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Somewhere in the Dark Night Mountain Range, a thirteen year old youth was holding a dagger in his hand as he cut apart the corpse of a dead magical beast.

The youngster worked very hard. He split the skin and bones of the magical beasts with a dagger and threw them into his own spatial ring. He was very busy.

Who else could this person in front of him be other than Bai Chen?

A thirteen or fourteen year old youth was currently dismembering a magical beast. Furthermore, that magical beast was a poisonous mist python that was at the level of a high level Spirit Master.

"Phew, it's a success!"

Bai Chen took out all the valuable items from the poisonous mist python's body and threw them into his spatial ring.

Spatial rings, just as the name implied, were a kind of portable storage space. It was very convenient for spirit users to have one.

Back when Bai Chen was still known as a genius, the Bai Clan also gave him a Spatial Ring. However, after his decline, even the Spatial Ring was reclaimed.

The interspatial ring that he was wearing was given to him by Yan Le. This was a gift from Yan Le as his elder brother after they had become sworn brothers.

Bai Chen had taken everything that could be sold for spirit stones, leaving behind some insignificant items. Thus, Bai Chen had no intentions of taking them.

After disintegrating the poisonous mist python, Bai Chen immediately left. Not long after he left, other magical beasts were attracted by the bloody scent and devoured the corpse of the poisonous mist python.

This was the miniature image of this world, the law of the jungle. No matter how powerful one was when alive, it was nothing.

After leaving, Bai Chen walked out of the Dark Night Mountain Range. He hadn't thought that he would be able to hunt the poisonous miasma python this time. Bai Chen decided to go to Qiu City first and sell some of the body parts of the poisonous miasma python for spirit stones.

Three days later, Bai Chen returned to Qiu City. He went to the marketplace where he sold all the things he had taken from the poisonous mist python.

His harvest was quite bountiful, and he obtained a total of more than 120 spirit stones.

After that, Bai Chen returned to the inn. Yan Le was still in closed-door seclusion, and it seemed like it would still be some time before he would wake up.

It was impossible for Bai Chen to waste so much time. After staying in Qiu City for two days, he once again set off for the Dark Night Mountain Range.

This time, Bai Chen had been gone for a long time. He had stayed in the Dark Night Mountain Range for an entire half a month.

For the past half month, Bai Chen had been searching the Dark Night Mountain Range every day for magical beasts of the same rank to engage in actual combat.

Although it was very dangerous to constantly face those Demon Beasts that killed without batting an eye and Bai Chen had nearly lost his life several times over the course of the battle, this seemingly dangerous action had resulted in Bai Chen reaping great rewards.

In just half a month, Bai Chen's physical body had risen to the same level as spirit energy. He had the physical body of a Primary Spirit Master, and because he was a Body Cultivator, his physical strength far surpassed those of the same realm.

Due to the fact that he cultivated the Nirvana Body Tempering Scripture, Bai Chen's physical body and spirit energy had to be at the same level in order for him to unleash his strongest power. Although this seemed like a drawback, it was actually not the case.

For example, the current Bai Chen, his physical body and Spiritual Energy had already reached the same level. Combined with the Nirvana Tempering Body Scripture, this heaven-defying Spiritual Art, even though he was only a Primary Spirit Master, his fighting strength was not any weaker than a Middle Spirit Master.

"Bam!"

Within the tranquil forest, a loud noise came from the distance. The birds on the branches all flapped their wings in alarm and flew into the sky in groups.

As his line of sight closed in, he saw that somewhere in the forest, Bai Chen was having an intense battle with a gigantic black bear.

When the black bear stood up, it was as big as two or three adults. Its body was covered with black and hard scales, as if it was wearing a set of hard armor.

The Iron Armor Bear was a Middle Spirit Master level magical beast. Although the Iron Armor Bear's battle strength was average, its defensive power was one of the top.

He didn't know how many times he had fought like this in the past half month. From his initial lack of adaptability to his current ease and ease, Bai Chen's strength had increased by leaps and bounds.

A man and a beast fought fiercely against each other. However, the Iron Armor Bear was clearly a little weaker, and it seemed to be slightly suppressed by Bai Chen.

This fellow, what abnormal defense!

Bai Chen exclaimed in his heart as the battle continued.

The Iron Armor Bear's fighting strength was mediocre, but its defense was astonishing. Otherwise, Bai Chen would have killed it long ago.

However, in the end, the Iron Armor Bear was no match for Bai Chen. After a long and bitter battle, it fell down. What was worth mentioning was that the Iron Armor Bear did not fall down, but lay down due to exhaustion.

After taking care of the Iron Armoured Bear, Bai Chen sat on the ground, panting heavily. Even he found this long battle somewhat unbearable.

After resting for a moment, Bai Chen stood up and left. The scales on the Iron Armor Bear's body were abnormally hard, so even if he wanted to cut open its stomach to get some useful items, it would be inconvenient. Thus, Bai Chen decided to just give up.

In any case, he had only gone to fight the Iron Armor Bear for the sake of tempering his physical strength. As for the valuable items on the beast, it didn't matter whether he had them or not.

Bai Chen had already been in the Dark Night Mountain Range for half a month. He didn't know if Yan Le had come out yet, but he wanted to go out and take a look. Hence, he headed straight for the outskirts of the mountain range.

As they were rushing out of the mountain range, Bai Chen, who was advancing, suddenly heard the sound of metal clanging against metal.

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing the commotion, Bai Chen frowned.

From the sound of it, there seemed to be a fight happening in the vicinity!

Fighting was not a rare sight in the Dark Night Mountain Range. Magical beasts killed each other for food, but the sounds of metal clashing meant that there were humans. After all, magical beasts didn't use cold weapons.

He closed his eyes and listened for a moment. When Bai Chen opened his eyes, he looked towards the southeast.

There, the sound came from that direction!

After confirming that it was Bai Chen, he pondered for a moment before hurrying towards the direction of the voice.

At this moment, in a forest not too far away from Bai Chen, a youth around the age of seventeen or eighteen was fighting a leopard type magical beast with a body covered in red fur.

The Raging Flame Leopard, a Primary Spirit Master magical beast. This kind of magical beast was very common in the outskirts of the Dark Night Mountain Range and was the most common type of magical beast.

The youth's strength was the same as the Raging Flame Leopard, and both sides were fighting intensely. However, because the physique of magical beasts were inherently stronger than humans of the same level, the teenager was clearly in a passive state.

Not long after, the teenager was still no match for the Raging Flame Panther, who was knocked to the ground by a claw. The Raging Flame Panther jumped up with all its strength and bit towards the teenager with its bloody mouth wide open.

At this moment, Bai Chen rushed over, and when he arrived, he saw the Raging Flame Leopard lunging towards a human to bite him.

Upon arriving and seeing this scene, Bai Chen did not have any time to think. He immediately shot out an arrow and punched the Raging Flame Leopard with his Frost Fist.

"Bam!"

Due to paying too much attention to the youth in front of him, the Raging Flame Leopard did not discover any humans approaching it. Bai Chen's fist accurately smashed into the Raging Flame Leopard's body, sending it flying with a strong impact.

The Raging Flame Leopard had been beaten to the point that it couldn't get up. The Raging Flame Leopard's strength was lower than Bai Chen's, and he had also suffered some injuries from his previous fight with the young man, so Bai Chen's punch had knocked it out.

"Are you alright?"

At this moment, Bai Chen turned to the young man on the ground and asked.

The moment his words left his mouth, a surprised look flashed across Bai Chen's face.

He saw the Raging Flame Leopard injuring him the moment he arrived, so he did not think much about it and immediately attacked. But now that he looked over, he realized that this young man was actually someone he knew!

"It's you, Bai Chen!"

The young man also had a look of shock as he blurted out Bai Chen's name. However, from the tone of his voice, Bai Chen did not sound friendly at all.

Even though the young man in front of him had changed quite a bit from a few years ago, Bai Chen was still able to recognize him with a single glance.

The person in front of him was called Xiao Zhi. They had known each other for a long time. It was just that they were not friends, but enemies!

In the past, when Bai Chen's mother hadn't gone missing, he would often go back with her to visit his parents' home, so he had a better understanding of Qiu City.

His mother's family, the Ding Clan, was a very famous family in Qiu City, and the Xiao Clan, which Xiao Zhi belonged to, was also very famous in Qiu City.

One of them was the grandson of the Ding Clan and the other was the eldest son of the Xiao Clan's direct descendant. As the Ding Clan and the Xiao Clan were both well-known families in Qiu City, Bai Chen would naturally get into contact with Xiao Zhi.

It was just that at that time, Bai Chen was still a genius and an arrogant young master. Thus, he had often attacked Xiao Zhi, causing the two of them to become enemies.

Of course, this was only a few years ago. Ever since his mother went missing and his strength fell, Bai Chen had never been to Qiu City again, so he had never seen Xiao Zhi again.

Bai Chen didn't expect that he would actually meet Xiao Zhi, especially under such circumstances.

"Bai Chen, it's really you! The eldest young master of the Bai Clan, why didn't I hear about your arrival at Qiu City? Could it be that you can't stay in Ren City's Bai Clan to escape?"

Although Xiao Zhi was very surprised to see Bai Chen, he immediately reacted with a mocking sneer that was accompanied by obvious mockery.

Bai Chen had gone from being a genius to becoming a trash to something that even Xiao Zhi had heard of before. Four years ago, when Bai Chen was still a genius, he had beaten Xiao Zhi quite a few times. Now that he saw Bai Chen again and knew that Xiao Zhi had become a trash, how could he not mock him?

Bai Chen only smiled slightly in response to Xiao Zhi's obvious ridicule, but did not say anything.