After flying for half a day, Su Xing and Zhou Yue landed at the very end of the first-level mountain range.
Walking to the very back of the mountain range belonging to the Wanjian Sect, not only was it difficult to see a single human figure, but even the sounds of birds and beasts could only be heard once or twice after a long time.
Under several steep mountain peaks, the two of them stood at the entrance of the second-level mountain range.
In front of them was the extremely dark and mysterious ancient forest.
This is the first section of the second-level mountain range - Duanyang Forest. The name comes from the fact that after walking into this forest, the sunlight in the sky seems to be cut off by countless branches and can no longer shine into the forest. The entire forest is secluded.
In the forest, only some faint light spots are visible.
Zhou Yue first looked up at the several peaks behind him, "On these peaks at the junction of Jianzong and Duanyanglin, there are some old martial arts cultivators living there. Most of them were originally from various Taoist temples.
Those who serve in this position, in their twilight years, choose to come to this border to guard the Sword Sect and resist the ferocious beasts coming from deep within the mountains."
Su Xing nodded, his heart full of respect for these seniors.
"After entering Duanyang Forest, we must brace ourselves up. This place is ten thousand times more dangerous than the ordinary forest."
Zhou Yue reminded Su Xing, and suddenly a bright ball of light flashed on the right palm stretched out in front of her.
The ball of light formed by the water attribute energy turned into a sky-blue color, immediately illuminating the dark environment where the two of them were.
"Let's go."
She whispered softly and took a step forward towards Duanyang Forest.
Su Xing followed closely behind.
The terrain of Duanyang Forest is complicated, the roads are surrounded by vegetation and thorns, and the trees are extremely dense, making it extremely suitable for hiding. It can be called a paradise for ferocious beasts.
The two of them had been walking for less than a quarter of an hour when the bushes beside the road suddenly shook.
Seeing this, Zhou Yue quickly stretched out her hand to stop Su Xing and asked him to stop.
Both pairs of eyes were fixed on the bush, and neither of them even dared to swallow.
The next moment, I saw a pair of cold eyes shining in the bushes, like two black pearls in the dark night.
"The fourth-level ferocious beast, the miserable-clawed wolf. This wolf is a very common ferocious beast in Duanyang Forest. There is a natural gap in the four claws. If the skin is scratched by his claws, the gap will emit...
A kind of metallic poison gas that breaks the balance of vitality in the warrior's body."
The well-informed Zhou Yue said in a deep voice to Su Xing behind him.
"It's a pity that the beast core we need this time must be at least a level five ferocious beast or above. This miserable-clawed wolf is ferocious in nature. Since it blocks the way, it will never give way. We can only kill him."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Xing saw Zhou Yue suddenly pull out the silver spirit sword from his waist and leap towards the miserable-clawed wolf in the bushes.
As a permanent resident of Duanyang Forest, the miserable-clawed wolf saw the human in front of him erupting with a monstrous murderous intention towards him, so he no longer hid his body, raised his head to the sky and howled, jumped out of the jungle, and headed towards Zhou Yue.
Run.
Zhou Yue stepped forward lightly, her steps were like flying chess pieces moving on a chessboard in unpredictable ways, and in just the blink of an eye, she appeared in front of the miserable-clawed wolf.
The spiritual sword in her hand thrust straight forward. In the dark forest, the light of the sword was like the moon, pouring down like mercury on the ground, like the wind like shadows. Although she only held one sword in her hand, in Su Xing's eyes,
However, hundreds of spiritual swords were thrust out at the same time.
The sword shadows flying at such a fast speed, not to mention the level four ferocious beasts such as the Claw Wolf, even Su Xing, who had extremely powerful spiritual consciousness, was dazzled by the sight of them.
I saw the miserable-clawed wolf raising its claws to try to resist one of the sword shadows, but the sharp claws missed it!
"laugh!"
There was only a muffled sound, and the silver sword in Zhou Yue's hand had already been inserted into the head of the miserable clawed wolf. With just a simple thrust, the life of a level four ferocious beast was ended.
"The Silver Moon Sword really shines like the silver moon at night."
"The book once said that practitioners of the water attribute are good at illusions and medical skills. Seeing the senior sister slashing out a sword, it seems that there are ten thousand swords. I am afraid that she is majoring in illusions."
Su Xing, who was standing there watching, couldn't help but sigh. This was also the first time he saw a water attribute practitioner take action.
At this time, Zhou Yue was already walking towards Su Xingxing with a beast core glowing with faint golden light.
The girl gently threw the beast core in her hand towards Su Xing, and Su Xing reached out to catch it.
"This miserable-clawed wolf has probably just been promoted to level four ferocious beast, otherwise it wouldn't have had a chance to fight back. The level four beast core is not required for our mission, so just keep it."
She said it lightly, and after Su Xing thanked Zhou Yue, he put away the beast core.
The core of a ferocious beast is a spiritual object produced after the death of a ferocious beast. It is usually used to refine elixirs and weapons. It is also introduced in the formation collection that the core of an extremely powerful ferocious beast can also be used.
Make some arrangements for spiritual formations.
After collecting the beast cores, the two continued to move deeper into the forest, encountering more than a dozen ferocious beasts along the way. However, most of them were level four, and only five level five beast cores were collected.
two.
Looking at the empty bag, Zhou Yue complained: "I only saw two level five ferocious beasts after walking all afternoon. If I want to collect ten level five beast cores, I'm afraid it will take a few days."
It was already getting late, so they found a hidden cave to stay. Su Xing slept on the outermost side of the cave, while Zhou Yue slept in the depths of the cave. There was always a certain distance between the boys and girls.
A distance of ten feet.
…
Three days later, it’s noon.
Under the scorching sun, a few rare rays of sunshine finally penetrated the thick branches and leaves and hit the ground in the Duanyang Forest.
At this time, Su Xing and the two had already entered the depths of Duanyang Forest, and were only a few miles away from the middle section of the second-level mountain range.
And the cloth bags in their hands are becoming more and more full as time goes by.
"Although it took longer than expected to come out this time, at least it was quite fruitful."
Zhou Yue sat on a wooden stake and drank all the water in the kettle in his hand.
Su Xing on the side was counting the number of animal cores in the cloth bag with his hands.
"One, two...twelve. Senior sister, we have collected enough beast cores."
After counting, he reminded the girl.
The cloth bag now contains twelve pieces of animal cores.
The core of a fifth-level ferocious beast is equivalent to the price of a second-grade spiritual stone. These precious materials were obtained by the two of them through desperate battles with the ferocious beasts for several days.
But along the way, Su Xing mostly dealt with level four ferocious beasts. Whenever he encountered a level five ferocious beast, Zhou Yue would always take the lead and draw his sword.
This gradually made Su Xing start to wonder, what is the reason why Senior Sister Zhou is so powerful and she wants to go the same way with her?
Zhou Yue wiped the water from her mouth and glanced into the cloth bag, "So, we can go home?"
Su Xing responded "Yes" with a smile.
But Zhou Yue gently pressed her fingers against her chin, and after thinking for a moment with her beautiful eyes, she said to Su Xing: "But before we go back, can we go to one more place?"
"Junior brother, you also know that I am a practitioner of water-based vitality. I took this task because the water element pill in the reward can improve my cultivation.
And before I went out this time, a senior brother told me that there is a lake deep in Duanyang Forest. There is a ferocious beast called the water swallowing beast in the lake. If... I can kill that ferocious beast, I can get its
Beast core..."
Seeing that Zhou Yue was a little embarrassed and hesitated to speak, Su Xing chuckled, stood up and patted his sleeves.
"Senior Sister previously gave me the core of the Claw Wolf without any consideration. Junior Brother, how could I refuse? Besides, we are only two miles away from the depths of Duanyang Forest. It's not enough to go there.
Troublesome."
After Zhou Yue heard this, a hint of surprise appeared on his face, he nodded slightly, pursed his lips and smiled softly.
She raised her head to see where the sun had gone, but unexpectedly it was pitch black above her. "If we set off now, we might be able to get back to the sect before the sun sets."
The two hit it off immediately, and after a short rest, Zhou Yue took the lead and walked towards the lake deep in the forest.
Zhou Yue, who was walking in front, had an increasingly smile on her face.
…
A quarter of an hour later, a large lake suddenly appeared in front of their eyes.
Although it is very dark in Duanyang Forest, this lake is rarely illuminated by sunlight. The sparkling water surface is like a bright mirror, reflecting the sunlight from the sky to all directions, illuminating the surrounding area.
Just when the two of them were sighing at the exact existence of this lake, they saw a few bubbles suddenly appear on the blue water.
Immediately afterwards, a black shadow suddenly flew out of the lake, flying out of the lake like a fish, and appeared in front of the two of them.