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"Movement technique?"

The young man's terrifying speed caused Ye Hao's expression to change and he suddenly stopped.

It had to be known that cultivators who had cultivated in movement techniques had too great of an advantage in battle. This was because the difference in speed greatly determined the outcome of a battle.

And it was precisely because of this that any movement ability is ridiculously expensive and extremely difficult to acquire. Even with the background of the Ye Family, there wouldn't be more than three such abilities.

After the initial shock, Ye Hao suddenly noticed the young man's slightly pale face. It was obvious that even though the former was at the eighth level of the Body Tempering stage, he must have paid a price in order to use his movement technique.

Thinking of this, Ye Hao's expression became slightly better. If not for this, he might really have been unable to escape his doom today.

"Hmph, enough of the game of cat and mouse. I'll break your ankle in a bit and see how you run." The young man's expression was cold and stern. He skillfully turned the two daggers in his hands. The cold light made Ye Hao's skin feel as if it was slightly pricking.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Hao shook the spear in his hand. The fighting spirit in his eyes gradually rose. Since he couldn't escape, he had to fight.

Although his injuries weren't light and he wasn't at his peak state, with the help of the fire needle, there was hope for him to kill this young man.

Sensing the fighting spirit in Ye Hao's eyes, the young man sneered: "Give up. If you surrender now, I can make you suffer a little less."

Ye Hao was silent. What responded to him was a sharp spear.

"How reckless!" Seeing that Ye Hao still dared to take the initiative to attack, killing intent filled the young man's eyes. As the power within his body exploded out, the daggers in his hands were like two sinister poisonous snakes as they pierced toward the young man in an extremely crafty manner.

Clang! Clang!

Ye Hao withdrew his spear with a serious face. The spear's body was so dangerous that it blocked the dagger. As sparks flew in all directions, Ye Hao's body was suddenly pushed back. At the same time, his spear swept out with a powerful force towards the young man's head.

"Stubborn fool."

However, the young man did not even look at him and just dodged to the side. Then, with a stomp of his feet, he bent his body and instantly closed in on Ye Hao. The poisonous snake, which was devouring the dagger in his hand, pierced into Ye Hao's left leg.

Ye Hao clenched his teeth. Without caring about the pain, he shook the spear in his hand and forced the youth to retreat. He quickly moved back and stared at the former with a pair of dark eyes.

Not only was the young man in front of him a bit stronger than him in cultivation, his battle experience was also a lot more than Ye Hao. Until now, Ye Hao could be said to have met his strongest opponent.

"Hehe, if you weren't injured, you might be able to fight with me for a while. Just give up as soon as possible. "

The young man's scarlet lips twitched as he stared coldly at Ye Hao. Just as he was about to attack again, an earth-shattering Demonic Beast roar suddenly exploded from the depths of the mountain.

An invisible sound wave swept out and caused the leaves in the forest to rustle. At the instant the roar rang out, Ye Hao's and the young man's expression instantly changed.

If just the roar was so powerful, then how terrifying would the owner of the roar be?

Could it be a greater demon above Tao Soul Stage?

As they thought of this, the two looked terrified. They simultaneously cast their gazes towards the depths of the mountain range, but when they saw the scene there, their minds resounded like thunder. A wave of shock and fear that was countless times more intense than meeting a Tao Soul Stage greater demon instantly filled their entire bodies.

At this time, in the depths of the Black Mountain Range, a gust of black mist as thick as ink spread out from an unknown place. In a short span of time, it condensed into a mass in midair, like an endless sky thundercloud, it surged and churned, enveloping the entire mountain range.

The endless black mist was filled with a thick sense of death, as if it had come from the underworld and entered the world, giving off a strong sense of ominous foreboding.

"Then... What's that? The Black Ghost Fog! "

Seeing the continuously churning black fog in the air, the youth screamed out in fear, while Ye Hao, at this moment, had a terrified face, as he recalled all the rumors related to Black Mountain Range in his mind.

The Black Mountain Range had existed for an unknown amount of time and had a myriad of mysteries within. When the Heiyuan City was first established, there were many experts who probed it in depth, but not a single one of them were able to walk out.

And this Black Ghost Fog phenomenon seemed to have already existed at that time.

According to Ye Hao's knowledge, the appearance of Black Ghost Fog did not have any pattern, and there was a limit to its range of expansion. But even so, this ghost fog was still something that all Heiyuan City cultivators were afraid of.

And the reason for this fear was because the Black Ghost Fog could devour all living things.

Even if it was a Tao Soul Stage practitioner, if they were enveloped by the ghost mist, it would be as if their souls were sucked out of their bodies, and they would fall into the Graveyard of the Underworld, beyond redemption.

It was precisely because of this that Ye Hao and the young man were so terrified the moment they saw the Black Ghost Fog. It was because they were currently extremely close to the depths of the mountain range. This place … It was already within the range of the ghost fog.

Sensing this, Ye Hao did not hesitate at all. The Qi and blood in his body exploded, and he endured the injuries on his leg as he quickly retreated to the periphery.

At this time, the terrified young man finally reacted. At this moment, he did not care about anything, and directly spat out a mouthful of Blood Essence with a sinister expression, he crazily activated his movement technique, and in an instant, he surpassed Ye Hao, escaping towards the outer area of the forest.

However, just as the two of them moved, the strange black mist in the sky above the mountain range seemed to have sensed their presence and suddenly exploded, surging toward them.

The terrifying speed of the ghost fog appeared behind Ye Hao in the blink of an eye. In just one breath, the speed of the black fog spread rapidly again, instantly engulfing Ye Hao and covering the whole forest.

"Damn it!"

The moment he was enveloped by the black fog, Ye Hao felt an indescribable coldness drilling into his body through the pores of his body. Even his thinking seemed to slow down and stiffen under the cold fog.

"Ah!

At the same time, the youth who had already disappeared into the forest suddenly let out a mournful scream. The next moment, the scream stopped, as if it had never existed.

"Even that guy's speed can't escape …" Ye Hao felt the increasingly cold chill in his body. He let out a bitter laugh and completely lost consciousness.

"..."

And at this time, outside of the dense forest, several tens of Ye Family experts were looking at the gradually fading black fog in the sky deep within the mountain range, fear and shock surfaced on their faces.

Although it was not the first time that everyone present had seen the Black Ghost Fog appear and knew that it would not spread into the forest, that shocking and strange scene still made their scalps go numb.

This Black Mountain Range was simply too evil.

Of course, they did not know that although the Black Ghost Fog that appeared this time did not spread outside the forest, it had already spread deep into the forest. Otherwise, Ye Hao and that young man would not have been lost in the ghost fog.

If they knew what was going on with the ghost fog this time, even the Ye Family s present probably wouldn't dare to so calmly stand on the spot.

Only after the black fog slowly disappeared did Ye Yunfeng, who was in the lead, cast his gaze towards the nine unfamiliar corpses on the ground. His dignified face was incomparably gloomy.

No matter what, he never would have thought that within the Heiyuan City, there would actually be someone who dared to enter the examination grounds to kill the Ye Family's disciples. This caused an unprecedented killing intent to rise in the old man's heart.

"Only nine people?" Ye Yunfeng's expression was dark, and a strong pressure from his Tao Soul Stage unconsciously spread out, causing everyone present to feel a chill in their hearts.

"Patriarch, for now, we only have nine people." Beside him, a Ye Family expert in charge of guarding the place spoke out.

"What kind of background?"

"I haven't found anything yet. The few of them should be Death Soldiers who have undergone training. The weakest among them is at the Seventh Layer of Body Tempering, and the strongest among them is at the Eighth Layer of Body Tempering."

The man paused for a moment, and then said with a self-reproach, "There was a deadly poison hidden in those people. After they were captured by us, they killed themselves without any hesitation."

After saying that, the man suddenly thought of something and hesitantly said, "What's strange is that one of the warriors at the seventh level of the Body Tempering stage died before we entered. I don't know who killed him."

Hearing this, everyone present, including Ye Yunfeng, were shocked. The strongest disciple participating in this assessment was only at Sixth Layer of Body Tempering.

If it wasn't a disciple of the clan, then who killed that person?

Of course, if Ye Ze was there, he would be able to recognize the person who died. It was the man who chased after him and was stopped by Ye Hao.

Just at this moment, a Ye Family expert who was in the distance suddenly flew over and said: "Patriarch, check this out clearly. The formation at the side of the forest has been destroyed.

Ye Yunfeng nodded, the haze on his face grew even darker. This slaughter of the examination disciples must have been premeditated for a long time, and in the entire Heiyuan City, there were only those few forces that could do this.

"How are the casualties of the clan's disciples?" Ye Yunfeng asked in a deep voice as he forcefully suppressed the anger in his heart.

"Fifty-six contestants will die …" "Of the thirty-five people, there are still six who went missing. I'm afraid that even …" As he spoke to here, the man's face was full of sorrow and self-blame. If he had noticed the abnormality of this exam earlier, perhaps such a tragedy wouldn't have happened.

His tightly clenched fists were trembling slightly and the killing intent in his eyes was real. With so many disciples of his being massacred, especially in the examination grounds of their Ye Family, this had already seriously violated his bottom line.

Bai Family, Chen Family, City Lord's Mansion, Myriad-Treasure Pavilion.

The top forces of the Heiyuan City appeared in Ye Yunfeng's mind, but even he was unable to truly confirm who did it.

"Where's Ye Peng?"

Just at that moment, an indifferent voice suddenly rang out from the back of the crowd. Immediately afterwards, a tall and handsome young man suddenly appeared on the scene.

The youth's eyes were like lightning. His valiance was extraordinary, and his aura was incomparable. He was like a dragon amongst men.

At this moment, he stared coldly at the Ye Family Ranker who opened his mouth to speak, and spoke again indifferently: "Where is my younger brother Ye Peng?"

"Also …" "Not yet." Although this Ye Family practitioner had already stepped into the Life Sea Stage, facing this youth who was only at the Body Tempering realm, he felt an inexplicable pressure, so much that even his speech became unconsciously restrained.

"A bunch of trash."

A cold light flashed through the youth's eyes as he reprimanded him indifferently. His figure turned into a shadow as he charged into the dense forest. He did not even bother with Ye Yunfeng, who was the chief.

To the young man's rude words, the Life Sea Stage expert opened his mouth, but ultimately, he bitterly smiled and shook his head. Although he had already stepped into the Life Sea Stage, it was still far from being able to match up to the youth who was only at the Body Tempering realm.

After all, that youth was the strongest in Ye Family, and the true heaven's pride of Ye Family. At the same time, he was also Ye Peng's only brother.

Ye Tianlin.

Following the former's disappearance into the dense forest, Ye Yunfeng, who had been silent all this time, led his men in. That was because, other than Ye Peng and a few others, Ye Hao, who he was most worried about, was still nowhere to be found.

"..."