Humm!
As Mu Chen and his group charged towards the ocean of Spiritual Light, those massive Spiritual Pawns had also felt the fluctuations of Spiritual Aura. Immediately, buzzing noises rippled out as the Spiritual Pawns shot out, encircling Mu Chen and his group.
Although those Spiritual Pawns did not possess any intellect, they were extremely sensitive to the Spiritual Aura between the heavens and earth. The moment any abnormal Spiritual Aura fluctuations appeared within their range of perception, it would immediately attract their incomparably violent attacks.
Mu Chen narrowed his eyes as he looked at the large group of Spiritual Pawns whistling towards them. There were at least a few hundred of them. As the Spiritual Energy ripples rippled out, no one dared to belittle them.
"Attack!"
Mu Chen let out a soft bark as his pitch-black Spiritual Energy swept out like a smoke signal. He threw a punch out as several Spiritual Energy pillars that were blazing with black flames violently swept out. Any Spiritual Pawns that came in contact with the Spiritual Energy pillars were instantly shattered.
As those Spiritual Pawns shattered, faint red Spiritual Lights condensed and were stored by Mu Chen. Such a harvest caused joy to surface uncontrollably in his eyes. Previously, they had worked so hard for so long and had only managed to obtain a few dozen Spiritual Lights. However, after arriving here, they had obtained such a huge harvest in just a short period of time.
Indeed, searching for a gathering point was the best method to obtain Spiritual Lights in the Hunting Ground.
Furthermore, Mu Chen's Spiritual Energy had fused with the Jiu You Fire. This flame could even burn Spiritual Energy. Using it to deal with the Spiritual Pawns that were formed from Spiritual Aura, the effect was exceptionally good.
Behind them, when An Ran and the rest saw Mu Chen charging in and destroying those Spiritual Pawns, shock surfaced in their eyes. Although the strength of those Spiritual Pawns were only equivalent to Heavenly Fusion Stage and it was easy for them to deal with them alone, it was simply impossible for them to achieve the same results as Mu Chen.
They took a glance at Mu Chen, before turning towards Luo Li. The young girl followed closely to the right of Mu Chen with a longsword in her hand. Her sword was not unsheathed, but the incomparably sharp Sword Aura had completely torn apart those Spiritual Pawns that were charging over. The speed at which they were slaughtering Spiritual Pawns wasn't any slower than Mu Chen.
"So formidable!"
An Ran and the other two girls looked at each other. Compared to Mu Chen and Luo Li, their speed was too lacking. They couldn't help bitterly smiling as they shook their heads. Those two new students were truly too terrifying.
At this moment, the mountain valley that was like an ocean of Spiritual Light was already in an uproar due to the charge of Mu Chen's group. Aside from Mu Chen's group, the other three groups were like ferocious tigers descending the mountain as they charged in three different directions, splitting up the large amount of Spiritual Pawns.
Due to their numbers, their efficiency wasn't bad. However, compared to the five-man group with Mu Chen and Luo Li as the spearhead, they were still a little weaker.
Everyone was doing their best to charge towards the depths of the Spiritual Light Ocean. That's because they knew that there were Spiritual Knights in the depths. As long as they killed a Spiritual Knight, the Spiritual Light they would obtain would definitely be comparable to a thousand Spiritual Pawns.
As they continued to venture deeper, they started to gradually feel some pressure. The countless Spiritual Pawns were endlessly charging over. The impact of the Spiritual Energy had caused a great exhaustion for them.
The other three groups seemed to have some experience with this. The spearhead of the formation was constantly changing people to withstand the greatest impact. As for those that retreated, they made some slight adjustments before going up again.
However, even if they had a proper distribution, their speed of annihilation was still incomparable to Mu Chen and Luo Li.
However, as time passed, the speed of Mu Chen's group suddenly slowed down. That's because they realised that those Spiritual Pawns seemed to have sensed that they were the greatest threat and had started to converge towards them in large numbers.
"They're relaxing the pressure, allowing us to attract the Spiritual Pawns." Luo Li's beautiful eyes faintly flickered as she spoke out in a soft voice.
She sensed that the three groups had quietly slowed down their annihilation speed by quite a bit. As their speed slowed down, those Spiritual Pawns had naturally started to surge towards them, who posed the greatest threat.
"Those fellows are so despicable!" An Ran and the other two girls spoke out furiously. They never thought that those fellows would actually secretly play such a trick.
Mu Chen faintly smiled. They were in a competitive relationship, to begin with. Their so-called cooperation was extremely weak. When others saw that they were strong, they would naturally play some tricks.
"If they like to rush to the depths, then let them go. We'll just have to annihilate those Spiritual Pawns." Mu Chen calmly said.
He wasn't in a hurry to rush towards the depths of the Spiritual Knights. That's because he could sense that there were some rather powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuations in the depths. Clearly, those Spiritual Knights weren't easy to deal with. It wouldn't be a simple matter for the three groups to abandon them and devour those Spiritual Knights.
Seeing that Mu Chen was still as calm as before, An Ran nodded her head and did not speak anymore. She closely followed behind Mu Chen and collected all the Spiritual Lights that were formed from the Spiritual Pawns that were killed by Mu Chen and Luo Li.
While Mu Chen's group was attracting the greatest pressure, the three groups had indeed found an opportunity and abruptly burst out. They had actually directly torn apart the layers of Spiritual Pawns and swiftly charged into the depths.
Mu Chen only shot a glance at their backs from afar, before retracting his gaze. He didn't care about their thoughts of trying to devour those large "cakes" by themselves as he calmly attacked with Luo Li, killing the Spiritual Pawns.
As time passed, more and more Spiritual Pawns shattered under their hands, transforming into Spiritual Lights that contained extremely powerful Spiritual Energy that lingered around them. Thereafter, they were swiftly collected by An Ran and the other two.
"Mu Chen, we have already collected over eight hundred Spiritual Lights!"
As more and more Spiritual Lights were collected, dense joy surged on the faces of An Ran and the other two. Over eight hundred Spiritual Lights, this was an extremely abundant harvest.
Hearing their words, Mu Chen lightly smiled as he swept his gaze around. The amount of Spiritual Pawns in this region had clearly become much thinner. From the looks of it, the majority of them had been killed by them.
Boom! Boom!
Just at this moment, astonishing Spiritual Energy fluctuations exploded from the depths of this region. A circular Spiritual Energy ripple that could be seen with the naked eye spread out, causing cracks to appear on the ground.
"Arghhh!"
When the Spiritual Energy fluctuations exploded, a few miserable shrieks rang out from the depths as violent Spiritual Energy spread out. Clearly, an intense battle had occurred there.
"Let's go to the depths."
Seeing this, Mu Chen waved his hand as he changed his direction and flew towards the depths. From the looks of it, the three teams had already started to engage in an intense battle with the Spiritual Knights in the depths.
As of now, the amount of Spiritual Pawns in this region had already dissipated by quite a bit. Therefore, Mu Chen and the other two were able to easily penetrate through. Very quickly, the scene of the depths appeared before their eyes.
The depths was a flat land. At this moment, the three teams were enveloped by boundless Spiritual Lights. Within those Spiritual Lights, there were seven to eight abnormally tall and blurry light figures.
Those light figures were roughly a few feet in size and were several times stronger than ordinary Spiritual Pawns. The Spiritual Energy ripples that rippled from their bodies were comparable to Heavenly Transformation Stage experts. Especially the light figure in the middle, it was even more condensed. The Spiritual Energy ripples from it had already reached the level of Heavenly Transformation Stage Middle Phase.
"Seven Heavenly Transformation Stage Initial Phase and one Heavenly Transformation Stage Middle Phase."
Even Mu Chen's eyes faintly narrowed upon seeing this formation. He never imagined that there would be such a tyrannical formation in the depths of this place. It's no wonder why the three groups were forced into such a miserable state.
An Ran and the other two girls had also sensed how terrifying those Spiritual Knights were. Their faces changed as they spoke out in low voices, "What should we do?"
"Let's wait."
Mu Chen's face was calm as he did not show any signs of taking action. Since they wanted to be the first, then let them be the vanguard. In any case, it would be a little troublesome for them to deal with a formation of seven Heavenly Transformation Stage Initial Phase and one Heavenly Transformation Stage Middle Phase Spiritual Knight. It would naturally be best for them to consume some of their energy.
Originally, he wanted to cooperate with everyone and share the spoils. However, since the other party wanted to use them as bait, he naturally couldn't be bothered to be courteous.
The three teams also discovered the arrival of Mu Chen's group and were immediately delighted. However, when they saw that Mu Chen did not show any signs of taking action to help them, their expressions became a little unnatural. It was likely that they understood that Mu Chen was disgusted with their previous secret actions.
"Mu Chen, didn't we agree to cooperate earlier?
Why aren't you taking action? "Chen Peng, on the other hand, clenched his teeth as he shamelessly shouted.
The faces of the other two teams turned slightly red. However, they were not as shameless as Chen Peng. They could only brace themselves and deal with the Spiritual Knights that were charging over without saying anything.
"Pah! It's obviously you guys who wanted to throw us aside and let us attract the firepower!" An Ran rebuked.
Chen Peng clenched his teeth and could not say anything in the end. After all, he was also prideful. Since this matter had been exposed, he naturally did not have the face to ask for help from Mu Chen. He could only say, "We've lost. You guys can't deal with these Spiritual Knights."
Mu Chen smiled but still did not pay attention to him. He only quietly waited for their defeat.
Boom!
Boom! The Spiritual Energy ripples in the field grew even more violent as the Spiritual Knights started to unleash ferocious attacks. As the Spiritual Energy swept out, the three teams were constantly being sent flying.
Their original formation immediately started to collapse.
Boom!
The Heavenly Transformation Stage Middle Phase Spiritual Knight charged out like a Spiritual Energy storm as it heavily clashed with Chen Peng. The earth cracked and the latter's face turned pale as he was sent flying back with a mouthful of blood.
"Retreat!"
Chen Peng finally couldn't take it anymore as he climbed up in a miserable state and barked.
Hearing his barking, his team members hastily retreated as they understood that they probably couldn't deal with these Spiritual Knights.
As they retreated, the other two teams could only swiftly retreat as well. However, when they left the attacking range of the Spiritual Knights, they stopped once again. Clearly, they were still unwilling to leave just like that.
"Mu Chen, we were in the wrong earlier. However, you guys can't deal with these Spiritual Knights right now. You guys can only join hands with us in order to benefit from each other." Chen Peng said to Mu Chen with unwillingness. However, his tone was much softer this time.
Although the other two teams did not speak, they clearly had the same thoughts.
Mu Chen cast an indifferent glance at them as he smiled. However, there wasn't much warmth in his smile.
"Who said that we can't deal with them?"