Chapter 554: Black Forest
After Liu Jin left, Hu Qiong also looked towards Lin Fan with an expression carrying a unique flavor and said indifferently, "Inside the True Martial Secret Realm, I hope you won't disappoint me!"
Having said that, Hu Qiong stood up, ready to leave.
However, after he stood up, as if suddenly recalling something, he said, "Rest assured, on the way to the True Martial Secret Realm, both our Hu Family and the Liu Family will not trouble you again. That is to say, as long as you don't provoke others, you can safely reach the True Martial Secret Realm!"
After speaking, Hu Qiong took a step forward and slowly left.
On the surface, it appeared that Hu Qiong was leaving slowly.
But the reality was different. With one step, Hu Qiong was already ten yards away; with another step, he was a hundred meters away; and by the third step, he had already vanished into the horizon.
"This person's comprehension of the Space Law has reached an extremely terrifying level!"
Lin Fan thought to himself as he watched Hu Qiong's retreating figure.
At the same time, Lin Fan finally understood that the experts ranked in the top fifty on the Tiger List were truly extraordinary.
For example, with Hu Qiong and Liu Jin, Lin Fan admitted that he was not entirely confident in his current state to guarantee a victory against either of them—in fact, he even felt that the chances of his own defeat were quite high.
"Sigh!"
Lin Fan exhaled a breath and thought to himself, "It seems that I have to find a way to enhance my combat power in the coming period."
All this time, Lin Fan had great confidence in his combat prowess.
But after seeing Hu Qiong and Liu Jin, he realized how much room he still had to improve his combat strength.
The experts on the Tiger List all had Cultivation at the Wheel Vein Realm and had not yet reached the Elemental Mansion Realm.
That is to say, both Hu Qiong and Liu Jin's Cultivation were the same as Lin Fan's, at the Perfect Realm of the Wheel Vein Realm, but how could others improve their combat strength to such a degree?
This was sufficient to illustrate that their talents were exceptional.
Moreover, given how formidable these two were, with their rankings only at forty-five and forty-eight, then what about those ranked even higher?
Could they be even more formidable?
Hence, Lin Fan was clear that he still had a long road ahead…
Lin Fan continued onwards.
Although Hu Qiong already stated that he would no longer encounter people from the Hu Family and the Liu Family on the road, meaning Lin Fan could not continue to be tempered by members of these two families, he still chose to travel on foot.
No matter what, tempering was present everywhere.
Lin Fan was well aware that only through continuous tempering could he constantly broaden his horizons, and with broader horizons, figure out ways to enhance his combat capabilities.
Indeed, as Hu Qiong had said, Lin Fan didn't encounter any enemy from the Hu Family or Liu Family along the way.
While on the road, Lin Fan occasionally still met with people looking for trouble, but those were all insignificant figures, and Lin Fan simply did not pay them heed.
Not encountering enemies naturally did not achieve the effect of tempering.
This made Lin Fan very troubled and disappointed.
Today, Lin Fan had already arrived at the outskirts of the Black Forest.
Lin Fan planned to enter the Black Forest to temper himself.
In fact, Lin Fan could have bypassed the Black Forest by taking other routes, but he decided to enter the Black Forest because these past few days, he hadn't achieved the tempering effect he wanted; he felt that only by entering the Black Forest could he be tempered.
The Black Forest was extremely dangerous.
There were many super perilous areas inside where even Saint Ascension-level powerhouses could perish.
There were countless powerful Holy Beasts within the forest.
In addition to the powerful Holy Beasts, there were many natural traps.
Many experts entered the Black Forest and never came out, losing their lives within.
Therefore, unless one was truly mad, very few people would venture into the Black Forest, after all, once one entered, whether they could come out alive was unknown.
Like Lin Fan, choosing to temper oneself by entering the Black Forest was truly rare.
Lin Fan casually entered the Black Forest.
"Look, someone has entered the Black Forest!" Someone not far away noticed Lin Fan's entry into the Black Forest.
"Humph, I see his Cultivation is merely at the Wheel Vein Realm. With such Cultivation entering the Black Forest, it's definitely looking for death!" Someone said contemptuously, looking at Lin Fan's retreating figure as if seeing a dead person.
"An ignorant fool!"
There were also many who spoke with scorn.
In everyone's eyes, Lin Fan's choice was truly like seeking his own death.
The two black-clad men secretly protecting Lin Fan also appeared at the edge of the Black Forest.
At that time, both of them were feeling extremely frustrated.
They were secretly guarding Lin Fan, and they originally thought that under normal circumstances, Lin Fan would never choose the Black Forest; they just didn't expect...
That Lin Fan ultimately still made such a choice?
The thinner black-clad man said annoyedly, "This guy is really a lunatic."
"Could it be that he knows we are secretly protecting him, so he is deliberately making this choice? Does he think that in the Black Forest, we can still ensure his safety?"
"What a jerk!"
The two were highly irritated with Lin Fan.
To be honest, if it wasn't for their orders to protect Lin Fan in secret, they would really like to take matters into their own hands and kill him.
After all, Lin Fan's actions were really frustrating them.
A while later, the chubbier black-clad man said, "Let's go; we should enter the Black Forest. Regardless, we'll do our best to protect this guy. If, in the end, we still can't protect him, the City Lord won't blame us, I believe."
"I really don't know what bad karma we've accumulated to be assigned to protect such a lunatic."
Both were extremely frustrated.
Despite their frustration, the two still followed Lin Fan into the Black Forest.
As soon as Lin Fan entered the Black Forest, he was immediately targeted by the Holy Beasts inside.
However, the Holy Beasts on the outer edge of the Black Forest were very weak in strength, and after Lin Fan released his potent aura, they dared not follow him anymore, actively avoiding him instead.
He continued to move forward.
A gigantic Python Bull appeared within Lin Fan's line of sight.
The height of this Python Bull had already reached one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters), and from its eyes shot a frightening aura, its breaths rumbling like thunder.
This was a Holy Beast with Cultivation that had already reached the Elemental Mansion Realm.
It widened its eyes, step by step walking towards Lin Fan, and in its eyes appeared a very excited gleam, feeling that after killing this human before it, it could have another good feast.