106: Chapter 106 The True Power

"Boom!" This sentence, like a massive boulder, slammed heavily into everyone's hearts!

Every six hours, ten people will be eliminated!

This meant they had absolutely no time to slowly develop or search for powerful Yao Beasts!

From the moment they entered the Black Forest, they had to fight and plunder like mad dogs! It was kill or be killed!

This was no longer a competition to select talent!

It was a completely bloody and cruel Gu-raising game!

The candidates from humble backgrounds, who were weak and unsupported, instantly turned pale.

They had no doubt that they would be the first batch of leeks harvested by the Disciples of the aristocratic Sects!

Meanwhile, Liu Xuanfeng, Zhao Shentu, and the others wore smug smiles, as if their great revenge had been avenged.

This rule was practically tailor-made for them!

They looked at Gao Feng with eyes full of playfulness and cruelty, like a cat toying with a mouse.

"Quiet!" Wang Tong shouted coldly, suppressing all the discussion.

"Now, everyone, collect your initial tokens and set off immediately!"

"Remember, in the Black Forest, there are no rules, no fellow Disciples, only hunters and prey!"

"Only the one who survives to the end is qualified to stand here and accept my reward!"

Black Forest.

The largest primeval forest west of Wangjiang City, hundreds of miles in circumference, with ancient trees reaching the sky, blotting out the sun.

Poisonous insects and fierce beasts often haunted the forest; there were even powerful Yao Beasts with strength comparable to third or fourth-stage Martial Artists, and ordinary people dared not venture deep.

At this moment, more than 130 candidates, like being thrown into a giant colosseum, surged in from various entrances of the forest.

Gao Feng's group did not rush to go deep.

They chose a relatively remote entrance and, after entering the forest, immediately found a hidden mountain hollow and stopped.

"The situation is even worse than we imagined."

Xu Changqing's expression was somewhat grave.

He spread out a simple map and pointed at it:

"This rule is extremely unfavorable to us. The Alliance between the Liu Family and the Xuan Yue Sword Sect has at least sixty people. They can completely rely on their numerical advantage to madly encircle and suppress us in the early stages."

"And we, counting everyone, only have seven people."

Yue Changkong wiped his thunderclap spear and said coldly:

"Numbers don't necessarily mean anything. A bunch of chickens and dogs, no matter how many come, are just here to die."

He had fought side by side with Gao Feng last night and had long since gained a new understanding of Gao Feng's strength.

"No." Gao Feng shook his head, denying his view.

"Many ants can also bite an elephant to death."

"What's more, they are not just chickens and dogs. The Disciples of the Xuan Yue Sword Sect have exquisite sword techniques and are good at combined attack techniques. The guards of the Liu Family are all brave men who crawled out of piles of dead bodies."

"If we face them head-on, we will undoubtedly lose."

Hearing Gao Feng's words, everyone's hearts sank.

If even Gao Feng said so, didn't they have no chance of winning?

Just then, a carrier pigeon fluttered its wings and descended from the sky, landing precisely on Xu Changqing's shoulder.

Xu Changqing took a small bamboo tube from the pigeon's leg ring and poured out a note.

He only glanced at it, and a trace of joy appeared on his face.

"Lord, news has come from Yan Qingyun!"

"He said that although the Alliance between the Liu Family and the Xuan Yue Sword Sect is imposing, it is not monolithic. They have split into seven small teams, each with ten people, led by a fourth-stage expert, like a comb, sweeping from east to west in a dragnet manner!"

"Their goal is to eliminate all candidates from humble backgrounds within the first six hours!"

"What a ruthless method!" Gong Qianxue couldn't help exclaiming.

A cold anger flashed in Yue Changkong's eyes as well.

These so-called righteous Sects were so despicable and shameless in their actions!

Gao Feng's face, however, showed no surprise at all.

He took the note and looked at the roughly drawn route map of the seven small teams, and a cold arc slowly curled up at the corner of his mouth.

"Dividing the troops? This gives us an excellent opportunity."

He raised his head and looked at the crowd, his deep eyes shining with brilliant light called "wisdom" and "slaughter".

"They want to be hunters, then we will let them taste what it's like to be prey!"

"Xu Changqing!"

"Present!"

"According to this map and the terrain of the Black Forest, find me the best location for us to ambush!"

"Wulu!"

"Present!"

"You are responsible for tracking, I want you to precisely lock onto the location of one of the teams, don't let them notice anything!"

"Everyone else, rest on the spot and conserve your strength!"

"In half an hour, our... counter-encirclement begins!"

Meanwhile.

In another part of the Black Forest.

A team composed of ten Xuan Yue Sword Sect Disciples was moving quickly through the forest.

Leading them was a young man with an arrogant expression; the sword in his hand had a magnificent scabbard, clearly of extraordinary status.

He was the inner Sect elite of the Xuan Yue Sword Sect, Town Guardian Envoy.

"Senior Brother, we have already eliminated three candidates, and our points are leading for the time being. Should we find a place to rest first?" a Disciple said fawningly.

"Rest?" Town Guardian Envoy snorted coldly, "Senior Brother Zhao said that this time the goal is to make all the disobedient mud-legged ones disappear from the list of the Prefecture Examination!"

"Our mission is to clear them out! We are not here for an outing!"

"All of you, cheer up! That rocky slope ahead is the place those mud-legged ones like to hide the most, let's go over and take a look!"

"Yes! Senior Brother!"

The ten did not dare to be slow and immediately quickened their pace, encircling the rugged hillside.

However, what they didn't notice was that on an ancient tree a hundred meters behind them, Wulu's figure, like a lone wolf, was quietly lurking there, taking in their every move.

He took another carrier pigeon from his bosom and tied a note saying "The fish has entered the net" to its leg.

"Go."

The carrier pigeon soared into the sky and disappeared into the dense canopy.

Rocky slope.

The rocks were strange and the terrain was complex, which was indeed an excellent place to hide.

Town Guardian Envoy led the people, searching carefully.

"Strange, why is there no one?" a Disciple asked suspiciously.

"Everyone be more careful! Those mud-legged ones are very cunning!" Town Guardian Envoy shouted sharply.

Just then!

A sudden change occurred!

"Rumble—!"

A loud noise like the earth shaking and mountains moving suddenly came from the hillside behind them!

They looked back in horror, only to see dozens of boulders the size of human heads being pushed by great force, carrying the momentum of ten thousand jun, rolling towards them like a bursting flood!

"Not good! There's an ambush! Quickly scatter!"

Town Guardian Envoy's face changed drastically, and he exclaimed!

However, it was too late!

This rocky slope was narrow, and they were standing too concentrated!

"Ah—!"

A Disciple with a slightly slower reaction was instantly hit by a boulder, and before he could even scream, his whole body was crushed into a puddle of meat!

"Ah! My leg!"

Another Disciple was grazed by the boulder, his lower leg fractured on the spot, emitting a shrill scream!

In just an instant, this elite team of the Xuan Yue Sword Sect fell into chaos, with heavy casualties!

"Steady! Form a sword formation!"

Town Guardian Envoy was an inner Sect elite after all, and he was calm in the face of danger. He roared, his long sword unsheathed, and a dazzling sword light instantly split a boulder rolling in front of him into two!

The other surviving Disciples also hurriedly drew their swords, back to back, forming a simple defensive sword formation!

However, what awaited them was not a frontal charge by the enemy.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Several arrows flashing with cold light, like the fangs of a poisonous snake, shot silently from tricky angles they didn't expect!

It was Gong Qianxue's star-chasing arrow technique!

"Pfft!"

A Disciple's wrist was pierced by an arrow, and the sword in his hand could no longer be held, falling to the ground with a clang!

"Pfft!"

Another Disciple's knee was hit by an arrow, and he knelt on the ground screaming!

Their sword formation was broken instantly!

"Damn it! Where is the enemy?!"

Town Guardian Envoy acted like a madman, waving his sword and slashing wildly, but he couldn't even see the enemy's shadow!

Just then!

A figure like a ghost suddenly appeared behind him!

It was Du Kang!

In his hand, he didn't know when, there was a strangely shaped pitch-black short blade, silently wiping towards Town Guardian Envoy's throat!

This knife was fast to the extreme! It was also poisonous to the extreme!

Town Guardian Envoy only felt a chill on his neck, and the strength of his whole body receded like a tide!

He struggled to lower his head, looking at the tiny blood line on his neck, his eyes full of endless fear and unwillingness.

He didn't even see who the enemy was!

"Bang!"

His corpse fell heavily to the ground.

With the commander dead, the remaining Xuan Yue Sword Sect Disciples completely collapsed!

They threw down the long swords in their hands, crying and fleeing in all directions!

However, what awaited them were two gods of slaughter who had been waiting for a long time!

"Bang!"

A Disciple's head was blown up by Big Fool with one punch!

"Pfft!"

Another Disciple was beheaded by Wulu with a blade!

In just the time it takes to burn a stick of incense!

This arrogant elite team of the Xuan Yue Sword Sect was completely annihilated here in a manner of near crushing!

The battle ended.

Gao Feng's figure slowly walked out from behind a boulder.

He looked at the corpses all over the ground, with no waves on his face.

"Clean up the battlefield and confiscate the tokens."

"Then, prepare to welcome our next prey."

In the next five hours.

The same scene was constantly staged in every corner of the Black Forest.

Gao Feng's team was like a group of the most efficient and ruthless jungle hunters.

With the intelligence support of Xu Changqing and Yan Qingyun, which could be called "God's perspective".

They could always accurately find the weak points of the "Hunting Alliance", and then launch a deadly surprise attack with thunderous force!

Sometimes they used the terrain to create traps.

Sometimes they drove Yao Beasts to lead the disaster to others.

Sometimes they attacked head-on, breaking the technique with force.

Every battle was clean and neat, without leaving a single survivor.

The new armor and weapons tailored for them by Qin Fang displayed overwhelming superiority in this high-intensity hunt!

The composite plate armor worn by Big Fool and Wulu was simply a mobile steel fortress!

The Sword Qi of the Xuan Yue Sword Sect Disciples, capable of splitting stones and breaking monuments, only left white scratches when it struck, unable to even break a sliver of the surface!

This made everyone who stood against them feel despair from the bottom of their hearts!

And the brand-new long spear in Gao Feng's hand, fitted with an armor-piercing cone tip, became a nightmare for everyone!

Its strange, three-edged spiral design gave it unparalleled armor-piercing ability!

Whether it was the heavy iron armor of the Liu Family guards or the fine steel longswords in the hands of the Xuan Yue Sword Sect Disciples, before this long spear, they were like paper, shattering at a single touch!

With the tide turning, the Alliance's clearing operation not only failed to achieve any results but was instead counter-hunted by Gao Feng's team, who forcefully wiped out three squads!

Thirty elite Disciples evaporated into thin air!

This news finally reached the ears of Liu Xuanfeng and Zhao Shentu at the first six-hour mark.

What?! You're saying Town Guardian Envoy, Wang Chong, and Elder Zhang... have all lost contact?!

Inside a temporary camp, Liu Xuanfeng listened to his subordinate's report, his face turning livid, almost unable to believe his own ears!

Zhao Shentu's expression was also so gloomy it was as if water were about to drip from it!

Of the three squads that lost contact, two were elite inner Disciples of his Xuan Yue Sword Sect!

Trash! A bunch of trash!

He kicked over the campfire beside him and roared, Thirty people! They were completely wiped out without even catching a glimpse of the enemy! This is simply a huge humiliation for my Xuan Yue Sword Sect!

Brother Zhao, calm down.

Liu Xuanfeng suppressed the rage in his heart, a flash of sinister, fierce light crossing his eyes.

It seems we have all underestimated that northern savage. There must be an expert guiding him by his side!

However, this is also good.

It's perfect to wipe them all out in one fell swoop!

He spread out a map and pointed to a basin in the center of the Black Forest.

Pass on my order! All squads, assemble at Ten Thousand Beast Valley immediately!

At the same time, send people to drive the Iron-Backed Gray Wolf pack in the valley! I want to set up an inescapable net there!

This time, I want Gao Pan and everyone around him to die without a burial place!

Ten Thousand Beast Valley.

A perilous basin in the heart of the Black Forest, named for the large number of Yao Beasts that have occupied it for years.

At this moment, wolf howls shook the sky within the valley!

Hundreds of Iron-Backed Gray Wolves were being frantically driven by members of the Alliance using torches and sulfur, converging into an unstoppable green beast tide!

At the only exit of the valley, Liu Xuanfeng and Zhao Shentu were waiting in full battle array with the remaining forty-plus elites!

They had already set up a death trap!

Brother Zhao, are you sure Gao Pan and the others will come? Liu Xuanfeng asked, feeling a bit uneasy.

Rest assured. A cruel sneer appeared on Zhao Shentu's face. I have already sent people to deliberately leak the whereabouts of that trash, Yue Changkong.

With Gao Pan's self-righteous personality, he will definitely come to save his ally.

When that time comes, we just need to lure them together into this death trap!

Sure enough.

Half an hour later, a few anxious figures appeared at the other end of the valley.

It was Gao Feng's team!

My Lord! It's bad! Yue Changkong has been surrounded by their people in Ten Thousand Beast Valley! Xu Changqing said hurriedly, panting heavily.

This news had just been sent by Yan Qingyun via carrier pigeon.

How many people do they have? Gao Feng's brows furrowed slightly.

At least forty people! And they seem to be driving the wolf pack to set a trap!

This is clearly a trap aimed at us! Xu Changqing's face was full of worry.

We can't go! Going there is just throwing our lives away!

However, Gao Feng just quietly looked at that valley filled with the Aura of death.

In his mind, the image of Yue Changkong blocking a fatal blow for him that night appeared.

As well as that hand, tightly clasped with his own.

A moment later, he spoke slowly, his voice not loud but filled with unquestionable determination.

We must go.

He is our ally.

We cannot abandon him.

Having said that, he did not hesitate any longer and was the first to stride toward that valley of death!

Wulu and Big Fool did not hesitate at all and followed closely behind!

Gong Qianxue and Xu Changqing looked at each other and could only helplessly follow.

They knew they could no longer stop this man's decision.

In Ten Thousand Beast Valley.

Yue Changkong was leaning against a giant rock, covered in blood, breathing heavily.

Around him lay seven or eight corpses of Iron-Backed Gray Wolves.

Further away, a dozen or so Liu Family and Xuan Yue Sword Sect Disciples were surrounding him with playful expressions, not in any hurry to attack.

They were like a group of cats toying with a mouse, enjoying the pleasure of watching their prey struggle in despair.

Yue Changkong, I'll give you one last chance.

An Elder of the Xuan Yue Sword Sect said condescendingly, As long as you kneel down now and swear allegiance to us, Senior Brother Zhao might spare your life.

Pah!

Yue Changkong spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, his eyes filled with infinite contempt.

Let me be a dog for you despicable scoundrels? In your dreams!

I, Yue Changkong, even if I die in battle here, will never bow my head to you!

Good! Good! Good!

The Elder laughed in extreme anger, Since you are courting death, I will fulfill your wish!

Attack! Chop him into meat paste for me!

Following his order, a dozen or so Disciples launched a fatal attack simultaneously!

The flash of blades and shadows of swords instantly submerged Yue Changkong's already scarred figure!

A flash of determination crossed Yue Changkong's eyes!

He prepared to detonate the Qi and blood in his body to perish with these scumbags!

Just at this moment!

Boom—!

A deafening, terrifying loud noise suddenly came from the flank of the battlefield!

Big Fool's figure, like a demon god, descended from the sky and smashed fiercely into the crowd!

He didn't even use his fists!

The impact of his landing alone shook the two closest Disciples to death!

Who is it?!

Everyone was stunned by this sudden scene!

Before they could react.

Swoosh—!

A sharp sound of piercing the air rang out!

A black streak of light, almost impossible to track with the naked eye, arrived in an instant!

Pfft!

The Xuan Yue Sword Sect Elder who was just clamoring, not even having time to let out a scream, was pinned to the cliff behind him by that black streak of light, along with his sword!

It was precisely the indestructible long spear that Gao Feng had thrown!

It's Gao Pan! Gao Pan is here!

Quick! Send a signal!

Someone let out a shrill scream!

The next moment, the figures of Gao Feng, Wulu, Du Kang, and others charged into the battle like fierce tigers coming down the mountain!

A more tragic and chaotic bloody battle instantly erupted!

However, just at this moment!

Awoo—!

Waves of scalp-numbing wolf howls came from all directions!

Countless pairs of eyes glowing with eerie green light appeared all around the valley!

Hundreds of Iron-Backed Gray Wolves, driven by Liu Xuanfeng and Zhao Shentu, had completed the encirclement!

Gao Pan! Yue Changkong!

Liu Xuanfeng's voice, full of resentment and triumph, came from the valley exit.

Today is your death day!

Release the wolves! Tear them and those annoying trash into pieces for me!

Following his order!

The green beast tide composed of hundreds of Iron-Backed Gray Wolves surged madly toward the people in the center of the valley like a burst dam!

Wolves in front, pursuers behind!

This was a hopeless, ten-dead-no-life situation!

A bitter smile appeared on Yue Changkong's face as he looked at the man beside him who remained calm: Brother Gao, it seems I have implicated you this time.

Gao Feng didn't answer, just slowly taking a small porcelain bottle from his bosom. He uncorked the bottle and drank the liquid inside in one gulp.

It was the Spirit Spring stock solution, accumulated for a long time and with an unimaginably high concentration!

The next moment, Boom—!

A terrifying Aura, a hundred times more violent than ever before, soared from Gao Feng's body! His already exhausted Qi and blood now surged and climbed at an incredible speed, and the wounds on his body healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His entire state instantly recovered to an unprecedented Peak!

He turned his head and looked at Yue Changkong, a smile full of endless confidence and dominance curling the corners of his mouth.

Implicated? No.

This is only the beginning.

Before the words left his lips, he stomped his foot and took the initiative to meet that green beast tide, which would make any Fourth-Rank expert despair!

Today, let the people of Wangjiang City take a good look at what true power is!

The battle instantly entered its most tragic white-hot stage!

Gao Feng was like a red-hot branding iron, fiercely plunging into cold butter!

The long spear in his hand had long since turned into a black Dragon overturning rivers and seas, every swing stirring up a storm of blood.

The spear tip lunged like a poisonous Dragon leaving its cave, precise and deadly; the spear body swept like a great river rushing, domineering and violent!

Pfft!

An Iron-Backed Gray Wolf's skull was pierced through on cue!

Bang!

Another wolf attempting a sneak attack was swept by his spear tail, its entire wolf head smashed into a pulp!

Scalding blood and minced flesh splattered all over him, but instead of slowing him down in the slightest, it made the killing intent in his eyes boil even more.

This pure, unmasked killing will turned into tangible fear, making these Iron-Backed Gray Wolves, known for their ferocity, feel the pressure of a natural predator for the first time, their offensive stalling for a moment!