Villain : I reincarnated as a Prince! Shouldn't I have a Harem?

Second test area, Phoenix Feather Sect,

Mo Fan looked at the Lavender Python glaring at him while the Golden Fur Lions had retreated into the bushes, however, he could feel their piercing gazes on him.

He knew they were just waiting for him to get exhausted by fighting the Lavender Python before attacking him. They were cunning beasts who were vary of each other and didn't want to make the first move.

Meanwhile, the sword-attacking formation was always active. He didn't know who laid this formation here, however, he cursed him in his heart more than a million times.

The sword would appear out of nowhere to kill him at any time. He had to be careful about it too. It was as if someone planned all this just to kill him.

"Hey, Hey, H-How did those lions get there? And what's with the sword attacking formation?" The Brown-Haired Peak master asked, yelling in shock.

"Hey look, isn't he the same boy that you were defending previously, Raging Phoenix Peak master? It appears that this boy has quite the bad luck!" The green-haired peak master pointed out.

"Rising Phoenix Peak Master, Can't you see this is a serious matter? What if the boy loses his life here? Wouldn't that implicate our sect?" An old peak master interjected with a grave expression.

"But what can we even do? Once someone has entered the phantom formation, they can't leave until either the phantom is destroyed or the candidate is unable to fight. If we force open the formation, it would destroy it, and then good luck with finding another formation Grandmaster to fix it." Rising Phoenix Peak Master answered as he shrugged.

The formation was pretty complex. It was connected to different areas and could produce different phantoms that were intelligent enough to not kill the opponent. Also judging a candidate's strength in different areas was a difficult task which made this formation unable to be handled by a formation master or below.

Formation Grand masters were also difficult to come by and were mostly found in the capital of the empire where the formation users gathered. Most Formation users would hide their identity to not get targeted by greedy cultivators.

Also, fixing the formation would take a large amount of qi stones and money.

To go through this much trouble just for a nascent soul cultivator seemed like a waste.

"Sigh... it appears that we can only hope that the boy kills the phantom first, then we can go and save him!" The old peak master sighed in helplessness.

It was the only thing they could do, if he died then that was his fate!

Meanwhile, Lo Pu, who saw this was baffled: "How is this possible? Who could've done this? It surely is someone who had access to that area beforehand!"

Ashen, on the other hand, had a smirk on his face hidden from Lo Pu.

To not get suspected, he pointed out: "See Elder Lo Pu, there is a sword attacking formation laid there! It must've been a formation disciple who did this!"

However, Elder Lo Pu shook his head in denial: "Though the sword-attacking formation is simple and easy to lay, but this formation is on another level. The sword only attacks the human inside and defends the phantom. It is someone who had tweaked this formation to act like that. It should be a formation master who has done it. Also, it appears it is laid to kill the candidate taking the exam!"

Elder Lo Pu deduced before continuing: "Additionally, it is not confirmed that the culprit is only a formation master. It can be a group. Sigh, investigating this is going to be a headache!" Elder Lo Pu cursed.

He didn't suspect Ashen one bit.

Why?

Because in his eyes he had no reason to lay this type of trap for somebody?

Second, his strength was low to pull this off. He had just become a cultivator a month ago. How could he capture those fierce golden fur tigers?

Though he had access to that area but, so did the other disciplinary team and elders.

He couldn't suspect him based on just that.

On the other hand, Ashen had thought this out well.

Firstly, even if someone managed to find out that taking Mo Fan into that specific area was intentional.

Their first action would be to find the disciple who guided him to this area, however, Ashen had already fed him a blood Schine. He received five from the system when he bought them.

He had already revealed his prince's identity to him and instructed him to escape this sect and go to the capital to work for him.

After this test, that disciple would be nowhere to be found.

That would leave only the formation master as a suspect but since it was him, no one would get anything. Even if they found out that he went and borrowed some books from the formation pavilion, no one would believe that he could read and learn from them.

And let us suppose, they went even further and investigated Mo Fan. Even then they would only suspect Mo Chen, not him.

No one in the sect knew his relation to Mo Chen. Also, he had instructed Mo Chen to hide the Xuin City's Mo Branch family for some time.

There was no one in Xuin City, so the investigators wouldn't be able to question the Mo family.

And even in the worst-case scenario, if someone found out that he had animosity with Mo Fan, then too there would be no proof that it was indeed him who had laid this trap.

Without proof, no one could do anything against him.

Now, the only thing to look forward to was Mo Fan's struggle.

"Curse my luck!" Mo Fan muttered in frustration, staring at the phantom in front of him.

He didn't know why but his mind was telling him to kill this phantom first.

And that was what he decided to do.

He enveloped his palm in a purple aura, conjuring the previous palm skill before dashing at the Lavender Python. He knew that the lions wouldn't act soon, hence, he decided to finish the python as soon as possible to reduce his tension.

Reaching close to the python, he withdrew his palm before striking with full force at the stomach of the lavender python.

Boom!

A small explosion resounded as the python bellowed in pain before striking Mo Fan with his tail. Mo Fan rolled to dodge before standing up, however, the python's tail managed to scratch him and he was sent to the side, flying.

Swoosh!

As soon as he was sent to the side, flying. The sword appeared in Mo Fan's previous spot, seemingly to cut him.

Mo Fan's eyes widened as he realized the danger he had escaped due to the python's strike. If he wasn't sent to the side, then he would've been pierced by the sword.

"Terrifying..." Mo Fan murmured, getting his guard up.

He, conjuring the fiery fist skill, dashed again toward the python, however, this time, he kept an eye out for the sword,

Boom!

He once again struck the same spot as the python again cried out in pain before attacking him with his fangs. Mo Fan jumped, dodging the attack successfully before kicking the Python on the spot between his eyes, his kick enveloped in the purple aura.

The python wiggled in pain as Mo Fan grabbed the opportunity, sending a flurry of attacks at the python.

Wounds appeared on the python's hard skin. Mo Fan was about to deal the final blow before the sword once again appeared to attack him.

However, this time he was successfully able to dodge the attack. Not wanting to let the python recover, he once again attempted to dash, however, one of the lions appeared in front of him, Stopping him in his tracks.

"Get out of my way!" He shouted, rushing at the lion with the fiery fist. The Lion roared before raising his claw.

Boom!

Mo Fan and the lion met with their attacks. Both seemed to be equal in strength, however, one could notice the Lion's struggling expression.

Soon, The Lion could hold on and Mo Fan's fist struck him in the face, sending him flying 2m apart.

However, as soon as his attack connected, Mo Fan felt a deep killing intent from behind as a large shadow fell upon him. He could see that the shadow was in the shape of a lion raising his claw to attack.

His eyes widened as he raised both of his hands to the side to guard against his attack.

Boom!

The Lion successfully landed the attack as Mo Fan felt his arm bone getting fractured from the impact of the attack. Mo Fan was sent flying before he collided with a boulder, making a crack in it.

"Arggh..." Mo Fan groaned in pain. He could feel that it was no ordinary attack and was a death blow if it wasn't for his supreme body cultivation and timely defense.

But it seemed that the attack hadn't stopped as the lion rushed towards him, radiating terrifying killing intent.

"Is this the end?" This question appeared in his mind.

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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)