There was a path running through a dense jungle inside the Wheel of Life and Death. A group of monsters were roaring and rushing towards the front of the forest. The green leaves in the jungle were like arrows, shooting towards them with sharp whistling sounds.
This is a team of monsters mainly composed of reptiles, mainly composed of two large tribes, the ground thorn lizards, the six-tailed poisonous centipedes, and a few scattered powerful monsters of other races. They have overcome all obstacles along the way, and although there have been casualties, they have made it here.
"We need to be faster so that we can rest and ambush the enemy in advance like we did in the last level.
Don’t forget how difficult the human swordsman team was in the last level. If we encounter such an opponent again, we must have time to recover, otherwise we will all die! "
The leader was a late-stage second-level ground thorn lizard, its body was in a semi-standing position, and its surface was covered with dense spikes, as if it was wearing a layer of hard armor.
Its head was like a bowl, its long tongue was constantly sticking out, and it held a pair of broadswords. At this moment, he was looking at the twenty-two monsters behind him, calling out to urge them.
In the previous level, they encountered a sword cultivator from the Ten-Step Academy. After a fierce battle, ten of their monsters were killed and four were seriously injured. However, the four seriously injured ones ended up being eaten by them.
Anyway, they couldn't fight if they continued going forward, so they might as well make a contribution.
When some monsters thought of the rain of swords flying out of the sword boxes behind those monks, they felt tense and a chill in their hearts.
The attacks of those sword cultivators were so terrifying and sharp that even some of the most naturally defensive monsters here were instantly turned into dead hedgehogs after taking them head-on.
The attacks of some monks who do not have sword cases are even more terrifying. No one knows when a sharp sword will appear above their heads, and it is really hard to defend against.
Several of our companions were caught off guard and lost their heads without knowing it. If they had not been ambushed by our side, the outcome would have been unpredictable...
Li Yan waved his hand and released a blue light, and a blue water belt rolled into the air. It was an arm that was several times thicker than his entire body.
This arm was the arm of Guanyin that flew up from the sand. It was mottled with time, and pieces of skin had fallen off, revealing small brown pits. It came over with a whimpering sound as it broke through the air.
The blue water belt circled around and carried it far away, flying into the sand beside the ancient road.
"boom!"
For a moment, sand and dust flew everywhere!
Looking at the other cultivators around him who were also struggling to cope, and then looking at the broken limbs of statues that kept flying in the desolate desert, as well as the unknown black and red sandworms mixed in with them, Li Yan felt his scalp tingling.
The attack intensity of this level was far greater than that of the previous one. In half a quarter of an hour, they only advanced less than 500 feet. During this process, two people were bitten by a red lizard-like sandworm.
One of them was unconscious and the other temporarily lost his combat ability. Fortunately, they were all good at using poisons. After giving them several detoxifying pills, the spread of poison in their bodies was alleviated. They have been collected by Gong Chenying in the spirit storage bag.
Only dead objects can be stored in the storage bag, not living objects. Otherwise, the living objects will suffocate to death inside.
The spirit storage bag is a special storage space that contains extremely small spirit veins, which allow living things that enter it to not only survive but also rely on the spirit veins to practice.
Soul storage bags are extremely precious and rare. Only three captains participated in the Life and Death Round this time and received one each, in case anyone in the sect got injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and had nowhere to hide.
The elders repeatedly warned Gong Chenying and the other two to take good care of the spirit storage bag and return it to the sect immediately after leaving.
However, in the previous level, Gong Chenying also obtained a soul storage bag from the corpse of Zen Master Zhizhong, and now it is hanging around her waist.
After they get out, they will hand it over to the sect. As for whether the Pure Land Sect will ask for it, that is not even worth thinking about. If Gong Chenying and the others are killed, the spirit storage bag will also be taken away by the Pure Land Sect. They can only blame themselves for their bad luck.
The soul storage bags all have the spiritual imprint of the leader of the foundation-building monk. Gong Chenying cannot use Zhizhong's soul storage bag for the time being. He must eliminate the remaining spiritual imprint on it, but that will take time...
That red lizard is extremely small, with a slender spindle-shaped head, and its scales are bright red and dazzling. It is extremely fast and often hides in the dust raised by the attacks of the statues.
It disappeared in a flash, as powerful as lightning. The protective light shields raised by those below the tenth level of Qi Condensation Stage would basically be shattered with one strike.
Now, except for Li Yan, the six cultivators below the tenth level of Qi Condensation Stage have already slapped a "Ghost Car Talisman" on their bodies.
This talisman has the ability to defend against attacks from the mid-stage of foundation building. Three of them were distributed to each person when entering the Wheel of Life and Death. Looking at the painful looks on the faces of the elders, you can tell how precious it is.
Li Yan did not take out the "Ghost Car Talisman". He had been attacked by a red lizard before. In a hurry, he could only inject his mana into the spiritual shield. With a sharp "squeak", the demon beast penetrated half an inch into the body shield.
As it struggled to drill inside, it showed its sharp teeth and made a squeaking sound. Its red tail was spinning wildly in a spiral, as if it was increasing the thrust.
Li Yan's scalp went numb as he watched. A flash of spiritual light suddenly appeared on his body, and then he was shaken into the air. The next moment, he merged into the fine sand. This made him feel relieved.
After thinking about it, Li Yan still didn't take out the "Ghost Cart Talisman". He had a hunch that the attacks in the next level would become stronger and stronger. Now that he could still defend himself, he certainly wouldn't use the "Ghost Cart Talisman". Once this talisman is activated, it will consume its power all the time.
He did so, but the other ninth-level Qi Condensation cultivators did not dare to do so. After seeing two of them lose their fighting power after being hit and bitten by the beast, the other three ninth-level Qi Condensation cultivators gritted their teeth and each offered a "Ghost Cart Talisman".
Some of the cultivators who were closer to Li Yan had strange looks in their eyes, and they couldn't help but look up to this nominal uncle-master. They all knew that Li Yan had only been a disciple for about five years.
I heard that when he first started learning Qi Condensation, he had just entered the second level. Now he is at the eighth level and is comparable to a master at the tenth level of Qi Condensation. It's truly amazing. No wonder Grandmaster Wei from Xiaozhu Peak was able to accept him as his disciple.
What's more, this junior uncle's poison skills are extremely strange. Although they have not studied the art of using poison for decades like the junior uncles and uncles who have built their foundation, they have also practiced for nearly a decade. The poison that Li Yan used is unheard of by them.
When asking those uncles and aunts, they always look very secretive and just shake their heads without saying anything.
Although the attacks of those red lizards were strange, fortunately there were not many of them. Only one would appear occasionally, and if it missed the target, it would immediately fly back, waiting for the next sneak attack.
This kind of monster seemed to have intelligence and did not just attack blindly. Now, Gong Chenying in front was suffering the most from the red lizards, but as soon as they attacked within ten feet of Gong Chenying, they were crushed into pieces by a powerful force.
This made Li Yan and the others watching from behind astonished. Gong Chenying displayed her powerful strength, like a female war god who had descended to the world.
What gave Li Yan a headache was a small black insect with a shell on its outside. When its black wings flapped during its flight, it made a buzzing sound.
These black beetles always attack in groups of thousands, and their individual attack power is not strong. Li Yan and his team can easily chop dozens of them into pieces by simply releasing a wind blade.
But this kind of black shelled insect seems to know some formations. Often, there are about a thousand of them forming a dark cloud of insects, which may be in the shape of long spears, triangles, or giant hammers.
As they flapped their wings together, they made different noises according to their formations, some were sharp and piercing, some were low and stuffy, some were high and blood boiling, some were soft and humming, causing everyone to have demons in their hearts.
They almost failed several times and let them break through their defenses. A few red lizards even took the opportunity to break into the defense formation. Everyone was in a panic and managed to avoid having their spiritual power shields breached. Everyone was so frightened that they broke out in cold sweats.
Time passed little by little. Half an hour later, Li Yan and his companions managed to advance about six miles with the loss of another cultivator. At this time, 30% of their magic power had been depleted, and a lot of various defensive talismans had also been used.
This made them worried about the next levels, and a shadow was cast over their hearts. They had used nearly half of the defense measures they had prepared by the second level.
During this period, after seeing attacks from both sides of the Desolate Ancient Road, some of which were actually coming from very deep places, Gong Chenying had new ideas.
She thought that this place might not be restricted to the middle of the street like the previous level, and it was impossible to get away from the street at all, so she tried to hit the side of the ancient road. This hit was not a big deal. Whenever Gong Chenying thought about it afterwards, she felt a pang of fear.
She attacked one side of the ancient road, and Li Yan and the others followed closely. Just as Gong Chenying thought, this level did not confine them to a certain area.
In just a moment, everyone rushed to the side for dozens of feet, and in the process, the originally intensive attacks were reduced by more than half.
The reason is that when they were on the desolate ancient road, they had to accept attacks from both sides at the same time. Now they only need to defend half of the attack, and the attacks at this time are obviously reduced a lot.
They thought that in this desert they just had to follow the direction of the ancient road.
However, after everyone walked forward for a while, many people began to feel that something was wrong, because the pace of progress was a little too smooth.
This is the wheel of life and death, and no one thinks that an easy situation will easily occur.
Just when Gong Chenying realized something was wrong, they had already entered the desert about a hundred feet diagonally, and the attacks here had been reduced to only occasional sporadic attacks.
However, the feeling of uneasiness in everyone's hearts was becoming stronger and stronger, especially Li Yan. He felt that the spiritual power in his body was flowing wildly, and the speed of the five elements circulation seemed to have increased by dozens of times, as if urging Li Yan to leave this place as soon as possible.