326: Chapter 326 The Old Monster's Second Life?

Li Fan and the Great Snake were extremely fast.

In almost the blink of an eye, they were about to arrive in front of them.

Facing the approach of these two terrifying monsters,

the group of Contestants immediately turned tail and fled, crying out in terror.

"Oh no! They're coming for us!"

"So fast! I feel like we might not be able to escape!"

"Damn it, we should have run earlier!"

"Wait, Li Fan already has two golden opportunities; does he really want the tiny scraps on us too?"

"You guys cover the rear, let me go first! I have a plan!"

"Plan my ass! We shouldn't have listened to you and come here in the first place!"

...

In an instant,

the teams that were just watching the spectacle were all in a frenzy, scattering like startled monkeys.

Some teams, pushed to the brink of terror, even began infighting, with insults flying everywhere.

They all knew in their hearts that even if everyone present joined forces, they wouldn't be a match for Li Fan and the Great Snake.

Now, their only hope was to flee this place to preserve the opportunities they held and their chances of advancing to the next round.

But clearly,

the chances of escaping the pursuit of Li Fan and the Great Snake were extremely slim.

In less than a few breaths' time,

Li Fan and the Great Snake had blocked the escape routes of these Contestants.

"Everyone, why run so fast? I'm not going to eat you."

"As long as you hand over the opportunities you have, I'll naturally let you go."

Li Fan stood on the snake's head with his hands behind his back, looking at all the Contestants with an exceptionally kind smile.

Looking at Li Fan's smiling face,

the Contestants all had solemn expressions.

Li Fan indeed wouldn't eat them, but he definitely had the ability to!

Soon,

a contestant was the first to buckle under the pressure, handing over all their opportunities to Li Fan with both hands.

With a precedent set, the other Contestants naturally chose to compromise one after another.

This scene was almost identical to when Li Fan had scavenged Contestants before; there was no difference at all.

Outside, the Wushan Seat Public watching Li Fan's actions were now somewhat amused and exasperated.

If Li Fan's previous frantic plundering of Contestants' opportunities was to secure the championship of the third stage,

then now, having successfully pocketed two golden opportunities, Li Fan had almost certainly locked in the top spot for the third stage.

Continuing to plunder others' opportunities like this could only be explained as Li Fan truly enjoying the act of robbery!

And soon,

before long, Li Fan had stripped all the Contestants present of their opportunities.

After these Contestants left,

Li Fan also began planning his next itinerary.

There was now less than a month left before the end of the third stage's schedule.

Having obtained the space bodhi seed and the crimson lotus tribulation flame seed—the two opportunities he wanted most—plus the ones snatched from other Contestants, he was now virtually guaranteed first place in the third stage.

So he didn't need to run around and actively plunder other Contestants' opportunities anymore.

For the remaining month, he planned to focus on the crimson lotus tribulation flame seed.

He had the "Fire Cosmos" given by Ming Yan, which allowed him to refine flames faster.

Although it was impossible to fully refine the crimson lotus tribulation flame seed in a month, he could familiarize himself with the situation to refine it in the shortest time possible after the assessment ended.

Then again,

in the remaining course of the competition, there would surely be many people wanting to seize the two golden opportunities he carried.

So while studying "Fire Cosmos" and the crimson lotus tribulation flame seed, he also had to spend a little time dealing with those Contestants who came to "deliver" their opportunities.

And that was indeed the case.

After Li Fan seized the space bodhi seed,

the golden point in the other Contestants' minds had now turned into two golden concentric rings.

All Contestants understood what these two golden concentric rings meant.

It meant that two golden opportunities were now on a single person!

So from a god's-eye view, one could see

that throughout the secret realm, many Contestants were now heading toward Li Fan, wanting to take a gamble!

"Let's go, Great Snake. Let's find a place with better scenery and have another meal!"

After deciding on his next steps, Li Fan leaped back onto the Great Snake's head and said with a smile.

Hearing Li Fan's words, the Great Snake's face was filled with wild joy, and the look it gave Li Fan was one of extreme fervor.

That's right.

Ever since it witnessed Li Fan uprooting the Giant Tree Lord with its own eyes,

it was now completely submissive to Li Fan, and even held him in incomparable admiration.

Being Li Fan's mount had already become a matter of immense pride for it!

...

Cosmic Cloud Company, Wushan Seat Branch.

While Li Fan was shown riding the Great Snake toward the ice plains on the screen,

Sang Gan's figure appeared here once again.

"Lord Ai Xin, I have investigated all of Li Fan's data."

Sang Gan spoke slowly, looking respectfully at Ai Xin on the main seat.

Immediately after,

with a wave of Sang Gan's hand, a virtual projection page appeared not far in front of Ai Xin.

The page clearly displayed all the information regarding Li Fan.

Ai Xin looked at the data.

In just a blink of an eye, Ai Xin had finished reading all the information in the data.

"I didn't expect that this Li Fan actually comes from a weak planet that has just become a primary civilization?!"

Ai Xin frowned slightly, her eyes holding a trace of surprise.

She really hadn't expected Li Fan's background to be even worse than the worst she could have imagined.

Normally, a weak planet that had just stepped into the Great Universe would be walking on thin ice for a long time; let alone nurturing a Universe Level genius, it would likely take ages just to produce someone who could barely reach the Star Shattering Rank.

Yet, from such a planet that had only been in the Great Universe for a year or two, an existence as monstrous as Li Fan had emerged!

This was undoubtedly quite contrary to common sense!

"Could this guy be the second life of some old monster?"

Ai Xin couldn't help but mutter to herself, frowning.

She knew that some terrifying cosmic powerhouses faced the risk of annihilation when pushing for higher realms. Thus, they would pay a great price to plant karma in advance; after failing, they would use a second life to cultivate again and continue pushing for the realm they originally sought.

There were also some old fellows who used secret techniques to cultivate for nine lifetimes, and in the final life, they would awaken all memories and use the accumulation of nine lifetimes to break through to the supreme level in one go.

Both methods could result in a situation like Li Fan's—a humble background but heaven-defying talent.

However, soon,

Ai Xin dismissed this hypothesis.

Because if he were an old monster's second life, the reincarnation range would still be within the Great Universe.

Li Fan was already in his twenties, while his planet, Blue Star, had only integrated into the Great Universe in the last year or two, so the timing didn't match up at all.

Therefore, there were only two possible explanations for why Blue Star would produce a monster like Li Fan.

One was that there was something strange about the planet Blue Star itself.

The second was that Blue Star had struck it lucky, with excellent feng shui!