SFS Chapter 649 Entering the Forest of Death
Chapter 649 Entering the Forest of Death
Hearing his words, Zhong Ran nodded slightly: "This should just be one of her bases. The old man from before was just one of her servants, right?"
Zhong Yan nodded: "Indeed, she is the Supreme Elder of the Ghost King Sect, and her true body should be within the Ghost King Sect."
Mu Jinning: "In that case, they will find out soon. Let's leave here quickly."
The real body will soon find out that the clone has been destroyed and will track them down here, whereupon they will also learn some information about them.
That was a powerful expert close to the Mahayana stage. If the opponent hadn't been careless and if they hadn't had some trump cards, they really wouldn't have been able to do anything to her.
The real body is more difficult to deal with than the clone, and it also has more trump cards up its sleeve.
Zhong Ran and her brother nodded at the same time. Mu Jinning released an aura that erased all traces of their presence.
Generally speaking, if the true body is destroyed, the divided spirit will escape back, and the other party will then know everything about this place.
However, the opponent's split soul was also devoured by Zhong Yan. The opponent could only sense that his own split soul was destroyed, but he would not know what happened.
But since their clones were still there, the enemy would be able to track them down soon, so they had to leave quickly.
The three of them took Ah Sheng and quickly left, continuing their journey towards the Forest of Death.
A wicked smile appeared on Zhong Yan's face as he walked away, leaving behind a trace of the old woman's fragmented soul.
The four of them were moving extremely fast this time. They were already close to the Forest of Death, but now they were going even faster.
Not long after they left, an elderly woman, emaciated and leaning on a cane, appeared.
Mu Jinning, who had already gone quite a distance ahead, frowned slightly: "She's catching up. We need to leave first."
He took out a teleportation array plate, and Zhong Yan pulled Ah Sheng over, and Zhong Ran also came over.
He activated the array plate, and the four of them quickly disappeared from their original spot.
When they reappeared, they had arrived at the entrance to a forest.
This forest doesn't seem to be much different from other forests, but there's no one here.
Very quiet!
It was as quiet as a dead place.
It truly lives up to its name as the Forest of Death.
"Let's go in." Zhong Ran didn't hesitate and quickly walked inside.
Ah Sheng loves forests the most, but here, he seemed to sense something and instead of leading the way as usual, he followed closely behind the three.
"Sister, it's uncomfortable in here." He frowned deeply, clearly feeling extremely uncomfortable.
Mu Jinning was also feeling a bit unwell, and he secretly circulated his spiritual energy to feel better.
On the contrary, Zhong Ran and her brother didn't seem to have much of a feeling about it.
"This place is indeed extraordinary; a deathly aura pervades the forest."
Zhong Ran said, "Asheng, you must remember not to wander off and stay with us."
I'm afraid he'll lead the way like he always has.
Zhong Yan said softly, "There is indeed a deathly aura here, and it's very dense. Besides the deathly aura, there must be an array here. The array is used to mutate the deathly aura, causing people to feel extremely uncomfortable."
"Even if evil cultivators came, they wouldn't dare to come in, and that's why."
Some heretical cultivators can use death energy to cultivate, but they cannot cultivate with the death energy here.
He tried to circulate his cultivation technique to devour it, but he couldn't.
"Indeed, there is a formation, and it's a natural formation at that, which surprised me."
Zhong Ran used her Eye of Illusion to look around for a while and discovered that the place was full of mazes.
"The death aura on the outer perimeter is protected by an array, so you naturally can't absorb it."
I just don't know if it's the same inside.
Mu Jinning turned around and looked outside, then said softly, "Ranran, the old woman is coming after us."
He had been keeping an eye on the outside world. As expected, the experts at the Integration Realm were extraordinary, with remarkable skills, and they had caught up with him.
Zhong Ran smiled, glanced back outside, and said softly, "Stay close to me."
She led the way, heading into the formation.
Mu Jinning was the last to walk, her hands forming hand seals, conjuring array patterns out of thin air.
Zhong Yan turned around and said softly, "Senior brother, I deliberately left my aura to lure her here."
Mu Jinning paused, then dissipated her spiritual energy.
He nodded slightly: "In that case, let's go."
When Zhong Ran heard that it was intentional, she understood his meaning and immediately said, "Come on, follow me."
She didn't go directly inside, but instead led them through the formation.
The formation here is different from those set up by humans, or rather, it is different from those that can be set up at present.
The natural formation changes at any time; what is now the gate of life may become the gate of death in a moment.
Zhong Ran's Eye of Illusion can see through all of this, and she can even clearly see how things will change in the next moment.
So she calculated the exit carefully, walked in that direction, and the people who followed her could also enter just in time.
The gaunt old woman appeared at the edge of the Forest of Death, but she did not recklessly follow Zhong Yan and the others as they had expected.
Those who have lived to this age are not reckless individuals.
She paced back and forth at the entrance, carefully sensing to confirm that it was the residual aura left by her clone.
Then, she took out a similar black gourd and released several beetles from it.
With a gentle wave of his hand, several beetles crawled inside, heading in the direction that Zhong Ran and her companions had walked in.
However, after a while, the location of the exit had already changed, and the beetles lost contact after entering.
The old woman's eyes were cold and piercing. She then turned and left, leaving not even a lingering shadow behind.
After a while, no one came in. Zhong Yan tried to sense the outside, but he couldn't sense anything outside because of the formation.
"Sister, look, hasn't that old hag left?"
Zhong Ran turned around and activated her Eye of Illusion to look outside, but found nothing.
"No one is left."
"As expected of that old hag. It seems that none of those who live to that age are simple people."
Zhong Yan gained a better understanding of these old guys: "Since she doesn't dare to come in, then let's leave it at that. Let's go and see just how terrifying this so-called Forest of Death really is."
He looked inside, a surge of pride rising within him.
Mu Jinning said softly, "We can't be careless after being reminded by so many seniors."
Zhong Ran also said, "Yes, you all need to stick close to me. If you take a wrong step in these places, it could be the end of you."
Even Ah Sheng nodded solemnly and followed closely behind her.
Zhong Ran activated the Eye of Illusion and slowly probed inside.
This area is a natural formation, complementing the surrounding trees and terrain, and it is constantly changing.
Moreover, they also discovered that even the best spiritual sense was of little use here, only able to sense a distance of about ten feet around them.
Further away? Sorry, I can't sense anything.
It's like there are transparent barriers all around, making it impossible to pass through.