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The monster tide had passed, and the ground where it had swept through was littered with the corpses of monsters, both high-level and low-level alike.
Ye Feng and his companions had collected quite a few beast cores along the way.
Of course, Ye Feng did not care for these beast cores. His focus was on what secret treasure had erged to trigger such a massive monster tide. Even the red-eyed bats, which only dared to appear at night, were roused, along with that strange phenonon in heaven and earth. This made one extrely curious about what treasure had been born.
When the sect mbers saw that Ye Feng had no interest in the beast cores, they thought he must be crazy.
"This Ye Feng must have lost his mind. He has no regard for beast cores, such treasures, and it allows us to pick up a bargain!"
A sect mber said smugly.
"Exactly, he's just a foolish youth. We will have our revenge sooner or later; let the boy jump around for a few more days!"
They still harbored resentnt against Ye Feng.
The sect mbers who had acquired the treasured beast cores were overjoyed, and they felt more confident about dealing with Ye Feng.
Under Ye Feng's lead, the group successfully reached the center of the heaven and earth phenonon.
"This is...." Ye Feng looked at the fist-sized lotus flower standing in the void and said with a shocked expression, "The Hun Yuan Green Lotus?"
Indeed, it was this Hun Yuan Green Lotus that had drawn both the heaven and earth phenonon and the monster tide.
Just as its na implies, the Hun Yuan Green Lotus was a treasure that appeared only once every thousand, or even ten thousand years.
A person whose ridians were completely severed and who was unable to cultivate, if they consud the Hun Yuan Green Lotus, could potentially reconstruct their broken ridians and even possibly cultivate divine bones within their body. For soone unable to cultivate, consuming this would be revolutionary; they could successfully enter the path of cultivation overnight, and their cultivation level could skyrocket, turning them into a peerless powerhouse within ten years.
It was this fact that shocked Ye Feng, for the Hun Yuan Green Lotus was an exceptionally rare treasure.
He had never seen such a thing but recognized the Hun Yuan Green Lotus.
The seeds of the Hun Yuan Green Lotus were equally precious; if a cultivator was gravely injured, critically ill or on the brink of death, consuming a lotus seed could bring about their recovery.
"Right now, this Hun Yuan Green Lotus has not yet matured. It should take about another four hours or so to ripen!"
Ye Feng thought to himself, containing his excitent.
"What a coincidence to et you here, Ye Feng! Hahahaha, you won't be so lucky this ti!"
As Ye Feng was looking at the Hun Yuan Green Lotus, a familiar voice rang out in his ear. He turned his head, "Li Benzhong!"
That's right, it was Xu Shen's team, and Li Benzhong was among them.
Ye Feng had not expected to encounter Li Benzhong again so soon after he had managed to escape from the Xuanyuan Hall by a fluke. And by the looks of it, it seed they were here for revenge.
Li Benzhong sure had a hard head. Even the Lord of the Three Halls was no match for Ye Feng, and yet this man was acting arrogantly again. Had he not witnessed Ye Feng's prowess?
"Li Benzhong, hahahaha!" Xiao Chuanqi laughed loudly, "You really know how to find trouble. Heaven offered you a path, but you chose to co to Hell instead. We were worried about how to find you, yet you've delivered yourself to our doorstep. Let's settle both our new and old scores together!"
Similarly, the others had not expected to run into Li Benzhong at this ti, and the bald, broad-shouldered man with the Mountain-Opening Broadsword by Li Benzhong's side exuded a formidable aura.
At this mont, the sect mbers did not know which side to support—both Ye Feng and Li Benzhong were their enemies.
They didn't know which side to choose. Neither side was viable.
"What should we do now? On one side is Li Benzhong, who has deceived us, and on the other side is Ye Feng, whom we loathe with a passion!"
A sect mber whispered cautiously.
"Wait and see. This ti, we won't side with either party; just let's watch what happens!"
Of course, they were leaning more toward Ye Feng's side because only he could lead them out of the Outer Battlefield. Having been tricked once by the extrely cunning Li Benzhong, they didn't dare to trust him again.
Now they could only watch quietly.
"Big Brother Xu, this person here is the one who seriously injured the Lord of the Three Halls. This youngster is insufferably arrogant and even delusionally thinks of slaughtering all of us from the Military Supporting Regint in the Outer Battlefield!"
Li Benzhong exaggerated his words, and upon listening, Xu Shen expressed a keen interest with an "Oh."
Soon after, Xu Shen waved the Mountain-Opening Broadsword in his hand, and the malicious aura around him was instantly released with a pair of cold eyes fixating on Ye Feng.
Those eyes!
"Don't look into his eyes!"
Ye Feng quickly shouted out a warning.
Xu Shen's spiritual power was imnse, and he intended to use it to crush Ye Feng's willpower and then control his consciousness.
If soone was controlled, it would indeed be the end of the road for them.
With Ye Feng's reminder, not one person dared to look into Xu Shen's eyes because they were all afraid to die.
"You want to contest spiritual power with ? Sorry, you've picked the wrong opponent!"
Ye Feng chuckled coldly inside, and a mont later, a flash of gold sparkled in his eyes as he t Xu Shen's gaze.
Xu Shen quickly retreated a few steps, his mind utterly shocked.
"This young man's spiritual power is actually above mine!"
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Li Benzhong hastily helped Xu Shen and asked, "Big Brother Xu, are you alright?"
"Get lost!" Feeling extrely humiliated after being scared off by a youngster, Xu Shen opened his eyes, looked at Ye Feng, and said with a chuckle, "Boy, you do have so tricks up your sleeve. No wonder the Lord of the Three Halls was defeated by you!"
Xu Shen still dared not et Ye Feng's gaze, for in the brief mont their eyes had locked earlier, he saw hell incarnate in Ye Feng's eyes, indeed, it was hell.
"What on earth has this lad been through to have an aura of malice that even surpasses mine?"
Xu Shen thought to himself.
Ye Feng smiled lightly, "The feeling is mutual, I have yet to inquire the esteed na of yourself!"
Xu Shen possessed a spiritual power that Ye Feng had never encountered before. Though it was not as potent as his own, he nonetheless regarded Xu Shen as an opponent.
"Listen well!" Xu Shen straightened his back and said proudly, "I am Xu Shen, the head of the Slaughter rcenary Group!"
Xu Shen chose the na 'Slaughter' for his rcenary group because he had a particular fondness for mass killing.
He once single-handedly massacred an entire regint of rcenaries in the Outer Battlefield, and the manner of their deaths were unspeakably brutal.
Since then, Xu Shen's fa had soared. Other rcenary groups on the Outer Battlefield dared not provoke him, and instead, they tried to curry favor with Xu Shen.
The last thing they wanted was for Xu Shen to take offense and annihilate another rcenary group.
By now, most of the rcenary groups in the Outer Battlefield could be considered Xu Shen's underlings; his na was known to all there.
Ye Feng had heard a bit about the man before him and, with a slight smile, said, "So, it's Xu Shen, the Leader who razed an entire rcenary group overnight. It's an honor to et you!"
"Hmph, surna Ye!" Li Benzhong, emboldened by Xu Shen's reputation, said arrogantly, "Since you've heard of my Big Brother Xu's na, if you know what's good for you, cut off your own cultivation level and kneel before Big Brother Xu. I might put in a good word for you and allow you to keep your corpse intact!"
Li Benzhong's statent perfectly encapsulated the notion of 'a dog taking advantage of its master's power.'
Earlier, at the Xuanyuan Hall, he had acted arrogantly under the protection of the Lord of the Three Halls. After the Lord's defeat, he hadn't thought twice before fleeing. And now, he had latched onto the leader of the Military Supporting Regint and was more arrogant than ever.
Ye Feng's eyes narrowed slightly, "Big Brother Xu, please tether your dog properly. It would be a sha if it went mad and bit one of your own."
What could Li Benzhong amount to, barking and yelping before him ti and again? The opportunity had been given, but alas, the fool didn't know how to cherish it. Well, there was no helping it now.
"Hahahaha!"
Hearing Ye Feng's words, Xiao Chuanqi and others couldn't help but laugh.
"Xu Shen, please tether your dog. If it bites one of your own, that wouldn't be good, right?" Sima Zhantian teased.
The Sect mbers, holding back their laughter, knew what kind of person Li Benzhong was after being tricked once; he was soone who bullied the weak but feared the strong.
He acted tough when he had strong backing but was worse than a dog without it.
The Sect mbers looked down on Li Benzhong, knowing him to be extrely cunning, with none able to decipher what sinister plots might be unfolding in his mind that could turn and bite them later.
"Li Benzhong truly does not know whether he's alive or dead!" soone from the Confucian Sect said solemnly, the consensus echoed by others: "Such a sly villain deserves to die a thousand tis. He nearly caused our demise before, and now he's barking wildly again, relying on the power of the Military Supporting Regint."
Previously, Li Benzhong had been considered a person of importance in these Sect mbers' eyes, but now, to them, he wasn't even worth a dog—a harbinger of bad luck.
"We were truly fools to have listened to this cunning little person's words before!" they lanted.
At this mont, Li Benzhong was clenching his teeth in anger, his body trembling uncontrollably.
"Ye Feng, if you don't die today, then I, Li Benzhong, will walk backwards!" Li Benzhong pointed at Ye Feng and cursed furiously, then turned to Xu Shen and switched to a different tone.
"Big Brother Xu, I ask you to avenge the Lord of the Three Halls. As you have seen, this young man is arrogant and doesn't take you seriously at all. Please execute him!"
"Who do you think you are to tell what to do?" Xu Shen, seemingly simple-minded but actually deeply strategic, was very annoyed at being ordered around. He naturally intended to kill Ye Feng because the Lord of the Three Halls had shown him kindness, and he had to avenge that.
As for Li Benzhong, how dare he try to command Xu Shen?
Xu Shen gave Li Benzhong no face at all, and although Li Benzhong was resentful, he dared not show it; after all, Xu Shen was now his only hope for survival.
"Big Brother Xu, may we offer you a word of advice!" soone from the Sects called out, seizing the situation to speak, "That Li Benzhong was originally with us before he betrayed us, endangering our lives. Are you not afraid of making the sa mistake by trusting him?"
Barefaced discord-sowing, excellent. Li Benzhong could never have imagined the Sect mbers would take this chance to bite back at him.
"Respected Xu, I hold you in high esteem, yet I must urge you not to associate with this Li," interjected the leader of the Buddhist Sect.
The Buddhist Sect harbored deep resentnt towards Li Benzhong.
Seeing everyone pounce on him, Li Benzhong seethed with rage, yet there was nothing he could do. He was furious inside, but he did not dare to act out.
Ye Feng was enjoying the drama, sensing that the scene was rather amusing. He could feel Xu Shen wavering, which ant that Li Benzhong's death was drawing near.
Even if Xu Shen didn't kill Li Benzhong, Ye Feng had no intention of letting him off. Giving him too many chances just proved he didn't appreciate them.
Xu Shen snorted coldly, "Who I associate with is none of the business of you ants!"
"The Outer Battlefield is quite lively today, isn't it?"
At that mont, a voice tinged with sarcasm pierced through the air.
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