Qin Xi was familiar with the terrain, so he arrived at his destination in half a day.
"This is Crouching Cloud Ridge. Let's wait for a while."
Mo Tiange glanced at the scenery in front of her. She was surrounded by large and small stones, and almost no grass grew. However, there was a dense red leaf forest in the west. From a distance, it looked like a sunset. No wonder it was called Crouching Cloud Ridge.
Qin Xi found a place to sit down and silently looked at the Three Yang Real Fire Sword on his knees. No one knew what he was thinking.
Mo Tiange found a flat stone not far from him and sat down. She looked at the red leaf forest and asked, "Senior Martial Brother Shoujing, is there any danger in that forest?"
Qin Xi looked up and said, "It's a kind of flying insect called red leaf ant. It's extremely poisonous. When they gather together, they're like trees. People who don't know what's going on can easily fall into their trap."
"… I see."
In that case, Madam Feng must be in their group to deal with these red leaf ants.
Seeing Qin Xi put away the Three Yang Real Fire Sword and meditated with his eyes closed, Mo Tiange also sat cross-legged to adjust her breath.
After killing the Fengsheng Beast and collecting its carcass, Mo Tiange was already tired. Now that she had used up most of her spiritual aura, she could take this opportunity to recover her spiritual aura.
They waited for another half a day.
Just as Mo Tiange finished recovering her spiritual aura, Qin Xi suddenly opened his eyes, looked at the road they came from, and said, "They're here."
Mo Tiange also opened her eyes and looked in the direction he was looking at.
There was no one in sight, but she could feel the breath of other cultivators at the edge of her divine sense.
Sure enough, before long, a group of black spots appeared in the distance and flew towards them.
Mo Tiange raised her eyebrows and looked at Qin Xi with surprise. She underestimated him too much. He was in the peak stage of the Core Formation realm, so he was much stronger than her. Even if she practiced the Soul-Refining Art, she still couldn't catch up with him.
She turned to look at the road and was stunned. These people seemed to be injured, and their flying posture was a bit unstable.
Not long after, when they flew closer, they saw that there were indeed bloodstains on their bodies.
"Fellow Daoist Shoujing, Fellow Daoist Qingwei." When they finally arrived, Daoist Kumu was relieved.
Qin Xi frowned. "Fellow Daoists, what's going on?"
The one who answered was Tong Tianyun. He seemed to be moving normally, with only minor injuries. "Sigh!
We were about to break the restriction to get the treasure when another group of cultivators came and fought with them.
That's not a big deal. We're stronger than these people, but when we were fighting and both sides were injured, two Nascent Soul cultivators came, so … "
Since there was a Nascent Soul cultivator interfering, the Core Formation cultivators naturally had to obediently back off.
Mo Tiange couldn't help but glance at Qin Xi. Was it a coincidence, or did he notice something?
Aside from Tong Tianyun, Jing Xingzhi was the one with the least injuries. After all, he was a sword cultivator, and fights of magical powers were his forte.
He said, "Those two Nascent Soul cultivators didn't have it easy either. There was a group of strange flying insects hidden in that ship. As soon as we left, we saw them trigger the restriction and attract the flying insects to attack. Even if they obtained the magic treasure, they would definitely be injured."
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It turned out the spiritual aura she sensed was actually a group of flying insects.
At this moment, Madam Feng was already sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed, meditating to heal her injuries. Without opening her eyes, she only sneered and said, "That flying insect is a type of extremely poisonous ancient flying insect. In my opinion, those two aren't just injured, they're seriously injured."
Poisonous insects were the majority. Madam Feng specialized in poisons, so she naturally knew insects like the back of her hand.
Hearing this, Daoist Kumu revealed a smile. "In that case, it's a blessing in disguise."
"Yes. With our strength, I'm afraid we can't escape unscathed from dealing with so many flying insects."
Hearing her words, the group of people who were originally indignant felt relieved and sat down to heal their injuries.
Mo Tiange had a bad feeling. When they entered Demonic Mountain one day, all of them were full of spiritual aura, but after one day, five of them were injured. Tong Tianyun and Jing Xingzhi seemed to only have minor injuries, but the others' injuries couldn't be healed in a short time.
Their strength had already been reduced.
She glanced at Qin Xi and found that he was very calm. Just as she was wondering what he was thinking, she heard his private message: "Get ready. We have to separate from them in advance."
Mo Tiange was stunned. She glanced at him and replied, "Senior Martial Brother, even if some of them are injured, they can still help us, right?"
Qin Xi said, "It's not because they're injured, but because they're obviously anxious. With this mentality, something bad will happen sooner or later."
"…" Mo Tiange didn't say anything.
She knew Qin Xi was right. The five of them came to Demonic Mountain with a goal, but they couldn't control themselves in front of that magic weapon.
Half a day passed. The first to finish healing was Daoist Kumu. He was a late stage Core Formation cultivator after all.
When Lei Dongqing and Madam Feng both stopped to adjust their breaths and said they were fine, the group continued to move forward.
Their goal was the red leaf ant colony that looked no different from the forest.
"Protect yourself with spiritual aura," Qin Xi said in a low voice when they stopped in front of the red leaves forest.
Mo Tiange nodded. After forming her Gold Core, her Art of Primordial Unity Energy had reached the initial level, and the White Silk Handkerchief's defensive function was much stronger than before, so she was very confident in protecting herself.
"Madam Feng," Daoist Kumu asked, "Are your injuries serious?"
Madam Feng's face was still a bit pale, but she insisted, "It's not a big deal. They're just red leaf ants. I can deal with them."
Mo Tiange could see that Madam Feng's injuries definitely weren't serious. Her cultivation level and spells were only ordinary, and Mo Tiange hadn't seen her with any top-grade magic weapons. It was most likely because she had extraordinary special techniques that she was able to enter this formation.
Now it was her turn to fight. If she couldn't do it, she would definitely lose her position. At that time, without the protection of her teammates, it would be difficult for her to survive on Demonic Mountain.
Therefore, she could only force herself to fight.
How could the others not know?
But they wouldn't say much. They were all sensible people, and it was good that Madam Feng was sensible.
Daoist Kumu nodded and said to the others, "That being the case, let's go in."
This was the first time the seven of them fought an enemy together, so Mo Tiange was calm. She wanted to see what the others were capable of.
They walked into the red leaf forest step by step. If Mo Tiange hadn't known that these trees were all red leaf ants in disguise, she probably wouldn't have been on guard at all.
These red leaf ants were too good at disguising themselves!
From the trunks to the branches to the leaves, they were all very lifelike. Only by carefully observing with divine sense could one find that there were many tiny spiritual aura fluctuations on these trees.
As if sensing their spiritual aura, the red leaves suddenly floated down from their heads, disintegrated in midair, and turned into red flying ants, pouncing on them.
The six people surrounded Madam Feng. Each of them protected their bodies with spiritual aura and released their magic weapons.
Mo Tiange took out a jade bottle.
This bottle was called the Royal Water Bottle. It had water properties and contained turbulent waves, which was the best way to deal with these red leaf ants with fire properties.
Then she released Xiaohuo. In a weak situation, spiritual beasts were the best companions.
Seeing Xiaohuo, Daoist Kumu glanced at it and looked a little surprised.
Fifth-rank spiritual beasts were rare, especially when their master was a cultivator in the early stage of the Core Formation realm. Spiritual beasts rarely had medicinal pills to eat, so it was often harder for them to advance in realms than cultivators. Generally, only cultivators like them who had been in the Core Formation realm for a long time could have spiritual beasts above the fifth rank.
Soon, the red leaf ants pounced on them. They had no time to think about other things and focused on fighting the enemies.
Mo Tiange waved the White Silk Handkerchief, which turned into a mist and enveloped her body. Then she raised the Royal Water Bottle into the air and poured down a column of water.
Insects weren't classified as spiritual beasts. They didn't have any classification such as first or second rank, and their individual spiritual aura was also very weak. Their strength was determined by the strength of their body and the strength of their toxicity.
For example, these red leaf ants were good at camouflage, had hard shells, and were highly toxic. One wasn't a big deal, but there were so many of them. If there was an oversight, it would cause a lot of trouble!
Therefore, they, a group of Core Formation cultivators, didn't dare to relax in the face of these red leaf ants with weak spiritual aura but extremely toxic and hard shells.
Qin Xi's Three Yang Real Fire Sword rose into the air and spread a red light. Wherever it went, the red leaf ants fell one after another and were all scorched black.
Jing Xingzhi wasn't weak either. Although he used a sword like Qin Xi, his technique was completely different. The body of the sword was silvery white like snow, and the piercingly cold sword aura spread out, forming a silvery white light curtain in front of him.
Lei Dongqing was still using his wine jar. Mo Tiange didn't know what kind of magic weapon this wine jar was, but she had miraculously seen it release spells of any of the five elements!
Logically speaking, only those who had spiritual roots of a certain element could use spells of a certain element. Lei Dongqing naturally couldn't have five spiritual roots, so this magic weapon must be very special.
Daoist Kumu and Tong Tianyun used another method.
Tong Tianyun used some unknown spell with his bare hands, but as soon as these red leaf ants got close, they would fall.
Daoist Kumu just muttered something and released the red-crowned crane he was riding to fight the enemies.
The red leaf ants were small and weak, but there were so many of them that the six Core Formation cultivators couldn't kill them all in a short time. Instead, they had to carefully use their spiritual aura to protect themselves, lest they got bitten by accident.
As more and more red leaf ants rushed into the sky, the pressure became greater and greater.
Madam Feng, who was surrounded by them, sat down cross-legged, cautiously took out a small stove, burned a piece of incense, gathered spiritual aura in her palms, and pressed her palms on the incense burner.
A fragrance that was neither orchid nor musk slowly spread out.
Mo Tiange frowned slightly. This fragrance … was a bit strange. At first, it smelled very good, but there was a strange smell that made people feel very uncomfortable.
She immediately held her breath. Then she saw that the flying ants all over the sky seemed to be drunk. They slowed down, swayed left and right, and almost fell down with one slap.
Seeing this, everyone became spirited and used all their magic weapons to quickly harvest these flying ants.
With the help of Madam Feng's unique incense, the battle was finally over after two hours.
Most of the red leaf forest had disappeared, and the remaining red leaf ants were scattered and no longer posed a threat. Madam Feng also put away the incense burner. The seven of them fought and retreated, passing through the red leaf ant forest.