The man in black didn't answer, he just looked at Ye Lingchen, a person with such a spirit beast was by no means an idle person.

However, his heart was full of doubts, because Ye Lingchen's cultivation seemed to be only the middle level of Xuanyou, that is, the cultivation of the fifth to sixth rings.

Despite his doubts, the man in black was still full of confidence, "What if you have this spirit beast, see how I kill you."

The man in black turned around, and the black long sword slowly pointed at Ye Lingchen, "Your opponent is me."

Ye Lingchen showed a sneer on his face, and said coldly, "You are also worthy?"

As soon as the words fell, the sword flashed.

The spiritual power in Ye Lingchen's body suddenly operated, and a large amount of spiritual power poured into the sky, he soared into the air like a falcon, while his opponent was like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

The golden light of the heavenly dome flashed, and Ye Lingchen quickly swung out a sword. The man in black only felt a pain in front of his eyes, and realized that the situation was not good.

Ye Lingchen's speed caught the man in black off guard.

"You weren't worthy, I said." Ye Lingchen's faint voice sounded again, like the scythe of death, lightly harvesting the soul of the man in black.

"Poof..." The man in black felt a pain in his chest, and the sky dome directly cut off his black long sword, leaving a long wound.

Faintly, the sound of bones shattering can be heard. The man in black took a step back, his pale face full of unwillingness, but the severe pain made him unable to speak, and his body slowly fell backwards, and his eyes were white.

At this time, the other four men in black also noticed the situation here. Ye Lingchen's sword made them secretly shocked in their hearts, if that sword was swung at them, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Seeing that Ye Lingchen quickly killed their leader, the four black-clothed men turned pale and were horrified in their hearts.

If they could turn back time, they would never choose to block the road, but now it's too late.

Ye Lingchen no longer focused on the corpse, but turned his gaze to the other four.

Seeing this, the four of them retreated one after another, leaving behind their opponents, gathering together, and staring at Ye Lingchen vigilantly.

As soon as they withdrew, the pressure on Gongsun and the others suddenly decreased, and they quickly gathered in one place, staring vigilantly at the four men in black.

One of the men in black spoke: "We are all students from the mainland who came to participate in the competition, if we kill us, the people outside will definitely notice the abnormality, and you will not end well."

Ye Lingchen frowned, the words of the man in black were not unreasonable. If you really kill them all, once you track them down, you will be in trouble.

Ye Lingchen pondered for a moment and asked, "Who are you?" I can spare you your life, but I have already slain a man, and who is this person?"

"This ......," the man hesitated.

Ye Lingchen's eyes lit up: "I'm afraid the identity of this person is not trivial, there will still be a lot of trouble after we leave, so you don't dare to reveal it."

Ye Lingchen snorted coldly, and suddenly made a move, and a brilliant golden light in the dark space pierced the sky and rushed straight towards the four people opposite.

Seeing this, the four of them dodged one after another, and they scattered, each offering a magic weapon to try to resist Ye Lingchen's attack.

However, their resistance was like an egg hitting a stone, and Ye Lingchen's offensive was unstoppable, breaking through their defense line in an instant.

Ye Lingchen's body was like the wind, his speed was as fast as lightning, and he quickly approached the nearest person, and when the sky dome waved, the aura in the air vibrated with it, making it difficult for the other party to cast the technique of remote escape.

In an instant, Ye Lingchen once again took a person's life.

The remaining three had no intention of fighting, and one of them shouted, "Open the soul card."

The other two also reacted quickly, and their bodies lit up with green light, apparently activating the soul card in their bodies.

Seeing this, Ye Lingchen's eyes froze, and he shouted, "Even if you activate the soul card, I will let you become corpses before leaving. Kuroko, up!"

Kuroko had been waiting, and when he heard the order, he exploded instantly, his sharp limbs danced, and everything he went was shattered, and the three of them were no exception.

At this time, the green light was flourishing, and the bodies of the three disappeared in an instant.

……

At the entrance to the dark swamp, several old men were cross-legged

And sitting, as if guarding this area.

Suddenly, a green light flashed, several figures appeared on the ground, and a green sign slowly flew out of the figures. An old man reached out and held the soul card in his hand.

He glanced at the three corpses on the ground, which were covered with wounds from sharp objects. He instructed the people next to him, "Inform their academy and let them deal with it."

Glancing at the soul card in his hand again, the old man sighed and said, "It seems that I have encountered a powerful spirit beast, so I can only blame it on bad luck."

……

In the dark swamp, Ye Lingchen breathed a sigh of relief, there shouldn't be too much trouble after they went out.

The breeze blew, taking away the smell of danger, and it became unusually quiet except for the potholes on the ground and the smell of blood in the air.

Ye Lingchen looked at Han Meng and asked, "Are you all right? I didn't expect this encounter to cause so many incidents."

"Brother Ye, this is the third time you've saved me." Gongsun stepped forward, his face full of gratitude.

Bartol didn't speak, but his gratitude was palpable. If he still had some doubts about Ye Lingchen before, now he is completely convinced, and Ye Lingchen's strength has convinced him.

Ye Lingchen just responded with a smile, "How are you doing during this time?"

"Brother Ye, since the last time we parted in the woods, although we have full confidence in you, we still went back to investigate. We've only seen a few corpses, but no trace of you.

I was sure you were safe and sound, because I knew what you were capable of, and we didn't find any trace of you, which meant you were safe.

It's just that we don't know where you went, Miss Hanmeng said that you do things in a measured way, and if you are safe, you will definitely return here, so she used the special cold spiritual power in her body to condense a small sword as a mark..."

Gongsun's account made Ye Lingchen suddenly realize, it turned out that they had also been looking for him for a while. But Ye Lingchen was in the mountains at that time and didn't know about it. After a long time, Hanmeng and they went out to hunt spirit beasts on their own, with the strength of the four people, the harvest was not bad, and they also encountered other teams during the period, but they were all safe and sound, and there was no conflict.

They traveled all the way east, eventually entering Kuroko's territory. As the overlord, Kuroko naturally cannot be violated, so he clashed with the four.

Kuroko was so powerful that the four of them fought with him for two days and two nights. Kuroko badly injured Bartol, and Olas and the others were also injured.

Speaking of this, Ye Lingchen looked at the sunspots, then at the crowd, and couldn't help but feel amused when he saw that they were still vigilant against the sunspots. He waved his hand and said, "You don't have to worry, you also saw just now, Kuroko is now my partner, let the previous misunderstanding pass."

After the matter came to an end, Ye Lingchen asked, "What are your plans next? Do you want to stay here and hunt more spirit beasts, or are you going to leave?"

A hint of reluctance flashed in Aulas's eyes, and he replied, "The number of spirit cores I have obtained is not enough, and I don't want to give up the fight, so I will stay."

Bartol seemed indifferent, while Gongsun said, "The number of spirit cores we have obtained during this time is enough, and there may still be a gap compared to other teams. But I don't care what the top 10 competition is. Whatever Brother Ye decides, we will do."

Ye Lingchen smiled bitterly, the number of spirit cores he had obtained by himself was enough, and he was confident that with the harvest in the mountain range, he would definitely be able to enter the top ten.

He looked at Olas, but he didn't expect Olas to be so persistent, there might be something unspeakable in his heart. Ye Lingchen was wondering if he should give some spirit cores to Olas.

But he soon dismissed the idea, knowing that Aura was a proud man who would not accept handouts from others, and that he would rather rely on his own strength to fight for it.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Lingchen proposed, "We might as well stay in the Dark Swamp for a few more days and collect as many spirit cores as possible. Anyway, there are still a few days before the swamp closes, so this is a rare opportunity to practice."

After reaching an agreement, Ye Lingchen quickly formulated a plan. They decided to continue their journey eastward, and when they encountered weak spirit beasts, they would solve them on their own, and when they encountered strong ones, they would join forces to deal with them. With Kuroko's help, they are full of confidence.

The distribution of the spoils of war naturally follows the principle of who kills and does not divide it evenly.

In the next few days, Ye Lingchen and his team were like an efficient killing machine, constantly hunting spirit beasts in the dark swamp.

But Ye Lingchen himself didn't make many moves, he was more inclined to subdue those strange spirit beasts and take them into his own space.

Although the teammates were confused by Ye Lingchen's approach, they did not raise objections, but secretly guessed in their hearts Ye Lingchen's intention to collect spirit beasts, and at the same time, they were also curious about Ye Lingchen's ability to subdue powerful spirit beasts like sunspots.

As for Ye Lingchen's idea that he might be a soul cultivator, they didn't consider it, because on this continent, there were very few people who cultivated both spirit masters and soul cultivators.

As the closing date of the Dark Swamp approached, Aura became the most diligent member of the team to hunt spirit beasts, and Chill Dream achieved quite a few, though not as notably as Olas.

The day before leaving the Dark Swamp, the team's hunting spirit gradually relented.

At this time, they were sitting in a stone forest resting, exchanging their recent combat experiences.

Ye Lingchen felt that his strength had improved significantly in the past few days, and his spiritual power had run more smoothly.

Everyone sat under a boulder, and Kuroko stood guard around them.

Olas looked satisfied, a smile on his face that he hadn't seen in a long time.

Seeing this, Ye Lingchen quipped, "Auras, you seem to be very sure."

Olas smiled and nodded, although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone could feel his good mood.

At this moment, a sigh broke the peace: "Boss, we are really unlucky this time, we didn't expect the spirit beasts here to be so difficult to deal with."

"It looks like our hopes of making it to the top 10 are slim." The other chimed in.

One of them inadvertently caught a glimpse of Ye Lingchen and the others, and whispered to the leader, "Boss, look over there, there seems to be a team of people."

The leader's eyes flickered, sometimes revealing murderous intent, sometimes hesitant. After weighing the final top 10 competition, a hint of determination flashed in his eyes, as if he had made a certain decision.

He looked around, and his gaze finally fell on Ye Lingchen and them, as if he was planning something.