From there, they entered his activated Dantians and began filling them, but the Qi avoided his Third Dantian which was filled with Abyssal-type Qi.
He couldn’t do anything about it, so he ignored it to try to feel the space around him. From his recent battles, he had realized that keeping others from leaving was absurdly hard. There was nearly no way for someone to stop a cultivator from leaving if they had broken their tokens.
But he wanted to see if he could do something about that using his Space Intent. But due to his not-so-desirable proficiency with the Spatial Intent, he couldn’t come up with any ways.
After a while, he exhaled a breath and slowly opened his eyes. The vortex above him fell down on the surroundings, and the Qi was either dispersed or absorbed by the vegetation.
He looked at all the different kinds of Mortal Tier and some Spirit Tier herbs and vegetation that had grown from his training session.
“No wonder the Mortals treat Cultivators as Gods. A single high-level cultivator can turn a barren area into a paradise for mortals.” He softly remarked before standing up.
[That’s a given, this is also one of the reasons why those old sects are so powerful. They have lots of such sacred grounds where their ancestors cultivated and derived the Dao Mysteries.]
Yue Lan nodded her head in agreement.
Xueyan also woke up and came back to sit on his shoulder again. Shen Yuan rubbed her chin softly and smilingly asked, “Where are we going now?”
Xueyan sniffed the air a few times before her body froze slightly, but she soon recovered and pointed in a specific direction.
Shen Yuan, who had noticed all of her body movements, looked curiously in that direction. “Is that the place where the mystery of this forest lies?”
Xueyan looked at him with confusion, not understanding what he meant by that. Shen Yuan didn’t explain and made his way toward the place.
He entered the deep forest again and took out his sword for the sneak attacks of random beasts.
…
After walking for nearly a day and killing multiple Life Beasts and an unknown number of wild beasts in the forest, he felt something shift in the air.
The air here was more volatile and vibrant…as if it was filled with Life Aura. Shen Yuan could also feel the subtle vibration in the Qi. A huge battle was ongoing ahead, and the scale was not limited to a one vs one battle either.
He erased his smell with Wind Intent and then used Spatial Intent to mask his presence. After making sure no one would notice him, he made his way forward slowly.
Previously, he had already recovered himself to his peak after fighting with a Life Beast, so he was at his peak currently.
BOOM!!
From ahead, a blast sounded, making the leaves around him rustle softly. Shen Yuan focused ahead, ‘There should be Apex disciples of Divine Sects there fighting.’
[With Life Beasts or other Apex Disciples?]
Shen Yuan curiously looked ahead and pushed aside the leaves. Peeking out, he saw nearly 20 disciples fighting against 5 Life Beasts.
Three of the Life Beasts were at the Peak of Beast Lord Realm, while the other two weren’t far from it.
The disciples had divided into five groups while fighting against the Beasts. Three Disciples in particular stood out, the ones who were fighting the Three Peak Beast Lord together with other disciples of their sects.
All three of them were from different Sects, one from Immortal Pavilion, who was also the strongest among the disciples present. He was firmly suppressing his opponent with his incredible sword art and sword formation while utilizing his Dao Armor.
The second one was from the Mystique Array Sect. The four disciples of this sect had made a sealing and enhancement array with their Apex Disciple as the core. They were fighting on equal footing with the Beast using their array and Physique and Bloodline armors.
And the last Apex disciple was from Thunder Cloud Sect, who was fighting another Peak Beast Lord, but he wasn’t having such an easy time despite using his Dao Armor. The beast had a firm advantage over him, nearly suppressing him. But his fellow sect mates helped him by taking the pressure off.
While two more groups of four each were fighting the other two beast lords. Even though the other Beast Lords were far weaker than the three Peak Beast Lords, they were still a challenge for any Apex disciple to kill in a short time.
And due to their near immortality, it was virtually impossible to kill a beast of the same realm for an average cultivator. Even for geniuses such as themselves, it would take a lot of effort before they can finish off a single one.
“Little Guo, go and help finish off one of the weaker Beast Lords so they can free their hands and help others quickly,” the Apex Disciple from the Immortal Sword Pavilion calmly said while slashing with his sword toward the back of the beast.
Little Guo, who was attacking one of the legs of the beast, raised his head, “But Senior Brother what about y-“
“I can take care of myself. It is a rare opportunity to encounter this place. We can’t afford to miss out here. Throughout history, very few people have found this core zone of the forest.” He calmly explained while evading the counterattack of the beast.
His face formed a frown as he looked at the healing back of the beast. The one thing all the disciples and cultivators in the outside world hated and feared about these Life Beasts was their near-limitless healing factor.
Even from wounds that could kill a cultivator hundreds of times, they can heal relatively easily.
Little Guo hesitated for a bit but his expression soon became rock solid as he jumped back and lunged towards one of the two weaker beasts.
“Kill this beast sooner so we can reinforce Senior Brother Bai!” he shouted while utilizing his Ultimate Sword Art and infusing it with his Dao Armor. The sky became filled with a surging sword intent as a huge shadow of a sword formed above.
BOOM!
It dropped towards the beast’s back, grievously wounding it.
But the beast quickly turned his body and attacked him back while his back began healing.
Shen Yuan, from his hiding spot, calmly looked at all the chaos unfolding in front of him.
‘Now, isn’t this interesting? The fabled core area of the Forest Zone. Rumor has it that throughout the history of the World Raiser Secret Realm, it has only appeared a handful of times. Most speculate that it holds the secret of the Forest and their weird Life Beasts.’ Shen Yuan rubbed his chin while internally saying.
[So what will you do? Help them kill the beasts?]
Shen Yuan looked at the disciples with a heroic fire in his eyes, “Of course I won’t do that. Let them clear the way for me.” He said before utilizing his Space Intent to the max and masking his presence further.
[…Why did you have that heroic fire in your eyes as if you were about to go and help them?]