215: Chapter 215 Nightmare Attack, the Overlord of Hedgehog Mountain

Early the next morning, Ye Tian had just finished meditating and was preparing to stretch his muscles when he heard the noisy voice of that kid, Hou Xiaojie, coming from outside his Immortal Cave.

"Senior Brother Ye! Senior Brother Ye! Come out quickly! There's big news!"

Ye Tian's heart skipped a beat, thinking something major had happened, so he quickly opened the Restriction and walked out.

He saw Hou Xiaojie running over, drenched in sweat, but his face was glowing with excitement. Panting heavily, he said, "Senior... Senior Brother! Liuli City! Wanbao Tower! They are going to hold an auction! I heard the scale this time is especially large, and many good things that are usually unseen will be brought out for sale!"

So that was it.

Ye Tian let out a sigh of relief, but his heart stirred immediately.

He knew about Wanbao Tower; it was the largest chamber of commerce in Liuli City, and the forces behind it were quite mysterious. The auctions they held every year were extremely lively, with various Cultivation Techniques, Medicinal Pills, Spirit Stones, and rare treasures appearing one after another. Even some Sect Elders would go there to try their luck.

A year ago, not long after he first arrived at the Liuli Xuan Sect, he had gone once. Unfortunately, he was dirt poor back then and could only watch others bid, eventually gritting his teeth to buy only the follow-up Cultivation Technique for the Overlapping Wave Fist.

He had even offended the young Sect Leader of the Blood Blade Sect because of it and had to flee in a sorry state.

But things were different now.

He had the cultivation of the fifth level of the True Martial Realm, and he had saved up some wealth, so his pockets were finally a bit fuller.

It just so happened that he planned to go down the mountain for training, so he could go to the auction and see if he could find anything useful for himself.

"Hmm, I see. I was just planning to go down the mountain." Ye Tian nodded.

Upon hearing this, Hou Xiaojie's eyes lit up even more, and he grabbed Ye Tian's arm. "Senior Brother! Take me with you! I've never been to an auction at Wanbao Tower! I heard it's very lively!"

Ye Tian frowned.

Bringing someone along wasn't a big deal, but Hou Xiaojie was only at the eighth level of the Ningyuan Realm. Although that was decent for the Outer Sect, he himself was currently plagued with trouble—the Shadow Calamity Tower, the Tianjue Sect, and people in the Sect who didn't like him...

If he brought him along and something happened, wouldn't that implicate him?

"No, it's not peaceful down the mountain. Your cultivation is not enough, and it's too dangerous to follow me." Ye Tian refused directly.

Hou Xiaojie's face instantly fell, looking like an eggplant beaten by frost.

However, his strength lay in his thick skin, and he started pestering Ye Tian. "Senior Brother~ take me with you! I promise not to run around! I'll just follow you and broaden my horizons! I'll help you gather information and run errands! I'm very clever! Please, Senior Brother..."

This guy had a slick tongue and put on a pitiful look, buzzing in Ye Tian's ear for almost the time it takes to burn an incense stick.

Ye Tian was getting a headache from his noise, and seeing that he really wanted to go, he finally sighed and said helplessly, "I can take you, but you must agree to a few conditions."

"Senior Brother, just say it! A hundred conditions are fine!" Hou Xiaojie instantly came back to life.

"First, stay by my side at all times and do not leave me more than ten steps away. Second, if you encounter any situation, do not try to be a hero; if I tell you to run, you must run immediately without looking back. Third, keep your mouth shut and curb your curiosity; don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and don't look at what you shouldn't look at." Ye Tian's expression was serious.

"No problem! I guarantee I will do it!" Hou Xiaojie patted his chest with a thud.

There was no time to lose. Ye Tian packed simply, mainly bringing Spirit Stones and some necessary Medicinal Pills and Talismans, and then took the excited Hou Xiaojie down the mountain.

The Liuli Xuan Sect had vast mountain gates. There was an official road to Liuli City, but some Cultivators would take shortcuts through some mountain ranges.

Ye Tian thought about training along the way, so he chose the small path that passed through Hedgehog Mountain.

This Hedgehog Mountain naturally had Vicious Beasts entrenched in it, and few people usually chose to walk this way, except for some who didn't fear death.

But with Ye Tian's current strength, as long as he didn't go too deep, protecting Hou Xiaojie should be no problem.

Both of them had good movement techniques, and they traveled through the mountain forest at a fast speed.

This was the first time Hou Xiaojie had gone out alone with Ye Tian, and he was so excited that he looked around and talked non-stop.

Ye Tian was traveling while keeping a thread of Divine Sense alert to his surroundings.

Just as they were approaching the hinterland of Hedgehog Mountain, Ye Tian's heart suddenly jumped, and an inexplicable sense of crisis struck him.

He stopped abruptly and pulled the still chattering Hou Xiaojie behind him.

"What's wrong, Senior Brother?" Hou Xiaojie was startled.

No sooner had he spoken than three people wearing dark purple cloaks and white masks silently floated out from the shadows of the forest ahead.

They exuded an unsettling aura.

"Hehe, you actually discovered us." The leader's voice was unpleasant, like a eunuch's. "Kid, hand over the things you obtained from the Illusory Sea Secret Realm, as well as the treasures on your body, and we can leave you a whole corpse."

Ye Tian's heart stirred slightly. Were they aiming for the Illusory Sea Heart Sutra?

But he quickly dismissed this thought.

The fact that he obtained the Legacy in the Illusory Sea Secret Realm was not a secret. After all, so many Sects participated at the time, and the other party didn't specify the Illusory Sea Heart Sutra; perhaps they simply thought he had obtained a great Opportunity in the Secret Realm.

Of course, whether it was a coincidence or deliberate, it was certain that the other party was not coming with good intentions.

Ye Tian's eyes turned cold, and he asked tentatively, "Are you from the Shadow Calamity Tower?"

"Dead men don't need to know." Another cloaked figure laughed sinisterly. "You just need to remember, 'Nightmare Messenger'!"

Before the words had faded, the three of them formed seals with their hands simultaneously, chanting, and an invisible force instantly enveloped Ye Tian and Hou Xiaojie!

Ye Tian felt his vision blur, and the surrounding trees gradually twisted into baring fangs and brandishing claws ghost shadows. Countless shrill screams and seductive whispers rang in his ears, pulling at his Divine Soul.

Hou Xiaojie was even worse off; he screamed, clutched his head, and showed an expression of extreme fear, clearly trapped in a terrifying illusion.

"Another Divine Soul attack? Playing an axe before a master!" Ye Tian snorted coldly.

If it were ten days ago, he might have had to spend some effort, but now that the Illusory Sea Heart Sutra had reached Minor Achievement, this level of illusion was simply ridiculous before him!

He narrowed his eyes, and a beam of light shot out from them instantly, then exploded, and all the phantoms instantly dissolved.

At the same time, he pointed his fingers together and quickly struck three times! "God-Shocking Sting!"

Three Divine Sense attacks pierced toward the glabella of the three "Nightmare Messengers"!

"Ah!" The three of them screamed simultaneously, clutching their heads and staggering back, their eyes beneath the masks filled with horror.

The nightmare illusion they relied on for fame had no effect on Ye Tian, and instead, they were severely injured in their Divine Soul by the other party's blow!

"Die!" Ye Tian didn't give them a chance to catch their breath, his figure instantly closing in, his finger wind piercing through gold and stone!

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!" With three muffled sounds, the foreheads of the three Nightmare Messengers were instantly pierced, and they fell straight down with wide eyes, their breath gone.

From the appearance of the other party to being killed in seconds, it was only a few breaths of time.

Hou Xiaojie was still squatting on the ground, shivering while holding his head. After the illusion disappeared, he looked up blankly at the corpses on the ground, then at the expressionless Ye Tian, and asked stammeringly, "Se... Senior Brother... are they... dead?"

"Hmm, clean up, let's go quickly." Ye Tian said in a deep voice.

He quickly searched the three of them, finding only a few tokens engraved with nightmare patterns; there was nothing valuable.

He knew this place was not a place to stay long; the noise of the fight just now might have attracted trouble.

Sure enough, just as he pulled Hou Xiaojie up and prepared to leave...

"ROAR!!!" A heaven-shaking roar exploded from the depths of the mountain forest like thunder!

The entire Hedgehog Mountain trembled slightly!

Then, a terrifyingly vicious aura instantly enveloped this area!

Ye Tian's expression changed drastically. This aura... far exceeded the True Martial Realm!

It was a Vicious Beast at the half-step Huahai Realm!

He looked up abruptly and saw a behemoth standing upright in the distant forest!

It was a huge ape-like Vicious Beast covered in golden scales. The most shocking thing was that it actually had a pair of fleshy wings covered in scales on its back!

It was the king of this mountain range—the Double-Winged Dragon Ape!

The Double-Winged Dragon Ape was obviously enraged by the movement and the smell of blood just now, and a pair of scarlet giant eyes scanned the forest, exuding a violent aura.

It stomped its foot casually!

"BOOM!" The ground shook violently, like an earthquake!

Ye Tian felt an invisible shockwave hit him, and the Qi and blood in his body churned, almost causing him to spit out blood.

And Hou Xiaojie beside him was even worse; he was shaken until his face turned pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood with a "wah," his aura instantly wilting.

"Not good!" Ye Tian was terrified.

This Vicious Beast was too strong; it was definitely not something he could deal with now!

Fighting head-on was a dead end!

Run!

He made a decisive decision, grabbed Hou Xiaojie, who could barely stand, and unleashed the Taixu Star-Shift Steps to the limit, burning his True Qi crazily, and fled wildly in the opposite direction of the Double-Winged Dragon Ape!

"ROAR!" The Double-Winged Dragon Ape seemed to sense the "little bug" running away, let out an angry roar, flapped its huge wings, stirred up a gale, and began to rampage through the mountain forest. Giant trees were knocked down, and the earth shook.

It hadn't fully locked onto Ye Tian's specific location, just venting its anger and searching roughly.

Ye Tian increased his speed to his lifetime limit. The wind whistled in his ears, and the trees on both sides flew backward.

He didn't dare to look back at all and could only sense the terrifying aura moving behind him through his Divine Sense.

Hou Xiaojie was tucked under his arm, his face as pale as paper, clearly having suffered no light injuries.

Just in the process of this desperate escape, Ye Tian suddenly felt the chaos bead heat up violently!

Immediately after, a pale golden beam of light shot out from the chaos bead, pointing behind them, in the direction of the Double-Winged Dragon Ape!

Ye Tian was stunned, almost tripping.

He had long known that the chaos bead could sense treasures; he had relied on it to find the star core ring in the Starfall Great Rift Valley back then.

But this function was sometimes effective and sometimes not, and it had been dormant for a long time, so long that he had almost forgotten about it.

Why did it react at this moment...

And the direction the beam pointed was exactly near the lair of the Double-Winged Dragon Ape!

Could it be... there was some incredible treasure there?

That was why this half-step Huahai Realm Vicious Beast was entrenched there?

As soon as this thought popped up, Ye Tian's heart began to beat wildly uncontrollably, and his breathing even became a bit hurried.

Anything that could make the chaos bead actively warn him at this time must be an extraordinary treasure!

But... treasures were good, but one had to have their life to take them!

Thinking of the terrifying strength of the Double-Winged Dragon Ape, Ye Tian's legs went soft.

Stealing things from under the eyelids of that Vicious Beast?

How was that different from courting death?

He struggled fiercely inside while running for his life.

The temptation was too great, but the danger was even more fatal.

Hou Xiaojie was also injured and needed to be settled as soon as possible...

In the end, Ye Tian gritted his teeth, stopped looking at the beam of light, threw all distracting thoughts to the back of his mind, pushed his speed to the limit, and only wanted to escape this dangerous area as soon as possible.

He didn't know how long he ran, until the heart-palpitating, terrifying aura behind him completely disappeared, and only then did Ye Tian dare to slow down slightly and stop in a hidden mountain hollow.

He put Hou Xiaojie down and hurriedly fed him healing Medicinal Pills, helping him dissolve the medicinal power.

Hou Xiaojie caught his breath and was still terrified: "Se... Senior Brother... what was that monster just now? It was too scary!"

"It was the Double-Winged Dragon Ape, the overlord of this mountain." Ye Tian's expression was grave, but his mind was still thinking about the abnormality of the chaos bead and that unknown treasure.

That beam of light was stuck in his heart like a thorn.

Treasures move people's hearts, especially heavy treasures that might be close at hand.

But how to succeed under the eyelids of that terrifying Vicious Beast...

This was a very tricky problem.