Inside the Cloudsmoke Forest, all participants were trying their best to hunt more and more rank two magical beasts.
Many participants suffered heavy injuries and some of them even died. Some died while battling with magical beast and some died from the hands of another participants.
In the deep of the Cloudsmoke Forest, a young man was walking forward and in front of him was a wall made up of the thick layer of fogs. He was planning to enter past the thick layer of fog and see what was behind it but just as he was about to take a step forward, a loud cry of someone resounded from a certain direction.
He stopped and looked at the direction from which he heard that loud cry of someone. He felt that it was confusing as he could feel many emotions mixed in that cry. He could not understand, what exactly happen which led a person to cry out loud inside the forest. From the sound of this cry, he understood one thing and that was that the person did not cry because he was ambushed by someone or he was on the verge of death. He cried because of extreme anger and helplessness.
That young man felt puzzled deep down in his heart so he threw the idea of entering past the wall of the thick layer of fogs and started walking in the direction from where that sound of cry came. He did not have to walk for long before he reached his destination. There he saw a young man was kneeling but his head was raised and he was looking toward the sky.
He was standing in the backside of that young man who was kneeling and because of this he could not see the young man's face so he decided to walk near him. He came beside the young man and saw his face which was filled with extreme anger, helplessness as well as unwillingness.
"Lin Hao?"
Ye Xiao was still looking up toward the sky which was somewhat unclear because of many large trees and its branches which was spreading wide in every direction and covered the sky. He suddenly felt as if someone was standing beside him. He immediately became alert and turned his head a little and was surprised to find out that the young man who came beside him was none other than Lin Hao.
"You know me?" Lin Hao asked almost without any emotion.
Ye Xiao also hurriedly stand up and since he was still in a very bad mood so he also replied emotionlessly, "Those who participated in this competition, who does not know you."
After saying that Ye Xiao looked in front of him and saw the wall made up of the thick layer of fog.
Lin Hao was also stunned by the answer of Ye Xiao. From the moment of his rise, no matter who it was, everyone always tried to be friendly toward him. Everyone wanted to gain his favours. No one dared to be rude to him. Even the emperor of the Azure Dragon Country himself tried to gain his attention and rope him in the Imperial Family by giving out many benefits to him.
No matter where he went in the Azure Dragon Country, everyone welcomed him with smile and gave him everything he wanted and also those things that he does nit wanted.
He even thought that there was no one in the entire Azure Dragon Country who will be rude to him try to offend him.
But here, he met a person who answered him just as emotionlessly as he was when he asked a question to that person even after knowing who he was. How can he not be surprised. He looked at Ye Xiao deeply but it was not because of anger but because of curiousness. He felt curious about Ye Xiao.
He kept staring at Ye Xiao until Ye Xiao disappeared from his sight. But he felt as if something was wrong.
Shit...that person entered in the thick layer of fog.
Lin Hao suddenly understood why he was feeling as if something was wrong here. That young man who was still standing in front of him some moment ago, vanished in the thick layer of fog.
He... Did he just ignored me?
Lin Hao again became surprised by the behaviour of Ye Xiao.
Everyone he met in his life after rising in strength tried to win his attention by doing many meaningless and meaningful things for him but here in the forest, a young man he just met, ignored him even after knowing his identity.
Lin Hao didn't felt that Ye Xiao was a strong enough but he dared to enter in the thick layer of fog. So, how could he, who is already at the brink of becoming a martial artist of the Origin Core Realm left behind that young man. he also hurriedly walked and entered in the thick layer of fog.
Just as he entered in the thick layer of, he felt that he had lost any sense of direction. But what can he do, he had already entered so he keep walking forward. He walked and walked for a very long time before he saw a small ray of light flashing in front of him. He speed up and finally walked past the thick layer of fog and appeared in extremely dense forest where he even felt difficulty in taking a step forward.
He knew that he was still inside the Cloudsmoke Forest but he didn't knew at what place he was currently standing. He turned back and saw that thick layer of fog in front of him. Then he turned around to look for that young man who ignored him and entered in the thick layer of fog, appearing here first but he failed to find him. So, even though he felt like returning immediately, he did not return and walked forward, searching for that person.