Even if it were a mountain of blades or a sea of flames, Luo Tian would not have batted an eye.
The reason was simple: he had to go in because he had to complete the mission.
Moreover, the demonic beasts in the Pangu Mountains were all rank five or higher. Even setting aside the demon cores, Luo Tian had to go in for the sheer amount of experience alone.
“Hey, hey, hey, boss, wait for me!”
Fatty Liu hurriedly chased after him.
In another area.
There was actually one other person in the Misty Cloud Academy who had accepted this mission.
The Saintess of Phoenix Sky Mountain!
Clad in white, she looked like an immortal fairy.
In her hand, she held a long, slender sword.
It was a completely white sword! It was a blade forged from the tusk of a Saint Elephant!
At this moment, six demonic beasts stood before her. Each one resembled a rugged man, their eyes fixed on the Saintess with contemptuous smiles.
One of the demonic beasts suddenly lunged.
“Boom~!”
In an instant, wood splinters flew, and dirt filled the air as it roared and charged toward the Saintess. Its front claw swept out violently, the sharp talons creating a whistling sound that tore several cracks in the surface of space. This power was exceptionally formidable!
If it were somewhere else, a rank five demonic beast could never possess such heaven-defying strength.
When one demonic beast charged forward, the other five beasts moved simultaneously, all rushing in a state of wild rage.
The Saintess remained motionless.
Her aura retracted, and her fluttering dress suddenly went still, as if time itself had frozen.
The attacks arrived in the blink of an eye.
Only then did the Saintess suddenly move.
“Whoosh~!”
“Swish~!”
She soared into the sky and descended like a bolt of lightning. With a sharp, piercing sound, her white sword plunged into the head of one demonic beast before she yanked it out.
“Boom~!”
The demonic beast collapsed.
Dead!
Without a moment’s hesitation, the Saintess pushed off with her toes and leapt into the air once more, “Saint Elephant Sword Technique!”
“Swish~!”
The white sword flared with a bright light.
“Swish, swish, swish~...”
The bodies of the five demonic beasts instantly halted, frozen in place.
Half a second later, blood sprayed from their bodies as tiny slits appeared across their massive frames. With a soft slide, their bodies split into two. They were split perfectly down the middle, blood gushing onto the ground.
The Saintess’s eyes remained ice-cold.
Her face still showed no expression at all.
This level of strength was incredibly formidable.
Two moves against six rank five demonic beasts. Not even a Holy Spirit realm expert could achieve something so magnificent.
The saintess sheathed her long sword, her white dress gently swaying in the wind once more. Without sparing a single glance at the demonic beasts behind her, she stepped into the mists of the Forest of Death.
In another area.
“Bang~!”
Luo Tian was sent flying.
“Holy crap!”
Luo Tian slammed his palm against the ground, his anger flaring. “The strength of these demonic beasts is a bit too much!”
He had been smashed flying by a single demonic beast.
For a rank five demonic beast to be able to send Luo Tian, who was in the Great Diffusion realm, flying, shows just how powerful they were.
“Whoosh~...”
“I refuse to believe I can’t take you down!”
Luo Tian moved as fast as his feet could carry him, the Heaven Sword trailing on the ground and kicking up sparks. His eyes locked onto the demonic pig whose body was like steel. He raised his sword slightly and shouted, “Moon Step!”
“Whoosh~!”
His body felt light as he suddenly accelerated.
He thrust his sword forward...
“Swish~!”
The sword pierced the demonic pig’s body.
“Buddha’s Fury!”
“Charge...”
A surge of power suddenly erupted from the tip of Heaven Sword as the force from the Vajra Sword Technique exploded from within the demonic pig. The beast let out a roar, lunging forward with its long tusks aimed directly at Luo Tian.
“Damn animal! You think you can harm this daddy when you’re at death’s door?!”
“Nine Yang Divine Magic!”
“Blazing Sun Power!”
“Burn for me...”
Following the Vajra Sword Technique, the incinerating power of the Nine Yang Divine Magic tore through the demonic pig’s insides.
The demonic beast finally couldn’t hold on any longer after its internal organs were completely destroyed.
“Boom~!”
With a heavy thud, the demonic pig collapsed, dead.
“Ding!”
“Congratulations to player Luo Tian for killing a Demonic Pig. You have gained 35,000 experience points, 3000 yuan energy...”
“Congratulations to player Luo Tian for gaining a Demonic Pig Core. Do you wish to fuse with it?”
A single demon core dropped.
It was rare for a rank five demonic beast to cultivate a demon core, yet the energy within this one was denser than that of a typical rank six demonic beast. Upon sensing it, Luo Tian felt its power was exceptionally thick. However...
“Killing one demonic beast costs me nearly ten thousand yuan energy. I gained three thousand back, plus a demon core. While the core can replenish yuan energy, it can’t recover it quickly. At this rate...”
Luo Tian thought grimly, “I won’t be able to hold out for long.”
“Boss, snap out of it!”
“I can’t hold on much longer!”
“This guy is too troublesome! None of my elemental arrows has any effect on it at all!” Liu Zhan cried out for help, sounding miserable.
He was already in full retreat, pushed into a life-threatening situation by another demonic pig. Neither his frost arrows nor his gravity arrows could do a thing.
He simply couldn’t break through the demonic pig’s defense.
Luo Tian pulled his thoughts back. His figure moved as he struck out again with his sword.
Ten minutes later.
“Boom~!”
“Boom~!”
“Boom~!”
The demonic pig finally collapsed and died.
The system gave off an alert.
Luo Tian and Liu Zhan both dropped to the ground, gasping for air. “This is too much. No wonder the Pangu Mountains are considered a forbidden zone of antiquity. Every single demonic beast here is a freak, and the lowest among them is rank five. We’re still just on the outskirts of the mountain range! Boss, I think we should leave soon. If a few more show up, I think we’ll be the ones dying.”
It was true.
The demonic beasts here were far too powerful.
Their current pace was too slow.
Before they even found Pangu’s Cave, they would either die of exhaustion or be eaten by a demonic beast.
Luo Tian also knew that they couldn’t go on like this.
Even though the experience points were plentiful, there was no telling what they would encounter the deeper they went.
However, Luo Tian needed experience points. He needed them badly, and this place was a superb place to farm experience points.
“If I can find a piece of natural high ground and utilize my Purple Lightning Technique, it might work out.”
Immediately after, Luo Tian’s eyes became determined. He pulled out the two demonic beast cores that had just dropped, handing them to Fatty. “Take these demon cores first to replenish your yuan energy. Since we’ve come all this way, we’d be doing ourselves a disservice if we didn’t give it our all.”
“I’ve heard that there are many elemental demonic beasts in the Pangu Mountains.”
Fatty Liu’s fighting spirit soared instantly, and he declared dominantly, “Boss, I’ll lead the way! Let’s head into the mountains right now! It’s just the Pangu Mountains and the mist from the Forest of Death, right? This young master doesn’t fear them at all!”
Upon hearing the words elemental demonic beasts, Fatty Liu acted as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
His Bow and Arrow bloodline could change the elemental power of his arrows.
However, his understanding of the elements was far from enough. He needed elemental power so his Bow and Arrow bloodline could improve, allowing his kiting tactics to unleash even greater power.
Luo Tian smiled secretly.
Looking up into the depths of the mist-shrouded forest, Luo Tian thought to himself, “Master, just you wait. I will definitely rescue you.”
The two of them continued their advance.
Killing and looting all the way.
Luo Tian’s experience bar climbed bit by bit. Even though the speed wasn’t fast, he was quite satisfied.
After five days, the two of them still hadn’t escaped from the Forest of Death’s mist.
They had killed wave after wave of demonic beasts, yet they hadn’t found their way out.
“Something’s not right.”
“How is the surrounding still all mist?” Liu Zhan looked around.
“It’s already the sixth day. This makes no sense. Is this forest truly impossible to escape from?”
Luo Tian had noticed it long ago. He had been making marks along the path they traveled, and they had passed many places more than once. This meant they were simply walking in circles.
“Fuuu~...”
Luo Tian exhaled with his brow furrowing.
“Ommm~...”
His spiritual senses were like a vast sea, surging outward instantly.
“Bang~!”
In a flash, Luo Tian’s spiritual senses felt as if it had slammed into a wall and bounced back. It was instantly blocked by a force that sent a buzzing ring through his head. His body shuddered slightly as he took a half-step back before he muttered, “Even spiritual sense is being obstructed.”
Liu Zhan was momentarily stunned before trying it himself, “Holy crap, you’re right! Are they trying to trap us here until we die?”
Along the way, Luo Tian and Liu Zhan had seen many bleached white bones. Those people hadn’t been killed by demonic beasts; they had been trapped and starved to death here!
“Ugh~...”
Luo Tian’s mind raced. The best way to deal with this kind of maze was to get a bird’s-eye view from above.
With his current cultivation, flying was no problem at all.
As long as he could fly above this forest, escaping the Forest of Death would be effortless!
Luo Tian then said, “Wait here for a bit.”
After saying that, Luo Tian stomped down, and his body flew upward like a rocket.
“Bang~!”
“Ommm~...”
Just as he reached the height of a large tree, Luo Tian’s body suddenly grew heavy, as if tens of thousands of times the normal gravity had suddenly poured into him. He instantly fell because of it.
“Boom~!”
Luo Tian crashed back to the ground, grimacing in pain. He then said while rubbing his backside, “I can’t even fly out. This Forest of Death is practically a cage.”
Liu Zhan was dumbfounded.
They couldn’t fly out, they couldn’t release their spiritual senses, and they were constantly walking in circles. It felt as if they were being trapped here until they died.
Liu Zhan then asked, “Boss, what should we do then?”
They had tried every method available.
There were some cruder methods left, but they simply didn’t have the time to try them
Luo Tian calmed himself down.
After a moment of thought, he muttered to himself, “The mist is blocking our vision. If I could see clearly, it would be easier to handle.”
“The mist...”
“The mist...”
“Where is all this mist coming from?”
Luo Tian’s eyes suddenly sharpened before asking, “Fatty, have you noticed where this mist is coming from?”
“Huh?”
“Boss, why are you suddenly asking that?” Liu Zhan was puzzled.
He glanced at the surrounding mist and scratched his head before saying, “Ever since we entered the forest, this mist has been coming from all around us. The entire forest is filled with it.”
Luo Tian looked up to check the wind direction and said, “Follow me!”
Half an hour later, the mist turned blood-red.
Moreover, it was filled with a pungent, bloody scent.
At the same time, Luo Tian and Liu Zhan exchanged a glance. They both felt waves of pressure against their seas of consciousness. Was a dangerous aura approaching?
Right at that moment, Illusion Fairy suddenly spoke up, “This is a Blood Spring, condensed from the blood of a million martial artists. You must be careful because this Blood Spring is extremely evil!”

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