Slowly, Ling Yin's eyelids, adorned with long, curved eyelashes, fluttered open. Her clear, ocean-blue eyes blinked several times as she tried to adjust to the blinding desert sunlight seeping through the crevices of the rock shade.The biting chill that had gripped her chest was gone, replaced by a gentle stream of warm Qi Essence enveloping her meridians. As her vision cleared, the handsome face of Fang Zhe—with faint silver lightning still dancing in his striking eyes—was the first thing she saw."F-Fang Zhe...?" Ling Yin whispered softly. Her voice was still slightly raspy, but the rosy blush returning to her cheeks confirmed that the Black Scorpion's poison had been completely neutralized."Don't move too much just yet," Fang Zhe said calmly. He knelt beside her, tilting his head slightly as his signature lopsided smirk returned to his face. "The poison is cleared, but your blood flow still needs time to stabilize."Ling Yin let out a sigh of relief, but the memories of the fierc

A suffocating silence spread around the valley, standing in stark contrast to the wildly brewing ocean of killing intent contained within Fang Zhe's body.How could he not be furious? Seeing Su Yin's ragged breathing... the bloodstains adorning her sacred dress. That was more than enough to burn away the last threads of Fang Zhe's patience. The youth's pair of Divine Eyes ignited with an extremely dense, pure silver radiance—a glow that radiated the absolute dominance of a slaughterer from hell.Yet, amid an atmosphere of death capable of freezing the soul, Long She actually smirked broadly. As the primary disciple and number one genius of the Flame Wing Sect, his vanity—accustomed to being worshipped—blinded him to the chasms of power separating them."Hahaha! I see you are also the holder of the top points in this first round of the tournament, Fang Zhe?!" Long She laughed boisterously, stepping forward with blazing red flames wrapping around both of his arms. "Excellent! Not only d

Seeing Fang Zhe step closer, and sensing that his life was hanging by a thread, Long She quickly retrieved a blood-red pill from his spatial ring."F-Fang Zhe... You forced me to use this Cultivation Explosive Pill... Even if the cultivation I have gathered up to now drops afterward due to the backlash of using this pill... at least I can kill you!"Fang Zhe's eyes merely narrowed, but he kept walking leisurely toward Long She."Look, I have the Cultivation Explosive Pill—the Soul-Trading Demon Blood Pill!"Long She's eyes, reddened by internal bleeding, suddenly bulged in wild frenzy. Grimacing in agony amid the ruins of the cliff wall, with what little strength he had left and fingers trembling violently, he stuffed it into his throat without hesitation!Gulp...?!"Ugh... KHAK!"Long She vomited a clump of black blood, but in the next second, a terrifying miracle occurred.BOOOOOOOOOOM!The cultivation aura across Long She's body—which had dimmed from Fang Zhe's initial strike—insta

BOOM!The Lightning Sword Slash from the first clone cleaved through the center of the blood-flame dragon’s body with a thunderous roar that tore through the sky. Simultaneously, the second clone’s Ice Sword struck the dragon’s tail with full force, instantly spreading a lethal freezing effect that extinguished the raging flames.Both attacks from the clones—each wielding power equivalent to the Three-Star Sky Martial Realm—hit the blood dragon’s crucial points with deadly precision. The flow of Blood Essence Qi supporting the dragon’s form was forcefully severed!"CRUMBLE!" shouted Fang Zhe's main body.With a push of the combined Ice and Lightning Essence Qi from his Dantian, Fang Zhe swung his sword upward, breaking the forward thrust of the dragon’s snout that had been holding him back.BANG! CRAAASH!Long She's three-headed flame dragon could no longer withstand the terrifying pressure from three directions at once. The gigantic entity cracked, froze, and shattered into billions

SWOOSH!With a casual wave of his hand, several Point-Gathering Jades glided smoothly from Fang Zhe's spatial ring, thrown with precision into the palms of Lu Zhen, Ling Yin, and Su Yin. The glowing numbers contained within immediately adjusted, returning all their accumulated points without a single digit missing.Lu Zhen stared at the jade in his hand with eyes wide in disbelief. "B-Brother Fang Zhe... you actually returned them?""I always keep my word," Fang Zhe replied flatly, his voice calm yet carrying an undeniable, authoritative weight."Those points were just collateral from the start to ensure you would put all your effort into finding Su Yin and Ling Yin."Without wasting any more time, Fang Zhe closed his eyes for a moment. He focused his incredibly massive soul power, reactivating the network of hidden formations he had previously planted on hundreds of Point-Gathering Jades belonging to the trial participants he had subdued all across the Red Skull Valley.BZZZZZZZZT—!