The thorns in the depths of the mountains were blocked from sunlight by tall trees all year round. Their branches were a deep, dark green color, and their thin thorns were as sharp as needles. They were so red that they were glaring, and so thick that they dripped blood.

The jade bracelet fell extremely quickly, and Guan Heng didn’t even have time to transform his profound energy into the earth attribute to protect his body.

No, he didn’t even think about it. His clear black and white eyes were filled with anxiety. Facing the thorns all over the ground, he suddenly pounced down!

“Screech!”

Countless small thorns pierced into his flesh, and the minute sounds were too dense. They connected together and converged into a sharp sound that sounded like clothes being torn apart.

A patch of dark red blood appeared all over the young man’s body, densely packed. Blood that looked like water droplets slowly seeped out along the pierced skin, converging into a winding river of blood on his forearm.

Blood flowed through the taut greenish-purple blood vessels, slid across his fingers that had turned white from being pinched tightly, and spun on the thin layer of calluses between his thumb and forefinger. Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, slowly drip onto the ground.

But Guan Heng didn’t pay any attention to it.

His brows were tightly furrowed, and he didn’t say a word. His gaze was firmly fixed on a palm-sized mound at his feet.

He still couldn’t make it in time.

The moment the jade bracelet fell to the ground, he saw the ground crack open, and the sand and soil gathered like a giant mouth, instantly swallowing the jade bracelet.

Who was it?

Was it a profound beast, or … someone else?

Just at this time, Wu Zhengying, who had fallen to the side, clutched his head, and crawled up from the ground while grunting.

Guan Heng’s ears were filled with a series of rustling noises, interspersed with the young man’s low curses and complaints. But in the next second, all the noises stopped abruptly, as if someone had placed a stop talisman on Wu Zhengying’s body.

The young man’s voice was dry, nervous, and panicked. He stammered, “Brother, Brother Cong?”

Guan Heng’s eyes flashed like lightning, and he suddenly turned his head!

At some point, a black-haired, white-clothed young man had appeared from behind. He was tall and slender, and his thick brows were deep. His face was very handsome, but his slanted eyes emitted traces of coldness.

He raised his chin high and glanced condescendingly at the two young men below. His narrowed eyes were empty.

The young man held a jade bracelet in his hand.

Was it Wu Zhengying’s helper?

Guan Heng looked coldly at the young man and asked in a low voice, “Who are you?”

Wu Cong didn’t even spare him a glance, completely ignoring Guan Heng.

He raised his chin and nodded at Wu Zhengying. His eyes overflowed with undisguised impatience and disdain. He said indifferently, “Who told you to come here?”

Wu Zhengying’s face was pale, and he blinked pitifully and aggrieved. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by the young man with a wave of his sleeve.

Wu Cong pointed at the profound artifact in the young man’s hand, and the corner of his lips flickered. “The Wind Travel Shuttle?”

Wu Zhengying’s fingers trembled violently as if he had been electrocuted, and he tucked it behind his back with a swoosh.

“Tsk.” A hint of disdain flashed through the young man’s cold eyes. He raised his voice and said, “Now you know how to hide it? Why didn’t you hide your face along the way? ”

“You’re holding the Wind Travel Shuttle, but you’re still being chased by someone for a kilometer. What a disgrace. Look at your disgusting aura — how did the Wu family produce a piece of trash like you?!”

Wu Zhengying’s face grew even paler after being relentlessly reprimanded by his brother. He bit his lower lip and clenched his fists in the gusts of cold wind.

He seemed to be very afraid of his brother. Although he opened his mouth several times to try and refute, he didn’t say anything in the end. He only hung his head dispiritedly.

Only then did Wu Cong turn around and sweep his eyes over Guan Heng. His gaze was as cold as frost. “As for you …”

He said coldly, “Which family’s brat are you? How dare you attack a member of the Wu family?”

Guan Heng’s brows were tightly furrowed.

Where did this pair of brothers come from? One was more unreasonable than the other?

He forced down the roiling anger in his heart and repeated, “That’s my bracelet.”

Wu Zhengying shrank behind his brother and cautiously poked her head out. She also said in a small voice, “Brother Cong, the bracelet … is his. He didn’t steal mine.”

“Oh?” Wu Cong raised his brows.

He snorted coldly and said indifferently, “Alright, you know what’s good for you.”

“But you’re disrespectful to the Wu family. You can’t be forgiven.”

A cold glint flashed through the young man’s eyes. Faint yellow streams of air emerged around him. The vortex-like momentum was vast and mighty and gradually restrained in his slender palm.

He raised his head high, his slender neck like an arrogant white goose. He nodded slightly in Guan Heng’s direction and said in a commanding tone, “Our Central Academy isn’t a garbage dump. It’s not a place that any cat or dog can jump into. You’re out of this assessment. Leave the bracelet behind.

Guan Heng: “…”

The thorns pierced his blood vessels, and the pain spread throughout his body. But no amount of pain could suppress the anxiety in Guan Heng’s heart.

Although You You would often transform into a jade bracelet without any communication, he didn’t know when he would return. He had tested before, and when You You You transformed into his original form, he knew nothing about what was happening in the outside world, so …

Guan Heng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his eyes growing increasingly anxious.

He had to snatch back the jade bracelet before You You transformed. Otherwise, You You’s secret would be exposed to the brothers!

“I’ll say this one last time,” Guan Heng said clearly, licking his teeth. “I’ve lived in the Luo Ridge for a long time, and I’m not a participant in the examination. That jade bracelet is my personal item, and it has nothing to do with the examination.”

“You’ll know once you investigate this matter. Don’t you have a list of members for the examination you organized yourself?”

There was indeed a list of members, but it was in the hands of Xie Ziyou, the main examiner.

Wu Cong thought to himself, disturbing Junior Sister for a boy from the wilderness?

What a joke!

He, Wu Cong, was a man who could take charge of his own affairs and shelter his Junior Sister from the wind and rain. He wasn’t a piece of trash who couldn’t make up his mind and needed Junior Sister to investigate and mediate!

The youth’s eyes slanted as he scanned Guan Heng from the corner of his eyes.

Then, as if he’d heard a peerless joke, he burst into laughter.

“Luo Ridge? Stay for a long time? ”

Wu Cong laughed wildly, but his tone was certain. “Kid, before you lie, think about your own weight. I don’t even dare to say that I’ve stayed in this ridge for a long time. How dare you say that you’ve stayed for a long time?”

“Are you treating me like an idiot?”

As expected!

Guan Heng took a deep breath and closed his eyes slightly.

When he opened them again, his jet-black and bright eyes shone like black obsidian. A fierce glint flashed across the depths of his eyes.

“I knew it.” He muttered to himself, “There’s no reason to talk to people like you who have eyes on the top of your heads.”

The youth suddenly opened his palm and made a grasping motion in the air!

A torrential gale suddenly surged, and a light gray vortex appeared in Guan Heng’s palm. Profound energy howled and tore at each other. The sharp sound of space cracking could be faintly heard.

Wu Cong’s wanton laughter came to an abrupt halt.

The youth’s eyes widened in shock, a look of disbelief in his eyes.

“What attribute is this?”

Even with his background as the disciple of the Central Academy and the strongest person on the continent, as well as the Wu family’s rich foundation and knowledge, he had never seen or heard of such a strange light gray profound energy before!

Guan Heng didn’t answer. His fingers suddenly tightened and clenched in the air.

He slowly pulled out a long blade completely condensed from profound energy from the air. It was translucent and light gray, but the edges of the blade were covered in dark black cracks.

The moment the long blade was completely drawn out, a boundless pressure suddenly descended. With Guan Heng as the center, a brilliant wave of light suddenly exploded in all directions!

The long wind blew, blowing Guan Geng’s slightly long hair.

“I know. You’re the proud sons of the Central Academy. You look down on a kid like me, who is rooted in the wilderness and has no home to return to. Even breathing the air under the same sky as me is a disgrace to you.”

… Just like two years ago, the noble and noble fairy of the Xie family looked down on her fiancé who was born in a remote town.

Guan Heng took a deep breath.

The long blade was raised upwards, and a cold glint shot up to the tip of Wu Cong’s nose.

He shrugged and said indifferently, “Actually, I don’t care. It’s important for people to know their own limits. Besides, I don’t live to make you think highly of me.”

“But —”

The young master’s eyes were dark and sharp.

“You shouldn’t have, you shouldn’t have touched my You You!”

The long wind howled in the silent valley, bringing with it the loud and noisy sounds of a fierce battle on the hillside.

Xie Ziyou anxiously turned left and right. Finally, he heard the system say, “Guan Heng and Wu Cong have exchanged blows.”

“So fast?”

Xie Ziyou’s brows immediately furrowed. His icy blue eyes that were like frost and snow flashed, and he could barely suppress his anxiety.

He said anxiously, “Where is the exact location? Let’s go!”

The system said, “Don’t worry. Wu Cong can’t do anything to Guan Heng. Let’s wait a little longer.”

“How can he not do anything to him?!”

Xie Ziyou almost jumped up and angrily kicked the rock wall next to him.

The rock wall shook slightly, and a few pieces of gravel fell down. He had forgotten to use his profound energy to protect himself, and he immediately felt a heart-wrenching pain from his toes.

The “fairy” in the fluttering white dress broke her martial arts. She bent over and covered her toes without any care for her image. She hopped a few times on the cliff.

He grimaced in pain, and hissed as he gasped, “Guan Heng … Tsk, he just reached level five, and Wu Cong is already level six. It’s not like you don’t know the difference between levels five and six. This is like asking a junior high school graduate to take care of a child who hasn’t even finished elementary school. Isn’t that a one-sided crushing?”

In the later stages of cultivation, the higher the threshold, the higher the leap.

Level five and level six seemed to be only one level apart, but there was a world of difference in the total amount of profound energy and control.

Moreover, Wu Cong was no ordinary level six.

He was of noble birth, and he had a master teacher to teach him. Normally, he would be an expert who could challenge those of higher levels.

Facing such an opponent, how could Guan Heng possibly do well?

The System sighed, “Sigh …”

The little bee it had transformed into spun a few times in the air before landing quietly on Xie Ziyou’s shoulder.

“You You, are you concerned about Guan Heng?”

Xie Ziyou’s back stiffened reflexively, and he blurted out, “Nothing!”

The System, “…”

There was a long silence.

Lush and lush, lush and lush. Standing on the cliff and looking down, the endless jade-green forest was like emerald velvet. A few translucent white birds spread their wings on the cliff, chirping a few times as they leisurely flew towards the horizon.

Light flickered in Xie Ziyou’s eyes, and the tips of his fair and delicate ears trembled as if they had been electrocuted.

The youth lowered his eyes, and his long eyelashes fluttered a few times. His ears had unknowingly turned red.

“I’m just … worried that something will happen to the main character and deduct my points. I’m worried about my points.” He gritted his teeth and muttered softly.

The System was silent for a long time, and then sighed faintly.

The players in the game were confused, while the spectators were clear.

“You You, don’t worry. You said it yourself. He’s the main character, and with great luck, he’ll be fine. ”

“If Wu Cong’s cultivation is considered a junior high school graduate, then Guan Heng’s level isn’t that of an ordinary elementary school student. He’s a genius who skipped grades all the way.”

Moreover —

When a man was protecting the one he loved, he could often erupt with combat strength that far exceeded his own limits.

“… Guan Heng is very strong now, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he’s invincible.”

In the jade-green maple forest, a gust of wind blew, blowing up countless fallen leaves.

Guan Heng’s chest was suffocating.

Wielding a light gray saber, he slashed viciously at Wu Cong’s face. Slash after slash, he grew faster and faster. At first, he could still make out the shape of the saber, but later on, he could only see the youth’s rapidly dancing hands, and the afterimages leaping between his palms.

The saber light was swift and fierce, and each slash brought with it a sharp sound that tore through the air. It was faster than an arrow, sharper than a Shadow Stab, and came crashing down on Wu Cong’s face!

Wu Cong barely parried, and he wanted to curse in his heart.

Where did this pervert come from? How could he be so ferocious?

He, a sixth-step cultivator, was suppressed to the point where he could only passively defend!

Although with the sturdiness of his earth element, the kid in front of him would still find it difficult to break through his defense for a while — but being suppressed and beaten by a fifth-step brat, where should he put his face?

His younger brother, the little one Wu Zhengying, was still watching from the side with his eyes wide open!

Shouting “Good luck,” he really didn’t have the slightest sense of discernment — if you know what’s good for you, scram!

But Wu Zhengying didn’t have the Mind Reading Technique, so he didn’t know what kind of complicated emotions his peacock-like elder brother was having while fighting. The youth pressed on the wound on his shoulder with one hand, and with the other hand, he managed to climb up a two-story tree as nimbly as an ape.

The youth hung like a koala between the branches of the tree. He stuck his furry head out and shouted anxiously, “Brother Cong, you can do it! He’s so young, he can’t be your opponent. Beat him up!”

His loud and clear voice echoed from afar, startling a group of birds.

Wu Cong was so angry that he almost vomited blood. He wanted nothing more than to pull Wu Zhengying down from the tree and give him two hard slaps — the distribution of examinees wasn’t sparse to begin with. If he shouted so loudly, wouldn’t everyone know that they were being suppressed and beaten by a junior?

No, he had to be ruthless.

As the youth thought of this, he felt anxious. He raised his head and shouted.

He clenched his teeth and slightly hooked his fingers. The profound core in his body shrank with all its might and then suddenly expanded. Bright yellow profound energy immediately flowed out and formed a hemispherical shield around his body.

The shield blocked the bright and sharp blade light and resisted Guan Heng’s attack. It slowly but surely pushed towards Guan Heng.

Guan Heng’s pupils shrank and he gritted his teeth.

This wouldn’t do.

In order to swim, he had to become stronger. He had to swing his blade faster and fiercer —

The youth’s eyes widened and the corners of his eyes turned blood red. He gritted his teeth so hard that they made cracking noises. With a wave of his wrist, the speed of his blade actually doubled!

This time, not even an afterimage could be seen. There was only a glaring blade light left in the air, overflowing with a blazing golden light. Like a golden snake, it pounced towards Wu Cong. It stretched out its sharp teeth and bit down fiercely at the bright yellow shield!

“Bang!”

Guan Heng’s wrist couldn’t bear the weight anymore. The space between his thumb and index finger suddenly split open and blood flowed everywhere.

A thick smell of blood also gushed out from his throat. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, but the youth was ruthlessly swallowed it back down.

At the same time, Wu Cong’s earth-attribute profound energy shield, which was known as the “tortoise shell”, began to flash with light. Cracks began to appear at the top of the shield, showing signs of shattering.

Seeing this, Guan Heng’s eyes immediately lit up.

Effective!

He couldn’t care less about the intense pain that felt as if his meridians were being torn apart. He raised the long blade high above his head and drew a sharp circle in the center of his palm, stirring up a vicious wind that was tens of thousands of meters high.

“F * ck, you bastard who had a mother but didn’t raise it!” Seeing the blade light coming at him, Wu Cong couldn’t help but curse out loud. A trace of ruthlessness also gushed out from his heart. He put his palms together, and his profound energy poured out without reservation.

Seeing that the two forces were about to collide in midair, the maple trees on both sides were slanted, and they already felt an oppressive pressure ahead of time —

“Stop!”

A clear and cold shout came from the distance. The voice was still far away, but the figure was as fast as lightning. In an instant, it arrived in front of the two people.

A deep blue and cold profound energy suddenly appeared out of thin air, quietly squeezing into the center of the two forces. Although it wasn’t eye-catching, it was even more powerful than the two forces that had collided.

The blue light was faint, gently receiving the blade light and the earth force, dissolving it into two long breezes that dispersed in all directions.

Guan Heng gasped for air, his face slightly pale from the loss of blood.

He narrowed his eyes, quietly watching the pure white figure slowly drifting down in front of him. Her white dress and black hair were untainted by a speck of dust. The Ice Spirit Flower at her temples was so beautiful that it made Xie Ziyou’s skin look as white as cream, as if it could be torn by a gentle breeze.

Guan Heng’s heart moved slightly.

He hadn’t expected her to come as well.

Just in time.

With her as a witness, the brothers should understand that they had hit the wrong person.

As he thought of this, the corner of Guan Heng’s mouth curled up into a polite smile, but his eyes were as calm as a lake without wind.

The youth coughed a few times, spitting out a mouthful of dark red blood. He raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth, and said with a faint smile, “Miss Xie, long time no see.”

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