"As fellow disciples of the same sect, speaking of this is meaningless. As long as it’s not against me, I’ve always been very generous to my fellow sect members," Ling Xiao said with a laugh.
Ling Xiao smiled and said,
"I won’t thank you for the huge favor; the kindness of Senior Brother Ling I will remember in my heart."
Leng Hao took a deep breath and said.
Just at that moment, the Five-faced Monster had already dealt with the Giant Stone Monster. After all, there was a great difference in strength; the Giant Stone Monster was surely no match for the Five-faced Monster.
Ling Xiao went over to retrieve the Demon Core of the Giant Stone Monster.
This item was essential for refining many medicinal ingredients and would naturally come in handy later on.
Many materials on the Giant Stone Monster’s body were essential for setting up Array Formations.
Ling Xiao had laid many Array Formations in recent days. Although he had prepared enough materials before entering the Moon Blossom Pagoda, when it came to materials, the more the better.
By the time he finished collecting the materials, Leng Hao’s injuries had also nearly recovered.
"Let’s go. I plan to head to the fourth checkpoint, and I need the help of you three."
Ling Xiao had already found the entrance to the fourth checkpoint and had the key, so, of course, he was definitely going.
The reason these three had been able to stay this long within the Moon Blossom Pagoda and gained so many benefits was all thanks to Ling Xiao.
Therefore, when Ling Xiao asked for their help, they were more than willing.
At the entrance to the fourth checkpoint, the four people suddenly stopped.
Dozens of meters away, terrifying energy fluctuations and a powerful, vast aura made it difficult to even breath.
"My God, it’s actually a Heavenly Man Realm guardian!"
Leng Hao’s brows furrowed.
Although they didn’t know the exact level of the guardian’s strength, there was no doubt that it had reached the Heavenly Man Realm.
This was troublesome.
The monster was humanoid, not too tall at about three meters, with white hair and beard, holding a long Crescent Blade in its hand, sitting on a huge stone. It seemed like it had no intention of attacking right away.
"What should we do, Senior Brother Ling?"
"We must get to the fourth checkpoint. As for this guy, I will figure something out!"
Ling Xiao took a deep breath.
Anyway, the third checkpoint was nearing its end, and the monsters that would appear next were likely to get stronger and stronger. It was even possible that Heavenly Man Realm monsters would appear within a shichen.
The disciples undergoing the trial had only two choices:
Either advance to the fourth checkpoint or be eliminated.
Ling Xiao’s choice was to advance to the fourth checkpoint; there was no doubt about that because he was too curious to know what was inside the fourth checkpoint.
"Senior Brother Ling, why don’t we three lure that guy away? With your Body Movement Technique, you should be able to easily enter the fourth checkpoint,"
"Don’t rush; let me first check out the situation with this guardian."
Ling Xiao wouldn’t rashly make any choice, not until he had clear understanding of the opponent’s situation.
"Five-faced Monster, go distract that guardian!"
Ling Xiao commanded the Five-faced Monster.
The Five-faced Monster immediately shot a dark green toxic beam at the guardian holding the Crescent Blade.
Then, the guardian reacted and indeed chased after the Five-faced Monster.
"You’re slower than me, but faster than the rest of you. With your abilities, it’s impossible to hold him off. Take this chance and quickly infuse your True Essence into the disc, hurry!"
The guardian hadn’t been able to kill the Five-faced Monster in one move, showing that there was still a chance for the disciples to survive. In that case, Ling Xiao saw his opportunity.
He still had two Five-faced Monsters at his disposal, which were absolutely enough to delay time; what he needed to do next was to quickly activate the disk.
The other three did not dare delay, each positioning themselves at a corner and extending their hands to the spots on the disk where they channeled energy.
Then the four of them injected True Essence together, and the disk began to flicker.
Tantai Lingzi and Liu Lie also encountered pursuit from the third trial.
They did not have Five-faced Monsters to assist them, so even facing a Half-step Celestial at ten percent strength, they were quite embarrassed.
"Senior Sister Tantai, I’ll draw this guy off, you must survive, strive to take first place and show it to those people."
Liu Lie’s body darted away, leading a Ferocious Beast with the strength of a ten percent powered Half-step Celestial in pursuit.
Elsewhere, Tantai Lingzi also began to flee.
She sensed that the monster pursuing the trial disciples could not possibly be alone, and before encountering greater danger, she aimed to try entering the fourth trial.
Liu Lie kept running, but after all, he was not Ling Xiao; he could not compare to Ling Xiao in speed, and the Half-step Celestial Ferocious Beast was drawing ever closer to him.
Tantai Lingzi, on the other hand, also finally ran into trouble again.
Facing a Ferocious Beast with the strength of a ten percent powered Half-step Celestial, although she was at the initial stage of the Transcendent Realm Ninth Layer, she was not utterly without the power to fight a Half-step Celestial at ten percent strength.
But after such a fight, she would likely be left weak and even critically injured.
So, if she could avoid battle, she would favor running away as fast as possible.
Those who remained were well aware that the longer they could persist, the more benefits they could gain.
Atop the Steel Battleship, Wu Yang and Qin Wu stood before the Ancient Ship King, awaiting orders.
"You two go find Ling Xiao. Once you find him, don’t ask any questions, just kill him!"
The Ancient Ship King had already learned about the events that had occurred in the Land of Dragons; Ling Xiao had actually killed one of his formidable subordinates, which was something he could not tolerate.
Wu Yang and Qin Wu, now controlled by the Black Spirits, were no longer themselves.
Their strength at this moment belonged to the Black Spirits.
One was at the pinnacle of the Transcendent Realm Ninth Layer, and the other was at an invincible Cultivation Level within the Transcendent Realm Ninth Layer.
Two figures shot out, beginning their search for Ling Xiao’s whereabouts.
At the entrance of the Moon Blossom Pagoda.
The upper echelon of the Moon Hua Sect had almost all gathered there, including the Demonflame Celestial, who had already appeared.
The entire Sect harbored feelings of anxiety and excitement.
Based on the time, at this moment, the disciples inside the trials had either all been trapped, or they had all broken the record.
Broken the record set by the Demonflame Celestial and Sect Leader Chang Yueying.
At least in terms of time, as for the benefits received, that remained unknown since after Situ Jun was eliminated, no other disciples had been ousted.
"It’s been five days; do you think anyone has already found the entrance to the fourth trial?"
Chang Yueying suddenly asked.
"Impossible! Right now, they should just be dodging the pursuit from the third trial. To find the entrance to the fourth trial—how could that be so easy? Neither the Venerable One nor you, Sect Leader, managed to accomplish it. How could they?"
The Demonflame Celestial absolutely did not believe anyone could achieve this.
However, the image of Ling Xiao involuntarily surfaced in his mind.
"What you can’t accomplish yourself doesn’t necessarily mean others can’t," the Golden Light Heavenly Lord said with a cold laugh. "At the very least, I’m quite optimistic about that kid Ling Xiao. Maybe he really has stumbled upon a tremendous opportunity inside, right now making his way towards the fourth trial."