Deep within the paradise of dicine Valley, as Qin Fan reached the end of the Miasma Mist Forest, several mbers responsible for periter surveillance rushed back to the council hall, their faces pale with panic.
"It's an ergency! An ergency! An ergency!"
Without even knocking, the n burst into the council hall, shouting frantically.
"What is all this fuss about? Stop panicking and speak!" the middle-aged man seated at the head of the council hall said dismissively, setting down his teacup.
"Valley Master, an intruder from the outside... he broke through the Miasma Mist Forest! He unleashed two seas of fire that burned away the mist and incinerated a huge swath of our poisonous plants. The valley's defenses, the Qi Formation and the Enchanting Soul Array, have both been destroyed! They're completely useless now! Anyone who enters the Enchanting Soul Pit can walk right into the heart of dicine Valley!" one of the mbers stamred, his face ashen with terror.
If our secret gets out, how could those bastards at the Guardian Institute possibly leave a place like this alone? Once they're alerted, caught between the national agencies and the Guardian Institute, how could we possibly defend this valley?
Even the lowest-ranking mbers understood this grim reality, so how could the high-ranking officials be unaware? At the man's report, the entire council slamd their hands on the table and shot to their feet.
"What? What did you just say!"
"How many of them are there?" Valley Master Yao Junxian demanded, his expression changing drastically.
"Just... just one! I don't know how he did it, but all the poisonous plants outside the valley were incinerated by his fire. And... and he's just strolling around so casually! It's like he knew we were here and ca fully prepared, completely unafraid!" another mber stamred.
"Everyone, with ! I don't care who he is. Since he dared to break in, we'll make sure he never leaves!" Yao Junxian declared, turning and striding hastily out the door.
The other senior officials and mbers followed closely behind, their faces grim.
「Outside dicine Valley.」
Gazing at the lush greenery, the chirping birds, the fragrant flowers, and the overflowing Spiritual Energy, Qin Fan stopped in his tracks.
He closed his eyes and took a deep, long breath.
Suppressing the giddy excitent in his heart, Qin Fan muttered to himself, "Spirit Grass, Spirit Wood, Spirit Flowers, Spirit Fruit! What an incredible surprise! This place is even more potent than the Heaven and Earth Essence Mansion of the Training Spirit Clan! Reaching the Late Stage of Foundation Establishnt will be no problem at all, and I might even have a chance at breaking through to the Golden Core Stage! I thought the Spiritual Energy on Earth was thin, but I was wrong. It isn't thin; it's just concentrated in a few special areas like this one!"
After he finished muttering, he stepped forward, crossing the boundary into dicine Valley.
The instant his foot landed, the True Qi in his Dantian surged as if drawn by an unseen force, beginning to circulate rapidly through his ridians.
"Stop right there!" a sharp cry erupted from ahead.
Qin Fan looked up to see dozens of dicine Valley mbers forming a human wall, charging toward him at breakneck speed. They were all holding various firearms.
"What's this? The people of dicine Valley use firearms to kill people?" Qin Fan mused with a playful, sarcastic smirk as he watched the human wall close in.
"The Valley Master has ordered that no trespasser leaves dicine Valley alive! Kill!" shouted the apparent leader, relaying a command he heard through his earpiece just as Qin Fan spoke.
The next mont, dozens of firearms opened up simultaneously.
RAT-A-TAT-TAT! BANG! WHIZZ!
A veritable net of bullets, seemingly impossible to dodge, soared toward Qin Fan.
Facing the storm of lead, which seed to move in slow motion to his eyes, Qin Fan shook his head and scoffed, "Tsk, tsk. Is this how dicine Valley shows its hospitality? It seems I've overestimated your class."
As he spoke, he activated his Prison Suppressing Body. A faint azure light flickered across his skin. The bullets simply flattened and fell to the ground the mont they struck him. A continuous series of soft thuds echoed in the air, but not a single bullet could so much as scratch him. It was as if his body were immune to these projectiles, any one of which would have been fatal to an ordinary person.
The bullets kept coming.
Qin Fan kept walking forward.
Although he had a million ways to dodge the gunfire and charge in, he wanted to put on a little show to intimidate these minions. The cost of this display was the minor pain of absorbing a massive volley of bullets, but compared to the sheer shock value, it was nothing to him.
He closed the distance inch by inch, ter by ter.
"No! Impossible! You're not human! What kind of monster are you?" the leader scread in utter disbelief, seeing that even such a dense barrage of firepower did nothing to harm his target, who continued his leisurely stroll as if nothing were happening.
"What I am isn't important. What's important is that in front of , all of you are trash. Forget it. Go on back, and I'll spare your lives," Qin Fan said with a contemptuous laugh, his hands still casually tucked in his pockets.
"Form the array!" the leader roared, stung by the soul-crushing insult.
In the blink of an eye, the dozens of n scattered, moving swiftly to surround Qin Fan from all sides.
"Are you sure you want to die?" Qin Fan asked nonchalantly, pulling his hands from his pockets and clasping them behind his back.
"Soul-snatching Powder! Release it!" the leader shouted, ignoring him completely.
Instantly, all the n moved as one, reaching into their clothes and pulling out a handful of sothing. With a flick of their wrists, they flung it toward Qin Fan.
WHOOSH!
A thick cloud of powder instantly filled the air, completely enveloping the circle around Qin Fan. Amidst the swirling dust, the leader took the initiative, leaping forward to attack. The other mbers surged right behind him.
The distinct aura of martial artists suddenly erupted, soaring into the sky. All twenty-four of them were Dark Energy martial artists!
Although the strongest among them was only at the middle stage of Dark Energy, these were just the outermost guards. If even the grunts on the periter had this kind of strength, what about the core pillars of the valley? Just how powerful was dicine Valley?
Qin Fan, however, wasn't particularly surprised. Given the resources here, mass-producing Dark Energy martial artists wouldn't be difficult.
With a soft chuckle, he activated his Eyes of Golden Fla. His figure blurred, streaking through the dense cloud of Soul-snatching Powder. His gaze locked onto the leader at the middle stage of Dark Energy. He sprang into the air and, with blinding speed, drove both his knees straight into the man's chest.
CRACK!
SPURT!
With a sickening snap, the leader's body was sent flying backward like a broken doll. A spray of Essence Blood erupted from his mouth. A dignified martial artist at the middle stage of Dark Energy, yet he couldn't withstand a single, seemingly casual knee strike from Qin Fan.
"So you'd rather do this the hard way! Fine, I'll oblige you!"
A wicked, arrogant smile touched Qin Fan's lips as his true aura finally burst forth.
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