Chapter 726: Chapter 726

After reaching the Heavenly Level, each increase in Rank becomes extremely difficult. The perception of each Rank is greatly enhanced. At this moment, Lady Fang is at the third Grade of Heavenly Level, while Goatee and the gaunt Elder, although both are Martial Artists of the First Grade of Heavenly Level, might not necessarily be a match for Lady Fang when combined.

"Elder... we have no grievances from past days, not knowing why you chose to strike so ruthlessly from the start..." After a moment of contemplation, Goatee said to Lady Fang with utmost respect.

At this point, there was none of Goatee's previous dominance to be seen.

"He is my servant. You are here to kill my servant; how could I possibly let you go..." Lady Fang said indifferently.

Ding Fan glanced at Lady Fang.

This Lady Fang was quite the sly one indeed. She did not claim the Exotic Treasure was on her person, but merely stated she was his servant.

Lady Fang's plan seemed sound. She wanted to take the Exotic Treasure from Ding Fan all by herself.

Goatee glanced at Ding Fan, feeling a sudden chill in his heart.

Having fought fiercely with Ding Fan, if it wasn't for someone distracting Ding Fan's attention, he would have likely been slain by Ding Fan long ago.

Ding Fan was young but already had notable cultivation, and such a formidable figure was merely a servant to Lady Fang... her background was no small matter indeed.

"What's so great about being third Grade of Heavenly Level? Do you think just because you're third Grade, you can stand on the neck of my Golden Eagle Sect and defecate?" Just then, a figure swiftly appeared before everyone.

The newcomer was a hunched Elder, looking nearly a hundred years old.

Upon seeing the arrival, Lady Fang's brows slightly furrowed.

"Greetings to the Ancestor Uncle..." At this point, the members of the Golden Eagle Sect rushed forward to pay their respects to the hunched Elder.

Upon seeing the hunched Elder, Goatee's eyes also brightened.

The visitor was the Elder Golden Eagle, one of the founding members of the Golden Eagle Sect, with incredibly transcendent cultivation, now appearing to be at the second Grade of Heavenly Level.

On the side, Ding Fan watched. The scene was getting livelier by the minute; now there were three Heavenly Level powerhouses here, and there was even someone from the Immortal Realm with him...

The situation was indeed growing larger.

Because this was the exit of the pit, many people had already emerged. They weren't in a rush to leave but stood by to watch the excitement.

"Lady Fang, you kill members of my Golden Eagle Sect, do you really think the Golden Eagle Sect is so easy to bully?" Elder Golden Eagle said with a face full of anger.

Lady Fang's brows knitted slightly at this moment; evidently, she hadn't expected the situation to escalate to this point. "It was a misunderstanding..."

Facing three Heavenly Level Martial Artists, even Lady Fang had to bow her head at this time.

"A misunderstanding? Just like that, it's over? What about my Golden Eagle Sect disciples you killed!" Elder Golden Eagle pressed on aggressively.

Lady Fang's brow was now tightly furrowed.

"I killed them, I've already said it was a misunderstanding, what more do you want, if not satisfied, let's just start the battle!"

Facing Elder Golden Eagle's aggressive stance in front of so many, Lady Fang was starting to get annoyed.

"You killed my people, then it should be okay for me to kill the two behind you," Elder Golden Eagle suggested.

Ding Fan felt disdain.

Elder Golden Eagle's words clearly showed he wanted to avoid a direct conflict with Lady Fang while still saving face.

"My people, if they are to be killed, it's not your turn." Lady Fang barely hesitated before flatly refusing.

Elder Golden Eagle furrowed his brow, clearly not expecting Lady Fang to outright decline his proposal. Killing two useless servants to save face for both sides should have been the best solution, yet Lady Fang rejected it outright.

"Do you really think you, alone, can withstand us, three Heavenly Level Martial Artists?" Elder Golden Eagle's expression grew grave at that moment.

Lady Fang let out a cold huff and then her Longsword furiously slashed through the air.

The people from the Thousand Mountain Sect and the Golden Eagle Sect hadn't expected Lady Fang to make a move under these circumstances.

Splat, splat... two more people were slain by Lady Fang.

After the surprise attack, Lady Fang's figure flickered as she directly lunged at Goatee with her sword.

Everyone present understood clearly — Lady Fang intended to hit everyone, to slay one of the Heavenly Level Martial Artists, thus gaining more advantage in the fight.

Goatee, taken aback, hurriedly swung his Longsword to defend.

Lady Fang, as if crazed, enveloped Goatee with a barrage of sword shadows. Counting on Goatee still being a Heavenly Level Martial Artist, despite the gap between him and Lady Fang, he managed to hold on for the time being.

"Behead this fiend!" Elder Golden Eagle roared.

Then Elder Golden Eagle, along with the gaunt Elder of the Golden Eagle Sect, joined the fray. Suddenly, four Heavenly Level Martial Artists were locked in fierce combat.

"Boy, aren't you going to help? If I die, they'll come after you next." Lady Fang shouted to Ding Fan, who was standing aside.

Ding Fan did not believe Lady Fang had any good intentions of helping him; her standing up for him now was merely for the Exotic Treasure he possessed.

In the current situation, whether Lady Fang or the people from the Thousand Mountain Sect and the Golden Eagle Sect triumphed, they all would turn their weapons on him next.

However, escaping was not an option; the pit's exit overhead was sealed, and the pit wasn't so large. There was nowhere for him to run.

Ding Fan glanced at Lady Fang, with her three opponents teaming up, Lady Fang indeed had some difficulty coping. If the trio really managed to slay Ding Fan at this point, the situation would become far too unfavorable for him.

However, Ding Fan couldn't just stand by and watch. As Lady Fang had said, if Elder Golden Eagle and his allies killed her, then the next in line to be slain would inevitably be himself.

Whoosh... At that moment, a hidden arrow flew past.

Ding Fan's spirits lifted, he saw clearly that the hidden arrow was shot by the remaining disciples of the Thousand Mountain Sect.

Ding Fan's eyes brightened, and he quickly instructed Ruan Yuan to rest on the side before he rolled up his sleeves and joined the fray. Swinging the Nine Profound Iron in his hand, he swiftly reaped the lives of those Thousand Mountain Sect disciples who were launching hidden arrows from the sidelines.

"Brat, you dare to kill my Thousand Mountain disciples?" Ancestor Goatee naturally saw Ding Fan slay his sect's disciples and started to lose control with rage.

At once, Goatee turned away from Lady Fang and, with his longsword in hand, he headed straight for Ding Fan to kill him.

Even though Goatee's fighting strength was not weak, it was incomparable to Ding Fan's. With Ding Fan being at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment and facing Goatee who was at Heavenly Level First Grade, the odds were considerably in Ding Fan's favor.

However, Ding Fan wasn't in a hurry to defeat Goatee. What he needed to do now was to maintain an equilibrium.

Elder Skyhawk and the skinny elder combined forces, barely managing to fight Lady Fang to a standstill.

The most ideal outcome now would be for Lady Fang to barely emerge victorious, severely wounded, or for Elder Skyhawk and the skinny elder to barely win over her... Should such a scenario unfold, it would be highly advantageous for Ding Fan.

Boom boom boom... Explosions sounded incessantly at the cave entrance as five martial artists with Heavenly Level cultivation clashed; there was no way the scene could be anything but massive.

The goatee elder battling Ding Fan was unable to gain the upper hand after a long attack, and he started to become anxious. He pulled out a packet of something from his bosom right away.

Then, the goatee elder scattered the contents of the packet.

As the contents dispersed, a cloud of white mist sprayed directly towards Ding Fan.

Even though Ding Fan didn't know what the mist was, he didn't dare to be careless and immediately used the Teleportation Technique. Before the white mist could reach him, Ding Fan vanished from the scene.

While Ding Fan avoided the mist, the nearby disciples of the Mountain Hawk Sect were not so fortunate.

Thud thud thud... Several Mountain Hawk Sect disciples, hit by the white cloud, fell to the ground instantly.

Although these Mountain Hawk Sect disciples were still conscious, their limbs went limp, indicating that they had been poisoned.

"These Thousand Mountain Sect people have no shame, using such despicable means like narcotics..." Ruan Yuan said loudly from the side at this moment.

Ruan Yuan's voice, wrapped in Inner Strength, carried clearly to everyone at the cave entrance.

"A Heavenly Level martial artist resorting to narcotics, this is simply disgraceful..."

"It's said that the people of the Thousand Mountain Sect also practice Evil Cultivation Techniques..." ...

Suddenly, the area was abuzz with people's discussions. The source of thɪs content is 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝·𝘧𝙞𝙧𝙚·𝔫𝔢𝔱

The narcotics were something used by certain scoundrels to sedate women, indeed a despicable tool. For a battle between Heavenly Level ranked martial artists, the use of such methods by Goatee would naturally attract contempt.

Even Elder Skyhawk and the skinny elder, still in battle with Lady Fang, felt a sense of disdain at that moment.

The goatee elder's face turned particularly unsightly as his image plummeted in the eyes of the onlookers; frustrated, he almost became furious with embarrassment.

And it was at that moment that, swoosh... a Wind Blade slashed through the air.

The goatee elder had no time to react before his right arm was severed.

"Ah..." Goatee let out a wretched scream.

Ding Fan, who had disappeared moments ago, somehow had reappeared behind Goatee.

Lady Fang, still in the midst of battle, slightly furrowed her brows upon seeing this.

Just a few days ago, Ding Fan allowed himself to be manipulated by her, but now, it seemed that completely controlling Ding Fan was going to be far from easy.

After suffering a wound, Goatee didn't even look back; his figure flickered, and he fled from the Arena. As for Ancestor Goatee and the skinny elder who came to his aid, Goatee didn't care about them anymore.

Elder Golden Eagle cursed inwardly at that moment.

He had assisted Goatee, but now the first to flee was Goatee himself. Elder Golden Eagle couldn't help feeling irritated.

With Elder Golden Eagle at Heavenly Level Second Grade and the skinny elder at First Grade, the two of them could only manage to fight Lady Fang to a draw.

Previously, Elder Golden Eagle had been waiting for Goatee to kill Ding Fan before lending a hand, but now it seemed impossible.

Without Goatee's help, the chances of the two of them defeating Lady Fang were nil. If the fight continued, they were doomed to lose to Lady Fang eventually.

Elder Golden Eagle forced Lady Fang to retreat with a palm strike and then said to the skinny elder, "Retreat..."

The skinny elder understood and quickly swept up the collapsed Golden Eagle disciples from the ground, then fled.

Lady Fang showed no intention of pursuing them.

If Elder Golden Eagle and the skinny elder were to fight desperately against each other, the outcome could possibly be a Pyrrhic victory.

Now, what concerned Lady Fang the most was Ding Fan; nothing else mattered. If not for the Exotic Treasure with him, she would not have helped Ding Fan drive away Goatee and Elder Golden Eagle.

"Kid, it's time to settle our score..." Lady Fang said to Ding Fan, who was standing nearby.