Chapter 17 The Fall of the Sword Sage

When Stephan reached the sixth level of Refinement, he had officially entered the middle ranks of the family's younger generation.

"This is the true strength of the sixth level of the Refinement Realm. It's so powerful." Stephan could not help sighing as he felt the spiritual power all over his body.

The current Stephan could easily defeat Wilson even without using any martial arts skills. This was Stephan's confidence.

Furthermore, after soaking in the Spring of Life for a period of time, Stephan's body had evolved tremendously.

Stephan's physical strength was now on par with a practitioner at the fourth level of the Refinement Realm, much less his Yiyuan Finger, a second-rate method.

Overall, even though Stephan was at the sixth level of Refinement, defeating someone at the seventh level was no problem at all. It was entirely possible for him to take on someone at the eighth level.

Therefore, although Stephen heard that Bonnie had advanced to the eighth level of Refinement, Stephan did not feel any pressure at all. He believed that one day, he would surpass Bonnie, defeat Bonnie, and become the strongest in the younger generation of the Yeager Family.

In the time that followed, Stephan familiarized himself with the sixth level of the Refinement Realm in the Martial God's Realm, then practiced the Shattering Rock Fist and the First Anima Finger. Finally, he spent three hours practicing the mental cultivation method.

Having practiced the mental technique, Stephan could feel that his mental energy was very full. Now, he could already sense up to ten meters around him. This was a huge improvement.

During this period of time, the little lion's changes had also attracted Stephan's attention.

In the beginning, he'd seen two First Heaven Realm experts fighting the Flameroar Lion. At that time, the Flameroar Lion was an extremely weak fist-sized lion.

After Stephen brought the little lion back, the little lion's physique had almost caught up to Stephan's in the past month. Furthermore, although the little lion slept every day, its cultivation had actually reached the peak of Level 5 and was about to advance into the ranks of Level 6 Demon Beasts.

Although the Spring of Life had certain uses, Stephen had a feeling that it was because of the beast core that Finn and Tom were talking about.

After finishing his cultivation, Stephan glanced at the little lion lying in the Spring of Life, shook his head, and said with a smile, "Little lion, you'll be promoted soon. Why don't I take you to Ghost Valley to hunt demonic beasts so that you can level up faster?"

The little lion nodded as if it understood Stephan's words and obediently followed behind him.

Stephan and the little lion were walking side by side in the courtyard of the Yeager Family. The little lion's enormous body was extremely eye-catching, and many of the younger generation of the Yeager Family were looking at it curiously.

"Hey, isn't this the once-in-a-century genius of our Yeager Family? Why do you like to raise pets recently?" Just as Stephan and Little Lion were about to reach the gate, a sinister voice suddenly came from behind them.

Stephan paused for a moment, then continued walking towards the main entrance, ignoring the person who had spoken.

"Stephan, don't be so shameless. The annual competition will be held in five days. I hope you can still be so rude then." Wilson wanted to go out for a walk today, but when he saw Stephan on the way, he wanted to tease him. However, Stephan ignored him, which made Wilson very annoyed.

Stephan didn't care about Wilson's existence at all, so it was a waste of breath to say anything now. Just wait until the competition.

Stephen brought the lion cub out of the Ye household and headed towards an empty street. Soon, they arrived at the exit of Heavenly River Town. He looked around and entered Ghost Valley.

This was the second time Stephan had entered Ghost Valley. The last time he had entered Ghost Valley was because the system required him to hunt Demonic Beasts.

This time, he entered because of the little lion. Stephan always felt that the little lion was extremely happy in Ghost Valley, especially during its battle with the demonic beasts.

"Maybe the little lion likes this kind of life?" Ye Xingxing glanced at the incomparably happy lion as he muttered to himself.

"Go look for demonic beasts yourself, little lion. But don't go too deep into the inner circle. There are some Level 7 or 8 demonic beasts that you can't handle right now." Stephen cautioned the little lion before parting ways with it. Finally, they agreed on a place to meet.

The little lion disappeared from Stephan's sight in a flash, and Stephan also walked towards the inner area.

This time, Stephan was prepared for the lion to break through by itself, and he wanted to go further in and explore.

Stephan was also a bold and skilled person. If it was any other ordinary practitioner, they wouldn't have entered the inner area by themselves at all. They might even be in the deeper areas.

The martial practitioners of the three great families of Milky Way Town normally wouldn't enter Ghost Valley. Even if they did enter, it would be the family's elders who accompanied them.

It did not take long for Stephan to enter the inner area. Along the way, there were many low-level yao beasts. However, Stephan released his aura and none of the yao beasts dared to approach him.

After entering the inner area, Stephan slowed down visibly. He carefully observed his surroundings and proceeded forward slowly.

From time to time, Level 5 or even 6 Demon Beasts could be seen within the inner perimeter. However, no one dared to approach when Ye Xingtian released his spiritual energy pressure.

On the other hand, if he encountered demonic beasts that were above grade seven, Stephan wouldn't usually fight them. Instead, he would always use his mental strength to sense them and distance himself from them.

It wasn't that Stephan couldn't defeat a level 7 demon beast, but fighting with one would definitely attract other demon beasts. Stephan didn't want to waste time.

Soon, Stephan had bypassed the demonic beasts in the inner perimeter and arrived at the entrance to the core area.

The first thing he saw was a jade-green gorge. The entire gorge was filled with towering trees and tall grass, with no end in sight.

However, Stephan could feel an ancient and vicissitude aura emanating from within.

Moreover, Stephan could clearly feel that the density of Spiritual Energy in the core area was much higher than that of the outside world.

"Should I go in and take a look? It's said that there are treasures in the core area." Stephan was also deciding in his heart.

Many years ago, the valley had gained a lot of fame. There was a common saying there was a tomb for ancient experts, filled with countless treasures.

At that time, many Martial Spirit Empire's experts came to the Nether Spirits Valley to battle, but one day, for some unknown reason, an extremely powerful demonic beast suddenly appeared and killed all the experts.

From that moment on, Ghost Valley had become a forbidden area. But later, people couldn't suppress their curiosity and slowly entered Ghost Valley.

Only then did he realize that as long as he was in the outer and inner regions of the valley, he would be fine. But those who entered the core regions were essentially unable to leave.

Stephan had also heard of this legend and his heart was beating like a drum.

But then Stephan made up his mind to go in and take a look. If worse came to worst, he could hide in the Martial God Domain.

"Phew..." Stephan took a deep breath and wrapped himself in spiritual force to prevent it from leaking. Hiding his breath, he stepped into the core area of the Ghost Valley step by step.

As soon as they entered the core area, Stephan felt that something was wrong. When he turned around, he couldn't see a shadow in the inner area at all. There was only boundless green.

"Could it be an illusion?" Stephan frowned and said in a low voice, "That shouldn't be the case. How can there be no exit?"

Could it be that everyone who enters this place is unable to find their way out because they can't find the way out? Stephan thought to himself. Soon, he calmed down and analyzed the situation.

Stephan saw a long and winding path. It was so long that he couldn't see the end of it.

Stephan stepped onto the long and winding trail and headed towards the end.

At this moment, the little lion in the inner perimeter was fighting a Level 8 Demon Beast.

If Stephan were here, he would definitely discover that the little lion had already advanced to a sixth level demonic beast. In addition to the mutated physique of the little lion, it actually did not fall into a disadvantageous position when fighting against a eighth level demonic beast.

After roughly fifteen minutes, the little lion had finally gotten rid of the Level 8 demon beast. He wanted to bring the demon beast's corpse back to Stephan, but there was nothing he could do about it. All he had to do was abandon the corpse and return to the original location to wait for Stephan.

Stephan's forehead was beaded with sweat and his face was full of vicissitudes of life.

He had been walking for three days and three nights on the winding path, but he still had not reached the end, as if he had stepped on a road of no return.

He was very anxious too. What if he couldn't get out? Stephan became more and more calm as he walked, racking his brains for a way to deal with the situation.

While Stephan was helpless, he suddenly saw a small black dot in the distance.

At the sight of this, Stephan ran as fast as he could as if he'd grasped onto a life-saving straw.

Just like that, Stephan ran towards the tiny black dot. As it grew bigger and bigger, a smile appeared on Stephan's face.

Just like that, Stephan marched with all his might for three days and three nights. It had been six days since he entered the winding path. "My parents must've been terribly anxious," sighed Stephan. "They must've been delayed by the competition."

However, Stephan soon stopped thinking about it. His top priority now was getting out of here.

Walking along the long and winding trail, Stephan finally arrived near the tiny black dot. Looking around, he saw that he was already at the end of the trail while the tiny black dot was a black altar.

There was a complicated pattern on the altar that Stephan couldn't recognize.

"What altar is that? Don't tell me there really is a tomb of an almighty being from the distant past?"

Just as Stephan was about to step onto the altar, an altar suddenly appeared out of thin air next to him. This altar was completely different from the previous one. It was entirely white but the patterns were exactly the same.

However, after the white altar appeared, a stone tablet also appeared beside Stephan. Some small words were recorded on the stone tablet.

"All martial practitioners at the ninth level of the Refinement Realm are able to enter the core area. Warriors at the Postnatal Realm and above are simply unable to break through the Restrictive Shield and enter the core area."

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