“Watch out!” both Ye Yingyuan and Li Ling shouted.They could not catch the speed of the silhouette but was still able to see it. But Ye Xiaobai just grinned as he used his glaive that he held in his right arm to make a vertical slash.

“Flooding Sweep!” a large wave of qi condensed around the tip of the glaive before Ye Xiaobai swung it towards the silhouette. The wave pushed him faster and further from the attacker while at the same time obstruct the opponent!

But to his surprise, the opponent was much more agile than he estimated. It dodged to the side with a slight movement, still tailing behind Ye Xiaobai!

Ye Xiaobai’s eyes grew larger as his pupil increased in size. He could finally see the silhouette clearly but at that second his heart now in a great confusion. It was because the figure was not like those beasts that roaming outside but more like humanoid!

‘Damn! The distance...is enough for a fatal blow.’ Realizing that the distance between them was just a few meters, Ye Xiaobai thought process became so fast that the motion became slower and his eyes now caught the previous silhouette’s figure.

‘Xiaobai, Your Father and Uncle once encounter a person that have the characteristic of human but some of their bodies part are still animal-like. But unfortunately, it was long ago in that war against otherwolder. If they had not attacked first, they would not have discriminated against in this continent!’

Truthfully, Ye Xiaobai only regarded Ye Guhan’s words as a lullaby but when he saw the figure that appeared in front of his eyes, he could not utter a single word.

“Finally..”

And they crashed into each other while some monsters could still enter the barrier.

“They still can enter! What’s the meaning of the barrier?” with no much option left, Ye Yingyuan dashed the instant he saw the approaching monster. But he had to utilize his all just to get in time.

‘Since I have a foundation pillar, I got this feeling of stronger link with my blade. Is it possible now that I can make it move just by my power?’ this was the thing that filled Ye Yingyuan’s head. But to prove its authenticity, he really tried it.

A link formed between him and the sword. But then he released his hand from the sword, completely leaving it without someone holding it.

But a red string had formed between him and the sword as if they were a pair inseparable from each other. Then Ye Yingyuan proceeded to the place where his cousin was while the sword was tasked to become cannon fodder.

“Hold my hand!” Ye Yingyuan could move faster now due to his stronger cultivation, therefore, he could arrive faster as well.

The roar which came from the beasts now increased its intensity and he could feel the energy that flowed in their bodies. It was the energy that equal to Foundation Establishment cultivators!

‘Don’t tell me we have to fight the beasts that equivalent to Cousin’s strength?’ As Ye Yingyuan arrived, a hand was raised as if asking to be saved. Then with a fast U-turn while moving, Ye Yingyuan had to carry two extra baggage with only his small body, increasing the load on his back.

That was when both Ye Xiaobai knew that a six-legged beast came from behind, rushing at them in one long jump.

‘Damn, my bow is not ready yet due to the collision!’ when checking the condition of his bow, Ye Xiaobai really wanted to just lift his arm and shoot but he also carried someone else. Now he could see the ‘real’ deal in front of his eyes, not right, at closest range possible.

The figure just stared at him as if he was the target for assassination or something but at that time they also confused at the same time because they could not let out any single energy. This was what made them fell behind.

It was a fortune that Ye Yingyuan was fast enough to react instinctively. He knew that something was wrong after the collision and come to help.

But the beast also did not let the opportunity escape from its eyes and opened its mouth that had circular teeth inside. When it drew closer, a slash came from above, injuring the mouth and the blood spilled!

“Just leave them at the safe spot and return. Quick!” Li Ling hastily came. She saw the moment where they were almost got by the beast and slashed downward. Upon seeing the injury that the beast sustained, she could not help but trembled a bit.

Even when its blood was spilled and the mouth already turned into a complete mess, it did not mean the beast was heavily wounded.

The beast opened its mouth and trying to pounce on the figure in front of it at that instant, but then Ye Xiaobai noticed a blur around the top of the beast.

‘Not good! There’s a beast that can perform stealth.’ He forcefully tried to load an arrow but he remembered that a figure held his hands so that he could not move freely.

As if it knew what he was thinking, the figure then helped him to place the arrow in its right place. It was a great bow Ye Xiaobai got that he did not need to pull the string and release like the old traditional bow.

“Do you really the half-human being?” he asked with curiosity.

The figure had the clothes that already ragged, like some poor beggar that commonly found on the street. But Ye Xiaobai could see the hidden tail behind the body. Not only the tail but also the animal ears that protruding from the head.

The figure just nodded, agreeing with the previous statement. The figure actually wore black clothes but already turned into a ragged black coat.

As a precaution, Ye Yingyuan used his Natural Sync Flow, allowing him to feel more about the changes of nature but he immediately detected the currently in stealth beast!

“Watch..” just as he turned his head, Ye Xiaobai that Ye Yingyuan still shouldered upon shot one arrow directly to the direction where the stealth beast wanted to move.

The arrow stuck its target due to its speed already at the maximum when it was launched.

“Thank you!” just with a slash from her saber, a figure was slashed without much mercy. This made the young heart of Li Ling beat because of the act she previously did.

‘Should I really doing this in the future?’ she also knew about it but just lacking the experience. Other than that, she recomposed herself and returned normal.

“Drop us.” Said Ye Xiaobai weakly. Then Ye Yingyuan dropped them like a sack of wheat, without much consideration at all.

“Cousin, this person is...” when Ye Yingyuan saw the figure that unusual from the person beside Ye Xiaobai, he somehow had the hard to describe the feeling.

“Go help your soon-to-be wife. She is in not good position.” While saying that, Ye Xiaobai could shoot an arrow to another stealth enemy, completely exposed it when the arrow took hit.

“Hm.” Ye Yingyuan tightly closed his mouth. What could he do when everything was a setup!?

He summoned his energy to change it into the flame that engulfed the sword. Ye Yingyuan dashed instantly, leaving only a faint image of himself due to the forced acceleration. He arrived at the front of the barrier, swung his sword and let the arc that was stacked with his energy fly to the beast.

“So who are you?” Ye Xiaobai then turned his head after he saw his cousin initiated the attack.

“You already know about it. So even this cloak is unnecessary as well.” The figure then unequipped the cloak, revealing the full view of the body.

“No, what I mean is your name and why are you here in this dangerous place?” even someone as Ye Xiaobai could not pry into the figure’s power. It was just like when he faced with his father.

“I’ll tell the details later. And my advice, you should keep the boy safe.” Ye Xiaobai then glanced at the figure that already stood beside him.

“Why?” but of course Ye Xiaobai would take good care of his cousin. The figure was actually a woman by appearance but he did not dare to judge immediately.

While the two stood peacefully, the frontline that separated them from stronger beast was crowded so much that Ye Yingyuan took another step behind to hold himself.

“It’s better to conserve our energy. Just use our weapon to deal with them!” before something unwanted happen, Ye Yingyuan gave the warning to all of them.

Then with another step that could not be caught with eyesight, Ye Yingyuan moved swiftly. As he made his footwork, a flash appeared somewhere around the beast that charged to him.

Not only the beast roared with anger but also started to attack indiscriminately, accidentally hitting other beasts as well in the process.

“Good move!” Li Ling soon followed.

‘This will be useful for stalling the time. But still, the barrier could not hold up much longer if the entire horde came here all at once.’ Thought Ye Yingyuan. He could not show off and even now he could not gauge the results of his training clearly.

And he also saw that Li Ling had the struggle look on her face each time she used her saber to attack them. Ye Yingyuan then realized just how calm he was when he killed those beasts previously.

He continued to slash his sword at the beast that came to him or those that still survived the clashed between their own.

As the results of Ye Yingyuan’s action earlier, there were more than hundred of beasts drop dead near them. Being attacked by their own peers and only those two children did not make them feel anything since they lacked the intelligence.

“Am I really that heartless or I just defending those that precious to me?” Ye Yingyuan muttered something that should not be said by the peers among his age.

Seeing just how he reacted indifferently towards those that died made him really strange. He took another glance at Li Ling that currently used her Cutter Offensive with unwillingness.

‘Li Ling, are you feeling guilty each time you used that weapon to kill them?’ with an energy transmission, Ye Yingyuan sent his message.

‘Why are you asking something so obvious!?’ just when her temper almost exploded because of the question, Li Ling took a glance at Ye Yingyuan. She saw those expressionless face devoid of anything.

‘Please don’t make that face! I know that you are not a bad person. It’s just your understanding towards the world is slightly different.’

This made Ye Yingyuan fell into the deep complication. Ever since the death of someone that precious to him, he always thought about the meaning of death.

‘The first thing I knew about death is, its time is in uncertainty meaning that every living being will certainly face death. It’s like what the saying from my ancestor but....why did we cultivate, is it to gain immortality?’

As his head started to full of thought, he kept his hands moving unconsciously. Even when the blood of those beasts now spilled to his face and his clothes, Ye Yingyuan truly lost in his own thought.

‘From what I know, they say that every increase in your cultivation will increase the lifespan. Then it ultimately made you prolong your lifespan so much that you will live if the world still exists. But what if the world vanish? Isn’t they die too?’

This question was remembered well. But the one who proposed this question was no other than Manstein.

‘Listen, I’ll only share this with you. I’m someone who only knows something and you know what? My people keep praising me for something that can increase their lifespan. But the truth is, for me and for you and for all the living beings that inhabit the world they will have to face something that called death! Ah, sorry. You may not understand it.’

Ye Yingyuan recalled that day again where he saw Manstein frowned, again and again, muttering the sentences that he was recognized as the phrase of his ancestor.

But soon he cleared his head again and would only do this at the later time.

“How is the condition now!?” seeing the endless sea of beasts already stared at them made Ye Yingyuan feel uneasy.

“It should have been done now!” Ye Xiaobai answered. He was tasked to calculate the time for Ye Qingcheng to fully awake!

“Mind if I help you two?” the figure that Ye Yingyuan saw previously now showed herself beside his cousin. Actually, the figure was really like a young woman in her twenty but with a certain characteristic.

“Sure.”