Just as the three of them were losing patience, the calm space in front of them suddenly began to distort violently, opening up a spatial portal.

“It’s out!”

Bai Hao immediately perked up and looked at the spatial opening.

Fan Ziming and Zheng Long immediately tensed up; the former clenched his fists, while the latter slowly drew his longsword, poised to strike.

but,

"Run!"

Several figures rushed out of the blessed land in a panic, but they had only taken a few steps when suddenly several shadows darted out from the blessed land, grabbed the feet of the Shenhai Sect disciples, and pulled them back in. None of them escaped.

"ah--!"

After those people were captured and taken back, the spatial portal was not closed, and screams came from afar, making Bai Hao and the other two feel a sense of panic.

"What...what were those things just now?" Fan Ziming swallowed hard, his voice trembling as he asked.

"I...I didn't see it clearly." Bai Hao also felt a bit thirsty.

"Why don't we go back?" Fan Ziming suggested.

“I think that makes sense,” Bai Hao agreed.

But Zheng Long was always the one who opposed it.

“They must have encountered something inside. We’re still early, so we can take this opportunity to go in, grab what’s in this blessed land, and leave.” He said, his eyes fixed on the entrance to the space.

"Are you serious?" The two of them looked at him at the same time.

"Hmm." Zheng Long looked at the two of them and nodded seriously.

Bai Hao, Fan Ziming: "..."

"Little Steamer, come here, I need to tell you something." Bai Hao beckoned, patted Zheng Long on the shoulder, and said earnestly:

“Sometimes, the tasks assigned by the sect leader aren't mandatory; we need to act within our capabilities. You might not know, but sometimes our sect leader makes some unreasonable decisions on a whim. But we can't pay the price for her irrational decisions; we need to have our own thoughts and ideas.”

Given the current situation, even so many people from the Divine Sea Sect have perished inside; we should definitely not go in. Leaving as quickly as possible is the best course of action.

Fan Ziming also said, "Originally, the sect leader was supposed to help us with this mission, but now that the sect leader hasn't appeared, it's as if the mission conditions aren't met, so we shouldn't continue."

The two men spoke with such conviction, reason, and logic that they even convinced themselves, but Zheng Long remained expressionless, as if he wasn't listening at all.

"I'm the senior brother, and this mission is all on my orders. I'm going back now, so let's stop dawdling and get going." Seeing that Zheng Long didn't react, Bai Hao was too lazy to reason with him anymore and simply brought up his status as the senior brother.

With that, he and Fan Ziming turned and left, leaving Zheng Long alone.

After watching the two of them leave, Zheng Long looked at the spatial entrance again; there was no longer any sound coming from inside.

He felt this was a rare opportunity, but unfortunately Bai Hao and Fan Ziming had both left, so he had no choice but to go back with them.

But just as Zheng Long turned to leave, he saw Bai Hao and Fan Ziming coming back.

"Why are you back?"

"Actually, I think what you said earlier makes some sense. Now is indeed a good opportunity," Bai Hao said earnestly, stroking his chin.

Fan Ziming also agreed: "I think so too. After all, it's a task assigned by the sect leader, and we still have to complete it."

Zheng Long looked at them curiously. Why had these two suddenly changed their tune?

"What happened?"

"It's nothing, let's hurry up and go." Bai Hao put his arm around Zheng Long's shoulder and started walking down to the entrance of the blessed land.

But the more they acted this way, the more curious Zheng Long became to look behind them.

This sight nearly gave him a fright.

At the foot of the mountain where they had come from, several large snakes had appeared out of nowhere—the really big kind!

Those sinister eyes stared at the three of them, like eyes fixed on prey, slowly creeping up.

"Run!"

Bai Hao roared and pushed the two of them as they ran wildly down into the blessed land.

Just as the three of them ran down the mountain, the several large snakes below also hurriedly chased after them. They were extremely fast and powerful, capable of knocking down everything in their path.

Bai Hao and his two companions ran forward for their lives, but suddenly, in the forest where there had been nothing before, pairs of emerald green eyes appeared.

Those were large snakes hidden in the dense jungle!

They were surrounded by giant snakes!

"Damn it, I've been tricked!"

They were originally planning to run forward, but now they realize that they are already surrounded.

The giant snake they encountered at the beginning wasn't unaware of them; it secretly called for help!

The three of them immediately braked and stopped at the entrance of the blessed land.

"There's nowhere else to go now, we have to go inside."

The three of them had nowhere to retreat and could only run into the blessed land.

"boom!"

As soon as they ran in, a huge snake rammed into them. However, because the entrance to Dongtianfu could only accommodate two people at a time, the entrance was too small for Dashe, and they couldn't get in at all.

Several large snakes took turns ramming into the snakes outside several times, but eventually found that they could neither get in nor open the opening. They gradually quieted down, but no one knew whether they had left or not.

"Phew, thank goodness, they can't get in." Bai Hao patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

If they can get in even like this, then they really have nowhere to retreat.

Those giant snakes were frightening just by their size; they didn't even want to fight, they just wanted to run away.

“Look,” Zheng Long tugged at them from the side.

Bai Hao followed the gaze and finally saw the entirety of this blessed land—

It was about the same size as his blessed land, and there was also a small mountain inside. They were currently at the foot of the mountain, surrounded by thick fog that was impossible to see through.

As you walk uphill from the foot of the mountain, you'll find all sorts of spiritual plants and herbs growing there. Many of these plants, which are not yet mature, already emit a faint medicinal fragrance.

But the herbs here had clearly been picked, and there were messy footprints everywhere.

At the foot of the mountain, they did not see the Shenhai Sect disciples who had been dragged back, but they did see drag marks on the ground that stretched from the foot of the mountain to the top.

Clearly, those people must have been dragged to the top of the mountain.

"Brother Bai, I think we should just wait here until the snakes outside leave before going out," Fan Ziming said with difficulty, swallowing hard.