Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 290 Something Strange (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
North of Qizhou City, in the middle of a great forest.

Jiang Xuan walked north along the west side of the forest for about half a cup of tea's time when he suddenly sensed something was wrong ahead.

He stopped and leaned against a large tree to listen to what was happening behind it.

"Huh? Why is there no movement again?"

After listening for less than fifteen minutes, Jiang Xuan did not hear that faint sound again.

Although he wasn't sure what the faint sound he'd heard earlier was, it made Jiang Xuan feel uneasy.

In fact, after entering the edge of the great forest, Jiang Xuan felt a sense of unease.

At that time, he had not yet heard the faint voice, but the feeling of unease in his heart did indeed grow from vague to real, from weak to strong.

It was precisely because of that feeling of unease that he made the decision to refuse the giant swordsman's offer to enter the great forest together.

At that time, he was going to the northwest side of the Great Forest. In his deduction, the northwest side of the Great Forest was a gathering place for higher-level ferocious beasts, and naturally the most dangerous area of ​​the Great Forest.

Out of a desire to protect the father and son wielding the giant sword, he decided to refuse them and split up with them.

Upon hearing that loud noise, Jiang Xuan was initially worried that the father and son had run into trouble. However, he then thought that most of the ferocious beasts in the forest were currently located on the west side, while there were almost no ferocious beasts on the east side.

Furthermore, even if there are ferocious beasts in the forest on the east side, they are at most second-tier ferocious beasts.

However, if they encounter a second-tier ferocious beast, a high-level Heaven-rank martial artist plus a mid-level Heaven-rank martial artist can completely resist or even defeat it.

It was with this in mind that Jiang Xuan continued northward.

If he didn't have that feeling of unease, he could have gone to the eastern forest to check if it was those two greatsword warriors.

However, his unease grew stronger, making him think of other things and causing him to become restless. He wanted to hurry to the northwest corner of the great forest to find out what was going on.

"Old Sha, are you really in this great forest?" Jiang Xuan asked himself silently.

Jiang Xuan looked around to the other side of the big tree behind him and saw that there was no one around, nor any ferocious beasts or even traces of them. He then put on his helmet and cautiously continued forward.

"Shh!"

Just as Jiang Xuan was slowly feeling his way forward, a rustling sound came from a clump of grass in the distance, catching his attention.

He quickly hid behind a thick patch of grass, held his breath slightly, and observed the grass from which the sound was coming.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

Two more sounds came from several clumps of grass next to the one that made the sound.

The next moment, Jiang Xuan saw some animals rush out from behind the bushes.

Immediately afterwards, another animal of considerable size darted quickly across the grass and headed toward the forest to the east at an extremely fast speed.

"Such a speed is beyond the capabilities of ordinary wild beasts. Furthermore, while smaller wild beasts might have a chance, such a large beast could absolutely not achieve such a speed."

After a brief analysis, Jiang Xuan basically concluded that the animals he had just seen were not ordinary wild beasts, but ferocious beasts.

"At least three ferocious beasts, plus the previous ones, even if there are only a few, they are not something that two non-peak martial artists can easily deal with."

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Xuan hesitated for a moment.

While hesitating, Jiang Xuan heard another enormous, ferocious beast rushing swiftly toward the north.

"Is this just a second-tier or... third-tier ferocious beast?" Jiang Xuan saw the figure of the huge ferocious beast. Although he couldn't see its specific appearance, judging from the proportions of its size and speed, it was at least a second-tier ferocious beast, and it was very likely to be a third-tier ferocious beast.

Jiang Xuan glanced at the east side again, hesitated for a moment, then quickly ran north.

"If that's the case, I hope you can hold on a little longer," Jiang Xuan thought to himself, his steps quickening.

At this moment, Jiang Xuan's speed was extremely fast, far exceeding his usual travel speed.

In this situation, although Jiang Xuan was extremely fast, his physical exertion was also enormous.

According to Jiang Xuan's estimate, under these circumstances, although the speed increased by about 50%, the physical exertion was two to three times higher.

Therefore, this method of traveling is extremely inappropriate.

However, for Jiang Xuan at this moment, running fast was his top priority.

After another fifteen minutes of rapid running, Jiang Xuan finally arrived at an area in the northern part of the great forest.

As Jiang Xuan ran at high speed, he saw a scene quite different from the southern and central parts of the Great Forest.

That is, the vegetation in the northern part of this great forest is significantly sparser than in other areas of the forest.

Seeing this, Jiang Xuan slowed down slightly and looked around.

He then turned slightly to the left and soon arrived next to a very tall cedar tree.

Using both hands and feet, Jiang Xuan quickly climbed to the top of the cedar tree.

"It's been a long time since I've been to the Yunnan forest, and I'm a bit rusty at climbing trees," Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

Standing on the cedar tree, Jiang Xuan brushed aside a leaf, revealing an extremely wide field of vision.

Jiang Xuan discovered that there was a forest to the north of this place, and further north was the exit of this large forest.

"Ok?"

During Jiang Xuan's observation, he suddenly discovered that there were densely packed dark shadows in a sparse forest.

"What is that?" Jiang Xuan looked more closely and saw that the dense black shadows were about half a cup of tea's time away from where he was, not far away.

Upon closer inspection, Jiang Xuan almost screamed in surprise: "An animal? A ferocious beast?"

Jiang Xuan saw that the dense, dark shadows in the distance were moving, and they were moving at an extremely fast speed.

Based on the ratio of their size and speed, Jiang Xuan came to an extremely astonishing conclusion: those densely packed black shadows were all ferocious beasts!

"Why is this? Aren't there very few ferocious beasts in this great forest? Why have such a large number of ferocious beasts appeared again? And judging by their speed, there should be quite a few of them that are at least second-tier ferocious beasts."

Jiang Xuan dared not think about it any further, but simply looked at that area again.

"not good."

After observing for a while, Jiang Xuan discovered that although the number of ferocious beasts in the distance was astonishing, their attention seemed to be directed in the same direction.

In that direction, there was a black dot, but because it was too far away, Jiang Xuan couldn't see what the black dot was.

"If it's a martial artist, then this is bad."

With that thought in mind, Jiang Xuan quickly got to work, slid down the extremely tall cedar tree, and then headed towards the direction he had just observed.

(End of this chapter)