The Great Ruler wanted to lie down but was thrown into the Spirit Road.

After dealing with the first group of people blocking their way, Yun Mo and his companions made no attempt to conceal their intentions and headed straight for the final protected area.

But just as Wen Qingxuan said, they encountered at least four or five groups of people along the way, each group consisting of about ten people. Of course, there were also some treacherous lone individuals.

They've gone to extreme lengths to get the token.

Traps, enticement, playing the good guy, playing the victim, those who want to join the team, those who try to stab you in the back while drinking and chatting—the list goes on and on. Without exception, all of these people want to stab you in the chest when you're not paying attention.

They even encountered a group led by someone with a Spirit Wheel Realm body who surrounded and killed Yun Mo and his companions.

Looking at the encirclement, which was no different from before, Wu Ling swung his battle staff, curled his lip in disdain, and said, "The protected area isn't far ahead. Everyone who can get here should have some strength, right? Are you sure you can take us down?"

"Although you seem quite strong, you're carrying three burdens, which is your weakness. I just need to hold you off, then my companions will kill them, and then we'll surround and kill you. I think that should be enough to take down all four of you, right?"

"A burden? What's your name?" Wu Ling was taken aback, then smiled and said.

"Shi Yi, I'm telling you this out of pity, since you seem to pose a threat to me." Shi Yi was extremely arrogant, holding a battle staff just like Wu Ling's.

"Heh, Wu Ling, wait until we've dealt with the others, then we'll take care of him together!"

Wu Yingying stared at Shi Yi with a slight smile on her face. The past few days of travel had gradually fueled her murderous intent.

Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan showed no particular expression, but silently watched the people surrounding them as their weapons appeared.

"Looks like you're in for a rough time." As Wu Ling listened to Wu Yingying's words, it was as if she could see the four of them ganging up on Shi Yi. She swung her battle staff and pointed it directly at Shi Yi.

"Hmph, then let's give it a try!"

Shi Yi's face darkened. He had absolute confidence in his current spiritual path. He took a step forward and swung his battle staff directly at Wu Ling.

Wu Ling was equally decisive, meeting his attack head-on with his battle staff.

"Bang! Bang!"

The clash of the battle clubs produced a series of muffled, suppressed sounds.

However, with Wu Ling intentionally holding back, the two fought to a standstill, but even so, the resulting energy began to sweep around them.

Shi Yi's expression grew colder and colder. He realized that no matter how much force he used, the person in front of him could still receive it. Even a simple defense was enough to make his hands go numb.

"Hmph! Now I know why you're so confident. Your token must be quite impressive. However, you'll still be filled with despair and obediently offer up your corpse in a moment!" He glanced at his companions out of the corner of his eye; they had already rushed towards the three men.

Shi Yi wielded his battle staff to its fullest extent, and the resulting gale became increasingly terrifying.

This time, he used all his strength and slammed it hard at Wu Ling.

Wu Ling raised an eyebrow and slowly rotated the battle staff in his hand, making it stand upright on the ground.

Then, he flashed into the air, grasped the very top of the baton, and as he landed, the baton traced a semi-circle, smashing down on Shi Yi like a blow to the head.

"boom!"

This time, Shi Yi was not so easily able to resist.

He was horrified to discover that his own strike, delivered with the same full force, was so different from Wu Ling's; their strengths were no longer on the same level.

This is completely unimaginable. You have to understand that since his physical body and strength broke through some time ago, he has already reached the true Spirit Wheel Realm strength. Even if he is not as good as a Martial Spirit, he should not be too far behind.

What he didn't know was that after Yun Mo and the other three began to study the Witch Clan's Body Tempering Scripture, their bodies had already begun to transform into Heavenly Demon Bodies. Coupled with their already peak Spirit Wheel Realm physical bodies, defeating him was actually a piece of cake.

The Witch Clan's Body Tempering Scripture, to a certain extent, develops Qi and blood to their fullest potential, preventing much of the power they unleash from leaking out. In short, they can almost perfectly unleash their power.

Even with a little research, this is the result of the Witch Clan's Body Tempering Scripture.

If he were to encounter that Netherworld Beast again, Wu Ling was confident that he could kill it with a few blows.

"puff……"

The head-on collision ended completely, and Shi Yi was blasted away again by the overwhelming force, spitting out blood.

However, when he struggled to his feet and tried to call his companions to join him, he was horrified to find that his companions were already lying motionless on the ground.

"What's going on?!"

Shi Yi's hair was disheveled, and the horror in his eyes was no longer concealed.

He looked at the four people who were silently watching him and surrounded him, and suddenly realized that the reason why these four people dared to walk so openly on the main road was that they did not take anyone blocking their way seriously.

Or perhaps they are using themselves as bait to lure others into attacking them.

"you……"

"We're just a burden. If you can break through from any of the four of us, we'll let you go." Wu Yingying held a longbow and looked at him mockingly.

Shi Yi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He couldn't believe it; he couldn't believe that each of these four people possessed such formidable strength.

He swung his baton again, charging towards the girl in golden armor and red dress, who had never even glanced at him from the very beginning.

"boom!"

Unfortunately, to his despair, the girl in golden armor and red dress simply trembled her golden spear and blasted him back. In fact, the blow shattered his heart meridian, causing his vision to go black.

Seeing this, Wu Ling and Wu Yingying shrugged, picked up all the tokens, and walked towards Yun Mo and Wen Qingxuan.

"This token of Shiyi is level seven, while the others are still level five or six. There's no change. Even if we merge them together, it only makes our tokens reach level seven, without any breakthrough," Wu Ling said.

"Let's go into the Guardian Land. I wonder what the difference is between the Guardian Land now and the old one."

Yun Mo didn't mind, and the four of them walked into the protected area together.

The last protected place on this route is quite different from the previous ones; it is no longer empty, but has dwellings.

Meanwhile, outside the protected area, there is a magnificent martial arts arena, where three white-haired old men sit cross-legged, seemingly waiting for the selection to begin.

"Elders of the Five Great Courtyards?"

Yun Mo turned to look at Wu Ling. In fact, in this team, he was the only one who was not from the Five Great Academies.

"Don't look at me, I don't know them either. If they were from the Martial Spirit Academy, I might have a chance to speak to them, but these three old men are definitely not from the Martial Spirit Academy."

"It should be the Holy Spirit Academy, since they seem to be in charge of the Spirit Road this time," Wen Qingxuan said calmly.

"Sister Qingxuan, are you also from one of the Five Great Courtyards?"

"No, I just know a little about it. Let's go, the selection is still three days away. Let's find a place to stay. We don't want our Captain Yunmo to secretly spend all his spiritual points."

Watching their retreating figures, Yun Mo said to Wu Ling, "Let's go. Tomorrow we'll visit this protected land again and see how their barter system has developed. Hopefully, we can find some good things."

"You still want to find treasure? There's no way we'll find so many treasures right in front of us."