Of the two, one was the Great Overarching Golden Immortal Eight Liquids Realm disciple of the Spring Autumn Sect, while the other was a criminal. The criminal's cultivation base wasn't high, only at the Great Overarching Golden Immortal Six Liquids Realm. However, he wore a strange jacket-like armor that glowed with blue light. It was unknown what sort of defensive magical treasure this armor was, but it didn't hurt his vitals under the rain of swords.
The two of them fled in terror, but before they could get far, Boss Ge and Little Yin, the two evil ghosts, chased after them. Each of them entangled one of them and began to fight.
As the two sides fought, Lin Fan waited patiently. He leisurely watched the battle while taking out the Sun Shooting Bow. He aimed at the criminal's head and shot an arrow.
Whoosh!
An arrow of liquid immortal lightning shot out, aiming for the criminal's head.
The criminal had a jacket-shaped armor as a defense, and the only vital part left was his head. During the battle, he had always used his head as an important defense target. When he heard the sound of something breaking through the air and coming straight for the back of his head, he immediately turned his head to dodge.
He dodged the arrow.
Lin Fan wasn't discouraged by this. His expression was calm as he pulled the Sun Shooting Bow once again. A celestial liquid arrow condensed in his left hand as he pulled the bowstring. Lightning crackled on the arrow, ready to be shot.
Lin Fan didn't shoot the second arrow.
Instead, he kept his eyes on the criminal's head, waiting for the right opportunity.
The criminal and the evil ghost Boss Ge had transformed into were fighting. Boss Ge knew that the criminal's blue armor was very defensive. Even his ghost claws couldn't break it. At this time, he attacked the criminal's head with all his might.
The criminal used a large saber as his magical treasure.
He tightly guarded his face and constantly dodged, not exposing his head.
Suddenly …
Boss Ge's two ghost claws reached out.
He grabbed the criminal's saber magical treasure. The criminal was caught off guard.
With the saber magical treasure in his hand caught, Boss Ge's bloody mouth stretched forward and bit at the criminal's head.
The criminal's eyes suddenly widened. His face was filled with fear, and his head shrank back to dodge.
However, the instant he dodged, he heard a puff. An immortal liquid arrow pierced his head, and the lightning on the arrow crackled.
His head was charred black by the electricity.
This arrow was the second arrow Lin Fan had shot.
The arrow was on the bowstring, waiting for the right moment to shoot. It was precisely waiting for the criminal's head to reveal a flaw or had just dodged. Then, it would shoot, waiting.
When Boss Ge saw the criminal die from the arrow, he waved his ghost claws. Blood spurted out, and the criminal's head, as sharp as a blade, cut.
Without waiting for the head to fall, he waved his Ghost Claw once more, sending the head flying towards Lin Fan.
When the head flew in front of him.
Lin Fan pulled out the dragon tendon and tied the criminal's head to it.
After killing the criminal, Boss Ge pounced on the House of Spring and Autumn disciple. The disciple had been able to hold out for a few rounds against Little Yin's eight liquids Golden Immortal cultivation base. Now that Boss Ge had joined the fray, he couldn't hold out any longer. He was quickly killed by Boss Ge and Little Yin's pincer attack.
His body was torn to shreds by the two ghost claws. Blood sprayed everywhere.
It was as though a rain of blood had fallen.
The battle was over.
Whether it was the House of Spring and Autumn disciple or the criminal, not a single one had escaped.
It could be said that the battle had ended satisfactorily.
"Chop off the heads of all the criminals and hand them over to me …" Lin Fan ordered Boss Ge and Little Yin.
Boss Ge and Little Yin immediately sprang into action, chopping off the heads of the seventeen criminals.
They brought the heads to Lin Fan, then tied them to the dragon tendon.
After that, Lin Fan ordered the two ghost claws to take the storage rings of the four House of Spring and Autumn disciples.
Boss Ge and Little Yin did as they were told.
With that done, Lin Fan gave the corpses to Boss Ge and Little Yin, as well as the striped beast. When the two ghost claws and the pet beast saw the delicious flesh, they pounced on it and gobbled it up.
While the three of them were chowing down on the food, Lin Fan removed his consciousness imprint from the four storage rings of the Spring Autumn Sect disciples one by one. He then used his blood to claim ownership of the rings. After that, he took out all the items in the rings.
Because the four House of Spring and Autumn disciples had gathered together to chop off the heads of the criminals, they hadn't gained much. The heads attached to the dragon tendon added up to a total of 222 heads. Adding the heads from the eighteen criminals, Lin Fan had a total of 240 heads.
In addition to the heads he'd taken from the two House of Spring and Autumn disciples, Lin Fan now had a total of 404 heads.
This number far exceeded the results of any other contestant.
Of course, the four rings of holding didn't just contain the heads. There were also some energy convergence pills and healing medicinal pills, which Lin Fan put away into his own ring.
Although it wasn't much, it was better than nothing.
By this point, night had fallen.
The yin energy was thick, and the corpses and zombies were everywhere. Lin Fan didn't plan to take any action. He planned to spend the night in the valley. Having made up his mind, he looked over at the entrance to the cave.
He thought that since this cave could hide criminals for a week without being discovered, then this cave was definitely safe.
He planned to spend the night in the cave and get some rest.
The next day, he would fight again.
With a thought, the striped beast transformed into an illusory image and attached itself to his back. The two ghost puppets stood guard at the entrance as Lin Fan entered.
The cave was just as large as it had appeared in his divine sense, roughly the size of two ordinary courtyards. There were also some wild fruits inside, presumably leftovers from the criminals.
Lin Fan picked out two of the fruits and ate them. As he ate, he looked thoughtfully at the two ghosts guarding the entrance.
After eating the fruits, he quietly retracted the Sage Dao of Valiance. The 'valiance' character began to glow, and then lay dormant inside of Lin Fan. The power of enlightenment faded away.
Lin Fan rose to his feet and walked over to the entrance of the cave. Not only had Boss Ge and Little Yin not fled, they were standing guard at the entrance like guards. When they saw Lin Fan, they clasped hands in salute.
Lin Fan was secretly delighted. He returned to the cave and sat down cross-legged to rest. About an hour later, he returned to the entrance of the cave, where Boss Ge and Little Yin were still standing guard like loyal guards.
Seeing him come over, they respectfully clasped their hands in salute.
Lin Fan was overjoyed when he saw this. Based on the performance of these two ghosts, after a day of continuous teaching, they'd clearly been completely taught by the Divine Path of Valiance, and they'd completely become his puppets.
In other words, he no longer needed to use the Sage Dao of Valiance to control these two ghosts. They would listen to his orders at any time.
Seeing that Boss Ge and Little Yin, these two peerless evil ghosts, had completely become his puppets, Lin Fan was overjoyed and fell asleep in the cave.
The night passed uneventfully.
The next day.
Early in the morning, Lin Fan woke up from his sleep. He walked out of the cave and began to search for and kill the criminals.
Although he had already killed four hundred and four people, which was enough to enter the top hundred of the competition and not be eliminated, since he had the opportunity, he still wanted to gain more experience.
The Beast Corpse Mountain Range was a good training ground. There should be rare treasures here. Encountering them would be a great opportunity. He didn't want to miss this opportunity.
Moreover, as a deacon of Galerain House, he was a public figure. If his results were bad, he would lose face for Galerain House. On the other hand, if his results were good, he would gain face for Galerain House.
In fact, this was an opportunity to boost Galerain House's reputation. Otherwise, House Master Hei Xuanfeng wouldn't have such high expectations of him.
This was already the ninth day of the region capital's elimination competition. There were six more days until the competition ended.
There wasn't much time.
He had to hurry.
Before the sun rose, Lin Fan ordered Boss Ge and Little Yin to lead the way. He sat cross-legged on the striped beast and closed his eyes to rest.
With the two ghosts in front and the striped beast in the back, the team looked both awe-inspiring and somewhat strange as they ran through the mountain range.
On this day, the Beast Corpse Mountain Range was unusually quiet.
Along the way, there were almost no roars from the beast corpses, and few corpses could be seen. Even in the deep valleys with dense Yin Qi, there were few corpses.
Moreover, there were no signs of the contestants. They seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
He didn't see a single one the whole morning.
When he released his divine sense, he couldn't find a single one.
On the contrary, the criminals became more active.
The criminals who were hiding all ran out to get some fresh air.
As a result, Lin Fan made a lot of gains in the morning.
Except for a criminal with strange red hair who escaped with an extremely fast movement technique, he killed a total of twenty-three criminals.
On the dragon tendon, there were twenty-three more heads. Now, Lin Fan's score was four hundred and twenty-seven criminal heads.
Although it was a big gain.
But the situation in front of him made Lin Fan feel a little strange.
He felt that something big had happened in the Beast Corpse Mountain Range.
But he couldn't find anyone to ask.
At noon, he had the striped beast hunt two small beasts and barbecue them in a small forest in a valley.
The aroma of barbecued meat filled the air.
Boss Ge and Little Yin, the two vicious ghosts, were drooling. As vicious ghosts, although they liked to eat raw human meat, they were still humans in the past and still had their memories. When they smelled the aroma of barbecued meat, their appetite would also be aroused.
While Lin Fan was eating the barbecued meat, he saw two vicious ghosts looking at him eagerly.
The corners of their mouths were full of fangs, drooling, and they had a greedy and fearful expression.
Lin Fan smiled and threw the remaining bones to them.
The two vicious ghosts hurriedly caught them and started chewing. In a few bites, the remaining meat and bones were chewed up and swallowed.
Looking at these two fellas gobbling down his leftover bones with such gusto, Lin Fan felt extremely pleased in his heart.
Then …
Just as Lin Fan was full and lying there, pondering over today's strange phenomenon, a voice rang out.
Boss Ge and Little Yin, the two vicious ghosts, and the striped beast.
They all let out vigilant roars.
However, Boss Ge and Little Yin let out ghost cries.
The striped beast let out a beast roar.
Hearing this voice, Lin Fan's face froze up. Spreading out his consciousness, he could not help but be taken aback. All he could see were hundreds of figures of criminals. They were densely packed together, surrounding him in a circular formation. Their speed was pretty fast.
Moreover, among these hundreds of criminals, the lowest cultivation level was at the first liquid stage of the Golden Immortal Realm, and the highest cultivation level was at the ninth liquid stage of the Golden Immortal Realm.
Hundreds of Golden Immortals, what kind of concept was this?
Moreover, they were extremely vicious, battle-hardened criminals with special techniques. Now, not to mention Lin Fan, even a Purple Mansion Exalted Immortal would feel great pressure, right?
Lin Fan did not have time to think about this problem at all. He only felt a strong sense of danger, and even fear.
Following the fear in his heart, the two fear shields in his body suddenly grew stronger.
Run!
This was the only thought in Lin Fan's mind. Immediately, with a thought, the striped beast quietly flew over and squatted in front of him.
Lin Fan jumped onto the beast's back, and the striped beast flew up.
Boss Ge and Little Yin also flew up and brought up the rear.
Just as Lin Fan was escaping, the criminals who were surrounding him flew up as well. One by one, they took out their magical treasures and chased after Lin Fan.
"Damn, this is really against the heavens. The criminals are surrounding the contestants?!"
Lin Fan muttered to himself when he saw hundreds of criminals flying toward him. He immediately took out the Heart Se Guardian and put it on himself. Then, he raised the immortal liquid barrier and released the fear shield.
At this time, Lin Fan's body was strengthened with three layers of defense.
"Kill!"
Those criminals seemed to have gone mad, chasing after him like headless flies. Among them, a criminal with strange red hair pointed at Lin Fan and shouted loudly. Immediately, hundreds of criminals released the flying sword magic weapons in their hands.
In an instant, the flying swords and Dharma treasures flew out like a swarm of locusts and rained down on Lin Fan.
Although Lin Fan had the Indestructible Golden Body and his physical body was indestructible, if his head was shattered, his soul would be damaged.
Once his soul was destroyed, he would be no different from a walking corpse.
Frightened, Lin Fan moved his mind, and the two Murderous Ghost Puppets waved their Ghost Claws to block. The Striped Beast also turned its head abruptly and spat out a thick flame at those Dharma treasures and Immortal Swords.
Of the nearly five hundred Dharma treasures, only twenty were struck down by the ghouls. Another thirty or forty were scattered by the striped beast's flames. Then, there were still more than four hundred Dharma treasures that flew toward Lin Fan.
Just as those magical treasures were closing in, the Striped Beast turned around suddenly. With a flash of his body, eight demonic arms appeared out of nowhere and danced towards the incoming hundreds of magical treasures. All of a sudden, a series of crackling sounds could be heard as dozens of those magical treasures were struck down by the demonic arms of the Striped Beast. However, there were still 400 or so magical treasures that made it past the Striped Beast and headed towards Lin Fan.
Bang, bang, bang, bang …
The Immortal Sword collided against the Shield of Fear, causing the first Shield of Fear to shatter under the continuous collisions. The second Shield of Fear was also sent flying by the collisions of the dozens of flying swords. The Immortal Liquid Armor on the surface of Lin Fan's body also shattered under the impact of the dozens of flying swords.
Bang, bang, bang, bang …
Dense and terrifying sounds rang out. In the end, nearly three hundred Dharma treasures and swords rained down on Lin Fan's body.
At the moment of impact, the Heart Protector shone brightly. This time, it was not only purple light that lit up, but also blue light …
The potential of the Heart Protector was stimulated when faced with a great threat. The blue light was the best proof.
Purple light on the inside and blue light on the outside. The two layers of light overlapped, and these two rays of light resisted half of the Dharma treasures' power.
In the end, half of the power still landed on Lin Fan's body. Lin Fan's body turned into a mass of golden liquid at the same time as he was affected by the power.
The hundreds of Dharma treasures and Immortal swords passed through the golden light, and a pained grunt could be heard.
Then ….
With a whoosh, the golden light reformed into a human shape. It was Lin Fan.
But now, Lin Fan's face was pale, and a trickle of blood could be seen at the corner of his mouth. Although he had the Invincible Golden Body, the hundreds of Dharma treasures and swords that had passed through him had still caused significant injuries.
Lin Fan pulled out a handful of medicinal pills he'd taken from the House of Spring and Autumn, then tossed them all into his mouth and swallowed.
Lowering his head to look at the purple and blue lights of the Heart Se Guard, a look of relief flashed across his face. Even though he was heavily injured, in the midst of a life and death crisis, the Heart Se Guard's potential had been stimulated by a layer. This could be considered as compensation for his injuries.
It could be said that fortune and misfortune came hand in hand!
But what he couldn't understand was why these criminals, who should have been hiding their heads and tails, were so active today. Why were they gathered in one place? And why were they attacking Lin Fan?