While waiting in place, the Lin family also encountered familiar faces.
Among the group in the front, two individuals stood out. One was dressed in a light gray silk robe and appeared to be about the same age as Lin Zhentian. The other was a middle-aged man with a smile on his face, a complete sycophant.
Naturally, they were the respective heads of the Lei and Xie families.
The older one was Lei Bao, the head of the Lei family, and the younger one was Xie Qian, the head of the Xie family.
At this moment, when they saw the Lin family, they approached with smiles on their faces.
"Hehe, Lin Zhentian, long time no see. It seems like your old bones are still as tough as ever."
"Old man Lei, rest assured, I'll step into the coffin later than you."
"That's not necessarily true. There are many worries in life, and it's not easy to live long."
"And every hunting battle results in significant losses. It's frustrating for anyone. When the heart is blocked, life becomes difficult."
But their words were somewhat unpleasant.
After all, the Lin and Lei-Xie families had been enemies for a long time.
So, although the two sides appeared to be friendly when conversing, if one listened carefully, they could hear the underlying sarcasm and curses.
Lin Yan also glanced at the heads of the Lei and Xie families. After all, he was a member of the Lin family, and the Lin family had treated him well. Therefore, seeing these two families acting so arrogantly made him quite unhappy.
However, Lin Yan didn't overestimate his abilities and think he could take on these two. Both of them were basically experts in the Elemental Realm. With Lin Yan's current strength, even with the Eight Extremes Burst, Purple Fire, and Purple Cloud Wings, he could only fight against those in the late Elemental Realm. But facing experts in the Elemental Realm was still not feasible.
He quickly looked back and noticed Lei Li and Xie Yingying staring at him intently from behind.
Lei Li's gaze at Lin Yan was particularly cold.
After all, the last incident had basically humiliated him. Moreover, after returning to the family, Lei Li had been severely criticized by Lei Bao because of this matter.
But this could also be considered a blessing in disguise. Lei Bao didn't just criticize him. After the criticism ended, he also gave Lei Li several four-grade medicinal materials.
Naturally, Lei Li didn't know how to refine pills, but even so, using those several four-grade medicinal materials to make soup, coupled with his hard work over the past few months, he successfully advanced his cultivation to the Elemental Realm.
"Lin Yan, we'll settle our score later."
Therefore, Lei Li was very confident now. Looking at Lin Yan, he smirked and made a throat-slitting gesture.
He was determined to reclaim his lost face last time. If given the opportunity, Lei Li might even choose to kill Lin Yan during this event.
After all, accidents happen, and if Lin Yan was killed by mistake, it could only be said that Lin Yan was not as skilled.
"Heh heh."
"It seems like he's very confident."
Lin Yan, however, seemed indifferent.
He suddenly thought.
Lei Bao and Xie Qian couldn't handle it themselves.
But as for Lei Li, he could easily beat him up.
Looking at Lei Li's smug look now, he also wanted to know how desperate Lei Li's gaze would be after being beaten by him.
The teams quickly separated.
Then the people from the Wild Blade Martial Arts Hall also arrived one after another.
After all the participants received their identity badges, they entered the arena, and the hunting battle officially began.
"Lin Yan, want to team up?"
Lin Xia and Lin Dong didn't rush to set off, but instead asked Lin Yan first.
"No, I'll pass."
Lin Yan shook his head at the two.
"If we don't stick together, the efficiency of obtaining badges will be lower."
"And the hunting battle itself is a way to train oneself."
"If we stick together, it'll seem too easy, and the training will lose its meaning."
Lin Xia and Lin Dong were slightly stunned upon hearing this.
After all, everyone's focus was on how to go further, but Lin Yan seemed to treat it as just a training exercise.
"Indeed, Brother Lin Yan is remarkable."
Lin Dong couldn't help but admire, feeling that he lacked the mindset of a strong person compared to Lin Yan.
"I'm impressed. Truly, the thinking of a genius is different from ordinary people like us."
Lin Xia said to Lin Yan with extreme speechlessness.
However, she didn't mean to force Lin Yan. After all, everyone had their own goals, and what Lin Yan said just now was actually extremely agreeable to her deep down.
Perhaps it was because he had always demanded so much of himself that he became so powerful.
"Well then, Brother Lin Yan, let's part ways here!"
"See you at the finish line!"
After saying this to Lin Yan, Lin Dong quickly left.
As for Lin Xia, she also headed towards another direction.
Lin Yan, on the other hand, wasn't in a hurry to set off.
After all, his system never showed where he could check-in. It only displayed that the check-in was completed after reaching a certain location.
So, unlike those participants whose goal was the finish line, Lin Yan's goal was to explore every corner of the field.
This way, he wouldn't miss the check-in opportunity due to oversight.
"Well then, let's start from here."
Throwing a twig into the air and looking at where it fell, Lin Yan made his choice and began his journey.
Along the way, he encountered both participants and beasts.
Naturally, Lin Yan defeated them all.
After all, if participants encountered Lin Yan, they would want his badge to pass through later, so they would attack Lin Yan actively.
As for the beasts, there was no need to mention. The higher-level beasts were fine, but these lower-level beasts had no intelligence at all. After seeing Lin Yan, they crazily rushed towards him.
Lin Yan naturally didn't show any mercy and directly knocked them all out with a punch each.
So, as he went on, exploring here and there, he found that he hadn't successfully checked in.
But unknowingly, he had already collected more than ten badges, and there were also plenty of demon cores obtained from the beasts.
He sighed helplessly, "I'm not here to do this."
Lin Yan continued forward, only to find another beast rushing towards him.
Without hesitation, Lin Yan summoned the Purple Fire and enveloped his fist with it.
Then he punched out with the Eight Extremes Burst.
Before the beast could react, its chest was directly punched through by Lin Yan.
Lin Yan took the demon core from the beast's body and planned to continue searching for the check-in location.
But just as he took a few steps, the system's voice suddenly rang out.
"Congratulations, host! You have successfully completed the check-in at the hunting grounds!"
"Reward obtained: Nine-Colored Devouring Sky Python!"
(End of this chapter
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