"Ye Chen, thank you!" At this moment, Ye Hao's eyes turned red, and a warm current surged in his heart.

Over the years, he had suffered too much humiliation, yet no one ever stood up for him.

Who would stand up for him, the most useless waste of War King Hall!

No one would dare offend the soaring Luo Yang for someone like him.

But now, Ye Chen, his childhood companion, finally stood up for him fiercely.

While he felt immensely grateful, he also felt exceptionally relieved.

"Big brother Ye Hao, if you ever need anything, you can come to me. I will ask Elder Ouyang to completely heal your injuries, so you can cultivate normally." Ye Chen smiled slightly and helped Ye Hao up.

"Ye Chen, don't worry about my matters for now. In less than a month, you will go to the Life and Death Battle Platform for a duel to the death with Duanmu Jie. You must seize the time to cultivate." Ye Hao said with deep concern.

Although Ye Chen now had the ability to defeat Luo Yang,

Duanmu Jie is a seed student of the Celestial Flame Academy, awakened with a Profound Level Five Bloodline, far stronger than Luo Yang.

If Ye Chen doesn't seize the time to cultivate, he might die at Duanmu Jie's hands.

This is something Ye Hao absolutely doesn't want to see.

"Alright, I'll go back to cultivate now." Ye Chen smiled slightly.

Whoosh!

The next moment, his figure flickered, leaving a residual shadow where he stood, quickly leaving the Spiritual Waterfall.

Having crippled Luo Yang and Li Tong, he believed no one would dare bully Ye Hao recklessly.

Thus, he could confidently enter the rear mountains to hunt Tier Two Demon Beasts.

Half an hour later.

News of Ye Chen defeating Luo Yang spread rapidly throughout the Celestial Flame Academy, causing an immense upheaval!

"What, Ye Chen actually defeated Luo Yang? How is this possible? Luo Yang is an actual Gang Qi Realm Fifth Layer cultivator!"

"This must be false! It's only been a few days; how could Ye Chen become so capable?" In various factions within the Celestial Flame Academy, students were discussing, not believing the event at all.

After all, the matter was too bizarre.

Just three days ago, when Ye Chen defeated Duanmu Xiong, he only managed to unleash around two hundred Tiger Power.

No matter how high his talent, it couldn't be possible to raise his strength to defeating Luo Yang in just a few days.

This is nothing short of a fairy tale.

"The matter is true, many students of War King Hall saw it with their own eyes. It's said Ye Chen's extraordinary combat power is because he cultivated War King Hall's top Body Refining Technique, Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to the Small Success Realm, increasing his body power by a hundred Tiger Power." One student couldn't help but express.

"No! This is impossible. It's only been three days; how could Ye Chen cultivate the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to the Small Success Realm? He must have used the power of some Secret Treasure."

"Exactly, it has to be the case. To ensure Ye Chen survives the mortal duel, Elder Ouyang surely bestowed upon Ye Chen some Secret Treasures to boost his power." Many students shook their heads.

They naturally knew how difficult the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique was to cultivate, even the third-generation Hall Master with the highest Body Refining Talent in War King Hall's history took half a month to cultivate it to the Small Success Realm.

No matter how high Ye Chen's Body Refining Talent, it couldn't exceed the third-generation Hall Master's by so much!

Therefore, everyone preferred to believe Ye Chen had leveraged the power of Secret Treasures or Elixirs to increase his combat power and defeat Luo Yang.

On Dragon Lion Peak, in a grand and magnificent hall, Duanmu Jie was enveloped in golden light, with an enormous Exotic Beast appearing behind him.

This Exotic Beast was ten zhang tall, with a lion's body but a Flood Dragon's head, covered in golden Dragon Scales, exuding an exceedingly violent aura.

It was precisely Duanmu Jie's Bloodline Dharma Aspect, a Golden Dragon Lion.

The Golden Dragon Lion Bloodline is a Profound Level Five Bloodline, stronger than Duanmu Xiong's Bronze Wild Elephant Bloodline.

Because Duanmu Jie awakened this Bloodline, he was appointed as a seed student by the Celestial Flame Academy.

With the help of the Golden Dragon Lion Bloodline, Duanmu Jie's cultivation speed soared, practically advancing at lightning speed.

In merely two months, his cultivation broke through from the Half-Step Gang Qi Realm to Gang Qi Realm Second Layer.

And now, there were signs of another breakthrough.

"Ha! My cultivation will soon break through to Gang Qi Realm Third Layer, plus I have a Sea of Qi Foundation three times larger than ordinary. Once I break through, Gang Qi will cover nine zhang, equivalent to ordinary Gang Qi Realm Ninth Layer experts. Crushing Ye Chen is as easy as child's play." Duanmu Jie's lips curled into a cruel smile, with utmost disdain.

Originally, with a cultivation of Gang Qi Realm Second Layer, he was absolutely confident in crushing Ye Chen.

If his cultivation advances further and reaches the third layer of the Gang Qi Realm, he will fearlessly be able to reduce Ye Chen to having no burial place with just a mere gesture.

"Young Master, Young Master." At this moment, an elderly servant rushed into the grand hall, looking somewhat distressed as he spoke.

"What has you so flustered?" Duanmu Jie slightly furrowed his brow and asked the old servant.

"Ye Chen has just defeated Luo Yang at the Spiritual Waterfall," the old servant hurriedly said.

"Luo Yang? Is his strength significant?" Duanmu Jie said indifferently, appearing unconcerned.

He did not even know who Luo Yang was.

"His cultivation has already reached the fifth layer of the Gang Qi Realm, yet he still lost to Ye Chen, who even destroyed his dantian," the old servant replied hastily.

"What? After just a few days, that waste has grown stronger again." Duanmu Jie abruptly stood up from the mat, his face turning extremely grim.

It was precisely due to the concern over Ye Chen's rapid progress that he only gave Ye Chen one month.

But never did he expect that in just three days, Ye Chen's strength would increase so dramatically.

This was completely beyond his expectations.

"Young Master, there are rumors that Ye Chen has cultivated the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to the Minor Success Realm, which is why his strength increased so much. However, some believe he used the power of a Secret Treasure to defeat Luo Yang. After all, the Ancient Golden Elephant is not that easy to cultivate," the old servant said.

"Hmph! It seems this waste does have some body refining talent, but even if he cultivates the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to the Great Success Realm, so what? At most, it could only increase his strength by the power of two hundred tigers. Unless he cultivates it to the Perfection Realm, he cannot threaten me in the slightest," Duanmu Jie couldn't help but scoff, his expression filled with contempt.

As long as he advances his cultivation to the third layer of the Gang Qi Realm, Ye Chen's Ancient Golden Elephant Technique is of no concern to him.

After all, this body refining technique, even cultivated to the extreme, can at most boost strength by the power of five hundred tigers.

For Ye Chen to rely on it to defeat him is nothing but a fool's dream.

Moreover, the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique is difficult to cultivate.

No matter how high Ye Chen's body refining talent, it's impossible to master it to perfection within a month.

The only path awaiting Ye Chen is the path to destruction.

"Young Master, even the third generation Hall Master of the War King Hall took half a year to cultivate the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to perfection. For Ye Chen to achieve Great Success in a month would be a miracle. I believe he must have used a Secret Treasure to defeat Luo Yang," the old servant sneered.

"What of a Secret Treasure? He's just a True Qi Realm waste. Even if he possesses a Secret Treasure, the power he can unleash is extremely limited, stirring no ripples in front of me," Duanmu Jie's lips curled with a thick sense of mockery, appearing utterly indifferent.

"Ye Chen, that kid, actually defeated Luo Yang. Could it be he really cultivated the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to the Minor Success Realm? No, I need to go and ask him." At this moment, in a hall atop the main peak of the War King Hall, Ouyang Zhong said excitedly.

Swish.

In the next instant, he flickered out of the hall, swiftly flying towards the Cyan Wood Spirit Pool.

If Ye Chen could truly cultivate the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to the Minor Success Realm within three days.

Then he would be unmatched in the history of the War King Hall.

Even the third generation Hall Master took half a month to reach this step back then.

Therefore, Ouyang Zhong really wanted to know the truth immediately!

"If Ye Chen indeed managed to cultivate the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to the Minor Success Realm in three days, then he should be able to achieve Great Success without taking a month. However, to cultivate it to Perfection, remains immensely difficult," Ouyang Zhong pondered as he flew.

Even if Ye Chen's speed in cultivating the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique is five times that of the third generation Hall Master, it would be extremely difficult to achieve perfection within a month.

After all, the third generation Hall Master took half a year to reach this step.

Ye Chen would need at least over a month to cultivate the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to perfection.

But the time available to Ye Chen was now less than a month.

If he cannot perfect the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique before the life and death duel begins.

There is an overwhelming chance he will still meet his death at the hands of Duanmu Jie.

Even if he cultivates the Ancient Golden Elephant Technique to Great Success, it would at most increase his strength by the power of two hundred tigers, making victory over Duanmu Jie exceedingly difficult.

Swish!

Moments later, Ouyang Zhong landed beside the Cyan Wood Spirit Pool, but his expression turned very unpleasant.

Because he saw no sign of Ye Chen cultivating here.

"Where on earth did Ye Chen go? Didn't I warn him not to waste time elsewhere? Why won't he listen? At this rate, no matter how high his body refining talent, of what use is it?" Ouyang Zhong said with a grim face, eyes burning with anger, exhibiting a deep-seated disappointment.

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