130: Chapter 130 Advancing to the Top Ten in the County Examination

"Damn it, this accursed beast is actually chasing me!" Ye Yisong cursed, though it didn't affect his running speed in the slightest.

The Giant Crocodile knew perfectly well which one tasted better.

Having consumed countless Heaven And Earth Treasures since childhood, Ye Yisong's entire body exuded a captivating fragrance to any Yao Beast.

Coupled with the fact that his strength was naturally greater than Ye Jiewang's, he looked even more delicious.

Why would the Giant Crocodile chase after the less nutritious Ye Jiewang instead of Ye Yisong?

Ye Jiewang, who was fleeing toward the east, saw that the Giant Crocodile was indeed not chasing him.

His hanging heart relaxed significantly, and without hesitation, he crushed his admission ticket in one go.

The shattered admission ticket emitted waves of white light, enveloping Ye Jiewang entirely before he vanished from this realm.

When Ye Jiewang opened his eyes again, he found himself already on the arena stage.

Looking up at the sky, he discovered that the large screen in the sky had been divided into ten, broadcasting the situation of the ten teams in real-time.

Among them, the screen where Ye Yisong was located was now in a countdown state:

"10"

"9"

"8"

However, the Giant Crocodile was already less than three hundred meters away from Ye Yisong.

Ye Jiewang's heart, which had just relaxed, could not help but start pounding rapidly again.

Could Ye Yisong hold on until the countdown ended?

Having learned from previous experience, the Giant Crocodile no longer lurked; it charged straight toward Ye Yisong.

The Giant Crocodile rolled over, arrived above Ye Yisong's head, and opened its blood-red maw, intending to swallow the delicacy before it in one gulp, just as it had devoured Wei Jiadi and the other two.

Feeling the entire sky darken, Ye Yisong calmly took out a Tier 4 Talisman—a Great Sword Talisman—from his Storage Pouch and flung it directly toward the Giant Crocodile's gaping maw.

"Awoo!"

The Giant Crocodile rolled incessantly on the water's surface in pain, crimson blood flowing from the corners of its mouth, staining a large expanse of the lake red.

"So stupid."

Ye Yisong couldn't help but mock.

Once a Yao Beast evolved to Grade 4, its intelligence would receive a massive boost, similar to that of a ten-year-old human youth.

Of course, some powerful races were an exception; their innate intelligence was no weaker than a human's.

If the Giant Crocodile had relied on its own tough Grade 4 Demonic Beast hide, Ye Yisong would never have been able to injure it so easily, not even with a Tier 4 Talisman, unless a certain quantity of Tier 4 Talismans were used.

Ye Yisong did not have that many Tier 4 Talismans.

After his narrow escape last time, his supply of Tier 4 Talismans had been exhausted.

It was only because Ye Jiexin, that Tier 4 expert, had replenished a few for him that he had some in case of an emergency.

No one else had any Tier 4 Talismans to give Ye Yisong.

Even for Ye Jiexin, crafting a single Tier 4 Talisman was not easy!

In the end, the Giant Crocodile paid the price for its gluttony; Ye Yisong seized the opportunity, and with one Tier 4 Talisman, pierced its throat, dealing it a heavy blow.

After severely wounding the Giant Crocodile, Ye Yisong did not stay in place but continued fleeing into the distance.

The countdown that Ye Jiewang saw could also be seen by Ye Yisong.

When he saw the countdown in the sky, Ye Yisong knew that Ye Jiewang had left the trial grounds.

Uncle Jiewang was a man of principle.

Just as Ye Yisong had guessed, as long as only one person remained in the trial grounds, the System would declare the remaining Martial Artist the winner.

It was just that this damn ten-second countdown—which bastard designed it?

If he hadn't been carrying a large quantity of Tier 3 Teleportation Talismans, he would have already engaged the Giant Crocodile in a head-on confrontation.

Facing a Grade 4 Demonic Beast, with Ye Yisong's current strength, he could hold out for a while, but there would always be a certain degree of risk.

The purpose of this trial was merely to advance; there was no need to engage in a life-or-death struggle with this Giant Crocodile.

After rolling in the water in pain for several turns, the Giant Crocodile emitted an icy aura, its bloodshot eyes staring fixedly at Ye Yisong.

Ye Yisong had completely enraged this Giant Crocodile.

"Inhale!"

The Giant Crocodile sucked in a breath with its massive mouth, creating waves like a tornado that swept Ye Yisong, who was fleeing into the distance, into the current, dragging him toward the Giant Crocodile as if he were throwing himself into its embrace.

Ye Yisong was extremely anxious; no matter how he struggled, he could not break free from this back-flowing current.

A Grade 4 Demonic Beast was indeed not so easy to deal with.

This must be the Giant Crocodile's innate Divine Ability, capable of creating a terrifying suction force like a water spout to capture prey.

In his desperation, Ye Yisong could no longer afford to save the Tier 4 Talismans he had just obtained.

He activated another Tier 4 Great Sword Talisman, striking directly at the Giant Crocodile's open mouth.

Having learned from the previous lesson, the Giant Crocodile hurriedly clamped its mouth shut and shifted dozens of meters to the side, avoiding Ye Yisong's attack.

It was precisely because of this dodge by the Giant Crocodile that the terrifying suction force acting on Ye Yisong temporarily vanished, giving him the time to escape.

The countdown in the sky finally ended: "1" "0"

A beam of white light enveloped Ye Yisong entirely, and before the Giant Crocodile could launch another attack, Ye Yisong vanished from before its eyes.

The Giant Crocodile slapped the water surface in futility and roared at the sky, startling the Yao Beasts within several thousand meters to flee frantically in all directions.

"The Great King is having a Life Qi outburst again."

"The Great King must have reached menopause; it has a Life Qi outburst once every few years."

"Run, run quickly, lest the Great King takes it out on us later."

Ye Yisong's figure reappeared on the arena stage, drawing cheers from everyone at the Ye family encampment.

Among them, Ye Yiguang and the others were the loudest.

Grandfather Ye Tuantu looked at his precious grandson, enjoying the compliments from those around him, and nodded at Ye Yisong with great gratification.

"Thirteenth Young Master, that's awesome! To actually escape from the jaws of a Grade 4 Demonic Beast!" Ye Jiewang said flatteringly.

At this moment, only ten seconds had passed since Ye Jiewang had emerged.

Those ten seconds were incredibly perilous for Ye Yisong; had anything gone slightly wrong, he would have lost his life in the Giant Crocodile's jaws.

"Uncle Jiewang, please don't flatter me to death. If it hadn't been for that ten-second limit, I would have struggled to escape."

After this battle, Ye Yisong had a clearer understanding of his own strength.

Ye Yisong's Nine-Colored Green Lotus itself had reached the strength threshold of a Tier 4 Martial Ancestor, and with the attachment of the red light, in terms of combat power, one could say Ye Yisong was a Martial Ancestor expert.

However, after using it for a few strikes, he would be unable to maintain it due to insufficient Spiritual Qi.

But in other aspects, compared to a Grade 4 Demonic Beast, he was far inferior, being at an absolute disadvantage in terms of speed, defense, and so on.

One moment of carelessness would result in losing his life at the hands of the Yao Beast.

Just like this time, if it hadn't been for the System's countdown limiting the Giant Crocodile's attack time, even with Tier 4 Talismans, Ye Yisong could not have escaped the Giant Crocodile's attack.

The Giant Crocodile only needed to wait for the moment Ye Yisong's Talismans were exhausted, and that would be the end of Ye Yisong.

Ye Yisong looked up at the screen in the sky and discovered that his group was the first to finish the trial; the other nine groups were still inside the trial grounds.