As the smoke dispersed, a massive formation was revealed.
“Hehe, I’m off first.”
With that, one person leaped onto the formation and vanished on the spot.
The others around quickly reacted, scrambling to jump onto the formation as well.
The scene immediately descended into chaos, with people pushing and shoving.
However, within a ten-meter radius around Ye Wangchuan, no one dared to crowd in.
After all, this man, Ye, was truly a force to be reckoned with.
“Here, take my hand.”
Ye Wangchuan extended his hand to Li Luo.
Seeing her hesitate, he explained further.
“This formation at the entrance to the cave realm is a teleportation formation. If you enter alone, you’ll be sent to a random location within the realm. If you hold my hand, we’ll be transported to the same place.”
“Oh, I see!”
Li Luo nodded in understanding and reached out her small hand.
Ye Wangchuan grasped it firmly, ensuring a secure hold.
The next moment—
Boom!
Ye Wangchuan leaped into the air, stepping on the heads of the crowd and diving into the teleportation formation.
The entire movement was executed with fluid precision.
“What the hell?”
Su Fugui, who had been jostling through the crowd, suddenly felt someone step on his head.
He looked up in confusion but saw no one.
Scratching his head, he muttered irritably,
“Which idiot stepped on my head?!”
“Forget it. My main goal now is to enter the cave realm and find the rare treasures that can restore my little brother!”
Su Fugui’s expression turned serious.
Once his little brother was restored, he’d make sure those gorgeous twin maidservants paid for their insolence!
Soon, everyone had entered the cave realm.
……
……
Inside the Que Mountain cave realm.
One hundred meters above the ground—
Whoosh!
Ye Wangchuan and Li Luo suddenly appeared in midair.
Immediately, they began plummeting toward the ground.
“Ahhh!”
Seeing herself falling from such a height, Li Luo reacted with lightning speed, climbing onto Ye Wangchuan’s back in an instant.
Ye Wangchuan glanced at her and spoke coldly.
“Three Foundation Building Pills, and I’ll help you land safely. Otherwise, I’ll drop you.”
“Deal!”
Li Luo agreed without hesitation.
After all, this wasn’t the Heaven Rank. If she fell and turned into a pancake, there’d be no coming back!
Ye Wangchuan nodded in confirmation.
Then, he did nothing, simply waiting to hit the ground.
Li Luo: “?”
“Hey! Hey, hey!”
Boom!!!
Ye Wangchuan and Li Luo crashed heavily into the ground, creating a massive crater in the dirt.
Li Luo immediately cried out.
“Ow! That hurts… Huh? It doesn’t hurt?”
She climbed out of the dirt, brushing the dust off her clothes.
Meanwhile, Ye Wangchuan had already struck a cool, standing landing pose.
“The first ten seconds after teleportation grant invincibility. Oh, and Li Luo, three Foundation Building Pills.”
Li Luo: “…”
“You knew about the invincibility and didn’t tell me?! You swindled my pills!”
Ye Wangchuan: “Yep.”
Gritting her teeth, Li Luo handed over three Foundation Building Pills.
Her villainous emotion points dropped from 300 to 30.
“It’s fine. This is my chance to spend time alone with Ye Wangchuan. I’ll have plenty of opportunities to farm his villainous emotion points…”
Li Luo was busy plotting how to milk more emotion points when—
“Hey! You two! Where are you from?”
A burly man wearing an eyepatch approached.
On his back was a massive machete, nearly two meters long!
Ye Wangchuan smiled and stepped closer.
“Hey, aren’t you that guy? I know you…”
Clang—!
Before Ye Wangchuan could finish, both he and the burly man struck simultaneously!
A spear clashed against the machete, the force of the impact sending Ye Wangchuan stumbling back a few steps.
Clearly, in terms of raw strength, Ye Wangchuan was no match for the burly man.
After all, the man’s cultivation level was at the mid-stage of the Second Realm!
Seizing the advantage, the burly man pressed forward, determined not to let Ye Wangchuan create distance.
“Hmph! You know me? I’m the bandit leader! No soft-skinned pretty boy like you would know me!” the bandit sneered.
“Oh, I see. Brother, I’m just a wandering cultivator, no backing, no ties. The cave realm just opened, so I don’t have any treasures on me. How about we team up?” Ye Wangchuan began to spin his tale.
“A wandering cultivator? Then what’s that spatial ring on your hand? Hand it over, and I’ll let you live,” the bandit retorted, clearly not buying it.
“That’s not happening,” Ye Wangchuan sighed.
“Then die!”
The bandit roared, raising his machete high with both hands and bringing it down with immense force.
Boom!
Li Luo, holding a spear, thrust it from behind, aiming for the bandit’s groin. Sparks flew as the spear struck—
The bandit was wearing metal underpants!
The bandit turned to Li Luo, sneering,
“Hmph! Useless! At the mid-stage of the Second Realm, a weakling like you at the First Realm can’t hurt me!”
With that, he swung his machete down with full force.
Boom!
The ground shook violently as the blade struck.
Within a ten-meter radius of the bandit, the ground cracked and splintered.
The shockwave sent Li Luo flying backward.
If the periphery was this devastating, the center was unimaginable.
The bandit smirked, speaking with mock sympathy.
“Kid, in your next life, remember not to flaunt your spatial ring so—”
Thud!
A spear pierced through the bandit’s heart.
The bandit stared in shock.
As the smoke cleared, his machete was revealed to be broken in two.
“You… What kind of spear is this? How is it so strong?”
“A Heavy Steel Ink Spear. Two hundred gold coins apiece.”
Ye Wangchuan finished his explanation, pulled out the spear, and kicked the bandit’s corpse to the ground.
He then used the spear to slice open the bandit’s waist pouch.
Inside were only a few copper coins, low-grade pills, and some bandages.
Nothing of real value.
“What a waste of time. Is it because I’m not the chosen one that I don’t get loot drops?”
Ye Wangchuan sighed, picked up Li Luo, who had fallen to the ground, and strode away.
Li Luo, too, was disappointed that the bandit hadn’t dropped any treasure.
But just then—
[Ding, special event detected. System issuing task.]
[Special Task]: Defeat enemies and acquire treasures until leaving the cave realm.
Reward: Villainous emotion points based on the strength of defeated enemies and the value of acquired treasures.
[Ding, host has successfully assisted in defeating a mid-stage Second Realm enemy. Villainous emotion points +250.]
[Current total: 280 points.]
Li Luo: “…”
“Ye Wangchuan, let’s kill more people.”
“?”