Extreme Almightiest Young Master

Chapter 998 - 996 We’ve Been Waiting for You for a Long Time

"I don’t need to worry about so much," Lin Feng glanced at his two assistants, speaking sternly, "as long as someone achieves what I previously mentioned and wins this competition, they will be rewarded with elixir!" Lin Feng’s intention was clear: he wanted these children to face real danger in order to train them.

He didn’t truly care about the demon beasts the assistants mentioned, as he was there, those beasts posed no life-or-death threat to the children, so he was not at all worried—a fact he had ascertained earlier using his Divine Sense.

Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, the children, albeit reluctant to enter the forest, all rushed into it for the sake of the elixirs. They were determined to make an effort, yet upon entering, they split into two groups: one led by Jianwu of the Seed Group, and the other by Jianping of the so-called waste group.

Seeing this, Lin Feng shook his head. Although the children had gone in, they had not yet reached the level he had expected. They were still divided into two groups, yet he understood that such change couldn’t be achieved in a day or two. Once the children united, they would understand his intentions.

"Follow them as well," Lin Feng turned and told the two assistant instructors, "and make sure the children don’t encounter too much danger. Reward anyone who brings back what I mentioned with elixir. A promise made must be kept." With these instructions, Lin Feng meant to ease the assistants’ minds as well.

In Lin Feng’s view, these children had good foundations, and the abundance of Spiritual Energy here allowed them to cultivate quickly. However, their shortcomings were obvious: a lack of real combat experience and perseverance. Without these, no matter how high their cultivation reached, they would be unable to unleash their true strength in battle. Arrangements like today’s were best suited for the children.

Having said this, Lin Feng turned and walked towards the resting area. He needn’t arrange anything more; the assistants could handle the rest. Moreover, the entire forest was under his Divine Sense coverage; he could know everything that happened there if he wished, freeing him from worry about anything.

"This..."

"Let’s just go," the two assistants said with resignation after Lin Feng left, finding themselves completely at a loss. They simply could not understand why Lin Feng had set up such a competition—it seemed like a joke. How could these children contend with demon beasts? With this thought, they helplessly shared a look and then split up, following the two groups of children into the forest...

"Not good!"

Jianwu was leading the Seed Group in search of the mountain spring Lin Feng had mentioned. But after they had traveled over ten miles, a sudden, extremely dangerous sensation arose, prompting him to bellow a warning.

"Roar..."

Before the children could react, a deafening tiger’s roar echoed, and abruptly, a fierce tiger burst from the woods, breaking several small trees as it appeared in front of them!

This tiger was a terrifying three zhang in length, with a head nearly the size of a water jar and a weight surely exceeding a thousand jin. It looked immensely powerful, with two external black bone spikes protruding from its flanks. The pitch-black luster they emitted was the epitome of terror.

Even more frightening was the slight golden glow emanating from the black patterns on the tiger’s body, enveloping it in what seemed like a faint black mist. Its eyes, large as bowls, glinted with infinite killing intent, enough to petrify the children. What terrified them even more was the black aura on the beast, which they recognized as Demon Energy exclusive to demon beasts.

My god! A demon beast!

How did they encounter a demon beast?

What were they going to do?

Facing the demon beast, the children panicked. Even the weakest demon beast was at least equivalent to the late stages of the Mortal Realm, and beasts inherently had far stronger bodies than humans, not something they could deal with. They doubted they could even escape...

These creatures were called demon beasts because, in the Hidden World, the abundance of Spiritual Energy allowed the beasts to undergo mutations, develop Demon Energy within, and entirely transform under its nourishment. Not only were they much larger than ordinary beasts, but they also possessed formidable lethality. For example, the demon beast in front of them could effortlessly shred hundreds of tigers from the Secular World, illustrating the vast difference between the beasts of the Hidden and Secular Worlds!

"Roar..."

As the children trembled with fear, the demon beast before them roared fiercely, its sound deafening, filling them with dread. The beast fixed its gaze on the children as if they were its next meal, and with a swift motion, it charged at them!

"Everyone, fight for your lives, or we’ll all be killed!" Jianwu stepped forward as the demon beast charged, yelling out. In such desperate times, fear was not enough to stop the beast; their only option was to fight together to drive it off. If they scattered, they would surely die. After roaring his call to arms, Jianwu didn’t wait to say more. He activated a spell and rushed towards the demon beast.

The other children were jolted awake by Jianwu’s shout, realizing he was right. They too summoned their spells and joined Jianwu to confront the demon beast.

"Roar!"

"Boom!"

"Be careful!"

"Beast!"

...

For a moment, a group of children besieging a Demon Beast played out before our eyes, but even though the children exerted all their strength, they were still at a disadvantage, teetering on the brink of danger...

...

Just like Xia Jianwu’s situation, on the other side, Xia Jianping and the other children encountered problems at the same time, except their situation was even more terrifying—they faced a grey-white, giant wolf-like Demon Beast, which looked extremely fearsome!

The body of this wolf-like Demon Beast had far surpassed anyone’s imagination; its size had reached over two fathoms, only slightly smaller than the Demon Beasts Xia Jianwu’s side faced. Standing still, it was even taller than an adult human, and its fur was snow-white, also emitting a faint white Demon Energy! Its toes revealed metallic, gleaming sharp claws, which radiated a faint chilling light, indicating its lethal potential was absolutely terrifying!

Yet, more terrifying was the wolf’s fierce glare. Its horrifyingly large maw was open with canine teeth over two feet long, exceedingly sharp, and glaring menacingly at the children, as if it had already marked them as its prey.

"What do we do, boss?"

"It’s... it’s too scary, I want to go home..."

"I... I’m not going in there..."

...

The twenty or so children who saw the Demon Beast before them were all terrified and instantly thought of running; the beast was just too scary. Sharp teeth and lack of a single ounce of courage to fight back—it’s like they were courting death! They knew it was futile, but they truly couldn’t contain their inner fear.

In fact, it’s no wonder these children were so afraid; they had never experienced real combat or fought against Demon Beasts before. It was normal for them to be scared— the forest was a forbidden zone for them. They had only known cultivation, and if not for this competition, they wouldn’t have entered the forest, much less encountered real Demon Beasts!

"Everyone, grab something, anything can be used! Only if we drive these Demon Beasts away can we survive. We have to prove that we are stronger than Xia Jianwu and his group," Xia Jianping yelled at this moment. He didn’t have time to persuade the children anymore; he was afraid too, but fear wouldn’t solve anything at this time. They must overcome this Demon Beast, they couldn’t afford to lose!

Some braver children snapped back to reality after hearing Xia Jianping’s words, and quickly realized that everything around them could be used as a weapon. Therefore, they picked up anything they could find nearby—branches, stones... anything they could use.

"Howl..."

But just then, the Demon Beast let out a wolf howl and charged at Xia Jianping and his small team; it had sensed their hostility and naturally wouldn’t spare these humans before it!

Xia Jianping then led the children in a life-or-death struggle with the Demon Beast. To survive, they used everything at their disposal. Any method was fair game. Soon, a terrifying scene of children battling a demon unfolded in the area...

While the children faced danger in the forest, Lin Feng returned home, having seen through his Divine Sense the situation the children were in, and knowing they were not in any real danger, he wasn’t worried at all. But just as he was about to enter his room, a cold voice suddenly rang out.

"Lin Feng, we’ve been waiting for you for a long time!"

The voice was not loud but was incredibly clear and contained a gritted fury that indicated tremendous anger.

"Come out."

Hearing this voice, Lin Feng turned around nonchalantly and said; he had known from his Divine Sense who was coming—it was the same people who had attacked him yesterday. And Lin Feng could guess the purpose of their visit.

"A mortal dares to lay hands on us, seeking death! Brothers, together, let’s take care of this mortal!" one of the youths in yellow stepped forward at this moment, pointing at Lin Feng and speaking. Anger truly filled his heart, and he found yesterday’s events extremely strange—their fall to simple fruits was simply not right. It must have been Lin Feng’s doing that left them in such disarray.

After speaking, he immediately rushed towards Lin Feng, moving so fast he was almost unimaginable, instantly turning into a blur. His punches shone with a white light, ferocious as a tiger pouncing down a mountain, echoing with a low tiger-like roar, while his fist wind created an exaggerated pressure, all directed at Lin Feng.

Seeing the youth begin his attack, the other youths were not polite at all. Each drew their most powerful moves and began attacking Lin Feng together as if they sought to take his life.

Lin Feng, watching the youths attack, simply shook his head, not saying a word. He never showed mercy towards such people. In an instant, his figure flickered, vanishing from the youths’ sight...