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"Movement technique?"

The young man's terrifying speed caused Ye Hao's expression to change. He suddenly stopped moving.

It had to be known that cultivators who had cultivated in movement techniques had too great of an advantage in battle. This was because the difference in speed greatly determined the outcome of a battle.

Because of this, all movement techniques were extremely expensive and difficult to obtain. Even with the Ye Clan's resources, they did not exceed three of these arts.

After the initial shock, Ye Hao suddenly noticed the youth's slightly pale face. Obviously, although the former was at the eighth level of the Body Tempering stage, he must have paid a price in order to use his movement technique.

Thinking of this, Ye Hao's face turned a little better. If not, he would not have been able to escape his fate today.

"Hmph, enough of the game of cat and mouse. I'll break your ankle in a bit and see how you run." The young man's expression was cold and stern. His hands skillfully turned the two daggers in his hands. The cold and dense light made Ye Hao's skin feel as if it was slightly pricking him.

Taking a deep breath, Ye Hao held the spear in his hand, the fighting spirit in his eyes gradually rising. Since he couldn't escape, he could only fight.

Although his injuries weren't light and he wasn't at his peak state, with the help of the fire needle, there was hope for him to kill this young man.

Sensing the fighting spirit in Ye Hao's eyes, the teenager sneered and said: "Give up. If you surrender now, I will make you suffer a little less."

Ye Hao remained silent. What responded him was a sharp spear.

"How reckless!" Seeing that Ye Hao still dared to take the initiative to attack, the youth's eyes were filled with killing intent. As the power within his body exploded out, the daggers in his hands were like two vicious poisonous snakes as they cleverly stabbed towards the teenager.

Clang! Clang!

The young man's attack was extremely fast, and he had been the first to strike back. Ye Hao took back his long spear, the spear's edge was so dangerous that it blocked the dagger. Sparks flew in all directions, and the young man's body was pushed back, at the same time, the long spear swept out and smashed towards the young man's head.

"Stubborn fool."

The long spear swept out with a sound of wind breaking, but the young man did not even look at it, he dodged to the side, and then with a stomp, he bent his body and instantly closed in on Ye Hao. The dagger in his hand was like a venomous snake that was about to swallow its prey, and it pierced into Ye Hao's left leg.

Ye Hao clenched his teeth. Without caring about the pain, he shook the long spear in his hand and forced the young man to retreat. He quickly moved back and stared at the former with a pair of gloomy eyes.

The youth in front of him, who was at the eighth level of Body Tempering, not only had his cultivation realm surpassed him, but his battle experience was also much richer than his. This youth could be said to be the strongest opponent Ye Hao had ever faced.

"Hehe, if you weren't injured, you might be able to fight with me for a while. Just give up as soon as possible. "

The young man pulled his scarlet lips as he stared coldly at Ye Hao. Just as he was about to take another step forward to attack him, suddenly, an earth-shattering roar of a demon beast exploded from the depths of the mountain.

An invisible sound wave swept out, causing the leaves in the forest to rustle. The instant this roar sounded out, the expressions of Ye Hao and that young man changed drastically.

If just the roar was so powerful, then how terrifying would the owner of the roar be?

Could it be a Greater Demon above the Dao Soul Realm?

As they thought of this, their faces filled with terror as they simultaneously cast their gazes into the depths of the mountain range. However, when they saw the scene there, their minds felt as if they had been struck by lightning.

At this time, in the depths of the Black Abyss Mountain Range, a wave of black mist that was as thick as ink spread out from an unknown place. In a short moment, it condensed into a piece of land in midair like an endless sky thundercloud, surging and churning, enveloping the entire mountain range.

The endless black mist was filled with a thick sense of death, as if it had come from the underworld and entered the world, giving off a strong sense of ominous foreboding.

"Then... What's that? Black Abyss Ghost Fog! "

Seeing the continuously churning black fog in the air, the youth screamed out with incomparable fear. At this moment, Ye Hao's face also turned pale with fright as he recalled all the rumors related to the Black Abyss Mountain Range.

The Black Abyss Mountain Range had existed for countless years, and it was filled with endless mysteries. When the Black Lake City was first established, there were many experts who probed it thoroughly, yet none of them managed to leave.

It was as if the mysterious black fog had existed since that time.

According to Ye Hao's knowledge, the appearance of the ghost fog did not have any time limit, and the range of its spread was limited. However, this ghost fog was still something that all the cultivators of Black Lake City feared.

The reason for that fear was because the Black Abyss Ghost Fog was able to engulf all living things.

Even Dao Soul Realm experts would fall into the Graveyard of the Underworld as if their souls had been pulled out of their bodies if they were affected by the ghost fog. They would never be able to recover.

It was precisely because of this that Ye Hao and the young man were so afraid the moment they saw the black fog. It was because they were currently extremely close to the depths of the mountain range. This place … It was already within the range of the ghost fog.

When he realized this, Ye Hao didn't hesitate at all. The Qi and blood in his body exploded, and he forced himself to quickly retreat to the periphery.

And at this time, the frightened young man finally reacted. At this moment, he didn't care about anything and directly spat out a mouthful of blood essence with a ferocious look, crazily activating his movement technique. In an instant, he had surpassed Ye Hao and fled towards the outer area of the forest.

However, just as the two of them moved, the strange black mist in the sky above the mountain range seemed to have sensed their presence and suddenly exploded, surging toward them.

The ghost fog's speed was terrifying, in a blink of an eye it had already appeared behind Ye Hao. In just one breath, the black fog had spread out again, instantly engulfing Ye Hao and covering the whole forest.

"Damn it!"

The moment he was enveloped by the black fog, Ye Hao felt an indescribable chill enter into his body through the pores of his body. Even his thoughts seemed to slow down and stiffen under this cold fog.

Ah!

At the same time, the youth who had already disappeared into the forest suddenly let out a mournful scream. The next moment, the scream stopped, as if it had never existed.

"Even that guy's speed can't escape …" Ye Hao felt the increasingly cold chill in his body. He smiled bitterly and completely lost consciousness.

"..."

At this moment, outside the dense forest, dozens of Ye Family experts were looking at the gradually fading black fog in the sky from the depths of the mountain. Fear and terror surfaced on their faces.

Although it wasn't the first time that everyone present had seen the appearance of the Black Abyss Ghost Fog and knew that it wouldn't spread into the forest, the shocking sight still made their scalps go numb.

This Black Abyss Mountain Range was simply too demonic.

Of course, they did not know that although the Black Abyss Ghost Fog did not spread outside the forest, it had already spread deep into the forest. Otherwise, Ye Hao and that young man would not have been lost in the ghost fog.

If they knew what was wrong with the ghost fog, even the Ye Family wouldn't dare to stand on the spot so calmly.

Only when the black fog slowly receded did Ye Yunfeng, who was in the lead, cast his gaze towards the nine strange corpses on the ground. His dignified face was incomparably gloomy.

No matter what, he would never have imagined that someone would dare to enter the Black Eerie Swamp to kill the Ye Clan's disciples. This caused an unprecedented killing intent to rise in the old man's heart.

"Only nine people?" Ye Yunfeng's expression turned dark. A powerful pressure from the Soul Realm realm unconsciously emanated out, causing the hearts of everyone present to turn cold.

"Patriarch, for now, we only have nine people." Beside him, a powerful Ye Family expert, who was in charge of guarding the place, spoke out.

"What kind of background?"

"I haven't found anything yet. The few of them should be Death Soldiers who have undergone training. The weakest among them is at the Seventh Layer of Body Tempering, and the strongest among them is at the Eighth Layer of Body Tempering."

The man paused for a moment, and then said with a self-reproach, "There was a deadly poison hidden in those people. After they were captured by us, they killed themselves without any hesitation."

After saying that, the man suddenly thought of something and hesitantly said, "What's strange is that one of the warriors at the seventh level of the Body Tempering stage died before we entered. I don't know who killed him."

Hearing this, everyone, including Ye Yunfeng, were shocked. The strongest disciple in this exam was only at the sixth level of the Body Tempering stage, so how could he defeat a seventh level Body Tempering disciple and a trained assassin?

If it wasn't a disciple of the clan, then who killed that person?

Of course, if Ye Ze was present, he would be able to recognize the person who died. It was the man who chased after him and was stopped by Ye Hao.

Right at this moment, a Ye Family expert suddenly flew over from the distance and said, "Chief, check this out clearly. The formation at the side of the forest has been destroyed. These people must have entered from that direction."

Ye Yunfeng nodded his head as the gloom on his face grew deeper. This massacre of the disciples must have been planned for a long time, and in the entire Black Lake City, there were only a few factions that had managed to accomplish this.

"How are the casualties of the clan's disciples?" Suppressing the anger in his heart, Ye Yunfeng asked.

"Fifty-six contestants will die …" "Of the thirty-five people, there are still six who went missing. I'm afraid that even …" As he spoke to here, the man's face was full of sorrow and self-blame. If he had noticed the abnormality of this exam earlier, perhaps such a tragedy wouldn't have happened.

His fists were clenched so tight that his eyes were trembling. The killing intent in his eyes was as if it was real, that so many disciples of his clan had been slaughtered, and they were even in the examination grounds of the Ye Clan. This had already seriously violated his bottom line.

Bai Clan, Chen Clan, City Lord Manor, Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

The top forces of Black Yuan City appeared in Ye Yunfeng's mind, but even he wasn't sure who did it.

"Where's Ye Peng?"

Just at that moment, an indifferent voice suddenly rang out from the back of the crowd. Immediately afterwards, a tall and handsome young man suddenly appeared on the scene.

The youth's eyes were like lightning. His valiance was extraordinary, and his aura was incomparable. He was like a dragon amongst men.

At this moment, he coldly stared at the expert from the Ye Clan who spoke earlier. He spoke once again, "Where is my younger brother Ye Peng?"

"Also …" "Not yet." Although this Ye family member had already stepped into the Life Sea realm, facing this youth who was only at the Great Perfection of the Body Tempering stage, he felt an inexplicable pressure. He couldn't help but speak in a serious manner.

"A bunch of trash."

A cold light flashed in the youth's eyes as he reprimanded him indifferently. His figure turned into a shadow as he charged into the forest. He did not even bother about Ye Yunfeng, who was the clan leader.

To the young man's rude words, the Life Sea Realm practitioner of the Ye Family opened his mouth and shook his head with a bitter smile. Although he had already stepped into the Life Sea Realm, he was still far from being able to match up to the youth who was only at the peak of the Body Tempering stage.

After all, that young man was the strongest in the Ye Clan's Martial Hall. He was also the true pride of the Ye Clan. At the same time, he was also Ye Peng's only brother.

Ye Tianlin.

As the former disappeared into the forest, Ye Yunfeng, who had been silent all this time, finally led his men into the forest. This was because aside from Ye Peng and the others, Ye Hao, who he was most worried about, was still nowhere to be found.

"..."