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"This sliver of an opportunity is probably a living creature." The sickly scholar suddenly interrupted, "Have you all thought about it? The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets just deduced the location of the opportunity, and it was immediately sealed off here. This shows that our intentions were seen through long ago."

"Master has thought about this before, but this barrier is not complete. At the very least, it can't restrict those in the Dao Realm from entering."

"If that opportunity is truly a living being, it also indirectly means that its power is gradually increasing. What we need to do is to eliminate it before it reaches its peak."

Lei Ao replied, "The barrier placed down before we reach the strongest can stop experts at the Dao Realm. I'm afraid that even if we complete our mission, it would still be very difficult for us to leave this Wilderness."

"Hehe, didn't we already think about it when we decided to come in? At least I never thought of leaving here alive. " Zhou Qing smiled.

"He might not die for sure. Before we set out, Master gathered a group of elders to simulate it once, and all of us have a chance of survival." As long as we capture him, we will be able to leave safely. "

"No way, why didn't I know?"

Zhou Qing was amazed. The others also had doubtful looks on their faces. This was because they, the underworld sects, already knew of the contents within. All of the actions of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets were closely related to them.

Yi Zhen explained, "This was deduced just a few days ago. At that time, we were heading towards the Abyss City, so we didn't have the time to tell all of you."

"What is that life force?" Nangong Mengjun asked.

"I don't know. I have to do some deductions before I can find out." With that, Yi Zhen took out the compass of destiny again.

No one bothered him as they continued to chat idly.

An hour later, a true disciple exclaimed, "How can this be?"

"What's wrong?" Everyone immediately became nervous. Could it be that the life force disappeared?

Yi Zhen said, "Point directly to the north. It is just the opposite of the location indicated by the mission."

"Damn, then what should we do?" "Should we first find a way to survive?"

"Wait, let me try again." Reality stopped the crowd from asking questions and started deducing the matter once more.

This time, he was very careful. He carefully recalled the method his master taught him, but the direction the compass pointed to was always directly north.

He did not give up and continued to try to deduce the location of the mission. This time, the compass moved and pointed to the south. This meant that the compass was still intact.

"What should we do? "If we were to look for a way to survive, who knows when, it might delay the time of the mission." A truly vexed voice said.

"What exactly is this life force?" Huang Xin asked curiously.

"I don't know. I can't say for sure. It might be a divine weapon, or it might be a powerful creature. In any case, anything that can get us out of danger is possible."

The only hope for survival was in the opposite direction of the mission site. Everyone was at a loss, and they all thought hard about their best plans.

"Huh?" Bluesea suddenly let out a slight cry of alarm.

"What's wrong? Is the savage beast here? " Everyone jumped up from the ground in fright.

"No." Bluesea shook his head and pointed at Lei Ao. "About that …" Lei, Lei Ao … Can you move a little to the side? "

"Is my name hard to pronounce?" Lei Ao took a step back and moved to the side according to her words.

Lan Hai's face turned red. He quickly lowered his head and stared at the compass in Yi Zhen's hand. "Indeed, the compass does not refer to the north."

"Holy sh * t, Lei Ao is his chance of survival."

This time, everyone could clearly see that the needle on the compass wasn't pointing towards the north, it was pointing towards Lei Ao who was sitting in the north. As Lei Ao moved, the pointer also followed along.

"What is it?" This compass must be broken. "

Being stared at by ten pairs of eyes, Lei Ao felt uncomfortable. He quickly said, "My strength is similar to yours to the Dao Realm. I can't even protect myself, so how could I become your life saving talisman?"

"You must have some sort of secret on your body." Zhou Qing shot a wolf-like gaze at Lei Ao, as if he wanted to cut Lei Ao into two and examine him.

"Fuck, who doesn't have a secret on them? I'll go watch the night. " Lei Ao was scared out of his wits from being stared at, so he found an excuse to slip away.

"Yinzhen, is Lei Ao really our chance at survival?" After all, Lei Ao and her were not from any hidden sects, and compared to the others, it was easier for them to get along.

Yi Zhen nodded, "He should be. It's not wrong to follow him closely."

Seeing that Lei Ao didn't want to explain, they decided not to pursue the matter any further. They decided to take turns keeping watch and seized the time to meditate in order to recover their spirit.

Before dawn the next day, the team set off. After a night of rest, except for some accidents due to drunkenness, the rest of the team had all recovered to their peak condition.

By noon, they had actually weirdly passed through the mountain range and arrived in a desert.

"Why would there be a desert in the Wilderness? It's not an illusion, right? "

Everyone was greatly astonished. The sickly scholar grabbed a handful of sand and carefully felt it. "Sand is hot, not illusory."

Zhou Qing frowned and said, "This is troublesome. Without the terrain cover in the desert, if we were to encounter a savage beast, it would be hard to get rid of it."

"There's no helping it, the target is in this desert." Yi Zhen looked at the compass in his hand. The needle was vibrating more and more frequently, which meant that it was very close.

"Let's go, be careful as much as possible."

Ever since they had entered the depths of the Wilderness, they had never intended to leave this place alive. Even if Lei Ao had a sliver of life, they did not hold much hope for it.

It was just like Lei Ao had said. They were also at the great perfection stage of the Dao Seeking stage. Even if Lei Ao had some fortuitous encounters, he wouldn't be much stronger than them.

It was late at night, and savage beasts roamed about in the desert. From time to time, lizards would emerge from the ground, each of them around fifty feet long. Their sharp teeth were able to bite a person into two.

Lizards were not the most terrifying aspect, but the most terrifying aspect was the ancient sand python. This kind of creature hid in the sand during the day and came out at night. An adult sand python was at least 300 feet long, and its head alone was enough to stand up Lei Ao and the others.

Fortunately, the sand python didn't like to get hot and cold, and its eyes couldn't see anything, so it could only rely on the surrounding temperature to sense the location of the creature.

This point was easy to resolve. Bluesea released an icy cold aura that would cause the sand python to avoid him if it were to sense him from afar.

After walking a distance, Lei Ao suddenly felt a bit panicked and shouted, "Stop."

"What's wrong?" Everyone quickly stopped moving like frightened birds.

"There's danger ahead."

Lei Ao sent his consciousness into the small world. The small lake formed by the golden blood was very calm, but since then, ripples would appear every once in a while.

At this point, the ripples had turned into a huge wave, causing the entire lake to churn.

The golden blood had fought against the giant beast's nails before, and it had its own intelligence. It would definitely not make such a move for no reason, plus the unease in Lei Ao's heart, he was sure that there was something dangerous waiting for them in front.

"There's nothing in front." Everyone widened their eyes in shock. Other than the wavy layer of sand, there wasn't a single shadow of a savage beast to be seen.

The sickly scholar replied, "The visible enemy is not scary. What's scary is the invisible. Don't forget that sand beasts can hide in the sand."

"Then what do we do now? Stop to rest until tomorrow? " Zhou Qing asked.

"It's too late. Prepare to fight. Be careful of the ground under your feet, we are surrounded." Lei Ao suddenly pulled out the Snow Edge Blade from his back and stabbed it hard into the sand in front of him.

"Boom!"

The sand in front of Lei Ao suddenly exploded, and several black shadows sprang out. One of them spat out a long trail of blood in the air, evidently injured by Lei Ao's slash.

"Crap, it's actually the Sand Wolves. Hurry up and charge out, we can't be surrounded by them."

The Sand Wolves had a keen sense of smell, and the Invisibility Charm had no effect on them. However, the most frightening thing was that the Sand Wolves were social savage beasts. They had always been hunting in packs.