"You've broken through to the Eighth Layer of Energy-Introducing Realm?"

Song Qing looked at Wang Ruoxie with a shocked expression, somewhat incredulously.

Over the past two days, he has been hunting demon beasts and battling fiercely with other contestants, naturally obtaining a lot of cultivation resources.

With the help of these resources, he finally broke through to the Seventh Layer of Energy-Introducing Realm, entering the late stage of the Energy-Introducing Realm.

However, he now seems not to perceive Wang Ruoxie's cultivation realm, implying that Wang Ruoxie's cultivation is above his, at least the Eighth Layer of Energy-Introducing Realm.

"Let's deal with these three guys first."

Wang Ruoxie smiled lightly and spoke.

"Alright."

Song Qing nodded, knowing that now is not the time for conversation.

And at this moment, Bing Ling also joined the battle.

With her cultivation at the Ninth Layer of Energy-Introducing Realm and strength far surpassing those of the same tier, she easily slew one of them.

Immediately after, Wang Ruoxie killed the gray-robed young man fighting Song Qing with a single sword strike.

Then, the last remaining person, seeing his two companions killed in succession, was utterly terrified, losing focus and was directly slain by the combined efforts of the white-clad young man and the blue-skirted young girl.

"Brother Song, we've gathered enough Jade Talismans, so we'll take our leave now."

After retrieving the Jade Talismans and storage pouches from the man, the white-clad young man and the blue-skirted young woman exchanged a few words before turning to leave.

"They are Lin Xiwen and Lin Qiaoyun siblings, from the Lin family, one of the Six Great Clans of the Royal City."

Song Qing looked in the direction where the two disappeared and said.

"I imagine the Lin family has a good relationship with your Song family."

Wang Ruoxie smiled and spoke.

"Yes, the Lin and Song families are long-time allies, and I grew up as friends with them."

Song Qing smiled and nodded, then said to Wang Ruoxie and Bing Ling, "Don't mind them; they left in a hurry because they have reached the requirements to pass the test."

"It's okay."

Wang Ruoxie said with a careless laugh.

Bing Ling was even less concerned; had it not been for Wang Ruoxie, she wouldn't have helped, and might even have tried to take their Jade Talismans.

Stepping forward, Wang Ruoxie walked to the corpses of the three, activating the Blood God Essence Blood within his heart, causing his eyes to transform into blood color again, and he devoured and refined all their Blood Souls.

However, the bloodline levels of these three seemed low: one was Profound Level Second Grade, and two were Profound Level First Grade, insufficient to directly enhance his bloodline level.

Nonetheless, even a small amount adds up, and with his current Profound Level Second Grade bloodline power, he would need to devour and refine Blood Souls of Profound Level Sixth Grade or higher to directly improve his bloodline level.

Otherwise, he could only evolve and advance his bloodline by accumulating sufficient bloodline power through continuous devouring.

Then, he fetched the storage pouches from the other two.

"There are quite a lot of gold and silver and demon beast corpses in these two storage pouches; we three shall divide them equally."

After inspecting the two storage pouches, Wang Ruoxie spoke to Song Qing and Bing Ling.

"I don't need any of it; you keep it yourself."

Song Qing said with a smile to Wang Ruoxie.

Being a direct descendant of one of the Six Great Clans, the Song family, he naturally lacked no gold and silver, and as for demon beast corpses, he had already hunted a hundred Tier Two High Level demon beasts, and needed no more.

"I don't need any either."

Bing Ling smiled slightly and shook her head.

Wang Ruoxie didn't stand on ceremony and directly put the two storage pouches into his own storage pouch.

He was most lacking in cultivation resources now, so he never missed the storage pouches of those he killed.

Gold and silver can naturally be used to purchase resources, and demon beast corpses can also be exchanged for gold and silver, or directly swapped for resources.

Moreover, dead demon beasts can still yield Essence Blood when refined.

"Brother Wang, did you just devour their Blood Souls?"

After contemplating for a moment, Song Qing couldn't help but ask Wang Ruoxie.

He seemed to see Wang Ruoxie using some method to gather the Blood Souls of the three dead individuals and then directly devour them.

"Yes, it's my bloodline divine technique, quite a unique power."

Wang Ruoxie smiled slightly and nodded.

Though he didn't deny it, neither did he elaborate much, only stating it as a bloodline divine technique.

As for the existence of Blood God Essence Blood, he naturally wouldn't casually divulge it.

"Brother Wang, rest assured, I will never reveal this matter to anyone."

Song Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, then he solemnly said.

The trust Wang Ruoxie placed in him moved Song Qing deeply.

He now finally understood why Wang Ruoxie's cultivation improved so quickly; possessing such an extraordinary bloodline divine technique, how could his speed of improvement be slow?

Although Song Qing was shocked by Wang Ruoxie's bloodline divine technique, he wasn't too surprised.

Because the bloodline power of martial cultivators often comes with various special abilities, some of which are extraordinary, like possessing ten times the normal cultivation speed or being able to erupt with tenfold combat strength in a short time.

Of course, Wang Ruoxie's bloodline divine technique, in his view, was unparalleled.

Wang Ruoxie smiled and nodded but didn't say much.

In fact, he was entirely unworried about Song Qing revealing it; his ability wasn't actually a bloodline divine technique, but because he had a drop of Blood God Essence Blood within him, allowing him to devour essence blood and bloodline power to boost his cultivation power.

He also believed that Song Qing wasn't such a person; though their acquaintance was brief, they had a good rapport and he considered Song Qing a trustworthy person.

Furthermore, if indeed someone witless wished to target him, he could just devour more bloodline power.

As for possible dangers, he was hardly concerned; in his past life, he dared face the pursuit of numerous Celestial Realm experts, so what were a few greedy individuals?

Add to that, as his own cultivation and power continuously improved, the methods at his disposal became more abundant, ensuring him self-preservation even if unable to fully restore his previous life's cultivation in the short term.

After that, Wang Ruoxie, Song Qing, and Bing Ling continued onward together.

Half a day quickly passed.

Given the strength of Wang Ruoxie and his companions, anyone they encountered would either voluntarily surrender their Jade Talismans or be defeated and then hand over their Jade Talismans.

Towards those who didn't know their limits, they also showed no mercy, killing when necessary.

Now, the three of them were walking through a dense forest.

"If each of us gets one more Jade Talisman, we'll successfully pass the test."

Song Qing smiled at Wang Ruoxie and Bing Ling, saying.

"Three Jade Talismans, not difficult."

Bing Ling smiled slightly as well, saying.

"Watch out!"

At that moment, Wang Ruoxie suddenly shouted, quickly striking out two palms to push Song Qing and Bing Ling aside, then retreating himself.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

In that instant, accompanied by the sound of three bolts breaking through the air, three gleaming feathered arrows rapidly pierced the void, shooting into where they had just stood.

"That was close."

Seeing the three feathered arrows deeply embedded in the ground, Song Qing and Bing Ling's faces turned pale.

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