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Hearing Xiaojiu's words, Ye Chen nodded.

With his current combat strength, ordinary Lower God Kings stood no chance against him. Yet this small Ancient Beast could actually fight him to a draw, revealing its terrifying prowess.

If this diminutive beast could transform into human form, it would likely have more than enough strength to dominate a small Divine City as its Lord!

Moreover, the beast's incredible speed and attack power gave Ye Chen a feeling that surpassed the usual levels of Divine Power, suggesting that it might no longer be at the True God level, but had reached the God King level!

Even if it hadn't reached the Middle God King level with dual-colored Heavenly Divine Power, within the ranks of the Lower God Kings, it definitely stood out as one of the strong ones, far surpassing Lower God Kings of City Lord Nie and Sima Feng's caliber!

Of course, Ye Chen still had a few powerful trump cards up his sleeve to deal with this "Ice Shadow Fox."

For example, utilizing an Ice Puppet to launch a Middle God King level attack could be a way to kill the beast.

But killing this beast, with no benefits and a sheer waste of Divine Stones to drive the Ice Puppet, was not something Ye Chen wished to do.

Ye Chen now planned to use his own techniques to properly fight with the "Ice Shadow Fox," honing his combat skills.

Although the beast was strong, it was not strong enough to force Ye Chen to reveal all his trump cards!

Whoosh!

While Ye Chen and Xiaojiu were observing the "Ice Shadow Fox" and contemplating their next move, the beast, having regained some Divine Power, bared its teeth and roared at Ye Chen before lunging at him again.

Ye Chen's figure flashed in the blink of an eye, and the beast slammed into the ground, shattering the earth and collapsing it for tens of thousands of yards around.

Ao! Ao!

This creature, no more than half a meter long, was able to bring down an area of tens of thousands of yards; its attack power was truly fearsome!

What was even more terrifying was that these blows seemed to bring no recoil damage to the beast itself. It caused the ground to collapse and then, roaring loudly, it shot up from the earth like lightning and pounced at Ye Chen again.

Adding to the upheaval of the snowy forest from the earlier battle, the nearby area of hundreds of miles was thrown into chaos!

Naturally, Ye Chen was not about to just stand there and take a beating.

Just like before, Ye Chen fully activated the defense of his "Star Blue Divine Garment," and his Fiery Flying Sword had long been unsheathed, engaging in fierce combat with the beast once more.

The sky and the earth within a few hundred miles of the battlefield were enveloped in an aura of combat, with both man and beast rapidly changing their positions and clashing at high speed!

The void was constantly being torn asunder and then mending, while the earth was repeatedly collapsing.

The giant trees in the snowy forest were being wiped out one after the other in the clash between Ye Chen and the beast!

They fought for quite a long while.

Just as Ye Chen was becoming increasingly proficient with the first three of the "Nine Swords of Annihilation," even gaining a basic understanding of the fourth sword, the beast suddenly let out a shrill scream at Ye Chen and then, turning its body, disappeared without a trace.

The beast, having fought Ye Chen for half the day, managed to gain no advantage and was instead wounded by Ye Chen's "Star Blue Divine Garment" and "Nine Swords of Annihilation."

It had intended to use its strong recovery abilities to exhaust Ye Chen's fighting power, but found that after half a day of combat, Ye Chen showed no signs of fatigue.

In the end, the beast reluctantly gave up on the idea of attacking Ye Chen, helplessly fleeing.

Watching the beast escape, Ye Chen chuckled and shook his head.

The beast's speed was even faster than his; he couldn't stop it even if he wanted to.

Besides, if it wasn't for the purpose of honing his combat skills, Ye Chen wouldn't want to get too entangled with a beast that wouldn't provide any benefits from its death.

Moreover, a certain hidden situation also made Ye Chen unwilling to continue battling with the beast...

Seeing that the beast had fled, Ye Chen's gaze turned towards a location in the void not far off and spoke out, "Two esteemed friends have been watching for quite some time now; perhaps it's time for you to come out and meet."

From Ye Chen's words, it seemed that the region where he had been fighting with the beast was also hiding two other people?!

As Ye Chen spoke, the space in the location he was looking towards fluctuated, and two somewhat surprised voices came out, "So the esteemed friend had discovered us long ago!"

"It seems that not only is the esteemed friend's combat strength far beyond his realm, but even his Divine Soul's probing capabilities surpass those of numerous True Gods!"

As the voices echoed, two young figures emerged from where the spatial ripples occurred.

Both youths were at the Nine Tribulations True God realm, but they felt stronger to Ye Chen than Qin Feng from Tai Lin Divine Institute, whom he had battled before!

Clearly, these two young men were not simple characters to have entered the Nine Suns Ancient Land, and they possessed the ability to defeat ordinary Lower God Kings across realms!

Shortly after Ye Chen and the little beast started fighting, Ye Chen and Xiaojiu noticed two people secretly appearing and concealing their presence.

If Ye Chen hadn't realized that these two were only watching the battle between him and the little beast, without any intention of attacking him, he would not be addressing them this way right now.

However, having two powerful Nine Swords of Annihilation True Gods secretly watching the battle, Ye Chen also felt somewhat displeased, "Fellow Daoists, you have come to the Nine Suns Ancient Land, instead of seeking treasures, you've spent so much time watching my battle, which I find quite perplexing!"

Although he said he was perplexed, what Ye Chen meant was he wanted the two to give a proper explanation!

Seeing that Ye Chen faced the two of them without any fear, and recalling how Ye Chen had effortlessly fought against the "Ice Shadow Fox," the young men's eyes lit up even more.

The taller of the two youths smiled and gave Ye Chen a fist salute, "Fellow Daoist, please forgive us, we mean no harm. We were just passing by and saw that you were fighting the 'Ice Shadow Fox.' Curiosity got the better of us, and we wanted to watch the battle." Experience new tales on My Virtual Library Empire

Hearing that the youth knew the name "Ice Shadow Fox," Ye Chen's gaze flickered.

The tall youth continued, "Originally, we planned to leave after watching Fellow Daoist's battle to proceed towards the 'Fiery Realm.' However, Fellow Daoist's impressive abilities compelled us to stay."

"We are heading to the 'Fiery Realm' for an important task that requires capable hands to accomplish. Fellow Daoist's skills are more than enough to participate, and I wonder if you might be interested in this task."

"A task?" Ye Chen was startled.

The other youth jumped in, "Brother Dongfang, you might as well explain the matter of 'Flame Mountain' and our own origins to this Fellow Daoist. Otherwise, it will be difficult for him to decide whether or not to join us in our task."

The tall youth slapped his forehead and laughed, "I was indeed too hasty and impolite. Fellow Daoist, please listen to me as I explain in detail."

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea passed, the tall youth had spoken at length and finally stopped.

Ye Chen stroked his chin, deep in thought.

It turned out that these two youths, the taller one named Dongfang Xuanyi and the shorter one named Wang Chen, both came from a highly reputable City Lord's Mansion in the Southern Territory of a Divine Kingdom.

Furthermore, these two were cultivators from the "Tai Wu Divine Institute," ranked third among the nine great Divine Institutes.

Both were well-known powerful figures among the Nine Swords of Annihilation True Gods.

The two of them had entered the Nine Suns Ancient Land this time with an important mission to go to the "Fiery Realm," a second region within the land, to a place known as "Flame Mountain," to harvest something called "Fire Elemental Lotus Seed."

This was also an assessment their family had for them upon entering the Nine Suns Ancient Land.

These "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds" grew in the deepest parts of "Flame Mountain" and were guarded by an immensely powerful Middle God King level Ancient Beast.

Not only did a Middle God King level Ancient Beast guard the "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds," but "Flame Mountain" also harbored many other formidable ancient beasts and was extremely dangerous.

Even though these two were powerful figures among Nine Swords of Annihilation True Gods and possessed a number of treasures and methods, it was simply impossible for just the two of them to harvest the "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds" from "Flame Mountain."

Of course, their family would not assign them a task that was utterly impossible to complete.

The family allowed the two to seek other True Gods as helpers to accomplish this mission together, as long as they could bring back a prescribed number of "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds."

After inquiring about "Flame Mountain" and the "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds," before entering the Nine Suns Ancient Land, they had already sought four helpers.

Now, by chance, having passed by here and seeing Ye Chen's combat strength, the two of them also had the idea to invite Ye Chen.

According to the two, there were many "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds" in "Flame Mountain." After deducting the amount needed to complete their family task, there would still be enough for seven or eight people to share.

The two promised Ye Chen that as long as they completed the mission together and harvested the "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds," everyone would be able to obtain a fair share.

When Ye Chen heard the two invite him to go to the "Flame Mountain" in the "Fiery Realm," the second region of the Nine Suns Ancient Land, to accomplish the mission of harvesting the "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds," he finally understood why these two had been covertly watching his fight.

Regarding the dangers of "Flame Mountain" and the Middle God King level Ancient Beast guarding the "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds," Ye Chen, with his "Star Blue Divine Garment" and Divine Thunder Pearl among other treasures, felt confident enough to take the risk.

However, Ye Chen was considering whether it was worth it to join these people in completing this somewhat dangerous mission.

But what the two said about the wondrous uses of the "Fire Elemental Lotus Seed," along with Xiaojiu's quiet telepathic message, made Ye Chen contemplate visiting "Flame Mountain."

According to what both the two and Xiaojiu said, the "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds" are the seeds of a rare lotus born in realms where Fire Elemental Divine Power is exceedingly dense.

These seeds can be consumed directly and can enhance the consumer's Divine Power within their body, even helping them to breakthrough realms or surpass bottlenecks in facing the Heavenly Tribulation.

According to the records, taking ten "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds" at a time could help a warrior beneath the Nine Swords of Annihilation True Gods to ascend one realm, and even significantly increase the chances for a Nine Swords of Annihilation True God to break through to the God King Realm.

Such treasures were, of course, immensely precious!

Although the "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds" can only help a martial artist advance through one realm once, and subsequent use would be ineffective, such wondrous natural resources could still incite a scramble among countless powers to use for the cultivation of their descendants.

In the Divine Kingdom, such "Fire Elemental Lotus Seeds" were already very rare, and it was only in the remnants of Heavenly Divine Venerable's ancient lands that such treasures were discovered.