66: If you made these tentacles into whips, it would definitely hurt a lot when they were used to strike someone!

On a giant rock.

Chen Ye sat cross-legged, his gaze solemn as he looked at the pitch-Black Forest ahead.

The pitch-blackness wasn't just a description of shadows.

Rather, the trees that made up this forest were themselves black!

Densely packed and filling the field of vision, everything was a deep black!

"Elder Ming, do we really have to go inside?"

Chen Ye asked in his heart, feeling somewhat uncertain.

The faint wisps of aura that occasionally drifted out from this forest made his heart palpitate.

Judging by the feeling, there was at least a Core Formation Stage presence!

Rushing in blindly would likely mean a narrow escape from death!

"With this old man here, what are you afraid of? Do you still want the Opportunity or not?"

Inside the ring, Elder Ming's voice rang out.

He was somewhat speechless.

This fellow spent all day talking about trampling Wang Ming underfoot.

To be scared like this by a mere Core Formation Realm presence, what was he going to trample him with?

Using his face to trample the other's foot?

"This old man, in the final analysis, appeared suddenly. His attitude toward me still needs to be carefully examined; I cannot fully trust him."

Chen Ye pondered in his heart.

Ever since being backstabbed by Ouyang Yaoxi, it had become difficult for him to trust anyone again.

Elder Ming was no exception!

However, on second thought, Elder Ming needed him to improve his strength in order to mold a new Physical Body for himself.

For the time being, the elder still needed to rely on him, so he probably didn't have any ulterior motives.

Only then did he feel at ease.

"Fine, I'll listen to Revered Master!"

Chen Ye gritted his teeth, concealed his aura with all his might, and flew into the Black Forest.

"This little fellow has already developed a sense of wariness toward me."

Elder Ming sighed heavily in his heart.

Having lived for thousands of years, he had long since become a shrewd old fox.

The little schemes in Chen Ye's heart could be seen even by the corns on his toes.

Caution was certainly a virtue.

But to be so unable to distinguish right from wrong and to maliciously speculate about his good intentions truly made his heart go cold.

For a moment, Elder Ming didn't know if showing himself and taking Chen Ye as a Disciple back then was the right thing to do after all.

Up in the sky.

"No wonder. The Opportunity is sitting right there, yet only Ye Chen could obtain it; it turns out it's in such a dangerous place."

Wang Ming murmured softly.

With just a sweep of his Divine Sense, he discovered at least five Core Formation Realm Vicious Beasts.

Ordinary Cultivators, even those like Gu Qingyi, the so-called Prodigies,

would probably not dare to rashly enter this Black Forest.

Only Ye Chen, protected by that mysterious Soul body, would dare to take the risk and enter.

"What a pity, they're all just Vicious Beasts."

Wang Ming felt some regret.

If the Core Formation entities in this Black Forest weren't Vicious Beasts but Cultivators, it would be a treasure trove for him.

But Vicious Beasts mostly had thin Divine Sense.

Even at Core Formation, devouring dozens or hundreds of them wouldn't compare to a single Core Formation Cultivator!

"Whatever, even a mosquito's leg is meat. Vicious Beast inner cores are also quite valuable."

If he hadn't seen them, it would be one thing.

But since he had discovered them, he naturally didn't plan to let these Core Formation Vicious Beasts go.

It was just a matter of convenience.

Thinking of this, he immediately stepped out.

One Step to the Horizon!

The surrounding environment blurred rapidly, and when he reappeared, he was already in front of a tree that was significantly thicker than those around it.

As soon as he appeared, the giant tree began to shake violently.

Spiked tentacles emerged from within the tree, heading straight for Wang Ming.

"If this tentacle were made into a whip and lashed onto someone, it would definitely be very painful."

Wang Ming reached out and grabbed one of the tentacles in his hand.

The spikes were the size of a palm; for an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator, this would be an absolute Sharp Weapon.

Even a slight touch would result in being pierced through.

Yet when they pressed against Wang Ming's hand, they couldn't even break the skin.

"Roar!!!"

Seeing that its methods were ineffective, the giant tree shook even more violently and let out bursts of roars at Wang Ming.

"wait a minute!"

Wang Ming suddenly gave a low shout.

The giant tree seemed to understand human speech, and its movements paused at the sound.

Under the shaking bark, a pair of eerie tree-eyes emerged. The pupils within those eyes were looking at Wang Ming with a human-like expression of confusion.

At that moment, a silver-white sword light flashed across the scene.

The king artifact wait a minute was pinned straight between that pair of tree-eyes.

Dark green blood flowed out.

"Break!"

Wang Ming's eyes narrowed, and the Divine Sense power attached to wait a minute instantly intensified several times over.

With a 'poof', wait a minute directly submerged into the giant tree's body and pierced through its back!

All of the giant tree's movements instantly froze.

The color of the tree's body quickly turned grayish-white.

Wang Ming was quick of eye and hand, controlling wait a minute to cut off two tentacles and store them in the System space.

By the time he finished all this, the giant tree had completely turned into a grayish-white tree.

With the passing of a light breeze, it gradually crumbled into a pile of white ash.

Wang Ming landed and picked up a dark green bead from the white ash.

"A sixth-level Core Formation inner core should sell for a decent price."

A Vicious Beast's inner core contained a certain peculiar power that could help Cultivators strengthen their Physical Bodies.

This power was known as Demon Power.

In fact, Wang Ming could have absorbed this inner core himself to strengthen his Physical Body.

However, for the Desolate War Body, the effect was negligible.

He simply didn't think much of it.

A mosquito's leg is indeed meat, but between a chicken leg provided by the System and a mosquito's leg, any normal person wouldn't choose to eat the mosquito's leg, right?

Wang Ming stored the inner core into the System space, sensed with his Divine Sense for a moment, and flew toward another Core Formation Vicious Beast... the central area of the Black Forest.

Unlike the outer perimeter, there were no black trees filled with the aura of death here.

Instead, it was a scene full of vitality, and there was even a lake.

"Revered Master, are you sure the Opportunity is right here?"

Chen Ye crouched down, lying on a black tree at the edge of the center, gazing solemnly at the middle of the lake.

There, there was a small island.

More importantly, on that island, there lay a slumbering White Tiger.

From the aura emanating from its body, it was at least at the eighth or ninth level of Core Formation.

Perhaps even... Great Perfection!

"Don't worry, Little Chen. Why do you think that White Tiger is sleeping there? Because it's convenient to drink water when it's thirsty?"

"Naturally, it's to guard the Opportunity I mentioned!"

Elder Ming's voice rang out.

A wisp of Divine Sense power merged into Chen Ye's mind, sharing the images detected by the Divine Sense.

In Chen Ye's eyes, the scene on the island in the center of the lake instantly became clear.

He saw it clearly now.

The White Tiger was curled up, and at its belly, there was an... egg emitting a faint white light!

"That's..."

Chen Ye's pupils contracted.

"This White Tiger possesses a bit of Divine Beast Bloodline. If you can obtain this White Tiger egg, hatch it, and use some of my methods, there is a very high possibility it can grow into a true White Tiger. It will surely become a powerful aid for you in the future!"

Elder Ming chuckled.

The Divine Beast White Tiger!

Chen Ye was instantly tempted!

One must know that anything that could be called a Divine Beast would have strength at least at the Soul Transformation level!

A Soul Transformation-rank Divine Beast as a mount—just thinking about it made him incredibly excited.

When the time came, with one shake of his tiger's body, wouldn't countless Saintesses fall before his domineering aura?