The First Venerable of All Paths

Where are they?

Just as Fang Xuan entered the dense forest, Qi Feng rode his blood beast at breakneck speed, exuding murderous intent.

He was another martial artist in the Hundred Beasts Clan at the ninth level of the Body Refinement Realm.

The ninth-level Body Refinement Realm martial artist who was killed by Fang Xuan with his sword box yesterday was named Qi Yun, and was his younger brother.

Whether it was Qi Yun's death or Zhou Xu'an's order, he was determined to capture Fang Xuan and tear him to pieces.

"They fled...that way."

The martial artist who had miraculously survived pointed in the direction Fang Xuan had fled and said in a trembling voice, "He...he seems even stronger than yesterday."

"waste!"

Qi Feng shouted angrily, "You can't even keep a mere brat in line? What are you good for?!"

Suppressing the urge to slap the other person to death, Qi Feng coldly shouted, "What are you standing there for? Go after them!"

Before they came, the commander gave them a strict order: if they couldn't capture Fang Xuan, none of them should go back.

After saying that, Qi Feng, along with two subordinates, rode their blood beasts and continued to pursue Fang Xuan.

In fact, Fang Xuan had not escaped far. He hid in a patch of grass nearby, concealing his aura and not revealing anything.

"The fact that they can control blood beasts makes the situation even worse."

As Qi Feng and the others left, Fang Xuan's expression grew increasingly solemn.

He thought the Hundred Beasts Guild only hunted monsters, but he didn't expect them to also have the means to control monsters.

This made Fang Xuan's situation even more precarious.

"It's a pity I don't have enough materials, otherwise I could easily annihilate them all by setting up a simple formation!"

But thinking about these things now is useless, so Fang Xuan had to come up with a new solution.

Just as Fang Xuan was about to leave quietly, a soft voice sounded beside him.

Fang Xuan turned his head and was immediately stunned.

Before him stood a wolf cub, resembling a small dog, tilting its head and scrutinizing him with slightly reddish eyes.

Fang Xuan recognized at a glance that this wolf cub was the cub of the Crimson Blood Wolf King.

He had snatched the enemy from the wolf den in order to lure the wolves into the formation.

Unexpectedly, the other party was not only still alive, but also took the initiative to find him.

The man and the werewolf stared at each other.

The wolf cub immediately bared its teeth at Fang Xuan and tilted its head back to make a sound.

"Aww... Gaa!"

Fang Xuan reacted swiftly, pouncing like a cheetah and grabbing the wolf cub by the neck.

Just as Fang Xuan was about to snap the other man's neck, he suddenly noticed that there was a small blade of grass stuck in the other man's open throat.

"This is... the core of the secret realm?!"

Fang Xuan's eyes widened in shock.

He remembered that during the chaotic battle, he had somehow lost the secret realm's central hub, which had transformed into a blade of grass.

Unexpectedly, it was eaten by this wolf cub.

It was only because the other party did not understand the art of refining that their throat was choked.

"It's truly a case of 'searching high and low without finding it, only to have it come to you effortlessly.'"

Overjoyed, Fang Xuan was about to pry the secret realm's central hub out of the other party's neck.

"Fang Xuan is there! I saw him!"

Just then, a cry of surprise rang out.

Fang Xuan looked up and saw that Qi Feng and the others, who had just left, had actually returned.

Moreover, members of the Beasts Clan were rapidly approaching from two other directions.

Without a second thought, Fang Xuan knocked the wolf cub unconscious with a single punch and then ran away with it.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Just as they left their spot, several arrows whistled through the air and embedded themselves deeply in the ground.

If Fang Xuan had been even a step later, he would have been pierced through the body by an arrow.

"Chase!"

Qi Feng shouted angrily, "This time, we absolutely mustn't let him get away again!"

With that, he squeezed the blood beast's belly and quickly chased after Fang Xuan.

The other two directions.

Zhou Xu'an rode the blood beast, leading the remaining warriors of the Hundred Beasts Gang, and approached as fast as lightning.

On the other side were the Su family members.

"Big brother, we absolutely cannot let Fang Xuan escape this time!"

Su Yang said sternly, "We've gone to such great lengths, even breaking the agreement between the three families. If we still can't kill Fang Xuan, I won't be satisfied!"

"Don't worry, he can't escape."

Su Mian said indifferently, "From the moment he entered the secret realm, he was already a dead man."

"I've got it."

Su Mian looked at the other four Su family warriors and said, "We are only assisting the Hundred Beasts Gang in killing Fang Xuan; our main task is still this secret realm!"

"clear!"

Su Yang sneered, "As long as we obtain the secret realm and offer it to Zhao Shengzi, our Su family will be even more secure."

"That's exactly right."

Su Mian said, "Given the relationship between Zhao Shengzi and Qingyao, and with the addition of this secret realm, the Su family and the Dao Seeking Sect will be completely bound together. This is the opportunity for the Su family to rise."

"As for Fang Xuan, let the Hundred Beasts Group keep his life."

Su Mian said, "Let's go, first help the Hundred Beasts Gang and kill Fang Xuan!"

......

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Fang Xuan used his agile movements to quickly traverse the dense forest, trying to distance himself from the pursuers behind him as much as possible.

However, Zhou Xu'an and his companions, riding blood beasts, were even faster than Fang Xuan.

In addition, Fang Xuan's rapid sprint had greatly depleted his Yuan energy.

With this shift in power, Fang Xuan will eventually be overtaken.

"Fang Xuan, you can't escape!"

Zhou Xu'an's eyes turned cold: "I advise you not to waste your energy. Surrender now and you'll suffer less. Otherwise, once I catch you, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Fang Xuan did not respond to Zhou Xu'an's words.

His body shimmered with purple light, and the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir in his Qi Sea circulated rapidly without slowing down in the slightest.

However, Fang Xuan soon had no choice but to stop.

Because there was no road ahead of him.

There is only one cliff.

"Kid, keep running."

Zhou Xu'an, along with his subordinates, quickly approached, looking at Fang Xuan with a mocking expression.

Then came Su Mian and the others.

"Fang Xuan, you're courting death."

Upon seeing Fang Xuan standing on the edge of the cliff, Su Yang burst into laughter, his face full of smugness.

"You dug your own grave. I have to admire your choice of location."

Su Mian said calmly, "Fang Xuan, surrender now. Considering the long-standing friendship between our two families, I can ask Commander Zhou to spare your life."

"Haha, I will naturally give Young Master Su face."

Zhou Xu'an sneered, "But if you want to live, you'll have to pay a price."

"Don't worry, Commander Zhou."

Su Mian said with a smile, "Fang Xuan is the young master of the Fang family. I'm sure the Fang family will offer a satisfactory price for him."

"That's great."

Zhou Xu'an sat atop the blood beast, looking down at Fang Xuan: "Kid, don't say I didn't give you a chance. Cripple your cultivation and come with me."

With nowhere to retreat, Fang Xuan showed no fear whatsoever.

"What? Do you all think you've got me cornered?"

Fang Xuan's lips curled into a slight smile as he said, "Aren't you all getting a little too excited?"

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this.

"Fang Xuan, you're about to die and you're still being stubborn!"

Su Yang shouted, "If I were you, I would immediately kneel down and beg for mercy, instead of standing here spouting nonsense!"

"Of course, you can also choose to jump down and try it."

Zhou Xu'an said, "This cliff is a thousand meters high. Let alone you, even a Qi Condensation Realm expert would be doomed if they fell off. You're only at the Body Refinement Realm. Unless you grow wings, you're doomed!"

"Deputy Regiment Commander Zhou, why waste your breath on this little bastard?"

Qi Feng rode forward on his blood beast, spear in hand, his face contorted with rage, and said, "Let my men kill him!"

As she spoke, Qi Feng patted the blood beast's back.

"Awooo!"

The blood beast roared and charged towards Fang Xuan.

"Awoo~"

Just then, a wolf cub the size of a small dog jumped out from behind Fang Xuan, baring its teeth and claws at Qi Feng.

However, it looked completely harmless.

"Kid, you don't think you can turn things around with this little wolf cub, do you?"

Chiffon was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter.

"Are you trying to make me laugh to death?"

The others also burst into laughter.

"Fang Xuan, I think you've really lost your mind."

Su Yang said with a face full of pity, "The young master of the Fang family has fallen to this state. It's both laughable and pathetic."

"Yeah?"

Fang Xuan remained unperturbed by the crowd's mockery.

He crouched down, patted the wolf cub's head, and said, "Then open your dog eyes wide and see clearly how I turned the situation around with it."

"Alright, it's your turn now."

The wolf cub whimpered, gently nuzzled Fang Xuan's palm, and then looked at Qi Feng.

"Awoo!"

The tender voice, coming from the wolf cub, carried no hint of oppression.

"You charlatan, die!"

Qi Feng's face turned cold, and he thrust his spear fiercely at the wolf cub.

The energy within the spear surged.

Speed, extremely fast.

At that moment, the wolf cub, which resembled a puppy, suddenly released a crimson light.

Then, its small body suddenly swelled up.

In the blink of an eye, the wolf cub transformed into a giant wolf as large as a mountain.

"Awooo!"

The giant wolf roared to the sky, its howl shattering the surrounding wilderness.

A violent shockwave swept out as if it were a tangible force.

The spear in Qi Feng's hand broke into pieces.

"Pfft!"

Qi Feng was struck as if by a heavy blow, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and was sent flying backward from the blood beast's back, crashing heavily to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, the wolf's claws fell, smashing the second-tier blood beast into a pulp.

"hiss!"

Upon witnessing this scene, everyone present gasped in shock.

"How is that possible?"

Su Yang staggered back several steps, his face filled with shock, and exclaimed, "How can you command such a terrifying blood beast!"

The giant wolf in front of us is no wolf cub at all.

It's clearly a Tier 3 wolf king.

No, it's even more terrifying than a third-tier wolf king!

"A third-tier blood beast?"

Feeling the ferocious aura emanating from the giant wolf, Zhou Xu'an felt short of breath and his heart was filled with unresolved frustration.

"Now, hasn't the situation reversed?"

Fang Xuan sat on the back of the giant wolf, looking down at everyone from his superior position.

"Now, your lives are in my hands!"

Cold and ruthless words reached everyone's ears.

The giant wolf flashed and appeared directly in front of Zhou Xu'an.

The sharp wolf claws slammed down.

Zhou Xu'an's expression changed drastically, and he quickly used his movement technique to leap off the back of the blood beast.

"Bang!"

But the blood beast beneath him suffered the consequences, being smashed into bloody pulp by wolf claws.

Simultaneously.

With a sweeping claw, the wolf killed two warriors from the Hundred Beasts Clan in one fell swoop.

Fang Xuan smiled coldly.

"Continue the game!"