No matter what the purpose of the group from Sangyu College led by Liu Hongjie was, it was a real fact that they brought Qingshan and six others into the outskirts of Kuye Island.

Especially when there is a possibility of being attacked by monsters and the six of them don’t know which way to go, having someone who knows the way to lead the team is also a good idea.

With the Yuanshen realm cultivation level, one might be able to protect oneself on this island with restricted cultivation levels, but if one were to be besieged, one would probably be in danger.

Therefore, you must maintain a good condition and not waste your spiritual power recklessly so that you can face danger calmly.

"roar!"

Suddenly, a beast roared, shaking the whole area. It was terrifying and mysterious, spreading from the depths of the fog across the island and even reaching the ears of the group.

"What's this?"

"Mutated monster?"

After all, they are all cultivators, not ordinary people. Although the situation is not good at first glance, it does not make them tremble in fear. Instead, they are still trying to figure out what kind of monster it is.

"Sounds a bit like a gorilla?"

The giant gorilla doesn't seem too difficult to accept. After all, in an environment with rich spiritual energy and isolation from the world, even ordinary animals will evolve.

Strength, speed, and even size will change.

Judging from the impact of the beast's roar just now, it can be roughly judged that it is at the ninth level of Huawu.

On this island where cultivation is suppressed, even ordinary Golden Body Realm cultivators might find it a bit difficult.

"I just hope there aren't too many changes."

Facing a group attack, even the Yuanshen realm cultivators dared not be careless.

If this happened outside, it would actually be impossible. Not to mention the ninth level of Huawu, even if it was the ninth level of Jinshen, Yuanshen would still not be afraid. But this is not possible.

"Be careful. The most troublesome thing on Dead Leaf Island is not the suppression of cultivation, but the fact that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is different. It cannot be refined, and your own spiritual power cannot be replenished."

As they walked, they listened to Liu Hongjie explaining the basic situation on the island. As for what he said about the difference in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, everyone knew it without asking.

After absorbing a little bit of spiritual energy, you can feel something strange in your limbs.

Breathing spiritual energy is the same as usual, but as long as you practice and refine it, you will seem to feel like a small insect has entered your body, making your whole body uncomfortable, and it will move around with the spiritual energy until it is inhaled into the Dantian Qi Sea.

It's like being poisoned, affecting spiritual power and even the body, making people unable to muster any strength.

Fortunately, he only absorbed a little bit. Relying on his original realm and massive spiritual power, he absorbed and neutralized this discomfort until it was completely eliminated.

So this is really poisoning!

The spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the Dead Leaf Island cannot be used by cultivators at all. Otherwise, not only will they not be able to replenish their spiritual power, they may even die and be poisoned by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Unless the creatures that originally existed on this island have already adapted to this poisonous aura and made corresponding changes in their bodies.

Perhaps to them, the spiritual energy from the outside world, like everything else in the outside world, is poisonous and incompatible, and this island is a small world of its own.

Of course, whether there are any side effects from practicing with such poisonous spiritual energy is still unknown.

"What a pity! Such a large amount of abundant spiritual energy cannot be used by me." Li Bingwen looked up and sighed.

"This may be the testing ground of the Earth's will, and the reason why alien races cannot come here." Zhao Feng was rarely serious.

Of course, his words also reflected the sighs in everyone's hearts. This dangerous place that was imprisoned by the will of the earth, a place that alien races would not choose, did have its own unique characteristics.

It is no wonder that there are no cultivators to develop such a lost island. With such spiritual energy from heaven and earth, it is impossible to live on it for a long time.

"But is this really the reason why we can't stop the aliens from coming?"

Chu You, who continued to sense Xiaobai's changes, also had a question in his heart. If the aliens could really be stopped, then how could Zeng Yun be trapped here? Did she jump in by herself?

So what is the purpose of this unusual confinement island? Is it really just to guard against alien races?

Or is it that the will of the earth is unable to control this place, so it simply makes this place special. Since we don't understand what the point is, we just cut it off.

There are many such confined places on the earth. Is there something wrong with them?

Chu You didn't think about it any further, not because it was too scary to think about it, but because there was no need to. It would be futile to think so much about something that he himself was not sure about.

And the top priority now is to find Zeng Yun and find out the whereabouts of Qin Yining.

So before completing the task, other things will come later, even if Chu You himself is interested in it, it has to be put aside, after all, things have their priorities.

“I feel like this is a little off!”

The upright young man Wan Shuo spoke up to remind everyone and asked them to look at the team...

"?"

I was confused and didn't know what he meant.

"We seem to be missing someone here, the guy who was just in front of me. Have you noticed where he went?"

Few people?

"It's Junior Brother Ning. When did he disappear?"

Everyone at Sangyu College counted the number of people and immediately realized who Wan Shuo was talking about.

The team moved in a long snake shape, with Liu Hongjie and other disciples from Sangyu Academy leading the way in the front, followed by the six people from Qingshan, and Chu You at the end.

He seems to be low-key and timid, but in fact he is covering the others.

And that Junior Brother Ning was right in front of Wan Shuo and the others, in the middle of the team.

But now it's gone!

Everyone was traveling together and didn't notice anything unusual. No one noticed when he got lost or how he disappeared.

If Wan Shuo had not suddenly discovered that the senior brother leading the way in front had a different figure, no one would have noticed it until now.

Including Xin Qiang, who had the highest cultivation level in public, and Chu You, who was secretly leaving behind, no one felt anything.

"This is dangerous!"

He instantly became tense and alert. That was Chu You's resistance to the unknown. It was the thing he was most afraid of encountering. If he didn't even know what the situation was, how could he win?

He would not do such an uncertain thing. If it were not for Song Xinyan's mission, he would have turned around and left, not getting involved in these things anymore.

"It's Swamp Thing!"

Based on the situation on the scene, Liu Hongjie kept flipping through the experience manual he got from the college and finally found useful information in it.

Swamp Thing:

1. A creature unique to Dead Leaf Island. It has no physical form, no intelligence, and acts on instinct, but it is a living thing.

2. It looks like an ordinary swamp and can trap people. However, since it is alive, it can move freely and choose the number of people in the swamp.

3. There is no spiritual power fluctuation, so it cannot be perceived and can only be observed with the naked eye.

4. Its strength is equivalent to the seventh level of Huawu, but it has swamp characteristics and cannot be escaped by those below the first level of Golden Body.

5. If you encounter one, do not treat it as a monk. It is safer to deal with it like an ordinary wild animal.

…

The characteristics and summary were generally explained to everyone, so that everyone could understand how it was possible for someone to disappear without a sound.

It turned out that they had been using the monks' response methods to be on guard, thus neglecting the most basic precautions.

This also sounded a wake-up call for Chu You. He thought that by starting the bird-chasing game, he could distract himself from other things, which allowed some mutant monster to succeed right under his nose.

But this is not the end yet. Without spiritual power, he can still track and sense!