After 10 Days.
Ten days have passed since the appearance of Heaven's Cave Inheritance, and it was seized by Yu Tian. News spread everywhere, and many people gathered at the site, hoping to obtain the inheritance and treasures to change their fate, rise in this world, and achieve eternal glory and wealth.
"The ten days have passed, and now everyone under the age of 25 is allowed to enter Heaven's Cave Inheritance," said Yu Tian, who was still in his dragon form, suppressing everyone with the natural aura of a Supreme Ruler emanating from his body. "But before that, let Yang Kai from High Heaven Pavilion and Lin Fan from Purple Heart Sect step forward."
Upon hearing their names, both of them could only look at Yu Tian with confusion and fear. It was clear that Lin Fan was afraid he might be killed by Yu Tian, and this applied to Yang Kai as well, as he didn't remember ever having a dragon as a friend, which only meant that the other person was his enemy.
Despite their fear of what would happen, they didn't dare to hide. They emerged from the crowd and walked toward Yu Tian with clear hesitation on their faces.
When they reached Yu Tian, they didn't hesitate to bow to him and show their respect.
"Greetings, Elder Yu," Lin Fan spoke first, though he was scared, but he had strong backing—the dragon spirit in the ring around his neck. "Does Elder Yu need my assistance with anything? Lin Fan will do his best to help Elder Yu."
Although he spoke respectfully outwardly, he was secretly trying to communicate with the dragon spirit in the ring around his neck, seeking its protection in case something happened.
"Lin Fan, hand over the ring around your neck," Yu Tian commanded, glaring at Lin Fan with his ferocious eyes. Compared to the massive difference in size between them, Lin Fan was like an ant in front of a human. "You should know that the spirit within the ring belongs to the Dragon Clan, and staying with you won't benefit it at all. It will eventually dissipate due to constantly protecting you whenever you're in danger."
Though Yu Tian was speaking truthfully—if Lin Fan continued to act recklessly, the dragon spirit would dissipate from repeatedly using its power to protect him—this didn't matter to him. His goal was to take the dragon spirit from Lin Fan, regardless of its fate if it stayed with Lin Fan.
"This...," hearing Yu Tian's command, Lin Fan felt a chill in his heart. He didn't expect something like this to happen, but soon knelt before Yu Tian when he sensed the dragon spirit's desire to cut off their connection. "Please forgive me, Elder Yu, but my master's spirit is connected to my life. Severing this connection would cause severe damage to my essence, and at best, I would become disabled, with death not being out of the question."
Lin Fan was desperate, terrified at the thought of being separated from the dragon spirit in the ring. It was clear he had many plans for the beauty inside the ring, and he couldn't let it go, especially since it would put his life at risk, with a high chance of him dying.
"..." Yu Tian stared at the kneeling Lin Fan, with little change in the expression in his eyes. He moved one of his fingers slightly, severing the connection between Lin Fan and the dragon spirit, and the ring flew toward him. "I don't care."
That was the only word Yu Tian spoke coldly, as he didn't care about the life and death of others unless it harmed many people, especially those close to him. He didn't feel the need to explain or justify his actions. He was the master of his decisions and didn't need to explain himself to others.
"Arrgh!!" When the connection between him and the dragon spirit was severed, Lin Fan screamed like a beast. The pain of the severance was inhuman; it felt like being stabbed millions of times, and he could feel his life force and Yuan Qi leaking from his body slowly. It was clear he wouldn't survive more than a few minutes, as the dragon spirit had absorbed more than 90% of his life force upon sensing Yu Tian's intent to sever the connection.
"..." Upon seeing what happened to Lin Fan, Yang Kai couldn't help but tremble. He didn't hesitate to circulate Yuan Qi throughout his body to flee from the place, knowing that his fate wouldn't be much different from Lin Fan's, given that they were summoned together.
"Are you trying to escape?" Yu Tian said with a sinister smile, glaring at Yang Kai, who was channeling Yuan Qi to his feet in an attempt to flee. "How arrogant of you to think you can escape from me."
"!!!" With just one look from Yu Tian, Yang Kai's body froze, along with the Yuan Qi inside him. He didn't dare move under the disdainful gaze of the supreme being standing at the top of the food chain.
"Although you're just fools, I might get something good from you," Yu Tian said indifferently, extending his claw at lightning speed, grabbing the two on the ground like ants between his hands. "And now, die."
Yu Tian didn't hesitate to crush the two in his claw and used Devour alongside the Great Soul Devouring Technique to consume their strength and souls, hoping to gain something valuable from them—or so he hoped, as he had decided to eliminate them completely.
As for Cheng Da Le, Yu Tian had no intention of killing him—at least for now. He wanted to use him as a puppet or follower since there was no need to kill all the protagonists just to gain points. Controlling them might allow him to unlock a new path.
Even if controlling them and making them his followers turned out to be useless, it wouldn't be too late to kill them when he found no further use for them, though he doubted this since protagonists were extremely useful, especially when Heaven was on their side. If one of them tried to rebel, he could crush them like an insect, as they weren't worse than the protagonists favored by Heaven.
[Ding!! Congratulations to the host for killing Lin Fan and Yang Kai and obtaining: Ancient Rank Treasure Chest X1, Mythic Rank Treasure Chest X1.]
[Ding!! Congratulations to the host for devouring Yang Kai and Lin Fan and obtaining: Talent: Void.]
"..." Yu Tian looked at the system notification and was pleased with the first one, but upon seeing the second notification, he couldn't help but feel disdain toward Lin Fan. The man had been extremely arrogant, thinking he was great, but he possessed no talent or anything special, unlike Yang Kai, who had a unique talent in the Law of Void.
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