The sword fell right in front of Han Chengyang, instantly halting his movement. Simultaneously, a sharp, suffocating, and absolute sword intent erupted, spreading in all directions like an invisible wave. Everyone in the area felt it at once—a pressure that made their lungs feel constricted and their feet seem nailed to the ground. Han Chengyang, who had been advancing with murderous intent, came to an abrupt standstill. His fist, halfway raised, slowly lowered. The silvery-white energy surrounding him dimmed rapidly, like a flame doused by a bucketful of water. A thin layer of cold sweat appeared on his temples, though his expression struggled hard not to show it. "It hasn't even begun, and you already want to fight?" The voice came again, accompanied by a figure in white robes descending from the sky. His white robes fluttered gently as he glided down upon a current of golden sword energy. The aura surrounding him was not merely powerful; it was sharp and measured, like thousa

"Hahaha!" Fang Huan, with his loud and unrestrained laughter, looked at Ye Chen's group with an expression that was both mocking and disgusted. "What a joke! Just because of a few words, you all immediately start imagining every possible scenario, whether it happens or not. You're even letting your wild imaginations run free! Hahaha..." The Beggar Alliance disciples accompanying Fang Huan also began to laugh mockingly. "Saying this and that, shouldn't you just admit that you're simply afraid to go in there?" Fang Huan said to Ye Chen. "Who knows what's going on in your head. Just because Qi Yu told us that the Chalcedon Mushroom and Purple Ginseng are inside, you claim he has malicious intentions! Can't you say that it's his good intention to share this with us?" "Even if there is danger lurking inside, with geniuses like Jian Jinxi, Jin Shang, and Han Chengyang leading the way, what do we have to fear?" "Even if there is a Foundation Establishment Senior inside, those geniuses

Even knowing it would not be easy to obtain the two spiritual herbs without fighting through the thousands of creatures guarding them, not a single person could resist the temptation. Greed had seized their hearts and minds entirely. The chance — the lure — of breaking through to Foundation Establishment was like a spring of water appearing in the middle of a barren desert. "They..." Watching the chaos and the greed blazing in the eyes around them, both Li Yan and Xia Qing'er fell completely silent, unable to find words. For Li Yan especially — who had never once imagined that someone could become this foolish, this ruthless, over nothing more than a few spiritual herbs — her heart was in turmoil. Watching dozens of people fighting desperately for the Chalcedony Mushroom and Purple Ginseng, willing to throw their lives away for it, she felt something fracture inside her understanding of the world. The lives she had always believed to be precious turned out to be worth nothing

Ye Chen was thinking the same thing, as he watched the five people with one leader blocking his path already releasing several strange creatures. "Skeletons?" Li Yan and Xia Qing'er, who knew who the people in front of them were, also immediately turned serious upon seeing the other party. "What's wrong?" Teng Guo, the leader of the five, asked with a chuckle. "Are you afraid of a skeleton, little girl? Or are you very interested in it? Oh, by the way — this skeleton, although it looks lifeless, really likes human blood. Especially if it's the kind belonging to little girls like you. Hehe..." Teng Guo, the one speaking, was actually only controlling one skull — far fewer than the other four, each of whom controlled at least two to three skulls from various animals. However, the black aura radiating from Teng Guo's human skeleton carried a weight of death and hatred far greater than any of the others. Even its eyes, glowing green, sent a faint tremor through the soul of anyone w

"You little wretch! You really are no ordinary person!" Teng Guo, watching Ye Chen's fight with his prized skeleton, suddenly began cursing. Because right now, with Ye Chen having brought out a high-grade Magical Artifact carrying a faint trace of the Earth Dragon, the advantage he had held before was completely gone. The Black Dragon Armor — made from the hide of an Earth Dragon — while not a Spiritual Artifact, was a genuine high-grade Magical Artifact, and in terms of strength and durability it was truly far superior to his skeleton. Even if his skeleton was still faster, all of its attacks had become useless. Because from the moment Ye Chen brought out that Magical Artifact, the three of them began forming a single combat formation that brought the fight to an even footing — and even slowly began to tilt it in their favor. The impenetrable defense of the Black Dragon Armor, the beast-like physical striking power within Xia Qing'er, and Li Yan neutralizing magical attacks — it