179: Entering the forbidden area, being plotted!

With Guo Feng's teleportation ability, moving at night made him almost undetectable.

Originally, no one had told him where the forbidden area was located.

However, Liu Nian Su mentioned today that the forbidden area would leak spiritual energy.

So, he only needed to sense the change in spiritual energy to pinpoint his destination.

His current mental strength was equivalent to that of a Level 40 psychic.

His perception ability was still very strong.

He traversed several mountains, under a bright full moon, arriving at the mountainside of a peak about ten kilometers southwest of the Sima Clan's territory.

Ancient cypresses densely covered the area.

A stone staircase wound its way upwards.

There were outposts around, and people patrolled near the stone steps.

The spiritual energy here was indeed much denser than in other places.

He used teleportation to avoid the patrols and arrived at an ancestral temple.

At the entrance of the ancestral temple, there was a stone tablet with the bloody words 'Forbidden Area' written on it.

"So scary, I'd better go in quickly!"

Guo Feng laughed, patted his chest, and seeing no one around, he teleported inside.

In front of the ancestral temple, there were indeed rows of spirit tablets.

There was a side door nearby.

Guo Feng entered the side door and found a passage, which he followed for more than ten minutes.

He felt the passage winding downwards.

It seemed to be going deep into the mountain.

Along the way, he saw many scattered bones around.

Some nocturnal animals occasionally flashed by, giving a strange feeling.

At the end of the passage was an altar.

From inside the altar, waves of dense spiritual energy emanated.

"Spirit World entrance?"

Guo Feng looked above the altar, thought for a moment, picked up a pebble, and threw it over.

Roar—

The pebble disappeared into thin air.

Then, a deafening roar came from above the altar, like the roar of a spirit beast.

"Indeed."

Guo Feng smiled; he had confirmed that this was the entrance to the Spirit World.

He quickly leaped up.

With a whoosh, he rushed onto the altar and then disappeared.

"Hehe, he really fell for it!"

Just as Guo Feng disappeared, three people emerged from behind the passage.

One of them was none other than Sima Yun Shen!

And the other two were Wu Zi Tong and Zhao An Hua!

The one speaking was Sima Yun Shen.

Zhao An Hua laughed, "Brother Sima Hui, you are truly amazing! You got rid of this menace without batting an eye!"

"Of course, don't you know what Brother Sima Hui is called? The Divine Calculator!"

Wu Zi Tong said with a smile, "It was Brother Sima Hui who first told us to urge the ancestors to return."

"Then, he had me receive them and stir up old grudges."

"Finally, he accurately predicted that Guo Feng was a troublemaker and would definitely incur public wrath and anger the ancestors."

"The ancestors certainly wouldn't kill him, but they wouldn't let him off easily either."

"After that, he deliberately revealed the matter of the forbidden area, letting Guo Feng walk right into the trap!"

The more he spoke, the more his gaze towards Sima Yun Shen was filled with admiration.

Sima Yun Shen smiled and waved a hand, "How could I be that amazing? I merely planned it out; whether it succeeded or not depended on whether Guo Feng played along."

He couldn't help but smile, "Who knew Guo Feng was even more mischievous and clever than I imagined? I expected him to take two or three days, using every trick he had, to come here."

"But who would have thought he'd go all out in less than half a day!"

He added, "This time, we can't be blamed. When Sima Hui arrives, we'll have a plausible explanation."

"Brother Sima Hui, do you think Sima Hui will really enter the altar to find Guo Feng after he arrives?"

Wu Zi Tong was a bit confused. "In our altar's forbidden area, not only are the spirit beasts powerful, but there's also an ancient barrier, and it's said there are even Ancient Undead within. Sima Hui also knows the difficulty involved; would he dare to risk himself?"

"Most likely!"

Sima Yun Shen smiled indifferently, "Guo Feng is Sima Hui's only descendant; he can't possibly not go to save him."

"And once Sima Hui enters, the two ancestors, Zhao and Wu, will also follow."

"At that time, we can take the opportunity to follow them in and explore this ancient forbidden area; perhaps we can gain some benefits."

He couldn't help but sneer, "Sima Hui is now at the height of his power. If he's not eliminated, how can I, the Sima Family head, be secure? My father and I had such a great feud with him back then; once he settles down, won't he come looking for me to settle scores?"

He shook his head, "Actually, I don't necessarily have to eliminate Guo Feng, but Sima Hui must die!"

"Brother Sima Hui's planning is excellent!"

Wu Zi Tong and Zhao An Hua exchanged glances, then revealed triumphant smiles.

How could they not also want to kill three birds with one stone?

Kill Guo Feng!

Weaken the strength of the two ancestors!

Gain benefits from the ancient forbidden area!

...

"Damn it, I'm screwed this time!"

Inside the ancient forbidden area, Guo Feng ran frantically, with hundreds of Level 30-40 spirit beasts chasing him from behind.

The entire ground was trembling!

Above his head, many Level 30-40 avian spirit beasts were circling.

If he didn't have teleportation, he would have been trapped long ago!

Not only that, he had seen countless spirit beasts ahead from a distance earlier!

This place was even more outrageous than the Virtual Combat Tower!

And the most outrageous thing was...

The exit had disappeared!

Or the exit wasn't here!

He had made up his mind earlier that if this so-called forbidden area was dangerous, he would immediately retreat.

Who knew that as soon as he entered, he never saw the exit again.

Boom, boom, boom...

Explosions kept coming from behind him, from those spirit beasts that breathed fire and ice cones, chasing him.

"No way, this place is only about ten kilometers long and wide, why are there so many spirit beasts?"

"I don't even have a place to hide!"

"No wonder it's called a forbidden area!"

"Even a Level 50 person would be exhausted to death here!"

Guo Feng yelled loudly while leading a large group of spirit beasts behind him, running in circles on this plain of over two hundred square kilometers.

As soon as his stamina dropped, he would immediately pop a repair spirit fruit.

He also estimated that if he ran at full speed, he could maintain his top speed for an hour.

So, every hour, he only consumed one spiritual fruit.

His hourly income was over 210,000.

Currently, one repair spirit fruit cost 360,000.

Although it was not enough to cover his expenses.

However, his balance of over seventeen million should be enough for this consumption.

Five hours later.

Pant, pant...

Guo Feng had never run such a long distance in his life!

But finally, he won the war of attrition.

Those spirit beasts, though strong in vitality, were huge in size and consumed a lot of energy.

So, after chasing him for five hours, they were all too tired to run.

Some were running so hard they were frothing at the mouth!

"Damn, it cost me 1.8 million, now it's my turn, right?"

"I officially announce that your beast cores are mine!"

Guo Feng immediately felt elated, let out a loud roar, raised the Level Eight Alloy Battle Blade in his hand, and pounced forward.

Perhaps you are many in number.

But, I can exhaust you to death!

Roar, roar, roar...

When Guo Feng, holding his blade like a fiend, rushed in and started furiously hacking at these spirit beasts.

The spirit beasts let out hoarse roars.

They seemed incredulous!

Why was this human so fast? After running for so long, why could he still unleash such strong power?

Boom, boom, boom...

However, whether they wanted to or not, almost paralyzed with exhaustion.

In front of Guo Feng, they were living targets.

Guo Feng's blade flashed continuously.

Under the enhancement of his mastery-level blade technique.

He used the lowest consumption to hack down one Level 30-40 spirit beast after another.

Thousands of behemoths.

One minute per beast.

He would still need to hack for 16 hours.

Plus, he rested in between, and as the first batch of spirit beasts recovered their stamina, they became even harder to hack.

He spent a full thirty-six hours.

Consuming twenty-eight repair spirit fruits!

Finally, he not only hacked to death the last Level 40 spirit beast and took its Level 40 beast core.

He let out a heavy sigh: "Damn, I'm mentally exhausted!"

Afterward, he quickly sat cross-legged and cultivated for a full three hours, absorbing nine spiritual energy primordial stones.

Only then did his mental strength recover.

He then looked beyond the plain, at the cliff shrouded by a barrier and the huge arch bridge.

However, he did not immediately move forward.

"Panel!"

Instead, he whispered, wanting to understand his current situation!