Although Ye Tian was a little confused, he didn't dwell on it. Since Zhang Xinlan had already left, it was ti for him to head back as well.
He started walking toward his dormitory, but his pace was slow. He couldn't shake the feeling—whether it was his imagination or not—that a pair of eyes was watching him from behind.
Only after Ye Tian had gone did Zhang Xinlan's figure reappear. Her stunningly beautiful face was sowhat pale, and if one looked closely, they might notice a faint trace of blood at the corner of her lips.
Gazing at the moon, Zhang Xinlan murmured to herself, "Oh, Ye Tian... when will you finally break through to the Five Vein Realm? You're the only one who can cure this Dream Love Poison afflicting . The Elixir suppressing it will only last for three more years. I wonder... can you do it in ti?"
Zhang Xinlan stood there for a long ti before she flickered away. Had Ye Tian been there to witness it, he would have been stunned. She moved far faster than even the Snake King or Ye Lin.
When Ye Tian returned to his dorm, Zhou Xiang and Chu Hongyuan still hadn't co back. It seed they were truly determined to focus on their Cultivation this ti.
Ye Tian sat on the edge of his bed, completely lost in thought. Zhang Xinlan's words tonight had left him in shock. He had inexplicably agreed to her conditions.
'Her true identity is a mystery,' he thought. 'The only thing I can be sure of is that she's from the Holy Land. But I don't understand... if she's from the Holy Land, why would she co to Linyuan Academy? Could it really have sothing to do with ?'
The more he thought about it, the more confused he beca, so Ye Tian decided to stop thinking about it altogether. Just as Zhang Xinlan had said, the most important thing for him now was to increase his strength. The great mission resting on his shoulders was still waiting to be completed.
anwhile, in another part of the forest, Xiao Wenjie and Guan Tianshui were frustrated enough to spit blood after entering the Ordinary Demon Beast Region.
Ye Tian had told them there were only four Tier Four Demon Beasts in this Ordinary Demon Beast Region. After a long search, they had managed to find and kill them, but now a new problem had appeared before them.
While killing those four Tier Four Demon Beasts, they had encountered a mutated one. For the first ti in their lives, they witnessed a Demon Beast self-destruct.
Although they were unhard thanks to their strength, the explosion tore a massive hole, dozens of ters wide, in the Barrier separating the Ordinary Region and the Middle-Level Region.
In other words, the Ordinary Demon Beast Region and the Middle-Level Demon Beast Region were now connected. The hole in the Barrier had rapidly expanded until the entire Barrier vanished completely.
The Barriers between the three Demon Beast Regions had been constructed by an incredibly powerful expert from the Celestial Dragon Empire, at great cost in both manpower and resources. It was a true sha that it was now destroyed.
The main reason was that the mutated Demon Beast had self-destructed at the Barrier's weakest point. Now, the two of them were faced with the task of finding and dealing with the powerful Demon Beasts from the Middle-Level Region.
They had no idea how many powerful Demon Beasts were in the Middle-Level Demon Beast Region. Their only option was to slowly scan the area with their Divine Sense, but even for Five Vein Powerhouses like them, so places remained hidden from view.
For example, there were Water Attribute Demon Beasts in the water, as well as those hidden deep underground or in caves. If they missed even a few, it would pose a major safety hazard.
But what was done was done; the two could only face reality. The area they had to secure was now much larger.
"Brother Tianshui, let's split up and search in two different directions. We'll kill any High-Tier Demon Beasts we find on sight. That's the only way to ensure the students aren't in danger," Xiao Wenjie said.
Guan Tianshui paused for a mont before replying, "Let's stick together. Tier Four Demon Beasts aren't that powerful, but finding them is a huge hassle. Besides, the Middle-Level Region is so vast, it would be easy to miss so if we split up."
"If that's the case, then let's conduct a sweep from east to west. This situation in the Demon Beast Region is a real headache!" Xiao Wenjie said with a sigh of resignation.
The two of them imdiately flew into the air and began scanning the ground below with their Divine Sense. After flying for more than two hours, they finally discovered a Tier Four Fla Demon Snake.
With their strength, killing the Fla Demon Snake was naturally an easy task. It was over in a matter of breaths, and they, of course, obtained its Magic Crystal.
However, as the two were flying, they completely missed a Tier Four Earth-Split Turtle. It was hidden more than thirty ters deep in the earth, a depth their Divine Sense simply couldn't penetrate.
The Earth-Split Turtle was an Earth Attribute Demon Beast. Its most powerful attack was Earth Splitting, an ability that could instantly tear several massive fissures in the ground, so reaching depths of several, or even ten, ters.
Anyone or any beast caught off guard could easily fall into these fissures and be injured. What was most terrifying, however, was that when the Earth-Split Turtle used its ability again, the fissures would snap shut, returning the ground to its original state.
In other words, it could bury a person or a Demon Beast alive in an instant. It was an attack that was nearly impossible to guard against, making it an exceptionally frightening Demon Beast.
If one were to rank Tier Four Demon Beasts by Attack Power and danger level, the Earth-Split Turtle would certainly be near the top.
Furthermore, its shell was incredibly hard; even a full-force strike from a Five Vein Powerhouse wasn't guaranteed to harm it. This fact only made it all the more terrifying.
The Earth-Split Turtle's fatal weakness was not its head, but a patch of white skin located on its tail. This was the location of its Energy source.
Striking and destroying this spot would cause it to lose all Attack Power, making it much easier to kill.
Of course, Xiao Wenjie and Guan Tianshui had no idea they had missed the Earth-Split Turtle and continued to press forward.
The two spent five full days thoroughly sweeping the Middle-Level Demon Beast Region. They also, of course, killed every Tier Four Demon Beast they managed to find.
Among them was also a Tier Five Demon Beast, a Bursting Red Tiger. Killing this beast took a great deal of effort, and Guan Tianshui was severely injured by the Bursting Red Tiger's terrifying flas in the process.
A Tier Five Demon Beast already possessed the strength of a Five Vein Powerhouse, and Demon Beasts are naturally endowed with greater Defense Power and strength than humans. Add to that the fact that the Bursting Red Tiger was a Fire Attribute Demon Beast with even more formidable Attack Power, and they were truly fortunate to have been able to kill it at all.
"Brother Tianshui, I never expected there to be so many Tier Four Demon Beasts in the Middle-Level Demon Beast Region. Now that we've killed them, we can finally head back to the academy. The field activity should be able to proceed smoothly now," said Xiao Wenjie.
"It seems we've been paying too little attention to the Demon Beast Region," Guan Tianshui said. "After this field activity is over, we should thoroughly inspect the High-Level Demon Beast Region as well. But for now, when we get back, I need to properly recover from my injuries. That Bursting Red Tiger was just too powerful."
And so, Xiao Wenjie and Guan Tianshui left the Middle-Level Demon Beast Region and flew back toward Linyuan Academy. And because of their oversight, a crisis for the academy was now taking shape...
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