21: I failed so many times, and it turns out it was all because of you!

The night was like ink, dotted with stars.

Inside that remote Small Courtyard of the Ye Family Manor, it was peaceful and warm.

In the kitchen, Mother Ye was humming an out-of-tune melody, finely chopping the "Green Heart Vegetables" she had just picked that afternoon, which contained a trace of Spiritual Qi, preparing to make a sumptuous "Spiritual Vegetable Minced Meat" for Mysterious Ink.

Father Ye was by her side, happily tending to the fire.

In the main hall, Mysterious Ink was quietly coiled up. Within his huge snake pupils, the two busy and warm figures in the kitchen were reflected, and his heart was filled with tranquility.

However, beneath this tranquility, the System panel in his mind was already a different scene.

【 Realm: Early Second-Rank 】

【 experience points required to Breakthrough to Middle Stage Second-Rank: 100000 / 100000 】

The experience points were full!

He could perform a Breakthrough at any time and enter the Middle Stage Second-Rank!

Mysterious Ink's heart stirred. He was just preparing, as usual, to find an excuse to slip away to a deserted place behind the mountain to quietly complete this Realm transition.

But just at this moment!

His massive python body suddenly stiffened! A pair of deep snake pupils abruptly turned toward the darkness outside the courtyard wall, and within them, a bone-chilling killing intent flashed!

It was here!

An aged Aura, restrained to the extreme yet still unable to hide its resentment and killing intent, was sneaking toward this Small Courtyard like a viper in the dark night!

— — Grand Elder!

This old dog, he finally couldn't hold back and came to the door personally!

Mysterious Ink realized in an instant that this guy's target was definitely not him, but those two defenseless, unarmed Mortals in the kitchen who had no guard against him!

He wanted to use the most cruel and direct way to take revenge on Ye Feiyan!

Looking at those two kind backs still preparing dinner for him, the killing intent in Mysterious Ink's heart climbed to its peak at this moment!

"You want to touch them? You, are you worthy?!"

He sneered in his heart.

Since you, this old dog, came here to seek death yourself, then I shall fulfill your wish!

A plan to "lure the snake out of its hole and catch the turtle in the jar" instantly formed in his mind.

He did not hesitate any longer. His massive python body, like a ghost blending into the night, silently slid out of the main hall.

He deliberately leaked a trace of Yao Beast Aura in a corner of the courtyard wall far from the kitchen—a trace that was extremely faint but enough to be captured by a powerhouse of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Immediately, his figure flickered and turned into a huge black shadow, speeding toward the direction of the mountain behind.

"Hmm?!"

The Grand Elder, who was lurking outside the Small Courtyard preparing to find an Opportunity to sneak in and silently eliminate those two Mortals, was suddenly stunned!

He clearly captured that familiar Yao python Aura that made him hate it to the bone!

"Evil beast! You still dare to appear?!"

The pain of losing his son and the hatred of his lost beast erupted completely at this moment! The Grand Elder could no longer care about dealing with those two Mortals. With killing intent fully exposed in his eyes, he immediately followed that Aura and chased madly!

In his view, as long as he could capture the culprit who caused the death of his son and beast pet, it would be the same to go back and kill those two Mortals!

...

The night wind howled. In the mountain forest, two figures were one in front and one behind, one chasing and one fleeing.

Mysterious Ink controlled his speed just right, allowing the Grand Elder behind him to see a glimmer of hope of catching up, while not being truly caught.

And the Grand Elder became more and more alarmed as he chased!

How could this beast's speed be so fast?

After a while, Mysterious Ink finally led him to a remote valley far from the Ye Family Manor, where there was no one around, which could be called an excellent burial ground.

He stopped.

His massive python body slowly turned around, and a pair of cold, emotionless snake pupils just quietly watched the Grand Elder, who had just arrived and was panting for breath.

Looking at the empty environment around him, and then at the black giant python in front of him that had suddenly stopped, as if it had been waiting for him here for a long time.

The Grand Elder finally realized what was happening.

"You... you deliberately lured this old man here?" He stared fixedly at Mysterious Ink, his voice full of uncertainty.

Mysterious Ink did not answer, just watching him with mocking eyes.

Meeting its mocking gaze, the Grand Elder frowned slightly. This black snake seemed to have nothing to fear in the face of him?

Suddenly, he remembered Mysterious Ink's speed just now. That kind of speed was definitely not something a First Order Yao Beast could possess.

"You..."

In an instant, the Grand Elder seemed to have thought of something, his eyes fixed on Mysterious Ink: "You are not only that Innate-deficient black snake contracted by Ye Feiyan, but also that black snake from that night, right?"

Facing his questioning, a mocking smile rose on the corner of Mysterious Ink's mouth.

He even used Speaking Human Words: "That's right, it's me. It's a pity you discovered it too late."

"So that's it, so that's it. It was all you, you did all of this!"

He looked at Mysterious Ink, his whole heart completely ignited by rage.

Everything had been connected in his mind!

Why did Steward Ye Ming fail?

Why did his son Ye Tian, teaming up with a Second Order Crimson Flame Tiger, die miserably in the mountain forest?

Why was that bitch Ye Feiyan able to turn misfortune into a blessing and obtain "Opportunity" one after another?

So!

So the root of everything was right here!

It was all because of this Second Order Demon Beast in front of him that had been pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger and hidden its true cultivation!

"It was you! You did it all!" The Grand Elder's eyes were blood-red, pointing at Mysterious Ink, his voice as shrill as a cuckoo crying blood, "It was you who killed Ye Ming! It was you who killed my son! It was you who killed my Crimson Flame Tiger!!"

"And then?"

Mysterious Ink's mocking voice rang out, and his gaze at the Grand Elder was like looking at a clown.

"They were all killed by me."

"And today, you must die too."

At this point, two beams of chilling killing intent shot out from Mysterious Ink's vertical snake eyes.

"Hahahaha—!"

Hearing this extremely arrogant "declaration", the Grand Elder seemed to have heard some huge joke and actually laughed out of anger.

"Evil beast! Do you really think that just because you killed my son, you can kill this old man?!"

"This old man admits, you are very strong! Among the Early Second-Rank, you probably have few rivals! But don't forget, this old man is a powerhouse of the Foundation Establishment Mid Stage!"

His eyes were full of endless contempt and pride.

"That night, this old man just wanted to capture you alive, I didn't use my real strength at all! Today, this old man will let you witness the gap, like a natural chasm, between the Foundation Establishment Realm and you, this Yao Beast!"

As his voice fell, a spiritual power pressure far more terrifying than any previous time erupted from his body!

However, just as he was preparing to strike with all his might to completely blast this evil beast in front of him into slag...

The grimace on his face suddenly froze.

Because, the black giant python on the opposite side not only did not show any fear, but instead looked at him with pity, like looking at an idiot.

The next moment, Mysterious Ink, right in front of him, slowly closed his eyes.

"Hmm?!" The Grand Elder was stunned, not knowing what tricks this beast was playing.

But immediately after, he felt it!

An Aura... an Aura more terrifying and majestic than before, which was skyrocketing at a geometric rate, surged from Mysterious Ink's body into the sky!

With Mysterious Ink's body as the center, a huge vortex of Spiritual Qi appeared out of thin air, frantically churning the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi within a radius of one hundred meters!

"This... this is... a Breakthrough in the middle of a battle?!"

The Grand Elder's eyeballs instantly widened, his face full of endless absurdity and disbelief!

However, this was just the beginning!

When that brand-new Aura, steadily resting at the Middle Stage Second-Rank, completely erupted from Mysterious Ink!

The Grand Elder was completely dumbfounded.

His brain, in this instant, completely crashed!

Because the intensity of that Aura was simply not what a Yao Beast that had just broken through to the Middle Stage Second-Rank should have!

That pressure was so strong, that Aura was so imposing, it was even several times more terrifying than those veteran Yao Beasts who had been immersed in the Second Stage Late-Phase for many years!!!

"No... impossible... how is this possible?!"

The Grand Elder's voice was trembling, filled with endless shock and horror as if he had seen a ghost!

Even if it was a Breakthrough!

Even if it was a Breakthrough in the middle of a battle!

How could someone, just after breaking through a small Realm, possess such an outrageous, Heaven-Defying, and completely unreasonable terrifying Aura?!

This f*cking... what kind of monster is this?!