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Chapter 158: Caught off guard, Tianxuan Monkey (Day 12 )

“The red line is here!”

The two of them walked together all the way, and finally saw the red marking line not far ahead. Song Yan subconsciously showed a look of joy.

"Yeah." Chu Mu nodded, his expression looking quite relaxed. This was a grassland, and it was easy to see whether there were any ambushes around. The red marking line was right in front of them, and as long as they crossed it, they would enter the safe zone.

To his surprise, Chu Mu did not encounter any decent opponents during the journey with Song Yan, and the expected ambush did not occur.

"It seems that I was worrying too much." Chu Mu smiled easily and crossed the red line with Song Yan.

The moment they stepped into the line, their spirits visibly relaxed.

But the next moment, Chu Mu raised his eyebrows slightly, stopped and stared at the safety line on the ground, with a thoughtful look.

"Chu Mu, what's wrong?" Noticing that his companion looked strange, Song Yan also stopped and cast an inquiring look.

"Don't you feel..." Chu Mu's voice was a little uncertain, "The color of this red marking line is lighter than the previous ones? There is a feeling... that the paint used has become sparser."

"Is there?" Song Yan glanced at the marking line on the ground and touched his head. "It seems to be a little bit, but this may be caused by different lighting or spraying locations. It shouldn't be a big problem, right?"

"Besides, there is no rule that the marking lines in all places must be exactly the same color?"

"You're right." Chu Mu nodded slightly, agreeing with Song Yan's words. He then turned his head to look at the clear red lamppost.

Chu Mu's brows frowned slightly again.

Logically, at this moment, the two of them were standing on the marking line and should be exactly ten kilometers away from the lamppost.

But at this moment, the height of the lamppost in the line of sight seemed a little wrong.

Am I worrying too much?

Perhaps carrying hundreds of tokens made him more cautious, so he became a little suspicious?

Chu Mu couldn't explain it, but he always had a bad feeling.

"Now that we have entered the safe zone, let's speed up to the Zodiac Challenge Point." Chu Mu did not express his uncertain doubts anymore, and spoke to Song Yan with a smile.

"Okay!" Song Yan nodded heavily, his eyes full of anticipation for the challenge from Tianxuan Monkey.

Relying on his own powerful strength, he has challenged all the way here and has earned more than 70 tokens. He hopes that here he can achieve the small goal of over 100 tokens.

The two men's speed increased instead of slowing down. They quickly crossed the grass and entered the forest area ahead. Just as they were about to move forward, five or six figures rushed towards them quickly and soon appeared in front of them.

"Brothers, please stay!" The leader bared his teeth and showed a warm smile, "I am Jin Meng, and I am here to make a deal with you."

Chu Mu and Song Yan looked at each other and stopped.

"What deal?" Chu Mu asked calmly.

"I guess you two brothers came from other safe zones, right?" Jin Meng said with a smile, "I wonder how much you know about the zodiac challenge here?"

Chu Mu did not speak, but Song Yan on the side said honestly, "I heard that this is a challenge from the Tianxuan Monkey."

"Oh?" Jin Meng's eyes flickered slightly, "Then do you know what the challenge of this Tianxuan monkey is?"

"I don't know." Song Yan shook his head.

Jin Meng's eyes swept across Chu Mu and Song Yan's faces, and he didn't see anything unusual. He was determined in his heart, and stretched out a finger, "1 tokens per person, I can tell you the content of Tianxuan Monkey's challenge."

"We are about to meet the Tianxuan Monkey, and then we will know the content of the challenge directly. Why should we spend the token to buy your information?" Chu Mu said calmly.

"I don't know if this brother has participated in challenges by other zodiac signs." Jin Meng's expression remained unchanged. "For zodiac sign challenges, a lot of information is revealed after you spend tokens to participate. Before you participate, the zodiac sign will tell you very little useful information."

"Once you spend your token and find that the rules don't suit you, it's too late to regret."

“For other zodiac signs, it’s okay to spend tokens to participate once to learn the rules, but the challenge of Tianxuan Monkey is different.”

"Because the challenge here requires 30 tokens at a time."

"What?!" Upon hearing the number of tokens required for the Tianxuan Monkey challenge, Chu Mu and Song Yan's expressions changed at the same time.

"So, 5 tokens are not expensive." Jin Meng smiled slightly, took a few steps forward, and slowly said, "You don't want to waste 30 tokens when you participate for the first time because you are not familiar with the rules, right?"

"This..." Song Yan scratched his head, "Chu Mu, what do you think?"

"If the challenge here really requires 30 tokens for each time, then it's not a loss to get the information in advance with 5 tokens." Chu Mu looked at Jin Meng and changed the subject, "But, how do I know if what you said is true, and how do I know if you will give us the real news?"

"Besides..." Chu Mu's eyes gradually turned cold, and his hands rested on the hilt of his unsheathed sword. "If you really want to make a deal, why did you surround the two of us?"

Song Yan was startled and looked around, only to find that the other people who came with Jin Meng had blocked all their retreat routes at some point and surrounded them while they were concentrating on communicating with Jin Meng.

"Tsk, what a cautious guy." Jin Meng's eyes flashed with helplessness, and then turned fierce, "It's a pity, it's too late!"

"Take action!"

Following his low shout, six warriors in the Soaring Realm attacked the two of them simultaneously.

"Are you crazy?!" Song Yan shouted in a low voice, and the shadow of a mountain appeared behind him. He pressed his hands hard into the void, and brown source power surged, forming rock walls all around.

All attacks bombarded the rock wall at the same time. The solid rock wall quickly climbed up the spider-web-like cracks, and then exploded into light spots.

"The second level of the Soaring Realm..." A trace of fear flashed in Jin Meng's eyes, and then he sneered, "It seems that you should have a lot of tokens."

"This is a safe zone. How dare you try to snatch the token?" Song Yan said in a low voice, his eyes full of confusion.

"Safe zone?" Jin Meng laughed and then shook his head. He was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed.

"Om-"

A sharp blade of light cut through the sky and slashed towards his face. Three afterimages could be vaguely seen interweaving. The terrifying momentum made Jin Meng feel a chill on his back, and he hurriedly raised his weapon to respond. "Bang!!!"

Accompanied by a low roar, the defeated Jin Meng retreated several steps, and the originally airtight encirclement was torn open in an instant.

"Song Yan, this is not a safe zone." Chu Mu left a word, and countless cracks in the void behind him intertwined into a huge "break" character. The momentum rose steadily, and he rushed towards Jin Meng like a ferocious beast.

Combined with the marking lines that seemed a bit unusual before, the lamp posts that seemed farther away than expected, and the unscrupulous attacks of several people, Chu Mu has realized the crux of the problem.

According to the re-screening rules, the lamp posts represent the location of the zodiac challenge point, and the area within a 10-kilometer radius of the zodiac challenge point is a safe zone.

The marking lines are drawn in advance to let martial artists clearly know the boundaries of the safe zone.

Under normal circumstances, where it is, there is the boundary of the safe zone. Entering the marking line means entering the safe zone.

However, the rules do not say that the marking lines cannot be tampered with.

Obviously, the marking line they just crossed did not mean that they had really entered the 10-kilometer radius of the Tianxuan Monkey challenge point.

Therefore, they have not really entered the safe zone and are still in a state where they can be robbed.

Judging from the actions of Jin Meng and his group, they did not approach the two with the intention of making a deal from the beginning.

The so-called deal was just a cover to let Chu Mu and Song Yan relax their vigilance so as to form a siege and attack the two of them.

After thinking this through, Chu Mu looked towards Jin Meng, a fierce light flashing in his eyes.

This guy can become the leader among the six, so his strength should be the strongest among the six, but he is only at the first level of the Soaring Realm.

When facing more opponents, the best way to intimidate them is to bite one of them tightly.

Therefore, after choosing to attack Jin Meng, Chu Mu never cared about the other five people again.

At this moment, looking at the rapidly enlarging blade light in front of him, Jin Meng's face finally showed a bit of panic. He quickly raised his weapon to resist and roared, "Help me!"

The other two Tengkong Realm cultivators closest to Chu Mu did not hesitate. They surged with source power and quickly attacked Chu Mu from the side. Each attack was aimed at Chu Mu's vital points. It was obvious that they wanted to use the strategy of "encircling Wei to save Zhao" to support their teammates.

As long as Chu Mu gives up attacking and chooses to defend, Jin Meng will be able to escape from Chu Mu.

However, Chu Mu, who clearly sensed the two attacks coming, did not change his expression at all.

There was a flash of madness in his eyes, and he stared at Jin Meng in front of him, as if he was the only opponent in the whole world. He completely ignored the attacks from others, crossed his swords, and slashed towards Jin Meng fiercely, leaving a huge cross of sword light.

The two Tengkong Realm cultivators who were supporting Jin Meng were both stunned.

They never expected that Chu Mu's fighting style would be so desperate. There was also anger in their eyes, but their offensive was subconsciously weakened.

Although you can attack and compete for the token outside the safe zone, the consequences of malicious attack that causes serious injury or death are still very serious. Not only will you be disqualified, but you will also be held legally responsible.

Just as the two attacks were about to fall on Chu Mu, a crisp slap sounded.

"Snapped--"

Song Yan's hands were filled with brown source power, and he clapped his hands hard in front of his chest.

Rock walls suddenly rose from the ground, blocking Chu Mu's side and blocking all attacks for him.

Source skill, Wall of Solid Earth!
"boom!!!"

The blade light slashed out by Chu Mu collided with Jin Meng's weapon, and a terrifying vibration force erupted instantly, making Jin Meng feel like he was struck by lightning. The surging source power instantly crushed him, leaving blood marks on his body.

Glancing at the solid rock wall behind him, Chu Mu turned the Zhuhong knife in his hand and hit Jin Meng's back of the head with the back of the knife, knocking him unconscious, and then quickly killed the next person.

"Snapped--"

"Snapped--"

"Snapped--"

There were continuous claps of hands, accompanied by rock walls rising from the ground. The remaining five people were separated by the rock walls, and the encirclement formed by the six people collapsed.

With a low shout, Song Yan took out his weapon, a dark golden stick, and attacked together with Chu Mu.

After a while, the six people in the Tengkong Realm who surrounded the two fell to the ground one by one, wailing.

"A total of 243 tokens." Chu Mu searched the six people and could not hide his surprise. "I guess these guys have robbed quite a few people using this method."

Faced with the siege of six people in the Soaring Realm, most of the martial arts students had no power to resist.

"Those who rob others must be prepared to be robbed." Chu Mu shook his head slightly and took out 100 coins from them.

"Song Yan, you contributed more, so the rest is yours."

"Chu Mu, you are such a nice person." Song Yan touched his head and accepted the 143 tokens with a smile. The number of tokens exceeded , which made him in a good mood.

"You..." Seeing the keepsake that he and his friends had worked so hard to save return to the time before liberation, Jin Meng felt his eyes go dark, and then he said viciously, "Do you think that we are the only six who can move the marking line?"

"We are only responsible for this area. If you steal our token, you won't be able to leave here safely... uh hum..." Jin Meng didn't finish his words, he groaned and curled up like a shrimp.

Chu Mu calmly retracted his foot, "Then let them come."

At times like this, he won't back down.

Leaving behind six penniless guys, Chu Mu and Song Yan quickly rushed towards the lamppost. Although there was no marking line to remind them, as the lamppost became larger in their sight, the two were able to confirm that they had truly entered the safe zone.

Soon, the challenge point appeared before our eyes.
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Chapter 2 is being written!

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