Chapter 551: Why Are You So Late?

Hearing Ye Yuan's question, Guo Taoqun was momentarily stunned.

"Well... I really don't know. I'm afraid no one would be foolish enough to kill all the demon beasts here, right? Although these demon beasts are not实体, their strength is no less than that of real demon beasts. With the endless horde of demon beasts, unless one has the strength of the Divine Travel realm, no one would dare stay here to kill them all, would they?"

Guo Taoqun felt that Ye Yuan's question was somewhat difficult to answer, so he said this.

Ye Yuan nodded and didn't say much.

He had just killed a demon beast and also sensed that these demon beasts were not实体 but seemed to be composed of some kind of energy.

But the strength of that demon beast just now was no less than that of a second-tier demon beast.

If these demon beasts reached a certain number, even a Soul Sea realm expert would not dare to face their edge.

"They've all gone deeper. Let's go too," Ye Yuan said.

Guo Taoqun quickly followed and said to Ye Yuan, "Junior Brother Ye, passing the first level is very easy. How about we have a contest to see who gets through the first level first?"

For Guo Taoqun now, second-tier demon beasts were no threat at all. As long as he rushed in desperately, these demon beasts couldn't stop him.

Seized by a momentary competitive spirit, Guo Taoqun came up with the idea of competing with Ye Yuan.

Hearing this, Ye Yuan smiled and said, "If I were to fight you, I really wouldn't be too sure of defeating you. But if you compete with me in speed, you will definitely lose."

Guo Taoqun looked incredulous and said, "I'm afraid that's not necessarily the case, right?"

He was now at the Soul Sea realm. Even if he wasn't entirely sure of defeating Ye Yuan, in terms of combat endurance and explosive power, he was confident he surpassed Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan's ability to fight across levels relied most heavily on his terrifying comprehension of artistic conception.

If it came to speed, with so many second-tier demon beasts blocking him, it was almost impossible for Ye Yuan to be faster than him.

Ye Yuan smiled and said, "If you don't believe me, let's have a contest. But we don't need to go all the way to the end; just determine the winner."

"Alright, let's do it! Start now!"

Before Guo Taoqun's words faded, his whole body shot out like an arrow from a bowstring.

Ye Yuan smiled slightly, activated his movement technique, and followed.

At the beginning, the terrain was almost flat, so naturally they were competing in foot speed.

But Guo Taoqun sadly discovered that no matter how hard he tried to accelerate his movement technique, Ye Yuan always hung not far behind him, sticking to him like a stubborn plaster.

Ye Yuan's current movement technique was still the "Void Break," but since comprehending the Wind Artistic Conception, he had also applied it to his movement technique.

With the combination of the two, although Ye Yuan was only at the second level of the Sea Transformation realm, his speed was no slower than Guo Taoqun's.

Along the way, the two casually killed the second-tier demon beasts around them, always keeping pace with each other.

An hour later, Guo Taoqun stopped in frustration and said to Ye Yuan, "I say, are you too freakish? Your attack power is so strong, and even your movement technique is this freakish! Now that I've broken through to the Soul Sea realm and cultivated a fourth-tier movement technique, I still can't shake you off!"

Ye Yuan also stopped and smiled, "Your movement technique is not bad. If you could cultivate it to the圆满 realm, I wouldn't be able to keep up with you."

Guo Taoqun couldn't help rolling his eyes. He had only broken through to the Soul Sea realm not long ago; how could he possibly cultivate a fourth-tier movement technique to the Great圆满 realm?

"Hehe, even if your movement technique is fast, it's useless! From now on, the number of demon beasts will increase. Movement technique is important, but endurance and the richness of your yuan power are the keys to victory!"

After saying this, Guo Taoqun shot out again.

Before long, as Guo Taoqun had said, the number of demon beasts increased, almost surrounding the two of them.

Everyone's destination was roughly the same. With three hundred people on this first level, the chances of meeting were still high.

But as they went deeper, the two occasionally heard the screams of martial artists around them, who then disappeared, obviously teleported out of the Haotian Tower.

However, those teleported out were basically all Sea Transformation realm martial artists.

As Guo Taoqun had said, the first level would eliminate a large number of martial artists.

Guo Taoqun was originally one of the top figures among the younger generation, and now that he had broken through to the Soul Sea realm, his strength was extremely formidable.

Any demon beast that approached him was almost instantly killed.

But as the demon beasts increased, Guo Taoqun gradually put away his playful attitude and began to take things seriously.

It wouldn't be fun to capsize in a ditch.

After about another hour, Guo Taoqun finally couldn't help glancing at the side and rear with his peripheral vision, feeling a surge of pride, because Ye Yuan was nowhere to be seen.

Obviously, Ye Yuan had been blocked by the demon beasts.

Although he had surpassed Ye Yuan by virtue of realm advantage, Guo Taoqun still felt a great sense of achievement.

Ye Yuan's freakishness was almost despair-inducing.

No matter under what circumstances, defeating him was a joyful thing.

Under the siege of so many demon beasts, the yuan power consumption rate of a Sea Transformation realm martial artist was much faster than that of a Soul Sea realm one.

To reduce this consumption, martial artists had to use their yuan power carefully. This would inevitably slow down the speed of killing demon beasts.

Rushing forward blindly would cause the yuan power consumption rate to increase geometrically.

With Ye Yuan's yuan power level at the second level of the Sea Transformation realm, it would soon be exhausted.

Someone as smart as Ye Yuan would never do such a foolish thing for a small contest.

"Hehe, I'll kill a bit further ahead, then wait for Ye Yuan and tell him I won! Haha, I really want to see his expression when he loses!"

Guo Taoqun said this while his hands moved quickly, killing another dozen demon beasts in the blink of an eye and charging forward again.

After a while, Guo Taoqun suddenly noticed that the demon beasts ahead seemed to be fewer.

"Huh? What's going on? Logically, the deeper you go, the more demon beasts there should be. Could it be that I got carried away killing and lost my way? No, the direction should be right. This is really strange!" Guo Taoqun was baffled.

He continued charging forward, but found that the demon beasts around him were getting fewer and fewer, his confusion growing.

Suddenly, the area before him opened up, and there wasn't a single demon beast.

And ahead of him, Ye Yuan was looking at him leisurely, a full smile on his face.

"Why are you so late? I've been waiting for ages! Bored, I cleared out the surrounding demon beasts, so I can finally take a break," Ye Yuan said with a smile.

"..." Guo Taoqun stared wide-eyed at Ye Yuan, as if he had seen a ghost.

"You... how did you do it? You're only at the Sea Transformation realm, how could you be so much faster than me?" After a long while, Guo Taoqun came to his senses and blurted out this question.