36: Chapter 36 Beast Tide

Ye Tian consolidated his cultivation for another day in the rock crevice of the cliff, thoroughly absorbing the medicinal power deposited by the tree of longevity. His Realm stabilized at the Fifth Stage Peak of Qi Gathering, and his strength greatly increased.

He left his hiding place and continued to explore deeper into the Secret Realm, hoping to find more Opportunities to break through the Bottleneck of the sixth level.

Meanwhile, in another area of the Secret Realm.

The four of them, Ye Long, Ye Qing, Ye Hong, and Ye Yuan, were cautiously lurking on the edge of a valley.

Their gazes were fixed on a small shrub in the center of the valley.

On the shrub grew three strange fruits, the size of Dragon eyes, crimson all over, with flame patterns on their surfaces, exuding an alluring fragrance and pure fire-attribute energy.

"It is the Crimson Flame Fruit!"

Ye Hong lowered his voice, his eyes full of greed. "A Yellow Rank High Grade Spiritual Plant! It is of great benefit to fire-attribute Cultivation Techniques. One fruit is enough to save a Cultivator at the Qi Gathering Fifth Level months of arduous Cultivate!"

Ye Long licked his lips, his eyes burning with desire.

The Cultivation Technique he practiced was of the rigid and fierce fire type, so this Crimson Flame Fruit was extremely attractive to him.

But the problem was, beside the shrub, a Vicious Beast with a massive body, resembling a rhinoceros but with saber-teeth and a body covered in crimson scales, was sleeping soundly there.

Judging from the fierce Aura it emitted, it was at least at the fifth-rank Peak, and possibly even reached the sixth rank!

"It is a Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino! Not something to be trifled with!"

Ye Qing's face turned pale, and he whispered, "Brother Long, let us just leave. It is too dangerous!"

Ye Yuan also nodded repeatedly, harboring thoughts of retreating.

Ye Long, however, snorted coldly, "What are you afraid of? This beast is sleeping soundly! We will sneak over, pick the fruits, and run! Such an Opportunity is rare!"

He signaled for the three of them to wait in place, while he held his breath and quietly crept toward the Crimson Flame Fruit.

This was not because he was kind, but because he intended to swallow these three fruits all by himself.

Seeing that he was only a few zhang away from the fruit tree, Ye Long was ecstatic and reached out his hand to pick them.

Just at this moment, he accidentally stepped on a loose stone!

Snap! A slight, crisp sound, yet it appeared exceptionally clear in the silent valley!

The sleeping Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino's body trembled violently, its giant eyes suddenly opened, and its pupils instantly locked onto Ye Long, who was close at hand!

"Roar!!!" A deafening roar resounded through the valley!

The Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino was completely enraged, its four hooves pawing the ground, hot white steam spraying from its nostrils, as it charged fiercely toward Ye Long! The ground was trembling!

"Not good! Run!" Ye Long was so scared that he experienced Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering; he did not care about picking the fruits anymore, turned around, and ran for his life!

This roar not only startled the Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino, but also broke the tranquility of the entire valley!

Other Vicious Beasts inhabiting the vicinity were also startled. For a time, various beast roars erupted, and countless terrified Vicious Beasts began to run blindly in all directions, unexpectedly forming a small-scale Beast Tide! It swept toward the direction where Ye Long and the others were fleeing!

"Damn it! Ye Long, that idiot!" Seeing this, the three of Ye Qing turned pale. After cursing, they did not care about anything else and followed Ye Long, fleeing desperately.

The four of them fled for their lives in the mountain forest in a wretched state, with rolling dust and beast roars behind them! The Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino had locked onto Ye Long as the culprit and was in hot pursuit!

Just as they were fleeing in panic, a familiar figure appeared in their field of vision in the woods ahead. It was Ye Tian, who was exploring alone!

When Ye Long saw Ye Tian, he was stunned for a moment, and then a vicious, cold light flashed in his eyes! He was worrying about how to shake off the terrible Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino behind him, and now, seeing Ye Tian, a vicious plan immediately came to mind!

"Ye Tian! There are Spiritual Plants over here!" Ye Long shouted deliberately, and at the same time, changed his direction, leading the Beast Tide behind him as he rushed toward Ye Tian's location! He wanted to divert the disaster and let Ye Tian attract the firepower for him!

"Ye Long! You bastard!" Seeing Ye Long's actions, the three of Ye Qing were shocked and furious, but they were powerless to stop him and could only run along.

Ye Tian had just collected a decent Spiritual Plant. Hearing the shout and the huge commotion coming from behind, he frowned and turned to look. He saw Ye Long and the others leading a large group of violent Vicious Beasts, especially that particularly conspicuous Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino, rushing toward him!

"Trying to harm me?" Ye Tian's eyes instantly turned cold. If it were before, he might have had to expend some effort, but now that his cultivation had greatly advanced, it would not be so easy to harm him! Of course, although he was not afraid, he did not want to be entangled by the Beast Tide.

Ye Tian snorted coldly and prepared to dodge to the side. However, at this moment, the Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino, which was in hot pursuit of Ye Long, seemed to become even more manic because it could not catch him after a long chase. Its speed suddenly increased, and with a thrust of its huge head, its ferocious saber-teeth were about to pierce Ye Long's back!

Ye Long felt the fatal threat behind him and was scared out of his wits! At the critical moment of life and death, he suddenly reached out and pushed Ye Hong, who was running behind him to the side, backward!

"Ah!" Ye Hong let out a terrified scream, his body uncontrollably colliding with the Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino!

Squelch! Ye Hong's body was instantly pierced by the Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino's fangs, and he died on the spot!

Ye Long, taking advantage of the force of this push, suddenly increased his speed and continued to run forward without looking back, his face even bearing a trace of ferocity from surviving a disaster!

"Ye Long! You will meet a terrible end!" Seeing this shocking scene, Ye Qing and Ye Yuan were furious, their eyes splitting with rage and grief!

They never expected that Ye Long would be so insane as to use the life of a clansman to shield himself from disaster!

Even Ye Tian, who had originally intended to dodge, saw this scene, and a terrifying cold light instantly erupted in his eyes! Clansmen killing each other, and in such a despicable way!

He stopped abruptly, no longer dodging, but instead ran against the direction of the Beast Tide, toward the place where Ye Hong had died! He wanted to save him! At the very least, he could not let a clansman's body be exposed to the mouths of beasts!

"Ye Tian! Dangerous!" Ye Qing exclaimed.

Ye Tian turned a deaf ear, Overlapping Wave Fist fully unleashed, blasting away several low-rank Vicious Beasts that were blocking his path, and quickly rushed to Ye Hong's body. At this moment, the Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino was tearing at Ye Hong's corpse, and other Vicious Beasts were swarming in.

Ye Tian's eyes were cold as he forcibly snatched back Ye Hong's mutilated body from the herd of beasts and put it into a low-rank Storage Pouch. Immediately, he dared not linger to fight; he executed his movement technique, broke free from the entanglement, and chased in the direction Ye Long had fled. Ye Qing and Ye Yuan also followed desperately.

The four of them ran wildly all the way. Strangely, as the Beast Tide behind them chased, its speed slowed down, especially that Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino, which became somewhat restless, as if there was something ahead that made it wary.

Moreover, the surrounding temperature began to rise significantly, the air became scorching, and the ground under their feet also gradually became hot.

"What is going on? It is so hot!" Ye Yuan said, panting heavily.

Ye Tian also felt the abnormality. He slowed his pace and vigilantly observed his surroundings. He saw that the scene ahead began to become desolate, vegetation was sparse, the ground presented a dark red color, and the air was filled with the smell of sulfur.

Finally, when they ran to the edge of a dark red rocky area emitting wisps of heat, the Beast Tide behind them stopped completely. Those Vicious Beasts growled uneasily, pacing in place, but dared not take another step forward into this scorching area. Even that violent Saber-Toothed Fire Rhino only roared a few times unwillingly, and eventually turned around and retreated.

The crisis seemed to be temporarily averted. The four of them stopped, all lingering in fear, drenched in sweat.

Ye Tian turned around abruptly, his cold gaze looking at the still-shaken Ye Long, his voice chilling to the bone: "Ye Long! Why did you push Ye Hong into the Beast Tide?!"

Ye Qing and Ye Yuan also immediately surrounded him, their eyes red, glaring at Ye Long with hatred.

Ye Long's face turned from green to white. Facing the intense stares of the three, especially Ye Tian's cold eyes, he retreated half a step with a guilty conscience and argued forcefully: "Bullshit! Which eye of yours saw me push him? The situation was so chaotic at the time, it was obviously him who accidentally fell and bumped into me, so I... I just lost my footing! If you want to blame someone, blame his own bad luck! What does it have to do with me!"

These words, which twisted right and wrong and showed no remorse, made Ye Qing and Ye Yuan tremble with anger.

Ye Tian stared at Ye Long, a murderous intent flashing and disappearing in his eyes. He knew that now was not the time for infighting. He said coldly: "Ye Long, I have noted today's events. Once we leave the Secret Realm, clan rules will handle this!"

Ye Long was intimidated by Ye Tian's Aura. He snorted but dared not refute again. He turned his head away with a guilty conscience, examining this scorching area in front of him, calculating in his heart how to escape and... how to eliminate Ye Tian, this confidant threat!

As for Ye Tian, he cast his gaze toward the depths of this area that even the Beast Tide dared not approach. There, a more scorching and majestic energy fluctuation could be faintly felt.