"What... are you doing?"

In the forest, the burly man lowered his head, looking at the palm pressed against his chest. There was no denying that Lu Ye's strength wasn't small, but that was all there was to it.

He couldn't understand why the opponent would do such a thing in a life-and-death struggle.

As he spoke, the scimitar in his hand slashed toward Lu Ye again, but at that moment, the palm imprinted on his chest suddenly exerted force, as Lu Ye realized something was wrong and activated the power within him.

The burly man let out a dull groan, flying backward on his back, his chest caved in, falling a few meters away. He struggled to get up with the aid of his scimitar, looking at Lu Ye with an expression full of disbelief: "A... cultivator!"

After speaking, he fell to the ground again, blood flowing from his mouth.

Lu Ye stood in place, raising his hand to touch his cheek, then looked at his palm, which was full of blood.

A mortal who had never practiced cultivation... wielding an ordinary weapon that didn't even qualify as a magic artifact, actually managed to injure him!

This was simply shocking.

He hurriedly examined himself, only to find that he was now extremely weak.

This feeling of weakness had been with him since arriving at this training ground, but before he could fully experience it, the Dice of Fate had appeared and distracted him.

Only now, after sensing the depth of it, did he discover something hard to accept, he was suppressed, and in an extremely terrifying way.

A few days ago, when he was chatting and drinking with Arbuluo and Gu Sheng, they talked about their own training experiences. As top-tier Moon Jade powerhouses, they encountered suppression from the Asura Field in one out of every ten trainings.

Because their strength was too great, unless they were thrown into a training ground with Sun Blaze cultivators, there was rarely anything that could pose a threat to them.

This didn't align with the risk involved in every training, so the Asura Field would suppress their strength in this way.

Both had the experience of being suppressed to only Constellation strength.

When Lu Ye heard this news before, he speculated he would encounter it too, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Moreover... the suppression he was experiencing now was countless times more severe than what Arbuluo and Gu Sheng described.

Because upon careful perception, he found that his current strength was only equivalent to a Spirit Stream Realm, no, not even Spirit Stream, as he could only sense the existence of four spiritual orifices.

And what was stored in these four spiritual orifices wasn't mana, but spirit force!

Not only was his cultivation suppressed, but Lu Ye couldn't even exercise his mental consciousness, clearly indicating that the Divine Sea was also sealed, and even his physical intensity was suppressed to the level of a newcomer to the cultivation world.

Otherwise, how could a mortal's slash possibly injure him?

If the opponent hadn't tripped suddenly, that slash aimed at his neck could have had unpredictable consequences.

Had the mysterious power of the Dice of Fate come into play?

Lu Ye's expression was heavy; something was amiss.

Suppression was normal, but suppression to this extent wasn't.

He steadied his mind once more, checking the Talent Tree. If this suppression came from the Asura Field, could the Talent Tree have an effect?

Just like how the Talent Tree could burn away the power of the Asura Pact.

But to his confusion, the Talent Tree showed no reaction, meaning this suppression wasn't some external force that could be burned off but another method unknown to him, hence why the Talent Tree wouldn't respond.

A powerful cultivation reduced to the power of just four orifices, but fortunately, he could still sense the Talent Tree, which meant he could activate it.

Moreover, he still had the Boulder Mountain Saber!

This was a blade forged from the Combat Race; even with the power of just four orifices, having this Divine Weapon in hand should make completing this trial feasible.

Various thoughts whirled in his mind in an instant. At the same time, Lu Ye caught sight of a glimmer flying towards him from the direction of the dead burly man out of the corner of his eye.

He instinctively thought it was an attack and hurriedly tried to dodge, but he couldn't evade it. The light hit his waist and disappeared.

Yet, Lu Ye didn't feel any sensation of being struck.

Looking skeptically at the burly man, he confirmed the man was indeed dead. What was that light just now?

After a careful examination, Lu Ye noticed something different; the number above the burly man's head, a thousand, was gone, and his corpse was dispersing into glittering light.

When he thought about where the light struck... Lu Ye quickly grabbed the Asura Authority Token at his waist, focusing on the number representing the Asura Seal.

It had increased by a thousand!

Since the Asura Seal gained from the last training seemed off, Lu Ye was very clear about how many Asura Seals he currently had, compared to before, his Asura Seal had obviously increased by a thousand.

Could it be that...

Lu Ye's eyes brightened.

This is truly great luck. Although he's a bit frustrated by the unprecedented suppression he's facing, where else could he find such a fortune as killing one evil brute and earning a thousand Asura Seals?

He was originally worried that this training might end up like the last one, spending time and effort only to receive the most basic experience.

Looking at it now, such worry is obviously unnecessary.

Punishing evil directly increases Asura Seals, without waiting for the final settlement!

"Immortal Master!" A cry rang out, followed by someone scrambling over to Lu Ye and kneeling, pleading tearfully: "Please, Immortal Master, save us!"

While speaking, she kept kowtowing fiercely.

Lu Ye looked down and noticed that the one kneeling before him was the very woman captured earlier. Each time she kowtowed, it was with such force that a spot of crimson appeared on the ground.

Lu Ye blinked, staring at the top of her head, for he suddenly discovered that this woman also had a mysterious number above her head, bigger than that of the evil brute.

Two thousand…

This undoubtedly means that killing her would yield two thousand Asura Seals.

Though two thousand isn't much, it's equivalent to a day's basic reward in the training scenario.

This helpless, miserable woman… is she also a villain?

Lu Ye furrowed his brow, for she didn't quite look the part; he was somewhat confused about the situation.

The other party kept pleading, calling him Immortal Master, with an extremely sorrowful voice.

Lu Ye pondered slightly, then bent down and extended his hand: "Stand up and speak!"

He helped the woman up, whose face was full of distress and eyes somewhat urgent: "Immortal Master, please save us."

Lu Ye also noticed the problem, seeing the village at the foot of the mountain ablaze, with sounds of fighting coming from there. Clearly, the disaster didn't befall only this woman; she was only picked by the brute due to her good looks and figure.

Normally, such a distance wouldn't hinder Lu Ye's perception, but now he's too suppressed to detect it timely.

Seeing Lu Ye realize the situation nearby, the woman urgently said: "Immortal Master, mountain bandits are attacking, many have died, please have mercy and save us!"

Lu Ye's expression immediately turned grim: "To act so brazenly in broad daylight, they're simply lawless. Let me handle them!"

One mountain bandit equals one thousand Asura Seals, and there are more down the hill…

Lu Ye hadn't expected to encounter such good fortune; indeed, the Dice of Fate is mysteriously unparalleled.

The woman was startled, then delighted unexpectedly by how approachable Lu Ye was; she wanted to say more but saw Lu Ye already rushing downhill, only able to shout: "Be careful, Immortal Master, there seem to be cultivators among the bandits!"

Lu Ye heard her reminder but didn't care. His power was indeed heavily suppressed, but with the Boulder Mountain Saber in hand, what was there to fear?

Shortly after, he charged into the village alone, instantly spotting numerous fierce-looking mountain bandits chasing villagers. These bandits were exceedingly violent, clearly capable of swift kills, yet they weren't in any hurry, instead playing around, chasing the fleeing villagers, slowly torturing them to death amidst their despairing cries. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Even knowing these villagers were mere shadows, Lu Ye's fury surged at the scene.

He accepted the woman's request mainly to verify his idea, since both the woman and the brute he had killed had numbers representing Asura Seals on their heads, which clearly wasn't a coincidence, others likely had it too.

He came for the Asura Seals, naturally happy to earn more in the process of punishing evil.

At this moment, he indeed saw the numbers representing Asura Seals on these bandits' heads, but such a scene, even without Asura Seals, Lu Ye couldn't sit idle and watch.

"There's someone here!" A bandit wielding a machete spotted him, and immediately several bandits chasing villagers whistled over, advancing toward Lu Ye together.

Each bandit carried different weapons; seeing Lu Ye alone, unfazed, the one who called out sensed something amiss, shouting: "Be careful, this one seems skilled!"

As he spoke, he thrust a long spear fiercely at Lu Ye.

Though Lu Ye's power was suppressed, his years of fighting experience remained; facing this strike, he merely tilted his head slightly to easily dodge, moving forward swiftly, closing in on the spear-wielding bandit in the blink of an eye.

He raised his hand to the Boulder Mountain Saber, pulled fiercely…

Couldn't pull it out!

Lu Ye almost cursed out loud!

Asura Field… too much! Suppressing his power was enough, but even the Boulder Mountain Saber was restricted?

Even with only 4th orifice strength remaining, he shouldn't be unable to draw his saber; such a situation evidently stemmed from the Asura Field's interference.

He felt targeted! This vast Asura Field brimming with intense malice toward him.

No time for overthinking now, Lu Ye raised the hand gripping the saber's hilt, delivered a punch to the bandit's face.

Spirit force wrapped around the fist; how could an untrained bandit withstand this?

The sound of cracking skull resonated as the bandit flew backward; Lu Ye grabbed his spear, turned it, and casually jabbed sideways, piercing another bandit's chest who charged, swiftly through his torso.