101: Chapter 101 The Fifth Forbidden Zone

[Challenge Mission: Kill the Blood-Handed Silver Fox, Completed. Reward: S-grade Meditation Mantra!]

This ability was primarily designed to counter effects similar to Inner Demon Attraction that could influence one's mental state.

Song Yiqing quietly integrated this ability without a change in expression; one could never have too much of this kind of mental interference resistance.

At the same time, he was somewhat looking forward to Wang Xianzhi killing more enemies so he could continue to get rewards for free.

At this moment, the blind man beside him spoke with a smile,

“Hehehe, if the opportunity arises, this old man would like to see what you look like when you strike with your full strength, young friend.”

“Hmm?”

Song Yiqing was slightly taken aback, unable to hide a hint of surprise in his heart.

He guessed that the other party had likely seen through the fact that he had cultivated Sword Intent.

Otherwise, he certainly wouldn't have said such a thing.

To be able to see through someone's hidden depths at a glance,

the Sword Saint truly lived up to his reputation.

Afterward, Song Yiqing collected his thoughts slightly and then smiled,

“I wouldn't dare show off my meager skills before a senior like you.”

“Hehehe,”

The blind man chuckled lightly and said no more, instead reaching out to touch a string of jade stones hanging from his wrist.

Song Yiqing's vision was extraordinary, and he vaguely saw characters appearing on the jade stones, but they vanished quickly.

‘How strange,’

Song Yiqing murmured to himself, but he did not ask directly.

Everyone has their own secrets; not prying was the more appropriate way to behave.

Over the next half hour, Wang Xianzhi tirelessly and frantically slaughtered monsters one after another.

Song Yiqing naturally enjoyed the fruits of her labor, happily receiving various skill rewards.

However, compared to what he had obtained before, these S-grade abilities were now leaning toward being redundant.

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Bullet Chat Section,

[Poor Little Sword Saint, she's been completely hoodwinked by Song Yiqing.]

[So pitiful! She's become a pure thug. Look at Song Yiqing's face, sigh! This is why being too naive makes it easy for people to trick you.]

[But don't you guys feel like the blind man isn't even bothering to intervene? It feels like he's just letting it happen.]

[The person above doesn't get it, do they? You learn from your mistakes. If she never suffers a little, how can she ever stand on her own in the future?]

[Exactly. From the blind man's perspective, he probably wants to train the Little Sword Saint, Wang Xianzhi.]

[Holy crap! Stop watching Song Yiqing bully the girl and go check Weibo!! Something huge happened!!]

[The Fifth Forbidden Zone in the Asian region has appeared!!]

[What? A Fifth Forbidden Zone? Are you kidding me?]

...

#Asian Fifth Forbidden Zone!#

#Huancheng!#

#After Fifty Years, a Forbidden Zone Is Born Again. What Does This Mean?#

#Will the Sixth Forbidden Zone Appear Within the Great Xia Federation?#

#We Urgently Need to Uncover the Secret of Forbidden Zone Formation!#

The Weibo trending searches were completely dominated by information regarding the appearance of the forbidden zone.

Countless official and independent media accounts were reposting frantically.

People had completely forgotten about Song Yiqing and the others.

Everyone was worried about one thing:

Would a forbidden zone appear in the Great Xia Federation?

However, the authorities still had not provided any response.

...

Inside the Taklamakan Desert Forbidden Zone Official Command Center,

when the news of the Fifth Forbidden Zone in Asia arrived,

Zhu Yongfeng stood up in shock.

“A Fifth Forbidden Zone? How could it form so quickly?”

He wasn't too surprised when he saw the location was Huancheng.

Based on various investigations and calculations, the abnormal data from Huancheng was inherently very active and high.

It was also the most likely place for a forbidden zone to form.

Yet, its sudden emergence as a forbidden zone still shook him to his core.

“Are the sixth and seventh... also on their way?”

“Hehehe,”

Qian Pingning appeared relatively calm.

“The location is Huancheng; what is there for General Zhu to worry about? Sakura should pay the price they deserve.”

“This is what they owe the world.”

“...”

Zhu Yongfeng didn't respond because what the other said was quite reasonable.

However, Qian Pingning's relatively calm attitude surprised him. After hesitating, he spoke,

“Did you already know in advance?”

“No,”

Qian Pingning shook his head slightly.

“The secret of how forbidden zones form is exactly what we are trying to crack.”

“If I knew, the forbidden zones would have been dismantled by the authorities long ago.”

“...”

Zhu Yongfeng remained silent, but he inexplicably felt the other's attitude was very strange.

‘Could it be related to the Xue Group as well?’

Once this thought arose, the more he considered it, the more plausible it seemed.

...

The Board of Directors,

“Data is normal.”

“Monsters are appearing one after another...”

“...”

Xue Heng continuously reported pieces of information.

At this time, a board member spoke up,

“By the way, since we are already capable of creating a forbidden zone, does that mean we already possess the secret to their formation?”

“No!”

At this moment, Shen Renda shook his head slightly.

“We do not possess the ability to create forbidden zones at all, nor do we understand the reasons behind their formation.”

“Everything is chosen.”

“We merely added more factors for the birth of a forbidden zone to a location that was already chosen.”

“Chosen...”

Upon hearing this word, that board member instantly fell into silence and spoke no more, as if they had heard some forbidden term.

The others also looked at each other and avoided the topic.

“Alright, let us continue watching Song Yiqing's livestream.”

...

On the livestream screen,

The heated discussions on the internet had also reached Song Yiqing's ears.

He hadn't expected a Fifth Forbidden Zone to be born either.

This was undoubtedly bombshell news.

But at the same time, he could vaguely feel that it was as if an invisible giant hand was pushing everything forward from behind the scenes.

Before long, they directly reached the thirty-third floor!

Wang Xianzhi was the first to step up, shouting out,

“Song Yiqing! I'm going to slay this monster right now, and then I'll let you see what the strongest sword truly is!”

“Sure, sure,”

Song Yiqing shook his head helplessly, and then he heard the system notification sound.

[Challenge Mission: Kill the White-Faced Stone Buddha. Reward: SSS-grade reward!]

This time, the reward for reaching the top floor had jumped directly to SSS-grade, which also caused Song Yiqing to feel a faint sense of pressure.

The name of this monster was also quite interesting.

White-Faced Stone Buddha... Did it have some connection to Buddhism?

Just as Song Yiqing was thinking, Wang Xianzhi had already strode forward, charging like a fusion of human and sword toward the white jade-textured Buddha statue opposite her.

But at the moment she was about to reach it,

Boom!!

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