Unable to kill Xu Shangjie, Lin Bai continued to search for the location of the True Martial Realm beast in the Qingyou Mountain.
"With my current strength, hunting a True Martial Realm beast should be a piece of cake."
"But why haven't I found a single True Martial Realm beast after wandering around for so long?"
Lin Bai wandered around, and it was almost time for the trial to end, yet he hadn't found a single True Martial Realm beast.
"Whatever, I'll go find Tiedan and Shaolong first. I wonder if they have enough tokens."
As Lin Bai walked, he killed many people, and the number of tokens he had reached a peak, totaling ninety-three.
This was mainly because Xu Shangjie had offered a bounty of twenty thousand spirit stones for Lin Bai's head, which was very tempting. Many martial artists attacked Lin Bai upon encountering him.
Lin Bai retaliated and killed them, and these tokens naturally fell into his hands.
Whoosh—
Just then,
A sharp arrow shot through the air from the forest.
"Who's there?"
Lin Bai was quick to react, grabbing the arrow with a claw-like hand and looking coldly into the forest.
"To actually be able to catch my arrow, no wonder Xu Shangjie offered a bounty of twenty thousand spirit stones to kill you."
"But it doesn't matter, I'll take those twenty thousand spirit stones."
This person, hidden in the dark, said coldly, then drew his bow and shot another arrow.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.
Four arrows shot through the air, like meteors crashing to the ground.
The arrows carried terrifying force, shattering all the trees in their path.
"Slash!"
Drawing his Spirit-Cutting Sword, Lin Bai swung it horizontally, breaking all the arrows.
"I've heard that there's a bow expert in this trial named Liu Qing. It seems to be him."
"Hmph, you came to provoke me, and now you're blind!"
Lin Bai rushed into the forest where the arrows had come from.
Liu Qing had gained a reputation in this trial, most notably for his near-fatal battle with the new king, Nan Li Dao.
He became famous after that battle.
Subsequently, in the trial, Liu Qing cleverly obtained and hunted martial artists, accumulating many tokens.
Thus, the number of tokens he had should be the highest in the entire trial.
Rushing into the forest, Lin Bai slashed through the thorns in front of him, and a sword light shot out, forcing a man hiding behind a large tree to come out.
"To actually find my position, you're indeed formidable. It seems I can't kill you this time. After I get first place in the trial and obtain the Profound-level martial technique, I'll come back to kill you."
Seeing his position exposed, Liu Qing said coldly and turned to run.
Liu Qing was originally a bow expert and was very afraid of close combat.
"You ambushed me and now you want to run?"
Lin Bai charged forward with his sword.
"Lin Bai, I advise you not to be too greedy. You should kneel and thank me for not killing you."
Liu Qing said coldly.
"Ha ha."
Lin Bai felt as if he had heard the funniest joke. Liu Qing was really too arrogant.
Knowing that he had been exposed by Lin Bai, he still pretended to be magnanimous.
Swish!
A sword light shot out, striking Liu Qing's back.
"You dare to kill me! I am a Divine Alliance martial artist!"
"If you kill me, you will be pursued endlessly by the Divine Alliance!"
Liu Qing, though defeated, still spoke with arrogance.
"If you know what's good for you, cut off your head and give it to me."
"Shut up! I've killed many Divine Alliance martial artists, and one more won't matter."
Lin Bai raised his sword to behead Liu Qing.
Liu Qing's face finally changed, and he hurriedly said, "Lin Bai, don't kill me. I'll give you a piece of information in exchange for my life."
"What information? Tell me."
"Ye Suxin and Xu Shangjie have already captured your two good friends and are waiting for you at Ten Mile Slope. If you don't go, they will be killed by Ye Suxin when the trial ends."
"Is this information enough to save my life?"
Liu Qing said coldly.
"Ye Suxin! If you dare to harm Tiedan and Shaolong, I will exterminate your entire clan!"
Lin Bai was instantly enraged upon hearing this.
Martial artists fighting each other, Lin Bai could accept, but he could not accept using his friends and family to threaten him.
This had already touched his sore spot.
"Can you let me go now?"
"Lin Bai, I hope you can survive Ye Suxin's hands at Ten Mile Slope. Then your life will be mine."
Liu Qing got up from the ground and said coldly.
"I really don't know who gave you the courage. You're already under my control, yet you're still so arrogant!"
Lin Bai, in a rage, stabbed Liu Qing's heart with his sword.
"You! You really dare to kill me... I am a Divine Alliance martial artist!"
Liu Qing, until his death, looked at Lin Bai in disbelief.
"Divine Alliance, I've already said it. Don't provoke me, or I'll destroy the Divine Alliance!"
Lin Bai pulled out his sword, spilling a pool of blood, and took Liu Qing's storage bag before turning and rushing to Ten Mile Slope.
...
"Xu Shangjie, you beast, let me go! Let's fight fairly!"
"Why are you capturing us?"
Qi Shaolong and Tiedan were captured and tied together.
Qi Shaolong was furious, while Tiedan was confused.
"What else could it be? It's because this fool can't defeat Lin Bai and wants to use us to threaten him." Qi Shaolong had already seen through Xu Shangjie's plot.
About half an hour ago, Qi Shaolong and Tiedan had just killed twenty beasts and were preparing to leave the trial when they were suddenly captured by Xu Shangjie's disciple, Xu Rui.
Xu Rui brought the two to Xu Shangjie, who was overjoyed.
Slap! Slap!
Xu Shangjie slapped Qi Shaolong's face: "Shut your dog mouth. We're keeping you alive because Lin Bai hasn't come yet. Once Lin Bai arrives, you're dead!"
"I'm really curious if Lin Bai will come."
Qi Shaolong and Tiedan glared at Xu Shangjie in anger.
Qi Shaolong laughed angrily, "Forget it. Lin Bai, though we are roommates, we don't have a good relationship. He won't come to his death for us."
"Your plan will definitely fail!"
Qi Shaolong said angrily.
"That's not necessarily true. Although Lin Bai has high cultivation, I can see that he is a man of honor."
"He will definitely come."
Xu Shangjie said coldly.
"Brother, when Lin Bai comes, let's first destroy his dantian, then I'll beat him up, and finally, we'll tear him apart. Otherwise, I won't be able to vent my anger!"
Xu Rui said in rage.
That day, Lin Bai expelled Xu Rui from the Yellow No. 5, causing him to lose face in front of the newbies.
Xu Rui was determined to take revenge on Lin Bai!
"Good! We'll use his head as a night pot!"
Xu Shangjie laughed maniacally.
"Xu Shangjie, Xu Rui, you scoundrels, release Shaolong and Tiedan!"
Just then, an angry voice came from the forest, startling a flock of birds into the sky.