Chapter 500: Beast Battle

Several dozen days passed. Thanks to Ye Feng’s clone holding back the beasts, most of the magical beasts that had escaped from their cages were finally eliminated. Of course, a few weaker fighters were devoured by those beasts. Meanwhile, the gene repair of the Illusory Spirit Beast was completed, allowing it to evolve into a Nine-Tailed Beast.

“Bai Yiyi thanks her master for saving her life!” As soon as the Nine-Tailed Beast woke up, it noticed changes in its inherited memories.

“Hide for now. I’ll finish off the remaining beasts. After completing the task, I’ll take you away from here,” said Ye Feng, taking the Nine-Tailed Beast back to the Liuluan Hall.

After that, Ye Feng recalled his clone and quickly eliminated the remaining beasts.

The old man’s voice appeared after the last beast was dealt with. “Congratulations on completing the first task. Everyone, take out your crystal cores and place them on the ground in front of you. I’ll calculate each person’s score.”

Ye Feng piled tens of thousands of crystal cores in front of him, causing envy in those around him.

The number of crystal cores was actually easy to count—just a mental scan would suffice. Aside from Ye Feng, the person with the most crystal cores had no more than three thousand. The gap between them was incomparable.

“For the first task, the person with the most crystal cores has 23,721 cores, for a total score of 117,229. The person with the second-highest number has 2,861 cores, for a total score of…”

“The person with the highest score will receive the Reward of Lightness Fruit…” Ye Feng was slightly surprised. He hadn’t expected such a reward here. The Reward of Lightness Fruit was one of the main materials used to create wind-type clones—of course, referring to the normal method, not Ye Feng’s own method. This fruit could be perfect for Long Tian to use in creating clones, as it was extremely rare and expensive. Ye Feng had always wanted to help Long Tian and others create clones, as having clones to handle dangerous tasks would reduce the risk to the original body. Unfortunately, the clones obtained through privileges could only be used by the person who granted them. Everything related to privileges was tied to Ye Feng, just like in a game. However, the main materials needed to create clones were very costly. The Reward of Lightness Fruit, if exchanged for domain points, would cost at least hundreds of billions. In his eyes, this reward was even better than any sacred artifacts or secret techniques.

Until the reward distribution began, that ancient voice never mentioned those crystal cores at all. Ye Feng was too lazy to wait any longer and simply put the mountainous pile of crystal cores in front of him into his storage ring. After the first round of rewards was distributed, that ancient voice spoke again, “The second task: beast battles!” “This is a one-on-one duel; no one else is allowed to help. Everyone present must engage in ten battles. Those who lose and are still alive will be sent away. Only those who win all ten battles can stay. Everyone who remains will receive a reward…” The requirement of winning ten battles in a row caused many to frown, including those three powerful warriors whose mastery of the laws had reached the seventh level. After all, the first level of the Tower of Beasts was home to powerful magical beasts whose mastery of the laws was at the same perfect level as Ye Feng’s, and there were also many warriors with mastery above the seventh level. To win ten battles in a row depended on the strength of one’s opponents. Ye Feng had no objections. So far, he hadn’t encountered anyone he could fight with all his might; instead, he felt excited. In his view, even if he really met other perfect-level warriors and lost in the end, he wouldn’t regret it. But Jin’s expression wasn’t good. With his mastery of the laws only at the third level, the weakest among them, he could only bully those magical beasts with mastery at the first or second level. Yet he didn’t want to leave the Tower of Beasts early. Once he left, it was uncertain when the next uprising would occur. Shi Tou still looked eager—for him, any fight was the best thing. “Jin, shall we head back to the palace first?” Ye Feng asked, noticing Jin’s worried expression. Jin hesitated for a moment before shaking his head. “Forget it. If I really lose, it just means my fate with this Tower of Beasts is over. From then on, I won’t push any further. Anyway, my soul has been fully restored, so it won’t be hard to regain my original strength.” “Please choose a teleportation array and enter,” the old man’s voice came again, and more teleportation arrays suddenly appeared in front of everyone. Ye Feng and the others followed the instructions and stepped into the arrays. A moment later, Ye Feng found himself in an arena. He looked up around and saw stands, though they were empty. The overall architecture resembled that of an ancient Roman arena, only much larger and without spectators. Ye Feng also noticed a fence not far ahead, from which the low roars of magical beasts could be heard. “It’s really just like the old arenas?”

Others also encountered the same situation at this moment.
“The beast fight officially begins!” As soon as the old man spoke, the seal on the fence vanished abruptly.
Ye Feng noticed the disappearance of the seal on the fence as well and immediately became alert, staring toward it.
The magical beast stood on its hind legs, with short yet sharp front claws; it resembled a dinosaur to some extent.
A pair of brown eyes scanned Ye Feng from head to toe and quickly realized that his strength was greater than theirs. For a moment, it dared not move rashly.
But Ye Feng couldn’t wait any longer and struck first, sending a chill into the beast’s soul. “Surrender. If not, you’ll perish.”
“I surrender, but won’t you still kill me?” The magical beast at the ninth level of elemental cultivation had no trust in Ye Feng. They had been taught since childhood not to believe humans. Similar warnings even appeared in their ancestral memories.
“For just one or two magic crystals? It’s not worth it!” Ye Feng shook his head with a bitter smile. He could roughly guess why the beast didn’t trust him. “You’ve spent years cultivating to achieve what you have today. It wouldn’t be too tragic if you perished now.”
“I can’t trust you…” Although the beast felt that the chill could erupt at any moment and knew it would be impossible to survive if it did, it still refused to surrender.
“I promise, as long as you surrender, I won’t attack again,” Ye Feng said with certainty.
After a brief silence, the giant beast finally agreed by nodding. Ye Feng calmly allowed it to leave.
“Bring me something more challenging!” Ye Feng turned his attention back to the fence door, waiting patiently.