Chapter 1404

The Stone Forest Formation was a formation, and each spell had its own specialization. Naturally, Zi Chen did not need to worry about it.

He, Shangguan Hong, Dong Qing, and the others stood at the periphery. The other forces sent some formation masters to follow Gu Guwen and Gu Guqiang to investigate the Stone Forest Formation.

Xue Ming stepped forward and whispered to Zi Chen, "We haven't met any battle spirits yet. I think they should be at the center of the Stone Forest."

Zi Chen looked ahead and said, "We need to be careful when the time comes."

Xue Ming nodded.

Among the team, Zi Chen and the others were publicly acknowledged as powerful.

However, in the dense forest earlier, the powerful Man Shi had almost died, and even Zi Chen had suffered heavy injuries.

With the lessons learned from the past, they could not be careless in this world.

Xue Ming did not mention the strange thoughts in everyone's minds, and Zi Chen did not care too much about it.

In this world, the foundation of communication between cultivators was based on benefits. This was a principle that he had understood after being ambushed by Zhao Can when he was young. It was precisely this sentence that Zhao Can had told Zi Chen at that time, and it had been used to this day in countless places.

The formation masters in front were communicating, and their voices were getting louder and louder.

After a while, Gu Guwen walked over and said, "This doesn't look like a formation set up by battle spirits. It looks like a natural formation."

"Is it easy to break?" Zi Chen asked.

Gu Guwen shook his head and said, "This formation is very complicated. It's very difficult to break it, and it takes too long. If we just walk through it, it'll be much faster. Two days at most. We'll be able to find the way through in two days."

Gu Guwen extended two fingers and promised.

Zi Chen nodded and said, "In that case, we just need to find the way through. There's no need to break the formation."

Gu Guwen responded and left. After that, the formation masters tried to enter the Stone Forest.

As for the main force, they waited patiently outside the Stone Forest.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed. The formation masters had gained a lot. Just as Gu Guwen had said, they had found the way to pass through.

Zi Chen was discussing something with Shang Guan Hong in a low voice. Suddenly, Gou Wen's anxious shout came from the direction of the stone forest.

"Big Brother Zi Chen, we found the exit, but we were ambushed. There were Battle Spirits guarding the exit, and we suffered great losses." As Gou Wen ran out of the array, Gou Qiang appeared with the others.

These people seemed to be in a sorry state, and a few of them were seriously injured.

Array Masters were very strong, but the prerequisite was that they had the array in hand. If the other party suddenly launched a sneak attack, the array master would definitely be caught off guard.

Just as these array masters rushed out, some fighting spirits followed them. The strength of these fighting spirits were all above Grade 8, indicating that they were all at the First Domain Realm.

There were more than a dozen battle spirits. The moment they appeared, they saw the hundreds of humans outside the stone forest.

Their expressions immediately changed as they turned around and ran towards the stone forest.

Since they were able to pass through the stone forest unimpeded, it was clear that they had already grasped the method to pass through.

"It's them! They're the ones who killed our people! Kill them!" shouted an injured array master as he pointed at the fleeing battle spirits.

The array master's voice was very loud, but no one moved.

If they didn't know the method to pass through, only death would await them if they entered rashly. Perhaps they weren't afraid of death, but no one was willing to die for no reason.

"What should we do?" A leader walked over and asked Zi Chen and Xue Ming.

Xue Ming looked at Zi Chen and gestured for him to be careful.

"We should go in and take a look," Zi Chen said faintly.

The leader's face immediately lit up, but shortly after, a cold snort sounded beside Zi Chen. "Just now, it was Zi Chen who attacked. He represents the forces of Huping City. This time, it's your turn to attack."

The person who spoke was Shang Guan Hong. Her beautiful face was clearly filled with dissatisfaction.

Zi Chen could ignore what had just happened, but she couldn't.

She couldn't watch Zi Chen fight for others while she turned around to guard against other people's sneak attacks.

"That's right. We have limited numbers and strength, so we can't do everything ourselves." Dong Qing also walked over.

The leader was in a difficult position. If Zi Chen didn't go, who knew how many of them would die?

Zi Chen didn't say anything, but he didn't expect Zi Chen's subordinates to be the first to be dissatisfied.

The leader looked at Zi Chen. Zi Chen helplessly spread out his hands and said, "I haven't recovered from my injuries, so I can't fight anymore."

The leader squeezed out a smile and said, "Alright then. Healing is the most important thing. Leave the rest to us."

"I'll also go and discuss it."

Xue Ming smiled at Zi Chen, then nodded to the two beauties and left with the leader.

"Hmph, we won't go." Shang Guan Hong pursed her lips and snorted, then sat down beside Zi Chen.

Seeing Zi Chen's bitter smile, she said unhappily, "What? I'm speaking up for you, and you're unhappy?"

Zi Chen smiled and said, "Of course not. I just feel that it's meaningless."

"How is it meaningless? Just now, they wanted to scheme against you. If we didn't protect you, you would have died long ago. Now you're saying that it's meaningless? Could it be that it's only meaningful when you're dead?" Shang Guan Hong said angrily.

"Just now, they only had this idea. They might not really do it. Moreover, since they didn't do it just now, as long as we don't leave this place, they won't be disloyal. Now that you're treating them like this, not only will they lose face, but they will also hold a grudge." Zi Chen sat cross-legged and reached out to pull off a piece of withered grass.

"You kill people like flies. When have you ever cared about the face of others? Or are you afraid of them?" Shang Guan Hong said angrily.

"It's impossible for me to be afraid, but I don't want to cause more trouble. They can't do anything to us here, but if we leave, that slight grudge may trigger a real battle. Don't be fooled by how polite they are to us now. Our birth is too low, and they are all proud and arrogant. Obviously, there are other experts in their cities," Zi Chen said calmly.

Shang Guan Hong didn't say anything else. Indeed, this world was too big, and there were many experts. Zi Chen was strong, but he wasn't invincible.

"Then I'm sorry. I was meddlesome." Shang Guan Hong lowered her head, feeling somewhat guilty.

Shang Guan Hong was born in Huping City. Her father was a Domain expert, and she also had many properties of the Shangguan family. Therefore, she only needed to improve her strength as she grew up. She didn't need to work hard for a living, so naturally, she wouldn't be treated unfairly. This time, seeing that Zi Chen didn't get any benefits after putting in so much effort, she felt indignant for Zi Chen.

Zi Chen smiled and said, "You don't have to apologize. Actually, what you did was right. It's also good to give them appropriate guidance. This way, they can face themselves and others."

Shang Guan Hong naturally understood that he was comforting her, and she looked at Zi Chen gratefully.

On the side, Shi Guowei heard everything. He was even more impressed with Zi Chen's intelligence and handling of matters.

He was powerful and knew how to endure. Shi Guowei was now silently praying for the other forces that they wouldn't betray them. Otherwise, the final outcome would be the same as the three forces that had disappeared.

After a short exchange of words, the other forces had already made all the arrangements.

Then, the Array Master led the way, and the group of people headed towards the stone forest array.

"Big Brother Zi Chen, this is the route map."

Gou Wen walked over and sent an imprint to Zi Chen. Then, he did the same to everyone else.

As soon as the group of people entered the stone forest array, they could feel the energy fluctuations of a battle, followed by miserable cries and shouts.

It was the battle spirits that had surrounded the humans in the array.

An intense battle broke out in the stone forest array, and there were casualties on both sides.

"Damn it, these battle spirits are really bold. They actually dare to surround us in the stone forest array. Don't they see how many people we have?" A Domain Realm expert said coldly.

"So what if they have more people? We can't gang up on them in the stone forest array. What we really need is someone with strong fighting power, not numbers. If they don't have enough fighting power, the more people we send, the more people we will lose." Another Domain Realm expert said.

There were many discussions within the crowd. However, while they were discussing, everyone's eyes also subconsciously looked towards the direction of Huping City. This was because the fighting strength of the few people there was extremely strong. Unfortunately, no one accepted the challenge.

However, there were also some people with strong fighting power among the forces. As these people were sent out, the battle spirits began to retreat.

After two hours, the human forces completely broke through the stone forest array, and killed many battle spirits. Of course, the human side also suffered a lot.

This battle was relatively fierce, because in the end, even Xue Ming, the leader of Xue An City, joined in.

"It's through, it's finally through."

"We can pass through."

Cheers came from the stone forest array. The people who survived this battle had gained a lot of luck points, so they had gained a lot.

When the others heard the commotion, they also got up and walked towards the stone forest.

It was unknown whether it was intentional or not, but before they left, they all glanced in the direction of Zi Chen with inexplicable expressions, as if to say, "Look, we can do it without you."

Wu Xie and Man Shi also stared at those people. Only Zi Chen smiled faintly, as if he didn't care.

Those who were shrewd didn't care at all, and those who weren't shrewd stopped there.

As for fighting power, Zi Chen was not afraid of anyone here.

"Not good, Lord Xue Ming is injured."

"Xue An City's Lord Xue Ming is injured, and we encountered a counterattack. An expert has appeared among the battle spirits, an expert who is not weaker than the previous beast tamer."

Exclamations came again, and then there was a commotion in the crowd. Then, a group of cultivators rushed out of the stone forest array.

The leader was Xue Ming from Xue An City. At this moment, his face was pale, and he was coughing up blood after he appeared. He was also missing an arm.

"How did he get so badly injured?"

Seeing Xue Ming's injuries, Zi Chen was very surprised. Although he had never fought with Xue Ming, he could feel that Xue Ming was not weak.