Volume 2 That World Chapter 75: Sea of Trees, Ferocious Beasts
Unlike the official road connecting the main mountain gate of Jiange, the back of the main peak of Jiange is an endless ancient forest.
At the foot of the mountain, on the open space cleared by Jiange, eight teams totaling thirty-two young men were ready to go.
"People in Jiange usually call this forest the Sea of Trees." Su Jingqiu stood beside Qi Ji, with a long sword on his waist and back, pointing ahead and saying.
Qi Ji looked in the direction of her finger.
In front of them was a forest brimming with vitality.
The tall and lush trees form a green ocean, with the treetops intertwined and connected together to form a huge barrier.
Countless years of growth have made these trees as tall as mountains. The ground is covered with thick moss and dead leaves, and is filled with moisture and a faint, unique fragrance of plants.
"On Earth, I've only seen scenes like this on TV."
Qi Ji pondered, feeling a little hesitant and a little nervous.
Apart from occasionally watching videos of survival experts' wilderness challenge series, he had never experienced this kind of life in the wild with no preparation except weapons.
One day, they crossed fifty kilometers of forest, climbed to the top of the mountain, and captured the flag that symbolized victory.
Along the way, you will face challenges or sneak attacks from competitors, as well as various threatening and powerful beasts.
It was supposed to be just an ordinary fight, how did it turn into what it is now?
At this moment, Qi Ji had a sheathed single sword slung around his waist and an exaggerated giant blade with a two-meter-long blade and a one-meter-long hilt on his back. He exuded a fierce aura.
Beside him were Bai Tianhe and Kamiizumi Yiren, who were carrying spears, katana and long swords.
At this time, Yu Chengen clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and then pointed to the north.
"My dear friends, that lonely peak over there is Wanren Peak. Remember, when you enter the woods and can't find the direction, you can climb to the top of the tree and take a look."
In the direction his finger pointed, above the vast sea of clouds, a solitary peak towering into the clouds stood between heaven and earth.
"It is noon now, you can go your separate ways."
Yu Chengen smiled and said, "Remember the rules I mentioned. Oh, and to ensure sufficient competitiveness, let me add one more rule - you are not allowed to attack other teams before the sun sets today."
After saying that, Yu Chengen suddenly jumped up from the ground, grabbed a rope at least twenty meters high, and then was hung by the small airship with the rope hanging down and flew towards Wanren Peak.
"Come on! I'll be waiting for you on the top of the mountain over there."
The next moment, all the accompanying fourth-level masters disappeared one after another, leaving only a group of young people on the open space.
Everyone looked at each other.
After a few seconds of silence, Nie Ming from the Divine Sword Tower walked over first.
The red-haired young master of the Divine Sword Tower had a cold face. He only had his own unique scimitar on his waist and did not have a second weapon prepared.
He took the initiative to say to Qi Ji: "I am looking forward to tomorrow's duel. I will wait for you at Wanren Peak."
Qi Ji smiled and nodded, "Okay, I'm looking forward to it too."
Nie Ming nodded slightly, turned around and walked into the dense forest with his subordinates. After a while, their figures could no longer be seen.
Afterwards, Wang Zhige also came over with his fellow disciples from Longchang, with a helpless look on his face.
"We lost the Dragon Field the day before yesterday, but we didn't expect there would be a flag-grabbing competition. We actually got the upper hand." Wang Zhige took a deep breath and smiled, "But since the commanders have given us this opportunity, we will definitely go all out. Qi Ji, be careful, don't lose to us later."
Qi Ji chuckled and pointed at the beast-slaying sword on his back: "What nonsense are you talking about? Be careful. If you run into me on the way and get hit by this thing, I'm afraid you won't be able to be rescued by the fate master in time."
Wang Zhige couldn't help but take a look at the giant sword blade behind Qi Ji, exclaimed, then said goodbye to Qi Ji, and quickly disappeared into the dense forest with his men.
Two teams have already led the way in, and Su Jingqiu said to Qi Ji: "Then let's go too, we have to leave sooner or later anyway."
Qi Ji nodded in agreement, then said hello to the remaining teams and followed Su Jingqiu into the forest.
…
About two hours passed.
There was a slight hint of stuffiness in the dark forest.
Qi Ji leaned calmly against a huge tree with a diameter of several meters, with Bai Tianhe and Su Jingqiu sitting on the ground beside him.
“Yohoo!”
The next second, a hearty laugh came from above, and I saw Shangquan Yiren climbing down from the giant tree nimbly like a gecko, as agile as a monkey.
I didn't expect this kid to have this tree-climbing skill.
After coming down, Shangquan Yiren pointed in a direction and said with a smile: "Wanren Peak is in that direction. I looked back and felt that we should have walked about seven to eight kilometers."
Sweat was beading on his forehead, and although he had a smile on his face, his breathing was a little rapid. It was obvious that climbing up this tree that was more than 50 meters high was not as easy as he tried hard to make it appear.
Qi Ji scratched his head. Although he had tried his best to overestimate the difficulty, traveling in the forest was still more difficult than he had imagined.
He had no problem with his physical strength, but he had just had a quick breakfast and now had no idea about lunch.
I'm hungry.
Qi Ji had just thought of this, but he didn't expect Bai Tianhe to say it first.
"I'm hungry."
This guy is really direct and says whatever he wants to say.
Su Jingqiu nodded helplessly and said, "There's nothing we can do. The small animals in the forest are very alert, and we're not professional hunters, so we really can't catch them."
She sighed and said, "It would be great if we could bring a bow and arrow. We missed a lot of prey."
That’s right, they were not professional hunters, and it was difficult for them to hide their whereabouts in the forest. Many deer, rabbits and the like would slip away early when they saw or heard their figures and sounds from afar.
"What should we do then?" Shangquan Yiren was a little panicked and asked hurriedly.
Su Jingqiu thought about it, and a smile appeared on his face as if he had thought of something: "I remember that there is a stream a few kilometers ahead. If we wait there, we should be able to wait for animals to come and drink water..."
When they heard Su Jingqiu's words, they immediately became excited and decided to speed up.
After more than an hour, several people vaguely heard the sound of gurgling water.
"We're here!" Tired and hungry Shangquan Yiren's head was covered with sweat. When he heard the sound of water, he became excited.
bass!
There was a flash of knife.
Then a huge bee-shaped insect corpse fell on Shangquan Yiren's back, scaring him so much that he immediately took a step forward.
Sheathing the knife, Qi Ji smiled and teased, "Shangquan, seriously, why do you attract such a big insect? If it weren't for me, you would have been stung to death here."
Bai Tianhe added in a muffled voice, "It's probably the same reason why flies like feces."
Shangquan Yiren glared at him, then wilted: "I don't have the energy to argue with you now!"
Then he sighed and said, "I'm so hungry..."
Su Jingqiu said calmly, "Hurry up, the sun will start to set if we are any later, and by then there will be no animals to drink water."
They immediately quickened their pace. The gaps between the trees in the seemingly endless dense forest before them were getting bigger and bigger, and the light that came through indicated that as long as they got through, they would be able to see other scenery.
“Don’t go out!”
A cold voice suddenly came from above.
Looking up, they saw Nie Ming and his group who had set out the earliest. They were now squatting on a big tree, looking down at Qi Ji and his group.
Qi Ji saw that the young master seemed a little fearful.
This fear was not directed at him, but at something outside the woods.
There was something odd about the atmosphere.
Qi Ji couldn't help but lower his voice: "What's going on?"
Nie Ming replied softly: "Come up and see for yourself..."
Qi Ji thought about it, nodded, untied the beast-slaying sword on his back and placed it under the tree.
Although he was incredibly strong and the weight didn't matter to him, he still felt a sense of relief after unloading more than 30 kilograms of weight.
Then, under the gazes of everyone, Qi Ji took two steps back, and suddenly rushed out the next second!
Although the straight-line starting speed is not as fast as "Shrinking the Earth".
However, the Feitian Yujian Style includes two footwork techniques, one of which is "Super Speed" which increases the speed of running on flat ground.
and the "Feitian" which enhances the ability to move in three-dimensional space.
Qi Ji's steps were crossed quickly, without even using his hands, and he rushed up the tree trunk at an astonishing speed as if he was walking on flat ground. After running up for nearly ten meters, he suddenly made a final leap and stood on the horizontal branch where Nie Ming was.
"Oh my god! Qinggong!" Shangquan Yiren was stunned when he saw Qi Ji's steps that almost violated the laws of physics.
Just now when he saw Yu Chengen jumping thirty meters high, his performance was not that exaggerated, because in Shangquan Yiren's eyes, the Sword Saint was almost like a god.
On the contrary, Qi Ji was able to perform this action with his mortal body, which caused a greater impact on the people present.
Nie Ming glanced at Qi Ji with a puzzled expression, then restrained his expression and motioned Qi Ji to look outside the woods.
Qi Ji half-knelt on a horizontal branch, pushed aside the leaves in front of him, and saw a new scenery.
I finally understood why Nie Ming warned them.
They were now in an outer area of the dense forest.
Strictly speaking, there is a piece of open space covered with green grass in the endless dense forest. In the middle of the open space is a winding stream about seven or eight meters wide, and the clear stream flows quickly through the area.
Running water, and the water is clear.
This is a natural water point.
But at this moment, this open space looked a bit bloody and terrifying.
I saw a giant yellow monster at least ten meters long lying by the stream.
It looks like an iguana on the Inner Earth, with light green scales, blue and red stripes on its body, a row of spikes neatly arranged in the middle of its back extending to the tail, and long, center-parted hair on its head.
At this moment, the front claws of this huge monster were pressing down on another large creature about eight meters long. The appearance of that creature was a bit like some kind of herbivorous dinosaur on Earth. At this moment, this "dinosaur" was not dead yet and was struggling desperately, but it could not get rid of the claws of the "giant iguana".
When Qi Ji saw such a giant beast for the first time, an expression of shock appeared on his face.
"That's the giant thief dragon, and the one it's holding down is the herbivorous dragon." Nie Ming beside him said softly.
Then he added: "The Great Thief Dragon is a relatively strong type of first-level extraordinary monster. Ordinary people cannot defeat it. It is best for us not to go out."
As they were talking, suddenly a beast roared from the woods on the other side of the stream!
The next second, a six-meter-tall beast resembling a bear rushed out from the woods, waded quickly across the stream, and rushed straight towards the big thief dragon.
