Chapter 290: Overloaded Thought Velocity, The Absolutely Leading Number One!

"Have you seen Chen Yan?"

Outside the Slaughter-Severing Forest, Ma Tianyin spoke coldly to a candidate from the aristocratic alliance who was still burying his head in the search for Head-Fruits.

Beside him, Lu Guiwen, eighth on the Heaven's Pride Ranking, stood with his hands behind his back, his aura powerful.

"I haven't seen him..."

The candidate shook his head hurriedly.

"Give me your Head-Fruit," Ma Tianyin continued.

The candidate's body trembled, but he still struggled to take out one Head-Fruit.

Ma Tianyin nodded, looked at Lu Guiwen beside him, and took out four Head-Fruits:

"I'll give you these four; with this one, you'll have ten Head-Fruits."

Lu Guiwen frowned:

"Do you think Chen Yan has already entered the Slaughter-Severing Forest?"

"Yes," Ma Tianyin nodded:

"Otherwise, why haven't we seen Chen Yan here all this time?"

Lu Guiwen's frown deepened:

"You want me to go kill Chen Yan alone?"

A trace of anger appeared in Ma Tianyin's eyes:

"Lu Guiwen, you are eighth on the Heaven's Pride Ranking. Among the Heaven's Prides who have entered the Slaughter-Severing Forest, you are among the strongest. What are you afraid of?

Chen Yan has fifty Time Seeds; if he hides away to cultivate, don't you think he will become strong rapidly?"

Lu Guiwen still hesitated somewhat.

He felt all along that it would be better to call Jiang Yuan to deal with Chen Yan.

Ma Tianyin was exasperated:

"If I weren't injured, I would go kill Chen Yan myself.

The last time I lost to Chen Yan, it was just a moment of carelessness!"

Lu Guiwen glanced at Ma Tianyin:

"Why don't you go? Chen Yan is also injured."

"You motherf—!" Ma Tianyin was furious, his eyes flickering.

Go kill Chen Yan himself?

He had lost to Chen Yan last time, but it was truly just a lack of decisiveness; if he fought Chen Yan again, the probability of him winning would only be higher.

But Lu Guiwen was eighth on the Heaven's Pride Ranking; if Lu Guiwen wouldn't go, why should he, Ma Tianyin, go?

Lu Guiwen sighed, finally took the Head-Fruits, and prepared to enter the Slaughter-Severing Forest.

Just as he was about to leave, Lu Guiwen's expression shifted slightly as he looked toward a small hill a thousand meters away.

There, He Youtong had just appeared.

"He Youtong, did you hear what I said over here?" Lu Guiwen shouted in a low voice.

He naturally knew of He Youtong; after all, many people knew about the incident where the other party's jaw was shattered by a single punch from Chen Yan.

"I heard it." He Youtong was not afraid, but instead said coldly:

"So what if I heard it?"

Lu Guiwen and Ma Tianyin frowned.

He Youtong was a genius from Chen Prefecture with a powerful force behind her, but if they killed her right now, it didn't seem like there would be any problem.

Lu Guiwen shook his head, abandoned the idea of killing He Youtong, and left directly.

He Youtong and Chen Yan should have a grudge.

If she heard, she heard.

On the hill, He Youtong's expression was calm, and she soon left.

A trace of annoyance appeared in her eyes:

"Troublesome!"

"How long has it been, and Chen Yan has already entered the Slaughter-Severing Forest?"

She looked at her own hands; she only had two Head-Fruits at the moment.

She found it hard to believe.

"Forget it, the Exalted One has already informed me of the secret technique to control the malice within Chen Yan's body. In this college entrance exam secret realm, Chen Yan is my puppet."

He Youtong spoke, drawing a communication array disk with one hand, and said:

"Chen Yan, are you in the Slaughter-Severing Forest?"

There was no echo from the communication array disk.

He Youtong gritted her teeth; sooner or later, she would use the secret technique to make Chen Yan kneel before her.

"If you are in the Slaughter-Severing Forest, I'm telling you, Lu Guiwen has already gone to kill you.

If you die, don't blame me for not warning you!"

…………

"If you die, don't blame me for not warning you!"

The voice of the message echoed within the Slaughter-Severing Forest, but Chen Yan did not reply.

The only reason He Youtong would help him was that he still had some utility.

Of course, the reason He Youtong was still alive was also because Chen Yan felt that the other party had some utility.

Chen Xiyuan letting He Youtong become the main force in searching for 【Youlan】 must mean she had given the other party certain methods.

As for Lü Guiwen.

Eighth on the Heaven's Pride Ranking.

Chen Yan's expression was calm; there were quite a lot of resources within this Slaughter Forest, and he could rapidly grow stronger.

Moreover, this Lü Guiwen was only two ranks higher than Ma Tianyin, so he should not be powerful enough to the point of being able to kill him, Chen Yan.

Boom, boom, boom!

Chen Yan's punches whistled, with one 【Void-Breaking】 light orb after another condensing in his hands, then immediately fired out.

Rapidly condensing, rapidly firing.

The power of the initial version of 【Void-Breaking】 was much weaker compared to 【Void-Breaking - Saint-Explosion】.

Chen Yan even directly reduced the process of condensing array disks onto the 【Void-Breaking】 light orbs at this moment in order to pursue speed.

Roar, roar, roar!

Sharp, shrill cries resounded.

Hundreds upon thousands of black wolves were annihilated by 【Void-Breaking】 before they could even get close to Chen Yan.

After these black wolves died, streams of blood-red light drifted out from within their bodies, pouring into the Dao-Slaughter Bamboo beside Chen Yan that had already broken out of its cocoon.

Killing a First-Rank Ancient Beast, five Dao-Slaughter points.

Second-Rank, five hundred points.

Third-Rank, fifty thousand points.

Fourth-Rank, one million points.

Fifth-Rank, one hundred million points.

There were no Fifth-Rank Ancient Beasts here, which actually disappointed Chen Yan.

Five million points would be enough to let the Dao-Slaughter Bamboo grow its fifth segment.

It could be exchanged for a Morning Star-Grade Grade-D precious medicine.

Although one hundred million points could not let the Dao-Slaughter Bamboo grow its sixth segment, it was enough for Chen Yan to exchange for a Morning Star-Grade Grade-B or even Grade-A precious medicine.

Once at the Morning Star-Grade, the difference between minor levels was already very large.

As for the Bright Moon-Grade.

Chen Yan had never obtained a Bright Moon-Grade precious medicine until now.

Boom, boom, boom!

One light orb after another exploded, the light brilliant, the rumbling sound deafening.

The moment each black wolf was struck by a light orb, its body was torn to pieces, and blood sprayed out like a gushing spring.

The surrounding trees snapped one after another under the impact of this violent energy.

Beside Chen Yan, the fourth segment of the Dao-Slaughter Bamboo had finished growing.

Roar!

Suddenly, five Fourth-Rank black wolves charged toward Chen Yan in an instant, their massive bodies reaching a size of ten meters.

Chen Yan's eyes flashed slightly, he leaped into the air, and his entire body flickered instantly within the void.

Azure Vault-Grade Grade-B protective patterns, activate!

Set against the backdrop of these five giant black wolves, Chen Yan was as tiny as an insect or ant.

Roar!

The roars from all directions formed a violent sound wave that suppressed Chen Yan, carrying a foul, fishy stench.

Chen Yan's figure flickered rapidly, his whole body enveloped in golden Qi waves; as his right hand reached out, his body had already arrived before the giant pupil of a Fourth-Rank black wolf.

He raised his right fist and struck in an instant.

Boom!

The giant wolf eye exploded, and liquid mixed with black, white, and red fragments splashed out.

Chen Yan's body erupted with golden wind, suddenly charging into this ruined eyeball.

Roar!!!

The one-eyed black wolf roared, its massive body knocking over the pitch-black ancient trees all around.

It fell, crushing dozens of First and Second-Rank black wolves to death.

Right under the encirclement of the Ancient Beasts from all directions.

Boom!

Suddenly, a rumble occurred.

The head of this black wolf that Chen Yan had burrowed into exploded instantly.

A funnel-like beam of light broke through the black wolf's skull, carrying countless yellow and red liquids as it exploded within the forest.

"Hahaha!"

A loud laugh rang out.

Chen Yan flew out from the exploded wolf head; he was enveloped in golden Qi waves, his body not stained by a single speck of filth.

"Refreshing!"

Chen Yan laughed out loud.

He needed a hearty, unbridled battle too much.

Either you kill me, or I kill you.

The current him did not consider life or death; he only wanted to fight with everything he had.

Under the fearful gazes of one Ancient Beast after another.

Six light orbs with array disks condensed upon them circled and flowed around Chen Yan's body.

【Void-Breaker—Saint-Explosion】!

But unlike before, this time Chen Yan could condense six light orbs in an instant.

Combat can allow one to reach a level previously unimaginable!

Within the Saint-Breaking Realm, golden light flickered.

A 【Technique】 Saint-Breaking Fruit was being born!

At this moment, Chen Yan was comprehending amidst battle, and battling amidst comprehension.

Knowledge and action were completely unified.

His brain seemed to have been unlocked; the speed at which the 【Technique】 Saint-Breaking Fruit was born was terrifyingly fast.

"Since that is the case..."

Chen Yan reached out with one hand, his slender fingers pinching a cyan grain of rice.

Dao-Enlightenment Seed!

The reward for the first stage of the Time Domain Phoenix assessment.

It can significantly boost a martial artist's comprehension for a short period!

Crack!

This cyan grain of rice shattered instantly, sinking into Chen Yan through his ears, nose, and throat.

A chill instantly darted into the depths of Chen Yan's mind.

In an instant, Chen Yan's eyes widened.

A thousand, ten thousand thoughts emerged in his mind.

Vague, clear, possible, and certain—each and every possibility occupied Chen Yan's mind like distorted images.

His brain was burning.

The Dao-Enlightenment Seed and the Word Realm were simultaneously boosting Chen Yan's comprehension speed and thinking speed.

Within the Saint-Breaking Realm.

Surging golden light erupted.

A 【Technique】 Saint-Breaking Fruit was born rapidly!

Fast!

Unprecedentedly fast!

"Urgh..."

Chen Yan tilted his head back, eyes wide, a long groan emitting from his throat.

Both the Word Realm and the Dao-Enlightenment Seed were strange methods for increasing thinking speed.

But Chen Yan's body had not become stronger.

In other words, Chen Yan's brain was currently operating at an overload.

Two streams of nosebleed instantly flowed from Chen Yan's nostrils.

Roar!

All around, the wild roars of Black Wolves resounded; Chen Yan's body tensed in the void, and blue veins emerged and twisted on his neck.

"Obliterate!"

He spoke indifferently, his figure flickering as he instantly rushed in front of a Black Wolf and threw a punch.

Battle, comprehension.

Thinking exploded, combat power exploded!

At this moment, Chen Yan was like someone who had reached a true peak, terrifying to the extreme.

All around, the gazes of the thousands of Black Wolves instantly turned fearful.

…………

The outside world.

A sound like a scream rang out.

"Chen Yan, what is he doing!"

"So fast, the points are skyrocketing way too fast."

"Thirteen million now."

"Fourteen million now, holy crap, holy crap!"

On the massive leaderboard, Chen Yan's ranking was firmly in first place.

This was not the most critical point; the most critical point was the gap between Chen Yan and second place.

The current second place was Zhu Lili of the General Star Faction.

The rankings of the top talents on the Prodigy Board—first place Zhang Luobai, second place Yu Changsheng, and third place Qiu Changji—were all far behind.

But up to this point, Zhu Lili's points were only a little over three million.

Everyone could accept the reality that Chen Yan was first and Zhu Lili was second.

But the problem was, even the remainder of Chen Yan's points was more than Zhu Lili's total.

This...

"This leaderboard, the candidates inside the college entrance exam secret realm can't see it, right?"

In a street, a middle-aged man spoke in shock.

"They definitely can't see it."

Someone replied:

"Have you ever seen an exam where the rankings are announced while the exam is still ongoing?"

"If the other examinees saw Chen Yan's points, wouldn't their mentalities explode?"

The crowd laughed sheepishly, their eyes filled with traces of shock.

If the examinees inside the College Entrance Examination secret realm really saw Chen Yan's ranking, they would surely doubt their lives.

After all, up until now.

The majority of the tens of thousands of examinees have zero points.

Others haven't even started, yet Chen Yan is already at over ten million...

"Twenty million points now, damn..."

Someone spoke with a tremble.

The crowd saw that on the leaderboard, Chen Yan's score had impressively reached twenty million.

Inside a large building.

Chen Xiyuan looked at the name on that massive leaderboard, her eyes dark.

Chen Yan was stunning, and she was very happy.

But Chen Yan had already been subjected to malicious corrosion, so she couldn't bring herself to be happy even with such a stunning performance.