Top-tier Unruly Master

The Horned Tiger was forced back several steps by Gusu Qingwen's sword edge, at that time the ferocious beast let out a sinister howl.

Ding Fan and Gusu Qingwen both fell to the ground, Gusu Qingwen being closer to the Horned Tiger. Ding Fan wanted to rescue Gusu Qingwen, but there was a great chance that he would be killed by the Horned Tiger's bite.

However, Ding Fan didn't hesitate at all, he directly threw a fireball at the Horned Tiger, then without regard for his own life, he dashed straight to Gusu Qingwen's side.

The moment Gusu Qingwen fell to the ground, she thought she was likely facing certain death. Against a Grade Eight ferocious beast, even she would have abandoned her companion early to flee for her life. No one would nobly risk their life for someone else's.

They were neither friends nor relatives, so Gusu Qingwen resigned herself to the belief that today was her end.

Just when Gusu Qingwen was convinced she was doomed, Ding Fan had already dashed over. For a moment, she could hardly believe her eyes.

The ordinary man she never held in high regard had chosen to come back and save her at the most dangerous moment!

"Get on!" Ding Fan saw Gusu Qingwen standing dazed, and he shouted at her directly.

Gusu Qingwen suddenly snapped out of it and directly jumped onto Ding Fan's back.

Boom... At the same time, Ding Fan's fireball exploded right at the feet of the Horned Tiger, forcing the beast back several steps again.

While Ding Fan was picking up Gusu Qingwen, the Horned Tiger had just managed to evade that fireball.

"Roar…" The Horned Tiger roared out.

Seeing its prey that had almost been within reach slipping away right under its nose, how could it just let them escape?

Immediately, the Horned Tiger spat another fireball towards Ding Fan's back.

"Dodge left!" Gusu Qingwen urgently advised Ding Fan.

Ding Fan instantly followed Gusu Qingwen's guidance to evade.

Boom— Just as Ding Fan had dodged, the spot where he had just been exploded into a large pit by the Horned Tiger's fireball.

Although the fireball hadn't hit Ding Fan, he could still feel a ringing in his ears.

This Grade Eight Yuan Beast was indeed not something ordinary people could provoke. Without Gusu Qingwen's guidance, facing such a ferocious beast, Ding Fan would have been nothing but slaughter fodder.

Thus, under Gusu Qingwen's guidance, Ding Fan kept dodging back and forth while the Horned Tiger stubbornly pursued them. They were chased by this Horned Tiger for nearly three to four hours.

Because they had managed to escape from this Horned Tiger before, it was extremely vigilant and clung on relentlessly. Additionally, given the Horned Tiger's astonishing stamina, even after chasing for three to four hours, they hadn't managed to shake it off.

By now, Ding Fan truly felt death was so close. Under the present circumstances, as soon as Ding Fan's True Qi was exhausted, and his speed slowed down, this Horned Tiger would definitely kill him immediately.

"Hmm? There seems to be an exit over there..." Just as Ding Fan was pondering what to do next, Gusu Qingwen, who had been silent for a while, spoke again.

"An exit?! Where?" Ding Fan's eyes lit up.

Ding Fan was really on the verge of collapse now. If the Horned Tiger continued to hunt him a little longer, he wouldn't be able to hold out.

After using the Wind Pursuit Technique continuously for three or four hours, how could his True Qi not be exhausted?

"Run toward the bushes on the right," Gusu Qingwen instructed Ding Fan.

Ding Fan nodded and then suddenly accelerated his sprint toward the direction Gusu Qingwen had indicated.

However, after running a few steps, Ding Fan noticed something odd. Upon entering the bushes, his Divine Sense suddenly recovered.

Ding Fan was astonished.

After entering here, his Divine Sense had always been ineffective. Without Divine Sense, it was like being a normal person without eyes. Now that his Divine Sense had recovered, how could Ding Fan not be pleased?

However, Ding Fan's happiness did not last long before he discovered that his Divine Sense was flickering in and out.

Ding Fan pondered for a moment, then suddenly understood.

It seemed that there was an area here that blocked Divine Sense, while another area did not block it.

But why was there an area that did not block Divine Sense...

At this moment, as Ding Fan was being chased by the Horned Tiger, he couldn't figure it out. However, he decided to run towards the direction where his Divine Sense had recovered. That way, with his Divine Sense restored, it would be a bit more convenient to dodge the Horned Tiger.

Thereafter, Ding Fan sprinted wildly through the bushes. While running, he fully activated his Divine Sense. Whenever his Divine Sense cut out, Ding Fan adjusted his direction, and once his Divine Sense recovered, he continued sprinting in the original direction.

Initially, Gusu Qingwen, lying on Ding Fan's back, thought she had spotted an exit-like place, but once she let Ding Fan carry her in, she realized there was no such exit at all.

As Ding Fan carried Gusu Qingwen and sprinted, she initially thought that Ding Fan was simply running blindly, but later, Gusu Qingwen began to notice that Ding Fan's escape route seemed to have some pattern.

Although Gusu Qingwen could not see clearly, she could distinctly feel that Ding Fan seemed to be guided by something and was searching for something.

Subsequently, Gusu Qingwen could distinctly feel that the path Ding Fan was now taking was very unfamiliar to her. Indeed, Gusu Qingwen could judge by the surrounding aura that this was their first time here!

What shocked Gusu Qingwen even more at the moment was that the Horned Tiger, which had been relentlessly pursuing them, had suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Once a Horned Tiger locked onto its prey, it would not easily give up. The fact that the Horned Tiger had abruptly abandoned the chase was highly abnormal.

Looking around, Gusu Qingwen pondered whether there was something strange about this place that made a ferocious beast like the Horned Tiger retreat far from it. There must be a trick here.

Ding Fan, carrying Gusu Qingwen on his back, dashed all the way. He maintained a state of Divine Sense throughout, and through its detection, Ding Fan was clearly able to sense that not far from them, there was astonishingly a palace.

By now, Ding Fan could distinctly feel that what his eyes saw often turned out to be illusory, whereas the things detected by his Divine Sense were indeed very real.

At that moment, Ding Fan closed his eyes. He solely relied on his Divine Sense to scout the surroundings.

"It's very odd in here. My Telekinesis can't probe the environment at all. We should leave this place," said Gusu Qingwen, who was lying on Ding Fan's back, at that moment.

Telekinesis can't detect the surroundings?

Ding Fan was stunned, but soon he understood. It seemed that at the edge of the Desperate Forest, ordinary Divine Senses were blocked, but once inside the forest, what was actually being isolated were these telekinetic abilities from the Immortal clan.

"Just lie down quietly ..." Ding Fan merely said softly to Gusu Qingwen.

Gusu Qingwen slightly furrowed her brows, then said nothing.

Previously, when they were chased by the Horned Tiger and knocked over, Ding Fan had not chosen to escape alone. Instead, he had chosen to rescue her.

In light of this, Gusu Qingwen felt more favorable towards Ding Fan.

Ding Fan carried Gusu Qingwen on his back and sprinted all the way, Gusu Qingwen was utterly astonished by the scene that suddenly appeared before her.

What seemed like a pathfree area, Ding Fan had forcefully crossed through, and after crossing, a path appeared before them.

"How... how could this be possible?" Gusu Qingwen looked incredulously at Ding Fan, who was carrying her.

In Gusu Qingwen's eyes, Ding Fan was just an ordinary mortal, yet he managed to do what she could not discern.

While Gusu Qingwen was still in surprise, Ding Fan had already carried her to the entrance of a cave.

Gusu Qingwen was stunned. Right now, without her Telekinesis, she was completely unable to detect the situation inside. Generally speaking, the unknown was always the most terrifying.

Thus, facing the dark and empty cave, Gusu Qingwen indeed felt intimidated.

When Ding Fan came to the entrance of the cave, he only paused for a moment, then directly dashed in with Gusu Qingwen on his back.

At that moment, Gusu Qingwen firmly gripped her Longsword in her hand, ready to strike directly with her sword should anything happen inside the cave.

She had assumed the cave would be extremely dangerous, but to Gusu Qingwen's surprise, not long after entering the cave, the scene before her eyes suddenly brightened, and a beam of sunlight directly shot into her eyes.

The sunlight was very strong, painfully stinging her eyes.

Gusu Qingwen was momentarily dumbfounded. It turned out that the cave was also an illusion.

Once Gusu Qingwen adapted to the surrounding light and saw the surroundings clearly, she was immediately shocked by the sight before her eyes.

At that moment, a very majestic palace appeared right in front of her and Ding Fan.

Above the palace, two large characters were written in seal script.

'Dire Straits Palace'...

"We... we actually found the Ancient Demon Lord's palace!" Gusu Qingwen looked at the palace, and for a moment, because of the shock, her mouth gaped wide!

Gusu Qingwen glanced at Ding Fan.

How many people from the Immortal Realm had been sent into the Desperate Forest to find the Ancient Demon Lord's palace, yet so many had vanished or disappeared here.

Latterly, people from the Immortal Realm even started calling this place a forbidden land. They believed that entering the Desperate Forest was equivalent to going to hell...

And today, just today!

An utterly ordinary mortal had led her to this forbidden area, and even now, Gusu Qingwen felt it was somewhat too surreal!

When even the immortals were unable to achieve it, a common man had done it.

Ding Fan at this moment was also shocked by the sight before him, the grandeur of this palace was something he had rarely seen in his life!

"Let's go inside and take a look," Gusu Qingwen said to Ding Fan.

Ding Fan nodded, then started walking towards the grand doors of the palace, carrying Gusu Qingwen on his back.

From their location to the main entrance of the palace, they needed to climb several hundred steps. Ding Fan carried Gusu Qingwen and walked step by step.

"When we were being chased by the Horned Tiger just now, why didn't you run away yourself and instead came back to rescue me? Don't you know that by coming back to rescue me at that time, you yourself could also have been very likely killed by the Horned Tiger?" Gusu Qingwen took this moment to ask Ding Fan.

Gusu Qingwen grew up in the Immortal Sect, where she was taught from childhood about competition between individuals, and the belief that the strong prey on the weak.

Never had anyone been willing to risk their life to save her.

Ding Fan pondered for a moment. He hadn't expected Gusu Qingwen to ask him this. "At that time, I didn't have Divine Sense. If I hadn't saved you, I wouldn't have escaped either," he said lightly.

"Oh..." Gusu Qingwen's expression seemed a bit desolate, but soon, she recovered her usual demeanor...