A Dish Best Served Cold (The Man In Rage)
Chapter 1303 Under the Cave

Kong Ming pointed at the trees behind him and smiled wryly. "What other options do we have? We must cut down those trees and build a boat." "What?" Lv Hua and Lu Yan-Xi batted their eyes furiously, then smiled mirthlessly.

Kong Ming was right.

Save this primitive method, there was no other way.

The martial artists of various nationalities who had gathered here unleashed their skills and began to chop the trees down and build boats.

Of course, while Kong Ming might have called it a boat, it was honestly just a simple raft.

The construction of it wasn't complicated at all. You simply had to pick the right trees to cut down. After that, it didn't take much time to put a raft together. Some incredibly powerful martial artists set sail with just a single sturdy log under their feet.

In a matter of hours, dozens of plain wooden rafts appeared on the lake.

These martial artists relied on physical strength and brute force to propel their rafts slowly towards the tiny island in the middle of the lake.

The sight of numerous rafts crowding the lake was grand indeed.

However, such a means of crossing the lake was slow.

The skies would be dark by the time they landed on the island.

Ye Fan had no idea what was happening outside.

He was still stuck in the cave, guarding Yu Yun.

It struck him suddenly that the temperature in the cave had plummeted. It might be because of the wave of energy that Yu Yun had released after eating the ice spirit fruit.

Despite his physical resilience, Ye Fan could feel the chill in the air.

"That's definitely a spirit fruit infused with the element of ice. Its inherent coldness isn't something that an ordinary person can withstand at all," muttered Ye Fan in alarm as he observed the waves of iciness emanating from Yu Yun.

Ye Fan's guard duty persisted for another few hours.

The young woman before him showed no signs of waking up at all.

The longer it went on, the more worried Ye Fan got. Doubt grew steadily in his mind.

"Why isn't she waking up? It's been days. Did something go wrong somewhere again?" muttered Ye Fan worriedly.

Of course, he knew that there was nothing he could do despite how worried he was.

Everything was up to Yu Yun now.

No one could help her.

At that thought, the agitation inside Ye Fan gradually quietened.

But his composure did not last very long.

Ye Fan suddenly rose to his feet and stared at the entrance. It was as if he had just sensed something.

A dark look appeared in his eyes.

"They're finally here, I guess," murmured Ye Fan as he shook his head.

He stared ahead, then turned and eyed Yu Yun. The young woman had her eyes shut and was still deep in her meditative trance.

"Don't worry, I won't let anyone disrupt your training," whispered the young man to himself.

Without any hesitation, he headed out of the cave.

A group of martial artists had gathered outside the cave.

Alarm rose inside them when they saw the sight that greeted them. The area was a mess. A deep crevice, obviously the work of a huge sword, split the ground, while the corpse of a giant ape lay nearby.

"Heavens!"

"What...what happened here?"

"Was there a fight?"

"Look at all that destruction? The two fighters must have been incredibly powerful!"

Fear and alarm swelled inside them as they stared at the aftermath of what must have been a battle before them.

They couldn't imagine how intense the fight must have been.

The commotion drew the attention of numerous martial artists.

Everyone gathered around the ruins within no time.

That included Lu Yan-Xi, Lv Hua and the rest.

"What the hell! Was there some earthquake? Where did that huge crevice come from?" Lv Hua gasped aloud.

Kong Ming did not say a word as he inspected the ruins carefully before arriving at a conclusion. "There was no earthquake. Someone did this. If I'm not wrong, a battle happened on this island. Both opponents were likely grandmasters. From the traces left behind, it appears that the battle took place more than a week ago."

"What?"

"Elder Kong, are you telling me that a human did this? That seems impossible," said Lv Hua as his eyes widened with disbelief. He had come across grandmasters. His grandfather was a grandmaster from China.

But he was certain that a grandmaster couldn't have caused such destruction.

Kong Ming ignored Lv Hua and continued following the traces of battle.

He soon came across a giant ape at the foot of a small hill. It had been killed with a sword to the throat.

"Heavens, that's a huge ape! It's twice as big as King Kong!"

The size of the dead ape shocked everyone.

Amidst the shock was excitement and anticipation as well.

"Look at the size of the monsters on this island. This must be some extraordinary island after all!"

"There must be treasure hidden on this island."

"Even if it's not a spirit energy fruit, it's going to be something equally rare and valuable!"

A few of them began to speak excitedly.

Their words ignited the lust and greed sitting inside everyone.

Everyone began searching the area meticulously, like gold diggers on the hunt for gold.

"Young Master, let's look around too."

Mike Jones and his men had just arrived. He listened to the suggestion that one of his men had made and joined the search too.

After all, this was an incredibly extraordinary island.

It was hidden deep in the rainforest.

Surrounded by the lake, it was virtually isolated from the rest of the world and the forest.

The air was rich with pure energy. The giant ape had clearly been the product of this environment.

Anyone with a brain would realize that something incredible valuable must be hidden on this island.

Of course, upon the sight of the ruins, many of them had realized that the treasure might have already been claimed by someone else who had arrived on the island before them.

But they were on the island now. It wouldn't hurt to look around.

"I found it! I found it! The wave of pure energy is coming from this pile of rocks."

Someone shouted suddenly.

That caught everyone's immediate attention.

Kong Ming, Lu Yan-Xi as well as Mike Jones and his men turned towards the voice.

It appeared that someone had hit the mountain and caused a minor avalanche that resulted in an enormous pile of rocks at the foot of the mountain.

Waves of pure energy streamed unceasingly from the pile of rocks.

No one could have missed that intensely rich energy.

"Seems like that's something hidden under that pile of rocks."

Everyone arrived at the same conclusion simultaneously.

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