After distributing the group benefits, the entire team headed deeper into the mountains and forests.

Along the way, apart from the Soul-Devouring Serpents from before, almost all the demonic beasts seemed to have hidden themselves away, and not a single one could be seen.

It seems that apart from the Soul-Devouring Serpent, there are no other demonic beasts here.

But everyone knows that's impossible.

In the miscellaneous affairs area, there used to be a lot of information about this place, including what kinds of monsters there were, how many of them were powerful, and which were difficult to fight or relatively easy to defeat.

They've simply disappeared now.

As Shi Xuan walked forward, he released his divine sense to observe the surrounding movements, not letting go of any clues.

But everything around seemed too calm, a calmness that seemed particularly abnormal in the mountain forest of this training ground.

They had ventured deep into the heart of the mountains and forests, and had been walking for a long time, but there was still no movement. There were no people, no monsters, no sense of life at all; the silence was terrifying.

"Why is there nothing here?" Shen Wuyang asked. "At this rate, won't our welfare benefits be useless? Haha."

Chang Qing slapped him on the shoulder: "You jinx, you'd better not say anything."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Xuan suddenly said, "No, we're trapped by a formation."

All nineteen people stopped at once. Chen Qi and Sun Shaoxing looked at Shi Xuan with surprise, their meaning quite clear.

How come they, as the most talented disciples of the Hidden Sect, didn't notice the formation here?

Chen Qi asked directly, "How did you figure that out?"

“We’ve been walking for so long, and we’re still halfway up the mountain,” Shi Xuan said, pointing to a tree trunk. “There’s a semi-circular gap there. We passed by it half an hour ago.”

The team members' eyes widened in disbelief. They had never imagined that someone would set up an array here, deep in the mountains!

Who on earth is so bored as to set up such a powerful formation in this desolate wilderness? What's the point of setting up a formation here? Is it specifically for robbing training groups like these?

That doesn't make sense either. Setting up formations outside is obviously much simpler than in the mountains and forests. Besides, setting them up here would only catch groups like them who come to this mountain. It's really unnecessary to go to such lengths.

In fact, they had been lost in this maze for a long time, and no one had come out to finish them off. So, who set up this maze and what purpose it was intended to serve?

"Don't go yet," Shi Xuan said. "Let's sit down and rest for a while, and think about what to do."

The team members stopped meditating and cultivating. It doesn't matter where you do meditation, especially since the spiritual energy here is exceptionally abundant, making it the perfect place for meditation. It just requires spending spirit stones.

Shi Xuan walked alone to the very edge of the formation. She tentatively increased the intensity of the "All Things Grow" technique, intentionally drawing spiritual energy from the formation to see if she could forcibly break it.

This formation was set up in the mountains and forests. Once inside the formation, it was virtually impossible to find the key point and break it. Shi Xuan had no choice but to make a new attempt.

Half an hour passed, and there was no change in the entire formation.

We've been waiting here for an hour already; this can't go on forever.

Shen Wuyang asked, "Captain, shall we go?"

"I'm not leaving," Shi Xuan said without looking up, waiting right there.

Night fell, and darkness descended. Shi Xuan sat there calmly, seemingly confident.

Seeing their captain's demeanor, the team members felt relieved and sat down to meditate. They no longer needed to ask any questions; they would wait until the captain decided to leave.

Around Shi Xuan, all things were dancing and flying, without stopping all night.

Throughout the entire night, neither the person who set up the formation nor the demonic beasts appeared; it seemed they had been forgotten.

Shi Xuan didn't say she was leaving; she just sat there meditating, as if she wanted to sit there forever.

Seeing her like this, the members of the best team sat down without paying any attention. Shen Wuyang laughed and said, "It wouldn't be bad to just keep meditating like this. I made a lot of progress yesterday, so consider it spending spirit stones to come to this spiritually rich mountain forest to meditate!"

"Then we must thank Brother Shen for inviting us to meditate."

"Hahaha, no problem, no problem. You can continue meditating. I'll treat you to the extra time!"

...

Shi Xuan sat there for three days straight, and the Myriad Life Formation continued to rotate for those three days. Now, as a person with a complete spiritual root, her meridians had been repeatedly strengthened and expanded, making the Myriad Life Formation far more powerful than before. But even so, three days passed, and the formation remained unbroken.

Shi Xuan continued, seemingly determined to fight this formation to the death, not giving up until he achieved his goal.

Suddenly, a sigh reached everyone's ears, startling the team members.

Everyone stood up and looked around, but they didn't see anyone.

The voice was old and hoarse, filled with weariness; it sounded as if he hadn't spoken in a long time, his words somewhat slurred. "Get down the mountain immediately, or else..."

As he spoke, a tornado arose within the entire formation, whipping up leaves that resembled sharp blades, and rushed towards Shi Hao's team.

The team members were caught off guard by the man's immediate attack and hastily set up their defensive artifacts.

At that moment, Shi Xuan went in the opposite direction and rushed toward a large tree thirty paces to his right.

The tree looked no different from the others, but Shi Xuan seemed to have identified it, and with a single sword stroke, he cut the tree in half.

As the large tree fell, the scenery around everyone changed, as if the fog before their eyes had been cleared, revealing the true face of the mountain forest.

It turns out that during these three days, in addition to frantically extracting the spiritual power of the formation, Shi Xuan also kept using his divine sense to observe everything in the formation and released Lu Shenzhi to break the formation.

Finally, they found the location of the array's core. Just as the man was speaking, Shi Xuan swiftly struck the core, breaking the mountain maze.

Just as the formation was broken, Shi Xuan saw a black figure flash by.

He seemed to be the one who set up the formation, but his figure was more like a demonic beast. He seemed not to have expected the formation to be broken, and after a moment of stunned silence, he quickly fled.

It was in that very instant that Shi Xuan witnessed it.

Shi Xuan quickly followed, chasing after the evasive figure. She wanted to see just who this person was who had set up this illusionary trap to keep them inside for three days and three nights!

The black figure flashed into a stone cave in an instant, and Shi Xuan followed closely behind.

The cave was pitch black. Just as Shi Xuan was about to go further, a hoarse voice suddenly came from inside. He seemed very scared and hurriedly said from the darkness, "Don't come any closer!"