Chapter 44: Slaying a Grandmaster, Obtaining S-Grade Materials

Ye Tian watched as Huo Li burned his bloodline and charged toward him.

He did not dodge, but instead wanted to see if he could withstand a Grandmaster with his Extraordinary Body, the Golden Body Technique, and Metal Intent.

Ye Tian threw a punch, unleashing the full power of the Golden Body Technique; with the Extraordinary Body bolstered by the Consummation Realm Golden Body Technique and over fifty percent Metal Intent, the power of this punch was earth-shattering.

Boom!

Huo Li's blade aura collided with Ye Tian's fist, creating a violent explosion.

The protection of the Five Elements Wheel was still active, and combined with the defense of the Golden Body Technique, Ye Tian only took a single step back and was completely unharmed.

However, Huo Li was sent flying by the punch, his entire body cracking.

"How is this possible..."

Huo Li was stunned.

A mere Primary Strange Art Master, and a human at that, actually possessed an Extraordinary Body—what kind of joke was this?

Furthermore, Ye Tian's Metal Intent had reached a level of over fifty percent; previously, when it was integrated into the Five Elements Wheel and fused with other intents, he hadn't felt it clearly, but combined with the Consummation Realm Golden Body Technique, it was fully apparent.

Just then, Ye Tian transformed into a streak of golden light and attacked, casting the Ten Thousand Wood Prison Art.

The Ten Thousand Wood Prison Art, containing Wood Element Artistic Conception, trapped Huo Li; Huo Li desperately broke through the Ten Thousand Wood Prison Art, but another attack struck his body.

Ye Tian didn't have much, but he had plenty of Strange Arts.

Pfft!

This time, Huo Li could not hold on; his body was pierced by the Metal Ability, and his injuries grew increasingly severe.

Finally, the Black Scale Clan Grandmaster Huo Li fell as a corpse, his body covered in wounds, his features completely unrecognizable.

"Dead!"

Ye Tian let out a sigh of relief.

The Scale Clan's physical bodies were naturally formidable, and the bodies of Scale Clan Grandmasters were even more exaggerated, possessing incredibly tenacious vitality; he had attacked for so long before finally finishing him off.

If not for the Five Elements Wheel, with his current strength, he could only barely contend with the Scale Clan Grandmaster Huo Li; killing the opponent would have been impossible.

Not far away.

Zhao Ailin was dumbfounded; that was a Scale Clan Grandmaster, yet he had died at the hands of a Primary Strange Art Master like Ye Tian—was this an illusion?

"It must be an illusion!"

"Break for me!"

She closed her eyes, opened them, and bit her tongue, but other than drawing blood from her tongue, nothing changed.

At this moment, she stopped deceiving herself; this was truly not an illusion, but reality!

Qin Susu and Xiao Ya walked over and thanked him hurriedly: "Ye Tian, thank you!"

"How should she be dealt with?"

Ye Tian pointed toward Zhao Ailin over there.

Xiao Ya gritted her teeth: "Capture her, send her back to the fortress alive, and hand her over to the Ability Association to deal with! She is a member of the Evil God Society; perhaps we can extract some useful intelligence from her."

Zhao Ailin was very decisive; she did not want to be tortured by the Ability Association.

Thus, she took out a dagger and stabbed it fiercely into her own heart.

The moment she fell, a look of relief appeared on her face.

Whoosh!

Ye Tian arrived at the spot where Zhao Ailin had fallen and said: "In front of me, Ye Tian, you still want to commit suicide?"

Ye Tian pulled the dagger directly out of Zhao Ailin's chest, and fresh blood sprayed out.

But Ye Tian wiped his hand over it and cast the Limb Regeneration Technique.

This was a B-Grade mutated Strange Art that had reached the Consummation Realm; now, bolstered by Wood Element Artistic Conception and Water Intent, the power of this mutated Strange Art was incredibly formidable.

Even if the heart was pierced, if healed in time, the damaged heart could be restored to its original state.

Within a few breaths, Zhao Ailin's heart was restored, though her cultivation had dropped to the Ability Master Mid-Stage realm, and she had lost a bit of her lifespan.

"..."

Zhao Ailin was stunned; she had been saved even from such an injury.

She prepared to continue her suicide, but at this moment, Ye Tian pointed a finger at the center of her brow.

"Illusion Technique—Ninefold Abyss!"

This was a C-Grade illusion technique he had exchanged for, and he had also cultivated it to the Consummation Realm.

The C-Grade illusion technique was not very powerful, but Ye Tian's mental strength far surpassed Zhao Ailin's; under the constant intrusion of the powerful illusion, Zhao Ailin tried to resist, but she could not resist Ye Tian at all and could only let Ye Tian do as he pleased.

Finally, Zhao Ailin sank completely into the Ninefold Abyss illusion, her eyes becoming vacant.

"Done, within an hour, she definitely won't be able to break free from the illusion!"

Ye Tian said.

Immediately, he grabbed Zhao Ailin and walked over to Xiao Ya and the others.

"Let's head back first. Zhao Ailin notified the Evil God Society, and the Evil God Society is colluding with the Scale Clan; there might be more Scale Clan Grandmasters coming. I can at most handle weaker Scale Clan Grandmasters; if a top-tier Scale Clan Grandmaster comes, none of us will be able to run!" Ye Tian urged.

"Okay, let's go quickly!"

Xiao Ya nodded.

Afterward, they did not encounter any danger; instead, they met a Grandmaster coming to provide support, who was also an instructor from Donghai University.

However, seeing that Xiao Ya and the others were safe, this Grandmaster left.

East Sea Fortress.

Ye Tian and Xiao Ya and the others returned, and they handed Zhao Ailin over to the Ability Association immediately; how the Ability Association dealt with Zhao Ailin was no longer their business.

It was foreseeable that Zhao Ailin would never get out; it was estimated that after extracting some value from her, she would be disposed of.

"Ye Tian!"

Qin Susu arrived at Ye Tian's residence, holding a box in her hand.

"Senior Sister Qin, is there something you need?"

Ye Tian asked.

Qin Susu opened the box, revealing what was inside: "Ye Tian, this is the S-rank Material Top-grade Geng Metal Ore. Originally, the five of us were to split it, but we didn't expect Zhao Ailin to be a member of the Evil God Society, so she does not get a share of the Top-grade Geng Metal Ore. Now, we are giving you one-fifth of this top-grade ore!"

"Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Ye Tian accepted it gladly.

How could he possibly refuse such a good thing!

An S-rank Top-grade Geng Metal Ore; this thing is enough to raise his Gold Talent Potential to S-rank!

With this thing, he will possess his first S-level Talent Potential and be able to practice S-rank Ability.

Therefore, he naturally did not want to miss out.

After Qin Susu delivered the Top-grade Geng Metal Ore, she left.

After Qin Susu left, Ye Tian did not touch the Top-grade Geng Metal Ore.

Absorbing the Top-grade Geng Metal Ore now would undoubtedly be too much of a loss.

He prepared to touch A-Grade Metal to raise his Gold Talent Potential to the (99/100) level; when the time comes, he will absorb the Top-grade Geng Metal Ore, and he won't need to absorb much of it to raise his A-grade Metal-type Innate Ability to S-rank!

This is the most cost-effective way!

"Let's see what good things are inside the Scale Clan Grandmaster's Storage Ring."

After Ye Tian refined the Scale Clan Grandmaster's Storage Ring, his consciousness entered the Storage Ring to take a look.

"Good things, there really are quite a few!"

Various materials and resources, as well as medicinal pills, weapons, and so on.

Whoosh!

A crystal-clear white crystal stone appeared in Ye Tian's hand, and he examined it carefully.

"This should be a Spirit Stone!"

There are no Spirit Stones on Earth; the density of spiritual energy is insufficient, and since Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy has only recently emerged, there aren't even any Spirit Veins, so how could Spirit Stones be born?

But the Earth Cave World is different; it has existed for countless years, so naturally, it has Spirit Veins and Spirit Stones.

Of course.

Even in the Earth Cave World, Spirit Stones are extremely precious; almost no Ability Master of the alien races has Spirit Stones, and only Grandmasters have a small amount of them.

The East Sea Fortress also acquires Spirit Stones; one Spirit Stone can be exchanged for one thousand Battle Merit.

Ye Tian counted them; there were a total of seven Spirit Stones in the Storage Ring, which is equivalent to a value of seven thousand Battle Merit.

He estimated that the Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure and various materials in this Storage Ring together are definitely worth about thirty or forty thousand Battle Merit.

"Grandmasters are indeed wealthy!"

Ye Tian sighed with emotion.