From Beast Abilities to Sect Grand Master

Lin Fan held Tan Yuan's curved sword in anticipation.

Whoosh.

Some creatures suddenly jumped at him.

He slashed them into halves with a swift motion.

Splatter.

The creatures dropped to the ground, and Lin Fan was able to identify what they were.

They were dogs that had parts of their body decaying, revealing what was underneath their skin.

Lin Fan noticed that the system didn't warn him, so these creatures must have been created by the Secret Realm as a test.

That meant Lin Fan had to be on high alert and not rely on the system to warn him of danger.

"Shall we enter the mansion?" Sima Liang asked and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

It was the first time he had encountered something strange like this.

As an Artifact Cultivator, his mission had been forging artifacts or exploring new regions for materials.

Nothing as dangerous as what he had witnessed.

"Let's go. But not through the front door," Lin Fan replied, and they walked away from the front door.

When he felt it was far enough, Lin Fan held Sima Liang and with the Magnificent Leap, they went into the mansion away from the front door.

Thud.

They landed in a garden, and there were two men, or what was left of them, playing chess in a pavilion.

The men looked pale, without any sign of life, with their skin rotten and decaying, just like the dogs.

When the two men heard Lin Fan and Sima Liang, they turned around and looked at them.

"Gaaa!"

They roared in a coarse voice.

One of them in yellow robes pushed the chess board away and lunged at Lin Fan.

The other man in blue robes went for Sima Liang.

Lin Fan slashed horizontally at the yellow robe man's throat.

The blade went in as the yellow robe man didn't dodge.

Thud.

To Lin Fan's surprise, the curved sword stopped when it hit the spine of the yellow robe man.

The yellow robe man raised his hand and stabbed at Lin Fan's eyes.

Lin Fan immediately gave the yellow robe man a front kick.

Thud.

The kick sent the yellow robe man tumbling on the ground.

Lin Fan took the chance and looked at Sima Liang.

Sima Liang was now holding a shield, blocking the blue robe man from getting to him.

He then used the sword in his hand to slash at the blue robe man.

Lin Fan leaped and slashed the blue robe man from behind.

The same thing happened.

His curved sword couldn't get through the spine.

Lin Fan then activated his Primordial Qi Claws, and an orange glow like claws enveloped Lin Fan's fingers.

He swiped his claws at the blue robe man's neck.@@novelbin@@

This time it sliced the head off effortlessly.

The blue robe man then dropped to the ground motionless.

Lin Fan decided to keep the curved sword and used both his hands with the Primordial Qi Claws.

He turned to the yellow robe man, who was now getting up from the ground.

Lin Fan lunged at him and his claws dug into the man's skull like a knife through butter.

The man stopped moving immediately.

"Sima Liang, are you all right?" Lin Fan asked as he inspected the bones of the man.

They were harder than his Spirit Level curved sword, and that was peculiar.

And he was right.

The bones looked metallic with a dark color.

It must be some precious material that could be used to forge weapons.

"Look at the bones. Do you have any idea?" Lin Fan pointed at the bones and asked Sima Liang.

Sima Liang came over and he got excited when he saw the bones.

"It's Oblivion Steel! A rare material that can inflict damage on the soul with weapons forged in it."

Sima Liang replied and took out a bottle.

He opened the bottle and poured some of the liquid inside onto the man.

Upon contact with the liquid, the man's body gave out smoke and started burning.

Lin Fan stood a few steps back to get away from the heat.

After a few moments the fire died down and the man's body turned into a heap of ash and heaps of Oblivion Steel.

"Nice," Lin Fan said as he kept the heaps of Oblivion Steel into his toad statue.

They proceeded and did the same for the other body.

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At the front door, a few of the participants gathered.

They were facing a hoard of decaying men and dogs.

"Don't be cowards. It's just a test from the ancestors."

Sima Yun stood behind them and ordered them to charge at the hoard.

His orders made them calm for a moment, and with their assistants, they went forth.

Soon it was a chaotic battle.

The dogs bit at the legs or lunged at the necks, and the decaying men tried to tackle the participants down.

Making it very hard to defend.

They were just too numerous.

"Sima Yun, you coward!"

When one of the participants saw Sima Yun slipping away and getting further into the mansion, he shouted in anger.

But it was too late for him.

A dog was biting at his neck, and a decaying man was pushing him to the ground.

He gritted his teeth and took out the jade pendant.

As much as he wanted to stay, he couldn't.

It was the choice between life and death.

When the jade pendant was broken, a green glow enveloped him, and he was out of the Secret Realm the next moment.

"Look more gave up."

"Yeah, Liu, your son is over there."

"What? Not Ku too?"

"Wait, Sima Liang and that menial disciple are still inside?"

When the crowd outside the secret realm saw more participants gave up, they got excited again.

Much to their surprise, Lin Fan and Sima Liang were not one of those who'd given up.

They were still in the race.

"This tea is cold!" one of the elders shouted.

Displeased with what he saw.

He expected Sima Yun would have taken care of Sima Liang by now.

"Calm down. It's chilly up here; the servants must not have realized."

The governor chimed in, and with a smile, he turned to Sima Lou.

"Seems like it's getting more exciting as we come closer to the finish line."

"Of course. Sima Quan, Sima Huang, and Sima Yun are all close contenders."

These were the three other participants left inside other than Sima Liang.

Each of them with very powerful assistants.

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"Found anything?" Lin Fan asked as he rummaged through the drawers in front of him.

They were in a living quarter, and they tried to find treasures in the rooms.

"Here!" Sima Liang exclaimed as he raised his hand with a glowing pearl on his palm.

Lin Fan wanted to go over and check, but he stopped.

The hair on his back stood.

Something was looking at him from outside the room, ready to strike at any moment.