In the outer thirty miles, there were basically only lesser profound beasts. After Yun Che went deeper into the area, he began to see true profound beasts one by one or in groups. The ground also became uneven, and all kinds of dead trees and low mountains became more and more dense.
As rumored, the mysterious beasts here were extremely violent. When they saw humans, they would pounce on them as if they had seen their mortal enemy. Most of the ones he encountered at first were low-level true mysterious beasts, which were not Yun Che's target. He avoided them if he could, and killed those that he couldn't avoid. He continued to move forward without any danger. When he passed through a small piece of black wood dead forest, he suddenly heard human voices and fighting sounds in front of him, accompanied by the roar of mysterious beasts.
"Junior Brother Ding, quickly block its retreat, don't let it escape!"
"It can't hold on any longer! Don't let up!"
"Junior Sister Mu, quickly step back! It's going crazy and will hurt you!"
Yun Che walked out of the black forest. Not far ahead, he saw four people besieging a mysterious beast. The mysterious beast was relatively large in size, with scales all over its body and a sharp single horn on its head. Judging from its aura, it should be a high-level true mysterious beast.
The four people who besieged it were all very young, three men and one woman. The oldest one looked to be around 23 years old, with a profound strength of the ninth level of the True Profound Realm. The other two men also looked to be in their early twenties, with a profound strength of the fifth level of the True Profound Realm. The girl called “Junior Sister Mu” was about the same age as Yun Che, only seventeen or eighteen years old, and her profound strength cultivation was the weakest, having just entered the True Profound Realm.
Judging from their titles, they should be from the same sect. Given their age and their profound strength, their sect must be strong, at least well-known, otherwise they wouldn't dare to venture into such a deep place with just four people.
Because the girl had the weakest profound strength, she was protected by three people on the periphery, and would only occasionally participate in the attack when it was safest. The besieged unicorn had thick skin and flesh, and was protected by scales, but it could not withstand the joint attack of four True Profound Realm profound masters, not to mention that one of them was a True Profound Realm ninth-level master. Its body was already covered in bloodstains, and its counterattacks became increasingly weak. In the end, it simply gave up counterattacking and struggled to escape.
"Humph, you want to escape? Look at my sword!"
The oldest young man shouted loudly, flew up, and rolled up a fierce sword in his hand, knocking the unicorn that was about to escape to the ground, with its four legs facing the sky. After he landed, he shot forward like an arrow, stabbing the long sword fiercely, piercing the unicorn's throat in a straight line.
The unicorn let out a mournful howl, and its whole body convulsed for a moment, and then there was no more movement.
“Wow! Senior Brother Sun, you are so awesome! Such a powerful mysterious beast was knocked down by you in just a few moves.” The girl called “Junior Sister Mu” was named Mu Xiaoling. Looking at the fallen unicorn, her eyes sparkled and her face was full of admiration.
The man who stabbed the unicorn to death was named Sun Zhou. He was the oldest and most powerful of the four. After hearing what Mu Xiaoling said, he laughed and said, "Junior sister, you are too kind. It's not that I am good, but this mysterious beast is too weak. Junior sister's talent is much better than mine. When you are my age, you will definitely be able to kill this unicorn much faster than me."
He sounded modest, but his eyes flashed with complacency. He instructed the other two: "Junior Brother Ding, Junior Brother Han, take out its Xuandan."
Junior Brother Ding and Junior Brother Han hurried forward together, cut open the unicorn's body, and soon took out the Xuandan skillfully.
"Well, with this Xuan Dan and thirteen Xuan Dan of real Xuan beasts, our mission this time is completed. I believe that we will be the first team to complete the mission this time, and Master will definitely praise us greatly." Sun Zhou said proudly after taking the Xuan Dan.
The two junior brothers immediately stepped forward to flatter him: "This is all thanks to Senior Brother Sun's bravery, otherwise we would not have completed the mission in three days. We are so lucky to be assigned to the same group with Senior Brother Sun."
Senior Brother Sun nodded and said proudly, "No, no, this is the result of our joint efforts. The two junior brothers are still young, and their future achievements will definitely not be worse than mine... Oh?"
At this moment, Sun Zhou suddenly saw Yun Che walking out of the Black Wood Forest and heading this way. Seeing a figure, and coming alone, he suddenly became alert... because anyone who dared to come here alone was either a master or an idiot. But after seeing Yun Che's age and finding out his profound strength, he laughed disdainfully and whispered, "Another fool who doesn't know how to live or die."
Just as he finished his low mockery, Junior Brother Ding beside him suddenly let out a low cry, pointed at Yun Che, and said excitedly: “Senior Brother Sun, quickly… quickly look at his left hand! It’s purple… a purple space ring!”
As he called out, Sun Zhou's gaze fell on Yun Che's left hand, and then he stared at the purple light between his fingers, unable to look away for a long time, with deep greed in his eyes.
"Purple space ring? Is it better than our space ring?" Ding Xiaoling raised the yellow space ring in her hand and asked with some confusion.
"Of course it's better, and much better!" Junior Brother Han whispered excitedly, "Our space rings only have a few cubic meters of storage space, but the purple space ring is said to have hundreds of cubic meters of storage space, and the price is more than five million Huangxuan coins! It's simply not comparable to our yellow ring. I have never seen many purple space rings in my life. This kid must be a disciple of a big family. I don't know how many good things are in his purple ring."
“Brother, do you think we should…” Junior Brother Han said as he made a cutting motion with his hand.
Sun Zhou had this idea the moment he saw the purple ring. The person wearing the purple ring was not only at the fourth level of True Profound Realm, but also alone. He was simply a fat sheep that fell from the sky. If he were outside, he would definitely not dare to make any plans, because the one who could use the purple ring must be very important. But this is the Death Wasteland, and countless people die there every year because of robbing each other. Killing him here can be said to be almost risk-free.
Just as Sun Zhou was about to nod, Mu Xiaoling came over and said angrily, "Brother Han, how can you have such an idea! We come from a famous and upright family. We are here to gain experience, not to be robbers who kill people and rob goods! If you really dare to do this, I will tell Master! If Master finds out, he will punish you severely and may even expel you from the sect!"
Sun Zhou's expression changed, and he nodded seriously, "Junior sister is right, Junior brother Han, how can you have such a despicable idea! Junior sister will not agree to this matter, and neither will I. If you really dare to plot against him, I will be the first to stop you."
"Senior Brother Sun is still the most upright." Mu Xiaoling said admiringly.
Junior Brother Han shrank his neck and said awkwardly, "Brother and sister, please don't be angry. I... I was just joking. It was just a joke."
After receiving Ding Xiaoling's praise, Sun Zhou straightened his back even more and snorted coldly, "We come from the Xuanjian Sect, the number one sect in Jiangbei. We must take maintaining the reputation of the sect as our first principle of conduct. We must not bully others or harbor evil intentions when we are outside. We must also take the initiative to help the weak. This little brother's profound strength is only at the fourth level of the True Profound Realm, but he came here alone. It is too dangerous. At this time, we should step forward to help him."
As he spoke, Yun Che had already walked to a place not far from them. Sun Zhou took two steps forward and said with a righteous look on his face: "This little brother, this should be your first time to the Death Wasteland, right? It is too dangerous to come here alone. Why don't you come with us? We are all young people, so it is easy for us to communicate with each other and can take care of each other."
Yun Che glanced at him, and saw the greed hidden in his eyes. He sneered secretly and said two words lightly: "No need". Then he continued to move forward without looking back.
“Tsk, Senior Brother Sun was willing to help him out for his life, but this brat doesn’t know what’s good for him. Just wait to die!” Seeing that Yun Che actually refused, Junior Brother Ding said with disdain.
Sun Zhou did not speak. The muscles on his face twitched slightly for a few times. He stared at Yun Che’s back with reluctance… With Mu Xiaoling around, he gave up the idea of killing Yun Che and robbing him directly. He was ready to pull him together, and then find an opportunity to take Yun Che to act alone. After killing him, he would create a false impression that he was killed by a mysterious beast, and the purple ring would be successfully obtained. Unexpectedly, when he shouted just now, he deliberately showed his strength of the ninth level of the True Profound Realm, but this person flatly refused.
"True Profound Realm Level 4? He looks about the same age as me, but his profound strength is so high!" Thinking of what Sun Zhou said just now, Mu Xiaoling said in surprise, "And he uses such an expensive space ring. He must be from a very large sect or family, right?"
Sun Zhou turned around and said with disdain, "That should be the case. But what I look down on the most are the disciples from these big families and big sects. Because their profound strength is supported by various elixirs, and it is not solid at all. It is not like us who practice step by step. Although his profound strength is the fourth level of the True Profound Realm, if they fight, he may not be able to beat Junior Sister."
“Ah~~Woo~~~”
While Sun Zhou was speaking, a long wolf howl suddenly came from the dark forest behind him. Then, a huge blue shadow suddenly jumped out from the dark forest and rushed towards the four brothers and sisters.
This blue shadow was more than three meters tall, with red eyes, claws like steel hooks, a thick gray back, and an extremely violent aura emanating from its body. The four men had just raised their weapons to prepare for the battle, but when they saw the full appearance of the blue shadow, they immediately showed expressions of extreme fear on their faces.
"Iron...Iron-backed Gray Wolf!"
“This…isn’t this the area of the True Mystical Beasts? How could a Spiritual Mystical Beast appear here…Brother, what…what should we do?”
"What are you still standing here for! Run!" Sun Zhou yelled, pulled Mu Xiaoling up, and ran away at the fastest speed. The Ironback Wolf was a low-level spiritual beast, and it was not something the four of them could deal with. Its claws and teeth were sharper than steel, and could easily tear through their profound defenses and bodies.
After hearing Sun Zhou's roar, Ding Han and the others woke up from their dream, screamed strangely, and fled back for their lives.
But how could their speed be comparable to that of the Iron-backed Wolf? In the blink of an eye, Junior Brother Ding and Junior Brother Han were caught up. The Iron-backed Wolf roared, and its huge body pounced on the two men to the ground at the same time. Its wolf claws pierced their bodies directly like tofu.
The two men screamed in extreme fear, then rolled their eyes and lost consciousness. It was unknown whether they died from serious injuries or were simply frightened to faint.
"Ah! Senior Brother Ding, Senior Brother Han!" The screams of the two made Mu Xiaoling scream in fear. Her voice also made the Iron-backed Wolf's bloodshot eyes lock on her and Sun Zhou. With a low roar, it ran away like a blue lightning, closing the distance between them in an instant.
“Master…Senior Brother! What should we do…what should we do…” Mu Xiaoling ran desperately, but the threat of death behind her was getting closer and closer.
Sun Zhou looked back and found that the Iron-backed Wolf was less than ten steps away from them. He was immediately frightened and broke out in a cold sweat. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Junior sister, block it first... I will call someone to rescue you immediately!"
After saying that, he pushed Mu Xiaoling violently backwards, towards the Iron-backed Wolf, and ran forward desperately.
"Brother...you!!" Mu Xiaoling never dreamed that Sun Zhou would push her towards the Iron-backed Wolf in order to save his life. She fell to the ground and closed her eyes in despair.
Bang!
Awww!!
The feeling of being knocked down and torn apart by the Iron-backed Wolf did not come to her. After despair, she heard a loud noise and a scream. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the back of a young man in luxurious clothes standing in front of her. On his back, there was a huge iron sword slung diagonally.
The Iron-backed Wolf was already more than ten meters away, rolling on the ground in a panic.
It was him...Looking at the back, she remembered that this was the boy who had just walked away.
Sun Zhou, who was fleeing, looked back and saw this scene. He immediately laughed at him, "This kid is really courting death... But this just buys me some time to escape! It seems like even God doesn't want me to die."
The Iron-backed Gray Wolf that was knocked away quickly climbed up from the ground. It stared directly at Yun Che with its bloodshot eyes, and an even more violent and violent aura erupted from its body. Then, it roared and pounced over from a distance of nearly 20 meters, carrying a suffocating aura.
Yun Che frowned, and when it got close to him, he suddenly jumped up, leaping above the Iron-backed Wolf, pulling out the heavy sword from his back, and swung it down with a bang...
Snap!
The reason why the Iron Back Wolf was called the Iron Back Wolf was because its back was as hard as an iron plate, which was the strongest defensive part of its body. However, under the bombardment of Yun Che's heavy sword, its steel-like spine was instantly broken, making a crisp sound that was almost deafening.
[If nothing unexpected happens, this chapter will have 3999 words again! ]
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