Chapter 80

Covering dozens of miles, the natural stone forest is located between Ice Rock City, Red Flame City, and Water Moon City.

The stone forest is filled with peculiar rocks, the terrain is complex, making it easy to hide one's tracks. Spirit beasts thrive within, making them difficult to hunt.

Spirit beasts that come from the Extreme Cold Mountains often move around the outskirts of the three cities. Once they are at a disadvantage in a fight with martial artists, they usually choose to flee into this stone forest.

Over time, this natural stone forest has become the favorite refuge for spirit beasts.

At the beginning, martial artists from the Shattered Ice Manor, Star Cloud Pavilion, Red Flame Association, and Water Moon Sect were unfamiliar with the stone forest and suffered significant losses, with many deaths.

Gradually, when they realized that spirit beasts often fled to this area, they began to take it seriously.

These four martial forces focused their attention on the stone forest, carefully exploring the terrain, advancing step by step, and preparing to gradually eliminate the spirit beasts gathered within.

As the number of martial artists from the four forces increased, they gradually gained the upper hand in the stone forest.

Humans are, after all, more intelligent. Once they thoroughly understood the terrain, they would set up ambushes in advance, creating various dangerous situations to lure the spirit beasts.

With these advantages, the progress of the martial artists from the four forces in hunting spirit beasts has been significant recently. Almost every day, spirit beasts are found and killed, and many people, tasting the benefits, have rushed over upon hearing the news.

Everyone knows that there are many spirit beasts inside the stone forest, and new ones often enter, so they all want to hunt a large number of spirit beasts to obtain spirit materials and beast cores, accumulating contribution points for themselves.

Yan Ziqian, Feng Kai, Yan Qingsong, and others from the Shattered Ice Manor; Tu Ze, Zhuo Qian, and Kang Zhi from the Star Cloud Pavilion; Xiong Ba from the Red Flame Association; and Na Luo from the Water Moon Sect are all active in this natural stone forest, all with the same mindset, hoping to achieve great gains in the stone forest.

Xiong Ba from the Red Flame Association and Na Luo from the Water Moon Sect are both outstanding figures among the younger generation, with reputations that do not fall short of Yan Ziqian and Tu Ze, and they will all be future leaders.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

Clusters of flames covered a Golden Rock Beast. The Golden Rock Beast roared wildly, with sparks flying from its stone-like body.

A young man nearly two meters tall, wearing a martial artist's outfit that exposed his arms, his muscles bulging, as strong as a human bear, grinned and let out a strange laugh. He led several Red Flame Association martial artists in golden outfits, fiercely surrounding the Golden Rock Beast.

The clusters of flames came from this extremely muscular, wild-looking man.

He held a golden spear in his hand, constantly spewing intense flames, facing the Golden Rock Beast alone. The other Red Flame Association martial artists spread out to assist him, making the Golden Rock Beast fight on two fronts, gradually weakening.

The young man, who looked like a human bear, was Xiong Ba from the Red Flame Association. At first glance, his battle with the Golden Rock Beast did not seem like a fight between a human and a beast.

It was more like two wild beasts tearing and entangling each other.

"Xiong Manzi, give me the Golden Rock Beast's eyeballs, and I'll trade you the horn of a Dragon Horn Rhino."

A beautiful young girl in bright yellow attire, accompanied by six or seven other young and beautiful girls, watched calmly from the side.

The girl in bright yellow was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a slender figure, full chest, and long, straight legs. Her face was also very pretty.

A vividly painted colorful spirit snake adorned her left arm, which she deliberately exposed, making it look like a colorful snake coiled around her arm, causing people to feel a chill.

"Na Luo, do you really think I'm stupid? How can the horn of a Dragon Horn Rhino compare to the golden eyes of a Golden Rock Beast? Besides, the horn of a Dragon Horn Rhino is useless to me. Why would I trade for it?" Xiong Ba's voice rumbled like thunder. "Last time I traded with you, I almost got beaten to death by my father when I got back. I absolutely will not trade any spirit materials with you again!"

"Hehe, I was just teasing you last time. This time, I definitely won't trick you," Na Luo laughed, her snake-like waist unable to straighten from laughter. The girls behind her from the Water Moon Sect also giggled, finding it increasingly amusing.

"Believe you? I'd rather believe a ghost!" Xiong Ba's face turned dark, and he grunted, ignoring Na Luo. He and his rough-looking brothers began to brutally dissect the Golden Rock Beast.

"Really boring." Na Luo glanced at the bloody scene, frowned, and said, "The guys from the Red Flame Association are indeed a bunch of wild beasts in human skin. The Shattered Ice Manor and Star Cloud Pavilion are more interesting. Too bad Tu Ze is a wimp. Yan Ziqian has provoked him several times, but he just endures it. It's really frustrating for me."

"Na Luo, Tu Ze is just being sensible," a girl behind her, who seemed to have a good impression of Tu Ze, couldn't help but defend him. "Yan Ziqian's Ice Dragon Sword was custom-made by Master Lu of the Senluo Hall. Combined with his spirit technique, its power is truly astonishing. Tu Ze can't match him, and Zhuo Qian can't beat Feng Kai, so they naturally have to avoid the sharp edge. If they really fought now, wouldn't they be as foolish as Xiong Ba?"

"You little brat, are you interested in Tu Ze?" Na Luo turned around, pinched her, and teased, "So, little sparrow is in love. Do you want me to help you get together?"

"Stop it, I'll strangle you!" The girl called "little sparrow" blushed and started to play with her.

Na Luo and the other girls from the Water Moon Sect started to play in the stone forest, chasing each other and laughing, like a group of larks, forming a beautiful scene.

"Cough, Na Luo."

At this moment, Yan Ziqian and a group from the Shattered Ice Manor walked over, with Feng Kai and Yan Qingsong by his side.

They all wore bright silver clothes, each with a handsome appearance, far surpassing the Red Flame Association in looks. As they approached, the girls from the Water Moon Sect stopped chasing and pretended to be gentle and pure, like well-bred young ladies.

"What do you want?" Na Luo stopped laughing and smiled at Yan Ziqian, saying, "Aren't you always watching Tu Ze, ready to ruin their good fortune? Why are you looking for us?"

Recently, Yan Ziqian and his group often targeted Tu Ze. Once they found Tu Ze hunting spirit beasts, they would jump in, claiming the spirit beasts were theirs first and forcibly taking the spirit materials.

At first, there were several conflicts, and several people were injured.

However, most of the injured were on Tu Ze's side. Kang Zhi and Han Feng were wounded, and Zhuo Qian's arm was stabbed by Feng Kai, making it difficult for her to move.

But the worst was Tu Ze. The three wounds on his chest had not yet healed, all inflicted by Yan Ziqian.

After several losses, Tu Ze and his group could only temporarily endure, trying to avoid conflicts with Yan Ziqian. Even when provoked, they bit their teeth and pretended not to hear.

There were several martial artists from the Senluo Hall in the stone forest, so Yan Ziqian and his group did not dare to be too reckless, not daring to kill outright, allowing Tu Ze and his group to survive.

However, due to Yan Ziqian's presence, the situation for Tu Ze and his group in the stone forest was extremely difficult...

"Tu Ze?" Yan Ziqian sneered, "That spineless guy only knows how to run, giving me no chance to kill him. If it weren't for the Senluo Hall people, those guys... hmpf!"

"So strong?" Na Luo smiled slyly, "Why don't you play with Xiong Manzi? I know him better. If you provoke him, he won't run. Look, Xiong Manzi and his group are dissecting a Golden Rock Beast right there. Why don't you go and take it?"

The girls behind her from the Water Moon Sect also laughed, and a few lively ones even shouted, "Go on, if you're so strong, go and fight Xiong Manzi. See who is fiercer. I, I love fierce men, and I love watching fights."

A girl acted like a love-struck fan, loudly urging, hoping for chaos.

Yan Ziqian, Feng Kai, and Yan Qingsong's faces twitched when they heard about Xiong Ba, looking a bit awkward.

They were not afraid of Xiong Ba, but he was known for his fearlessness. Once a fight started, Xiong Ba would not stop until he killed one or two people. He even dared to defy the Senluo Hall.

Yan Ziqian did not dare to easily provoke such a mad dog, "Our Shattered Ice Manor and the Red Flame Association have no conflicts, no grudges, so there's no reason to fight." He laughed awkwardly.

Seeing he wasn't falling for it, Na Luo looked bored and said, "What do you want from me?"

"We found three second-stage spirit beasts. We might not be able to handle them alone, so we invite you to join us. Are you interested?" Yan Ziqian explained his purpose.

"Three second-stage spirit beasts?" Na Luo's eyes lit up, and she nodded. "I'm interested, but how will we divide them? How many do you want?"

"Whoever contributes the most will decide the division. How about that?" Yan Ziqian asked.

"Fine." Na Luo seemed casual, but her words were not polite, "I don't think you have the guts to take food from me!"

"Hehe, how could we take things from a beauty? We are here to offer our services." Yan Qingsong laughed, "Follow me, I'll take you there. I love sharing good things with beautiful women."

Then, the girls from the Water Moon Sect, led by Na Luo, laughed and followed the Shattered Ice Manor group into the stone forest.

At the other end.

Tu Ze leaned against a stone pillar, his chest wrapped in bandages, his face heavy. "Those three second-stage spirit beasts were found by us first, but we can't handle them. If Yan Qingsong saw them, let them deal with it. We'll take the loss this time and settle the score later."

"Ah, if our spirit weapons were successfully refined, would we fear Yan Ziqian and Feng Kai?" Zhuo Qian's eyes were dim.

"Talking about this is useless. We've suffered a loss, and we have to endure it for now. We'll deal with it later." Tu Ze sighed. "Let's get through this period. When we return, I'll gather more spirit materials and ask Master Lu to refine them again!" His eyes were red, and he said, "I don't believe my luck will always be this bad! Once I get my spirit weapon, I'll find Yan Ziqian and settle this score!"

Hearing this, Zhuo Qian and the others clenched their teeth, looking like they wanted to eat someone, clearly having been severely pressured by Yan Ziqian and Feng Kai.

They didn't notice that while they were swearing, a ghost bird flew over their heads.

The ghost bird left the natural stone forest, landed on Liang Zhong's shoulder, and he squinted, listening. Then he said, "This eye has found Tu Ze for me."

Qin Lie, on the Xuanming Beast, was startled, subconsciously touching the long knife and dragon bone whip in the oilcloth, filled with anticipation.

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