At the entrance of the hidden valley, the figures of three apostles appeared.

  They walked very slowly, constantly paying attention to the surrounding situation. In front of them, there were two low-level one-star familiars used to clear the way.

  In dangerous areas, especially in regions where third-grade Prime Beasts appeared, one couldn't be too careful.

  "Something seems strange here," said the refined and gentle man in the middle. His expression was much more composed than the other two, and his brows were full of confidence. However, at this time, his brows furrowed slightly.

  The other two were a middle-aged man with a somewhat gloomy face and a beautiful and charming woman, but there was a fierce look between her eyebrows, which spoiled her beauty.

  The refined and gentle man, Andre, was clearly the backbone of them. At this time, hearing his words, the other two were immediately shocked and looked around warily. The middle-aged man even directly summoned his powerful familiar and got ready for battle.

  "Andre, do you mean there's a third-grade Prime Beast nearby?" The middle-aged man asked in a trembling voice, his eyes constantly scanning the surroundings, hoping to detect the lurking third-grade Prime Beast.

  Andre couldn't help laughing. He shook his head with absolute certainty. The other two obviously had great confidence in him and immediately relaxed a lot upon hearing his words.

  While they were talking, the familiars exploring the way had already entered the valley. Then, the expressions of all three changed. They sensed strong emotional fluctuations from the familiars.

  "Sure enough, there's something odd," Andre shouted softly and rushed into the valley first. The other two followed closely behind.

  When they clearly saw the corpses of Stone Spirit Beasts all over the valley, their expressions changed drastically. They could hardly believe their eyes.

  "How is this possible?" Andre also lost his usual calmness and stared blankly at the scene in front of him.

  "Stone Spirit Beasts, and they're all second-grade Prime Beasts. How powerful must the person be?" The middle-aged man trembled as he said.

  "The Life Essence here is enough to fuse into more than a dozen pieces of third-grade Life Essence," The charming woman said after being stunned for a while.

  Andre and the middle-aged man were both stunned for a moment and then woke up from the incredible shock. They looked at each other, and they could all see the greed in each other's eyes.

  Killing and robbing were very common in the chaotic Trial Ground.

  This kind of thing wasn't the first time for the three of them, nor would it be the last.

  "Andre, if you got these dozen or so pieces of third-grade Life Essence, wouldn't your disciple trial be half completed?" The charming woman said in a seductive tone.

  "My trial is just an ordinary disciple trial. I only need to obtain seventy pieces of third-grade Life Essence..."

  As he spoke, Andre's voice slowed down. Even he himself felt the extremely strong temptation.

  A dozen or so pieces of third-grade Life Essence were the result that the three of them could only achieve after more than ten days of continuous hunting and killing and robbing. However, at this moment, there was a possibility of achieving it all at once.

  Few people could easily let go of such a temptation.

  "Don't rush," Andre swallowed hard with difficulty, forcibly suppressing his restless heart, and said calmly, "Those Stone Spirit Beasts clearly died not long ago, which means the other party hasn't gone far. Lina."

  He turned to the charming woman and said, "You fly up and see if there's anyone nearby. You must find out whether the other party is alone or in a group and how strong they are. If they're too tough, we'll have to give up."

  After all, Andre still had his sanity. He knew that if the three of them were to kill all these thousands of second-grade Prime Beasts, it would be impossible to do it without spending more than two months. However, the Trial Ground had only been open for less than half a month so far, and the other party could achieve this almost impossible feat, which clearly showed that they had extremely strong strength. Before finding out clearly, he didn't want to make a hasty decision.

  The charming woman nodded, and then summoned a huge horned eagle. There were three halos floating under it. It was clearly a three-star familiar.

  Mounting the horned eagle, the charming woman Lina quickly flew into the sky.

  At an altitude of several hundred meters, it was high enough to overlook the area around the valley. Lina soon discovered Chen Yue's trace.

  Looking from a distance, only a small dot could be seen clearly. Lina's vision wasn't good enough to see that far. However, this couldn't stump her.

  "Vision sharing."

  With an order given, the first ability of the horned eagle was immediately activated. Lina suddenly felt her vision brighten. She felt as if she had become a horned eagle herself, looking down below. Soon, she saw Chen Yue's face. At the same time, she held a memory crystal in her hand.

  ...

  Chen Yue was checking the harvest.

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  To his surprise, there were actually more than one piece of third-grade Life Essence on this third-grade Prime Beast. There were two pieces, one in each of its two heads.

  From this, it could be seen that this third-grade Prime Beast was definitely much more powerful than the one he encountered when he first arrived.

  Of the two pieces of Life Essence, one was quite ordinary. However, the piece of Life Essence obtained from the black head had something strange about it.

  So far, all the Life Essence that Chen Yue had seen was crystal clear. Compared with second-grade Life Essence, third-grade Life Essence was a circle larger in size, and the Life Essence also presented a milky white color. The ordinary piece of third-grade Life Essence was like this.

  However, in the milky white crystal of that rather strange piece of Life Essence, there were even some black mist-like substances inside.

  "No wonder it attached so much importance to that black head and was desperate to get it back even at the cost of its life. This kind of Life Essence should represent greater or a higher level of strength, right?"

  Chen Yue thought to himself. Only this explanation seemed reasonable. Otherwise, there was no way to explain why the Prime Beast was in such chaos after losing this head.

  However, this Prime Beast clearly couldn't be classified as a fourth-grade Prime Beast. Chen Yue knew it very well. If it were a more powerful fourth-grade Prime Beast, even if he were twice as strong, he wouldn't stand a chance.

  "Could it be that this third-grade Prime Beast was at the critical moment of evolving into a fourth-grade Prime Beast?"

  Chen Yue's eyes flickered, and he couldn't help but take a deep breath. If his judgment was correct, then being able to defeat it was really choosing the best timing.

  While he was thinking about this, Chen Yue suddenly had a feeling of being spied on. At this time, it happened to be the moment when Lina shared the vision of the horned eagle and focused her sight on him.

  This feeling faintly contained hostility.

  "Hmm?" Chen Yue was shocked in his heart, but then slowly relaxed.

  Chen Yue understood that it was precisely because of this hostility, the short distance, and the fact that his five senses enhanced by the transformation were extremely sensitive that he could detect the other party's spying. Otherwise, he wouldn't have noticed it at all.

  And precisely because of this, the other party definitely wouldn't expect that he had already noticed.

  This advantage had to be fully utilized.

  As if he hadn't noticed anything unusual, Chen Yue calmly put the two pieces of Life Essence into his arms. Then, he stopped in place, as if observing the surrounding situation to decide what to do next. Chen Yue casually looked around and then calmly swept his gaze to the rear.

  With just one glance, his vision, which could clearly see every detail within a thousand meters, took in the other party's situation and stored it in his mind.

  Then, he calmly shifted his gaze back.

  Turning around, Chen Yue's brows immediately furrowed tightly.

  "It seems that they discovered the many corpses of Stone Spirit Beasts left in the valley and were greedy for the wealth. What a trouble," Chen Yue felt an extremely headache.

  Lina's position was right above the valley. Chen Yue easily judged that the situation in the valley had been discovered and quickly inferred the other party's purpose of spying.

  This was also an inevitable thing. The corpses of Prime Beasts wouldn't disappear. If Chen Yue wanted to hunt on a large scale, he could only choose places like hidden valleys. Without paying attention to this point, there was no way to hunt so many Prime Beasts. After all, they were also intelligent and wouldn't follow when they saw a large number of corpses of their kind.

  Therefore, it was impossible to hunt unlimitedly in the same place.

  Chen Yue's thought of stopping and changing places also took this into consideration.

  Although few apostles came to the Red Stone Plain, it didn't mean there were none. Chen Yue had already been psychologically prepared for the discovery of the hidden valley. He just didn't expect that the timing would be so inappropriate.

  "What a headache. If they were just ordinary apostles, it wouldn't matter even if they were at the peak of the third level. Fighting them could be regarded as testing the level of my own strength. However, the other party actually has a flying familiar..."

  Rubbing his forehead somewhat distress ly, Chen Yue really felt it was a thorny problem.

  Since the other party dared to come to him after knowing his approximate abilities, it showed that they were powerful and definitely not just the woman alone. And after seeing that he was alone, their greed would probably grow even stronger.

  When encountering such a situation of being greedy for wealth, Chen Yue naturally wouldn't be soft-hearted. In such a chaotic place as the Trial Ground, there were many similar situations, and he wouldn't have a psychological burden.

  However, although the Trial City didn't interfere with the blackmailing and robbing that happened outside the city, if there was conclusive evidence, such as recording the process of the crime with a memory crystal, if someone reported it, the consequences would definitely be bad.

  Therefore, although the situation of apostles blackmailing and robbing each other was quite common in the Trial Ground, if one didn't have the confidence to wipe out the other party completely, they would never act rashly.

  Apostles with flying familiars were the most troublesome examples for apostles who specialized in blackmailing and robbing. Although the abilities of flying familiars were generally not strong and were more focused on assistance, the ability to fly was enough to cover up all their shortcomings. After all, most apostles didn't have the ability to attack enemies in the air.

  Neither did Chen Yue.

  Therefore, although he knew that these people might be harmful to him, Chen Yue could only suppress his cold murderous intent.

  "Let's go back to the city first and see what they'll do next," Chen Yue thought.

  Since the other party had become greedy and wanted to enjoy the huge harvest alone, they naturally wouldn't tell others about Chen Yue's situation. Therefore, Chen Yue didn't need to worry about the news of his killing thousands of second-grade Prime Beasts in a few days being leaked out and attracting countless covetous eyes. He just needed to find the right opportunity to deal with these people.

  "Who's the hunter and who's the prey? It's hard to say."

  With a slight curl of his lips, Chen Yue showed a cold smile.

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