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Deep in the dense forest, a flash of sword light disappeared.

Ma Lou swayed twice before collapsing straight to the ground.

Jiang Feng sheathed his sword, flicked away the blood droplets from the blade, and remained completely calm.

He crouched down and took a storage bag from Ma Lou's waist. He scanned it with his divine sense and found that it contained mostly water monkey crystal cores, about twenty or thirty in total, as well as some miscellaneous medicines for healing.

"A good harvest."

Right now!

"boom!"

The sounds of fighting, along with a deafening roar, came from the other side of the island.

"There is a fight."

Jiang Feng's eyes narrowed, and without the slightest hesitation, he vanished into the forest.

……

In the dense forest near the shore, Jiang Feng crouched behind a broken tree and parted the branches and leaves in front of him.

With just one glance, his pupils contracted slightly.

In the center of the open space, a huge water monkey with its arms hanging down and fangs exposed, brought up a howling wind with every punch.

"The Monkey King?"

Jiang Feng was slightly startled.

Judging from the aura emanating from this water monkey, its strength has reached at least the fifth rank!

The one fighting the Monkey King was an old man with white hair.

The old man was thin and frail, but his movements were incredibly fast and unpredictable. As his palms danced, a faint, sweet, and metallic scent filled the air.

He was none other than a fifth-grade Grandmaster!

Three men in gray stood at the edge of the open space, all looking tense.

"Poisonous techniques, palm strikes, eagle claws..."

Jiang Feng's gaze turned slightly cold. "These people are indeed from the Purple Scorpion Sect."

……

The battle had reached a fever pitch.

The Fifth Elder possessed a ruthless and cunning poison technique, but the Monkey King was incredibly strong and exceptionally agile. Seventy percent of his attacks were evaded by the beast, and the remaining palm strikes only left a few shallow bloodstains on the Monkey King's body.

"You beast!"

The Fifth Elder was caught off guard and the Monkey King got close to him.

"Snap!"

The Monkey King bit down on his left arm, his fangs snapping shut, and ripped off a large chunk of flesh!

The muscle exposed at the cut surface had a faint purplish-black hue.

The Monkey King swallowed the flesh and blood in one gulp, bared his teeth at the Fifth Elder, and revealed his ferocious nature.

"Fifth Elder!"

The three men in gray clothes paled.

If the Fifth Elder dies here, the rest of them will have no chance of survival and will have no choice but to flee immediately.

however!

The Fifth Elder showed no sign of panic; instead, he grinned and revealed a ferocious smile.

He took out a bottle of healing medicine and sprinkled it on the bloody wound, which immediately stopped the bleeding.

He then moved about, continuing his battle with the Monkey King.

Time passed by, bit by bit.

Gradually, the Monkey King started acting strangely.

Its ferocious face began to turn purplish-black, and the wounds on its body gradually turned dark purple. Its movements visibly slowed down.

"Is my meat delicious?"

The Fifth Elder chuckled maliciously as he wandered around.

"I've cultivated poison techniques my entire life; my flesh and blood are practically poisonous!"

The Monkey King finally realized something was wrong, let out a roar of alarm and anger, and turned to rush towards the water.

"Trying to run? Too late!"

The Fifth Elder roared, and with a light step, he shot out like an arrow, leaping onto the top of the Monkey King's head and slamming his palm down!

"Bang!"

The monkey king cried out in pain, and his body staggered and sank.

Before it could react, the Fifth Elder spread his right hand out in a wide arc, transforming it into a purplish-black eagle claw, which gripped its crown, and he poured his true energy into it.

"Sizzle!"

He forcefully lifted a corner of the Monkey King's skull!

"roar!!!"

Driven to madness by the excruciating pain, the Monkey King swung his fists wildly at the enemy in front of him.

"Snap!"

The Fifth Elder's sternum shattered inch by inch, and blood gushed from his mouth, yet he held tightly to the Monkey King's head, relentlessly channeling his true energy into its brain.

Finally, the Monkey King slowed down.

It staggered into the shallow water, its body swayed, and it crashed to the bank with a thud. Large clumps of purple blood gushed from its mouth, and it died.

"thump!"

The Fifth Elder also fell from mid-air, collapsing onto the muddy ground, his chest caved in, gasping for breath.

"Haha...hahaha!"

He laughed, a ferocious yet unrestrained laugh.

"In the end... in the end, I won!"

"Damn beast, how could you hurt this old man like this?"

He took a couple of difficult breaths, his cloudy eyes revealing a greedy glint.

"However, the corpse of a fifth-tier beast is enough for me to exchange for a considerable amount of contribution points when I get back!"

As he reached into his robes for his healing inner core, he roared at the top of his lungs, "What are you all standing there for?!"

"Quickly drag this beast up here, cut open its skull and get the crystal core!"

"Even the corpses must be recovered; not a single hair can be left behind!"

Footsteps immediately sounded behind him.

The footsteps were light and steady.

The Fifth Elder, severely injured, didn't think much of it.

But soon, his eyes narrowed sharply.

wrong!

The footsteps weren't heading towards the monkey king's corpse.

They came for him!

The Fifth Elder subconsciously turned his head to look.

He was met with a fist burning with crimson flames.

[Burning Heaven Flame Fist]!

Jiang Feng unleashed a powerful punch!

"boom!!!"

In an instant, a blue shield suddenly appeared around the Fifth Elder's body!

"Snap!"

The shield twisted violently and shattered, but it also managed to deflect the force of the fatal blow.

Jiang Feng felt a chill run down his spine.

Shield Watch?

How did the standard shields issued by Wuhan University to students undergoing trials end up in this old man's hands?

The Fifth Elder reacted extremely quickly, slamming his palm on the ground to propel himself up, staggering back several feet.

When he regained his balance and looked back, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

His three men were all lying on the ground, each with a bloody gash on their throats, clearly having been killed by a single sword thrust to the throat!

"Good lad!"

The Fifth Elder stared intently at the young man opposite him, his voice escaping through clenched teeth.

"That guy Ma Lou, he died at your hands too, didn't he?"

Jiang Feng did not rush to pursue and kill him.

This old dog's sternum is shattered and his vital energy is exhausted; he's at his last gasp and can't escape.

In contrast, he was more interested in something else.

How exactly did the Purple Scorpion Sect members infiltrate the secret realm?

The Fifth Elder was clearly aware of his predicament.

He suppressed the metallic taste in his throat, slowed his pace, and said with a forced smile, "Young man, we have no grudge against each other."

"You killed my men, but I can spare you this time, as a way of making friends."

"Otherwise... you should know very well what methods my Purple Scorpion Sect uses!"

However, Jiang Feng only gave a cold laugh upon hearing this.

He swung his right hand forward, and with a clang, the Purple Cloud Sword appeared in his hand.

The old man is covered in poison; close-quarters combat?

He's not that stupid.

"People from the Purple Scorpion Sect?"

Jiang Feng slowly raised his eyes, his voice devoid of any emotion.

"It's not like I haven't killed before!"

The Fifth Elder was startled.

He stared wide-eyed at the increasingly familiar face before him.

"You are... Jiang Feng!"

"Sixth Brother, you're the one who killed him!"