Chapter 161 - A Bolt From The Blue (1/2)

Hearing his master's words, a hint of battle intent appeared in Song Qiufeng's eyes.

It was said that since ancient times, right and wrong had turned to nothing. However, who did not want to become the best?

Be it a blacksmith or a martial artist, there had to be a win or loss.

If one lost an opponent, lost a win, or lost in comparison, it would be hard for one's life to have any meaning.

At least, most people were like that.

"In order to ensure your victory, your teacher specially chose three materials for you.

"This was the material that your teacher chose after many years of research and careful evaluation of the competition format. It will not cause you to lose points due to using your own materials. Moreover, it can also improve the quality of your refining."

Song Qiufeng's expression had two points of rejection.

"Master, I. . ."

The teacher waved his hand and smiled faintly.

"Do you think that I, Chen Danian, can't afford to play around with you?"

Song Qiufeng did not speak, but Chen Danian continued to speak,

"Child, in this world, there is no absolute justice. There will always be only one first place. If you don't get it, others will get it too. The difference between first place and second place is something that you can never imagine.

"For example, before I got first place, even evaluating an associate professor was as difficult as ascending to the heavens. After I got first place, I became a full professor of the academy.

"Whether it is the treatment of living or the treatment of teaching resources, there is a world of difference.

"Furthermore, do you really think that Zhang Guangyang's disciple will not bring the materials to the competition?

"Who wouldn't rack their brains and go all out to get the first place?

"It's not just them and us. Third place, fourth place, fifth place... Let me tell you, as long as there are conditions, they will bring in a certain amount of materials."

"I see, then I understand."

Seeing that his disciple understood, Chen Danian nodded his head in satisfaction.

...

Time passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it was already the next day. When Ye Xiao woke up the next morning, the Golden Book had already cultivated the Earth-burrowing Technique to perfection.

He could use it now.

Ye Xiao immediately used the Earth-burrowing Technique and directly drilled into the ground.

The surrounding light was pitch-black, but the Earth-burrowing Technique had a certain level of perception and could sense the changes in the surrounding situation.

Some instances would be whether there was a dung pit or the like in front.

At the same time, Ye Xiao also tested the speed of the Earth-burrowing Technique. Compared to the Divine Intent technique, it was indeed much slower.

However, that did not mean that the Earth-burrowing Technique was completely useless.

When the Divine Intent technique is used when one encountered danger, they could only run away. However, when the Earth-burrowing Technique is used when one encountered danger, they could hide underground and save its life.

It could only be said that each had its own unique strengths.

Moreover, Ye Xiao thought of a combo. Using the Earth-burrowing Technique and the Divine Intent Technique to switch back and forth, he should be able to achieve a combo that caught him off guard in battle.

A rather perfect move!

It was exhilarating.

At that moment, the time for the competition was almost up. With a thought, Ye Xiao immediately used the Earth-burrowing Technique and headed toward the competition grounds.

However, when he arrived at the bottom of Hu Cheng river, he accidentally barged into a seal.

'What is this?'

Ye Xiao was a little stunned. Following closely behind, a sinister voice sounded in his ears.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss... To think that there's actually a human brat who broke into the seal. It's been a long time since I've tasted the taste of human flesh. Looks like I'm going to eat meat today. Hiss, hiss, hiss..."

Upon hearing that voice, Ye Xiao used the Big Dipper's Grand Mystery to take a glance and immediately understood what was going on.

Just like how Jianghai city would seal powerful star beasts as the core of the array to create a spirit-gathering array to help the city absorb spiritual energy.

There would definitely be one on Hu city's side as well.

Moreover, as the top-tier first-tier martial arts city in the nine provinces, there would be even more star beasts sealed in Hu city.

Hence, when he was not paying attention, he accidentally entered one of the seals.

Inside that seal, there was a Xiantian seventh-grade Black Earth Python.

Ye Xiao had seen it on the star beast encyclopedia. The Black Earth Python's meat was fresh and delicious, its blood essence was rich, and its spiritual energy was abundant.

It was also an extremely good tonic.

At that moment, the Black Earth Python could not wait to begin its attack.

It opened its bloody mouth. Its body was too huge so the moment it breathed, it could absorb a lot of air, resulting in waves of intense hissing sounds. It was as if the air was being absorbed into a large black hole.

"Feel the suffocation of death, human!"

...

The Black Earth Python passed yet it did not pass peacefully.

That was because it was too big.

Ye Xiao's current spatial storage ring was unable to completely store it.

His spatial storage ring was only the size of two three-story small villas, while the Black Earth Python's physical body had already exceeded one and a half small villas. Not to mention, in the small villa, there were also a few other star beasts' corpses and some materials.

Therefore, Ye Xiao could only chop it into pieces and store as many as he could.

What made it feel even more despair and pain was that Ye Xiao had even sealed its soul onto one of the pieces.

That was because Ye Xiao was going to resurrect it later to raise it. Without a soul, the healing technique would not be able to do that.