Chapter 10: Vicious Beast Spotted Snake!

Chapter 10: Vicious Beast Spotted Snake! [Fourth Update]

"Is the news true?"

Ye Tian asked.

"It's true!" Zhang Bao confirmed. "We caught a glimpse from a distance earlier. The students of the First Academy joined forces to deal with a ten-meter-long Spotted Snake, but unfortunately, they failed. Now, there are definitely even more students surrounding and attacking that Spotted Snake!"

"In which direction?" Ye Tian inquired.

"Southeast!" Zhang Bao pointed in a direction.

Swish!

Ye Tian ran off quickly and soon disappeared from sight.

At this moment, Zhang Bao looked at Ye Tian's disappearing back and sighed deeply. "Originally, I thought Ye Tian's strength was about the same as mine. I didn't expect him to hide it so deeply. With Ye Tian's talent, becoming a Martial Artist in the future is certain. He might even have hope of stepping into the rank of an Elite Martial Warrior."

It would be a lie to say he wasn't envious, but envy was useless. This was an era that emphasized talent. He only had a Lesser Talent, and for his whole life, the best he could achieve was reaching the Early Stage of a Martial Artist.

"Let's go, let's head back!"

Zhang Bao said helplessly.

"Go back? We're not hunting fierce beasts anymore?" one student asked unwillingly.

"No more hunting. With our strength, even if we join forces, there's no hope of obtaining Vicious Beast blood. Actually, I should have realized long ago that the so-called trial is just an opportunity given by the Five Major Academies to the top students. They just want to create some Martial Artists as quickly as possible. As for the lives of us weak Martial Apprentices, do you think those big shots care? No matter how many Martial Apprentices die, they won't feel any heartache!" Zhang Bao smiled bitterly.

The other students all remained silent, clearly acquiescing.

This world was very cruel. To Martial Artists, the lives of ordinary people and Martial Apprentices really didn't amount to much.

This trial was said to be for all apprentices, but in reality, it was still a trial, or rather a tempering, for those top apprentices.

Seven or eight people walked toward the exit of the small wilderness area with lonely expressions, never looking back.

…

After running for a distance, Ye Tian stopped.

Currently, he was carrying quite a few things on his back. Although these things weren't very heavy, they significantly affected combat. He couldn't keep fighting while carrying these Materials.

Normally, there were two ways. One was to return to the valley entrance and exchange these Materials for points, but going back and forth like that would waste too much time.

The second way was to hide the Materials and retrieve them when returning.

"I'll bury them first!"

Ye Tian quickly dug a hole in the ground, buried all the Materials, and then did some camouflaging.

The small wilderness area was very large, so the chance of being discovered by others was extremely low. Besides, ordinary fierce beasts wouldn't be interested in these Materials.

With everything ready, Ye Tian accelerated toward the southeast.

Boom!!!

From a distance, the sounds of battle drifted over. Just from the sound alone, one could tell how intense the fight was.

"Could it be that the Pseudo-Vicious Beast Spotted Snake is being besieged again?"

Ye Tian guessed.

Although a Pseudo-Vicious Beast was powerful, there were quite a few experts at the Peak of the Martial Apprentice rank this time. If they really fought, this Pseudo-Vicious Beast wouldn't be enough to survive the encirclement of these students.

"I hope I can make it in time!"

Ye Tian secretly hoped.

Thirty seconds later, Ye Tian arrived, but the situation was different from what he had expected.

"This is…"

Ye Tian's pupils constricted.

In the field, about a dozen Martial Apprentices were besieging an injured Spotted Snake. This Spotted Snake wasn't the ten meters Zhang Bao had mentioned, but had reached twelve meters.

"A Vicious Beast. This Spotted Snake has reached the level of a Vicious Beast, though it's the weakest kind of Vicious Beast!"

Ye Tian judged.

Vicious Beasts' strength wasn't categorized by size. This Spotted Snake was considered a very large type among Vicious Beasts, but its methods were simple and its power wasn't very great. Its strength was even weaker than an average Vicious Beast.

But how could this Spotted Snake have become a Vicious Beast?

Not only was Ye Tian puzzled, but the other students were also very surprised.

But at this moment, no one thought too much about it because what they wanted most was to hunt this Vicious Beast Spotted Snake.

A Pseudo-Vicious Beast Spotted Snake was only worth 500 points, but a Vicious Beast Spotted Snake was different. It was worth at least 1,000 points!

Moreover, this was a Vicious Beast. Once hunted, the Vicious Beast blood inside would be enough for many students to absorb and refine.

One could say that this Vicious Beast Spotted Snake was covered in treasures!

Fortunately, this Spotted Snake had only just promoted to a Vicious Beast, and its strength wasn't much greater than a Peak Martial Apprentice. Otherwise, these Martial Apprentice students wouldn't dare to besiege a Vicious Beast.

But even so, the apprentices were constantly getting injured and withdrawing from the battle one by one.

Ye Tian didn't make a move, observing secretly the whole time.

About ten minutes passed. Only five apprentices remained in the field. These five were the five Genius students from the First Academy who possessed Medium Cultivation Talents. However, they were also wounded and quite seriously injured.

But the one even more seriously injured was the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake. Its body was pierced by many arrows, and there were many saber and sword wounds. There was even a sword scar on its forehead, looking extremely miserable.

Suddenly.

The Vicious Beast Spotted Snake activated its Bloodline Power and swung its massive tail fiercely, sending the five apprentices flying in an instant.

The next moment, the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake fled into the distance.

Having activated its Bloodline, the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake now possessed the speed of a normal Vicious Beast. Unless one was a Martial Artist, it was impossible to catch up.

The apprentices tried to give chase for a bit but found they couldn't come close to catching up.

"Damn it, we let this Vicious Beast escape again. Everyone, chase it! This Vicious Beast is heavily injured; it can't run too far!"

Mo Shao Bei said indignantly.

However, what no one knew was that a figure had secretly followed it.

"Haha, heaven is truly helping me! After activating my Speed Talent, I'm fast enough to catch up to this Vicious Beast Spotted Snake."

Ye Tian said excitedly.

Following the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake all the way, after several twists and turns, the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake dragged its heavily injured body into a cave.

Ye Tian hesitated for a moment and then entered the cave.

With his speed, even if he encountered danger, he would be able to retreat.

The cave was very deep, extending all the way downwards.

Not knowing how long he had walked, Ye Tian finally arrived at a cavern, and the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake was also here.

However, by this time, the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake was at its last gasp, yet it was still crawling toward a part of the cavern.

Without a word, Ye Tian unleashed his Speed Talent and slashed the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake's body stroke by stroke with his Fine Iron Saber.

Even though his strength was weak, he quickly killed the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake.

"Collect the Vicious Beast blood!"

Ye Tian didn't forget this important matter.

He quickly took out the water bottle from his waist and stabbed open the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake's heart. The Vicious Beast's heart blood trickled into the water bottle bit by bit.

This Vicious Beast Spotted Snake had only just promoted to a Vicious Beast. Most of its blood was still fierce beast blood; only the blood at its heart was true, pure Vicious Beast blood. Therefore, Ye Tian only collected the heart blood and didn't bother with the blood from other parts.

Soon, the water bottle was full, and the blood from the Vicious Beast Spotted Snake's heart was exhausted.

"It's equivalent to a full five portions of low-grade Vicious Beast blood. I've hit the jackpot this time!"

Ye Tian was beyond excited.