“Hello, you all.” “As you can see, you are all grouped with four people each in different places. The reason is for you all to work together as a team to get the treasures since the challenge would be increased progressively and it would be almost impossible to survive alone.”“You're not allowed to kill any of your team members because you're supposed to work together as one and try as much as possible to stay alive.”“That being said, the challenge shall begin now,” his voice echoed heavily, shaking their souls vigorously before it vanished into thin air like it never existed. “So we aren't allowed to kill him because he's a member of our team,” the finely dressed young man said in a low tone and the bearded man scoffed with a cold look on his face. “That's right. He's lucky. If not, you would have killed him a moment ago,” the bearded man said and Smith scoffed.Smith took a deep breath and sat down on the floor with a cold look on his face as he muttered to himself inaudibly, “

The enchanted forest stood a magnificent tree unlike any other. Its towering trunk was thick and gnarled, its sprawling branches covered in shimmering emerald leaves that glowed faintly under the moonlight. This was the Dragon’s Bounty, a tree of legend, said to bear the rarest of fruits—twin dragon fruits, each a marvel of nature.These fruits, known as the Ember Scales also known as the Dragon Fruit, resembled the hide of a slumbering dragon. Their outer skin was layered with hardened, overlapping scales in deep crimson and fiery gold, glistening as if embers pulsed beneath. The scales were tough to the touch, yet when peeled away, they revealed a luscious, glowing core of translucent nectar. The fruit’s flesh, infused with the energy of the tree’s ancient magic, shimmered like molten amber, releasing a sweet, intoxicating aroma that carried hints of wild honey and exotic spices.Legends spoke of those fortunate enough to taste the Ember Scales, claiming the fruit granted temporary

The dragon looked up as soon as Smith finished his statement and stared at him with his fiery gaze longingly, hoping Smith was serious about his offer. Although some of the spirit beasts can't talk, they had the intelligence of a human so they could hear and understand human language. Smith, who had noticed the look, nodded his head affirmatively. “You have less than thirty seconds. If you don't finish them up, I won't hesitate to kill you afterward,” Smith said with a cold look on his face and the dragon looked up coldly.The trio looked up at Smith in despair. “What are you doing?”“You're going too far.”“Please stop this dragon. Why are you like this?” The trio shouted and cried out in pain as they struggled against the dragon. They kept cursing at Smith because Smith had ruined their plan. Although the dragon had entered the Berserk Mood earlier and its strength had been amplified, they would be able to survive and kill the dragon after dragging out for about twenty minutes.

“Who are you? Where are you? Come out and stop hiding,” Smith yelled with a cold look on his face as he looked around cautiously, trying to find the person whose voice spread across the place. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find the trace of the person despite feeling the presence of the person around him. “Since you won't come out of your hiding, I'll have to do it in the hard way,” he said with a cold look on his face as he walked toward the Golden box that was chained at the top of a mountain. The Golden box had an ancient crescent moon design on it. “That box must hold a lot of resources,” he thought to himself as he walked towards the mountain. Just as he attempted to near the tall mountain, he was repelled by a strong force that was filled with enormous dark energy. “This is bad,” he thought to himself and shook his head with a sigh as he staggered back to his feet and stared at the tall mountain before him. “How dare you go close to the BloodFall Sacred Mountain

“Why aren't you saying anything?” Smith asked in a calm tone as he stared at the spirit beast that was staring at him in shock and utter disbelief. “What do you want me to say? You've gotten past me in cultivation. It'll be useless to fight against you,” the spirit beast said nervously as Smith moved closer to it with a stern look on his face. “Useless to fight against you? No, it isn't useless. I guess you enjoyed the look on my face while I was struggling to fight against you earlier,” Smith asked in a cold tone as he stretched his hand at his sword which flew toward him magically. “Hmm,” Smith's lips curled into a dark smirk as he grabbed the sword midway and glared at the spirit beast which was shocked by his immense strength. “You haven't stabilized your cultivation power yet your power completely overshadows mine,” the spirit beast said in a trembling voice. “Yes. I guess that's the perk of being in the perfection stage of the Void Ascension Realm,” Smith said with a dark