As he raised his foot, Yun Yao's soft voice echoed through the forest behind him, "Senior Brother Wangyou, we meet again."

Lan Wangyou paused, his expression instantly turning cold. At this moment, he became an unattainable flower on the mountain top.

He said lightly, "Yeah."

Cheng Xiaoxiao: Senior brother can actually perform Sichuan Opera face-changing?

Yun Yao was not annoyed when she saw him like this. She looked at Cheng Xiaoxiao and nodded at her, which was considered a greeting to Cheng Xiaoxiao.

"Brother Wangyou, I wonder if the Qingxuan Sect can travel with the Xiaoyao Sect?" Nie Rulan asked, holding a longbow in his hand.

Lan Wangyou glanced at her and said, "It's up to you. The Fog Ghost Forest is not the territory of my Xiaoyao Sect."

Nie Rulan shrugged and didn't care about Lan Wangyou's attitude.

Everyone in the world of immortal cultivation knows that Lan Wangyou, the chief disciple of Xiaoyao Sect, has a cold personality... Ugh! A cold personality.

Seeing that he did not refuse, Nie Rulan led the Qingxuan Sect disciples to follow them.

"How old are you this year?" Yun Yao asked Cheng Xiaoxiao.

Cheng Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows in surprise, "I'm twenty-four."

Yun Yao grinned and said, "I'm twenty-two this year."

"Can I call you Sister Xiaoxiao?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao nodded, "Okay, as long as you don't think I'm taking advantage of you."

Yun Yao waved her hand, "No, no."

On the side, Nie Rulan whispered in Lan Wangyou's ear, "Do you think this Misty Ghost Forest is a little strange?"

Lan Wangyou didn't even look at her and answered directly, "Yeah."

Nie Rulan: "It seems to me that something must have changed in this Misty Ghost Forest. We just walked along the way and didn't see a single living thing."

Lan Wangyou: "Yeah."

Nie Rulan: "It seems we have to be extra careful."

Lan Wangyou: "Yeah."

Nie Rulan: “…”

Just when Nie Rulan was secretly complaining about Lan Wangyou's thriftiness with words, Lan Wangyou suddenly stopped.

Cheng Xiaoxiao noticed his movements and stopped instantly, "What's wrong?"

She looked in the direction Lan Wangyou was looking, and her pupils contracted slightly.

Not far to the right of the crowd, a ferocious beast as big as a mountain was lying on the ground. Its body was covered with claw marks, the wounds were so deep that the bones were visible, and blood was flowing.

"That is..."

"It's a Berserk Demon Bear, and a third-level one at that," Lan Wangyou said. "The Berserk Demon Bear can utilize its own bloodline to enter a berserk state when fighting an enemy. During this berserk state, the bear will unconsciously activate a trace of demonic energy within itself, instantly increasing its combat power by three to five times."

[Classification of vicious beasts: one to nine levels, corresponding to the realm of cultivation of cultivators.

The first level corresponds to Qi Refining, the second level corresponds to Foundation Establishment, the third level corresponds to Golden Elixir, and so on.

"Three to five times!" Cheng Xiaoxiao exclaimed, "Isn't that like taking stimulants?"

Lan Wangyou nodded, "That's about right!"

As he spoke, he extended a ray of mental power and covered the violent demon bear. In a short while, Lan Wangyou came to the conclusion that the violent demon bear had no mental fluctuations any longer and should have died before they entered the Misty Ghost Forest.

"Let's go and take a look." Lan Wangyou said softly to everyone.

Everyone nodded and followed his footsteps to the side of the violent demon bear.

Cheng Xiaoxiao carefully examined the body of the violent demon bear, frowning deeply. "Brother, it seems to have three kinds of scars on its body."

Lan Wangyou corrected him seriously, "It's four kinds."

"Four types?" Cheng Xiaoxiao was puzzled. She seemed to have only seen three types.

"Yes, there are four kinds." Nie Rulan agreed.

She squatted down and pointed at several wounds on the violent demon bear's body and said to Cheng Xiaoxiao, "Here, here, and here, they are claw marks, bite marks, and peck marks."

"But here..." Nie Rulan pointed at a tiny round hole and continued, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the trace left by some kind of insect."

"Bug? What kind of bug can be so powerful?" Cheng Xiaoxiao looked at Lan Wangyou.

Lan Wangyou nodded. "It looks like a golden corpse worm."

He said this, but he felt something strange in his heart, but for a moment he couldn't tell what was strange.

"Golden corpse worm? What is that thing?" Cheng Xiaoxiao felt that since entering the Misty Ghost Forest, she was like an ignorant bumpkin who knew nothing and didn't recognize anything.

"Golden Corpse Worms are a type of insect known for their toughness. They're small, good at sneak attacks, and they love to eat corpses..."

Halfway through his words, Lan Wangyou froze in place. He finally realized what was strange.

Since the wound was left by the golden corpse worm, why didn't it eat the corpse of the violent demon bear?

According to its species nature, it should eat it.

"Could it be..." Lan Wangyou narrowed his eyes slightly and muttered to himself, "was there something else that attracted it at that time?"

"Senior brother, why don't you say anything?" Cheng Xiaoxiao asked in confusion.

Lan Wangyou came back to his senses and told everyone his guess. After hearing it, everyone became extremely alert and vigilant around them.

Afterwards, Qingxuan Sect and Xiaoyao Sect divided the body of the violent demon bear.

The Qingxuan Sect received two bear paws and a bear head, and the Xiaoyao Sect received two bear paws and a bear gallbladder.

After the division was completed, the two sects moved forward again.

In the following time, they discovered many dead beasts one after another. This unknown change made Cheng Xiaoxiao and others more and more nervous.

…

Outside the foggy ghost forest.

The leaders of each sect frowned unconsciously as they looked at the corpses of ferocious beasts that kept appearing.

Lin Yongchao asked, "What happened? Why did all these beasts die out of nowhere?"

Wu Daozi stared at the fog mirror in front of him and speculated, "Judging from the scars on their bodies, these scars come from different races."

Yuan Mo thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "I don't know if you've noticed, but these beasts are all running in the same direction, heading out of the Misty Forest. Furthermore, their realms are very strange. There are almost no corpses of beasts below level three."

“Suppose we divide the Fog Forest into five parts.

The first part, which is the central area, is inhabited by ferocious beasts of level eight to nine.

The second part is inhabited by ferocious beasts of levels six to seven.

The third part is inhabited by ferocious beasts of level four to five.

The fourth part is inhabited by ferocious beasts of the third to fourth levels.

The fifth part, which is the outer area, should be inhabited by first- to second-level ferocious beasts.

But, did you just see the corpses of the first and second level beasts through the fog mirror? "

Several people shook their heads and answered at the same time, "No."