Chapter 9: The Dispute Over the Spiritual Fruit (Vote Request)

  "The poisonous black-spotted snake is very hard to find, and now it can't be found at all."

  Xiao Chen stood at the edge of a shallow pool, beneath his feet was a giant python with green and white markings, cut into two segments. His eyes flickered, thoughts intertwined in his mind.

  "All things are born with their opposites, and where there is poison, there is also an antidote. I thought that if I could find the snake that bit me, I would be able to completely eliminate the toxin, but after so many days, I haven't found a single one."

  He didn't know that this snake was extremely rare and even swordsmen and mages couldn't find an antidote for its venom, making it incredibly frightening.

  They usually appear in the swamp area, and being bitten outside is extremely unlucky, with a probability of one in ten thousand. So, he searched for three days without finding any.

  But these three days were not wasted.

  Three days, Xiao Chen went crazy in the Black Blood Swamp, killing beasts and tempering his skills. Now, he was in a state of peak condition.

  His originally thin and pale body now has a layer of bronze color, on which are countless terrifying scars, witnesses to the fierce battles of the past few days.

  Although still thin, a hint of elegance is revealed, and the overall energy has increased significantly. The eyes are filled with confidence, and the proud demeanor is no longer tainted by self-doubt and weakness. The temperament has been completely renewed.

  At the same time, the use of wind elements has also become effortless and natural.

  Although they were all one-star spells, in his hands, they could unleash unexpected power.

  Even the venom in his body, which had been suppressed and unable to move, even if he couldn't find the poisonous Black Rhinoceros Snake, Xiao Chen still had confidence that he could gradually eliminate it, only the time cycle was a bit longer.

  "It's already reached a bottleneck, this body is too shallow for accumulating magical knowledge and can't break through... Techniques can only be polished to this extent for now. The beasts here no longer pose a threat and can't fulfill my training purposes. It seems I'll have to leave..."

  Xiao Chen polished and stood up.

  He was holding a package in his hand, which he had picked up.

  The swamp is very dangerous, and you can see some wild beasts and human bones everywhere. Any corpse will not last long, at most one or two days, and it will be eaten clean by various insects and beasts that smell the stench. However, some items will be left behind, such as gold coins and weapons.

  Not many, Xiao Chen also picked up a few pieces in these days. At the same time, he went crazy and killed in the swamp.

  Encountered some fierce beasts guarding heavenly treasures and earthly riches, although he didn't know the names of these things, they were all collected by him.

  "Go!"

  He glanced at the sky, identified a direction, and quickly made his way through the marsh.

  His whole body was filled with a pleasant whirl of wind elements, forming a cycle with the vortex inside his body, making his body light and agile, landing silently.

  All the way, there was no obstruction.

  "En." Xiao Chen's eyes flashed.

  In a vast expanse of flat land, a fiery red fruit emitted scorching hot air.

  "This... Although I don't know him, he should be a natural-born genius without a doubt."

  Xiao Chen walked over.

  "What's that?" A voice came over.

  A few people also came from another direction. This fiery red fruit was so conspicuous that, far away, the crowd saw it and even a fool could see its uniqueness.

  Xiao Chen was slightly faster than those few people and arrived in front of the fruit.

  The fruit was the size of a fist, and even in the daytime, it faintly emitted some red light. The skin was thin and crystal clear. Xiao Chen also sensed that there were some fiery red auras surrounding the fruit, attracting some red light spots around it.

  Intense flavor of fire elements.

  He doesn't care if anyone sees him, he just reaches out and grabs it.

  "Ah...... It's the Fire Cloud Fruit!"

  "Heavens... Really is... Who is that person? Stop it, don't let them catch!"

  One by one, urgent and excited voices came through.

  Seeing Xiao Chen's indifference, one of the soft and delicate female voices even cursed in a low voice, "Hiss~" A red light flashed, and a flame bomb flew over quickly.

  Xiao Chen dodged to one side, avoiding the flame bomb.

  Those few figures had swiftly flown over, with the leader being extremely fast, flashing his body a few times before arriving nearby.

  He first glanced at Xiao Chen, then was immediately drawn in by that fiery red fruit.

  It's really Huoyun fruit.

  This thing is worth at least a thousand gold coins on the trading market, and it's still hard to find, after all, this kind of spiritual fruit that can help fire-based mages break through their limits is too rare, it can be said that every fire-based mage dreams of getting one.

  It's gone!

  A greedy look flashed in his eyes.

  Then, four more people arrived, and they were faintly confronting Xiao Chen.

  Xiao Chen looked at him coldly, and a faint sneer suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

  These few people, he actually knows them.

  It was just a few days ago that the trial team, consisting of three men and two women, was led by that blond-haired swordsman Delong.

  But they seem to have forgotten what Xiao Chen looks like.

  After all, Xiao Chen's change was too great. Three days ago, he was on the verge of death, still wearing the Tianxing Academy preparatory class robe, but now, he wore a coarse and tattered undergarment, his hair disheveled, and his body covered in scars from fighting to the death, his entire demeanor greatly altered, more like that of an adventurer who had been through life and death.

  De Long and others had only seen Xiao Chen once, and he was just a reserve student. They didn't take it to heart. Subconsciously, they thought that since Xiao Chen had been poisoned by the Black Rhinoceros Snake's venom, he would definitely die. How could they possibly connect this person in front of them with the reserve student they saw three days ago?

  The red-haired sexy girl Natsuri covered her mouth, and was completely attracted by the Fire Cloud Fruit.

  "Huo Yun Guo, heavens! It's too great! If I get it, I can definitely break through my current limits and become a 3-star law enforcer, or even... maybe a 4-star one isn't impossible either..."

  In the team, she was the only fire-element mage, and the other one was water-element. The Fire Cloud Fruit wasn't of much help to him.

  So Natascha was completely and utterly thrilled.

  Her fiery gaze was fixed on Delong.

  Delong certainly understood what Nataly meant.

  In three days, he and Natalia had already been quite passionate about each other, except for the last step, they had almost done everything, thinking of Natalia's fiery and sexy body.

  He also felt a wave of heat, if he could take down this Flame Cloud Fruit, then the final step would definitely be broken through.

  Natalie would definitely let him have his way.

  "This Fire Cloud Fruit was what we saw first." De Long gave Xiao Chen a deep look.

  "Moreover, the Huoyun fruit is only effective for fire-attribute mages, and we do have a fire-attribute mage in our team. However, we won't let you lose out, so we'll give you 200 gold coins instead."

  He said it lightly, but there was an unmistakable tone.

  Although the opponent didn't look easy to mess with, his gaze sent a chill down his spine. However, there was only one of them, while they had five people. Delong was still quite confident in himself. The trials over the past few days, yesterday he broke through the barrier of a 5-star swordsman, and he was in an explosive state of confidence.

  Xiao Chen smiled slightly, without even responding, and suddenly stretched out his hand like lightning to grab the Huo Yun fruit.

  "Not bad, it's good stuff."

  As soon as I grasped it, I felt a surge of heat rush in, like wildfire.

  "Ah!"

  "Looking for death!" Delong's eyes were bright and his hands were quick, he drew his sword and struck.

  Xiao Chen burst out laughing, turned sideways, and his body was surrounded by a surge of wind elements. A faint blue light appeared in his hand, and in the eyes of De Long's astonishment, he suddenly appeared on one side, his palm thrusting straight forward, the tip of his finger blade flashing with a deadly glow.

  "Ah!" Delong was horrified to discover that he couldn't dodge in time.