Devour

The guild leader provided information: "The Howling Ruins south of the Weeping Forest is an open secret realm. It is recommended that hunters above level 13 form a team. Occasionally there are ancient relics. The ruins extend south to the Yashan Mining Area, which produces mountain copper ore, which can be considered a treasure."

Mountain copper is a rare precious metal with a hardness of 2, twice as hard as diamond. It is suitable for casting ceremonial weapons and heavy objects. The finished product has a bright luster like fire, and has great artistic value and is quite precious. Although it is also rare, it is far inferior to star gold and dark adamantine.

Cheng Bai found out everything and asked with some disappointment, "Are there any other good things?"

"It is rumored that the Howling Ruins contain a precious medicinal root called the Ghost Brain Flower, which has not been found by the guild team yet. Even though the treasure is rare, the secret realm is a must-go for excellent hunters." The governor added.

"The only way? What do you mean?" Cheng Bai asked in detail.

The talkative hunter owl next to him was talking nonsense and showing off his knowledge.

"A newbie has to conquer a path that all veteran hunters have walked before, haha..."

"It's always the lowest level secret realm. If you look carefully, you'll still find something there."

"Xie Xun and Wei Chi are a rare combination of monsters. They complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, which is a great test for the teamwork of warriors."

"If you can't even deal with the monsters in the Howling Ruins, don't go to the higher-level secret realms to get depressed."

The other information is of little value.

At night, after Cheng Bai finished practicing, he came to the roof of the inn, looked up at the starry sky, and felt puzzled. He turned to the innkeeper for paper and pen, and recorded the positions of celestial bodies in the sky in detail. Maybe he could find the direction back to the earth from it. He went to rest only after he was done.

There is more than one way to Tianquan City.

There are many monsters on land, and hunters usually go there to hunt and explore. The safest way for most people is to take a boat to Jianya Wharf in the north and reach Tianquan City via the sea route.

But for Cheng Bai, countless monsters are a way to improve his strength and a source of food, so he got up early and took Xiaobai with him, unable to wait to set off.

Bomen Pass is a small border pass town, guarding many disciples of Yuheng Temple. It is responsible for blocking the invasion of monsters. The occasional flying sparrows from the Ghost Forest in the southeast and the groups of sickle monsters in the Harvester Wilderness in the south all need to be guarded against.

Cheng Bai was nominally a disciple of the Yuheng Holy Temple and stayed in the town for a while.

Geng Ci, the eldest senior brother of Bomen Pass, is a good man and is quite popular among his fellow disciples. He talked with them and learned about the situation nearby. He found out that the monsters in the Ghost Forest are more powerful than those in the One-Eyed Jungle.

"Junior brother, please be careful on this trip. The three most troublesome monsters on the way to Tianquan City are the Xiexun and Weichi in the Ghost Forest, and the Giant Sparrow in the Fearless Wilderness." Geng Ci gave more instructions and watched Cheng Baiqilang enter the Ghost Forest.

"Junior Brother Cheng Bai has only been a disciple for a few days, and he has been able to receive the teachings of the Hall Master. He must be shouldering a heavy responsibility. All junior brothers must study hard."

Upon hearing this, the disciples of the Yuheng Temple at Bomen Pass stood in awe.

Geng Ci was about to say a few more words of admonition when he suddenly stared ahead, speechless and motionless. The disciples of the Yuheng Temple followed his gaze and were also stunned.

In the distance, there was a stunningly beautiful woman, riding a giant golden wolf and galloping towards them.

She has a strong diamond-like face with harmonious proportions. Her beautiful brown hair, which is rare in the Qiongqi Continent, is tied into a ponytail. Her facial features are delicate and three-dimensional, her eyes are bright and charming, and she is very charming. What is rare is that the fur battle suit sets off her slender and upright figure, perfect waistline, and magnificent bust just right. With a bone staff on her back, she seems like a mighty and strong barbaric female war god.

She was taller than the male disciples of the Yuheng Temple present. Such a beautiful woman was unprecedented in Yuheng City and overturned what many disciples knew and thought.

It was not until the wolf-riding woman disappeared into the Weeping Ghost Forest that Geng Ci came to his senses and murmured, "Which city is this woman from? She must be a disciple of a master."

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Cheng Bai broke into the Ghost Forest and soon met the sparrow.

They love to eat meat, whether fresh or rotten. Their claws are thick and sharp, and they can tear bears and leopards apart alive. The strong wind from their flapping wings can blow down ordinary people. At first glance, they look like white-headed vultures on Earth, but they are larger and have dark blue feathers. Some of the stronger black-headed gulls have black heads and thicker and brighter feathers.

This kind of monster was no problem for Cheng Bai who was advancing continuously. Whenever he encountered it, he would kill it with one sword, cut off the fattest legs of the sparrow, and also took out a batch of sparrow eggs, grilled them with other ingredients, and feasted on them with Xiao Bai.

Eating well and sleeping soundly, not only has Chengbai become strong and powerful and made rapid progress, but Xiaobai is also slowly improving his strength.

Going further, you will reach the most famous Howling Ruins in the Weeping Forest. The area covers a wide area, stretching to the south near Yashan. There are few trees around, and traces of the old civilization are preserved. The once ferocious and majestic huge buildings have been petrified beyond recognition, with large and small gaps everywhere.

When strong winds blow, the gap makes sounds like ghosts howling, hence the name "Haunted Forest".

Different from other secret realms, the Howling Ruins is the most frequently visited lower-level secret realm. Some accomplished hunters like to explore it in groups. They take all the treasures they can. The so-called ancient relics have long been collected to the point where they are hard to find, leaving only tourist attractions and monster legends. Even the mountain copper ore is rare.

Cheng Bai jumped off his mount, came to the ruins and looked up, shocked by the grandeur of the building. The materials and style were completely different from those of Yuheng City. He couldn't help but compare it secretly: "It's as big as a city. Can the pinnacle of human civilization architecture on Earth be so magnificent?"

Looking closely and knocking on it, I found that the material is unique, neither gold nor wood. I don't know what it is made of, but after so many years, it is still as strong as gold and stone.

Cheng Bai confirmed the result: "No building on Earth has ever used such a strong material."

Listening carefully, I could hear hysterical screams coming from the ruins. I was sure that it was not the sound of the wind, but a man's scream mixed with a woman's cries.

He thought for a moment and went into the ruins.

The Howling Ruins have been occupied by monsters for many years, with Xiesun and Weichi everywhere inside and outside, a classic doubles combination.

Xiesun is a red monster that is almost in human form, with a big head and a small body like a child. Although it is small in size, it is extremely greedy and ferocious. It has two big eyes like light bulbs on its head and a big mouth full of sharp teeth. It eats everything that humans can eat, and also eats things that humans don't eat. Some of them have three eyes.

Wei Chi is also relatively close to human form, most of them have a sub-giant body size, grey skin, strong and sturdy, amazing strength, a triangle on the top of the head, a small head and a big body, clumsy movements, and a few with dark skin are stronger.

Xiexun is fast-moving, cunning by nature, acts as an informant, and is good at making decisions. Weichi is strong, sturdy and durable, responsible for the meat shield and thugs, and has strong execution ability.

The two often work together to complement each other's strengths and weaknesses. Ordinary warriors will inevitably be in a mess when encountering such a combination.

The experience of veteran hunters is to kill the weaker Xiexun first. The remaining Weichi will appear much dumber without eyes and ears, and will be easier to deal with.

Cheng Bai's strength clearly surpassed that of regular teams, and after killing several pairs, he remembered the legendary collusion, and the monsters also had a sense of teamwork.

"There are few of them around, and most of them are concentrated in the front." Cheng Bai pursued the source of the shouting and moved over stealthily.

There are indeed men and women deep in the ruins. The hall inside is spacious and filled with many figures of all sizes.

Yun Juan's face turned pale as she stared fiercely at the many monsters looking down at her.

The strongest Xiesun lives here. He is as tall as an ordinary person and has three eyes. He is extremely sharp. Legend has it that he can see thousands of miles away. He is the well-deserved Xiesun King of the Haunted Forest.

There is also the most powerful Weichi, which is 7 meters tall and has a skin color as dark as a shadow. Its movements are not at all clumsy compared to other members of the same species. It can blend into the darkness and disappear without a trace at any time. It is the true Weichi King of the Haunted Forest.

Both kings bowed their heads in submission to the enchanting figure in the middle, simply because it was a more advanced demon beast, the Yinming Spider Queen, who had a highly respected status among all the demon tribes on the continent.

Its upper body is that of a beautiful woman with long flowing hair, a pretty face, slender arms, a slim figure and a slim waist. Its lower body is a dark green gourd-shaped spider chest and abdomen. Its round body is covered with exquisite patterns, and it has eight long legs as thin as steel pipes, covered with steel needle-like hair, and has a metallic luster under the light. At a height of 9 meters, it looks like an octagonal pavilion.

Two spiders were holding down a pale young man with their front legs, and the sharp ends of their front legs were slowly cutting off his hands and feet, causing him to scream miserably. There were several followers beside them, all with broken hands and feet, and unconscious.

Yun Juan said in a trembling voice: "Let him go, Gan Jie, we can talk it out."