Chapter 572: Green-Eyed Golden Rhinoceros

Now he finally understood why this secret realm had become such a ghost of a place; it must have been ravaged by these Black Crystal Army Ants!

However, at this moment, he couldn't care about that anymore; the Black Crystal Army Ants were about to pass through his campsite.

He immediately used the fastest speed to retrieve both formation disks, then used the magical treasure light gauze to cover his entire body.

Then, supported by the Ink Cloud Battle Mount, he slowly flew upward; now he dared not make too much noise! He had to avoid attracting the attention of the Black Crystal Army Ants, because what he saw now were only First-Tier army ants.

There must be Second-Tier army ants, and those things could fly; if there were enough of them, Lin Zhangqing wouldn't dare say he could definitely escape alive.

Moreover, in this secret realm space, there were invisible and untouchable spatial rifts, so he couldn't just fly however he wanted!

If he flew around randomly, he might suddenly be split in two!

So he only dared to slowly ascend to a height of thirty or forty zhang, then stayed still, not daring to act recklessly.

Sensing the black torrent passing beneath his feet, it truly made his scalp tingle; it was both spectacular and terrifying.

The number was simply too large; even if he could eliminate a portion, it would definitely draw out Second-Tier, or even Third-Tier army ants.

Lin Zhangqing didn't believe that a secret realm capable of growing Wood Tooth Crystals would lack the resources to cultivate Third-Tier army ants.

So he simply didn't provoke them. Fortunately, Black Crystal Army Ants were dark-attribute creatures and basically hid in dark burrows during the day and didn't come out.

They only left their burrows to feed at night; with this characteristic, the few hundred cultivators who entered had a sliver of survival! And now, Lin Zhangqing had no hope left for finding the Wood Tooth Crystal!

It was estimated that the entire secret realm space was already the territory of the Black Crystal Army Ants, so how could high-grade spirit objects like the Wood Tooth Crystal be spared! It must be gone; perhaps even the spirit plants that produced the Wood Tooth Crystal had been gnawed clean by the army ants!

Ouyang Zhongjing would never have imagined that the situation inside the secret realm would be like this; his plan this time should be falling through!

Just at this moment, he faintly heard screams coming from afar; someone must have fallen victim!

Before long, he saw several escape lights of different colors flying around randomly, and at this moment, the Black Crystal Army Ants below also became agitated!

Their forward speed increased by more than two or three times, and Lin Zhangqing could only silently mourn for those people! He didn't know how many people would be able to survive tonight, but he imagined there wouldn't be many! After finally waiting for the ant tide to pass, Lin Zhangqing began to fly slowly in the opposite direction!

He had to find a safe place to stay first and make plans after dawn! However, after thinking it over, he couldn't find a suitable place!

Lin Zhangqing could only fly for a few miles before finding a towering rock and staying on it; he didn't even dare to take off the magical treasure light gauze he was wearing!

After persisting for several hours like this, the sky finally brightened, and all the Black Crystal Army Ants returned to their burrows.

Now the problem facing Lin Zhangqing was leaving this secret realm.

But his method of leaving was to communicate with Lin Changliu.

Let it enter the inner space and return to the normal cultivation world through the coordinates left behind previously.

But if he did this, Lin Changliu would have to come into contact with the spatial barrier of this secret realm.

And open a passage on the spatial barrier for Lin Zhangqing to enter the inner space.

That might destroy the fragile balance of this secret realm space and become the final straw that broke the entire space! So Lin Zhangqing was hesitating whether to do this immediately!

However, after thinking about it, he decided to wait a day or two first to see if there were any other variables! After making up his mind, he released those First-Tier Shock-Spirit Cicadas again, formed a scouting shield, and continued to explore the interior of the mountain range.

He had a feeling that if he could really find something, it must be in the mountains, not on the Gobi Desert.

So he continued to walk into the mountains; today, it was obvious that there were far fewer cultivators than yesterday.

He flew for two or three hours and encountered spatial rifts three times, losing four First-Tier Shock-Spirit Cicadas.

Only then did he finally see two cultivators, and they were a pair.

However, when the two sides saw each other, neither had any intention of making a move, and they even intentionally kept their distance.

So they were safe and sound, and nothing happened!

After flying for several more hours, he finally saw a huge mountain peak; Lin Zhangqing didn't think much and immediately approached the summit.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to approach the summit, several cultivators suddenly popped out.

This gave Lin Zhangqing a fright; he thought these people were here to ambush him!

Just as he was about to activate his Black Cloud Domain and release the Second-Tier Shock-Spirit Cicadas to kill them all!

Unexpectedly, one of the cultivators spoke first: "Fellow Daoist, don't make a move yet; we came out to see you without any malice! Otherwise, we could have waited until you entered our formation before dealing with you!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Zhangqing stopped his actions, but he still cautiously retreated a distance.

Then he asked: "Fellow Daoists, what do you mean by this?"

Unexpectedly, just as he finished speaking, a few more people popped out, one of whom was Song Junxue.

Only then did Song Junxue say: "Fellow Daoist Zhang, don't be nervous! We have a bit of friendship, so let me answer your question! We came out to see you because we want to invite Fellow Daoist Zhang to join us and go treasure hunting together!"

Lin Zhangqing was very surprised upon hearing this; shouldn't treasure hunting be better with fewer people! Now, including him, there were already eight people; what treasure was enough for so many people to share? Could it be...

Lin Zhangqing looked at Song Junxue seriously before saying: "Without head or tail!

Please speak clearly, Fellow Daoist Song; otherwise, I won't agree to you!"

Song Junxue also looked at him and said with a light smile: "Rest assured, I won't lie to you!

Let me give you a rough idea; I have a Second-Tier Great Perfection-stage Auspicious Blue-Eyed Golden Rhinoceros.

This kind of auspicious spirit beast is born with the ability to sense all kinds of treasures.

This time, my spirit beast had a particularly strong reaction; it was thanks to its guidance yesterday that I came here!

After communicating with it, I know the treasure is beneath this huge peak, and it is a wood-attribute treasure.

So I suspect that it is very likely the Fourth-Tier spirit object, the Wood Tooth Crystal, that Senior Ouyang Zhongjing mentioned."

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