Afterwards, Ming Dong remained in the divine hall. Jianchen declined Ming Dong's invitation to stay and left the divine hall. Afterward, the old man who had brought Jianchen and Ming Dong up sent Jianchen back down. In the end, they passed through a Space Gate and returned to the valley shrouded in poisonous smoke.
Ling Tian identified the direction and walked out of the valley. However, when he reached the edge of the valley, he stopped and hesitated for a moment before returning to the valley. He started to set up his tent in a secluded place. He changed his mind at the last minute and decided to cultivate here for a period of time.
The air in the valley was extremely good and the environment was beautiful. It was extremely quiet here. Aside from a few butterflies dancing in the flowers, there was no other life. Outside the valley, a faint layer of pink poisonous smoke enveloped the surroundings. As far as the eye could see, the sky was covered in a layer of dark red. The poisonous smoke did not disperse, slowly drifting about. However, it did not enter the valley, as if something was blocking it from entering the valley.
The poisonous smoke was extremely poisonous. Basically no one among the participants had the ability to pass through here. At the same time, there was a Space Gate that led to the divine hall, so the master of the divine hall must have done something to this place. As a result, Jianchen was extremely at ease. He was not afraid of being disturbed during his cultivation and directly entered a deep state of cultivation.
Within Jianchen's dantian, the sword spirits slowly revolved around a thumb-sized, multicolored stone. Strands of strange energy radiated from the multicolored stone before fusing with the sword spirits. After absorbing the energy from the multicolored stone, the sword spirits began to slowly strengthen. However, this speed was extremely slow. If one did not pay attention, it would be impossible to notice.
In the blink of an eye, Jianchen had stayed in the valley for ten months. During these ten months, Jianchen would sometimes cultivate in the tent or practice his sword in the flowers. Although his strength did not increase by much, he was much more adept at using his Saint Force. His battle prowess was definitely much greater than before.
There were only two months left until the end of the elimination round. Jianchen originally planned on cultivating here while waiting for Ming Dong to come out, but the remaining time did not allow him to continue waiting. He needed to go out and collect the competition medallions.
Jianchen arrived in front of the Space Gate. He stared at the profound diagram on the ground for a while before gently sighing in the end. He put away the tent and left the valley without any hesitation.
Jianchen did not look at the diagram on the Space Gate again after the first day. The diagram was extremely profound. Although it was only a complicated diagram, it contained the incomprehensible mysteries of the world. It was as if every single line of the diagram drew upon the laws of the world. It was so profound that it was not something Jianchen could understand.
After leaving the elegant valley, Jianchen found himself in the dense, poisonous smoke again. He then followed the feeling he had when he first arrived outside.
The barren mountain range was enveloped by poisonous smoke all year round, so there were very few plants. Even if there were, they were poisonous flowers and plants that were rare.
Jianchen walked through the mountain range for two hours. Suddenly, a rustling sound rang out in Jianchen's ears. The sound was dense and connected together.
Jianchen immediately stopped when he heard that. He looked in the direction of the sound sternly. Due to the obstruction of the poisonous smoke, Jianchen could only see a hundred meters away at most.
Very soon, a large swathe of black shadows appeared in Jianchen's field of vision. The black shadows surged over like the tide. Wherever they passed, they would be covered by the black flood.
When Jianchen saw the black shadows clearly, his face changed drastically. The black shadows were actually thumb-sized black ants, and there were many fist-sized black ants with a pair of wings flying over quickly in the air.
"It's actually the Godslaying Ants." Jianchen was shocked. Without any hesitation, he immediately ran outside as quickly as he could.
The Godslaying Ants were extremely famous on the Tian Yuan Continent. They were a strange species and were not magical beasts. If they were alone, they would not pose any threat, but they lived in groups. They could be in the tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions. Even peak Heaven Saint Masters would not be able to survive if they were surrounded by the Godslaying Ants, let alone Jianchen who was only an Earth Saint Master.
The Godslaying Ants were extremely poisonous and were immune to most poisons in the world. Only a few poisons could pose a threat to the Godslaying Ants. Their shells were extremely thick, almost as thick as steel. People who were not powerful would not be able to kill them at all. Moreover, the Godslaying Ants could devour Saint Force of any attribute. The protective Saint Force formed from Saint Force was like a decoration to them.
Jianchen had read many records about the Godslaying Ants in a few books, but without exception, the best way to deal with the Godslaying Ants was to run, to run as far away as possible from them. This was because the Godslaying Ants' poison had an extremely strong anesthetic effect. Once bitten, the poison would quickly spread throughout the body, making people feel powerless. They would not even have the strength to run away. The only outcome would be to be eaten by the Godslaying Ants.
Once bitten by the Godslaying Ants, the chances of survival were basically zero, unless a miracle happened.
Jianchen ran out of the mountain range like the wind and fire. He had no confidence in dealing with tens of millions of Godslaying Ants.
Behind him, the God-Slaying Ants had also discovered Jian Chen's whereabouts and were in hot pursuit. The rustling sounds of the God-Slaying Ants crawling on the ground could be heard continuously, making people's hair stand on end. In the sky, some of the God-Slaying Ants that were the size of a fist and had grown wings had already surpassed their crawling counterparts on the ground and were one step ahead of them in pursuit of Jian Chen. Their flying speed was even faster than Jian Chen's.
Jianchen raised his speed to the limit as he ran through the uneven mountain range. Even though he had the strength of an Earth Saint Master and his speed was several times faster than before, he was unable to display his full speed on the steep mountain path. How could he outrun the Godslaying Ants in the air?
Not long after, Jianchen was caught by a few Godslaying Ants. Helpless, Jianchen could only summon the Light Wind Sword. With a flash of his sword, he stabbed countless times behind him.
With a series of 'ding ding ding ding' sounds, a large number of Godslaying Ants fell from the sky. Their entire bodies had been cut in two, and black liquid flowed out of them.
With this delay, Jianchen was quickly surrounded by even more Godslaying Ants. A large group of Godslaying Ants flapped their wings and charged at Jianchen without any fear of death.
Jianchen's Light Wind Sword was already tightly brandished, forming a net of swords in front of him, blocking the Godslaying Ants from approaching. At the same time, he also broke out of the encirclement.
Even so, there were still a few Godslaying Ants that managed to break through Jianchen's net of swords and pounced on him, opening their mouths and viciously biting down. Under the sharp teeth of the Godslaying Ants, Jianchen's body, which was strong enough to block the attacks of a Saint Weapon, was as weak as tofu, unable to withstand a single blow.
Jianchen ignored the Godslaying Ants that were biting him and used all his strength to break out of the encirclement. If he continued to be trapped here and waited for more Godslaying Ants to catch up, then he would be at the end of his rope.
After much effort, Jianchen finally escaped from the encirclement of the Godslaying Ants. Without slowing down in the slightest, he used all his strength to escape from the valley. At the same time, he stretched out his hand to grab the Godslaying Ants that were biting him. With a squeeze of his arm, the fist-sized Godslaying Ants were directly crushed to pieces, causing black liquid to stain Jianchen's entire palm.
When the poison of the Godslaying Ants entered Jianchen's body, it was cleansed clean by Jianchen's blood, leaving not a trace behind.
Although the poison of the Godslaying Ants was frightening, it was still unable to harm the Golden Striped Silver Snake's body that was impervious to poison.
Behind him, the Godslaying Ants that were flying in the air flapped their wings, still pursuing him closely.
Suddenly, the mountain rock beside Jianchen split open, revealing a large hole that was as tall as a person. A giant python that was one meter thick and had a light red body flew out of the huge hole like lightning. It opened its bloody mouth and bit at Jianchen.
Jianchen's mind had been highly focused. His body swayed slightly, narrowly avoiding the attack of the giant python, and then he directly punched the giant python's head heavily.
The violent shock from the head made the giant python feel dizzy. Before the giant python could wake up, it was surrounded by the Godslaying Ants that were chasing after it. Then, the Godslaying Ants fiercely bit at every part of the giant python's body with their sharp teeth.
"Hiss ~ ~ ~" A hissing sound came from the giant python's mouth. Then, the giant python's entire body began to roll violently, smashing the nearby mountain rocks into pieces. A large amount of stone fragments flew all over the sky.
The giant python's huge body contained a lot of Godslaying Ants. The densely packed Godslaying Ants had already covered the entire body of the giant python. Soon, the giant python's body, which was one meter thick, was eaten by the Godslaying Ants until there was not even a trace of blood left. It had disappeared completely.
As for Jianchen, he had already disappeared without a trace. He had successfully escaped the detection range of the Godslaying Ants.
Outside the mountain range that was shrouded in pink poisonous smoke, a group of about 20 people was gathered here. They were pointing at the barren mountain range in front of them and discussing non-stop.
"I say, there must be treasures in here. Otherwise, how could such an unusual place appear?" someone said.
"How could there be treasures in this godforsaken place? Moreover, the pink smoke is highly poisonous. Who among us has the ability to go in?"
"The poisonous smoke wouldn't appear here for no reason. This place is destined to be extraordinary. There must be some secret hidden here."
"Could there be a senior expert living in seclusion here? I've heard that some extremely powerful senior experts, in order to prevent others from disturbing them during their cultivation, would always release some powerful magical beasts or set up some things to prevent others from entering. I think this place is most likely …"
"That sounds reasonable. However, to be able to set up this place like this, it must be an expert who is good at using poison. I think we should hurry up and leave this place. If we really disturb that senior, then we'll all be finished …"
"Bah, who doesn't know how to talk? Who says we'll disturb that senior expert? We'll all be finished. I don't know if you've heard of this saying before. Meeting is fate. If that senior expert is in a good mood and casually gives us a few pointers or directly accepts us as disciples, then we'll be like carps leaping over the dragon gate. What's in front of us is a great opportunity as big as the heavens."
About 20 people stood outside the barren mountain range shrouded in poisonous smoke and discussed non-stop. They were all guessing what exactly was in the mountain range. Their opinions were all different.
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