After a slight pause, Shangguan Feng continued, "As a result, fighting against the Daemons is a trial that must be attempted in the process of growth. Instead of calling it a fight for the Saints' Fruit, it's more like a trial for all the young cultivators. To these people, a single trip to the Nine Darkness Demon Mountains will benefit them for the rest of their lives."
Long Chen finally understood that the upper echelon of the Nine Darkness Demon Region was vicious enough. They would directly let their disciples experience actual combat and survive the Poison Shadow clan. It would indeed be of great help to every cultivator in the future.
A cultivator's mentality and willpower were all battle prowess. They were crucial to becoming experts in the future.
In this aspect, Long Chen was the most outstanding one.
This was a trial of a huge scale, just like the trials of the three thousand halls of the True Martial Emperor Palace. The trials of the True Martial Emperor Palace were a type of mission, while the Nine Darkness Demon Region gathered everyone together.
The latter was a direct competition, so it would be even more difficult, but the effects would probably be better.
As long as they passed through this forest, they would be able to reach where the Holy Tree was.
Perhaps everyone had mustered up all their strength to make their final charge.
Long Chen asked Shangguan Feng a few more questions before continuing on his way in silence. The mist continued to permeate the forest, but the murderous aura in the air became heavier and heavier.
Long Chen suddenly discovered that dazzling red flowers had begun to appear in the bushes beneath the countless huge trees. Upon closer inspection, they were actually bright-red roses. Raising his head and looking around, the blood-red roses seemed to be everywhere. They were strange and bloody, and they were everywhere. The blood-red roses were rather eye-catching in the gloomy, gray forest.
At a closer glance, the roses were actually dripping with blood.
Of course, this was not real blood, but a blood-red liquid that was secreted by the blood-red roses.
The surrounding atmosphere seemed to become even more terrifying after the blood-red roses appeared. There was a faint rustling sound, which was chilling.
"The bloody rose has appeared. From now on, this place is the territory of the Poison Shadow Clan. Everyone, be careful." Qin Shi's voice suddenly came from the front. It was the first time she had spoken, and her tone was very cold.
Walking through this blood-colored rose forest was quite a frightening feeling. After walking for about half a kilometer, Long Chen was startled. There was the smell of blood in front of him. It seemed that the Poison Shadow Race had appeared here.
As they continued forward, the smell of blood became thicker and thicker. As expected, they soon discovered more than ten corpses lying on the ground. Their bodies were covered in blood and had lost all signs of life. Other than the smell of blood, there was also a rancid smell. Judging from their dark corpses, they should have been poisoned.
The eyes of the deceased maintained a look of horror, but their brains had been hollowed out. Clearly, before they died, they had experienced an extremely terrifying process.
Based on the circumstances of their deaths, these people had clearly been killed by the Poison Shadow Race.
Shifting his gaze away from the corpses, he saw an ancient stone tablet in front of him. A murderous aura emanated from the stone tablet. On the stone tablet, there were a few words written in bold and flamboyant calligraphy. It read: Perished Land of the Human Race.
The hatred the Poison Shadow Race had for humans could be seen from the bloody words. Clearly, they had been treated unfairly here. They had been reared here by humans as tools to train the younger generation without any dignity. They were indeed tools, so it was no wonder why the Poison Shadow Race would act so crazily.
"You all see it, right? Be careful," Shangguan Feng said.
He emotionlessly passed by the corpses and continued onward. All of them were outstanding members of the younger generation, so they obviously would not be affected by these corpses.
As they continued onward, Long Chen continued to converse with Shangguan Feng softly. He wanted to learn some information about the Saints' Fruit from Shangguan Feng, but Shangguan Feng closed his mouth as soon as the fruit was mentioned. He was unwilling to say anything more. Long Chen only knew that the Saints' Fruit would not ripen in a short amount of time.
At the very least, it would not ripen before Shangguan Feng reached the Saints' Tree.
This was a secret. Shangguan Feng did not take Long Chen seriously, so he obviously would not tell Long Chen about it.
Li Xuanji remained with her eyes closed in the Void Realm. She did not move at all.
"I've already made it up. I'll be here for at least a day. Hold on," Long Chen whispered into her ear.
"Yeah …" She used a slightly nasal voice to tell Long Chen that she was still alive. Long Chen's heart became very heavy when he saw her like that. During the fight for the Saints' Fruit, everyone was his enemy. Even the people before him were no exception. Long Chen refused to believe that they had no ill intentions towards each other.
As a result, he was wary of the people beside him.
Around two or three kilometers later, Long Chen suddenly jerked. He raised his head and clearly, there was a lifeform in front of him. It had barged into the range of his Spirit-Devouring Eyes.
The lifeform was so fast that it was basically on the same level as the peak of the sixth layer of the Divine Martial realm. Shangguan Feng had said before that the Poison Shadow tribe had the bloodlines of the Wolf clan and the Bat clan. The Wolf clan bestowed speed, while the Bat clan bestowed poison. This person was clearly from the Poison Shadow tribe.
The Poison Shadow tribe probably did not come for Long Chen's group. However, after smelling the scent of humans, it changed directions and quickly headed in Long Chen's direction.
Long Chen's behavior caused Shangguan Feng to become rather doubtful. He asked in a hurry, "What's wrong …"
As soon as he said that, Shangguan Feng also heard the terrifying sound of something tearing through the air. At that moment, he and Long Chen walked to the side. He was the one closest to the Poison Shadow tribe.
Qin Shi and Zhao Yunlong also sensed the existence of the Poison Shadow tribe. Although they were geniuses, it was the first time they had seen a member of the demon clan. Both of them were a little nervous, so they joined up with Shangguan Feng. However, when they discovered that there was only one person coming, they heaved a sigh of relief and revealed relaxed smiles on their faces.
"I'll deal with it," said Shangguan Feng, who was the closest to the Poison Shadow tribe.
They were all warriors with high statuses. Of course, they didn't want to have to besiege a puny Poison Shadow tribe. Since Shangguan Feng had spoken first, the other two retreated. They didn't have any objections.
As for Long Chen, no one asked for his opinion.
At that moment, a gust of wind swept past. A figure appeared in front of Long Chen's group. He quickly made his move. However, in just an instant, Long Chen clearly saw the person's appearance.
It was a skinny man, about a meter tall. He was lean and had tanned skin. He looked like steel, hard and full of power. His head was slightly long and narrow, and his eyes were sharp like the eyes of a ferocious beast. His whole body was covered in a thick demonic aura. The most obvious thing was that he had a pair of powerful bat wings on his back. They were like two huge blades standing on his back.
His hands transformed into claws. The Poison Shadow tribe member attacked Shangguan Feng, who was at the front.
Although the Monster Race could transform into humans, they didn't have peak combat power after that. Generally speaking, they would have two combat forms. One of them was similar to a Beast Warrior, which was the form this Poison Shadow tribe member was using. In this form, they had super speed and a certain physical advantage. It should be known that the Monster Race was very terrifying in terms of physical strength. This Poison Shadow tribe member was only a Fifth Grade Fey God, but he had a physical body equivalent to a Sixth Grade Divine Body Refining Battle Skill. If he was a Sixth Grade Fey God, he would be almost as strong as Long Chen.
The other form was, of course, the complete Monster Beast form. This form had the most terrifying attack power and physical body, but the degree of flexibility would be slightly reduced. Regardless, it was still the strongest form of the Monster Race.
Back then, Xiao Lang was at his strongest when he transformed into the Sun-Devouring Monstrous Wolf form.
Shangguan Feng didn't say anything and started fighting with this Poison Shadow tribe member.
Obviously, the Poison Shadow tribe member had underestimated the strength of Long Chen and the others. He was just an ordinary member of the Poison Shadow tribe member. He had just reached adulthood and was a Fifth Grade Fey God. At most, he could only deal with a warrior who had just entered the Sixth Grade Divine Martial Realm. After all, these warriors were still young, lacked combat experience, and lacked mental strength.
However, he was naturally not a match for a peak martialist like Shangguan Feng. Shangguan Feng had cultivated quite a few grade-seven Divine Skill Battle Techniques. Now that he used them, he was able to suppress the Poison Shadow Race member.
But what made Long Chen a little shocked was that he didn't find any fear in this Poison Shadow tribe member. He just looked at death calmly. His attacks were very crazy, and his eyes were completely bloodshot. When he attacked, he didn't defend at all. Every move was very ruthless. For a moment, he really suppressed Shangguan Feng.
However, Shangguan Feng quickly reacted and regained the upper hand. That Poison Shadow tribe member let out a shrill scream. Seeing that Shangguan Feng and Long Chen were helping him, he knew that he had hit a nail on the head today. If he persisted, he would only die here in vain. So, after fighting for a while, he used a move to force Shangguan Feng to retreat, and then ran away quickly.
"You guys wait here for a moment. I'll be right back." Shangguan Feng calmly chased after him.
Behind him, Zhao Yunlong smiled disdainfully and said, "Shangguan Feng is getting worse and worse. If it were me, I would definitely kill this thing in a few moves. I wouldn't have to spend so much effort."
Unfortunately, no one paid attention to him.
Qin Shi ignored him, so Zhao Yunlong accepted it. He didn't expect that Long Chen would also ignore him. Zhao Yunlong glared at Long Chen, clenched his fists, and said to Long Chen, "What are you looking at? Believe it or not, I will destroy your family in Dongsheng City."