The third leader of Black Wind Village, his face changed drastically, forming seals with both hands rapidly. In an instant, he controlled the Ling Seal Projection, scattering a glow to block in front of him.

"Boom!"

The massive earthen dragon crashed onto that glowing Ling Seal, and both exploded simultaneously.

The third leader of Black Wind Village was blown away by the fierce storm.

As he flew backward, he didn't forget to control the Ling Seal Projection to fly towards himself, planning to continue using the techniques of an Extreme Spirit Master to protect himself.

However.

It was already too late.

No longer suppressed by that terrifying gravity, Ye Chen, almost at the moment of executing that Earth Extreme Dragon Sword, had already performed the Heaven-Ascending Step, perfectly predicting the position where the third leader of Black Wind Village would fly out.

The Celestial Mark Sword in Ye Chen's hand flashed with light once more.

The Five Elements rotated, Geng Metal manifested.

Golden Extreme Sky-breaking Sword!

A sword fast to the extreme, and with the threefold force overlap of Wave Overlay, slashed toward the back of the third leader's head.

The third leader of Black Wind Village sensed the danger behind him and forcefully exerted strength, dodging to one side.

"Swoosh!"

The Celestial Mark Sword cleaved at the right shoulder of the third leader of Black Wind Village, slicing down with a devastating force, splitting half of the third leader's body.

"Bang!"

The third leader of Black Wind Village crashed to the ground, suddenly gripping a stone bead in his left hand, and immediately, a terrifying devouring power burst out from the bead.

This devouring power actually consumed spiritual power!

The spiritual power in Ye Chen's sea of consciousness was almost uncontrollable, as if it were being pulled away from the consciousness sea. Fortunately, the spirit protection restriction set up by Yang Tianji in Ye Chen's consciousness sea was triggered at this moment, preventing his spiritual power from being sucked away.

Immediately after, Ye Chen, in mid-air, swooped down towards the third leader of Black Wind Village, piercing the leader's head with a sword, exploding the head into fragments with the sword energy.

The third leader of Black Wind Village, a fourth-tier Extreme Spirit Master, was dead!

At this moment, Ye Chen was extremely exhausted but did not relax. His figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.

There were still a few bandits left just now who weren't killed. Seeing their leader dead under Ye Chen's sword, they scattered and fled.

Ye Chen used the Heaven-Ascending Step to pursue them, one sword for each!

After finishing them off, he took the Black Wind Token and returned to the corpse of the third leader of Black Wind Village.

His gaze fixed on the infant fist-sized stone bead rolling beside the corpse.

The stone bead looked ordinary, just like a regular stone.

However, Ye Chen had personally experienced the peculiarity of this stone bead just now. If it weren't for the spirit protection restriction set by Master Yang Tianji in his consciousness sea, there would have been major trouble!

It is imaginable.

The abnormality of this stone bead.

"Ye Chen, help me unlock the chains...I will tell you what this stone bead is..."

Qin Jing from Feiyang Martial Arts Academy shouted loudly.

She was also shocked by Ye Chen's strength, but the urgent matter was to quickly escape, leave Unparalleled County, and return to the Qin Family!

Ye Chen stabbed the stone bead with a sword, flicking the bead into the air with the sword tip. Then he circulated the sword energy into his left palm before reaching out to grasp the stone bead.

Until he understood the peculiarities of this thing, caution was necessary!

Holding the still-dripping blood sword and the stone bead, Ye Chen walked over to Qin Jing.

Not long ago, the once proud Qin Jing was bound all over by iron chains, her dress torn by bandits, and several red marks on her body left by the bandits' hands, this appearance easily provoking imagination.

"Ye Chen, I was wrong before, I apologize to you. You saved me now. When I return to the Qin Family, I will send a large gift to Cangxing Martial Arts Academy for you,"

Qin Jing shouted. Though feeling embarrassed being seen in such a shabby state by Ye Chen's gaze, her desire for survival made her very clear about what she should say and do now.

"The origin of the stone bead, speak!" Ye Chen barked coldly.

Qin Jing hurriedly said, "I will tell you, this stone bead should be the Stabilizing Spirit Bead, Senior Brother Zeng Ming saw records about it in unofficial travelogues. This item is reportedly related to the Luoyao Mountain Range, but for specifics, help me unlock the chain first, and I will tell you in detail."

Ye Chen's mouth curved into a cold smile.

When Qin Jing said this sentence, her gaze was evasive, obviously, either it was fabricated or she did not know the specific information about the Stabilizing Spirit Bead.

"Did I say I was going to save you?" Ye Chen said.

Qin Jing was taken aback.

"Ye Chen, you saved me, you'll receive countless benefits. Our Qin Family is very powerful. You can ask for anything you want..."

"I want you dead!"

"Ye Chen... you can't kill me. If you kill me, there won't be any good outcome for you..."

However, before Qin Jing could finish speaking, Ye Chen had already thrust his sword forward, ending Qin Jing's life!

Looking at Qin Jing's corpse, Ye Chen muttered to himself, "Letting you go back to gain your Qin Family's gratitude? That would only bring me more trouble!"

Previously, Qin Jing wanted to kill Ye Chen.

Now, Qin Jing was merely putting on a facade to save her own life.

If she truly returned to the Qin Family, she would undoubtedly reveal that Zeng Ming was killed by him, and the Feiyang Martial Arts Academy would come for revenge.

Moreover, Qin Jing herself was very likely to have her family come to kill him.

What's more, Ye Chen felt that this Stabilizing Spirit Bead had great significance. Knowing that she had it, Qin Jing absolutely couldn't be spared.

Recently, Ye Chen had grown a lot, experiencing the treacherous nature of people in the Cultivation Realm, and understood the principle that indecision leads to disaster.

After killing Qin Jing, Ye Chen tidied up the battlefield, gathered a pile of Storage Rings and a pile of Black Wind Tokens, and then left the area to find a hidden cave to enter.

Upon entering the cave,

Ye Chen didn't bother with the Storage Rings and immediately transmitted a message to Luo Qingyi, saying: "Elder Qingyi, I found a peculiar stone bead. Can you discern its origin?"

"Come in!"

Ye Chen immediately complied, holding the stone bead, and entered the Sword Tomb.

Luo Qingyi reached out and grabbed, the stone bead flew out of Ye Chen's hand, and landed in Luo Qingyi's hand.

Luo Qingyi didn't look at the stone bead, instead gazing at Ye Chen, saying: "How did you feel seeing Qin Jing's body just now?"

Ye Chen answered seriously: "Not much different from me, just a bit more of some things, a bit less of others."

Luo Qingyi: "..."

Was about to tease Ye Chen a little, but… forget it, this blockhead is beyond saving.

Then, Luo Qingyi glanced down at the stone bead in his hand, saying: "Inside this stone, a spirit is sealed, it should be the spirit of a high-bloodline magical beast. This method is only used when a powerful beast is on the brink of death, leaving behind this spirit is generally intended for nurturing its offspring."

"So just now, the third leader of Black Wind Village used this stone bead to unleash a devouring force against my spiritual power. Was that also the ability of this beast spirit?"

"Yes, but such a method forcibly extracts the origin of the spirit within, using it multiple times will disperse the sealed spirit."

"Can I refine this spirit to strengthen my spiritual power?"

"If you want to become half-human half-demon, then go ahead and refine it."

Ye Chen shivered all over, deciding to forget about it and remain human.

Luo Qingyi tossed the stone bead back to Ye Chen, saying: "Hold onto it, and don't think about forcibly extracting the spirit's origin for battle like the third leader of Black Wind Village. Doing so will more or less impact your soul.

Moreover, you might be lucky enough to encounter the offspring of the beast that left this spirit behind, and then you could obtain a fairly powerful beast companion.

Besides that, a trace of spiritual power is imprinted on the surface of this stone bead. You can erase it if you want, or leave it."

Ye Chen's eyes lit up!

Now, the third leader of Black Wind Village is dead, so if the spiritual power imprint he left will dissipate as well.

This means that this trace of spiritual power comes from someone else!

The most probable person is the main leader of Black Wind Village!

The bandits of Black Wind Village never had a fixed location, finding the main leader is difficult.

But, on the surface of the stone bead, there is a spiritual power imprint left by the main leader of Black Wind Village. As long as he keeps the stone bead with him, there's a high likelihood the leader will come looking for him!

Of course.

Doing this carries considerable risk.

The second and third leaders of Black Wind Village were far stronger than recorded on the mission scroll, so the main leader must be extremely powerful too.

Just in case, he needs to become stronger!

"Elder Qingyi, I'm going to start refining my sword body."

After Ye Chen finished speaking, despite the weakness from the previous battle, he immediately walked towards a gigantic tombstone, activated the Nine Heavens Sword Manual, refined the tombstone, and began refining his sword body!

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