Light Snow’s Power

Hearing Long Chen say this, the three finally recovered from their shock. They realized they had severely underestimated the Xuantian Branch; a random applicant possessed such terrifying strength. They truly were frogs in a well.

The youth in particular was truly convinced this time. His cultivation was much higher than Long Chen's, but his actual combat strength was far inferior.

Although they had not fought directly, Long Chen's ability to effortlessly receive a strike from an Yi Jin realm expert and gravely injure the old man showed just how terrifying his strength was.

"My deepest apologies. Please forgive our ignorance. We will leave now," said the only uninjured Yi Jin realm expert. After speaking, he supported the two heavily injured men and prepared to leave.

"Hmm? Did I say you could just leave like that?" Long Chen asked with a frown.

"Does Your Excellency have any other instructions?" the old man asked hurriedly.

Long Chen curled his lip and said irritably, "Have you lived all these years in vain? Must I spell it out for you?"

The three were shocked. The youth said angrily, "Brat, we are already in this state, what more do you want? If you want us to kowtow and admit our mistakes, that is absolutely impossible."

"Pfft, who wants your pathetic heads? You failed in your robbery attempt, shouldn't you show some sincerity?" Long Chen said disdainfully.

"What do you mean?" the youth asked furiously.

"Idiot, is your head filled with manure? Then I will be blunt: now, hand over your spatial rings. That is right, hand them all over," Long Chen said, enunciating every word.

"What?" The three were filled with anger and humiliation. This was simply bullying too far—failing to rob and then being robbed in return.

"Don't put on such an incredulous expression. You are making me feel embarrassed. Actually, this is just courtesy, don't act like you cannot accept it," Long Chen advised kindly.

"Bastard, this is a provocation against the Li family of Lucheng. Do you believe I can have your whole family wiped out?" The youth was furious and pointed at Long Chen, cursing him.

Long Chen's expression turned cold, thick killing intent emerging in his eyes. He lightly patted Little Snow's back with his large hand.

"Roar!" Suddenly, Little Snow unleashed a roar that shook the wilderness, causing ears to ring and leaves to rustle down from the surrounding trees.

"Hum." The space trembled. Little Snow opened its massive mouth, and a crescent-shaped wind blade slowly emerged. As soon as the wind blade appeared, the space began to distort continuously.

"Oh no." The three's expressions changed drastically. They were horrified to find they could not move; they had been locked in place by a terrifying pressure.

"Show mercy…" The uninjured old man shouted hurriedly, but as soon as he spoke four words, he felt a strong sense of suffocation as if his internal organs were about to be crushed. He hurriedly stopped shouting and focused all his effort on resisting that pressure.

That was the unique pressure of a 3rd-tier Demonic Beast. Using its own powerful strength to create a force field to lock onto enemies—this was the terror of a 3rd-tier Demonic Beast.

The three finally understood how foolish they had been. How could someone who possessed such a powerful mount be someone they could provoke?

The three were anxious but did not dare to speak again because the wind blade in Little Snow's mouth was growing larger and beginning to rotate at high speed. The piercing sonic boom made their eardrums ache.

At the same time, the pressure on them grew stronger and stronger. The youth and the injured old man were already pressed to the ground by the terrifying pressure, unable to move.

Only the old man who had not attacked yet could barely hold on, but even he had blood spilling from the corner of his mouth and was swaying. The three's faces were ashen, knowing there was no hope today.

Deep in the dense forest, two figures were watching from afar. Their clothes were the same color as the forest, and combined with their unique method of concealing their presence, even if someone passed by them, it would be hard to discover them.

"Should we stop him?" one asked, looking over.

"No need. This is not our Xuantian Branch territory. As long as it does not threaten the lives of our Disciples, we do not need to intervene," one replied.

"These three truly have no eyes, not even recognizing a Crimson Flame Snow Wolf. They deserve their bad luck. However, it seems this youth has quite a background," one sighed, feeling extremely envious of Long Chen's Crimson Flame Snow Wolf.

As the two were speaking, space suddenly trembled, and a beam of light flew out from Little Snow's mouth, heading straight for the three.

"Boom!" The wind blade rotated rapidly, like a windmill grinding across the earth. Giant rocks and trees along the path were pulverized, extending for several miles.

As the dust settled, a ravine appeared in the forest, over ten zhang wide. Beside the ravine, the three looked ashen, staring blankly at the ravine in front of them.

It took them a while to react, looking in disbelief at Long Chen sitting on Little Snow's back in the distance, speechless for a long time.

"Thank you for your mercy, Your Excellency. We were wrong," the old man said, his voice trembling.

He knew Long Chen had spared them, deliberately aiming off-target at the moment of the attack; otherwise, with such an attack, they would have been left with no bones.

Although Long Chen appeared calm on the surface, his heart was surging with turbulent waves. This was his first time seeing the powerful attack of Little Snow after advancing to the 3rd tier.

Truly worthy of being a king among 3rd-tier Demonic Beasts. Such attack power was too shocking. Even the Fire Lizard Beast he encountered in the desert back then could not have withstood such a terrifying strike.

While shocked, his heart was also filled with wild joy. Little Snow's strength was his own strength. With such a powerful helper, what did he have to fear?

Seeing the old man speak, Long Chen calmed his emotions and pretended to be indifferent, saying, "Do you still want to have my whole family wiped out?"

The youth shivered in fear. Having just returned from the gates of hell, he had long lost his previous arrogance. He wanted to say something, but in his nervousness, his lips moved a few times without making a sound.

Seeing this, the old man did not say a word, hurriedly taking off his own ring and removing the rings of the other two, raising them with both hands and saying, "Please accept these, Your Excellency."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, his hands suddenly felt light; the rings in his hands had already disappeared, and he could not help but be shocked.

Looking up, he saw the rings were already in Long Chen's hands, and he could not help but feel both shocked and terrified. He had not even seen how Long Chen got there; this speed was simply unheard of.

Actually, the old man had been scared out of his wits by Long Chen. Long Chen had not moved at all; he had just used his Soul power to pull the three rings into his hand. To show respect, the old man had held his hands above his head and had not seen Long Chen's movement.

Long Chen probed the spatial rings with his Divine Sense and discovered they were all large spatial rings. Especially the youth's ring, which had a capacity of a hundred zhang square. He would not have to worry about running out of space in the future.

This made Long Chen overjoyed, but to maintain the demeanor of an expert, he forced himself to act extremely indifferent. "Since that is the case, I forgive you. You may leave."

The three felt as if they had been granted amnesty, bowed to Long Chen, and scurried away. After they left, Long Chen could not help but laugh out loud.

Rich! I am rich!

Long Chen took off his old ring and put on the one with the largest space. The things inside were piled up like a mountain.

However, after taking a look, Long Chen could not help but curse under his breath. The spatial ring was mostly filled with Medicinal Pills and some weapons. Additionally, what left Long Chen speechless was that there was even a large bed and various daily necessities.

Long Chen suddenly realized this brat was truly a second-generation heir, needing to enjoy life away from home just like at home, with his own dedicated daily necessities.

He threw away all these beds, quilts, tents, and a pile of daily necessities. Although these were excellent things, the quality was impeccable—some of which Long Chen had not even seen before.

Although Long Chen did not have mysophobia, he absolutely could not use things others had used, so he simply threw them all away.

What Long Chen did not know was that the youth was indeed a second-generation heir. Although a bit of a bumpkin, his family wealth was very deep.

However, his wealth was all in the various Medicinal Pills in his rings, where there were many High Grade Medicinal Pills.

Medicinal Pills were one of the hardest currencies in this world, almost like Spirit Stones, and would never depreciate.

But as a pill refiner, Long Chen did not care too much about Medicinal Pills, so he felt this brat was just acting like a big spender.

If Long Chen's thoughts were known by that youth, the youth would definitely be angered to death—robbed, and then looked down upon.

However, there was one thing that made Long Chen very satisfied. In an old man's ring, Long Chen saw a good thing.

A wrought iron spear, entirely black, looking unremarkable. Wrought iron was not a precious material, but its weight was decent.

Especially the wrought iron spear, which was over one zhang three feet long and weighed over five thousand jin. What Long Chen lacked most was a heavy weapon.

Although it still felt a bit light in his hand, it was much handier than those light, airy longswords.

After collecting the spoils and concentrating them into one ring, Long Chen put away the other rings and continued to move forward slowly.

After Long Chen left, two figures appeared on the spot. Looking in the direction Long Chen had left, one said, "I am afraid that is another monster-level figure."

"Hmm, among the Disciples recruited this time, several are very remarkable figures. I wonder how this youth will compare to them," one nodded and said.

"It seems that it will not be long before we Senior Brothers are surpassed by these Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters."

"This is cultivation. Look at it open-mindedly. Sometimes, being a spectator is also very good."

The other person nodded, looked at the trash on the ground, and said with some hesitation, "This…"

"Hehe, the kid is ignorant. We Senior Brothers certainly cannot watch them waste so much. Of course, we will help them store it."

The two looked at each other and smiled, collecting everything Long Chen had thrown away. Those things were all good items, the quality far better than what they used. They did not care if others had used them.

Long Chen traveled over a hundred li when a large river appeared in front of him, several hundred zhang long, with a large bridge spanning both banks.

Looking at this bridge, Long Chen's heart surged. According to the map, after crossing this river, he would enter the territory of the Xuantian Branch.

Long Chen urged Little Snow onto the bridge. Just as he was about to board the bridge, a wind suddenly arose behind his head, and a sharp attack whistled toward Long Chen.