Chapter 46: Mist Forest, Terrifying Creatures

Seven days later...

After seven consecutive days of fleeing, Mengchen had now brought Heizi tens of millions of kilometers away from the Butian Sect.

They had been traveling through a jungle of dense ancient trees and had not entered any crowded cities.

After all, the Western Sect was powerful, with influence covering nearly the entire Bayu, and there was no guarantee they wouldn't be discovered by the Western Sect's eyes and ears.

If they were recognized, this escape would surely end in them being caught red-handed once again.

Therefore, Mengchen and Heizi had been sneaking through remote mountain forests where human tracks were rare.

Although they encountered quite a few obstacles along the way, they were easily dealt with by him and Heizi, and they did not encounter any powerful threats.

Huangyu was a place he had just arrived in, so he could only travel without any clear direction; as for where he had ended up, he had no way of knowing.

At this moment, as they crossed a large mountain, a vast, boundless Mist Forest appeared before their eyes.

Usually, such mountain forests were accompanied by absolute danger, but Mengchen frowned and still resolutely walked in, with Heizi following closely behind.

It seemed as if nothing could stop his pace of escape.

Inside this Mist Forest, visibility was extremely poor, but for Mengchen, this was as good as non-existent.

He activated the Rune of the Supreme Bone in his head, and golden light from the runes scattered from his eyes, making everything instantly clear; he could even clearly perceive and see every movement within a radius of several kilometers.

This was also thanks to his timely comprehension of this Supreme Bone Precious Technique in his head, which made it as if he had opened the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye, allowing him to see through all illusions.

And for Heizi, the Jiuyou Ao cub who was skilled at using Darkness Power, this mist was a piece of cake and had absolutely no effect on it at all.

"Rustle, rustle, rustle!"

He and Heizi stepped on thick, withered leaves as they moved forward, making a faint, fragmented sound.

In this mist, the emerald ancient trees and flowers appeared a dark, ink-like green.

After traveling for a period of time, they climbed to a high ground and looked ahead; the mist churned and flowed, exceptionally quiet, with not a single bird chirping or cicada humming, as if it were a piece of hellish underworld, inevitably making one feel fear.

"Crack!"

Suddenly, a strange sound came from behind.

In a place like this, the sudden appearance of such a sound inevitably made one's hair stand on end.

Mengchen and Heizi had already sensed a cold, murderous intent, like an autumn wind sweeping past, and their backs instantly turned cold.

Both turned around at the same time, and Heizi asked in shock and suspicion with a face full of terror: "What kind of creature is this?"

At this time, not far from them, a ferocious and terrifying creature was staring at them with cold, death-filled pupils; its appearance was extremely strange.

It was humanoid, possessing three heads and nine eyes, with three eyes growing on each head, all emitting black light like black gemstones.

Additionally, its upper body was covered in arms, numbering twelve in total, while its lower body was normal and no different from a human's.

It was covered in mud and exuded black, murky energy from its head, looking ferocious and terrifying.

Mengchen did not recognize what species this terrifying creature belonged to, so he could not answer Heizi's question.

"Never mind what it is; if it dares to come out and scare us, it must pay the price."

Mengchen raised his hand and shouted to Heizi: "Heizi, go for me! Take it down!"

"What is this thing? I feel sick just looking at it, you go!" Heizi began to retreat, its body gradually shrinking back.

The strength of this monster was unknown, and it would not be the first to strike.

Seeing this, Mengchen urged it again: "You are a dignified Jiuyou Ao, a descendant of the Ten Fiends! How can you be afraid of such a thing? Hurry up and go."

"You know I'm a Ten Fiend Descendant! And you still dare to talk to me like that. You go this time; when I grow up, I'll protect you in the future."

"Hehehe..." Mengchen chuckled to himself; this guy was actually scared.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Suddenly, black light bloomed in the eyes of the ferocious creature as it ran over with heavy footsteps; the mud on its body fell off, and with the falling mud, terrifying and nauseating rotting flesh was exposed.

"Roar..."

Charging to the front, it let out a roar, and then all twelve arms smashed down at once.

Seeing this, Heizi's two ears instantly stood up and it hurriedly retreated.

"You guy..." Mengchen shook his head helplessly, seeing that he could only do it himself.

He took the opportunity to clench his fist, wrapped it in the precious light of the runes, and threw a punch.

"Crack!" The twelve arms of the ferocious creature instantly made a snapping sound and then flew backward.

"It's actually this weak..."

Heizi was greatly disappointed; if it had known it was this weak, it wouldn't have run away.

"Roar!"

In an instant, a chorus of roars rang out, the withered leaves on the ground rustled, and one after another, ferocious creatures crawled out from beneath the leaves.

In just a short moment, more than thirty ferocious creatures appeared and surrounded them to kill.

"Hmph! Good timing! Leave them all to me!" Heizi shouted to Mengchen, wanting to strike alone.

Following that, black light erupted from its whole body, revealing its true Jiuyou Ao form; a terrifying wolf head with a pair of huge, ancient-looking gray bull horns manifested first. On the wolf head, besides a pair of blood-red, fierce eyes, there was a vertical eye in the center of its brow, scattering fierce light and looking extremely brutal.

Then its body manifested, covered in black scales, hard and cold, shimmering like black gold.

Finally, nine tails grew on its back, and at the end of each tail, it seemed as if a dragon head grew, ferocious and scary, looking extremely mighty.

With its true form manifested, it fought and killed; in just two breaths of time, those thirty-plus ferocious creatures were blasted into smithereens by it.

After finishing this, Heizi walked toward Mengchen with a proud and arrogant posture.

Seeing this, Mengchen ignored it; this guy was truly an opportunist.

Just a moment ago it was too scared to move, and now it was acting all high and mighty.

He believed that if these creatures were extremely difficult to deal with, this guy would definitely abandon him and run away! "Roar..."

Before long, another wave of roars from ferocious creatures came.

In an instant, from all directions, dense swarms of ferocious creatures charged over, numbering at least a hundred.

Mengchen and Heizi attacked at the same time; these creatures were very weak, relying almost entirely on their physical bodies to charge and kill, possessing not a shred of Divine Power or combat technique.

The two fought back and forth, yet they discovered that more and more of these creatures were gathering around; before one batch was finished, the next had already charged up.

Although these creatures were weak in strength and posed no threat to them, they could not withstand such a vast number; if they could never finish fighting them, they surely wouldn't spend their whole lives here engaged in a pointless struggle! Thus, Mengchen shouted to Heizi: "Heizi, don't get entangled, retreat!"

The two broke through toward the front simultaneously, pushing their speed to the limit, leaving those creatures far behind.

"What is that? How can it be so fragrant?" While sprinting at high speed, Heizi caught a whiff of a peculiar scent.

Mengchen did not smell any fragrance and felt that he was just talking nonsense, so he teased: "I'm afraid you secretly ate the flesh and blood of those monsters behind my back just now!"

"What do you know? There must be rare treasures or exotic fruits here," Heizi said with a serious face, sniffing around to identify the source of the fragrance.

"Really? Then why can't I smell it?"

Seeing that Heizi's expression did not look like he was faking it, Mengchen began to believe him, half-doubting and half-convinced.

"Hmph! What do you know? My Jiuyou Ao clan has always been sensitive to rare treasures; follow me."

Heizi wore a very haughty expression, then a flash of brilliance flickered in his pupils as he ran quickly toward the front right.

Mengchen followed closely behind, and after traveling for a while, he was immediately attracted by the golden light shining ahead.

As they gradually approached, they saw it was an ancient tree covered in crystalline fruits, standing four or five hundred meters tall, and the entire tree radiated a brilliant golden light, incomparably dazzling.

The area covered by the light of this ancient tree was extremely vast; within a radius of ten miles, everything was a golden expanse, without a trace of mist to be seen.

"Roar..."

The roars of those creatures from behind reached them; Mengchen and Heizi looked back upon hearing the sound, only to see them dense and packed, their numbers truly terrifying.

But to their surprise, those creatures did not advance any further, merely staying there, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws while roaring toward this side.

"Could it be the light of this ancient tree that makes them afraid to come forward?"

Mengchen observed and discovered that the place where they stopped was exactly the boundary where the mist met the brilliant light.

So it turned out they were a group of fellows that could only move in the darkness.

At this moment, Mengchen and Heizi understood; with no further worries behind them, they began to gradually approach the ancient tree.

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