The most valuable thing on the Ferocious Beast Striped Snake was its Ferocious Beast blood. Although the snake's skin was worth a few thousand yuan, Ye Tian couldn't carry it alone, and skinning it was troublesome.
Mo Shaobei and the others would soon find this place, so Ye Tian couldn't stay long.
"The Ferocious Beast Striped Snake was crawling that way before it died. Could there be something healing its wounds there?"
Ye Tian glanced in that direction.
"That is…"
His expression changed.
Not far away, a stalactite hung from the cave ceiling, and a drop of liquid was falling onto a stone trough, forming a small pool.
This liquid emitted a faint white glow, clearly not ordinary.
"In novels, they often mention hundred-year or thousand-year stalactites—could this be that?"
Ye Tian guessed.
But he didn't truly understand such treasures; his guess was based on novel content from his past life.
Whatever the case, it had to be something good.
So, Ye Tian took out his last water flask, emptied the remaining water, and collected the stalactite essence drip by drip.
There wasn't much stalactite essence, probably because the Ferocious Beast Striped Snake had consumed much. He filled only half the flask.
Looking at the stalactite and the slowly accumulating essence, Ye Tian had a plan.
"At this rate, only one drop per day accumulates. I can't wait, but I also can't let others benefit. I have to destroy it!"
Ye Tian thought coldly.
He gripped his refined iron Knife and hacked at the stalactite, quickly breaking it off, then concealed the site.
"This place can produce stalactite essence. There may be more treasures in the rock layers, but they are too solid for me now. I'll explore them later!"
After erasing his traces, Ye Tian dug out the Striped Snake's eyes and left the cave.
Less than ten minutes later, a group of students followed the Striped Snake's blood trail.
When they arrived, they were stunned.
"The Ferocious Beast is dead!"
A Martial Apprentice exclaimed.
"Damn, someone took the Ferocious Beast's eyes first—that's 1000 Points!" Mo Shaobei angrily said.
Others were furious. They had been working hard, all injured, and many had died, only to be beaten to the prize.
"Bad luck! The Ferocious Beast's heart blood was taken too, only ordinary beast blood remains!" another shouted.
Ferocious Beast blood and the Striped Snake's eyes—the two most important items—were gone.
The corpse was worth some money, but Mo Shaobei and others didn't care; they left.
Ordinary Martial Apprentices shared the corpse among themselves.
The wild zone had many caves. Ye Tian soon found another and killed the Fierce Beasts inside, claiming the cave.
Now possessing the Striped Snake's eyes worth 1000 Points, and with a day and a half left, he no longer needed to hunt Fierce Beasts—he was guaranteed first place.
But he didn't want to waste time; he planned to train here.
"How much can all this Ferocious Beast blood improve my strength?"
Ye Tian was hopeful.
He drank some Ferocious Beast blood and started practicing Body Tempering Method.
Boom!
The blood transformed into energy, accelerating Ye Tian's body tempering.
After completing all eighteen moves, the blood's energy was almost used up.
Feeling his body, Ye Tian was delighted.
"Almost four times training speed, and this was just Low-level Ferocious Beast Blood. With Intermediate-grade Ferocious Beast Blood, the effect would be even greater! No wonder many with low talent become Martial Artists or even Elite Martial Artists by their twenties or thirties—it's because of large amounts of Ferocious Beast blood!"
He drank more blood and continued training.
With Intermediate-grade Cultivation Talent, Ye Tian absorbed the blood's effects far better than ordinary people. Those with Basic-grade Cultivation Talent might only double training speed.
With Ferocious Beast blood, Ye Tian's growth was far ahead.
Hours passed.
He realized he had done ten rounds of Body Tempering Method but felt…
"My body isn't that tired. Maybe I can do more rounds?"
He tried again.
He could easily complete another round without harm.
"I get it. Most people can only do ten rounds because their body energy is limited and overtraining exhausts potential. But Ferocious Beast blood replaces body energy, allowing multiple rounds. Ten rounds isn't the limit—I could do twenty or even thirty!"
Ye Tian was thrilled.
This secret might not be one to Martial Artists, but Martial Apprentices rarely got Ferocious Beast blood. Martial Artists themselves needed so much that they wouldn't share the secret, or many Martial Apprentices would go crazy.
Even in great families, supplying many Martial Apprentices with Ferocious Beast blood was unrealistic.
"Haha, with all this Ferocious Beast blood, I can train two days straight. Maybe by the end of the trial, I can push my strength to 400 pounds."
Ye Tian clenched his fists and resolved to keep training.
While Ye Tian trained, chaos erupted outside.
To gain more points, Martial Apprentices fought each other for materials, vying for better rankings.
Yet they dared not kill, fearing harsh punishments and unknown hidden Martial Artists.
Still, weak Martial Apprentices suffered; their hard-earned materials were stolen.
The three-day trial was nearing its end.
One by one, Martial Apprentices emerged from the wild zone.
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