The Speedrun Begins with Choosing Hunter

Chapter 335: Chapter 326: Great Battle

Chaos...

Figures fell one after another in the lakeside forest—soldiers from Ling Province and disciples of the Celestial Heart Sect alike.

"URGH!"

It was an unwilling, furious roar.

Bai Yuan’s whip kick turned a Celestial Heart Sect expert into a pile of mangled flesh.

The full power of the White Ape Breaks the Mountain was on display.

Even without his saber, he could now maintain a terrifying level of combat prowess.

He moved through the battlefield like a Soul-Seeking Yama, and with every step, another Celestial Heart Sect disciple fell.

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It seemed the Celestial Heart Sect hadn’t found a way to locate the demon seed either.

Just like with the Longevity Palace before, Bai Yuan felt the Celestial Heart Sect’s arrival was rushed.

He even suspected they had appeared in the Hundred Thousand Mountains only after receiving intelligence from Ling Province.

This vanguard force was clearly ill-prepared.

Bai Yuan allocated all the Strengthening Points he had gained into White Ape Breaks the Mountain.

As the years of practice for the technique increased, his understanding of White Ape Breaks the Mountain grew ever deeper.

In the blink of an eye, he grew stronger!

"All the Celestial Heart Sect demons have been exterminated."

Qiu Yang had led his men to hunt down and kill all the Celestial Heart Sect disciples who had tried to escape amidst the chaos.

"Good."

Bai Yuan nodded.

Qiu Yang couldn’t hide the shock in his eyes. He had witnessed Bai Yuan’s earlier display of power. If the Bai Yuan from their time in Dingzhou was merely a cut above him, the man before him now was completely beyond his reach.

’Truly, the younger generation is to be feared.’

At the Martial Artist realm, the only ones who could contend with Bai Yuan were the peerless geniuses from the Central Plains, Jiangnan, and the military, as well as those old monsters.

Bai Yuan stared intently at the lake’s surface.

The commotion here had been immense. If the demon seed was in the lake, it must have heard the disturbance.

It would definitely make a move soon.

More and more ripples spread across the lake’s surface—the movements of the men led by Liu Zhengwen and Fang Yong, who had noticed the situation on the shore.

Before long, a soldier from Ling Province arrived in the part of the forest where Bai Yuan was.

He was the man sent by Liu Zhengwen.

Bai Yuan told the soldier what had happened here.

After receiving the information, the soldier bowed to Bai Yuan before returning.

The disturbances on the lake grew larger, and the lakeside forest became increasingly restless.

The sounds of fighting soon erupted from the other two parties stationed along the shore; they had likely encountered the same situation as Bai Yuan’s group.

The Celestial Heart Sect was like a pack of wolves that had caught the scent of meat.

More and more Celestial Heart Sect experts were gathering in the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

The defenses of the Ling Province forces were becoming increasingly strained.

However, with the Xuan Yang Army pinning down the Demon Sect in Dingzhou, the Celestial Heart Sect couldn’t have mobilized too many people.

The forest had now become a meat grinder. Both sides were locked in a deadly stalemate among the trees, neither willing to retreat easily.

Bai Yuan was already in a killing frenzy.

He beat back wave after wave of Celestial Heart Sect experts.

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Unlike the others, the more Bai Yuan killed, the brighter his eyes became, and he couldn’t suppress the smile forming at the corners of his mouth.

’It’s not easy to find so many powerful opponents.’

If not for the demon seed, the Celestial Heart Sect would never have been able to gather so many experts.

Xuan Yang had fought the Demon Sect for many years and naturally understood the Celestial Heart Sect’s situation. The number of their experts who had appeared in the Hundred Thousand Mountains this time far exceeded the figures in Xuan Yang’s intelligence reports.

Evidently, the Celestial Heart Sect had activated its hidden assets in Ling Province for the sake of the demon seed.

With his saber in his right hand and his left hand shaped into a palm, Bai Yuan attacked with both, unleashing infinite power. He was invincible on the battlefield.

Just as he was reveling in the slaughter, a lean, wiry old man appeared before him.

"It’s time to stop."

The lean old man spoke in a hoarse voice.

Although the old man was small and thin, in Bai Yuan’s eyes, he was as ferocious as a tiger or leopard, ready to pounce and devour someone at any moment.

’This man is no simple foe!’

A sharp glint flashed in Bai Yuan’s eyes as they opened and closed.

In a flash, Blood Fiend was already slashing down at the old man’s head.

The Celestial Heart Sect elder neither retreated nor dodged, meeting the attack directly with his fists.

Fists and saber collided in mid-air.

A bone-jarring clang of metal on metal rang out.

Bai Yuan and the old man’s gazes locked in mid-air.

Evenly matched!

"A little interesting."

The corners of Bai Yuan’s mouth lifted slightly as he cracked his neck from side to side.

This old man was clearly a Martial Artist, yet he had managed to block his Chaotic Blood Hidden Tiger Saber. With Bai Yuan’s current combat prowess, such a feat was rare.

’A fine elite mob...’

A trace of astonishment flashed through the old man’s eyes.

He hailed from the Northern Plains and was one of the renowned experts of the Celestial Heart Sect.

The old man was of Barbarian descent and cultivated a pure physical technique.

Similar to their role in Xuan Yang, the Celestial Heart Sect held a status within the Barbarian Tribe comparable to the Three Teachings. Before their arrival, there were very few Barbarians above the Mingxin realm. Only after the Celestial Heart Sect began to spread its doctrine—and its cultivation techniques—in the Northern Plains did Barbarian Mingxin Powerhouses gradually begin to appear.

And this old man was one of the very first Barbarian experts.

He believed only in his own fists.

He had always been proud of the Barbaric Body Refining Technique and looked down on the cultivation techniques of the Profound People.

But now, he had fought a young Profound Person to a standstill. How could he not be astonished?

"Again!"

Excitement flashed in Bai Yuan’s eyes.

His current state was a strange one. Martial Artists were no match for him, but he couldn’t touch Mingxin Powerhouses. It wasn’t easy to find a suitable opponent for a satisfying fight.

If the Celestial Heart Sect hadn’t placed such importance on the demon seed, this old man would never have appeared in Ling Province.

The old man’s gaze grew solemn.

Bai Yuan charged forward again, saber in hand.

He stacked the Chaotic Blood Hidden Tiger Saber with the Manggu Zhuhe Technique, his left- and right-handed attacks combining to make him look like a god of slaughter.

In the blink of an eye, the two had already exchanged over a hundred moves.

The more the old man fought, the more shocked he became.

He was actually being suppressed by this Profound man before him!

In his hundred years of life, this was the first time he had ever encountered such a situation.

"RAAAH!"

The old man let out a furious roar. His small, thin body suddenly swelled, then expanded several times over, transforming him into a giant, crimson monster standing a full ten feet tall.

A wild, ferocious aura radiated from him, suffocating those fighting nearby.

After growing larger, the old man’s speed was completely unaffected, while his strength had multiplied several times over.

Bai Yuan’s saber strikes only left faint white marks on the old man’s body.

His monstrous defense left Bai Yuan at a loss for how to proceed.

’The Barbarians have dominated the Northern Plains for millennia; they truly have something unique to them!’

Bai Yuan used Walking on Sand and Treading on Snow to move around.

Although he couldn’t do anything to the transformed monster of an old man, the old man couldn’t do anything to him either.

For a time, the two were locked in a stalemate.

The Barbarian elder felt that Bai Yuan was as slippery as a loach; no matter how much force he used, he just couldn’t catch him.

The same was true for Bai Yuan. The Barbarian elder was like a turtle’s shell—he couldn’t break through his defense at all.

His physical body was so strong that even the poison from the Manggu Zhuha was not particularly effective.

The importance the Celestial Heart Sect placed on the demon seed was clear to see.

Bai Yuan steeled his heart. Imperceptibly fine white fur began to grow on his skin, and the killing intent radiating from him grew stronger and stronger, even causing the surrounding temperature to drop.

This was the prelude to transforming into a Zhu Yan using the Demon Transformation Art!

But just as he was about to transform into the Zhu Yan, a drastic change occurred on the surface of the nearby lake.

A colossal serpent, a full thousand feet in length, burst from the lake and shot toward the sky. Its mountain-sized body blotted out the sun, making it seem as if one had been transported to ancient times.

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