The news of Li Chengqian and other grandmasters perishing sent a massive shockwave through everyone within the Qingcheng Base!
No one could have foreseen such an outcome, especially considering the Li family had held the position of the most dominant family in Qingcheng Base for decades!
Today, they had suffered such a significant blow at the hands of a mere youngster like Ye Ningze.
It was nothing short of a joke!
In an instant, all the martial artists and factions within Qingcheng Base quickly recovered from their initial shock and began to eye the Li family, which had lost its pillar of elite martial artists, with covetous intent. After all, who within Qingcheng Base wouldn't desire better treatment?
In the past, no one dared to harbor such thoughts towards the Li family due to their position as the foremost family. However, things were different now.
Without the support of top-tier powerhouses like grandmaster martial artists, the Li family was merely a lamb awaiting slaughter on the chopping block.
Many members of the Li family were injured by Ye Ningze in the Sunset Forest, with even grandmaster-level powerhouses perishing. The Li family was crippled and became the biggest laughingstock in Qingcheng Base.
As Ye Ningze and Lin Haitao made their way back to Sunset City, the Li family had been completely abandoned, with no faction daring to recruit them anymore.
Meanwhile, Ye Ningze, the instigator of all this conflict, had returned home.
He currently had no inclination to deal with the ensuing chaos, nor any thoughts of forming a faction or establishing his own influence within Qingcheng Base.
His sole intention was to rapidly increase his strength before considering anything else.
Ye Ningze had reaped considerable rewards from this trip to the Sunset Forest.
Aside from the ten portions of fierce beast blood awarded by the trial and all the fierce beasts he hunted being handed over to him.
The most precious among these was the incredibly sharp tailbone he had severed from the Golden Scaled Poison Dragon Python!
Although he didn't know why this tailbone possessed a sharpness comparable to a Yuan weapon, Ye Ningze had always prioritized practicality when it came to weapons.
Furthermore, the large quantity of fierce beast blood was enough to allow him to break through another level in his cultivation!
Upon returning home, Ye Ningze opened his system interface, and a line of small text appeared on his retina.
Race: Human.
Cultivation Talent: A-grade.
Special Talent: Saber Dao Talent A+ grade.
Special Talent: Flame Talent A-grade.
Coupled with his current strength, having broken through to the Grandmaster realm, Ye Ningze was quite satisfied with these results.
Setting aside the incredibly sharp tailbone, Ye Ningze consumed the fierce beast blood.
Intermediate fierce beast blood also had considerable efficacy for Grandmaster realm martial artists.
"I wonder how far ten portions of fierce beast blood will push me!"
With such excitement, Ye Ningze closed his eyes and began to cultivate!
True essence surged wildly within Ye Ningze's body, and the potent energy from the fierce beast blood began to temper and cleanse Ye Ningze's meridians repeatedly!
As this powerful fierce beast blood refined him, Ye Ningze's physical body underwent constant transformation.
Layer after layer of skin began to shed, falling to the ground piece by piece. Ye Ningze felt his skin becoming even tougher.
Not only that, but his muscles were also constantly writhing and expanding.
Streams of intense heat flowed through his bones and sinews.
Ye Ningze could clearly feel a peculiar change occurring within his bones and sinews, a change that was subtle yet distinctly perceivable.
Under this transformation, his body was undergoing a massive metamorphosis.
Ye Ningze clearly felt his body gradually becoming stronger!
And along with this immense change came, naturally, immense pain.
At this moment, Ye Ningze felt as if his entire body was filled with some kind of gas, making him uncomfortable.
This pain also allowed Ye Ningze to feel his changes, and it further invigorated him.
Ye Ningze's strength was growing inch by inch!
The true essence within him churned incessantly, and waves of powerful, surging energy emanated from his body.
His skin became smoother, more elastic, and tougher. The color of the blood within his body gradually deepened and became more condensed, appearing more refined and potent.
Rumble!
At a certain moment, a muffled thunderclap erupted from Ye Ningze's body, and a terrifying surge of energy instantly swept out from him!
This aura caused the surrounding air to distort, and the scenery around him to waver!
The blood within Ye Ningze's body seemed to boil, and he couldn't help but let out low growls.
His complexion turned ruddy, his aura became more potent and robust, and the blood within his body felt as if it were about to ignite.
The strength within his body was more condensed and powerful than before. He felt that with his current physique, a single punch could shatter a tree as thick as a bowl!
Ye Ningze marveled at this phenomenon.
The blood within his body was also being tempered?
And this process of change was clearly extremely painful.
Ye Ningze felt as if countless sharp blades were churning within his body!
His bones and sinews felt as if they were being torn apart, causing immense pain.
A sharp, excruciating pain almost made Ye Ningze cry out.
This agony lasted for a full minute before gradually subsiding.
At this point, Ye Ningze felt that his cultivation had advanced considerably once more.
This fierce beast blood actually had such an effect?
Ye Ningze was secretly astonished.
This transformation had made his cultivation speed incredibly fast!
He felt his physical body becoming more solid, the flow of true essence within him smoother, and his combat power had undergone a qualitative leap.
It seems my physique has reached a bottleneck. Only by consuming more fierce beast blood will this bottleneck be broken, and at that time, my cultivation will surely increase again.
Ye Ningze mused to himself.
"Although my body has been tempered by fierce beast blood and become stronger, my cultivation remains at the mid-Grandmaster realm. While this cultivation might be considered top-tier within Qingcheng Base, it is completely insufficient in the outside world."
Understanding this, Ye Ningze immediately became vigilant.