help Pan Tao locate the Frost Python at first, but after such discovery, he found the job worth doing.

He started to deem the bitter job of helping Pan Tao locate the Frost Python as a part of his cultivation: the cultivation of psychic power.

Guo Qi and Jiang Miao knew nothing about the agreement between Nie Tian and Pan Tao. Every time they arrived at a new location, Nie Tian would close his eyes and reopen them shortly after. Whenever Pan Tao saw Nie Tian shake his after reopening his eyes, they would immediately give up that region and move onto a new one.

Both Guo Qi and Jiang Miao felt rather confused, not knowing what those two had been doing. They asked Pan Tao about it, yet he told them nothing other than that they had been thinking too much.

Soon, it came to the point that even Nie Tian and Pao Tao had gradually lost their faith and became increasingly less confident in finding the Frost Python.

One day, Nie Tian was once again probing around with his psychic awareness…

An extremely weak fluctuation of life suddenly reflected into his soul. He suddenly opened his eyes.

Pan Tao, who had been losing his confidence, had absolutely no anticipation when he looked at Nie Tian once again, but unlike the hundreds of times before this, Nie Tian didn't shake his head this time.

He asked, voice trembling, "What? Have you discovered something?!"

"It's not the Frost Python. It's something else." Nie Tian rose to his feet and pointed in one direction. "It's most likely… humans."

Apparently, Pan Tao seemed somewhat disappointed, but he still led the four of them and rushed to the position based on Nie Tian's guidance.

A strong smell of blood came from behind a grove of ice trees. When they passed through the ice trees, they caught sight of the bodies of two youngsters from the Grayvale sect, both of them lying in pools of blood.

One of them had a short sword stuck in his neck and appeared to have died long ago.

The other had countless interweaving cuts on his torso, which still oozed with fresh blood.

Furthermore, frothy blood spilled continuously out of his mouth. Clearly he had been bleeding excessively for some time, and was on the verge of dying.

Upon Pan Tao's arrival, the young man's glazed and lifeless eyes lit up for a second, before they completely lost their glow.

"He's dead." Pan Tao's face was grimmer than ever.

He approached the man, and looked down to examine him more closely. At first glance, he noticed that both of them had their thumbs chopped off.

Face aghast, Pan Tao suddenly lost his composure. Under the huge shock, his voice even became strange. "The Ghost sect! This is the Ghost sect's doing! Dammit, how did the Ghost sect's people get into the Green Illusion dimension?"

Nie Tian said with a puzzled expression, "What's wrong?"

Pan Tao didn't answer him. Instead, he carefully glanced around, and said in a cautiously low voice, "Go back the way we came, now!"

"Oh, okay." Nie Tian was starting to get nervous. Quietly and carefully, they followed Pan Tao back to the road where they came from.

Pan Tao's face had been grim the entire time, as he hurried his way without saying a word.

After walking anxiously for a long time, he believed they were safe, and thus lit up the flare stick.

The flare stick shot up a flare into the sky, which turned into a straight line of pitch-black smoke that retained its form for a very long time.

Half a day later, An Ying and Zheng Rui rushed towards him excitedly.

"Pan Tao! You've found the Frost Python?" An Ying couldn't conceal her joy, and shouted out to him from afar.

When they got closer, Pan Tao shook his head, face ghastly. "We didn't find the Frost Python, but we found traces of the Ghost sect!"

"Impossible!" Zheng Rui blurted. "That's totally impossible!!"

An Ying's face also turned pale. "Pan Tao! Are you kidding?! This is the Green Illusion dimension, a secret, private dimension that belongs to the Spiritual Treasure sect! Plus, we're in a trial. How could people from the Ghost sect possibly enter?"

"I'm dead serious!" Pan Tao barked back.

Upon hearing his words, both Zheng Rui and An Ying's faces filled with terror.

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"The Ghost sect…"

Nie Tian quietly observed An Ying and Zheng Rui's faces, his brow furrowed and his heart clouded with suspicions.

This was the first time that he had ever been out of Black Cloud City for so long.

All his life, he had practiced cultivation in the Nie clan in Black Cloud City, and most of the fascinating stories he had heard were about the Cloudsoaring sect.

To him, the Ghost sect was a new, unheard-of name.

He knew nothing about the Ghost sect, and didn't understand why the three disciples of the Spiritual Treasure sect became so scared and anxious after learning that they had entered the Green Illusion dimension.

Just like him, most of the teenagers from the seven major cities also knew nothing of the Ghost sect, and puzzled expressions could be seen on their faces. Only two of them seemed to have heard about the Ghost sect from their respective clan elders.

As for those two, the moment they heard that Ghost sect disciples had also come to the Green Illusion dimension, their faces immediately turned pale, and their eyes filled with terror.

Apparently, the two of them were more scared of the Ghost sect than An Ying, Zheng Rui, and Pan Tao!

Pan Tao looked over at Nie Tian with a very serious look in his eyes. Taking a deep breath, he said, "Many of you have probably never heard of the Ghost sect, so I should probably give you a brief introduction. Our sect, together with the Cloudsoaring sect, the Grayvale sect, and the Mystic Mist sect, belong to the same Qi warriors' alliance. The Ghost sect, the Blood sect, and the Hell sect, on the other hand, belong to the enemy alliance.

"The power of the Ghost sect, the Blood sect as well as the Hell sect isn't inferior to ours, not even in the slightest.

"For several hundred years, our four sects have fought them countless times over the rights to mysterious dimensions and spiritual material mines, both overtly and covertly.

"Over such a long time, we have never truly defeated them. Both sides are pretty much equally strong."

After pausing to let the information sink in, Pan Tao continued, "Although our sects secretly fight with each other from time to time, those fights are under control. Normally, there won't be mass casualties. However, every time our sects go to war with them, there are always tremendous casualties! Not only low stage disciples like us, even powerful sect elders from the four sects may be killed in those battles!

"The two sides are now as incompatible as fire and water. Upon encountering each other, both sides will fight to the last man!

"Since people from the Ghost sect have shown up in the Green Illusion dimension, I guess their goal is to kill us all!

"Only when we're killed off will they retreat from the Green Illusion dimension!"

Upon hearing these words, every trial taker, including Nie Tian, became silent.

Everyone's face grew grimmer than ever. Due to the appearance of the Ghost sect disciples, the Green Illusion dimension seemed to have suddenly turned into a bloody battlefield.

Jiang Miao suggested in a timid voice, "Elder sister An Ying, how about… we return to the Secret Dimension Gate and inform your elder sister that people from the Ghost sect have entered the Green Illusion dimension?"

All the teenagers were trembling with fear upon the news of the Ghost sect's arrival, and hurried to nod in agreement with Jiang Miao's proposal.

"It won't work for us go back." An Ying shook her head, and killed their hope with one sentence. "After everyone entered, the Secret Dimension Gate was temporarily sealed, to prevent people from cheating by sneaking into the Green Illusion dimension to provide assistance.

"Only when the trial is over and the allotted half year is up will the Secret Dimension Gate be reopened.

"In the meantime, we're completely sealed off from the outside world. We can't get out, and they can't get in.

"Whatever happens in the Green Illusion dimension, we'll have to survive these six months."

"Then, we're screwed, aren't we?" Guo Qi said in desperation. "No one knows how many of them came here and what cultivation stage they're at. If they're all Lesser Heaven and Heaven stage experts, they can definitely kill us all in half a year. If that's the case, none of us will be able to get out of here alive. Instead, we'll all be tortured and murdered by those people from the Ghost sect."

Although An Ying secretly despised his cowardliness, she had to comfort the crowd. "You're worrying too much. People from the Ghost sect, the Blood sect and the Hell sect are blood-thirsty, brutal, and merciless, but they're also extremely arrogant. They know that the trial takers our sects send to the Green Illusion dimension are in the Qi Refining stage.

"Since they always have a high opinion of themselves, those they've sent to the Green Illusion dimension should also be juniors, probably in the same stage as us.

"Perhaps they have more battle experience than we do, and have been baptized by blood. However, as for strength… we should be equally strong.

"As long as we are not outnumbered, we might not necessarily end up being killed!"

Guo Qi was stunned. "Do you mean that the guys the Ghost sect has sent here are also in the Qi Refining sage?"

An Ying nodded. "I believe so."

Guo Qi heaved a sigh of relief, and even built up a bit of courage. Snorting, he said, "If we're in the same cultivation stage, why do we fear them? Elder Sister An Ying, I saw your expression just now, and figured powerful experts of the Lesser Heaven and Heaven stage had come for us. Hahaha, it's the three of you that have frightened us." He pretended to be worry-free.

Hearing Guo Qi's comments, everyone else seemed to loosen up.

Even Nie Tian, who had initially been nervous, soon calmed down and thought to himself, "If they are all in the Qi Refining stage, then those from the Ghost sect may not be so deadly."

Only An Ying, Pan Tao, and Zheng Rui didn't relax in the slightest. They exchanged a glance, and understood the bitterness in each other's eyes.

They were the only ones who truly understood how terrifying the Ghost sect, the Blood sect, and the Hell sect actually were.

Killing and bloodbath had accompanied the growth of every disciple of those three sects. They all viewed slaughtering people as common as everyday affairs like eating and sleeping.

Even though An Ying, Zheng Rui, and Pan Tao had been cultivating in the Spiritual Treasure sect, they were far from adequate in the aspect of real combat, and only could make it up with their powerful spiritual tools.

As for those from the subordinate clans, like Guo Qi, once they engaged in battle with the Ghost sect's disciples, they would most likely be scared so badly by their enemies' bloody and ruthless means that they would have a mental breakdown.

These trial takers had grown up like flowers in the greenhouse. Not one of them had ever passed through the storm of real combat.

The reason the four sects organized the Green Illusion dimension's trial was to hammer them like steel, to ready them for possible bloody battles in the future.

Who would have guessed that before the Green Illusion dimension trial even ended, they would have to face the blood-thirsty disciples from the Ghost sect.

This was indeed overly cruel for them.

An Ying didn't go on and tell the others more about the dreadfulness of the Ghost sect, for fear of frightening everyone else so much they would lose the will to battle.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

It was at this very moment that the sounds of footsteps suddenly rang out in distance, and drew nearer and nearer.

Suddenly, An Ying's expression flickered. She patted her head and regretfully said, "Damn! I forgot to leave this place first!" She looked up into the sky.

Nie Tian looked up and saw the black smoke in the sky, which still hadn't dissipated, and immediately understood.

The signal Pan Tao had released was a line of black smoke that shot up into the clouds. Since An Ying and Zheng Rui had seen it, so could others.

In a five kilometers radius, whoever looked up at the sky would be able to see the thick, lingering smoke.

After An Ying and Zheng Rui's teams had assembled with Pan Tao's team, they only focused on talking about how frightening the Ghost sect was, and completely forgot to leave that location as soon as possible. This was a huge mistake!

"People from the Spiritual Treasure sect! It's you!"

A gray-garbed, blood-soaked teenager, ran towards them in a panic, a thin, broken sword held in his hand. From the way he dressed, he was clearly from the Grayvale sect.

He had fear and bitterness written all over his face. The moment he saw An Ying and her group, he seemed to have found his savior, and immediately cried out with ecstasy.

"Help me! We were attacked by the Ghost sect. Two of my teammates are dead, and I'm the only survivor!" As he ran madly towards them, he kept looking behind him from time to time, as if the people from the Ghost sect were just behind him.

"How many Ghost sect disciples are after you?" An Ying shouted.

"Three! They were right behind me. You guys be careful. They're coming!"

The gray-garbed teenager staggered by An Ying, Zheng Rui, and Pan Tao, who had been in the forefront, and rapidly made his way to the center of group where Nie Tian and the others had been.

By this point, everyone had been shocked by his words, gazing nervously into the direction which he had come from.

It seemed as if three disciples from the Ghost sect would dash out from that direction, and head their way in the next moment.

Suddenly, Nie Tian shouted, "Something is wrong!"

Without the slightest hesitation, he attacked the teenager from the Grayvale sect, condensing a large amount of spiritual power into his fist and unleashing a punch.

BOOM!

The teenager was instantly forced to back away. At the same time, the fear and anxiety vanished from his eyes, and was replaced by a look of deceit.

"Nie Tian! What are you doing?!" Guo Qi, who had been standing right next to that teenager, suddenly changed his attitude, and glared at Nie Tian. "I know that you harbor hatred towards Yuan Feng, but now that people from the Ghost sect have showed up, you'd better put aside your hatred! He has already been badly injured. Do you want to take the opportunity and kill him now? Do you have no shame?"

"What the hell do you know?!" Nie Tian replied furiously. Once again, he threw himself towards the teenager from the Grayvale sect. "Guo Qi! You almost got fucking killed!"

"You're the one who's gonna get killed!" Guo Qi said angrily.

At that very moment, the teenager from the Grayvale sect dodged Nie Tian's attack, shifted to another person's side, and suddenly thrust the broken sword in his hands forward.

That other person was completely confused and unguarded, looking at the teenager from the Grayvale sect and not doing anything in response.

When he finally realized the danger, the teenager from the Grayvale sect had already pierced through his chest with the broken sword.

"Hahaha!"

The Grayvale sect teenager's face twisted with a ferocious smile. With a brief glance at Nie Tian, he bolted away like lightning.

It was not until this moment that everyone realized what had happened, and started to shriek.

"Huang Ye is dead!"

"He killed Huang Ye!"

An Ying, Pan Tao, and Zheng Rui had focused all their attention in the direction that the Grayvale sect teenager had come from, waiting for the three Ghost sect disciples to appear, expressions serious.

When they heard the quarrel between Guo Qi and Nie Tian, and turned around to see what had happened, it was already too late.

Huang Ye had already been killed!

"He's a disciple of the Ghost sect!" Pan Tao finally awoke to the fact.

"Haha!" That teenager taunted arrogantly while running away like a flash. "A bunch of naive dumbasses! Don't imagine any of you can walk out of the Green Illusion dimension alive! You'll see. We'll slaughter every one of you! Next time you see me, I won't be alone!"

SHEW!

Like a gray flash, he shifted his position among a grove of ice trees, until he disappeared into the distance.

"I, I…"

Guo Qi had been terrified and soaked in sweat. He looked at Nie Tian's ice-cold face, not knowing what to say.

However, he knew in his heart that he had been standing right next to that teenager, and if it weren't for Nie Tian, that teenager would have laid his murderous hand on him first.

It was exactly like Nie Tian had said, moments ago he… almost died.

Nie Tian said, face cold, "It was precisely because of the hatred between Yuan Feng and me that I memorized every one of his men's faces when they were demanding you to hand me over! I engraved every single one of their faces in my head and prepared to settle with them later! That person was clearly not one of them!"

Guo Qi bowed his head down. "Sorry, I, I was wrong."

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Now that it was clear what had happened, the outraged Tong Hao sped off in the direction in which the Ghost sect disciple had fled.

"Dammit! There's only one of him, yet he dared to act so brazenly! Let's chase him down and kill him to avenge Huang Ye!"

It seemed the two trial takers standing next to him had been close with Huang Ye. Filled with grief, they followed along after Tong Hao.

"Don't chase him!" An Ying cried. "Get back here, all of you!"

Tong Hao turned around, and for the first time, talked back to An Ying. "Why? Huang Ye was just cut down right in front of us. Are we really going to sit back and do nothing?!"

"You won't be able to catch up," Pan Tao interjected. "The Ghost sect disciples are experts in escaping and hiding. They can travel like ghosts. Even if An Ying and I were to chase after him, we wouldn't be able catch him, let alone you guys."

Frustrated, An Ying said "First things first. Let's give Huang Ye a proper burial."

Only by disguising himself with the robes of the Grayvale sect did the Ghost sect disciple successfully deceive them all.

If it weren't for Nie Tian, who had memorized the faces of everyone from the Grayvale sect, and thus immediately attacked the murderous imposter, two people would have been killed instead of just one.

As the leader, An Ying's failure to notice something peculiar about the situation directly led to Huang Ye's death, hence she blamed herself.

"Listen to her," Pan Tao urged Tong Hao and the other two. "Focus on burying Huang Ye, not on rushing off carelessly. You don't know the Ghost sect well enough. If you were to chase after him and get separated from us, I fear that…"

Apparently, he didn't want Tong Hao and the other two to follow Huang Ye into death.

Nie Tian, face grim but calm, looked off in the direction the Ghost sect disciple had appeared from. "The people from the Grayvale sect were probably killed over there," he said, "where that young man came from."

"I suppose so," replied Pan Tao. "He was wearing the Grayvale sect's robes."

"How about we go take a look?" Nie Tian proposed.

Pan Tao's expression flickered, and then he nodded. Looking at An Ying, he said, "Nie Tian and I will go take a look. Whatever we find, we'll head back soon. There probably aren't any more disciples from the Ghost sect in the vicinity. Otherwise, he wouldn't have attacked us alone."

An Ying pondered the situation for a moment before saying, "Alright. But be careful!"

"Okay, we won't go too far," Pan Tao promised.

After that, both of them left the group and headed in the direction that the Ghost sect disciple had come from.

Immediately after they left, Jiang Miao said, "Nie Tian… is actually quite nice. At first we all thought he didn't care about anything but eating, but he managed to detect the smallest anomalies when the crucial moment arrived. Without him, we probably would have been killed back when we encountered the Lurker Lizard."

Then she looked over at Guo Qi. "And he just saved Guo Qi's life."

Guo Qi bowed his head in embarrassment and said, "It was my bad. I wronged him."

"Nie Tian…" An Ying muttered and nodded. "His perception is indeed better than all of ours. This is undeniable. If it weren't for his warning, that Ghost sect disciple could have killed one or two more of us."

"It seems it was the right decision to not give him to the Grayvale sect," said Jiang Miao. "He has truly helped us."

The rest of them all had a shameful look on their faces. It appeared only then did they have a fair opinion of Nie Tian.

Even as they discussed Nie Tian, he was carefully searching the area where the Ghost sect disciple had come from.

Because the Ghost sect disciple deliberately created the false impression that he had been blood-soaked from a fierce battle, his wild charge toward An Ying's group left a lot of fresh blood on the ground.

By tracking that blood, Nie Tian and Pan Tao effortlessly found the place where the battle had taken place.

The battlefield was in a snowy valley, about five hundred meters away from the location of the rest of the group. Within that valley lay two trial takers from the Grayvale sect, who had clearly died tragic deaths.

One of them was a young woman around fourteen or fifteen years old, who was completely naked.

As soon as Pan Tao laid eyes on the scene, his face turned very grim and cold. "She must have been raped by that Ghost sect disciple before she was killed."

A dour gleam could be seen in Nie Tian's eyes as he averted his gaze. "These guys from the Ghost sect all deserve to die!"

"Their thumbs have also been chopped off. It's clearly the Ghost sect people's doing." Pan Tao sighed and went forward, digging out a pit in the ice and burying the two corpses.

After finishing the job silently, Pan Tao frowned and said, "There were a total of ten people from the Grayvale sect who entered the Green Illusion dimension, but according to what we've seen, four of them have already died. There may even be more casualties, people we haven't come across yet. The Grayvale sect has suffered some serious losses. I wonder if Yuan Feng is dead or not."

After a momentary hesitation, Nie Tian said, "One Ghost sect disciple showed up in the glacier area, and that means the rest of them are also here. In my opinion, we need to join forces with people from the Mystic Mist sect and the Cloudsoaring sect, and deal with the Ghost sect disciples together. We have no idea how many of them are wandering in the glacier area."

Pan Tao also agreed to his suggestion. "You're right. Now that the Ghost sect has appeared, the mission of killing the second grade spirit beasts is no longer a priority. Let's go back, tell An Ying what we've found, and get out of the glacier area as soon as possible. Along the way, we can think of a way to join forces with people from the Mystic Mist sect and the Cloudsoaring sect."

"That would be the best choice."

Having reached an agreement, the two of them went back the way they had come, and soon got back to where An Ying and the rest were.

"Any findings?" Zheng Rui asked urgently.

"We've found two more dead bodies in a snowy valley. " Pan Tao said to An Ying with a grim face, "Those two suffered even more miserable deaths, and I'll spare you the details. Nie Tian and I have talked. We agree that it isn't safe to remain in the glacier area, considering we don't know how many of them are here."

An Ying nodded her head. "You want to join forces with people from the Mystic Mist sect and the Cloudsoaring sect, right? We had a discussion while you two were gone, and we've made the same decision."

"Everybody, prepare yourselves. We're going to pass through the glacier area and proceed to the desert, where the Lurker Lizard should be."

"The Mystic Mist sect and Cloudsoaring sect disciples probably have no idea that the Lurker Lizard showed up in the glacier region, and would have gone to the desert to kill it. That's where we'll find them."

Everyone instantly chimed in with her. "Alright!"

The deaths of Huang Ye and the other four trial takers from the Grayvale sect had made them harbor great fear towards the Ghost sect disciples.

None of them knew how many of them were in the area, but they knew that if they were unlucky enough to run into a large group of them, they could all be slaughtered.

The wisest decision of all was definitely to join forces with the other three sects, and fight the Ghost sect together.

"Let's move." An Ying ordered, her disposition somewhat downcast.

From that point on, the group didn't dare to split up. Sticking closely together, they walked in the direction that An Ying had pointed out, which headed directly towards the desert.

Walking in the lead position of the group, Zheng Rui was the first to locate the corpse of a young woman, who had been impaled to an ice tree with a long spear. "There's another dead body over there! It's another Grayvale sect disciple!"

She was also stripped of all clothes, and the fact that she was frozen and covered in a thin layer of ice indicated that she must have died some time ago.

Shockingly, dried up blood could be seen around her pubic region.

Her eyes were wide open, her face full of fear and desperation; anyone would be able to tell at a glance what had happened to her before she died.

"Goddamn Ghost sect!" Jiang Miao cursed with a trembling voice. "They should all die! Die a thousand times!"

The other girls in the group also looked at the ice-cold body, shivering from either anger or fear.

"Bury her properly," An Ying said with a grim face and gritted teeth, "then we march on. We can't stay here for long, but I assure you, we'll be back! When we do, we'll avenge her and slaughter all the Ghost sect disciples!"

Pan Tao remained silent while he buried the girl.

After that, they continued marching towards the desert, with no one in the mood to talk anymore.

Nie Tian could feel their deep-rooted hatred towards the Ghost sect, and knew that they would sooner or later vent it all out by offering the blood of those Ghost sect disciples to memorialize those who had died tragically .

After an unknown period of time, they finally passed through the glacier area and entered the scorching hot desert.

The two areas were both part of the Green Illusion dimension, and not far from each other. However, they were as different as heaven and earth.

The moment the trial takers arrived in the desert, they started to trickle with sweat. It felt like the sandy ground under their feet was baking them.

They only traveled for a short while before Pan Tao yelled, "There's a dead body over there!"

Nie Tian ran forward and saw a young man in the robes of the Cloudsoaring sect lying on a sand dune, completely dried up.

There didn't seem to be even a single drop of blood left inside his body. He was completely drained, like a desiccated corpse.

"This… this is…!" After bending over to examine the body, Pan Tao turned back violently, looking An Ying in the eye. "The Blood sect! This is the work of the Blood sect!"

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"I can't believe the Blood sect also sent people into the Green Illusion dimension." An Ying looked down at the dried up corpse. "I seems the Ghost sect, the Blood sect, and the Hell sect all have their eyes on us. I just don't know if the Hell sect… has also sent forces here. If so, I'm afraid the odds are going to be even more stacked against us."

The appearance of the Blood sect's disciples had sapped An Ying's last remaining confidence regarding the journey into the Green Illusion dimension.

"What should we do?" Zheng Rui said, clearly worried. "How about we find a remote corner of the dimension and hide there for six months? If we haven't emerged by then, our sect elders will surely come and check on us. We'll be safe then."

The rest of the trial takers, on the other hand, didn't say a word.

Before coming to the desert, they focused on the idea of joining forces with the other three sects, returning to the glacier area, and killing every Ghost sect disciple.

However, the first thing they saw when they stepped into the desert was evidence that disciples of the Cloudsoaring sect were being slaughtered by the Blood sect.

It was human nature to fear death. Seeing the Cloudsoaring sect disciples, who they had originally thought to rely on for help, now in a difficult situation themselves, An Ying and her group were visibly shaken.

An Ying fell into silence as she pondered Zheng Rui's suggestions.

All of a sudden, Pan Tao pointed to the distant sky, deeper into the desert. "There!"

Eyes squinting, Nie Tian discovered a line of dark-red smoke reaching into the clouds, like a dragon charging into the heavens.

"That's the Cloudsoaring sect's signal for help!" An Ying exclaimed.

Pan Tao thought for a moment, and said, "The Cloudsoaring sect's people must have gotten into trouble, and are most likely battling with the Blood sect! Jiang Lingzhu's strength is extraordinary. If it were the Lurker Lizard alone, she shouldn't have given out the signal for help. Moreover, I wounded the Lurker Lizard in the glacier area. It couldn't have completely recovered in such a short time."

Various expressions flashed across Zheng Rui's face. "It's possible that the Cloudsoaring sect is being slaughtered by the Blood sect. When we get there they… may already be dead. If they're facing the Blood sect and the Hell sect together, they'll be killed off even faster. Once we get there, we might have to deal with the Blood sect and the Hell sect at the same time. What do you guys think?"

"You… you guys call it," Guo Qi said weakly.

In his eyes, Nie Tian saw fear and cowardice, and couldn't be more clear about what Guo Qi was thinking.

"I think…" said Nie Tian.

Surprisingly, the moment he spoke, everyone's eyes became fixed on him.

"What do you say?" said Pan Tao.

"Since we know the people from the Ghost sect and the Blood sect are here in the Green Illusion dimension, we should consider us and the other three sects as a single group. We live and die together. The more disciples from the other three sects are killed, the worse odds we get. It's totally imaginable that once the other three sects die out, the Ghost sect and the Blood sect will exert all means to find and kill us.

"The earlier they die, the more time the Ghost sect and the Blood sect will have to search for us.

"And when they find us, we will have to single-handedly fight the Ghost sect and the Blood sect. There will be no one to help us."

With these words, Nie Tian threw a deep look at An Ying, and said gravely, "If you don't have the confidence to keep the Ghost sect and the Blood sect from finding us in the Green Illusion dimension, we should get to where the Cloudsoaring sect has sent out the signal as soon as possible."

"I, I…" An Ying stammered. After a moment of hesitation, she said somewhat disheartedly, "The Green Illusion dimension isn't as big as you'd think. And the Blood sect is famous for their expertise in tracking people through the use of blood. I don't think we can escape from their search just by hiding."

Upon hearing her words, Guo Qi and the others' faces suddenly turned pale from the unexpected blow.

"If that's the case, then what are we waiting for?" Nie Tian countered.

Staring firmly ahead, An Ying finally made up her mind, and called out, "You're right. Let's head over there now and see what exactly they've run into!"

SHEW!

The second she finished talking, Nie Tian shot forward like a sharp arrow that had been released from its string.

This time, he didn't try to hold anything back. Spiritual power exploded inside of him, and with his sturdy physique, Nie Tian rapidly whizzed forward at a speed that made even An Ying feel amazed.

He knew Jiang Lingzhu and Nie Xian were traveling with the Cloudsoaring sect's group.

Jiang Lingzhu was the beloved daughter of the Cloudsoaring sect's master, Jiang Lingzhu. He had only met her once in Black Cloud City, but she left him a good impression.

Nie Xian, on the other hand, was one of the few clansmen that Nie Tian thought highly of.

Even if it were only for Jiang Lingzhu and Nie Xian, Nie Tian wouldn't sit back and watch the Cloudsoaring sect's people getting slaughtered.

Not to mention that he knew better than anyone that the more trial takers of the Cloudsoaring sect they could save, the better odds of survival they would have fighting the Ghost sect and the Blood sect in the Green Illusion dimension.

He was always able to make a rational analysis of the situation in crucial moments, and thus understand how to save himself.

He knew very well that helping the Cloudsoaring sect meant helping themselves!

In the middle of the desert, by a lake…

Six trial takers from the Cloudsoaring sect, including Jiang Lingzhu and Nie Xian, were engaged in fierce fighting against Yu Tong and other four disciples of the Blood sect. Numerous streams of blood-colored light were passing quickly over the battlefield.

Off to the side, two trial takers from the Cloudsoaring sect were lying in pools of blood, dead.

Closer to the lake, there lay a few badly mutilated spirit beast corpses, and shockingly, the Lurker Lizard was among them.

Not long ago, Jiang Lingzhu and her group had found the Lurker Lizard in this area, and after a hard-fought battle, they eventually slaughtered it.

Just when they were about to severe the Lurker Lizard's head, five Blood sect disciples suddenly showed up, with Yu Tong as their leader.

It seemed that the Blood sect disciples had been waiting in the dark for their battle with the Lurker Lizard to end.

One side had exhausted all their strength while the other side was full of vigor. The battle had been skewed from the start.

After a short fifteen minutes of fighting, two of the Cloudsoaring sect disciples had died by the hands of the Blood sect disciples.

With merely six people left, the Cloudsoaring sect were at an absolute disadvantage facing the five Blood sect disciples. Therefore, they had to release the signal for help, hoping people from the other three sects were in the vicinity and could rush over upon seeing the signal.

WHOOKSH! WHOOKSH! WHOOKSH!

Countless blood snakes, as thick as a thumb and five to six meters long, slithered along by Yu Tong's side, making sounds that sounded like the cracks of a whip.

They emanated the pungent odor of blood, within which pulsed a strange power that could make people lose control of their own blood.

During her fight with Yu Tong, Jiang Lingzhu was forced to spare some attention to suppress the strange movement of her blood. She was in a terrible situation.

WHOOKSH!

A long blood snake suddenly emerged from the sand behind Jiang Lingzhu, viciously lashing Jiang Lingzhu on the back with its tail.

Sensing the burning pain, Jiang Lingzhu let out a muffled groan, and staggered several steps forward.

WHOOKSH! WHOOKSH!

Under Yu Tong's control, even more blood snakes targeted Jiang Lingzhu and shot toward her with the intention of ripping her into shreds.

"Cloud Illusion Shield!"

Numerous cloud clusters suddenly emerged from the silver shield that Jiang Lingzhu held in her hand, which turned into a shield of clouds that completely enveloped her.

WHOOKSH! WHOOKSH! WHOOKSH!

One whipping sound after another rang out, as the blood snakes lashed their tails onto the thick layer of clouds.

Jiang Lingzhu's face suddenly turned pale, apparently from having consumed a large amount of spiritual power. Rage filling her heart, she said, "Despicable! If I hadn't lost some of my spiritual power because of killing the Lurker Lizard, you wouldn't be able to hit me even once!"

"Whatever," Yu Tong said indifferently, continuing with her deadly attack.

WHOOKSH!

In this very moment, a figure suddenly appeared from behind a sand dune.

"Nie Tian!" exclaimed Nie Xian, even as he staggered backward because of the attack of a Blood Sect disciple. By this point, he had almost been pushed into the lake itself.

"Nie Tian!" Jiang Lingzhu cried out in joy. Enlivened, she asked, "Where's An Ying? Are they behind you?"

"Yes, they'll be here shortly," Nie Tian shouted.

Upon hearing the news that the forces from the Spiritual Treasure sect would arrive soon, the desperate Cloudsoaring sect disciples suddenly seethed with excitement.

"Everyone, hang on for a little longer!"

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Upon arrival, Nie Tian didn't immediately join the battle, but rather observed the situation for a moment.

He almost immediately noticed Yu Tong.

From her looks, she was fifteen or sixteen years old. Well dressed and with a curvy body, she had blood snakes slithering beside her.

She was using the Blood sect's secret magic, Blood Snake Dance, which almost seemed like an enticing dance that accentuated her curvaceous form. Her movements were so alluring that Nie Tian couldn't help but glance at her a few times more.

Since her opponent was Jiang Lingzhu, it meant she was the strongest of all the disciples of the Blood sect who had been sent to the Green Illusion dimension.

After realizing this, Nie Tian immediately viewed her as his target, and prepared to start fighting her.

Seeing Nie Tian's appearance, and knowing that the trial takers from the Spiritual Treasure sect were also going to arrive, Yu Tong seemed overtly anxious.

It seemed that she knew that, with conventional means, she couldn't possibly kill everyone from the Cloudsoaring sect before the Spiritual Treasure sect had arrived, so she had to pay some price to do that.

It only took a second of hesitation before she made the painful decision, and yelled, "Forbidden Blood Technique: Blood Shadows!"

Instantly, her pupils turned blood-red.

An intense bloody aura started to build up in her exquisite body. She bit the tip of her tongue and formed an incantation with both her hands, as if she was drawing something towards the earth.

It was also in this moment that her glowing, red cheeks suddenly turned pale.

It appeared that she had consumed so much of her power to cast this single incantation that she almost collapsed.

"Finish off your opponents, now!" she shouted sternly.

Nie Tian, who was about to launch an attack, looked over with rapt attention, and his expression abruptly flickered.

In front of his very eyes, blood spewed violently out from the scattered spirit beast corpses and the two dead disciples of the Cloudsoaring sect!

Unbelievably, the blood spiraled up into the sky and started converging together!

In an extremely short period of time, the blood had formed into ten blood shadows!

They floated about in midair, completely uninfluenced by gravity. They were like devils made of blood, which swooped threateningly towards Nie Xian and the others.

"Forbidden Blood Technique – Reverse Blood Flow!"

Upon Yu Tong's command, the other four Blood sect disciples also let out frightening shouts.

In a flash, their pupils also turned as scarlet as blood, making them appear extremely malevolent and frightening.

A strange magnetic field was generated within their bodies, which rapidly expanded out in every direction.

PUFF!

Nie Xian, who had been forced backwards, became enveloped by the magnetic field, and as soon as he did, he coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell into the lake.

Under the influence of the strange magnetic field, the rest of the Cloudsoaring sect disciples also fell back, their faces as red as if they had been struck hard by an unknown force.

Gradually the strange magnetic field reached Nie Tian.

"Huh?!"

Nie Tian's expression also suddenly flickered when it struck him, because the moment he was struck by the magnetic field, his blood actually started to flow in reverse!

The reversing of his blood flow caused disorder in his spiritual sea, making him unable to gather his spiritual power.

At that time, he immediately understood why when the four Blood sect disciples cast the Forbidden Blood Technique: Reverse Blood Flow, Nie Xian and the others instantly lost battle power, and could only stagger backwards.

Yu Tong coldly ordered, "Seize this opportunity and kill them all!"

WHOOSH!

Under the influence of the Forbidden Blood Technique, Jiang Lingzhu didn't dare to fight her head on, and immediately retreated.

However, the blood shadows floating in the air violently threw themselves at the crowd, like vicious demons.

An anxious look stretched across Nie Tian's face, and he couldn't help but turn his head to check if An Ying and the others had arrived.

Unfortunately, they were still more than a hundred meters away, with Tong Hao and the rest even farther away.

"I can't wait any more!"

Desperately anxious, his eyes emanated malicious light, and wrath brewed in his heart.

In this very moment, he was amazed to find that the the reversed flow of his blood had stopped.

It seemed that he had dispelled the effects the Forbidden Blood Technique had on his blood very quickly.

Rage seethed Nie Tian's eyes. Without another thought, he gathered all his strength and bolted towards Yu Tong.

"Raging punch!"

Pure, rich spiritual power instantly streamed into his arm.

He raised his hand high into the air, his clenched fist shining with an aura as bright as a torch!

Endless rage was generated in his heart and channeled to his fist, making it burn with tremendous waves of anger, and its momentum was also extremely astonishing.

Even before he approached Yu Tong, she could sense that something strange was going on, and her expression suddenly flickered.

For unknown reasons, Yu Tong had the bizarre sensation that the power of rage in Nie Tian's fist was something that could kill her with merely one punch.

Fear stretched across her face.

"Blood shadows, return to master!"

In a split second, each and every malevolent blood shadow blurred into action, as if they had turned into motes of blood-colored light.

In the next second, seven blood shadows arrived in front of Yu Tong.

The seven of them lined up in a row, facing Nie Tian, before they successively threw themselves at him.

"Die!"

Nie Tian let out an explosive roar, throwing out his punch, which was filled with spiritual energy and raging fury.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Under the destructive power of Nie Tian's punch, each and every blood shadow exploded, splashing about and filling the sky with a bloody mist.

Even lined up in a row, the seven blood shadows failed to stop the momentum of the punch, and were completely destroyed.

The power of the punch wasn't weakened in the slightest, and continued to barrel towards Yu Tong.

At this moment, Yu Tong's flickering red eyes turned grim as her delicate fingers shifted to another incantation. "Forbidden Blood Technique – Blood Shield!"

Upon her words, her blood seemed to have been sucked out of her, and that exquisite and curvy body of hers suddenly shriveled up.

WHOOKSH! WHOOKSH! WHOOKSH!

A large amount of blood light suddenly shot out, turning into a small blood shield right in front of her.

It was exactly when the blood shield took form that Nie Tian's punch arrived.

BOOM!

The next moment, the blood shield exploded with a loud crash, splashing specks of blood-colored light around.

Yu Tong let out a muffled coughing sound, and blood spilt out from the corners of her dark-red lips.

SHEW!

She turned into a blood shadow herself, and retreated through air like a floating ghost.

However, she could only remain in the air for a moment. After landing on the ground, she ran off into the distance without looking behind her. "Let's get out of here! "

The moment they heard Yu Tong's order, the other four Blood sect disciples also left the battlefield. They knew that even if they could fight for a little longer, they would still be unable to kill all the Cloudsoaring sect disciples.

Likewise turning into four blood shadows, they fled along with Yu Tong.

After consuming all of his spiritual power with his one punch, Nie Tian couldn't help but drop to the ground, panting heavily.

Nie Xian and others were still influenced by the forbidden technique, Reverse Blood Flow, and could only watch Yu Tong and the other four leave.

BANG!

When Yu Tong disappeared in the distance, the remaining three blood shadows also exploded, turning into pools of blood that fell to the ground.

It was only then that An Ying, Pan Tao, and Zheng Rui finally arrived.

"Where are they?"

"Where are the Blood sect's people?"

"That way!" Jiang Lingzhu pointed towards the direction that Yu Tong had escaped. "Chase them! They're hurt. Do your best to kill them!"

"Are you alright?" An Ying asked concernedly.

"I'm fine! Go! Chase them down!" Jiang Lingzhu said anxiously.

"Alright!"

Knowing Tong Hao, Guo Qi, and the rest of the group were right behind them, An Ying, Pan Tao, and Zheng Rui decided to go after the Blood sect disciples.

After they left, Jiang Lingzhu, who had just broken away from the forbidden technique Reverse Blood Flow, blinked and looked at Nie Tian with a burning gaze in her eyes.

It wasn't just her. Nie Xian, who had just crawled out from the lake, was also staring at Nie Tian with incomparable astonishment in his eyes, as if this was the first day that he came to know this clan brother of his.

Also from the Cloudsoaring sect, Ye Gumo, who had escaped death moments ago, looked blankly at Nie Tian before asking Jiang Lingzhu, "He's the Nie Tian you talked about?! The one who uncle Li asked us to look after in the Green Illusion dimension?"

Jiang Lingzhu felt somewhat embarrassed, nodding briefly. "Yes, he is."

"He needs us to take care of him?" Ye Gumo said with a complicated expression, "As I was retreating in defeat just now, I clearly saw that he destroyed the evil woman's seven blood shadows with one single punch, and even shattered her blood shield. He was the one who fought off that evil witch with one strike of his fist. He… really needs us to take care of him?"

After a brief moment of silence, Ye Gumo shook his head, and joked, "Junior martial sister, you probably heard wrong. Perhaps, uncle Li meant for him to take care of us in the Green Illusion dimension."

Jiang Lingzhu laughed and finally relaxed. "Hahaha, I might have heard him wrong then."

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It wasn't until now that Guo Qi, Tong Hao, and the others who had been lagging behind, finally arrived.

"Nie Tian!"

"Are you alright?"

"Where's brother Tao and the others?" asked Guo Qi.

"They went after the people from the Blood sect." With these words, Nie Tian took out a huge piece of spirit beast meat and threw it to Jiang Miao, saying, "Help me roast this up, please."

It had been some time since they last ran into any spirit beasts, and thus there wasn't much meat left strapped to Nie Tian's back.

Now, he only had several dozen kilograms worth of spirit beast meat left, barely enough for himself.

However, just as he handed the piece of meat to Jiang Miao, an idea suddenly came to him, and he slowly turned to look at the spirit beasts which had been killed by the Cloudsoaring sect disciples, especially the Lurker Lizard!

The Lurker Lizard was a second grade spirit beast. After suffering from severe wounds, it had fled to the desert, but somehow had been located by Jiang Lingzhu and her team, and after a fierce battle, they finally slaughtered it.

The Lurker Lizard's head had already been chopped off, yet its body was still lying by the lakeside.

Compared to first grade spirit beasts, second grade spirit beasts were stronger by a large extent. Therefore, the energy contained in their meat was also much richer.

Having drained his spiritual sea with his raging punch, Nie Tian urgently needed to recover spiritual power.

The Lurker Lizard's meat was without doubt the best supplement for him at the moment.

After a moment of hesitation, he looked furtively at Jiang Lingzhu and asked, "I don't want the Lurker Lizard's head, but can I have some of its meat…? I'm a little hungry."

"Hahaha, even if you want its head, I'll give it to you, not to mention its meat." Jiang Lingzhu's bright eyes glittered charming light as she smiled. Then, she turned to Ye Gumo and said, "Eldest Brother Ye, Nie Tian is hungry and wants some cooked Lurker Lizard meat."

"Of course, I'll roast it for him myself!" Ye Gumo answered heartily.

With these words, Ye Gumo stretched out his arm and gave Nie Tian a thumbs-up, before he went to cut off meat from the Lurker Lizard and roast it.

By that time, two of Nie Tian's acquaintances, Jiang Lingzhu and Nie Xian, arrived by his side.

"Are you okay?" Jiang Lingzhu asked concernedly.

Nie Tian shook his head. "It's just that I've spent a lot of energy, so I'm extremely weak at the moment. All I need is some rest though."

"Nie Tian, you… what cultivation stage are you in?" Nie Xian asked curiously.

Previously, he saw Nie Tian completely crush Yu Tong's blood shadows and shatter the shield that she had formed by drawing upon all of her blood power.

As a result, the injured Yu Tong had no choice other than to retreat once she saw Pan Tao and the others about to arrive.

The power of Nie Tian's punch had left an extremely deep impression on Nie Xian. As a matter of fact, he didn't even believe his own eyes.

According to his memory, when he left the Nie clan and was received by Li Fan of the Cloudsoaring sect, Nie Tian had only been in the fourth level of Qi Refining

Back then, Nie Tian hadn't stood out in any aspect, except that he had a strong and robust body.

Who could have imagined that a year later, Nie Tian would be able to fight off Yu Tong with one punch?

Nie Tian answered, "Well… I just broke through into the seventh level of Qi Refining a few days ago."

"From the fourth to the seventh level in a year's time…" Nie Xian murmured, gazing at Nie Tian as though he was looking at a monster.

Jiang Lingzhu also stared at him in shock, while her jaw almost dropped to the ground. "How could you have possibly done that?!!"

She had personally witnessed Nie Tian and Yun Song's battle in Black Cloud City, and was positive that he was only in the fourth level of Qi Refining at that time.

Although she was experienced and knowledgeable in the Cloudsoaring sect, the fact that Nie Tian had leaped from the fourth level to the seventh level in a year's time left her flabbergasted.

"I've been lucky." Nie Tian chuckled.

While they were talking, An Ying, Pan Tao, and Zheng Rui returned, looked disheartened.

"Those Blood sect disciples weren't even a bit slower than those of the Ghost sect," An Ying said. Arriving by Jiang Lingzhu's side, she sighed, and said, "I thought we could find you in the desert, and with your help go back and kill the Ghost sect disciples. I didn't expect that Blood sect disciples had also entered the Green Illusion dimension."

Upon hearing her words, each and every trial taker from the Cloudsoaring sect revealed expressions of shock.

"What?!"

"You ran into disciples from the Ghost sect?" Jiang Lingzhu exclaimed.

"Well, we can be considered the luckier ones." Pan Tao said with a bitter smile, "It was the Grayvale sect that suffered tragic loss. Only from what we've seen, five of them were killed by the Ghost sect, and they were slaughtered in ways… I can't even bear to see."

"They also killed one of ours," Zheng Rui said in a low voice.

"The Blood sect, the Ghost sect…" Jiang Lingzhu's brows twisted, and her small face seemed to be clouded by a haze. "I've no idea what's going on with the Mystic Mist sect. I hope they aren't as unfortunate. From now on, we'd better stick together and find the disciples from the Mystic Mist sect and the Grayvale sect as soon as possible. Only united will we be able to contend with the Blood sect and the Ghost sect."

"Our plan was to find you guys in the desert, so that we can go back together to the glacier area to kill the Ghost Sect disciples," An Ying explained.

"Once the Ghost sect and the Blood sect find out that we've joined forces, they'll also cooperate," said Pan Tao.

Jiang Lingzhu thought for a moment, and continued, "The trial of the Green Illusion dimension has just become ten times more dangerous than I thought it would be. We need to recover our strength as soon as possible, so that we can be ready for any upcoming battles. Let's get started."

"Everybody hurry and use your spirit stones to recover!"

With Ye Gumo being the only exception, all the survivors of the Cloudsoaring sect stopped talking and sat down cross-legged.

Every one of them had grim looks on their faces and didn't dare to relax for one more moment.

They originally thought that after joining hands with the Spiritual Treasure sect, Yu Tong and the other Blood sect disciples would no longer be a threat to them.

However, they could never have expected the Spiritual Treasure sect disciples would enter the desert to ask for their help to deal with the Ghost sect.

The news of the Ghost sect entering the Green Illusion dimension had made them feel that the road ahead was going to be much more difficult. With the corpses of their two teammates lying beside them, the survivors all knew that they had to be alert at all times if they didn't wish to end up dead too.

An Ying and her group also lost their interest in talking, and became caught up in their thoughts.

About this time, Ye Gumo arrived by Nie Tian's side with a dozen kilograms worth of meat. He handed the meat over to Nie Tian, thinking it must be more than enough. "Here you go. The Lurker Lizard meat you wanted."

After Nie Tian took it over, Ye Gumo went back to sit down next to Jiang Lingzhu and Nie Xian, and also took out a spirit stone to recover.

"That piece of meat is far from enough for him," Pan Tao mumbled. "We've been on the run for a while, and haven't had the time to eat a proper meal. There is more than enough spirit beast meat here. Since we didn't participate in the battle just now and don't need to recover, let's enjoy a good meal."

He strode to the Lurker Lizard.

Ye Gumo didn't know how big Nie Tian's appetite was, and thought a piece of meat more than ten kilograms should be more than enough for him.

Having spent so much time with Nie Tian, Pan Tao knew very well that Nie Tian still needed at least five times more spirit beast meat to fill up his stomach. Therefore, he was actually scraping up a good meal for Nie Tian.

"Nie Tian, this is the meat I've roasted for you." Jiang Miao walked towards him with a thick tree branch in her hand, which had a piece of cooked meat on it that was more than ten kilograms.

Nie Tian took it into his hands, and expressed his gratitude.

However, Jiang Miao didn't leave, but rather watched him eat with an expectant look in her eyes.

Seeing that Nie Tian first ate the meat that she had roasted for him, instead of the lurker Lizard's meat, she put on a sweet smile and said, "I'll roast some more for you." With these words, she hopped away happily.

Immediately after the meat was down his throat, Nie Tian closed his eyes.

It was just a moment before he sensed a warm current swirling in his abdomen. When he used the Qi Refining Incantation, the strands of warm energy were channeled into his spiritual sea at a speed even faster than usual.

It was only an hour later that his drained up spiritual sea was filled by ten percent.

Moreover, no more warm current was generated in his abdomen. It seemed all the energy provided by the piece of meat had been completely absorbed in such a short time.

When he opened his eyes, he saw sticks of spirit beast meat strung onto large branches stuck into the sand by his side.

He looked around, and saw An Ying, Pan Tao, and the others were gathered together, eating and talking.

It seemed they knew that he would need a period of time to process the food after he had eaten, and thus intentionally left him alone. Those large sticks of spirit beast meat were the work of Jiang Miao and Pan Tao.

He deliberated for a moment before picking up the piece of Lurker Lizard meat that Ye Gumo had roasted a while ago, and started munching.

Moments later, more than ten kilograms worth of Lurker Lizard meat went down his throat.

A slightly scorching current gradually appeared in his abdomen, and then energy several times richer than before suddenly dispersed out into his flesh and bones.

His eyes glittered, as he instantly started to practice the Qi Refining Incantation to direct the incomparably vigorous energy.

Strands of energy merged into warm streams before surging along his meridians towards his spiritual sea.

It was only a quarter of hour later that he found his spiritual sea had replenished by forty percent.

By this point, however, more energy was still being generated in his abdomen!

The power contained in the Lurker Lizard meat was clearly yet to to be absorbed!

In good spirits, he concentrated again on gathering and absorbing the energy that had been dispersed into his body, before channeling it into his spiritual sea.

After an unknown period of time, when there were no more warmth in his belly, he discovered that his spiritual sea had been replenished by as much as eighty percent!

"Seven times!" He was shocked at heart.

With the same size, a piece of Lurker Lizard meat had generated seven times more energy than the first grade spirit beast meat!

He only had one piece of Lurker Lizard meat, and almost completely recovered all the spiritual power that he had previously consumed to throw the raging punch!

"Second grade spirit beast!"

Nie Tian stared at the corpse of the Lurker Lizard, that was more than a hundred meters away from him, and his eyes suddenly shone with a light of greed.

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Nie Tian stared silently at the corpse of the Lurker Lizard.

It was after a long time that he finally retracted his gaze and pulled the skewers of Lurker Lizard meat out of the sand.

This time, he didn't rush to practice the Qi Refining Incantation and absorb the energy from the meat, but instead focused on simply devouring the meat.

Only after he ate several dozens of kilograms and couldn't force down another bite, did he finally stop, close his eyes, and sense the warm current flowing out from within his abdomen.

A surge of energy, several times richer than before, dispersed from within his stomach. However, when he practiced the Qi Refining Incantation, he found that he could no longer channel all of the power to his spiritual sea.

Before long, his spiritual sea went from being eighty percent full to being completely full to the brim.

As he continued to channel spiritual power into his spiritual sea, he found that the power was actually once again causing his spiritual sea to experience growth.

"Second grade spirit beasts have seven times the power!" His face remained expressionless; however, inwardly he was filled with ecstasy.

Originally, he planned to use two months to break through into the eighth level of Qi Refining, with the help of the spirit beast meat.

However, after discovering the meat of the second grade Lurker Lizard could provide energy that was seven times richer, he suddenly found a new goal!

"If I can consume the Lurker Lizard all by myself, it would only take ten days to make a breakthrough to the eighth level of Qi Refining!"

Seized with ecstasy, he soon discovered that since his spiritual sea was already full, a large portion of the energy was starting to disperse into his flesh and bones.

The energy contained in the Lurker Lizard's meat that he had just consumed was too much for him to quickly absorb and channel into his spiritual sea.

He suddenly felt like his body was like a giant sponge, greedily absorbing the dispersing energy.

Before he realized it, his body temperature had risen to the point where he was like a giant, human-shaped furnace.

Soon, he was soaked in sweat, and even his surroundings seemed to be affected, as the temperature around him also rose rapidly.

They were in the desert, a place which was already extremely hot. It was only natural for the trial takers to be sweating.

However, Nie Tian's temperature wouldn't stop rising, giving him a terrific headache as turning his skin bright red.

"This…."

It was only at this point that he recalled how he had been afflicted by a high fever for several days after his battle with Nie Hong.

"Please don't let something like the last time happen!" he thought, starting to get worried.

At this very moment, Zheng Rui, who had been talking eloquently with the others, suddenly blurted, "Ughh! My stomach's feeling a bit upset, I think I need to go relieve myself."

With that, he rushed away, an embarrassed expression on his face.

Not long after he left, Pan Tao suddenly clutched his stomach, and then also left with an odd look on his face.

Just as An Ying was about to mock the two of them, she suddenly trembled.

Trying to act as casual as ever, she said, "Eh, well, you guys guard the people from the Cloudsoaring sect, in case the Blood sect disciples come back. I'll go check the perimeter." With that, she sprang to her feet and walked off.

In the blink of an eye, An Ying, Zheng Rui, and Pan Tao left successively, each of them sporting a weird expression.

Some time later, Zheng Rui returned, the first of the small group to do so. The moment he sat down and was about to say something, his expression flickered again.

"What's wrong, Brother Zheng?" Guo Qi asked, looking concerned.

"The runs," Zheng Rui replied, rushing away with a bitter look on his face.

Not long after he was gone, Pan Tao returned, only to rush away moments later, face twisted with an odd expression.

An Ying never returned. Apparently she'd left for a long-term scouting operation.

An hour later, the three of them finally returned, looking so exhausted that they appeared to be on the verge of collapse.

"You also had the runs?" Pan Tao asked.

"Yeah," replied An Ying. "You too?"

"Really?!" Zheng Rui exclaimed, his face pale. "You guys also had the runs?"

"Elder sister An Ying, you guys… ate the Lurker Lizard meat," Jiang Miao said, trying to refrain from laughing, "Everybody else said the Lurker Lizard meat was too bitter, so no one wanted it. Only the three of you said that second grade spirit beast meat was the most delicious, and insisted on eating."

Pan Tao was stunned. "It was the Lurker Lizard's meat?"

It seemed as if something suddenly occurred to him; struggling to his feet, he looked at the distant Nie Tian.

"That guy had the most!" An Ying apparently recalled the same thing..

All of a sudden, every trial taker's gaze converged onto Nie Tian.

They discovered that Nie Tian's skin was very red and his entire body was dripping sweat, as if he was being baked on the shelf in an oven.

"His.. his symptoms seems to be different from yours," said Tong Hao.

"I'll go check on him." Eyes full of worry, Jiang Miao rose to her feet and walked towards Nie Tian.

Pan Tao followed right after her. "I'll go with you."

As they approached, Nie Tian finally finished cultivating and opened his eyes.

He could no long feel energy being generated in his belly, indicated that the Lurker Lizard meat had been fully digested.

He was still dripping sweat all over and experiencing dizziness from the high temperature.

However, he didn't pass out this time.

To his surprise, he noticed that the sweat that had come out of his pores was murky, as if it was carrying his inner filth.

As his inner filth was expelled together with the sweat, his excruciatingly high temperature finally began to drop.

By the time Jiang Miao and Pan Tao arrived by his side, his skin, originally as red as a cooked shrimp, had already returned to its normal color.

THUMP! THUMP!

The sound of Jiang Miao and Pan Tao's footsteps seemed much louder than they actually were.

When he looked up at Pan Tao, he was able to acutely detect even the fine hairs on the corners of his mouth with a single glance.

"My hearing and vision have been greatly enhanced!" he thought, shocked by his discoveries.

When he rose to his feet, he felt as light as a bird and completely refreshed, as if his body had just undergone a mysterious transformation.

"Are you okay, Nie Tian?" Pan Tao asked with a wry smile, as he subconsciously touched his belly. "Do you feel any discomfort?"

"I had a fever just now, but I'm fine now," Nie Tian said.

Pan Tao continued asking, "You don't feel any discomfort in your stomach? No urge to relieve yourself?"

Nie Tian shook his head, puzzled. "Why do you ask?"

Pan Tao forced a smile. "An Ying, Zheng Rui, and I. We all had the runs after eating the Lurker Lizard meat. I even had difficulty walking. It really took a lot out of us."

"Shut up, Pan Tao!" An Ying said, cheek flushed.

After all, she was a girl. When this kind of thing happened to her, it was natural that she became embarrassed and didn't want others to talk about it.

Pan Tao smiled and winked at Nie Tian. "You ate ten times as much Lurker Lizard meat as the rest of us combined. Don't tell me you don't feel anything!"

"You guys all had the runs?" Nie Tian was more happy than shocked. Looking very concerned, he asked, "Are you alright? You're not like me. I'm strong enough to fully digest the Lurker Lizard's meat. But you're all noble and delicate. You'd better be more careful, and don't harm yourselves by eating the wrong stuff."

The moment he had discovered that the energy the Lurker Lizard meat could provide exceeded the first grade spirit beasts' by seven times, he laid his eyes on the Lurker Lizard.

Just recently, he had also discovered that the dispersed energy that he hadn't been able to refine into his spiritual sea flowed into his flesh and bones, also bringing him major benefits.

Therefore, he secretly made up his mind that even if he couldn't do anything else in the next two days, he would eat as much Lurker Lizard meat as possible.

He originally planned to eat more of the second grade spirit beast meat than everyone else by relying on his incomparably large appetite, so as to improve his strength as fast as he could.

However, the fact that An Ying and the others actually had diarrhea after eating the Lurker Lizard meat went beyond his expectations.

He couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, "Heaven is helping me!"

"I'm glad that you are fine." Pan Tao looked at him out of the corner of his eye while thinking to himself, "This guy is a monster…"

The three of them only had about a kilogram of the Lurker Lizard meat before they couldn't take it anymore, and were struck with terrible diarrhea.

However, the amount Nie Tian had was ten times more than the three of them combined. Although he looked a bit uncomfortable earlier, right now he seemed to be brimming with energy again.

Pan Tao had no choice but respect Nie Tian's uniqueness.

As of this moment, Jiang Lingzhu had finally recovered her strength with the help of spirit stones, and woke up. She called out towards where An Ying and her group was, "Elder Sister An Ying, let's talk about what to do next, shall we? Nie Tian, you come as well."

"Come on. Let's go," Pan Tao said.

"No, I'm beat. I need more rest. You guys go ahead and talk." Nie Tian shook his head, and smiled at Jiang Miao, who had concern written all over her face. "I'm okay now. Thanks for your concern."

Jiang Miao hurriedly answered, "Um, it's good that you're fine."

After rejecting the invitation, Nie Tian silently sat back down with his eyes closed.

No longer sweating, he now felt more energetic and powerful than ever. This made him suddenly want to try out the perception range of his spiritual awareness.

When he had calmed his heart and concentrated his mind, he gradually released his psychic power outwards in every direction.

After ten breaths of time, his eyes snapped open, glittering with the bright light of excitement.

"Seventy meters of coverage!"

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"Seventy meters!"

Nie Tian's eyes shone with a bright light as he sat there upright, trembling slightly with elation.

Not long ago, when they were searching for the Frost Python in the glacier area, the range of his psychic awareness was merely fifty meters.

That was the best he could achieve after several significant upgrades, as well as after exhausting his psychic power several times in a row.

Clearly, he didn't expect that after eating the Lurker Lizard meat and strengthening himself he would have such a significant improvement in psychic power.

"Good stuff! It's absolutely good stuff!"

As soon as he remembered that An Ying and others had diarrhea after having the Lurker Lizard meat, he couldn't help but start cheering in his heart.

The second grade spirit beast meat could not only speed up his cultivation, but it could also strengthen his fleshy body.

The strength of his fleshy body, on the other hand, could benefit his psychic power, enabling him to holistically increase his strength!

As of that moment, he suddenly felt much more excited about the Green Illusion dimension trial, as if the Ghost sect and the Blood sect weren't the terrifying entities he'd thought them to be.

As for the discussion between Jiang Lingzhu and An Ying, he had completely lost interest. All he wanted to do was consume all the Lurker Lizard meat as fast as possible.

"But the weather in the desert…"

Looking over towards the distant corpse of the Lurker Lizard, his brows furrowed as a question occurred to him.

The desert was different from the glacier area, where he was able to carry raw spirit beast meat on his back without any trouble.

Because of the cold weather there, spirit beast meat could remain fresh for a long time before it spoiled.

In the desert, however, it was burning hot. Without special processing, meat would rot fairly rapidly in a short time, making it inedible.

"From the look of it, I need to air-dry the meat. Only in this way will I be able to carry it with me and consume it over a longer period of time."

With these thoughts, he stood up and took a step towards the Lurker Lizard corpse.

Seeing him rise to his feet, Jiang Miao didn't think twice before hurrying to catch up. Curious, she asked, "Nie Tian, what do you want to do?"

"I'm going to make some Lurker Lizard jerky!" he answered.

"Let me help you!" said Jiang Miao.

Nie Tian was surprised. "Do you know how?"

"Nope." Jiang Miao replied honestly. "But you can teach me."

"I don't know how either," Nie Tian said, smiling wryly.

"Ahhh?!" Jiang Miao turned to look at Guo Qi who was sitting not far from them. "Eldest Brother Guo, do you know how to make jerky with spirit beast meat?"

"Sure," Guo Qi replied.

"We may not run into more spirit beasts in the desert, and we'll still need to eat," Jiang Miao said. "Since elder sister An Ying and those guys are in discussion, and we don't have much else to do, why don't we make jerky out of the spirit beast meat?" Said Jiang Miao.

"Okay, I'm in," Guo Qi said, nodding.

When they were in the glacier region, and the Ghost sect disciple had suddenly showed up wearing the Grayvale sect's clothes, Guo Qi had nearly been ambushed and killed. Thanks to Nie Tian's acute perception, and the immediate attack he launched upon the Ghost sect disciple, Guo Qi had narrowly escaped.

No matter how he used to think of Nie Tian, now that Nie Tian had saved his life, he nodded in consent, even though he wasn't completely willing.

Ye Gumo from the Cloudsoaring sect smiled and said, "I'll help you guys, too."

He didn't participate in the discussion among Jiang Lingzhu, An Ying, and the others. As soon as he had finished recovering with his spirit stones, he sat down at a place not far away from Nie Tian, secretly observing him.

He caught every word of the conversation between Nie Tian and Jiang Miao, and realized that making spirit beast jerky would provide sufficient food for everyone to eat for a long time.

Since they were grouped together now, and wouldn't split up in their future endeavors, they needed to work together. Therefore, he stepped up.

"Thanks," Nie Tian said, smiling.

Ye Gumo laughed out loud and said, "You're welcome, we're doing it for everybody."

While talking, Nie Tian and Jiang Miao started cutting meat off the spirit beasts with Ye Gumo and Guo Qi's assistance.

After discussing for a while, it seemed that An Ying and the others had finally reached an agreement.

When they saw that Nie Tian and his companies were making jerky, they also realized that it could solve their future food problem, so they all pitched in.

However, before getting started, Pan Tao released another signal into the air.

A pitch-black line of smoke shot up into the heavens, distinctly visible in the desert sky.

"Now that we've restored our full strength, even if the evil witch returns, we won't fear her any more." Pan Tao arrived by Nie Tian's side and said, "Although the Grayvale sect's Yuan Feng is a troublemaker, he isn't stupid. Since he has been attacked by the Ghost sect in the glacier area, he won't dare to stay there any more.

"As long as Yuan Feng is alive, he'll definitely come to the desert like we did.

"Perhaps Yuan Feng has already led the Grayvale sect's survivors into the desert. It's hard to say.

"This signal is intended for Yuan Feng and his group," Pan Tao explained to Nie Tian while cutting meat off the Lurker Lizard. "I hope they can find us the way we found the Cloudsoaring sect's people."

"We're not going to return to the glacier area?" Nie Tian asked.

Pan Tao was very frank. "No, we're not. The people from the Blood sect are currently here in the desert. If we were to head over to the glacier region, the Blood sect and the Ghost sect would very quickly join forces. Therefore, we made the decision to wait for a short while to give the Grayvale sect a chance to find us.

"The signal has been released. If they don't show up any time soon, it probably means that they are dead.

"In that case, if we make a rushed decision and go back to the glacier area, we would possibly have to face the Ghost sect and the Blood sect with just our two sects' forces.

"That wouldn't be the wisest move."

Nie Tian was surprised by his words. "Do you plan to set up camp in the desert?"

"No." Pan Tao shook his head. "Whether Yuan Feng and him group can find us or not, we'll leave the desert, and go look for Zheng Bin of the Mystic Mist sect in the volcano area. Upon entering the Green Illusion dimension, Jiang Lingzhu and Zheng Bin already had an agreement that Jiang Lingzhu would lead her group to the desert, while Zheng Bin would led his group to the volcano area.

"The Grayvale sect has suffered great casualties. Even if Yuan Feng is still alive, he won't have many left in his group.

"They won't be able to provide much help. Plus, for all we know, the Ghost sect might be going after them.

"So, for everyone's sake, we've decided to look for Zheng Bin of the Mystic Mist sect in the volcano area.

"We figured they shouldn't be in any worse state than the Grayvale sect. If they haven't come across people from the Hell sect, their group should still be intact.

"With their help, we'll be become a lot stronger."

After a moment of pondering, Nie Tian understood that because the Grayvale sect had lost too many people, they already considered the Mystic Mist sect as their best choice. Besides, there was still an unknown number of Ghost sect disciples hovering about in the glacier area.

The signal Pan Tao had released was the last chance for Yuan Feng and his men. If he failed to show up after the smoke dissipated, they would completely give up on him.

That was cold, yet the wisest decision. Deep down, Nie Tian agreed to it.

The black smoke hung high in the desert sky, while everyone worked as one under the guidance of the experienced members, like Pan Tao and Ye Gumo, to process the spirit beast meat into jerky.

After learning that An Ying and her group had diarrhea after eating the Lurker Lizard meat, the Cloudsoaring sect's disciples all voluntarily distanced themselves from it.

The trial takers of the Spiritual Treasure sect had witnessed An Ying's misery, and also didn't dare to even touch the Lurker Lizard meat.

As the result, after the second grade Lurker Lizard jerky was processed, all of it went into Nie Tian's backpack.

After floating in the sky for a long time, the black smoke eventually dissipated.

An Ying said with a plain face, "If Yuan Feng saw the signal right before it disappeared, he should be able to arrive here in an hour. We'll wait for another hour. If they don't show up in an hour, then there will be no use for us to keep on waiting."

Jiang Lingzhu agreed. "Alright, let's wait for one more hour then."

Zheng Rui snorted and said with a hateful tone, "That Yuan Feng guy was a real asshole. It wouldn't be a bad thing if he actually died. Back when we were in the glacier area, he almost started a war with us over Nie Tian. Even if that guy survived, I'm afraid he will bring us more trouble in the future."

Puzzled, Jiang Lingzhu asked, "Why did he demand Nie Tian from you?"

"Ask him yourself." Zheng Rui pointed at Nie Tian.

Jiang Lingzhu thus looked over towards Nie Tian.

Nie Tian was busy dealing with the Lurker Lizard meat when he heard them. He said, "Do you still remember the battle between me and Yun Song in front of the Spiritual Treasure Pavilion the other day?"

"Of course, I do."

"Yun Song is Yuan Feng's cousin."

"Ah, so that's how it is."

"The Yuan clan…" said Nie Xian, eyebrows furrowed, face cold. "They live far away in Frost Stone City, yet constantly used underhanded ways to cause trouble for our clan. It would be the best if Yuan Feng died in the glacier area, so that I won't need to look at him any more!"

As a member of the Nie clan, he clearly knew that because of Yuan Qiuying, the Nie clan had been suppressed by the Yuan clan for years.

Moreover, Nie Donghai had been injured by powerful experts of the Yun clan and the Yuan clan. This had fueled his hatred towards Yuan Feng even further.

"I heard something!" Jiang Lingzhu's expression flickered, as she looked in the direction of the glacier region. "Be careful everyone. If it's Ghost sect disciples, immediately attack and kill them all!"

"Very well!" Everyone chimed in with her.

"It's Yuan Feng!"

Soon, Yuan Feng and Yun Song appeared in the distant horizon.

At first glance, both of them seemed to have lost a lot of weight, and their tattered clothes were covered in bloodstains.

It was hard to tell whether those bloodstains were their own or from Ghost sect disciples.

Faces pale and eyes spiritless, they had completely lost their previously imposing aura.

As soon as they approached and saw the trial takers from the Cloudsoaring sect and the Spiritual Treasure sect, Yuan Feng's eyes glittered with the light of hope.

"Finally, we've found you!" Yun Song cried out loud. "We ran into Ghost sect disciples in the glacier area! Everybody was killed. My cousin and I are the only survivors!"

He was trembling with the excitement of a drowning person who had just caught sight of a rescue boat. "It's a good thing that you guys are here! Hurry. Let's go back to the glacier area and kill each and every one of them!"

An Ying cast a cold look towards Yuan Feng. "We've waited for you for a long time. Let's go. Don't waste our time. We're heading to the volcano area to find Zheng Bin from the Mystic Mist sect."

Yun Song yelled, "Why do we go find them? We should return to the glacier area to kill off the Ghost sect disciples, and then continue with our trial!"

"Shut the hell up!" Zheng Rui put on an unfriendly expression. "We've already taken a huge risk by waiting for you. I don't care how many of you died! As long as you're with us, you'll take orders from us. You're in no position to tell us what to do!"

"Cousin." Yun Song looked piteously at Yuan Feng.

Yuan Feng's swept everyone with his bleak gaze, and after a moment of silence, he said coldly, "Listen to them."

If he still had his team, Yuan Feng would never fear the Spiritual Treasure sect or the Cloudsoaring sect. However, times had changed. The only people who remained on his team were himself and Yun Song. They could only listen to the other two sects.

"We have a lot of spirit beast jerky," Nie Tian mentioned. "Somebody has to carry it for us. Why don't we let them do it? What do you guys say?"

"I agree!" An Ying nodded.

"It's only fair!" Zheng Rui chiming in.

Jiang Lingzhu agreed. "Yeah, they have to do something."

Yun Song said angrily, "We haven't had the chance to recover yet!"

Nie Tian grinned. "We don't need people who don't work."

"Fine, I'll do it!" said Yuan Feng, voice cold and firm.

"Well then, I'll do it, too." Yun Song had no choice but act obediently.

"Good, now this is the way to behave," said Nie Tian, with a foxy smile.

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In a desolate corner of the desert…

Yu Tong and four other Blood sect disciples were sitting on a sand dune. It seemed as if they were waiting for something.

Dressed in red garments, Yu Tong was holding an ocarina in her slender, jade-like hands, and blowing into it with her plump red lips.

However, not a sound came from within the ocarina.

In the meantime…

Several miles from her, Mo Xi from the Ghost sect was also holding a similar ocarina, and held it to his ear from time to time, seemingly listening attentively to something.

From the look of it, he was trying to determine a direction.

After a long time, he led the other four Ghost sect disciples to where Yu Tong was.

By that point, Yu Tong had long since stopped playing the ocarina.

After arriving, Mo Xi instructed the others to find a place to sit, and then walked to Yu Tong's side, looking at her, his eyes brimming with unruly desire.

A strong desire was hidden in the depths of his eyes. "How did your battle turn out?"

"The Cloudsoaring sect's trial takers were in the desert, hunting for the Lurker Lizard," Yu Tong stated in a cold voice. "We killed two of them before they ran into the Lurker Lizard, and killed two more after their battle with it. The Cloudsoaring sect still has six people left, we… should've been able to kill them all."

"Something went wrong?" Mo Xi asked with a frown.

"Right at the crucial moment, the people from the Spiritual Treasure sect got there." Yu Tong snorted. "The Spiritual Treasure sect came from the glacier area. Because you didn't finish your job, we failed in ours."

Huffing, Du Kun from the Ghost sect said, "Yu Tong! Not only did we run into the Spiritual Treasure sect in the glacier area, but we also encountered the disciples of the Grayvale sect!"

If Nie Tian was present, he would be able to tell with a single glance that Du Kun was the one who had disguised himself as a Grayvale sect disciple and attacked them.

Mo Xi waved his hand, signaling Du Kun not to interrupt, and said, "We slaughtered eight of the ten Grayvale sect disciples. Only Yuan Feng and his younger cousin managed to escape. We also killed one of the Spiritual Treasure sect's people. It was a pity that we spent too much time chasing after Yuan Feng, and thus didn't have the time and energy to finish off the Spiritual Treasure sect."

"Whatever," Yu Tong said indifferently. "Now the Spiritual Treasure sect and the Cloudsoaring sect have joined hands, and I even noticed that they've headed out toward the volcano area.

"The people from the Mystic Mist sect should be hunting in the volcano area. We should strike the Spiritual Treasure sect and the Cloudsoaring sect as soon as possible, before they join forces with the Mystic Mist sect."

After a moment of thinking, Mo Xi said, "The Cloudsoaring sect has six people alive. If Yuan Feng and his cousin joined them, they would have eight people. When Du Kun last met the Spiritual Treasure sect's people, there were thirteen of them. Du Kun killed one, so that leaves them twelve people.

"If the Spiritual Treasure sect didn't suffer from more casualties, together with the Cloudsoaring sect and the Grayvale sect's guys, there should be a total of twenty of them now. We, on the other hand, have a total of ten."

With these words, he grinned viciously. "But among those twenty, many have zero battle experience. As long as we can catch up to them, it should be pretty easy to kill all of them."

He kept stroking his thumb bone necklace as he spoke.

Yu Tong glanced at him, and found that the bone necklace around his neck seemed to have gotten longer, which meant that he had killed several more opponents of his cultivation stage in the glacier area.

"There was a punk named Nie Tian on the Spiritual Treasure sect team," Yu Tong said suddenly. "Do you know anything about him?"

"Nie Tian?" Mo Xi shook his head, looking puzzled. "No, I've never heard of him. Why?"

A cold light flashed in Yu Tong's eye. "He wounded me."

Mo Xi looked at her, confused. "With your strength, even An Ying would fall prey to you. A kid we've never heard of could hurt you? Were you being sloppy?"

Face long, Yu Tong didn't respond.

It was then that Du Kun spoke up, his voice soft. "I have a bit of an impression of this Nie Tian."

Mo Xi and Yu Tong both turned to look at him.

Du Kun's eyes narrowed until his expression was completely ferocious. "I wore the robes of the Grayvale sect to get close to the group from the Spiritual Treasure sect. I wanted to catch them off guard and kill them one by one. But Nie Tian noticed something was wrong, and attacked me before I even made a move. If it weren't for him, I would have been able to kill at least three of the Spiritual Treasure sect brats."

"This Nie Tian guy… is pretty interesting." Mo Xi nodded briefly, memorizing his name, and then turned to Yu Tong. "When we catch up to them, I'll personally capture that Nie Tian, and let you use your blood refining technique to refine every drop of his blood, so that you can vent your anger."

Yu Tong wasn't grateful at all. "Those I want to kill, I'll kill them myself. I won't bother you with it."

"Hahaha!" Mo Xi laughed. "Whatever. I've laid my eyes on Nie Tian anyways. I'll capture him before you do. When that comes, if you don't want him, I'll just tear him apart myself."

"Stop wasting time," Yu Tong said, her face expressionless. "Let's go. We've got to catch up to them before they leave the desert, otherwise they might join hands with those from the Mystic Mist sect."

…

At this time, somewhere else in the desert…

Nie Tian was indulging himself in eating again.

It had been two days since Yuan Feng and Yun Song joined them and they set out as a large group.

For the past two days, everyone had been marching at a fast pace with very limited resting time, hoping to leave the desert and meet with Zheng Bin and his group in the volcano area as soon as possible.

Since there wasn't enough time for cultivation, Nie Tian's plan to use the Lurker Lizard meat to enter the eighth level of Qi Refining within ten days would very likely end up down the drain.

Now that they finally stopped to rest, Nie Tian didn't want to waste any time, so immediately, he took out some Lurker Lizard jerky, and began eating it at the fastest speed possible.

Only after he had stuffed several dozens kilograms of meat down his throat and couldn't eat another bite, did he finally stop.

Without any delay, he started to practice the Qi Refining Incantation.

While he was upgrading his spiritual sea with the Qi Refining Incantation, the energy that couldn't be absorbed once again dispersed into his flesh and bones.

Before long, he was burning up again, sweat pouring out from his pores.

And just like last time, the sweat that poured out of his body was mixed with murky filth.

After a long while, he opened his eyes. When he concentrated his mind and examined himself, he found that his spiritual sea had expanded by another ten percent.

Without any hesitation, he spread out his psychic power in all directions, with him as the center, and discovered that the range of his psychic power had enhanced to a seventy-eight meter radius.

"The improvement this time isn't so great."

Eyebrows furrowed, he went over the whole cultivating process in detail, before realizing that the energy generated in his belly this time was weaker compared to last time.

"The energy contained in the spirit beast meat must be decreasing. Energy contained in freshly killed spirit beast meat should be at its peak, and also can be absorbed the most easily.

"After a spirit beast dies, the energy in its meat will gradually vanish as time goes by.

"Also, by turning the spirit beast meat into jerky, I must have lost some of the energy in the blood."

…

He peeled away the onion, searching for the reason that lay within.

As a matter of fact, back in the glacier area, he already had the feeling that the energy contained in the spirit beast meat decreased as time went by.

However, it was extremely cold in the glacier area, and therefore the spirit beast meat could remain fresh for a long time, making the energy loss in the meat less obvious.

It was natural that he felt the sudden rise in the energy loss rate of the spirit beast meat after they entered the desert.

Moreover, when everyone had turned the spirit beast meat into jerky, it seemed to have sped up the energy loss.

After having a clear understanding of the reasons behind it, he stared at the hundreds of kilograms of Lurker Lizard meat jerkies that he had been carrying, and suddenly felt somewhat distressed.

He realized that in order to make the best out of the Lurker Lizard meat, he would have to consume it all at the fastest speed possible.

In addition, he would need to stop traveling, and practice cultivation day and night.

Only in this way would he be able to make full use of the Lurker Lizard's meat and improve his cultivation base to the eighth level in a short time.

The more time passed, the less benefit he would be able to gain from the Lurker Lizard meat.

However at this time, everyone, with Jiang Lingzhu and An Ying as the leaders, wanted to leave the desert, and join forces with the Mystic Mist sect as soon as possible.

It would be impossible for them to slow down their pace, just for Nie Tian to cultivate.

Either he left the group, found a remote corner in the desert, and while bearing the risk of being found by the Ghost sect and Blood sect, cultivated day and night to break through into the eighth level at the fastest speed possible.

Or he missed out on the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and kept traveling safely with the group.

His face shifted between various expressions, and after a long pondering, he sprung to his feet, saying, "Sorry guys, I won't be able to travel with you and search for the Mystic Mist sect's guys any more."

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Despite the fact that everyone urged him to stay, Nie Tian still chose to leave the group.

The reason he gave was that the desert was more suitable for his cultivation.

Of course, Jiang Lingzhu and Pan Tao didn't believe that for a minute.

After all, only Qi warriors with a flame cultivation attribute would be able to rapidly enhance their cultivation bases in the desert.

However, so far there hadn't been any sign that Nie Tian had such a cultivation attribute.

Even if Nie Tian's cultivation attribute was indeed flame, the volcano area, where Zheng Bin and other Mystic Mist sect disciples were, should be a better place for him to cultivate.

Therefore, everyone was sure that it was merely an excuse. However, they still couldn't understand why Nie Tian chose to leave while they were facing the double threat of the Blood sect and the Ghost sect.

Meanwhile, Nie Tian didn't give them a reasonable explanation. He simply parted with the group while carrying hundreds of kilograms of Lurker Lizard's meat on his back.

Having parted ways with the group, Nie Tian walked alone for half a day before coming to find a secluded sand dune. Then he started to devour the Lurker Lizard's meat non-stop, as he proceeded with his cultivation.

He didn't want to waste any more time. He only wished to consume all the meat before the energy that it contained completely faded away.

The only reason why he had risked his life and left the group was that he wished to break through into the eighth level of Qi Refining with the help of the Lurker Lizard meat as soon as possible.

He didn't dare to waste another second.

During the next two days, all he did was wolf down the meat and cultivate around the clock!

As the result, it only took him two days to expand his spiritual sea by another thirty percent.

Since he was no longer marching at a fast pace, and not worrying about anything else for that matter, he used all of his time to cultivate. In this way, his cultivation improved even faster than he had anticipated.

Not only did his cultivation base improve significantly, but as his fleshy body grew stronger, the range of his psychic power reached as far as ninety meters!

He enjoyed the process, and the result of seeing improvement every day. The feeling of himself becoming more powerful every day made him go all out with his heart and soul.

…

On the other hand, in the desert…

Yu Tong of the Blood Sect held a dark-red compass in her hand. She bit her fingertip and dripped a drop of fresh blood onto its surface, whereupon it turned into countless thin strands of blood which swam about in the compass, as if they were alive.

Then, a misty blood aura was released from the compass, making it look more mysterious than ever.

Soon after, the thin strands of roaming blood lines gradually permeated the compass, disappearing one after another.

"Appear!" exclaimed Yu Tong.

Instantly, tiny, blood-colored lights emerged from the compass, flickering and wiggling slowly.

Mo Xi of the Ghost Sect, as well as everyone else, began to slowly edge closer. "The Blood Searching Compass of the Blood sect really is magical and true to its name!" Mo Xi said with sincere admiration.

He knew that each and every blood-colored light on the compass represented the fluctuations of Qi and blood, symbolizing living beings.

A large number of blood-colored lights gathered in one spot, and moving unceasingly, meant that a group of people were traveling together.

Eyes fixed his on the compass, Du Kun said, "Nineteen blood-colored lights represent nineteen people. If I'm correct, those are the trial takers from the Spiritual Treasure sect and the Cloudsoaring sect."

"Yee?!" He reached out his hand, pointing at a solitary blood-colored dot on the compass. "How come there's one person here?"

Mo Xi looked over with rapt attention, and found that there was quite a distance between that light and the other nineteen lights. Obviously, they weren't in the same place.

The group of lights were on the move, while the single light didn't move at all and instead remained at its original spot.

"I guess this person… has been kicked out of the team." Du Kun from the Ghost Sect giggled. "That guy must be a trouble maker. They knew perfectly well that we would chase after him, yet kicked him out anyways. Clearly, they didn't care if he died. Only a guy who displeases everyone would be removed from the group in a situation like this. Pathetic."

At this time, Yu Tong put the Blood Searching Compass away, and pointed in a direction. "That way. Fifteen kilometers from here, there's someone all alone."

Brow furrowed, Mo Xi turned to Du Kun, "Our main target is the group of disciples from the Cloudsoaring sect and Spiritual Treasure sect. It isn't worth it for all of us to change direction just for one person. Whoever this guy is who got kicked out of the group, it can't possibly be Jiang Lingzhu or An Ying. With your strength, you can kill whoever it is, as long as it's not one of those two."

Du Kun understood immediately. "I'll go kill him."

"Okay, regroup with us once you get rid of him," said Mo Xi. "Don't take too long."

"Got it."

Du Kun followed the direction that Yu Tong had indicated, and left the group.

Mo Xi called out, "Move faster guys, we have to catch up to them and kill them in the desert. We can't allow them to get into the volcano area."

"Let's go!"

…

Nie Tian sat there cross-legged, surrounded by numerous sand dunes, the five fingers of his right hand spread out.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

Countless strands of spiritual light emanated from his fingertips.

They followed the fluctuations of his mind and coiled around his fingers like slender, electrical snakes, weaving back and forth between the gaps of his fingers.

"The seventh level," whispered Nie Tian. "Spiritual power breakaway."

At this time, he had just consumed a huge amount of dried spirit beast meat. The meat was still being digested, and the energy within hadn't dispersed yet.

Before practicing the Qi Refining Incantation, he attempted to practice the spiritual power breakaway of the seventh level of Qi Refining.

To his surprise, it went perfectly well. When his spiritual power flowed along his meridians into his fingers, strands of spiritual power wasn't met with any kind of obstacle, and effortlessly broke away from his fingertips.

Soon, he made another shocking discovery: the embodiments of spiritual power actually left his fingertips in form of strands of bright light, and he could sense them and even control them with his psychic power!

Looking at the strands of spiritual light dancing around at his command, Nie Tian had nothing but joy on his face.

Faintly, he had a feeling that the stronger his psychic power, the more accurately he would be able to sense and control his spiritual power.

Plus, he was born with his psychic power stronger than others. While he strengthened his fleshy body, his psychic power had also improved by the day.

Now, his psychic awareness was already able to cover a radius of one hundred meters!

This meant his psychic power was skyrocketing, far surpassing other Qi warriors at his cultivation stage.

With a stronger psychic power, he would have a better command of his spiritual power. When strands of his spiritual power left his body, he would be able to command them to vary their form, exactly according to his will.

"Awesome!" he declared, laughing, his spirits high.

As of this moment, the spirit beast meat he had wolfed down moments ago had already been digested, and gradually started to generate power.

Nie Tian quickly calmed his joyful heart, and without any hesitation, started to practice the Qi Refining Incantation.

He believed that if he managed to consume the hundreds of kilograms of meat before the energy it contained degraded significantly, he would soon be able to break through into the eighth level of Qi Refining.

THUMP! THUMP!

The clear sound of footsteps suddenly rang out, which grew louder and louder.

Nie Tian only desired to practice cultivation when he heard the sound. His expression suddenly flickered, and without much thinking, he once again released his psychic awareness to sense the anomalies in the vicinity.

He knew that the Cloudsoaring sect and the Spiritual Treasure sect's disciples must be rushing towards the volcano area at maximum speed. They couldn't be here.

What were approaching him must be either disciples of the Ghost sect or the Blood sect, or spirit beasts that roamed the desert.

The reason he released his psychic awareness was actually to determine the number of them, so that he could decide whether to flee at the first possible moment.

"There's only one!"

In the next moment, he retracted his psychic awareness, and gradually rose to his feet in an unhurried manner.

THUMP! THUMP!

The sound of footsteps grew even louder. It seemed that the man wasn't worried at all that Nie Tian might flee. Instead, he was trying to scare him with his imposing manner.

Nie Tian had a calm expression on his face. After he was sure that there was only one in the vicinity, not only did he stop worrying, he actually became quite excited.

Moments later, Du Kun appeared on top of a sand dune.

"Oh, it's you!" he said, sounding a bit disappointed. "I can't believe you didn't run!"

As soon as Du Kun showed up, Nie Tian recognized him and grinned. "You again? There's only one of you? What, you expected me to run or something? Where are the rest of your friends? Running to catch up?"

"The others?" Du Kun said, sneering. "Ha! Who do you think you are? You really think our entire group would change plans just to chase after a loser like you, someone who got kicked out of his group?"

"Fine," Nie Tian said, clenching his fist. "Well now that you're here, don't even dream about leaving!"

And that was when Nie Tian attacked.

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"You dare to fight me?"

Du Kun had never felt even the slightest bit of respect for Nie Tian. Seeing Nie Tian dashing toward him in this way, he didn't even bring out a spiritual tool to fight with.

He waited until Nie Tian was about ten meters away, then laughed in a deep voice and stretched out his fingers.

At first, his fingers were the same color the rest of his skin, a seemingly unhealthy, waxy yellow.

But when he extended them, his palms and fingers suddenly turned as black as ink.

At first glance, it almost looked as if he had put on a pair of black gloves, which then sent numerous black aura strands out of his fingertips.

"Go!"

With a swing of his hands, he sent finger-thick beams of black light shooting out. They were like sharp, pitch-black swords, piercing ferociously towards Nie Tian's chest.

From within those black light beams, there also came surges of intense coldness. When they were about to reach Nie Tian, he even heard the weeping sound of evil ghosts.

"Wail of the Ghost!" shouted Du Kun. Face cold, he took the bracelet of human thumbs off his wrist and clenched his fist around it.

A moment later, strands of black smoke flowed out of the bracelet and rapidly transformed into distorted ghost heads..

Next, the sound of the wailing ghosts grew even louder and more heart-quivering!

The chorus of weeping was like a hail of sharp thorns, piercing into the depths of Nie Tian's spiritual sea.

A moment later, the beams of light stabbed into Nie Tian's chest, causing piercing pain to fill his mind.

PUFF! PUFF! PUFF!

Not only was his dashing momentum towards Du Kun stopped, he even staggered backward several steps because of the excruciating pain.

When he finally struggled to a stop, he looked down to discover that he had more than ten bloody holes drilled into chest.

The sight of the fresh blood flowing out from each hole caused him to cry out involuntarily.

After the dust settled, Du Kun looked at Nie Tian, totally stunned.

"You're still alive?"

All of the five disciples that the Ghost sect had sent into the Green Illusion dimension were Qi warriors at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Du Kun had reached that level a year ago, and had already slaughtered seven opponents at the same stage as himself.

Those seven people were all at the ninth level of Qi Refining. However, when they were hit by his ten light beams, their bodies had all been pierced, killing them instantly.

Nie Tian, on the other hand, had been sent staggering backward, and was bleeding profusely, but still stood strong and tall.

These abnormalities left Du Kun completely puzzled. He quickly put aside any feelings of contempt towards Nie Tian, and started to examine him all over again.

Looking down at the ten holes in his chest, Nie Tian's face turned grim, and an intense fighting spirit gradually filled his bright eyes.

"I'm wounded…"

This was the first time that he had ever been truly hurt in battle.

Before, when he fought juniors of the Nie clan, they were forbidden to use spiritual tools, hence he had never sustained a serious injury.

The worst thing that ever happened was that he coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, but nothing more.

However, in this battle with Du Kun, it was only the first exchange, and already he had more than ten bloody holes drilled into his chest.

Were it not for his exceptionally strong physique, Du Kun's first strike might have already killed him.

At this time, even though he was wounded, and hurting incomparably in the chest, he showed no fear.

On the contrarary, he was somewhat excited!

"Yee?!"

Even as he shook out his arms and legs, preparing for his counterattack, he suddenly felt the warm currents in his abdomen madly converging onto the bloody holes in the front of his chest.

Only at that time did he remember that he had consumed a large amount of spirit beast meat before Du Kun showed up.

Originally, he was going to use the spirit beast meat to continue strengthening his flesh and bones, as well as expanding his spiritual sea.

However, due to the abrupt outburst of battle, he didn't have the chance to calm down and cultivate. At this moment, the spirit beast meat that he had previously consumed started to generate power.

He could sense that the power neither merged into his flesh, nor flowed to his spiritual sea, but rather converged onto the bloody holes in his chest.

When he looked down to check his wound again, he discovered to his surprise that the bleeding had completely ceased!

Moreover, the incomparable pain had also been significantly reduced.

It was as if the bloody holes pierced into him by Du Kun's finger blasts weren't even affecting him at all.

Du Kun had been staring at Nie Tian the whole time. Therefore, he also noticed the incredible anomalies and the astounded expression on his face.

Brow furrowed and expression even grimmer, Du Kun suddenly recalled what Yu Tong had said earlier.

"This Nie Tian guy… seemed to have injured Yu Tong before."

Then, he took in a large gulp of air, and blew vigorously at the numerous ghost heads floating above the bone bracelet.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Seven ghost heads seemingly transformed into a stream of black smoke. Letting out ear-piercing shrieks, they suddenly flew towards Nie Tian.

At the same time, Du Kun's stretched-out fingers were once again covered in a black aura.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Ten finger blasts shot out from his fingers, as fast and sharp as an arrow.

This time, their target was Nie Tian's eyes!

WOO! WOO! WOO!

The chorus of the ghosts' wailing cries also rang out loud again.

Nie Tian, who had just calmed himself, and was just getting ready to make his move, was once again inundated by the ghost cries, and illusions began to haunt his mind.

As of this moment, the seven floating and shrieking ghost heads had seemingly transcended the physical world, and suddenly appeared in his mind.

"A psychic power attack!"

Having suffered from the first round of attacks, Nie Tian immediately understood the situation. Squinting, he released his increasingly powerful psychic power.

In his mind, he forged his psychic power into numerous lightning-wreathed blades.

These embodiments of his psychic power followed his command, slashing towards the ghost heads that had inexplicably appeared in his mind.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Completely contrary to what he had expected, the ghost heads in his mind couldn't withstand a single blow, and exploded under the attack of his blades of psychic power!

"Yes! Psychic power can actually be used in this way!" He laughed out loud.

No longer influenced by Du Kun's psychic power attack, he had a clear vision of the incoming ten beams of black light, and thus effortlessly avoided them.

The ten finger blasts missed their target, and disappeared soon after passing Nie Tian.

"Yee?!"

After having dodged the finger blasts, he looked over with rapt attention to find that the seven shrieking ghost heads had all disappeared.

"Could it be that those ghost heads I killed with my psychic power blades were actually real?" He was confused.

He had been under the impression that the fight just now only took place in his head, and was a mere illusion.

Moments ago, the seven floating ghost heads had appeared to be quite a distance away.

However, after he mentally slaughtered them with psychic power, they vanished from the real world as well.

Over the years, he had always practiced cultivation in the Nie clan, and had never been guided by a Qi warrior with profound knowledge.

He had been teaching himself how to comprehend and wield spiritual and psychic power.

Up to now, his application of psychic power was still limited to sensing lives and movements within a one hundred meters radius.

PUFF!

Just as Nie Tian was lost in thought, Du Kun suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, as his eyes grew dimmer.

"You! How come you have such strong psychic power?!" Shock stretched across Du Kun's face.

Ghost sect disciples were experts in the art of psychic power, and every one of them possessed psychic power stronger than disciples of the other sects. The spell Du Kun had cast just now, Wail of the Ghost, was one of the Ghost sect's secret psychic magics. It was so powerful and deadly that it could exterminate the soul of their opponents!

Only the Ghost sect disciples possessed the ability to use their psychic power to skillfully attack their opponents minds.

And only those who had incomparable determination and resilience would be able to resist such techniques.

From the time he had begun practicing cultivation to now, Du Kun had never come across someone who could repulse his Ghost Weep spell and injure him!

"I don't know why I have such strong psychic power either," Nie Tian said indifferently before suddenly charging in Du Kun's direction.

Actually, he didn't quite understand what had happened, but could tell that Du Kun had somehow become dispirited. Clearly, something was wrong with him.

Therefore, he wished to seize this perfect opportunity, and kill him when he was in a poor state!

"You're different!" Du Kun's expression flickered. "You don't know how to cast psychic power spells, but your psychic power is unbelievably strong! It was because your psychic power was far stronger than mine that you were able to repulse my Wail of the Ghost and injure me! Nie Tian! I'll remember you!"

With these words, Du Kun turned around and fled like a swift ghost.

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"He ran, just like that?"

Nie Tian stared blankly at Du Kun's fleeing figure.

He had no idea that, for the Ghost sect disciples, injuries to the soul and mind were far more serious than physical injuries.

They were most skilled at attacking their enemies' psychic world with their superior psychic power. In that way, they would be able to gain an advantage in battles.

However, if their psychic attack failed, or their opponents possessed stronger psychic power, the rest of their tactics would usually not yield good results.

In this case, Du Kun was already convinced that Nie Tian's psychic power was far stronger than his.

He failed to seriously wound Nie Tian using a psychic weapon that he was quite adept with, and even suffered major injuries from Nie Tian's counterattack.

Therefore, he decided to play it safe and quit the fight with Nie Tian. The main thought in his mind was getting away as quickly as possible, and then healing the injuries to his soul.

WHOOSH!

Bent on escaping, Du Kun turned into a constantly shifting shadow, which fled at an extremely high speed.

Nie Tian finally snapped out of his thoughts, and snorted coldly. "You can't get away."

He then flashed into action, chasing after him.

By this point, the pain in his chest was gone, and the ten wounds caused by Du Kun's finger blasts has long since stopped bleeding.

Energy was still being generated from his belly, dispersing and roaming about in his entire body. This allowed him to feel full of energy, as though he would never be tired.

Du Kun, on the other hand, had been unceasingly drawing spiritual power from his spiritual sea, so as to run faster into the desert.

Nie Tian scanned the area with his psychic power, ensuring that whenever Du Kun vanished behind the sand dunes, he was still able to accurately locate him.

Nie Tian's acute sensing ability was even comparable to Yu Tong's Blood Searching Compass, and could detect all signs of life within a one hundred meter radius.

Therefore, Du Kun couldn't possibly lose Nie Tian by simply taking advantage of the terrain and the shielding of the sand dunes.

No matter what skills he used, or how skillfully he used the terrain, Nie Tian was always able to pinpoint his location.

Du Kun used every secret movement art and escaping skill he had learned from the Ghost sect, but they turned out useless, only resulting in greater waste of strength.

After he realized that Nie Tian could always locate him, he grew more and more anxious.

He didn't move in a straight line, but rather, a serpentine motion.

By doing that, he consumed almost twice as much spiritual power as he would have running in a straight line. By the time he discovered that Nie Tian was repeatedly closing in on him, he had already unwittingly consumed sixty percent of his inner spiritual power.

Realizing that all the tricks he used on Nie Tian had failed, he finally stopped resorting to trickery.

He started to dash in a straight line towards Mo Xi and Yu Tong's direction, hoping Nie Tian wasn't fast enough to catch him.

Once again, Nie Tian showed up five meters behind him, mocking him while moving rapidly. "Accept your fate already. I can tell that you've consumed too much spiritual power. I can also see in your eyes that you're lacking psychic power. Does it mean… that your soul is also injured?

"Ha! With your soul injured, and having overly consumed your spiritual power, you can try to run away, but I'll tire you to death in the end.

"You might as well stop and have a honorable fight with me.

"At least you'll die with honor."

Due to the fact that Nie Tian had consumed a large amount of spirit beast meat, he was full of energy the whole time while he was chasing Du Kun. In fact, the energy he drew upon came almost completely from the spirit beast meat, and not his spiritual sea.

Despite having chased Du Kun for so long, he hadn't used much of the spiritual power in his spiritual sea.

"My companions from the Ghost sect and the Blood sect are just ahead!" Du Kun said, not even looking back at Nie Tian. "Go on and chase me! You'll soon realize that you're seeking death! Wait till I reunite with them; no matter how mysterious your skills are, Yu Tong will refine every last drop of your blood!

"She has already considered you as her target! As long as you appear in front of her, she'll definitely drain your blood with her blood refining technique, and you'll become a dry corpse!"

"Oh really?" Nie Tian replied with a firm expression. "I'm guessing they're currently chasing after the trial takers of the Cloudsoaring sect and Spiritual Treasure sect, whom I parted with quite a few days ago. They should be reaching the edge of the desert by now. I assume your people should have been pursuing them for about two days already. Am I right?

"You came by yourself, and it probably took you a day to get here, right? They must have been chasing after my people when you split up with them and came after me. So that adds up to a very long distance between them and us.

"From my rough calculations, I can tell that it'll take at least one day for you to reunite with them.

"In such a long time, you'll easily use up all of your spiritual power, and I'll kill you effortlessly after that."

Nie Tian took his time to give voice to his analysis.

Du Kun was still running with his back towards Nie Tian. However, as soon as he heard Nie Tian's analysis, his face suddenly turned bleak.

He knew perfectly well that all the things Nie Tian had said were accurate, and he would indeed need more than one day to catch up with Mo Xi and Yu Tong.

And that would be if his soul hadn't been injured and he was full of spiritual power.

In his current state, he definitely couldn't dash forward over a long period of time. Actually, he desperately needed to rest and stabilize the anomalies of his soul with the Ghost sect's secret magics.

However, he also knew that once he stopped he would face Nie Tian's storm of attacks.

There was no way that Nie Tian would give him even the slightest chance to recover.

Soul injured, spiritual power overly consumed, he no longer had the confidence to win against the inexhaustible Nie Tian.

However, he ignored Nie Tian's taunting. Tight-lipped, he focused only on dashing ahead, not wishing to waste his energy arguing with Nie Tian.

At this time, the closely pursuing Nie Tian also became slightly agitated, because he had noticed that, just like An Ying had said, Du Kun truly had a way with escaping.

Dashing forward at full speed, Du Kun seemed weightless, and the way he moved was extremely unpredictable and swift.

Nie Tian had already resorted to using his own spiritual power, but still failed to shorten the distance between him and Du Kun. He could only follow far behind him.

The closer they got to the Ghost sect and the Blood sect disciples, the more unsafe he became. The fact that Du Kun was able to pinpoint his location meant that they had an expert or some sort of magical instrument that could detect signs of life.

The truth was that if they could detect that someone was chasing another, they would probably send people to check. In that case, it would be quite dangerous for him.

"No! I can't waste too much time and energy on this guy. I still need to use the spirit beast meat to break through into the eighth level of Qi Refining as soon as possible!"

Teeth clenched and eyes glittering, Nie Tian pondered how to finish off Du Kun in a short time.

"His soul is injured…

"Clearly, the damage to his soul was inflicted by me… Was it because I killed the seven ghost heads in my mind with the blades forged by my psychic power?

"He was able to morph his psychic power into ghost heads and invade my brain, so can I use the same measure against him?

"He's sixty meters away from me, and that's out of the attack range of my spiritual power. But sixty meters is within my psychic power's attack range! So, can I use my psychic power to attack him?

"Plus, his soul is already injured!"

Having thought of that, Nie Tian immediately stopped in place.

He squinted and locked his cold gaze on the fleeing Du Kun. A formidable psychic power was instantly unleashed!

His psychic power traveled at a speed far exceeding the fleshly body. It was only a split second before his psychic power arrived by Du Kun!

"Slash!"

Nie Tian let out a bellow.

In his head, his psychic power, which had already locked onto Du Kun, suddenly morphed into countless sharp blades and slashed toward Du Kun.

The moment he shouted "slash", he had a miraculous feeling that his psychic power blades had pierced into Du Kun's mind!

BAM!

Eighty meters away, Du Kun's light and ever-shifting body suddenly fell onto the ground with a loud crash as if he had taken a heavy strike.

After hitting ground, Du Kun vomited white foam as his whole body spasmed. The life in his eyes gradually faded away!

Receiving a shockingly good result with one strike, Nie Tian couldn't help but exclaim, "Ahhh?!"

The moment he loosened his concentration, the surging waves of psychic power he had just gathered vanished into thin air.

Du Kun, on the other hand, remained motionless on the ground.

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Somewhat puzzled, Nie Tian approached Du Kun, hoping to find out what had occurred.

Du Kun was still twitching on the ground, blood streaming out of the corner of his eyes.

"Already lost your fighting power?" Nie Tian murmured as he crouched down. Then, he grabbed Du Kun's neck with one hand.

CRUNCH!

A disturbing cracking sound echoed from his neck, then his head sagged down as he died instantly.

"It seems Ghost sect disciples are experts of psychic magics. I wonder if he has those kinds of incantation scrolls on him."

Nie Tian's eyes glittered as he started to search Du Kun from head to toe, hoping to obtain secret techniques regarding the cultivation of psychic power from him.

Nie Tian knew that Du Kun's psychic power far surpassed those with a similar cultivation base to his own.

Just now he managed to paralyze Du Kun with a single strike, which helped him to fully realize how amazing psychic power could be.

Unfortunately, he had been cultivating in the Nie clan his whole life, and never had the chance to obtain knowledge regarding psychic power.

If he looted something from Du Kun that could help him get a better understanding of psychic power, he was sure that his battle prowess would rise to another level.

"Hmm. No information of any kind on him."

After searching Du Kun from head to toe, Nie Tian failed to find any information regarding incantations for psychic power cultivation. As such, he felt greatly disappointed.

The only things he found were about ten spirit stones, along with a Ghost sect identity medallion, all of which were in the cloth pouch on Du Kun's waist.

After taking the spirit stones and the medallion, he squinted his eyes, looking in the direction that Du Kun wished to escape in, and fell into deep thought.

He knew perfectly well that Mo Xi, Yu Tong, and the other disciples of the Blood sect and the Ghost sect were currently chasing after An Ying and her alliance at full speed.

He wasn't sure if An Ying and the others could join forces with Zheng Bin in the volcano area before Mo Xi and Yu Tong caught up to them.

"I killed this guy and weakened the Ghost sect all by myself. I suppose this also counts as helping them. With me gone, they have 19 people on their end, so they should be able to just barely contend against the people from Ghost sect and Blood sect.

"Once they meet with Zheng Bin of the Mystic Mist sect, the Ghost sect and Blood sect's mission in the Green Illusion dimension will fail.

"I've come to the Green Illusion dimension to train and build up myself, so I'd better consume the spirit beast meat as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be a huge waste.

"The only thing that I can do to help them is to stay here and cultivate, hoping that after the Ghost sect and the Blood sect realize that this guy has died, they will assign others to come and kill me."

With these thoughts, he sat down next to Du Kun's body, eyes closed, and started cultivating.

…

In the depths of the desert.

The Blood sect's Yu Tong once again took out her Blood Searching Compass to detect An Ying and her companions' location.

Mo Xi stared down at the dots of blood-colored light on the compass, and grinned.

"They're right ahead of us!"

"We'll be able to catch up to them in a day. Then we'll kill them all before they leave the desert!"

Glancing at a corner of the compass, he found a single blob of blood-colored light, and said, "There's only one blob of light left. Du Kun must have succeeded already."

"Something's wrong," Yu Tong said with furrowed brow. She shook her head. "That that blob of light isn't moving. If Du Kun really succeeded, he definitely wouldn't stay in one place."

Upon hearing her words, not only Mo Xi, but other Blood sect and Ghost sect disciples were also seized with shock.

"What?! Are you saying… Du Kun is the one who's dead?" Mo Xi's face turned grim.

Yu Tong said expressionlessly, "I don't want to believe Du Kun would fail either, but the facts are in front of us."

After a moment of silence, Mo Xi suddenly commanded, "Song Heng! Head over there and take a look!"

"No," Yu Tong said calmly. "Considering that Du Kun was the one who died, Song Heng going by himself wouldn't necessarily be safe. However, if we send more people over, we'll be short handed. Even if we managed to catch up to those from the Spiritual Treasure sect and Cloudsoaring sect, we wouldn't be able to guarantee a victory."

Mo Xi shouted, "But he killed Du Kun! He has to die!"

"I understand." Yu Tong nodded. "I'm saying that we have to make priorities. We should finish off those 19 people first. After we do, returning to kill him will be a piece of cake."

"Since he remains in the desert, as long as we have the Blood Searching Compass, there's no way that he can escape."

Mo Xi pondered over it for awhile, and realized that her decision was a wise one. "Alright then. I'll let him live for a few more days!"

…

After killing Du Kun, Nie Tian had always been meticulous while using the spirit beast meat to cultivate.

Every once in awhile, he would release his psychic awareness to detect the fluctuations of life in the surrounding area, and prepare himself for battles that could take place at any time, in case more people from the Ghost sect and Blood sect might come for him.

However, during the following two days, not a single enemy showed up.

In the meantime, he had consumed a large proportion of the Lurker Lizard meat, leaving behind only about a quarter of the original amount.

His spiritual sea had also expanded by as much as eighty percent. Given three more days, he believed he would be able to break through into the eighth level of Qi Refining stage!

"The eighth level!"

The thought of him being able to leap into the eighth level from the sixth level made him suddenly seethe with excitement.

As long as he could reach the ninth level of Qi Refining by the age of fifteen, he would be accepted by the Cloudsoaring sect and become their disciple!

Once he became a disciple of the Cloudsoaring sect, his grandfather's status in the Nie clan would also rise accordingly.

Perhaps all the humiliations and injustice that his aunt had endured through all the years could finally be met with justice.

"I promised my aunt that I'll become a Cloudsoaring sect's disciple! When I get out of the Green Illusion dimension, it won't be long before I honor my word!"

He munched even harder on the spirit beast meat before starting another round of refinement and upgrading of his spiritual sea.

Time gradually passed by…

Three days went by in the blink of an eye, and all of the remaining spirit beast meat was gone.

Sitting with his eyes closed, Nie Tian was practicing Qi Refining Incantation, channeling the energy to reform the spiritual sea in his dantian.

Although focused on his cultivation, he continued to maintain focus on the surrounding area. He suddenly sensed that the stuffy heat of the desert seemed to have faded away.

His hair seemed to quietly stand up on end due to the change in the temperature.

Having sensed the anomaly, he ceased his work with his spiritual sea, and released his psychic awareness, extending it out in every direction.

His first thought was that someone from the Ghost sect or the Blood sect had come for him.

Waves of extremely vigorous life fluctuations suddenly reflected into his soul. Expression flickering, he looked off in the direction of the disturbance.

Soon, his psychic awareness detected a powerful life form, something that clearly didn't belong to a human being!

"Spirit beast! A second grade spirit beast just like the Lurker Lizard!"

He sprung to his feet, eyes locked on the direction that had been determined by his psychic power detection, ready for a fierce battle.

He was right!

About ten seconds later, a giant figure appeared from the direction that he had been staring in.

"The Frost Python!" Nie Tian stood aghast.

Previously, when his group went through the enormous trouble to search for it in the glacier area, it seemed to have disappeared into thin air. Now, however, it had actually appeared in the desert!

The Frost Python was the most powerful spirit beast in the entire Green Illusion dimension, moreover it seemed to possess impressive intelligence.

Upon seeing the Lurker Lizard getting injured, the Frost Python immediately fled the glacier area.

It seemed to know that everyone was hunting for it. Hence, it had concealed itself ever since, not leaving a single trace of its whereabouts.

Unlike the Lurker Lizard, it hadn't been injured by An Ying or Zheng Rui. It had only consumed a little proportion of its strength, which should have long since recovered after such a long time.

This meant the Frost Python that Nie Tian was facing now was at its peak!

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