Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 223 Dense Forest (New book has been released, please support!)
"How could I not know? Senior Brother Ling was a high-level warrior at the eighth level of the Heavenly Stage when he first participated in the Five States Martial Arts Competition, so he was also assigned to the Heavenly Stage Group, not the Peak Group."

"But who would have thought that after entering the winning group, Senior Brother Ling miraculously broke through in a battle with Chi Yunren, who was considered the strongest in the Heavenly Class at the time, and easily defeated Chi Yunren in one fell swoop."

The warrior who had just called out to Jiang Xuan knew Ling Honghe's performance in the Five States Martial Arts Show like the back of his hand, as if he had personally observed Ling Honghe the entire time.

"Then you still..."

Another warrior soldier suddenly realized why the warrior soldier called out to Ling Honghe, pointed at the warrior soldier and laughed.

"If I hadn't pretended not to know Senior Brother Ling, how would you and I have the chance to talk to Senior Brother Ling?" The warrior soldier said this, seeming quite proud.

Jiang Xuan didn't need to think too much about what the warrior was thinking this time; he could roughly guess it.

Without giving it any more thought, Jiang Xuan followed the narrow passage and headed into the forest.

Soon, Jiang Xuan walked out of the long and narrow passage and came to the outskirts of the forest.

There is still a path with no end in sight, winding its way into the depths of the forest.

Judging from the appearance of the forest alone, Jiang Xuan did not see any difference.

He stood there, listening carefully to the sounds coming from the forest: birds singing, insects chirping, wind blowing through leaves, and of course, the sounds of wild beasts and the roars of ferocious beasts hidden in the forest.

Jiang Xuan stood there and listened for a long time, his brows gradually furrowed.

In the past quarter of an hour, after careful identification, he only heard two cries from different ferocious beasts, and the rest were the cries of wild beasts with low combat power.

What was even more strange was that the two cries came from different ferocious beasts. According to Jiang Xuan's judgment, and with the additional confirmation in Qingxi Town, Yingzhou before coming to Qizhou, they should both be first-level ferocious beasts.

"Are there only two first-level ferocious beasts left in the southern part of this big forest?" Jiang Xuan asked in confusion.

"This isn't right. Even if some ferocious beasts didn't roar during this period, there were only these two roars from first-level ferocious beasts. Isn't that a bit too little?" Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

Although Jiang Xuan is still a Heavenly Rank warrior according to the warrior classification, just like the last time he came, every warrior knows very well that there is an insurmountable gap in strength between a Heavenly Rank peak warrior and a Heavenly Rank high-level warrior.

This gap is also reflected in the judgment of sound, or it can be said that it is reflected in the hearing quality of the warrior.

This is why Mr. Sha still has excellent hearing even at his age.

Although Jiang Xuan has become a top warrior, he still finds it difficult to understand Old Sha's super hearing.

He could only attribute it to Old Sha's strength which far exceeded that of an average peak warrior.

Jiang Xuan thought of the last time he and Old Sha came to this forest, and the enthusiastic giant swordsman. It was here that he heard the roar of the ferocious beast from the depths of the forest.

"The roar I heard from the giant sword warrior last time came from... the west side." Jiang Xuan tried hard to recall, and his footsteps also went deeper into the forest.

Unlike outside the forest, once you enter the forest, you may encounter ferocious beasts at any time. Jiang Xuan must raise his vigilance to the highest level and observe the surrounding situation at all times.

"Sure enough, the situation along this way is very different from the last time." Jiang Xuan said to himself as he ran quickly.

From his observations along the way, he could see that there weren't any ferocious beasts within the range of both sides. All he saw were wild beasts, and those were relatively weak in combat. Furthermore, Jiang Xuan noticed a pattern: those beasts were all weak in fighting spirit.

"Even the beasts with strong fighting spirit are nowhere to be seen. What's going on? Did they disappear? Or where did they go?" Jiang Xuan pondered to himself.

Soon, he thought of what Mr. Sha said last time he was here.

As a result, Jiang Xuan had an incredible thought in his mind. If that thought was true, then Jiang Xuan didn't know whether he was facing danger or opportunity.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan became nervous and excited.

Jiang Xuan flashed to the side and found himself somewhere on the west side of the main forest road.

"At that time, the giant sword warrior entered the depths of the forest from here. I wonder if he gained anything at that time." Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

Holding the hilt of the brown scabbard dagger at his waist with one hand, Jiang Xuan took out the top-grade helmet he had chosen at the Yingzhou City Lord's Mansion from the package and put it on.

Afterwards, after thoroughly observing the surrounding environment and confirming that it was relatively safe, Jiang Xuan put on the entire set of armor.

Of course, there was no arm armor in that set of armor.

After putting on the armor, Jiang Xuan felt a great sense of security.

At this time, the whole set of armor brought Jiang Xuan an exponentially increased defensive capability.

Taking off the small round shield on his back, Jiang Xuan adopted a posture ready to fight at any time and slowly walked towards a more dense forest.

In the midst of open areas all around, the dense forest appears there, looking very abrupt.

Jiang Xuan noticed it at this time, and Jiang Xuan also believed that with the strength of the giant sword warrior last time, he could also notice this.

Jiang Xuan believed that if he had not misjudged the location where the giant sword warrior had gone deep into the forest last time, then when the giant sword warrior reached the same location as Jiang Xuan at this moment, he would definitely have noticed the dense forest.

"He must have also entered that dense forest." Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

From a warrior's point of view, if there is a ferocious beast within a radius of one mile in the dense forest not far away, then that dense forest is its only possible hiding place.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan reached the outskirts of the dense forest.

There is dense grass in the lower part, and clusters of shrubs higher up. The high and low shrubs also cover the entire dense forest very well. Further up, there are trees of varying ages.

After patiently pushing aside the trees and grass layer by layer, Jiang Xuan finally passed through the outer vegetation and entered the interior of the dense forest after a cup of tea.

Inside the dense forest, there are mostly tall trees, so the space inside appears relatively wide.

In that vast space, Jiang Xuan discovered a cave with a small entrance but a very obvious shape.

What shocked Jiang Xuan even more was that not far outside the cave, there was a huge sword slanted diagonally.

(End of this chapter)