Thump, thump, thump. Before he could see what had appeared, Li Hengsheng first heard the heavy footsteps.

Next, Li Hengsheng suddenly saw a tree flying straight towards him. The speed was astonishing.

“Break!” Li Hengsheng thrust out with his spear, shattering the incoming tree trunk on the spot. Then, he saw a giant ape emerge from the forest. Standing at a height of three meters, its golden fur was robust and muscular, its eyes fixed on Li Hengsheng.

The sound of footsteps came from all directions, as numerous Spirit Beasts emerged.

“Iron Bone Golden Ape.” Seeing this Spirit Beast, Li Hengsheng was surprised. This was his first encounter with such a creature, having only read about it in books.

Golden fur, steel-like bones, and immense strength. When mature, it could rival a master of the Prenatal Realm.

However, a mature one would be over ten meters tall. This one was less than four meters, indicating it was still in its youth.

Even so, each Iron Bone Golden Ape had the strength to rival an ordinary Postnatal Realm practitioner.

Any ordinary Transcendence Realm martial artist would probably be unable to proceed here. Li Hengsheng remembered that the disciples who reached the ninth island on the Beast List were already within the top two hundred. It seemed that the Dao Mountain Ancient Land was indeed a place where talents emerged in large numbers.

“Let’s give it a try then!” Li Hengsheng was filled with a fighting spirit, and he charged at the Iron Bone Golden Ape that had thrown the tree at him.

“Roar!” The Iron Bone Golden Ape roared, raising its fist to strike at the approaching Li Hengsheng.

The size of its fist was almost half the size of Li Hengsheng. Such a punch had the power to shake mountains.

“Break!” Li Hengsheng shouted, his aura exploding. His Chasing Immortal Spear thrust forward, creating a storm-like momentum.

He shattered the Iron Bone Golden Ape’s palm on the spot. Li Hengsheng didn’t miss this opportunity, raising his hand and piercing the ape’s throat with his spear.

“This guy’s strength is indeed great.” Li Hengsheng had to admit, this Iron Bone Golden Ape was stronger than any Spirit Beast he had faced before.

But for him, it was still not enough. Even though a dense crowd of Iron Bone Golden Apes was already charging at him.

In a physical contest, his body was even stronger than a Postnatal Realm martial artist, so he had nothing to fear. He plunged directly into the crowd of Iron Bone Golden Apes, his spear creating a rain of stars, fighting fiercely. In just a quarter of an hour, he had completely wiped out the Iron Bone Golden Apes.

A moment later, Li Hengsheng stepped onto the ninth island. Meanwhile, at the Mirror Heart Lake, when people saw Li Hengsheng challenging the Beast Gathering, they turned their attention to the Beast List to see if Li Hengsheng could make it onto the list.

When Li Hengsheng’s ranking appeared, it was directly at the 496th place on the Beast List. At this time, those who were watching Li Hengsheng didn’t feel anything special, after all, it was a foregone conclusion that Li Hengsheng would make it onto the list, there was nothing surprising about it.

However, as time passed, every time Li Hengsheng’s ranking was updated, it jumped up by a large margin, causing more and more shock.

“He’s at 247th place now.”

“My god, he’s already at 223rd place!”

“Brother Li has reached the ninth island.” It was only when Li Hengsheng reached the ninth island that the many disciples were shocked.

Most of those watching the list were Transcendence Realm disciples. Ever since Li Hengsheng killed the Iron Face Man, these Transcendence Realm disciples had been using Li Hengsheng as a role model in their cultivation. They didn’t expect to defeat the Iron Face Man, but at least they hoped to last a few more moves against him.

Now seeing Li Hengsheng challenging the Beast Gathering, they naturally came to watch. Some even hurriedly sent messages to their friends.

“What, Brother Li is challenging the Beast Gathering? I’ll go watch right away!” A disciple who was practicing immediately dropped his sword and rushed towards Mirror Heart Lake.

“Brother Li is challenging the Beast Gathering? I must go watch this!” On Distant Peak, Yan Yuyun’s eyes lit up when she heard the news, and she quickly left Distant Peak for Mirror Heart Lake.

By Mirror Heart Lake, many people sat waiting to see the result of Li Hengsheng’s challenge.

“Brother Li is really amazing. I wonder how he managed to get past the eighth island. Those Iron Bone Golden Apes are really strong. Each one has an astonishing amount of strength. If it’s one-on-one, I might be able to barely defeat one, but when a group comes at me, I can’t handle it. I was directly smashed into a pulp by two punches.” A disciple at the peak of the Transcendence Realm said with a look of envy.

“I feel the same. My best record was killing twenty-eight of them, but I was already exhausted and ended up dying there.” Another disciple sighed lightly.”The ninth island, that’s not easy to deal with.” An outer sect disciple chuckled, “Li Hengsheng is indeed capable, but the Beast Gathering and the Ninefold Battle Pavilion are different. I’ve heard that he practices the ‘Overlord Immortal Spear Technique’. This technique has a strong burst of power, nearly invincible in one-on-one fights, but it doesn’t show its power in group battles.”

“Overlord Immortal Spear Technique? Sounds powerful, I want to learn it too.” A disciple at the fifth level of the Transcendence Realm said, his eyes sparkling.

“Learn your head!” A fellow disciple next to him slapped his head, “You just learn whatever you know, learning that will get you killed quickly!” Seeing Li Hengsheng persisting on the ninth island for so long without reaching the tenth island, the crowd watching the data outside also started to get anxious.

Because they saw that the number of enemies Li Hengsheng killed on the ninth island had obviously slowed down. It had been an incense stick’s worth of time, and Li Hengsheng had only killed twenty-two.

Each island has a hundred spirit beasts. If the speed of killing slows down, failure is not far off.

“That’s normal.” An inner sect powerhouse laughed, “It’s already very good for Li Hengsheng to reach the ninth island. Now he has killed twenty-two, and he has already ranked 204th. Do you know that the ninth island is inhabited by Iron-tailed Rhinowolves, which are not easy to deal with.”

“Iron-tailed Rhinowolves!” The crowd’s faces changed slightly. It was such a terrifying creature. The Iron-tailed Rhinowolf is not only huge in size, but its tail is very long, about three to four meters, and that tail is their most powerful weapon, completely harder than steel, and very sharp, swinging it is like a steel whip with blades.

Many disciples at the perfect innate realm couldn’t survive on this ninth island. At this moment, Li Hengsheng was indeed in a tough battle.

On the ninth island, numerous Iron-tailed Rhinowolves surrounded Li Hengsheng, their tails swinging at him like long whips.

The Chasing Immortal Spear in Li Hengsheng’s hand was not designed according to the Nine True Spears, even if he used the spear technique of the Nine True Spears, the power was greatly reduced.

And these attacks hurt a lot when they hit him, Li Hengsheng was in big trouble at this moment.

But Li Hengsheng could still hold on at this moment, because as long as he seized the opportunity, killed one, he could continue to dodge, then continue to find opportunities to kill the next one.

It can be said that the method Li Hengsheng is using now is completely unimitable by others. After all, not everyone is like Li Hengsheng, who has the Sun-Moon Immortal-Demon Divine Body to protect him, has a strong blood energy to support himself, and has the amazing spear technique of the Overlord Immortal Spear.

“Boom!” With a spear, another Iron-tailed Rhinowolf was killed. Although the killing speed was slow, it was effective.

This method was completely supported by Li Hengsheng’s willpower. Li Hengsheng didn’t dare to think about how Nan Haofei managed to reach the eleventh island.

The disciples waiting outside watched as Li Hengsheng killed one Iron-tailed Rhinowolf after another, and gradually, their expressions became strange.

Is Li Hengsheng still human? He has been killing on this ninth island for two hours! Does he still have energy?

Is his physical body so strong? How did he manage to fight continuously for two hours, they wished they could watch a live broadcast.

“Brother Li…” A female disciple couldn’t help but swallow, whispering, “Is he so enduring?”

“I really want to try Brother Li’s spear technique…” As she said this, her eyes were sparkling. Yan Yuyun looked at Li Hengsheng’s achievements, her face full of disbelief. She was also challenging the ninth island, but she couldn’t get past it.

As a result, Li Hengsheng actually killed until there were only four Iron-tailed Rhinowolves left on the ninth island? And the next moment, there were no Iron-tailed Rhinowolves left.

Li Hengsheng’s name disappeared from its previous position and directly entered the top two hundred! The tenth island!

Outside, there was a sigh. Among the disciples of the Transcendence Realm, Li Hengsheng also entered the top three. And Li Hengsheng’s physical strength had also recovered at this moment, he had almost exhausted his strength after fighting continuously for two hours on the ninth island.

Fortunately, when he reached the tenth island, his condition came back. He regained his confidence as a man. But even though his physical condition had returned, Li Hengsheng felt mentally exhausted at this time.

The appearance of the tenth island didn’t have too many spirit beasts. The ground was rumbling, and what appeared in front of Li Hengsheng was only a huge creature.

Its whole body was made of stone, and it was more than six meters tall.

“Ancient Stone Demon?” Seeing this huge spirit beast, Li Hengsheng suddenly realized that there were not a hundred spirit beasts on the tenth island, but only one very powerful spirit beast.

Defeating this spirit beast would be considered passing. If there were a hundred, Li Hengsheng might have a headache, but one… Just as the disciples outside were guessing whether Li Hengsheng could pass the tenth island, Li Hengsheng’s figure disappeared instantly, directly appearing in the 189th place.

The following also pertains to the eleventh island.

“Brother Li has actually cleared the tenth island so quickly!” Everyone was taken aback at this moment. However, those who had cleared the tenth island were not surprised.

They were all well aware of the situation on the tenth island. Although the ancient stone demon of the island was strong, there was only one after all.

For Li Hengsheng, dealing with a single spirit beast was much easier than dealing with a group. After all, his Overlord Immortal Spear was not to be underestimated.

The strength of the ancient stone demon was inferior to that of the Iron-faced man. Li Hengsheng managed to slay the ancient stone demon with just three strikes.

However, when Li Hengsheng arrived at the eleventh island, he did not continue the challenge, but instead emerged from the Beast Gathering.

Li Hengsheng was not afraid to challenge, but the continuous challenges in the Beast Gathering, especially the challenge on the ninth island, had almost exhausted his energy.

Although physical fatigue could be recovered in the Mirror Heart Lake, mental fatigue could not be eliminated.

“Brother Li.” Seeing Li Hengsheng stand up, many disciples came forward.

“I will continue the challenge tomorrow, I must take my leave now.” Li Hengsheng said this and turned to leave. This kind of challenge record existed, and he could continue when he challenged tomorrow.

The other disciples also understood that Li Hengsheng was mentally exhausted. After all, they dared not even think about fighting continuously for several hours.

After returning to Qingyu Mountain, Li Hengsheng went straight to sleep. The previous consumption was indeed too great.

However, after this battle, Li Hengsheng also summarized his shortcomings. His ability in group battles was still weak. The Nine True Spear Technique was a kind of open and close spear technique. His Chasing Immortal Spear could not exert its true power, and his understanding of the Nine True Spear Technique was still lacking. There were many powerful moves that he could not fully execute.

Perhaps it was due to the spear, or perhaps his control over the realm was not enough. The Nine True Spear Technique was more focused on self-defense. When practiced to a certain realm, it could control a kind of primordial momentum, but he was still far from touching that realm.

Otherwise, he would not have wasted so much time on the ninth island. At this time, Xue Qianbai was looking at the paper in front of him. He was about to participate in the Ghost Devil trial. As the deputy head, Xue Qianbai had to decide who would participate in the Ghost Devil trial.

Looking at the list and brief introductions of the disciples sent by each Peak Master, Xue Qianbai had already written down quite a few names.

The head was not there, and he would also have to lead the team to participate in the Ghost Devil trial. When he saw the list sent by Xu Muhai, there were ten people on the list.

They were all disciples of Mu Haifeng. This was also what Xu Muhai wrote down before he left and asked someone to pass it to Xue Qianbai.

This time, the Dao Mountain Ancient Land was allocated sixty places. Looking at the ten people written by Mu Haifeng, at most, he could only give Mu Haifeng three places.

“Li Hengsheng?” Seeing this name, Xue Qianbai raised his eyebrows. This Li Hengsheng had not yet stepped into the Postnatal Realm, so why was his name written down?

However, with the sixth-grade pill, it was indeed destined to step into the Postnatal Realm. He just didn’t know if Li Changqing wanted his son to participate in this Ghost Devil trial.

Thinking of this, Xue Qianbai simply wrote a letter, briefly wrote about the Ghost Devil trial, and then had his Snow Eagle deliver it to Changting Town.

A long time after the Snow Eagle left, Xue Qianbai, who was writing names, suddenly stopped his pen.

“Hmph, Li Hengsheng is a disciple of my Dao Mountain Ancient Land. Why should I ask him if he wants to go to the Ghost Devil?” Xue Qianbai felt something was wrong after sending the letter.

Why should he ask Li Changqing? It was utterly absurd. Thinking of this, Xue Qianbai picked up his pen and wrote down Li Hengsheng’s name.