Chapter 8

Zheng Tuo's arrival did not attract any attention.

Zheng Tuo was delighted by this.

After a few twists and turns, he arrived at the center of the crowd, near Li Jun's tent.

Based on his recent observations,

among those present, Li Jun's strength was the strongest, at the second stage of Qi Cultivation.

Around Li Jun, a few others also seemed to have considerable strength.

Therefore, resting among these few people was 78.6 percentage points safer than the outer areas.

Even if there was a night attack by beastmen, he wouldn't be the first to be hit.

Moreover, with Li Jun's all-encompassing personality,

if he was in danger and shouted for help, the other party would definitely not stand idly by.

He successfully set up camp near Li Jun's tent.

After setting up, it was already noon.

Zheng Tuo had a simple lunch and did not leave the tent to socialize or make friends; instead, he chose to rest inside the tent.

At dawn, while everyone was still asleep, Zheng Tuo woke up.

He quietly packed his belongings and left the camp.

To fight the beastmen head-on!

What a joke.

Beastmen are favored by heaven and earth, born extremely powerful, especially in their physical bodies, far surpassing humans.

The strength of humans lies in their developed brains and great wisdom.

Now, you want to use your weakness to fight their strength.

Clearly, this is not a cautious strategy.

Although there were a few experts like Li Jun,

the others were ordinary people, with almost zero combat power.

These little kids would probably not even be enough to fill the gaps in the forest wolves' teeth.

He was not a talented Qi Cultivation second-stage cultivator like Li Jun.

He was just an ordinary person.

To ask an ordinary person to charge forward and become an extra on your cultivation path,

is it your brain that's broken or mine?

Therefore, he had long decided to use a flanking strategy when everyone started the battle.

The so-called flanking strategy

was to go up the mountain by bypassing the group of beastmen.

He believed that once the battle started, all the beastmen would be drawn to it.

Then, the other paths up the mountain would be safe.

With this plan in mind,

he spent two hours finding seven small paths up the mountain.

Zheng Tuo then hid in a safe house.

He would wait for the battle to start before going up the mountain.

The fish-belly white sky woke up the sun.

In the camp, people got up early.

After eating breakfast and preparing thoroughly,

they set out for Sunset Mountain.

The battle started as expected.

But unexpectedly, the group did not engage in hand-to-hand combat with the forest wolves.

Instead, a talented array master activated an array disk.

Everyone held weapons and fought the forest wolves from within the protective array.

Seeing this from a distance, Zheng Tuo nodded in approval.

I told you so.

Human cultivators rely on wisdom.

Unparalleled wisdom is what has made humans prosperous.

Heaven has given us such incredible wisdom.

But you use it to stir up trouble!

That's simply a crime.

Zheng Tuo couldn't help but criticize the people fighting in the distance.

With the array's enhancement,

the result was a temporary stalemate.

The battle began, drawing in all directions.

Individually, forest wolves were not powerful beastmen; the wolf king was probably only at the second stage.

But their strength lay in their numbers.

Densely packed, endless.

There were a thousand humans,

but they were surrounded by forest wolves, and every step forward required great effort.

Zheng Tuo held a magnifying glass, observing the battle scene.

"Pretty strong!"

In his field of vision,

the second-stage Qi Cultivation Li Jun held a silver-white immortal sword, standing at the front of the group, slaughtering fiercely.

First-stage forest wolves were as fragile as paper in front of him.

Visually, it was quite impressive.

Behind him, a few others were also quite strong.

At full power, they controlled the battlefield, their combat power explosive.

"Go for it!"

Zheng Tuo cheered for everyone in his heart but did not move himself.

To be cautious, he waited a bit longer.

Clearly, his caution paid off.

Forest wolves from all directions joined the battle, making the scene even more chaotic.

Not only forest wolves,

but also some clever human youths tried to climb the mountain using the same method as him.

However, they were caught by passing forest wolves and had a rough time.

Zheng Tuo, hiding in the dark, saw everything clearly.

Imitating without understanding the essence,

Zheng Tuo shook his head, disappointed by the unprofessional methods of his peers.

Who climbs the mountain right when the battle starts? At least wait a bit.

Clearly, there were not many people as cautious as him.

Many had received messages.

The first person to complete the test would receive a special reward.

This group was all aiming for the special reward.

One by one, they rushed out of their hiding places, heading for the mountain top.

"Go ahead, go ahead, and help me scout the way, see if there are any dangers ahead."

Zheng Tuo was never one to take the initiative; he preferred to be passive.

Two hours after the battle started,

Zheng Tuo confirmed that there were no other peers around him.

He decided to set out.

Following the planned route, he quietly climbed to the halfway point of Sunset Mountain.

The entire process was without any danger.

After all, this path had been scouted by the earlier peers, at the cost of a few lives.

A kilometer ahead was the destination of this test, the Sunset Mountain platform.

Climbing the platform meant he had completed the test and officially joined the Luo Xian Sect.

Looking at the broad road ahead, he just needed to walk up to complete the test and join the Luo Xian Sect.

Achieving his first goal, which he had prepared for ten years.

But according to Zheng Tuo's cautious nature, he still stopped and did not move forward.

An old saying goes, "A journey of a hundred miles is half over when ninety miles are done."

Who knows what dangers lie ahead.

The Luo Xian Sect is a well-known cultivation sect in the Eastern Domain.

Their test is definitely not simple.

What if a big boss jumps out at the end?

With his small build,

one hit and he would be done for.

So, no rush, no rush, hide first.

Wait for Li Jun and others to charge up, let them lead the way and scout for him.

As for the special reward for the first to reach the top, he really had no interest.

It's just some pills or something.

That stuff isn't safe; who knows if the person who refined the pills washed their hands or mixed in any random things.

So even if he got the pills, he wouldn't eat them.

There's no point in getting them, and it's risky. Why bother?

He easily set up a safe house.

Taking out the prepared explosive spirit talismans, he began to set traps around.

The purpose of the traps was as a backup.

If Li Jun and others lost, and the forest wolves returned to their den, he couldn't just sit idly by as a neighbor to the forest wolves.

Having a backup plan was always a good idea.

It must be said,

setting traps seemed to be a talent he was born with.

For some reason, it felt particularly smooth.

It was like a man liking to look at beautiful women or a woman liking to look at handsome men, a natural instinct.

"Hey!"

After setting the traps, Zheng Tuo suddenly noticed a light flashing in the distance.

At the same time, the spirit detection talisman on his waist vibrated as if it had epilepsy,

indicating that there was a large concentration of spiritual energy at the source of the light.