Chapter 2322


    The valley was a huge expanse, yet it was all covered with ayer of des.


    As soon as they stepped foot inside, the sound of metal nging filled the air.


    They kicked aside the metal at their feet, not expending much strength to do so. Then, they realized that the des were not scattered in a singleyer, but three.


    The group of three were shell-shocked and gasped at the sight.


    If the fourth level that they were on was really a battlefield, what sort of bloodshed had gone down there? With the tombs in that valley, they could not imagine what sort of ferocious battles had transpired. How many people had died for there to be that many des?


    "The de essence here is abundant. Let''s begin!"


    Fade''s voice jolted the other two from their state of shock.


    Their location had plentiful de essence and an atmosphere saturated with murderous intent. It was definitely a good location to assimte de essence.


    Without wasting any time, the three of them immediately found a suitable ce for themselves and began the process.


    It wasn''t long before Fade felt shapeless torrents of knife-like energy. They soared into his spiritual consciousness and transformed into de essence.


    ''I''ve just started and have already acquired 50 streams of de essence," Fade thought to himself.


    "It seems like the fourth level is indeed better!"


    He rejoiced in his heart.


    Yura, on the other hand, only managed to assimte two streams of de essence, possibly because she was ipatible with it.


    Halston managed eight streams straightaway after his careful efforts. It was a significant gain.


    However, when he was about to continue, he suddenly clutched at his head and began to convulse in pain on the ground.


    Themotion gave Fade quite the shock. He quickly stopped in his tracks and rushed to Halston''s side.


    From the other end, Yura rushed over too. Upon seeing Halston''s pained expression, she couldn''t help but ask in worry, "What''s wrong with him?"


    Fade pinned Halston down and checked his pulse. He immediately pinpointed the cause. "He has taken in too much de essence. At his current level, he can''t handle it."


    "Then what should we do? Should we break the jade slip and request help?" Yura asked.


    Fade replied, "I''ll treat him first. He can decide whether or not to crush the jade slip."


    After he said that, he immediately circted his positive energy and started treating Halston.


    Fifteen minutester, Halston''s condition stabilized.


    "Thank you, Brother Chen and Yura." Halston expressed his gratitude to them. Then he took out the jade slip and said, "I''m leaving."


    "Halston, if you wish to continue, I can help you. After all, an opportunity to get martial essence is rare. You..." Fade looked at him.


    Halston shook his head and said, "Brother Chen, you''ve already helped me too much. If it wasn''t for you, perhaps I wouldn''t have been able to reach the fourth level or even assimte any martial essence."


    "I''m satisfied with the results I''ve gotten."


    "After all, I won''t be able to take in any more even if I continue."


    After a moment of silence, Fade nodded. "Take good care of yourself then. I''ll visit you after we get out."


    Fade knew that Halston did not want to drag him down.


    "Yes, I will. Brother Chen, Yura, I wish the two of you good luck." Halston smiled at the two before shattering the jade slip.


    A beam of light burst out from the broken jade slip, enveloping him. He shot up into the sky and then vanished.


    Fade could not conceal his


    confusion when he saw Halston''s


    departure. "Weren''t people supposed


    toe in and save him if he


    UT


    crushed the jade slip? Why did he just disappear? Don''t tell me that it''s malfunctioned?"


    Beside him, Yura exined, "No, it''s normal."


    "If we were to let outsiders enter directly, they might interfere with other people''sprehension and cultivation."


    "Thus, after crushing the jade slip,


    they will be teleported to a special space in the secret area. The


    outsiders will enter that special space to bring them out. That ce is like an intermediary emergency station. It was set up by the forefathers of the four ns.


    "I see. That is logical." He nodded.


    Following that, the two of them continued assimting the de essence.


    Man-made martial essence was indeed much easier toprehend than natural martial essence.


    Hence, Fade and Yura assimted the essence at a much higher rate than before.


    The two were in the tomb of des, concentrating on theirprehension.


    Wagner, Shamos, Kelton, and Monash, who had just finished their discussion, were preparing to move from the entrance of the fourth level.


    However, right then, there was a burst of light. Several figures appeared around them,ing in one after another.


    Upon inspection, it was Algot, Baxter and the rest from the third level. They had just broken through the prohibition to the fourth level.


    They could not deny their shock upon seeing Wagner''s group there.


    "Wagner, why are you all here? Haven''t you gone to get the martial essence?" Algot was excited. He took the initiative to approach Wagner and chat with him.


    Baxter went to Kelton''s side and whispered something into his ear.


    Shamos had a sudden thought. He asked, "What happened on the third level just now? Who assimted that much martial essence?"


    As soon as the question was asked, the other three immediately showed expressions rife with curiosity.N?velDrama.Org: owner of this content.


    Algot and Baxter exchanged nces and nodded. Algot then spoke, "Friends, there was indeed someone who managed toprehend ice essence on the third level. More than 100 streams, at that."


    "Who was it?" Shamos was dying of curiosity.


    Algot replied, "It was probably Yura."


    "Probably?" Wagnertched onto the hidden meaning in his words and could not resist questioning him further.


    Algol''s expression sank, and he


    added, "At that time, Yura and Fade


    were together. We are of the opinion


    that the ice essence was


    assimted by Yura. However, she imed that both she and Fade did,


    and he was apparently the one did


    responsible for most of it."


    "Nheless, we think that Yura only said that deliberately to protect Fade''s dignity. That''s because that Fade guy wouldn''t be able to assimte martial essence, and even if he did manage to do so, he definitely wouldn''t have been able toprehend most of that amount."


    Wagner and the rest of the group nodded in agreement, looking sullen.


    "It must have been Yura."


    "We met them just now too. She was indeed very protective of Fade."


    "Though, we never expected Yura to be lucky enough to assimte more than a hundred streams of ice essence."


    As they were chatting about it, jealousy reared its head in their hearts.


    After all, Yura had been at most the genius disciple who was as famous as them, but her overall strength had been lesser than theirs.


    However, now, she was the strongest among them. Wagner had only managed a total of 38 streams of martial essence, while Shamos, Kelton, and Monash had a little more than 20 streams each.


    Yura acquired more than a hundred streams, leaving them in the lower ranks. It naturally turned them somber.


    In the silence, the group remained downcast.