Ye Bufan, as the successor of the Taiyi Divine Sect, had no idea what was happening within the Taiyi Ring.
After resting for a night in the forest, Ye Bufan felt his body filled with strength. The previous day, he had pushed his limits to send the Ling Jiao Rhino into the Taiyi Ring. Ye Bufan's spiritual power had depleted and recovered countless times. Through this cycle, Ye Bufan sensed his spiritual power was growing silently.
Satisfied, Ye Bufan got up and searched for other demonic beasts. What Ye Bufan wanted now was to spar with demonic beasts of similar or even greater strength than his own.
After spending a few more days in the great mountains, Ye Bufan constantly roamed the areas where demonic beasts appeared frequently.
Finally, on the third day, Ye Bufan finally detected movement on a small hill.
Early in the morning, Ye Bufan just passed by a small hill, which was supposed to be the third most frequent spot for demonic beasts.
Ye Bufan thought there were no demonic beasts here and was about to leave in disappointment. Unexpectedly, the sky suddenly changed, and a heavenly lightning bolt descended from the sky. Immediately after, dark clouds gathered, forming a dense mass.
"Hiss—" Ye Bufan thought some treasure or inheritance was appearing, and he was greatly shocked.
A black vortex suddenly appeared in the dark clouds, and a black beam of light emerged from it. The light beam lasted for a second before disappearing.
At the spot where the light beam disappeared, Ye Bufan discovered a demonic beast.
Judging by its unique characteristics, it was a Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile. This was a demonic beast with extremely strong offensive power, exuding a strong bloody aura, and was bloodthirsty by nature. Its teeth and claws were especially sharp and also contained potent venom.
The aura of the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile was unstable. He couldn't even detect its cultivation level at one moment, then it would become Golden Core stage, and then it rose further, finally settling at the late Golden Core stage.
"Could this be a Nascent Soul level demonic beast? Its cultivation was suppressed by heavenly seals, reducing it to the late Golden Core stage." Ye Bufan swallowed. If this were true, Ye Bufan would have struck it incredibly rich.
Ye Bufan took a deep breath. The Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile was looking around warily at this unfamiliar world.
"Not good!" The Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile was sniffing the air, and the direction it was searching was exactly where Ye Bufan was located.
Ye Bufan quickly used a special secret technique to conceal his aura and moved rapidly in another direction.
However, besides its nose, the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile also had very keen senses. It immediately noticed the movement in the forest and quickly moved towards Ye Bufan's direction.
"Conceal!" Ye Bufan took a deep breath and hid inside the Taiyi Ring. Ten seconds later, the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile arrived at the place where Ye Bufan had disappeared.
"Hmm? How did it disappear?" The Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile looked around, feeling somewhat disappointed.
Through the Taiyi Ring, Ye Bufan observed the movements of the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile outside, preparing for a surprise attack.
The Broken Sword and the Xuanwu Sword silently appeared in mid-air and launched a sudden attack.
"Two Sleeves Green Snakes?" Ye Bufan appeared out of nowhere, forming sword fingers with both hands and slashing them towards the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile. Two giant green snakes lunged towards the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile.
The Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile was greatly alarmed and took the full force of Ye Bufan's attack.
"Boom—"
With a loud bang, the space where Ye Bufan and the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile were located vibrated, and dust billowed. In the dust, Ye Bufan saw a massive figure lunging towards him.
"Rise!"
Ye Bufan responded and rose. At his previous position, the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile struck down with a heavy claw, leaving a deep pit on the spot.
"Such a strong physique." Ye Bufan sighed inwardly. The Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile not only had a strong body but also incredibly fast speed. As soon as it landed and spotted Ye Bufan, it moved again, opening its bloody maw towards Ye Bufan in mid-air.
"Cunning human! How dare you ambush me, you must die!" The Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile roared to the sky and spat out a mass of blood-red mist from its mouth, enveloping Ye Bufan.
Seeing this, Ye Bufan pushed the blood mist back with his palm, pushing it back towards the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile. The two men were in a stalemate in mid-air for a long time. Ye Bufan unleashed his sword domain, and sword energy flew from all directions towards the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile.
The next second, the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile's blood mist was destroyed by Ye Bufan's sword energy, and then the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile charged towards Ye Bufan.
"This seems like... a spell?" Ye Bufan couldn't believe it. This Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile could cast spells. Its body was like a giant tunneling cone, and even from a distance, Ye Bufan could feel a sharp force attacking a single point of his body.
Ye Bufan took a deep breath. Wasn't this exactly what he wanted? To temper himself at the edge of danger, on the brink of death.
"Sword Qi Dragon Roll!"
Ye Bufan did not rely on the power of the Dragon Emperor Token. Instead, he compressed the sword energy within his sword domain space into a giant sword and sent it flying towards the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile.
The sword energy transformed into a giant dragon shape. Ye Bufan followed the image of the golden dragon he had seen in the power of the Dragon Emperor Token, and an imperial aura spread out, clashing with the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile's "tunneling cone."
The giant dragon collided with the "tunneling cone." Within the dragon's body, a broken sword flickered indistinctly. Ye Bufan felt the suppression from the cultivation realm.
"Chongxu Thunder Art!"
"Rumble!" A heavenly lightning bolt descended from the sky and entered the sword domain. The entire giant dragon formed by sword energy, carrying a domineering thunderous power, gradually shifted from a disadvantageous position to an advantageous one.
Ye Bufan was overjoyed. He knew earlier that the Chongxu Thunder Art could enhance his spells, and he also discovered that the Chongxu Thunder Art could, by chance, mix thunderous power into spells.
However, Ye Bufan had not used it much. Currently, Ye Bufan felt that the spells he knew were too varied, and he wanted to simplify them. After all, among experts, there were often no flashy moves. Sometimes, life and death were decided in a single move or a single breath.
"Again!"
Ye Bufan let out a fierce shout. In the sword domain space, all the sword energy and lightning power mixed together. Under Ye Bufan's sword energy cultivation, they layered and piled up, eventually reaching a certain peak.
"Take this!" Ye Bufan sneered, and then the giant dragon's momentum grew even stronger, and it struck down towards the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile with a claw.
"Bang—"
This claw directly shattered the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile's "tunneling cone." The Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile looked at Ye Bufan in disbelief.
"You have a domain space!" the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile exclaimed in shock. "Were you also at the Nascent Soul stage?"
Ye Bufan noticed the word "also" in the Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile's words, which further confirmed Ye Bufan's earlier guess: this Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile was at the Nascent Soul stage in a world outside Blue Star.
"So what if I am, so what if I'm not?" Ye Bufan released a smoke bomb.
The Blood Sun Devouring True Crocodile stopped and stared at Ye Bufan for a long time before saying, "No, I can't unleash my domain, but you can release yours. You must have a secret. If I eat your brain, I'll know why."