"Boy, you'd better tell me the whereabouts of that Kunpeng, and only then can I spare your life!
Otherwise, I'll have to make you scout the path ahead."
Zhang Luo secretly transmitted a threat to Xiao Fei, hoping to get information about Kunpeng sooner.
"Actually, you don't need to worry. Our octopus clan has always regarded Kunpeng as our totem, and we would never harm him.
Moreover, since you are with Kunpeng, you will surely be treated with courtesy by our clan."
Xiao Fei bowed respectfully and replied via transmission.
"Reporting to senior, although Kunpeng was with me earlier, he did not enter from the entrance. He was only in the ocean outside, and I don't know where he has swum to at this moment.
When we leave this place, I will naturally lead senior to search for Kunpeng."
Xiao Fei dared not trust this giant octopus. If he truly revealed Kunpeng's whereabouts, he would only die faster.
Why would he be comfortable now? Even if he faced mortal danger, he believed the giant octopus would help him block it.
While the two were communicating, the first batch of Golden Core cultivators were being forced by the Nascent Soul powerhouses towards the area of death spiritual wood.
These spiritual woods were connected to the formation. Attacks from magical treasures would be blocked by the formation. Only life could approach the spiritual woods. They had to withstand the juice spray to enter the jade square.
They had made all preparations, deploying various magical treasures and talismans externally to protect themselves thoroughly.
However, it was useless!
As soon as a group of Golden Core cultivators approached, the surrounding formation was immediately activated. Several bright red spiritual fruits exploded, splattering juice everywhere.
The magical treasures they deployed were quickly corroded by the red liquid, forming many large holes.
Then, the second wave of spiritual fruits exploded, and red juice sprayed down.
This was not the end; the third wave of juice arrived...
After several rounds of juice, the Golden Core cultivators who were forced to scout the path had all turned into liquid and seeped into the ground, becoming fertilizer.
However, dozens of spiritual fruits on the trees were gone, so there was still some gain. Victory was in sight, and the Nascent Soul powerhouses present were all stable in their emotions.
"You! You! You... you few, continue!"
This time, Xiao Fei was among the Golden Core cultivators selected.
He glanced back at the giant octopus. At this moment, the creature's eyes were half-closed, like a dead thing, indifferent and unconcerned.
Zhang Luo, however, was waiting for Xiao Fei to surrender and beg for mercy.
Xiao Fei gritted his teeth and walked forward with the others.
He would not yield because of this. At worst, he would die here again. It wasn't as if he hadn't died before; he had plenty of experience in this regard.
Although everyone tried to slow down their pace, they still approached the circle of spiritual fruit trees.
Everyone deployed their magical treasures, protecting themselves tightly.
Judging from the performance of the previous batch, the magical treasure protection still had some effect.
"Fellow Daoists, please wait a moment!"
Hearing Xiao Fei's words, the other Golden Core cultivators looked at him in surprise. As long as the Nascent Soul ancestors behind them did not object, it was fine to wait for ten moments, let alone one.
"Do you fellow Daoists carry any spirit beasts or pets with you?"
"That's right! How did I not think of that!" a cultivator slapped his forehead, immediately realizing.
This formation seemed to be triggered by sensing life force, causing the spiritual fruits to burst.
If they used some low-level spirit beasts to charge through the formation, perhaps they could replace their own lives.
Several cultivators generously released the spirit beasts they usually treated like their own sons and drove them forward to break through the formation.
Xiao Fei also joined the crowd and released dozens of Iron Fire Ants.
As expected, a few spirit beasts charged the formation, successfully triggering it and consuming more than a dozen red spiritual fruits.
At this moment, the formation master, who had been standing silently to the side, narrowed his pupils. This was one of the formation rules he had recognized from the beginning.
However, these people had no reverence for him, a formation master, so he was too lazy to speak. He did not expect a young cultivator to have noticed it.
"There are only more than twenty spiritual fruits left on these two trees. Whoever still has spirit beasts, release them! Now is not the time to hide your possessions."
Seeing that success was in sight, no one wanted to lose their lives at this moment.
"I still have some!"
The speaker was Xiao Fei. As he spoke, he released over a hundred more Iron Fire Ants, which flew forward bravely.
The Iron Fire Ants had never feared death. This batch of Iron Fire Ants successfully activated the formation and consumed the last red spiritual fruits on these two trees.
At this very moment, a cultivator rushed to the front and walked towards the two trees without red spiritual fruits.
However, before he could get close, the light flashed in front of him. The two spiritual fruit trees disappeared, replaced by two new trees laden with bright red spiritual fruits.
"Bang! Bang..."
Several spiritual fruits exploded in succession, and this cultivator quickly turned into fertilizer.
"This... how can this be?"
The formation master, standing in the crowd, was speechless. He had long seen the mystery of this formation.
No matter from what position one entered, all the red spiritual fruits had to be consumed.
But he simply wouldn't say it!
This was the price of disrespecting a formation master.
"Why are you still愣着? Keep moving forward!"
The Nascent Soul powerhouses from behind were already urging them on. It was fine for a few more irrelevant Golden Core cultivators to die; they could afford their sacrifice.
After these people died, they could find some low-level demon beasts or humans outside to continue consuming the great formation.
Xiao Fei glanced back at the Nascent Soul powerhouses watching him menacingly, and could only release another group of Iron Fire Ants.
There was no other way. With so many Nascent Soul powerhouses watching, even if he used a substitute puppet to die once in his place, he wouldn't be able to escape far and would still be caught.
This time, he released over ten thousand, dividing these Iron Fire Ants into many small teams, each with about fifty, flying forward in batches, and then heroically sacrificing themselves amidst the splashing juice.
Seeing this, the Nascent Soul powerhouses behind no longer urged him and let Xiao Fei do as he pleased.
Ten thousand Iron Fire Ants quickly perished, but the spiritual fruits were still not depleted.
Xiao Fei had no choice but to release the second batch, the third batch...
It wasn't until he had consumed fifty thousand Iron Fire Ants that finally, an Iron Fire Ant successfully flew through the spiritual fruit forest and entered the jade square.
"Hahaha..."
"It's all mine! No one is allowed to snatch it!"
These Nascent Soul powerhouses suddenly became as if injected with chicken blood, crazily rushing through the spiritual fruit forest towards the jade square.
At this moment, in everyone's eyes, only the three treasures on the altar in the center of the jade square remained.
As for the other Golden Core cultivators, no one paid attention to them now, and they stumbled along towards the jade square.
A few shrewd cultivators saw the opportunity and quietly slipped away. If not now, then when?
Xiao Fei also wanted to slip away originally, but he was unwilling. He was only one step away from the treasure.
He then mixed in with the crowd of Golden Core cultivators and headed towards the jade square.
At this time, two of the three items on the altar had already been snatched, leaving only the jade slip lying on the altar.
Several Nascent Soul powerhouses were about to make a move, but they suddenly discovered that the jade slip had miraculously disappeared.