18: Meet the monster again

Li Chengfeng had also spent a lot of money to buy this camp.

And from the looks of it, he was clearly an experienced adventurer who had been out for years, otherwise he wouldn't need to prepare such things.

Once everything was packed, Li Chengfeng pressed a button on the edge of the camp.

The camp immediately began to shrink at a visible speed, eventually becoming only the size of a fist, looking like a model.

Li Chengfeng was about to put away the camp, but he glanced at Shen Xi again and subconsciously handed over the camp.

"No need, I won't snatch your things, keep them!"

Shen Xi shook his head and refused.

This made Li Chengfeng even more grateful.

He didn't expect that Shen Xi had no intention of snatching the camp.

Although the camp looked simple, it was worth five hundred thousand wilderness coins! (The value of wilderness coins is equivalent to federal currency, it's just that they circulate in different places.)

"Prepare to depart!"

With Shen Xi's command, everyone marched majestically towards the Nether Zone.

The teleportation array to leave the Forbidden Ground was in the Nether Zone.

"Following Brother Shen this time, we've earned a lot. I alone have a full fifty catties of heavenly spirit stone."

"I have a little more than you, I have fifty-two catties."

"Hahaha, this time's harvest is more than what we got from adventuring into the Demon Swamp Mining Area ten times before."

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, we can completely change our family's destiny."

His subordinates spoke excitedly.

Like Li Chengfeng, their family conditions were not very good.

Originally, the survival environment for people in the wilderness was already harsh, and coupled with poor family conditions, they had to pay a greater price to survive.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have to risk their lives repeatedly entering the Forbidden Ground to collect heavenly spirit stone.

It was also because of this that Shen Xi's killing intent towards Li Chengfeng and his group was far less intense than it was towards Wang Xiangui.

The poor pity the poor!

"Quiet down, we are not truly safe until we leave the Forbidden Ground."

Shen Xi reminded everyone.

Upon hearing this, everyone subconsciously closed their mouths. Clearly, their time together had made them trust Shen Xi completely.

Beside him, Li Chengfeng smiled: "Brother Shen, don't worry, our brothers have been to the Forbidden Ground more than a dozen times. Every time casualties occurred it was during the collection of heavenly spirit stone; the journey back has always been safe and sound."

Shen Xi didn't speak. He always felt that something was amiss, and his eyelids kept twitching.

Just as everyone was about to leave the swamp area.

"Roar!"

A beast's roar suddenly sounded.

And along with the roar, two basketball-sized eyes appeared in the distance, bright as if it were daytime.

The Guardian Monster of the swamp area!

Everyone's expressions instantly froze.

This monster was the strongest in the swamp area, its strength at least at the Great Accomplishment of Yuanqi Realm.

How could it suddenly appear here?

Could it be, that it was coming for them?

But normally, Guardian Monsters would only occasionally be encountered in the swamp area, and if you chose to flee immediately upon encountering one, there would be no danger. There had never been a situation where one actively sought out adventurers.

That's it!

Shen Xi immediately realized.

He finally understood the reason for his feeling of unease.

It was too smooth!

Collecting heavenly spirit stone these past few days had been too smooth.

No one had encountered a Guardian Monster.

Originally, Shen Xi thought that everyone was just lucky, always managing to avoid the Guardian Monster, but now it seemed that the truth was not like that.

The Guardian Monster had intentionally allowed them to collect heavenly spirit stone.

Because, no matter how much heavenly spirit stone they collected, if they couldn't leave the Forbidden Ground, it would all be for nothing.

If Shen Xi hadn't guessed wrong, it must be that the amount of heavenly spirit stone he collected this time was simply too much, so much that it attracted the attention of the Guardian Monster.

Therefore, the other party had actively come to them, blocking their path.

And that was exactly the case.

As a special Ore of the swamp area, heavenly spirit stone, the Guardian Monster of the swamp area could naturally keenly capture its energy fluctuations.

And, the more heavenly spirit stone there was, the stronger the energy fluctuations.

Originally, the Guardian Monster couldn't sense the whereabouts of Shen Xi and his group, so it could only patrol the swamp area randomly, chasing them if it encountered them.

But now, because Shen Xi and his group were carrying too much heavenly spirit stone, the energy fluctuations were so strong that they were like a torch in the dark to the Guardian Monster, so it naturally came to them on its own.

"Run!"

Realizing this, Shen Xi immediately roared.

Facing the Guardian Monster, there was no other way but to run.

As for fighting back, a monster that was at least at the Great Accomplishment of Yuanqi Realm was no joke.

Even if everyone joined forces, they would definitely not be a match for the Guardian Monster.

Li Chengfeng and the others obviously reacted quickly as well, and they immediately ran towards the Nether Zone.

"Roar!"

The Guardian Monster clearly had no intention of letting them go, and with an angry roar to the sky, it directly gave chase.

For a time, Shen Xi led the way, Li Chengfeng and the others followed closely behind, while the Guardian Monster relentlessly pursued them, as if it wouldn't stop until it killed them.

Moreover, because the Guardian Monster was stronger, its speed was significantly faster than theirs, and the distance between them was rapidly shrinking.

At this rate, they wouldn't be able to reach the Nether Zone; everyone would die here.

Shen Xi quickly made the correct analysis.

The Guardian Monster's speed was simply too fast; it would definitely catch up to them before they entered the Nether Zone.

Thinking of this, he shouted again: "You all throw away some of the heavenly spirit stone in your hands!"

Upon hearing this, although they didn't understand Shen Xi's intention, they still did as they were told.

No matter how reluctant, compared to their lives, heavenly spirit stone was destined to be merely an external possession.

As expected, with some heavenly spirit stone being thrown away, the Guardian Monster's attention was immediately diverted considerably.

The energy fluctuations of heavenly spirit stone were like a torch in the dark for the Guardian Monster, easily attracting its gaze.

Of course, it only delayed it for a while.

After all, everyone still had more heavenly spirit stone on them.

The Guardian Monster quickly caught up again, following closely behind, occasionally letting out a roar, putting immense pressure on everyone.

"Keep throwing!"

Shen Xi gave the order again.

And everyone didn't hesitate; they had all seen that the Guardian Monster's speed had clearly slowed down just now.

However, it still hurt a little!

The heavenly spirit stone they had worked so hard to collect was just thrown away again!

"Don't think about these external possessions at a time like this, throw them away when I tell you to!"

Li Chengfeng shouted, making everyone stop hesitating.