Chen Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief after dealing with the Mist Monster.

He had anticipated that the Mist Spikes would be quite difficult to kill, but he didn't expect that the monster, which wasn't known for its high vitality, could withstand the explosion of landmines and still maintain a certain level of combat power.

His plan was to first use the footprints to lure the Mist Spikes to the minefield. If the mines hadn't killed them, Dao Nan, who was in the same hunting party and had worked with him before, would rush up with him to deal with the Mist Spikes that had been injured by the mines.

Li Ai had never worked with them before, so going up together would likely cause problems. Chen Jing had her stay on the perimeter, responsible for blocking the highest ruins, taking advantage of the fact that the Mist Monsters liked to escape to higher ground in head-on encounters.

It looks like it's working really well... Li Aidan's "beast transformation" is truly terrifying. His hands have turned into claws, and he's incredibly strong. I wonder what kind of spiritual energy he's using... Chen Jing thought to himself, and then gave Li Aidan and Dao Nan a high-five.

The battlefield was far from the area with wooden buildings, and the attack was launched by the Mist Spikes. Therefore, Chen Jing had the advantage of having pre-planned to disable two of the Mist Spikes' "skills". The Mist Spikes' poisonous claws also had no chance to be used, which made it seem like he won the victory relatively easily.

Chen Jing pondered that if he were to act alone, but without holding back his knowledge of becoming a cultivator, he could first use "noise invisibility" to ambush the Misty Thorn Monster, and then use landmines to detonate them in conjunction with "Strange Blade" to launch a surprise attack, perhaps killing it in one go.

Even if the Demon Blade fails to kill the Mist Spikes, it can greatly confuse the Mist Spikes' sense of distance, leaving a huge advantage for the subsequent battle. Chen Jing can also use the Shadow Cloak to suddenly become invisible and launch a surprise attack, which will basically guarantee a victory.

Even if the Mist Monster manages to withstand this or escapes, and plans to hunt Chen Jing down in the mist, Chen Jing can still use "Shadow Cloak" in conjunction with "Noise Invisibility" to run away, making him invincible.

Hmm... The Mist Thorn Monster is definitely not at the Blood Realm level. Based on this, Chen Jing judged that it was a monster at the Body Realm level.

Of course, without noise-based invisibility, Chen Jing could be instantly killed if ambushed, but if he was only injured and not killed, he could immediately disappear using his shadow cloak and noise-based invisibility.

"The advantage of going first is also very important for cultivators," Chen Jing thought to himself.

"Take the body away," Dao Nan said, as he prepared to drag the corpse of the Mist Spike Monster.

The corpse of the Mist Spike Monster has many useful items: possible demon cores, skin, claws, brains, tongues... all valuable loot that should not be wasted!

Li Ai picked up the corpse of the Mist-Spirit Monster with one hand, carried it on his back, and also picked up the corpses of two scouts, which made Chen Jing and Dao Nan look at him with complicated expressions.

There are landmines here. Although there are supposedly many monster lures and scouts around, we still need to be wary of monsters coming after the sound.

Before the group had gone far, a figure came running from the mist in the distance.

He was a middle-aged man with a long beard, wearing dark green leather armor, and carrying two straight swords on his back.

Huang Yuanlong, formerly the top hunter of Ash City and now a core member of the Black Hand gang!

He glanced at Chen Jing and the others, crossed his arms, and said expressionlessly, "It seems I don't need to be in such a hurry."

"Lord Huang!" Chen Jing and the others bowed in greeting.

Chen Jing was puzzled. The core members of the Black Hand gang were all near the inner city watchtower. Even if they came to help, they would be slower than the people from Meijing Dojo. Could it be that something happened to Meijing Dojo?

“No need for formalities. I used to be a hunter myself.” Huang Yuanlong said without changing his expression, “It seems there’s a problem with your ‘core battle group.’ Your messenger has come directly to us.”

Dao Nan asked doubtfully, "That's impossible. There are so many people at the Meijing Dojo. Even if they encountered a slave spirit and started a massacre, they would at least make a sound and sound an alarm."

It's normal that the lone scavenger who sent the message didn't follow. Cultivators are definitely much faster at providing support than ordinary people, especially after hearing the explosion and knowing the exact location, they can come directly.

“That messenger may have misremembered the location,” Huang Yuanlong said expressionlessly, stating a situation that was simply impossible.

The scavengers invited by the Black Hand probably know the layout of Meijing City better than they do their own homes!

Uh… was he joking? Chen Jing looked at Huang Yuanlong’s expressionless face and listened to his calm tone, feeling somewhat confused.

"Shall we go and check out the scene first?" Huang Yuanlong said.

"Okay." Chen Jing and the others did not refuse and took him back directly.

With a cultivator in charge, even ordinary monsters attracted by the explosions are just there to deliver materials.

Chen Jing finally realized that perhaps the group of people from the Meijing Dojo were disobeying orders and had also led the monster in a certain direction. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, hoping that wasn't the case; what a childish thing to do!

Disobeying orders and treating the lives of teammates and themselves as a joke!

...

Inside the arena, overgrown with weeds and covered with bushes, the fog seemed even thicker than outside.

Melorian, Dubois, and the others cautiously entered through the huge crack that had been breached at the main entrance of the arena, scanning the area.

“Those scavengers also said that there were many corpses lying in the arena. Where are the corpses?” Duboshi said with a laugh.

“That’s just how they are, they love to brag.” Mellorian sneered. “Search this place, see if there’s anything or any trace of it. If not, it would be good if we could find something valuable.”

"Okay," the group said as they walked. Suddenly, Du Boshi tripped over something.

He lowered his head, dug around on the ground, and surprisingly unearthed a leather armor.

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