485: C485 Ambush

C485 Ambush

The Profound Gate Pass was a vast land, and its terrain was extremely complicated.

There were fertile land and abundant water fields, as well as hills that rose and fell. Even at the border of the Profound Gate Pass, there were rows of extreme peaks that reached into the clouds.

The place where the young woman brought Yang Xuan, instead of a dense forest, was more like a mountain with lush vegetation.

These mountains had been standing for tens of thousands of years. The vegetation on the surface was extremely lush, and the thick trees were dozens of meters tall. The dense branches and leaves at the top of the trees intertwined and completely blocked the sunlight.

Once Yang Xuan and Yuh Qingcheng entered the forest, they could clearly feel the darkness in front of them. The entire forest could only see tiny light spots that occasionally shone through the gaps between the branches and leaves, which greatly interfered with their vision.

This forest was a forbidden area for humans. Yang Xuan could not see any traces of human activity. Everywhere he looked, there were dense shrubs and fallen leaves everywhere. There was no way to pass through.

"This environment..."

Looking at the harsh environment in the forest, Yang Xuan frowned and could not help but feel puzzled.

One. A young woman who could not even truss a chicken and brought two five or six years old children, did she really have the ability to enter this forest and leave alive?

Taking a step back, even if the young woman left the child outside the forest, it would be very difficult for her to do this alone, right?

Thinking of this, the joy and excitement of discovering a shocking secret in Yang Xuan's heart cooled down a little. He had some doubts about the young woman's identity and the words she had said before, and he secretly raised his vigilance.

"Qingcheng, there might be something strange here. Be careful." Yang Xuan turned his head and reminded Yuh Qingcheng who was behind him.

Yuh Qingcheng, who had always been lively and cunning, did not speak for some reason. She just nodded, indicating that she heard what Yang Xuan said.

Yang Xuan, who was fully focused on his surroundings, did not notice Yuh Qingcheng's unusual behavior. Seeing the girl nod her head, Yang Xuan turned around and carefully observed his surroundings.

There were no traces of human activity at all.

"It is not good to continue like this!" Yang Xuan rubbed his chin and muttered to himself, "This forest is so vast. If there are no definite clues, when will we be able to find the camp of those mysterious people?"

"Qingcheng, ask the Wind Thunder Tiger. Can you smell humans other than us? The smell of blood is also fine."

"Let me try." Yuh Qingcheng finally had a reaction when she heard Yang Xuan's request. She answered faintly and bent down to touch the Wind Thunder Tiger's furry head.

After a long while, Yuh Qingcheng straightened up and shook her head expressionlessly. "No, the Wind Thunder Tiger did not discover anything."

"Is that so!"

Even a spirit beast like the Wind Thunder Tiger was powerless!

Yang Xuan frowned as he looked at the dark forest. He looked distressed and was at a loss for what to do.

"Forget it!" After thinking for a long time, he still could not figure it out. Yang Xuan gave up thinking about it.

"If that woman could find the mysterious man's camp with her physical strength, it means that the camp could not be in the depths of the forest. It must be in the outer region. We will search it bit by bit, and we will find clues sooner or later."

"Qingcheng, let's go!"

"Yes." Yuh Qingcheng nodded expressionlessly and followed behind Yang Xuan, but her movements were very stiff as she walked.

Unfortunately, Yang Xuan, who was leading the way, did not notice Yuh Qingcheng's unusual behavior.

The longer he stayed in this forest, the more depressed Yang Xuan felt. He felt as if he was about to suffocate to death.

Silence! It was too quiet!

It was so quiet that it was a little strange!

Yang Xuan and Yuh Qingcheng had been walking all the way here. Apart from the sound of their feet stepping on dried branches and falling leaves, there was also the sound of cracking. They did not hear any other sound. They heard the roars of wild beasts. They couldn't even hear the cries of the birds and the insects between their branches and leaves. The dark and sunless forest was as quiet as a ghost land. It was as if only Yang Xuan and Yuh Qingcheng were alive.2

This was too abnormal.

Yang Xuan felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"No, we can't continue like this. We have to think of a way!"

"Qingcheng, pay attention to the surrounding movements. I will use the Spiritual Force to investigate the surrounding situation."

Helplessly, Yang Xuan did not care about the risk of using the Spiritual Force to alert the enemy in the dark. He decided to use a secret method to investigate the surrounding environment.

Actually, searching secret techniques did not necessarily have strong fluctuations of the Spiritual Force. However, Yang Xuan was not a sect disciple who had a complete inheritance. Although he knew a few extremely profound cultivation techniques, he had not received systematic training. Some secret techniques with special effects were also scattered and not systematic.

Fortunately, he had once learned a secret probing technique passed down from ancient times from the Black Panther - Understanding.

The effect of Obscure secret techniques coupled with the Heavenly Eye was quite shocking. Not only could it greatly enhance the eyesight and hearing of the user, but it also greatly increased the user's hearing. When cultivated to a profound level, one could even directly see through an illusionary array. The only drawback was that before one cultivated to the large success stage, there would be a slight leakage of the Spiritual Force when used.

If placed in other places, such leakage would be very difficult to be discovered, but in this unusually quiet forest, it might cause trouble.

However, Yang Xuan could not care about that now.

Yang Xuan closed his eyes. With a thought, the Spiritual Force in his body flowed along an extremely mysterious trajectory and gradually gathered around his eye sockets.

When Yang Xuan opened his eyes, his eyes emitted a faint white light.

Time was precious. Yang Xuan quickly looked forward.

"Hiss ~"

After seeing the situation around him, Yang Xuan sucked in a breath of cold air.

Before opening the Heavenly Eye, Yang Xuan could still clearly see things within a range of dozens of meters. But after opening the Heavenly Eye, everything around him became blurry. With a vague shadow, it could be seen that the range had dropped to within three meters.

Within the range of three meters, the tall trees that could be seen everywhere had turned into short and sparse shrubs. The lush vegetation and withered leaves on the ground had disappeared without a trace, turning into a barren land. On the dry ground, ferocious cracks could be seen everywhere. Within the dense cracks... From time to time, wisps of black smoke would emerge and hover in the air. It turned the entire space into a foul miasma.

Formation! And it was an extremely brilliant array formation! It was so brilliant that Qingcheng, who was at the Fourth Stage, did not notice it at all. It was a formation that even a spiritual beast like the Wind Thunder Tiger could deceive!

"Qingcheng, be careful! This is a trap!"

Seeing this, how could Yang Xuan not understand that he had fallen into someone else's trap? Without hesitation, Yang Xuan grabbed Qingcheng's hand and wanted the Wind Thunder Tiger to bring the two of them back!

But in the next second, Yang Xuan's body froze.

On the cracked ground, the scalp-numbing hissing sound reached Yang Xuan's ears.

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