When Lin Yun arrived at the central Giant Platform, several people were already standing on it.
Among them, Lin Yun only recognized one: Wu Yun from the Mad Blade Martial Hall.
At this moment, Wu Yun was enthusiastically chatting with a young girl.
Seeing Lin Yun ascend the Giant Platform, he immediately came over with a grin and said, "Yo, what took you so long?"
He was the first person to obtain ten identity tokens and rush to the central Giant Platform.
"The forest is big, and there are many demonic beasts, which delayed me a bit," Lin Yun said calmly.
"This is Lin Yun from the Lin Clan, the one I told you about, the man who flattened Xie Yingying with a single palm," Wu Yun introduced to the girl beside him.
He had a mischievous smile, deliberately emphasizing the palm Lin Yun had given Xie Yingying.
"Hello, Lin Yun, my name is Mu Lingsha, from Mu Family Village," the girl smiled at Lin Yun and teased, "If I accidentally offend you in the future, please don't hit me like that."
"Don't listen to Wu Yun's nonsense, that was an unintentional mistake, purely a coincidence," Lin Yun quickly explained.
His gaze naturally swept over Mu Lingsha a few times. This girl was wearing a black fitted leather skirt, her delicate body wrapped in tight clothing, appearing shapely and alluring with captivating curves. Her skin was also unique, not the fair and tender kind of ordinary women, but rather a healthy bronze color.
She held a green wood bow in her hand, and her whole demeanor was heroic and spirited, with a bit of the agile and nimble quality of a young female leopard.
The three of them chatted like this, waiting for others to arrive.
Lin Yun deliberately blended into the crowd, not wanting to appear out of place.
"Strange, Lei Li and Xie Yingying haven't arrived yet. With their strength, this stage shouldn't be difficult?" Wu Yun looked at the figures continuously emerging from the jungle, puzzled.
He nudged Lin Yun's shoulder and asked, "Did you run into them?"
"No, I encountered a few demonic beasts and was entangled for a while. Afterwards, I snatched a few people's identity tokens and came over," Lin Yun's expression remained calm.
"Lei Li is a troublesome guy, he holds grudges. I heard he has already broken through to the Earthly Yuan Realm. You made him lose so much face before, if you face him later, I'm afraid he won't let you off easily. Why don't you just surrender then?" Wu Yun kindly advised. He had dealt with Lei Li for a long time and knew his character.
"You have a point. If I face him, I'm afraid I can only surrender," Lin Yun nodded in agreement, but inwardly he was chuckling... If he could run into Lei Li, that would truly be seeing a ghost. He wouldn't even have time to run, let alone fight.
Just then, there was an uproar in the jungle below the Giant Platform. Many people ran towards them, shouting something as they ran.
"This is bad, this is bad!"
"Grandpa, Grandpa!"
"Yingying sister is gone."
"Lei Li brother is gone."
"Patriarch, save them!"
"Fire Python Tiger, there's a Fire Python Tiger..."
The younger generation participants from the Lei Family, Xie Family, and Lin Clan, the three major families, ran wildly, their expressions panicked.
On the Giant Platform, the competition referee standing there waiting to verify identity tokens was somewhat bewildered watching these youngsters rush over desperately. He sternly ordered,
"Stop everyone, what happened, speak slowly."
The blocked youngsters gasped for breath, not daring to charge forward. This referee was an Earthly Yuan Realm expert.
"There's... a Fire Python Tiger, it killed Lei Li, it killed Xie Yingying..."
"Quickly move aside, the Fire Python Tiger will kill its way over soon."
At this moment, Wu Yun, Mu Lingsha, and others on the Giant Platform looked over curiously, not immediately processing the information these people were conveying.
In the spectator stands around the Giant Platform, the people from the Lei and Xie Families, Mad Blade Martial Hall, and Lin Clan, the four major powers, were all startled.
Especially Lei Bao and Xie Qian, who heard "Lei Li is gone, Xie Yingying is gone," they couldn't sit still. They leaped onto the Giant Platform in a few steps and came before the youngsters.
"What did you say, say it more clearly," Lei Bao pointed at one of the Lei Family youngsters and shouted.
"Fire Python Tiger, it's a Fire Python Tiger..."
The Lei Family youngster, panting heavily, quickly and briefly recounted the events.
"A Fire Python Tiger actually appeared!"
Lei Bao and Xie Qian's faces were extremely grim. "Where is it, quickly take us there."
The Lei and Xie Family youngsters who had just escaped for their lives were exhausted like dogs. Now that the patriarchs demanded it, they didn't dare refuse. Enduring their depleted strength, they turned back and ran into the jungle, saying, "Follow me, it's over there."
Lei Bao and Xie Qian didn't hesitate and immediately charged into the jungle.
Lei Li and Xie Yingying were the precious geniuses of their two families, their future hope.
"What's going on?" Lin Yun came over at the right time, pretending to be shocked, and asked Lin Xia and the others.
Lin Zhentian, Lin Xiao, Luo Cheng, and other important figures from various powers also gathered around.
Lin Xia immediately repeated the entire sequence of events.
"As soon as the Fire Python Tiger appeared, all of us scattered and fled. When I escaped the valley, I looked back and saw the Fire Python Tiger kill Xie Yingying and Lei Li."
Lin Zhentian quickly asked, "Did all our Lin Clan people escape?"
"They're all here, no one got separated," Lin Xia said with lingering fear.
Then, the Mad Blade Martial Hall, Mu Family Village, and other major powers all counted their participating youngsters.
After confirming that everyone was safe, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Luo Cheng frowned and said, "Strange, before the competition started, this jungle was already inspected. There shouldn't be any Earthly Yuan Realm demonic beasts."
"This jungle connects to the deep mountains behind, and no one patrols it constantly. It's possible for powerful demonic beasts to occasionally run out. Moreover, that Fire Python Tiger was clearly attracted by the Void Spirit Grass. They just happened to run into it," Lin Zhentian added indifferently. "One can only say they had bad luck."
Lei Li and Xie Yingying had snatched the fifth-grade spiritual herbs discovered by their Lin Clan, so Lin Zhentian naturally wouldn't have a good expression regarding their deaths.
With such a major incident occurring, the competition was temporarily suspended.
Everyone was waiting for Lei Bao and Xie Qian to return.
No one suspected Lin Yun. That was a Heavenly Yuan Realm demonic beast. In everyone's eyes, Lin Yun was just a junior in the Body Tempering Realm. How could he possibly be connected to a demonic beast of that level?
As for Lin Yun entering the forest early, aside from Lin Xia and others, no one paid attention because at the start of the competition, everyone was scrambling to get into the forest. Once inside, nothing could be seen.
"Lin Yun, why did you run so fast? You didn't even wait for us. If you were here, Qing Tan wouldn't have been bullied by that bitch Xie Yingying..." Lin Xia quietly blamed him.
Thinking that Xie Yingying was already dead, she didn't say the word "bitch" again.
In Lin Xia's opinion, a family should be united so they wouldn't be bullied. The people from the Lei Family and Xie Family were all together, which almost caused their Lin Clan to suffer a loss.
As the foremost junior in the Lin Clan, Lin Yun shouldn't only look out for himself.
"I..." Lin Yun was about to find an excuse to explain.
"Sister Lin Xia, it's a good thing Brother Lin Yun wasn't here. Otherwise, Xie Yingying and the others wouldn't have been able to snatch the spiritual herbs from me. In that case, the Fire Python Tiger might have chased us, and we probably..." Qing Tan suddenly stepped forward and said, with a hint of relief in her voice.
She didn't dare to continue, but everyone understood what she meant.
Lin Xia and the others swallowed, instantly feeling a wave of fear.
"Yes, we should be glad Brother Lin Yun wasn't here!" Lin Dong took a deep breath and said.
Lei Li and Xie Yingying could block it, but the powerful Fire Python Tiger was impossible.
Lin Yun no longer explained. It didn't matter. When they saw the Fire Python Tiger one day, they would naturally understand.
He also wanted to see what kind of expressions Qing Tan and the others would have when they saw that the Fire Python Tiger was actually his pet.
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