"It's so strange in here!"
As Xing Hao and the other two entered the core area, they were immediately enveloped by terrifying murderous energy. Xing Hao's brows furrowed. Just moments ago, a savage beast had lunged, nearly injuring Zi Meng.
"Everyone, be careful. This is the core area after all," Cang Li said, his hand already gripping a spiritual sword.
Xing Hao and Zi Meng nodded in agreement. They then glanced at the red dot on the compass in their hands and continued forward.
A day passed in the blink of an eye. Li Xuan was currently slumped on the ground, panting heavily, with a dense carpet of savage beast corpses before him. Half an hour prior, Li Xuan had inadvertently stumbled into the territory of these savage beasts, and the result was, naturally, a fierce battle.
"Young Master, you're in trouble again," at this moment, the Heavenly Dao Brush's voice suddenly rang in Li Xuan's mind.
Li Xuan felt speechless. This little brush seemed to have no other purpose than to say this. However, Li Xuan remained somewhat cautious of the Heavenly Dao Brush's warning. After all, when Xing Long and Xiu Cang had appeared before, Li Xuan had been powerless to fight and could only choose to improve.
"Little Brush, is the trouble from the savage beasts here, or from outside?" Li Xuan asked after some thought. Although Li Xuan wanted to ask the Heavenly Dao Brush what kind of trouble it was, given its previous attitude of "heaven's secrets are not to be revealed," it was better to ask a more practical question.
"Trouble from outside," the Heavenly Dao Brush answered quite readily this time.
"Trouble from outside, huh? It seems someone else has come looking for me," Li Xuan mused slightly, his mind racing.
In the second region, the troubles Li Xuan faced were none other than Xiu Jin, Xing Long, and the like. Now, with trouble from outside, the outcome was quite clear. A stronger individual had emerged from the races of Xiu Jin and Xing Long. Moreover, this newcomer's strength must be immense, as daring to enter this core area was not something an ordinary person could do.
"This is really a headache. Is this a case of the small fry leading to the big guns?" Li Xuan sighed with some helplessness, then began to recuperate.
Since they've come, they can stay here.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Xuan's eyes slowly opened. As he exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, his aura was restored to its peak.
"Little Brush, how much time is left?" Li Xuan asked after a moment's thought.
"At most half a day," the Heavenly Dao Brush replied.
Upon hearing this, Li Xuan immediately took out the low-grade Heavenly Sword obtained from being the top of the Prodigy Rankings and plunged it into his dantian to absorb.
"Huh, this red dot hasn't moved?" At the same time, Xing Hao, on the other side of the core area, stopped and said.
Cang Li and Zi Meng both looked at the compass in Xing Hao's hand. The red dot was indeed stationary. Moreover, the distance between the three of them and the red dot was less than two hundred miles.
"Perhaps he's injured. After all, the savage beasts here are not weak," Zi Meng mused.
Cang Li and Zi Meng nodded in unison. Even they themselves had encountered a wave of savage beasts just moments ago. If not for their strength, they too would have been in considerable trouble.
"Let's speed up. We should resolve this person as soon as possible to avoid any further complications," Cang Li suggested. Zi Meng and Xing Hao nodded, and the three figures moved rapidly towards Li Xuan's location.
At this moment, Li Xuan's aura was growing stronger and stronger. Even the seemingly substantial murderous energy was being dispelled by his power.
Boom!
With a booming sound, a beam of white light shot straight into the clouds. The next instant, Li Xuan's eyes flew open.
Martial God Realm, High-level!
Li Xuan clenched his fists slightly, a hint of satisfaction in his eyes.
Just then, three figures slowly approached. These three were Cang Li, Zi Meng, and Xing Hao.
The expressions of the three were solemn. They had already witnessed the spectacle of Li Xuan's breakthrough from afar. They knew that even when they had broken through to the intermediate Martial Saint realm, the commotion had only been this great.
What made the three wary was that Li Xuan had indeed only just broken through to the high-level Martial God realm. The combat power of someone who could kill two early-stage Saints at the intermediate Martial God realm was truly astonishing.
"Oh, you've arrived at the perfect time." Li Xuan looked at the three of them, a hint of fervent battle intent flashing in his eyes. It was best to consolidate his strength through combat right after breaking through.
Xing Hao and the other two were taken aback. So, Li Xuan was waiting for them?
At this moment, a thousand horses were galloping through the hearts of Xing Hao and the other two. They had chased all this way only to be sparring partners for someone else?
Damn it!
The more Xing Hao and the other two thought about it, the more uncomfortable they felt. However, they couldn't just refuse to fight now that they had arrived. It was frustrating, utterly frustrating!
"You waited for us here deliberately?" Xing Hao finally spoke, looking at Li Xuan. They had learned Li Xuan's location from Luo Ye Xue using the Spirit Seeking Disk, and Li Xuan had actually been able to detect their presence.
Li Xuan smiled and nodded, then stood up and stretched his arms. "Since you've all come, will it be a one-on-one fight or will you all attack together?"
"Attack together? You have quite the nerve. I'd like to see what you're capable of!" Cang Li's eyes flashed with coldness as he took a step forward and looked at Li Xuan, saying.
"Brother Cang, do not be careless!" Xing Hao immediately cautioned.
Cang Li shook his head slightly. "It's fine. Even if his combat power is astonishing, he's only at the high-level Martial God realm. I don't believe he can instantly kill me."
Xing Hao and Zi Meng fell silent. Instantly killing Cang Li was something they, even working together, would find difficult. Moreover, since Cang Li had volunteered to fight, it would be a good opportunity to see exactly how strong Li Xuan was.
Seeing that Xing Hao and Zi Meng had stopped speaking, Cang Li turned his gaze to Li Xuan and said, "Boy, I'll give you a chance to make the first move."
However, the next moment, Cang Li's expression changed drastically. A cold, gleaming spiritual sword was placed directly at his brow.
"I haven't used my 'Heavy Edge' before. Today, I'll use you to test it," Li Xuan said. With a thought, Heavy Edge pierced forward. Terrifying sword intent surged, and in less than ten breaths, Cang Li's life force was extinguished.
Xing Hao and Zi Meng's pupils contracted as they witnessed this. Then, their figures moved in unison, fleeing madly into the distance.
Instantly killed!
Cang Li had been instantly killed by Li Xuan's sword!
Xing Hao and Zi Meng were terrified. How could they possibly fight?
"You've come this far, why rush to leave?" Li Xuan smiled as he saw this, then with a thought, Heavy Edge vanished into thin air. When it reappeared, it had already pierced through Zi Meng's chest. As blood splattered, Zi Meng's body fell straight down.
Xing Hao's body abruptly stopped. He looked at the Heavy Edge before him and swallowed hard, then looked at Li Xuan and said, "What do you want?"
Li Xuan smiled slightly and slowly walked towards Xing Hao. He stopped about ten feet away and after a few breaths, smiled and said.
"I can let you go. However, you have to fight me."