Strongest Ruler

Strange Occurrence

Sweat began to appear on Xiao Fan's face, the extremely strong pressure emanating from the giant lion made Xiao Fan's heart unsettled.

"How unlucky am I." Xiao Fan tried to pull the dagger out, but for a moment when he thought that the huge lion was going to attack him.

The lion turned around then walked away, as the pressure from the giant lion dissipated, Xiao Fan immediately fell down with both legs limp.

"What the hell was that just now, why didn't the lion attack me and instead choose to leave?" Batik Xiao Fan felt a little suspicious about the incident earlier.

But he was also lucky enough to avoid death. If Xiao Fan had really fought the giant lion earlier, it was certain that he would have died before he could attack.

After Xiao Fan could already walk back, he stood up and walked into the deeper part of the forest.

The forest was vast, the moment when Xiao Fan was in a vast meadow. He could see a pond that was in the middle of the meadow.

Since it was night time, the silvery moonlight rays looked very beautiful from the reflection of the pond.

"I also happen to be thirsty right now.." Xiao Fan smiled, he put the two daggers back into his clothing pocket and ran up to the pond.

As Xiao Fan gulped down the water that was inside the pond, a satisfied expression was seen on his face.

"It's so fresh .... What water is this, only the first time I feel this water of wisdom."

Feeling that one gulp was not enough, Xiao Fan again gulped down the water that was inside the pond.

But one thing he did not realize, the Dantian (Sea of Qi) within his body immediately absorbed the water and purified it into Qi.

"Ackk... How can!!.."

Xiao Fan who was quite surprised immediately sat cross-legged, he closed both his eyes and cultivated the turbulent Qi within the Dantian.

Otherwise, Xiao Fan's Dantian would be damaged due to excessive energy or worse, perhaps Xiao Fan's body would explode.

Veins and veins sprung up all over Xiao Fan's body. He gritted his teeth enduring the pain within his meridians as well as his veins.

"I have to hold it!!"

The pain lingered for quite a long time, until after the black dragon shadow came out from within Xiao Fan's body. The pain slowly subsided.

Boom!!

The explosion!!!

The spiritual energy swirling in his dantian was slowly absorbed in until it was completely engulfed by the golden pagoda.

Xiao Fan's body let out a golden light until after that, The light on Xiao Fan's body disappeared instantly.

"Haaah.... I didn't think I'd break through just by drinking this water."

Xiao Fan stood up, he patted his shoulder which was filled with dirt dust. "Hmm, I have to do this precious water."

Right after Xiao Fan finished his remark, he grinned widely.

He took out a small bottle made of rare materials. When Xiao Fan opened the bottle cap, all the water in the pond was absorbed without leaving a single one.

Who would have thought that such a small bottle could hold all the water in the pool.

"I don't know where Grandpa got so many strange treasures like this."

After draining the water inside the pond, Xiao Fan continued his journey by going to the interior of the forest area.

Since Xiao Fan's current cultivation was at the second level of the realm of improvement, it also increased Xiao Fan's entire fighting prowess at a completely different level.

Right now alone, the foundation that Xiao Fan belonged to was already on par with a Cultivator at the seventh level of the realm of refinement.

But if that person's foundation was too fragile, it wouldn't be good for the future either.

As Xiao Fan explored the area within the mysterious forest, he discovered many treasures as well as rare artifacts from within.

Moreover, Xiao Fan met a group of horned wolves and finished them off all in less than an hour.

Five days passed quickly, within the area of his mysterious forest. A young man sat on top of a pile of corpses of spiritual beasts.

The man's body was covered in blood with his clothes already heavily damaged.

"It's been five days, if I don't remember it wrong, soon the exam will be over." Xiao Fan leaped down from the pile of corpses of spiritual beasts.

During the five days of being in the mysterious forest, Xiao Fan had killed over thousands of spiritual beasts.

Moreover, Xiao Fan obtained some rare herbs that grew within the forest.

He also found no one as long as he hunted the spiritual star there. Although Xiao Fan felt that there was something strange about it, but he chose to ignore it.

"I have to leave immediately, otherwise, I might end up stuck in this place until the next exam."

Xiao Fan rinsed his body and his weapon at a lake within the forest.

The lake was neither too deep nor too vast, whenever Xiao Fan finished hunting the spiritual beast, he would cleanse his body in the lake.

"Hmm, this is better than yesterday. Who would have thought that in a forest like this would have more than 20 beast cores." Xiao Fan laughed as he looked at the silver diamond in his hand.

The beast core was a treasure formed from the Qi and blood of a spiritual beast.

That thing was extremely difficult to find because not every spiritual beast had it.

As for Xiao Fan, he was extremely lucky to have obtained 20 beast cores over the five days of relentlessly hunting down spiritual beasts.

In addition to its rarity, the animal core is also sold at a price that is quite expensive for each core.

"It's daytime, I mustn't let those supervisors wait any longer."

Xiao Fan who had already rinsed all the blood on his clothes immediately packed up his belongings and ran away leaving the mysterious forest.

As Xiao Fan continued to run out, his steps stopped abruptly at a tomb located within the forest.

"The grave? It's so weird, why didn't I find it while trying to go deeper?"

Xiao Fan frowned, he stared at the tomb the size of a football field with a strange look.

Suddenly, a thick fog began to appear and covered the entire meal with less than a single breath.

"What! Shit, I need to get out of here."

Xiao Fan was running at his maximum speed, even so, Xiao Fan was still unable to escape the fog.

"What a weird thing, why do I feel like I kept spinning from the start."

When Xiao Fan realized something was strange, suddenly a lightning bolt that descended from the sky struck his body violently.

Boom!!

The body of Xiao Fan who was hit by a bolt of lightning instantly lay unconscious with a lightning mark appearing on his forehead.

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To Be Continued