The system is the proficiency panel

Yun Shitian licked his lips, his golden armor reflecting a cold and hard luster in the thin skylight. A warlike light flashed in his eyes, and he lowered his voice and spoke.

"Lin Ji, three injured legends, a bunch of elites, Lin Ji, should we…"

He made a gesture of encirclement.

"Take this opportunity to wipe them out in one fell swoop. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

Upon hearing this, the several cultivators at the foundation-building stage beside him couldn't help but breathe heavier, their eyes fixed on Lin Ji. If they could accomplish their goal in one fell swoop and eradicate the biggest cancerous leaders of the Quicksand Forest, the subsequent cleanup would undoubtedly be countless times easier.

Lin Ji stood with his hands behind his back, his face as calm as water. His deep gaze seemed to penetrate the barriers of space, directly observing the bloody battle within that small world. Hearing this, he slowly shook his head.

"The risk is too great. The struggle of trapped beasts is particularly brutal. Those are three legends. Even if they are seriously injured and on the verge of death, their counterattack is not something we can easily withstand. Although the small world bead can trap them, it cannot completely isolate them from the impact of their unleashing full force. If we forcefully intervene, forcing them to put aside their hatred and unite against the enemy..."

He paused, glanced at the crowd, and saw that the fanaticism in Yun Shitian and others' eyes had cooled slightly before he continued.

"By then, not only would Ningxue's small world bead be damaged, but we ourselves would also inevitably suffer casualties. The best outcome would be to use them to weaken each other, kill the most important target, Harken, and then try to capture Carlos."

His analysis was calm and brutal, instantly awakening the crowd, who were blinded by the desire to fight. Master Pang Bin smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"Daozi is absolutely right. Biting off more than you can chew."

Lin Ji said no more, turned his head slightly, and looked at Xiao Ningxue, who had her eyes closed and was concentrating, communicating with the small world bead with her spiritual consciousness. Her white hair fluttered slightly in the air flow, and her beautiful face remained cold.

"Ningxue."

Lin Ji's voice slowed down a bit, with a barely perceptible hint of concern.

"What's the situation inside? How serious is the battle?"

Xiao Ningxue's long eyelashes trembled, she slowly opened her eyes, and her cold voice rang out.

"The three parties were completely enraged. Balk, relying on his physical strength, attacked without defending, clinging to Harken with all his might. Each blow was a suicidal one, severely damaging Harken's left arm, but his own internal organs were also corroded by the corrupted energy, leaving him severely injured."

"Kaloz was the most cunning. He'd been fighting on the periphery, commanding his men to continuously attack Harken's personal guards. He'd also attempted several times to collect the Star Fluid with his spatial scroll, but each attempt was destroyed by the Star Fluid's own force field. Over half of the Ash Elite he brought with him had been destroyed, and only three of Harken's personal guards were left struggling to hold on, each of them wounded."

"Halken was in the most desperate situation, attacked from both sides. Although he was the strongest and his corruption spells were strange and fierce, he had already killed dozens of Ash experts and severely injured one of Kaluoz's lieutenants. However, Balk's reckless attack made it impossible for him to fully deal with the others. He suffered several deep wounds that could be seen to the bone, and his energy was greatly consumed. He attempted to use powerful Abyssal spells, but was always interrupted by Balk or interfered by Kaluoz."

She paused slightly, sensing for a moment, and added.

"The force field surrounding the star fluid remains solid, and no one can get close. Husband, I don't think Balk can hold out for much longer. What should we do next?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Lin Ji again. With Balk defeated, the fragile balance would be broken. Would the remaining Harken and Carlos continue to fight, or would they realize they had been tricked and temporarily stop?

A cold light flashed in Lin Ji's eyes, without the slightest hesitation.

"The main target is Harken. Ningxue, once Balk is defeated and escapes the small world bead, you will deploy a formation to surround this place and block any prying eyes. Master Pu, your injuries are not healed yet, so just hold Carlos back. The rest of you will follow me to kill Harken."

The command was instantly understood. The spiritual energy fluctuations in the air suddenly grew fiercer, and powerful auras began to gather and lock onto the enemy. Behind the curtain of water, murderous intent, like a sword about to be unsheathed, pointed directly downwards.

Xiao Ningxue nodded slightly, concentrating on sensing the situation in the small world bead, waiting for the last bit of balance to collapse.

……

Inside the small world bead.

"Roar!"

Butcher Balk let out a beast-like roar of pain, and his blood-stained giant axe collided fiercely with Harken's dark red energy claws that condensed rich corruptive power!

Boom!

A violent energy shock wave swept through the space again, knocking several Ash Minions and Rotthroat Cultists who were unable to dodge it back and causing them to vomit blood and fly backwards.

Balk's massive body trembled violently, dark red blood mingled with fragments of his internal organs oozing from the corners of his mouth. He felt as if his internal organs were being pierced and churned by countless roots of corruption, Harken's corrupting energy furiously sapping his vitality. His previous reckless onslaught had inflicted heavy damage on Harken, but it had also pushed him to the brink of exhaustion.

Elsewhere, Harken's situation was equally dire. His left arm drooped limply, the axe-torn wound dripping with blood, constantly blocked from healing by Balk's raging fighting spirit. A deep, charred scar, visible to the bone, stretched from his right shoulder to his chest—the result of a sneak attack from Carloz. After facing the siege of two legends in a row, even his strongest form felt unprecedented fatigue and exhaustion.

It can't go on like this!

Balk's remaining sanity screamed frantically. Revenge was important, but his own life was more important. Besides, Harken had been severely injured, and his goal had been partially achieved. He had to leave.

As soon as the thought came to mind, the instinct for survival instantly overwhelmed the madness of revenge.

"Halken, I'll take your arm today, and I'll take your head tomorrow!"

Balk roared, but instead of moving forward, he used the recoil of the collision to turn around suddenly, using his last bit of strength to throw the giant axe at Carloz who was trying to approach, forcing him to dodge. At the same time, he stomped his feet hard, and his huge body shot towards the exit in his memory like a cannonball.

"Want to run? Stay!"

Harken was filled with shock and anger, and was unwilling to let his seriously injured enemy go. The dark red energy transformed into a giant palm to grab at him, but due to his injury, he was a little slow and only tore off a large piece of flesh on Balk's back.

Balk groaned, and regardless of anything, he rushed towards the exit and disappeared in an instant.

Almost at the same moment that Balke disappeared, Carlos, who had been fighting on the periphery and looking for opportunities, suddenly burst into a determined and greedy light in his eyes.

It's now!

Balke was defeated, Harken was seriously injured and his attention was attracted. This is a good opportunity!

He no longer hesitated, and suddenly stretched out his right hand, which had been hidden in his sleeve. The arm was now covered with a dense layer of strange scales interwoven with shadows and metals. A dark purple dangerous light flowed in the gaps between the scales - the legendary weapon Shadow Ripper.

"Come here!"

Carlos let out a hoarse scream, and the five fingers of his right hand covered with scales turned into claws, grabbing fiercely at the drop of slowly rotating brilliant star liquid!

hum!

It was as if two stars collided, and a loud noise that was extremely dull but enough to shatter the soul erupted in the small world!

The scales on Carlos' right arm cracked slightly at the moment of contact, and the bones made a teeth-grinding sound of twisting and breaking. The whole arm bent at a strange angle, the skin exploded, and blood dripped.

But a smirk of ecstasy appeared on his face!

He caught it, although it came at a heavy price, but his fingers did hold tightly onto that drop of extremely heavy liquid!

"Halken, thank you for your hospitality. This treasure is mine!"

Carlos laughed wildly, not even glancing at Harken, who was momentarily stunned by the sudden change and then furious. He also didn't even glance at the tearing force still lingering in his arm. He forcibly locked onto the exit and disappeared, following closely behind Balk. As for those men, they were nothing compared to this treasure.

"Do not!!!"

Harken's roar was filled with endless anger, frustration, and a subtle hint of panic. He watched helplessly as his mortal enemy fled and the coveted treasure was taken away, while he himself was slowed down by injuries and continuous fighting!

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

"Chase! Kill them! Take back the sacred object!"

Harken went completely mad, screaming at the two remaining wounded guards. He transformed into a streak of dark red light and rushed towards the exit. He had paid such a huge price, he could not lose that drop of liquid.

……

Outside the rift.

Balk's figure was the first to stumble out from the gray-white beads at the bottom of the crack. He was covered in blood and his breath was extremely weak. After appearing, he did not stop at all, and did not even dare to look back. Burning with the last of his fighting spirit, he was about to escape into the depths of the forest.

Two seconds later, Carlos also staggered out, his right hand twisted strangely, tightly grasping the drop of glowing star liquid, his face showing a mixture of ecstasy and pain, just as he was about to leave.

hum!

A huge, complex formation pattern that flashed with azure light suddenly lit up from the ground and rock walls around the crack, like a net that had been woven long ago, and it closed in an instant!

Countless transparent light curtains like water waves shot up into the sky and quickly intertwined into a huge hemispherical barrier, completely covering and isolating the entire crack and its surrounding areas.

Carlos bumped headfirst into the seemingly soft but in fact extremely tough light curtain, causing it to dent, but he was unable to break through. He was violently bounced back and hit the ground. He looked up in horror, looking at the sudden barrier with an uncertain expression.

Almost the next second after Carlos appeared, Harken rushed out with a rage that soared to the sky.

The two leaders met again at the bottom of the chasm, but the situation was different. Both were trapped by this sudden barrier!

At this moment, from high in the sky, Lin Ji's cold voice fell like a judgment, clearly reaching the ears of everyone in the barrier.

"The time has come."

"According to the plan, get started!"

As he spoke, the ripple-like cover above the barrier dissipated, revealing the figures of Lin Ji, Pu Jianxing, Xiao Ningxue, Pang Bin, Yun Shitian, Feng Tian, ​​Dao Yan, and nearly twenty cultivators who had established their foundation in the realm of mind.

The powerful aura pressed down like a mountain, locking onto the two people who were fighting desperately below.

Although Pu Jianxing's face was still pale, his eyes were as sharp as a sword. He took a step forward, and his green robe moved without wind. A condensed sword intent was like an invisible barrier, instantly standing between the restless Carlos and Harken, and he said in a deep voice.

"Carlos, your opponent is me."

Although his injury had not healed, Pu Jianxing was more than capable of stopping the exhausted Carlos.

Lin Ji's gaze was like ten-thousand-year-old ice, completely locked on the severely injured and exhausted Chief Priest of the Rotthroat - Harken.

At the bottom of the rift valley, a dragnet has been formed.

Master Pang Bin's round, always smiling face was now devoid of any warmth, replaced only by the solemnity and majesty expected of a Golden Core Master. His slightly plump figure took a step forward, conveying a sense of mountainous calmness. Without further ado, he quickly formed seals with his hands, and a surge of earth-yellow spiritual energy surged through his body, drawing upon the power of the earth.

"Genshan·Mountain-Suppressing Seal!"

Pang Bin shouted softly and thrust his palms forward. He didn't attack Harken directly, but instead stirred the earth around him!

Rumble!

A terrifying suction and crushing sensation emanated from the ground beneath Harken's feet, as if the entire earth had come alive, dragging him down to its core and crushing him to dust. A pressure as heavy as a mountain, exceeding the weight of a continent, descended upon him, severely restricting Harken's movement and power. This was precisely the Earth Realm that Pang Bin excelled at, focusing on control and suppression.

Harken was filled with shock and anger, his fighting spirit erupting as he forcibly resisted the earth's restraints, but his body inevitably froze. He felt as if he were trapped in an invisible position, and every movement became extremely difficult.

It's now!

Lin Ji's figure was like a ghost, silently slicing in at the moment Pang Bin attacked. The space-time realm quietly unfolded, not over a large area, but rather delicately affecting the small space around him and Harken.

Time and space are stagnant.

It didn't stop completely, but rather caused the flow of space and time around Harken to suddenly slow by dozens of times. Harken's perception was that his thoughts, movements, and energy flow were also like being shackled by heavy shackles, slowing abnormally. His original speed of nearly ten thousand times the speed of sound was reduced to a mere hundred times the speed of sound by this double reduction.

At the same time, Lin Ji unsheathed his longsword, his sword intent sharpened to its peak. The blade hummed, emitting a cold light capable of severing everything. He chose not the most powerful move, Spacetime Condensation, which required a long buildup of energy. Instead, he imbued the blade with the spirit of spacetime, accelerating it to its maximum speed the moment it was unsheathed, reaching a thousand times the speed of sound, exceeding Harken's sluggish perception!

Split the sky.

An almost invisible sword light flashed, tearing a crack in space.

Harken barely managed to turn his body, his protective Dou Qi being sliced ​​through like paper. The blade's edge raked across his already injured left shoulder, leaving a deep wound running through his chest, visible to the bone. A subtle lingering sword energy lingered around the wound's edges, constantly interfering with the energy's gathering and the wound's healing process, inflicting constant, excruciating pain.

"How dare you, ants!"

Harken roared in pain, shocked and furious. He hadn't expected these hidden guys to attack with such a ruthless and cunning attack, or such tacit coordination. The fat man's suppressive power was bizarre, while the young man's sword was not only swift, but could also tear through space and shatter his defenses.