Chapter Fifty-Four: Cave, Struggle

  "Condensed meridian spiritual stone, that's a rare stone. I didn't expect this year's harvest to be so bountiful." Yi Chen was secretly shocked.

  The human meridian is extremely fragile and can easily rupture during combat, while the Cong Mai Ling Stone can strengthen the meridian and prevent damage.

  "Such a good thing, if you don't fight for it, wouldn't that be a waste?" Yi Chen said softly, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth.

  "The Dragon Will Fight for Hegemony has begun. As long as you hunt and kill third-level magical beasts in the Tian Du Forest, you can return here to gather and enter the second round of competition!"

  The soldier was extremely pleased with everyone's reaction in the field, paused for a moment, and then shouted loudly.

  As soon as this sound rang out, thousands of young people participating in the competition turned their souls and rushed towards the direction where the Tianyuan Forest was located.

  The Tian Du Forest is not far from here, with thousands of people rushing in, making the originally quiet forest lively, and the roar of magical beasts keeps coming out.

  "Easy Brother, I'll go first, good luck." A laughter sounded from beside his ear, and then Jia Xin Yun turned his soul power and rushed into the Tian Du Forest.

  The two princes and Gu Lin also jumped out from their seats and followed the crowd into the Tian Du Forest.

  Yi Chen was in no hurry and waited until they had all left before slowly entering the Tian Du Forest.

  As soon as they entered the forest, a whiff of rotting leaves came over, and Yi Chen wrinkled his nose slightly.

  The surrounding areas were all low-level demonic beasts, and Yi Chen was not prepared to waste time here, so he headed towards the middle of the forest.

  The forest was filled with the roars and screams of monsters, as well as intense fighting sounds, apparently someone had encountered a monster.

  Some cultivators with low cultivation levels can only try their luck on the periphery, but there are also risks to life. Along the way, Yi Chen has already seen more than a dozen people die under the claws of magical beasts.

  "Roar." The continuous march forward was suddenly blocked by a fierce lion-like beast with a ferocious face, which let out a furious roar at Yi Chen.

  A first-class demon was like an ant in Yi Chen's eyes, he didn't hesitate for a moment, his body shook and disappeared from the original place, and the next second appeared behind the Thorn Lion Beast.

  "Peng." His right hand was wrapped in a red soul force, and Yi Chen slapped it on the Stabbing Lion Beast's head, ending its life with one move.

  "Alright then, I'll take this opportunity to upgrade the beast soul's level." Dan Dan said calmly, Yi Chen extracted the beast soul of the Stabbing Lion Beast and then swallowed it.

  The current Beast Soul level is three levels, and the soul power contained in it has increased several times, but compared to others, it is still far from enough.

  "From third rank to fourth, I don't know how long it'll take." Muttering to himself, Yi Chen kicked the corpse of the Stabbing Lion Beast flying, and then continued deeper.

  All the way in, Yi Chen killed several more magical beasts, including two third-level ones. However, Yi Chen didn't leave behind any beast souls but instead swallowed them all.

  Hunting and killing a level 3 magical beast isn't difficult, and Yi Chen wasn't in a hurry either. He waited until almost everyone had left before going back, it wasn't too late anyway.

  "It has already swallowed six third-level magic beast souls, but the level of the beast soul has not been upgraded." After continuing to hunt and swallow magic beasts for half a time, Yi Chen stopped his actions and frowned.

  After continuous devouring, the beast soul's body size increased a bit, and the contained soul power increased by one-fifth, but there was no sign of upgrading at all.

  "It can only wait for later to upgrade its level." The time was no longer early, and the fighting on the outskirts of the forest had also disappeared a lot. Yi Chen decided to leave.

  To enter the championship competition, a beast soul of a third-level magical beast is required. This was something that Yi Chen had not forgotten, and he casually found and killed a third-level magical beast.

  According to his strength, he could completely withstand a level 4 magical beast, but such high-intensity battles were extremely soul-draining. For safety's sake, Yi Chen did not take the risk.

  Yi Chen extracted the beast soul from the demon beast he had just killed, put it in a small bag and stored it in his storage ring, ready to leave.

  "Rumble." At this time, a huge commotion came from the south, instantly attracting Yi Chen's attention.

  "This doesn't sound like a battle between humans and monsters, but rather a fight between cultivators." Yi Chen's face showed confusion.

  In the forest, dangers lurk everywhere, and those who enter here all tacitly choose to cooperate. The reasons that can lead to conflicts among cultivators are probably only things like rare treasures and cultivation methods.

  "A familiar aura, could it be the Second Prince and his group?" Yi Chen slightly sensed something, furrowed his brow, then subtly manipulated his soul power, rushing towards the direction of the fight.

  Just now he caught Jia Xin's breath, it seems that he also participated in the fight. The Jia and Yi families are now united together, if Jia Xin is in trouble, Yi Chen will not sit idly by.

  Extremely fast, like a leopard rushing wildly, flashing past one tree after another that blocked the way.

  "Hiss." A moment later, Yi Chen arrived at the center of the fight, his right foot lightly pushing off, his body jumping up from the ground and silently stopping on a large tree.

  Here, Yi Chen can hide his figure very well, and through the lush branches, he can see clearly what's happening in the distance.

  As expected, Yi Chen found that the nine figures were entangled together, fighting fiercely among themselves. Among them were Jia Xin and the Second Prince, who were divided into two camps.

  Yi Chen observed that Jia Xin's camp had five people, and apart from Jia Xin, the other four were all at the Star Soul Realm cultivation level.

  On the other hand, although there were only four people on the side of the second prince, there were two Chen Hun realms and two Xing Hun realms, so it was extremely easy to deal with. It was Jia Xin's side that was under tremendous pressure.

  "This cave was discovered by us, and the things inside should also belong to us. What right do you have to rob?" Jia Xin's face was filled with anger as he fought against the Second Prince.

  "First come, first served? Humph, don't waste words, hand over the thing quickly, otherwise don't blame me for being impolite." The second prince sneered and turned his soul power to attack Jia Xin.

  The two men fought fiercely together, and through their conversation, Yi Chen also understood the beginning and end of things.

  As his gaze shifted, Yi Chen discovered a cave in the distance. It seemed that Jia Xin and the others had found this cave and discovered something good, just as they were about to leave, they were intercepted by the Second Prince and his men.

  "I don't know what Jia Xin has found." Yi Chen didn't go forward to help, but instead furrowed his brow in thought.

  "You don't even have a door to what I want. You'd better take this thing away quickly."

  Jia Xin let out a loud shout of anger and then picked up two things and threw them at one of his companions.

  "Want to leave, but there's no door." A cold laugh sounded, and then Gu Lin suddenly jumped up, kicking the two things to his companion. "Hao Fei, take the things and leave first, I'll deal with these small fries."

  "It's Gu Lin, the boss." Hao Fei quickly took over the thing and left without looking back.

  "Damn it." A look of unwillingness flashed across Jia Xin's face, but now they were all tied up and couldn't escape, could only stare blankly.

  "I don't know what that thing is." Yi Chen, hiding in the dark, whispered this sentence, and then a cold expression flashed on his face. He jumped up and quietly followed Hao Fei.