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"Escape!"

Jiang Molin was terrified; in his eyes, Ye Fan was simply a monster. Although he hadn’t broken through the Divine Power Realm, he possessed incredibly terrifying combat power, with Holy Power like rivers and a body comparable to the Spiritual Treasures of the Divine Power Realm. How could they possibly fight him?

"Trying to run? If any of you manage to escape, I’ll change my name to Bai Yan dog!"

The Bai Yan wolf shouted defiantly. It was proficient in array patterns and especially skilled in researching isolating breath formations. It had already broken the formation that the group had set up and countered with another formation; below the Lord Realm, no one but the wolf could escape.

"Not good, this place is sealed by a formation, we can’t get out. What should we do?"

Jiang Molin and the others were in dismay; this was certainly a death trap.

"At this point, we can only use it. Let’s get back and talk later; I don’t believe he would dare harm us in the Ancient City!"

All four of them simultaneously produced a small Transmission Array Platform, activating it directly. The platform quickly enlarged, and with a flash of light, they vanished from their spot.

Every disciple leaving the Immortal Academy collects a small directional Teleportation Array Platform from the elder guarding the city before they venture out. It’s a measure the academy uses to protect its disciples.

The three who were killed by Ye Fan were completely unaware of their impending death until it was too late; they hadn’t even managed to retrieve their Teleportation Array Platform before being killed by Ye Fan.

Jiang Molin and the others were terrified. They hadn’t planned to use the Transmission Array Platform, but at this moment, they activated it quickly to save their lives, disappearing from sight.

"Get out here!"

The Bai Yan wolf shouted, causing the void to tremble. The four screamed as they fell from the void, covered in blood, in a miserable state.

"Heh heh..."

The Bai Yan wolf sneered as it approached, pressing its large paw down on one person and said ominously, "My Sky-locking Array holds the void captive; do you still think you can escape?"

"Old Bai, you’re formidable!"

Initially, Ye Fan thought the Transmission Array Platform had sent the four into the void, fearing they’d return to the Ancient City in a blink and he’d miss the chance to kill them. Unexpectedly, the Bai Yan wolf’s formation was terrifyingly powerful, even immobilizing the void; the platform was useless, leaving them only to wait for death.

"Ugh..."

Upon hearing the Bai Yan wolf’s words, the four turned deathly pale; especially Jiang Molin, who regretted deeply provoking this malicious star. Wasn’t this courting death?

"Tell me, who instructed you to target me?" Ye Fan scanned them before finally fixing his gaze on Jiang Molin.

Undoubtedly, Jiang Molin was their leader and would know more, so asking the others was pointless.

"If we tell you, will we still have a chance to live?"

Jiang Molin licked his lips, trembling as he asked.

The spatial passage had collapsed, leaving him gravely injured. At this moment, fighting Ye Fan was impossible; even moving was a struggle.

"No!"

Ye Fan coldly replied, "However, I’ll give you a swift end; otherwise, you’ll suffer worse than death!"

"This..."

The four exchanged glances, falling silent after experiencing Ye Fan’s ruthless tactics; they knew surviving was unlikely.

"My patience is limited. Even if you choose silence, I can still guess some things. Asking you is merely to confirm my suspicions. You may choose to stay silent."

Ye Fan approached one person and suddenly struck, sending finger beams into the person’s body, initially causing no visible change.

A moment later, Ye Fan pulled back, speaking coldly, "This is the Broken Vein Cutting Finger. In a quarter of an hour, his meridians will reverse, all broken, experiencing immense pain, screaming for seven days and nights before dying!"

"You... you..."

Before Ye Fan finished speaking, the person shouted in terror, feeling as if their meridians had already started to reverse.

This death was terrifying; cultivators weren’t afraid of dying, but the cruel death left them chilled to the bone. Ye Fan’s terrifying methods made them fearful.

As the four remained silent, Ye Fan wasn’t in a hurry. He casually roasted some Xuan Beast meat, eating while waiting; he had plenty of time to waste with them.

"Ah... ah... no... spare me!!"

A quarter of an hour passed quickly, and the Broken Vein Cutting Finger began its work. The person’s meridians reversed, causing him to scream in agony, scratching wildly, tearing his own flesh until he was a bloody mess.

"Hiss~"

Witnessing this, Jiang Molin and the other three gasped in shock. Although the pain wasn’t inflicted on them, they empathized; enduring such agony for seven days before dying was terrifying.

"Kill me, give me a quick death, I beg you..."

The person kept twitching on the ground, mixing blood and tears in a pitiful display.

"Are you still unwilling to talk? Or would you rather suffer the pain of Broken Vein Cutting Finger for seven days before dying like him?"

Ye Fan wiped the grease from his hands, addressing Jiang Molin and the others.

"No, no... we’ll talk, we’ll talk..."

The three were completely frightened out of their wits by Ye Fan’s terrifying methods.

Compared to such suffering, death seemed like the best relief. Immediately, the three began to speak one after another, revealing the reason behind the incident.

It turned out the mastermind behind this was not Li Tianfeng. He was merely a pawn being used— the true mastermind was the second-ranked figure among the new disciples, Zhou Zhaolong.

Zhou Zhaolong targeted him to avenge Qing Zi. He and Qing Zi were cousins; Qing Zi’s aunt was his mother.

Upon hearing that Qing Zi was killed by Ye Fan during the Southern Domain genius competition, he wanted to rush over for revenge, but due to various reasons, he ultimately couldn’t make the trip.

Originally, he chose the Imperial Academy but changed his mind and entered the Immortal Academy upon hearing Ye Fan was there, seeking an opportunity to kill Ye Fan for Qing Zi’s revenge.

Previously, during the Ancient Battlefield, those who provoked and robbed Ye Fan were under Zhou Zhaolong’s instructions, trying to probe Ye Fan’s strength.

However, Ye Fan counterattacked fiercely, robbing those people instead, which surprised him and made him realize Ye Fan wasn’t easy to deal with.

From that moment on, he always held back, merely inciting Li Tianfeng and others to provoke Ye Fan while he never acted personally.

This time, Jiang Molin and the others went out of the city to hunt Xuan Beasts for training, not expecting to encounter Ye Fan— it was completely coincidental. The five of them decided to attack Ye Fan to please Zhou Zhaolong, but the result was...

"Zhou Zhaolong..."

A hint of harshness flashed in Ye Fan’s eyes, and then he directly acted, exterminating all three. The Xuan Beasts they hunted, along with various Spiritual Medicine and materials on them, naturally changed ownership instantly.

"Let’s go, back to the city!"

Ye Fan set a fire to cleanse everything here, erasing all traces, then headed towards the Ancient City with the Bai Yan wolf.

With the Bai Yan wolf present, Ye Fan avoided many powerful Xuan Beasts. He realized that continuing to fight this way might not necessarily lead to breakthroughs; he needed a different approach.

Given Ye Fan’s strength, mental realm, and Divine Soul intensity, he should have already broken through, yet he hadn’t, leaving Elder Xuan, the knowledgeable old monster, puzzled.

"How about trying to test your strength? Perhaps you can break through during the testing."

Finally, Elder Xuan suggested Ye Fan participate in a test, possibly gaining some inspiration to cross this hurdle.

The path of Martial Arts, from True Qi Realm to True Essence Realm, to Holy Embryo Realm, is merely a change in strength. However, reaching the Divine Power Realm requires insights into the elements and traces of the Great Way, not just hard cultivation, it demands opportunity and inspiration.

An hour later, Ye Fan arrived at the city gate, returned the Array Platform, and headed to Elder Lan Yingfei’s residence, responsible for recording contribution points.

"Did you hunt all of these?"

Seeing the mountain of Xuan Beast corpses, Lan Yingfei asked in disbelief.

"Yes, please see how many contribution points these can exchange for."

Ye Fan nodded; he needed contribution points, the more, the better, as they might be of great use in the future.

"Almost all are Divine Power Realm Xuan Beasts! I truly can’t believe you single-handedly hunted all of these!"

While registering and calculating the contribution points of these Xuan Beasts, Lan Yingfei spoke to Ye Fan.

It’s no wonder he doubted, as previously there were many disciples going out for training, hunting Xuan Beasts in teams. Otherwise, encountering powerful Xuan Beasts might lead to one’s demise.

However, even teaming up didn’t yield the abundant harvest Ye Fan achieved this time, with over a hundred Xuan Beast corpses, some as large as a small mountain, piled high, almost none were weak—they are extremely strong Xuan Beasts, yet Ye Fan is merely at the Peak of Holy Embryo Realm. How did he accomplish this?

Ultimately, Ye Fan earned three hundred and sixty-eight contribution points, while Lan Yingfei sighed and input the points into his Jade Token.

Meanwhile, in the center of Ancient City, Ye Fan’s name flickered on the Immortal Stele, swiftly soaring to ninth place, ranking in the top ten.

Above him were Shi Ye, Zhou Zhaolong, and Qi Tianlin, and above them were disciples from previous years with ample time spent here, naturally hunted more Xuan Beasts, thus ranking higher.

Ye Fan didn’t look at his ranking—it held no significance. After leaving Lan Yingfei’s place, he returned directly to his Dong Mansion, washed in a nearby lake, changed into clean clothes, and surprisingly, slept for a while.

Since embarking on the path of cultivation, Ye Fan seldom sleeps, replacing it with cultivation instead—sleeping is almost a luxury for him.

He didn’t care about his ranking, but everyone else was shocked.

Many were very concerned about their ranking, testing their Divine Soul Power, Physical Strength, and overall power, and the Immortal Stele would sort everyone based on their performance.

The rankings on the Immortal Stele are a reflection of strength, everyone hopes their ranking is higher, and seeing Ye Fan leap from an unnoticed last place to the top ten, many were astonished.

"What did he do? How did his rank soar so dramatically?"

"It’s truly hard to believe— nothing happens, and then something monumental happens. Ye Fan indeed lives up to his name!"

People marveled as Ye Fan’s ranking ascended too quickly, so fast they couldn’t believe their eyes!

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