Chapter 20

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The notched steel sword was broken in two, and the other half was stuck in the belly of the yellow-armored lion.

Gu Chen frowned slightly.

This is the second fine steel sword that has been broken.

It has been two days since he entered the taboo forest, and because of the intense fighting, only the last of the three swords brought out from the sect remained.

Even the last one has some gaps on the blade, and it looks like it won't last for a few days.

The seriously injured yellow armored lion wailed and died soon, but Gu Chen didn't feel well either.

When it was dying to fight back, its sharp lion claws scratched his arm, leaving a scar deep enough to show the bone.

After simply treating the wound, Gu Chen found that the healing medicine he brought when he went out had almost bottomed out.

He has gone through countless battles in the past twelve days. If he hadn't eaten a large amount of animal meat to make his body full of energy and his self-healing ability become extremely strong, he might not be able to survive.

Even so, the situation is at the end of the ropes right now.

"It won't last more than three days at this rate, do you want to go back?"

Gu Chen bit his lips tightly.

So far, only ninety-six of Zhou Tian's three hundred and sixty-five orifice points have been opened. If he goes back at this time, considering the toss of time, he may not be able to complete his original goal before the Dragon Ascension Ceremony.

Moreover, the abyss in the body is about to transform, and going back at this time is even more of a failure.

It's just that if he doesn't go back, he has no healing medicine, and when the last sword is broken, he will be in a very dangerous situation in the forest.

Wuchen's swordsmanship is formidable, but the wild beasts have their own special skills, and if they are not careful, they will capsize in the gutter.

Like the yellow-armored lion just now, if its paw landed on his abdomen when it finally counterattacked, it might die right now.

"Huh? Has anyone camped here before?"

Gu Chen was thinking about whether to go back or continue to go deeper, but he noticed that there were traces of bonfires on the ground, which seemed to be left from yesterday.

The taboo forest sea is extremely vast and inaccessible, and this is the first time he has seen the clues left by humans in so many days.

His eyes lit up for a moment, seeing that there were a lot of people on the other side, there must be supplies such as healing medicine, and maybe there were extra weapons.

Tracking this group of people is more practical than leaving here.

You can observe from a distance to see if you can trade with them.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen picked up the two-foot-sized yellow-armored lion corpse, and followed the traces of these strangers.

This yellow-armored lion is relatively valuable among the beasts he killed, so if possible, he can use it to exchange for something he needs.

A yellow-armored lion weighs at least ten thousand catties, but Gu Chen carried it with ease.

Now he has a huge strength of 100,000 catties in one arm, and he can beat the wild beast to death with brute force alone.

...

"Roar~~~"

"Aww—"

At the foot of a cliff, there were constant sounds of beasts, and wild beasts walked out of the forest continuously.

There are groups of iron-backed wolves, huge white-fronted black bears, fierce tigers, and blue-scaled giant elephants...

Hundreds of savage beasts bared their teeth and stared greedily at the group of people in front of them.

Some of the disciples of Jinwuzong and Zixiaomen were lost at some point, and the rest were all covered in bruises.

Their faces were as pale as paper, looking at the approaching beasts, their eyes gradually became desperate.

"Damn it, I didn't expect to be deceived by that innate monster."

A disciple of the Golden Crow Sect smiled wryly.

Just half a day ago, they finally found that innate monster again and chased it all the way here.

I thought it would be a success this time, but I didn't expect that the innate monster with extremely high intelligence turned out to be a deliberate trick.

As soon as they were tricked here, the innate monster slipped up the cliff, and countless wild beasts emerged from the jungle on three sides around them, completely surrounding them.

It was not difficult to climb up the cliff with their skills, but unexpectedly a large group of golden-crowned vultures appeared in the sky.

This kind of bird is extremely ferocious. They are hovering at low altitude, obviously waiting for the rabbit. It is conceivable that as long as they dare to climb up, they will definitely suffer a severe blow.

In this way, they fell into a predicament with no way to go to heaven and no way to go down to earth, life and death were on the line!

Seeing more and more savage beasts approaching, and a group of golden-crowned vultures staring at them in the sky, how can a group of people not despair?

"It's all my fault. I didn't find out the deception played by that congenital monster. I didn't expect that it could even drive golden-crowned vultures."

The girl Lu Yichen looked sad, they had already lost several companions, and the rest were also exhausted.

"How can you blame this? We made the decision together. You reminded everyone two days ago. It was because everyone was unwilling and insisted on trying again, so they fell into this field."

The others reassured.

"I'm going to lure these wild beasts away, you take the opportunity to escape!"

Lu Yichen gritted her teeth suddenly, and made up her mind.

Several disciples of the Golden Crow Sect were a little moved when they heard this, but the people from the Zixiao Sect immediately objected strongly.

"How is this possible, Senior Sister Lu, we cannot abandon you!"

"Besides, there are too many of these savage beasts. They are already red-eyed. It is useless. No one can escape!"

What he said was the truth, everyone was silent for a while, it seemed that they could only wait for death.

"If I want to die, I want to leave a whole body and never be eaten by these beasts!"

With tears in her eyes, a female disciple took out a bottle of poison from her body.

Savage beasts have a keen sense of smell, so they dare not eat poisonous food.

As long as you take the poison, you can avoid the scene of being eaten by beasts and leave a whole body.

She was about to commit suicide by taking poison immediately, but Lu Yichen tried her best to stop her.

"Don't do this, don't give up hope!"

"What else can I do? Senior Sister Lu, please, I just want to die less painfully!"

Everyone was arguing over whether to commit suicide, when suddenly, the hundreds of wild beasts surrounding them started to commotion.

"Aww—"

The iron-backed wolf howled inexplicably, with fear in his eyes.

The white-fronted black evil bear and the fierce tiger also shuddered, their giant pupils stared at the direction of the jungle, and their hairs stood on end.

Such a strange scene immediately made everyone quiet, and they looked towards the direction of the jungle in shock.

There, the leaves of the forest were rustling, and there was a sound of footsteps.

Because the forest leaves were too dense, they only saw a huge animal body passing by the top of the tree crown, and their hearts were completely chilled.

It's over, looking at the appearance of many wild beasts, it is clear that there are more powerful monsters coming!

For a while, many people had the urge to take the poison first, so that they would suffer less.

Lu Yichen smiled wryly, she didn't want to stop Junior Sister anymore, in this situation, maybe Junior Sister is the smart one.

Under the desperate eyes of the disciples of the two sects, the huge animal body finally got out of the jungle.

And all kinds of savage beasts, such as the wolf, the fierce tiger, the white-fronted black bear, subconsciously took a few steps back at this moment, as if they were welcoming the arrival of the king of all beasts.

Everyone breathed hard, and saw clearly that the animal body was just a huge yellow-armored lion corpse.

And it was easily carried on the shoulders by a guy like a savage.

The savage showed his white teeth to them.

"Hey buddy, are you all right?"

(end of this chapter)