Outside the ck Forest, the sky was approaching dusk. The weak sunlight scattered down but couldn''t even prate the thin mist, leaving only patches of light spots above the forest.


    "Take this pill," Alif Azlin said as she leaned down slightly, cing several pills into the palms of the Met family''s three brothers.


    Alif Azlin''s graceful figure was entuated by her bent posture, creating a perfect curve. However, the Met brothers, despite the enticing scene, ignored it entirely. With dim eyes, they swallowed the pills silently, without saying a word.


    "Hehe, it seems that brat Snow Amar was quite ruthless," Mat Kun said with a faint smile as he nced at the three brothers.


    "Mat Kun, just look at the people you''ve found!" An Nick, the manager of Catas Shop, said angrily. "Snow Amar was too vicious. Even after winning, he had to kill their life bound spirit beasts. Isn''t that overkill?"


    Behind Mat Kun, ck Metal and Hat Tu couldn''t help but feel a bit of pleasure at the miserable state of the Met brothers. Although they had also suffered a crushing defeat, their life bound spirit beasts had survived, allowing them to recover far more quickly than the Met brothers.


    "Hehe, Old An, you understand thew of the jungle and survival of the fittest. Why are you acting like a child, nitpicking over such things?" Mat Kunughed.


    In his view, in this Angsana Pavilion Festival, the only ones qualified to be Snow Amar''s opponents were the Met brothers. Now that they had suffered a crushing defeat, Snow Amar''s strength was enough to dominate the ck Forest.


    "Met Said, Met Saed, Met Sauk, don''t worry. I will use all the resources at my disposal to find each of you a stone type spirit beast stronger than the Rock Monster," An Nick said angrily, gritting his teeth as he tried tofort the three brothers.


    The eldest of the three, Met Said, gave a bitter smile at these words. Even if they found spirit beasts stronger than the Rock Monster, they wouldn''t be their life bound spirit beasts and wouldck any emotional connection. However, given the situation, he had no choice but to ept it. An Nick''s actions were already quite righteous. If anyone was to be med...


    Thinking of Snow Amar, Met Said''s eyes filled with a murderous frenzy, and his tightly clenched fists made a creaking sound.


    "It seems like someone else ising out," Alif Azlin said softly as she watched three people emerge slowly from the forest.


    Seeing this, Mark breathed a sigh of relief.


    He had already regretted his earlier decision. ze Regret and hispanions were descendants of two major families. If they met with the same misfortune as the Met brothers, he would have no ce left in Veloria City to continue his career.


    ck Metal, however, looked puzzled. How had ze Regret and the others survived an encounter with the Extreme Ice Eagle? This didn''t fit into his calctions at all!


    "Sister Alif Azlin, these are all the herbs and medicinal nts we''ve collected," ze Regret said with a faint smile, handing over two void realms stones to Alif Azlin.


    "Ninth Heaven Leaf, Moon Spirit Flower, Withered Cold Bamboo... these are all rare herbs and medicinal nts," Alif Azlin said with a slight smile on her pretty face. But not far away, ck Metal and Hat Tu looked exceptionally grim.


    Many of these herbs and medicinal nts had been snatched from them by ze Regret, so beforeing out, they could only gather a few random herbs to hand over to the Angsana Medicine Pavilion.


    "Howe there''s only one Azure Dusk Fruit?" Alif Azlin asked, taking the snow white Azure Dust Fruit from the pile of herbs. She was initially delighted but then slightly puzzled.


    "Do you even need to ask? The remaining eight are obviously in Snow Amar''s hands," Mat Kun said with a smug smile.


    The map to the Azure Dust Fruit wasn''t exclusive to Hat Tu. Before the three teams entered the ck Forest, Mat Kun had secretly given Snow Amar an identical map. Without it, Snow Amar would never have found the location on his own.


    "It looks like our Batas Shop is sure to win this Angsana Pavilion Festival," Mat Kunughed confidently.


    "Don''t be so sure," came a response.


    Mark, standing to the side, slowly said, "How can you be so sure that Snow Amar got all eight Azure Dust Fruits?"


    "I just am," Mat Kun sneered arrogantly. He knew Snow Amar''s strength inside out. Not only ze Regret and hispanions, but even if the Met brothers joined them, they wouldn''t be able to touch Snow Amar.


    The Azure Dust Fruit in ze Regret''s hand must have been left behind by Snow Amar, which was how the people from the As Shop got it by luck.


    Thinking this, Mat Kun cast a disdainful nce at ze Regret. "Just picking up what others leave behind? Is that all your father taught you, ze Ash?"


    Mat Kun harbored an intense hatred for ze Ash. If he could, he would have destroyed the ze family for destroy the Batas Shop. Thus, he had no good feelings toward ze Regret.


    ze Regret frowned slightly and said calmly, "If we were of the same strength, I would demonstrate everything my father taught me on you, one by one."


    "You—!"


    Mat Kun''s eyes shed with anger. "Sharp tongued brat! All you can do is talk big. If you''re so capable, why not win this Angsana Pavilion Festival?"


    "How do you know we won''t win?" ze Regret retorted.


    Mat Kun responded with nothing more than a coldugh.


    Win? Keep dreaming!


    "Swish!"


    At this moment, a short tree at the edge of the ck Forest shook, making a rustling sound. Several small, hidden spirit beasts hurriedly fled in fright.


    "Snow Amar ising out!"


    ck Metal and Hat Tu both looked excited and provocatively nced at ze Regret. Even if you won against us, the ultimate victor will still be us!


    "Mark, you lost again," Mat Kun said with a faint smile