"What are these Fiend Beasts all about!"
After killing the Fiend Beast in front of him with a punch, Xing Hao looked towards the core area with a thoughtful expression. After all, it was in the core area that Xing Hao had first encountered these Fiend Beasts. Now, the entire Divine Burial Ground was filled with them.
"Could it be him?" Xing Hao's mind conjured up the image of Li Xuan, but he quickly shook his head and turned to leave. If these Fiend Beasts were indeed Li Xuan's doing, what could he, Xing Hao, do alone? Moreover, these Fiend Beasts varied in strength, so perhaps this was just a change that had occurred within the Divine Burial Ground.
The same scene was playing out everywhere in the Divine Burial Ground. Although the appearance of Fiend Beasts had initially caused panic, everyone had gradually stabilized as time passed. After all, those who entered the Divine Burial Ground were the proud disciples of various races, with naturally formidable strength.
Even Li Xuan, after leaving the peak where Ling Xi resided, had experienced over a dozen battles. However, with Li Xuan's current strength, he could resolve almost every encounter with a single sword strike. With the Wang Sword Chong Feng and the divine sword spirit stream in his dantian, these ninth-tier Fiend Beasts were simply not worth Li Xuan's attention.
Leaving the core area, Li Xuan rapidly headed towards the second area, the Treasure Hunting Ground. According to Ling Xi's senses, a Fiend Beast King was currently located there.
"Damn it!" As Li Xuan was heading to the Treasure Hunting Ground, a man chopped a Fiend Beast to death with an axe in front of a mountain range. But soon, Fiend Beasts from all around surrounded him. Behind the man, the other two's faces had turned extremely pale. They had been fighting this pack of Fiend Beasts for two full hours.
"Brother Xing Ba, if we continue to be entangled like this, I fear we will be slowly worn down and die here by these Fiend Beasts," one of the men couldn't help but say.
Xing Ba let out a wry smile at this. With Fiend Beasts all around, they had no way to break through.
"A true man is born to live between heaven and earth, what fear is there of death! Killing one is no loss, killing a pair is a definite gain!" Xing Ba roared, swinging his giant axe towards the Fiend Beasts once more.
Minutes later, all three were utterly exhausted. Their injuries gradually increased. As the battle reached this point, the three felt a sense of despair. There were just too many Fiend Beasts in this pack.
*Hummm!*
Just then, a sword's hum rang out.
The next moment, the densely packed horde of Fiend Beasts suddenly fell to the ground. Xing Ba and the other two, who were positioned back-to-back in a triangular formation, rejoiced at this sight. Their gazes immediately shifted towards a spot not far away. A figure slowly appeared before their eyes.
"Li... Brother Li!"
Upon clearly recognizing the approaching figure, Xing Ba's eyes lit up with joy, and he exclaimed in shock. The other two were stunned. Xing Ba actually knew the newcomer.
"Brother Xing, it's been a long time." The newcomer was none other than Li Xuan. As he had passed by this area earlier, Li Xuan had sensed a familiar aura. Thus, Li Xuan had stopped and intervened, not expecting it to be Xing Ba.
"Brother Li, your strength has improved too quickly," Xing Ba nodded and said with some surprise.
Xing Ba clearly remembered Li Xuan's strength when they parted ways previously. Now, not only had Li Xuan's cultivation reached the peak of the Martial God realm, but he had also single-handedly slain the pack of Fiend Beasts that the three of them couldn't completely annihilate. The gap between them was now very obvious.
He recalled the time when Xing Ba had exchanged a single blow with Li Xuan upon entering the Divine Burial Ground. Today, Xing Ba knew that he would likely not be able to withstand even a single sword strike from Li Xuan.
Li Xuan smiled and replied, "Just a bit of fortune."
"Brother Li, I heard that Xing Hu and Xing Long were killed by a sword cultivator. Could that have been you?" Xing Ba's mind stirred, and he immediately asked.
Li Xuan thought for a moment and then nodded. He had indeed killed members of the Xing Tian clan.
"Brother Li truly is someone who should be looked at with new eyes after three days apart. I, Xing Ba, am truly impressed," Xing Ba said with a wry smile.
As Li Xuan was about to speak, Ling Xi suddenly alerted Li Xuan that the Fiend Beast King in the Treasure Hunting Ground seemed to be showing signs of leaving. Hearing this, Li Xuan immediately turned to Xing Ba and said, "Brother Xing, I have something to attend to. I will talk with you further another day."
"Alright," Xing Ba nodded.
Li Xuan cupped his fists in a salute, then turned and shot towards the Treasure Hunting Ground.
Watching Li Xuan's departing figure, a man standing beside Xing Ba turned to him and said, "Brother Xing Ba, your friend's strength is incredible. But looking at the direction he's going, it seems to be the Treasure Hunting Ground."
"What's so special about the Treasure Hunting Ground?" Xing Ba asked, puzzled.
"I heard that the Treasure Hunting Ground is occupied by a Fiend Beast King, and there are countless Fiend Beasts... Brother Xing Ba, your friend isn't perhaps heading there!" the man said, then suddenly exclaimed in shock as if he had just realized something.
Xing Ba was stunned for a moment, then looked towards the direction Li Xuan had gone with emotion, and said, "Perhaps he is indeed going for that Fiend Beast King."
Xing Ba's heart was filled with complex emotions. He was already struggling to cope with the pack of Fiend Beasts, yet Li Xuan, who was once at a similar strength level, was now actively seeking out the Fiend Beast King.
"My two brothers, from now on, I will fight alone." With this thought, Xing Ba's eyes revealed a determined expression as he spoke to the two men.
Improving strength could only be stimulated by facing life-or-death situations to unleash one's greatest potential. Xing Ba, in the end, had been spurred on by Li Xuan.
Meanwhile, Li Xuan, having left Xing Ba and his companions, had arrived at the Treasure Hunting Ground, where he had previously searched for treasures with Wang Pangzi. Dense Fiend Beasts swam about, a sight that sent shivers down one's spine. Li Xuan ignored these Fiend Beasts and instead unleashed his divine sense, instantly locating the Fiend Beast King.
*Roar!*
Li Xuan had not concealed himself, and naturally, he was discovered by the Fiend Beasts. With a beastly roar, countless Fiend Beasts immediately surged towards Li Xuan's location.
"You seek death!"
Li Xuan's heart stirred, and Chong Feng struck out with a sword.
*Boom!*
Sword light flashed, like a long rainbow, instantly annihilating over a hundred Fiend Beasts in front of Li Xuan. Even the ground bore a massive crack.
Li Xuan retracted Chong Feng, then moved swiftly, heading directly towards the Fiend Beast King's location.
As Li Xuan moved, the dense Fiend Beasts surrounding him roared and chased after him. In an instant, countless Fiend Beasts stampeded, and the ground trembled.
Five minutes later, Li Xuan stopped. A hundred meters ahead, a Fiend Beast, easily ten zhang tall, stared at Li Xuan. Within a ten-meter radius around this Fiend Beast, no other Fiend Beast dared to approach.
Clearly, this was the Fiend Beast King that Li Xuan had been searching for.
"Human, you are powerful," a moment later, the Fiend Beast King spoke in a human voice.
Li Xuan smiled, glancing at the Fiend Beast horde that had stopped behind him, and then fixed his gaze on the Fiend Beast King, saying, "Let's fight."