Conquer the game world

Chapter 132 Unexpected Changes in the Southern Wilderness
"Boss, are you okay?"

"I didn't expect this kid to be even stronger than the intelligence indicated. I was too careless," Yan Kai said with a gloomy face. "From now on, we can't split up. Be careful that kid doesn't pick us off one by one."

"Boss, what do we do now?" one of the protectors asked worriedly.

"Chase him! This kid is injured too. I don't believe he can run very far. He'll definitely need to find a quiet place to heal. Let's find him and then use the great formation to kill him," Yan Kai said angrily.

On the outskirts of the Southern Wilderness, Ye Feng, dragging his injured body, landed on the outskirts of the Southern Wilderness.

The area where Ye Feng landed was densely wooded, with towering trees that completely blocked the view, some of which were tens of meters tall.

The reason for choosing to stop here is that such a place is very suitable for hiding. After shaking off Yan Kai, Ye Feng also found that the soul power locked on him had disappeared. In this case, Ye Feng only needs to hide his figure well, and it should not be so easy for Yan Kai to find Ye Feng.

Moreover, this area is already part of the Southern Wilderness, and the Southern Wilderness Forest is full of unknown dangers. If Ye Feng continues to fly over the Southern Wilderness, it would be tantamount to courting death.

Ye Feng did not immediately heal his wounds, but instead summoned dozens of undead rabbits. Ye Feng had only used these rabbits before when he was at the Stardust Sect, and had not used them since. Now they were just the right time to scout ahead and familiarize himself with the terrain.

The Southern Wilderness is fraught with danger, so Ye Feng naturally needed to find a relatively safe place to quietly heal his wounds after confirming that there was no danger in the surroundings. Moreover, Ye Feng did not believe that Yan Kai and the others would easily give up the pursuit. With the undead rabbit monitoring him, Ye Feng could heal his wounds without any worries.

After confirming that there were no powerful magical beasts around, Ye Feng chose a huge tree, climbed up its branches, and sat on the tree to begin circulating his qi to heal his injuries.

At the same time, Ye Feng also directed the undead rabbits to explore in various directions, mainly to survey the activity areas of some powerful magical beasts and to look for any traces of strange fire. The Southern Wilderness is too vast, and Ye Feng alone does not know how long it would take to explore the entire Southern Wilderness.

While Ye Feng was healing himself, Yan Kai and the others pursued him to the edge of the Southern Wilderness.

When they were still some distance from the edge of the Southern Wilderness, the phoenixes that Yan Kai and the others were riding let out a startled cry, shrinking back and not daring to go any further, as if there was something in the Southern Wilderness that terrified the phoenixes.

"Boss, we're about to enter the Southern Wilderness. The Phoenix Bird is starting to get restless. It seems we can't use it to travel anymore."

"We must stop flying through the depths of the Southern Wilderness; we need to go down and search," Yan Kai said.

"Boss, look over there." One of the protectors pointed in a direction.

Yan Kai looked in the direction the protector was pointing and saw a number of scattered martial artists entering the Southern Wilderness.

These martial artists mostly travel in groups of several, but each group is not very large, with the largest number not exceeding five, and some even act alone.

"Hmm, how come so many martial artists have entered the Southern Wilderness at the same time? Could something have happened?" Yan Kai wondered.

Although Yan Kai had never been to the Southern Wilderness, he knew a lot about the rumors surrounding it. The Southern Wilderness was a place where few people usually went in and out, and occasionally one could see martial artists going in to train. Seeing such an unusual scene, anyone could guess that something must have happened in the Southern Wilderness.

These martial artists are all people who won't do anything without a profit. Now they're rushing into the Southern Wilderness in groups, acting like they don't care about their lives. It's not hard to guess that there might be some kind of rare treasure in the Southern Wilderness.

"Let's go take a look," Yan Kai said, leading the thirteen protectors towards the warriors on the edge of the Southern Wilderness.

As darkness fell, the Southern Wilderness became even more silent and terrifying at night. Many nocturnal magical beasts began to hunt at night. Experienced martial artists generally know that it is best not to continue moving around in the Southern Wilderness forest, especially at night, because the night is likely to be the stage for these magical beasts to reap the lives of martial artists. The Southern Wilderness at night is more dangerous than during the day.

From the depths of the Southern Wilderness, faint screams could be heard. These were mostly screams from brave and confident martial artists who dared to act at night, when they were killed by magical beasts.

On such a night, Ye Feng also walked quickly through the darkness.

Of course, Ye Feng was much more careful than during the day. He tried his best not to make too much noise so as not to attract dangerous magical beasts. Even if he attracted a relatively low-level magical beast, the noise of the fight might alert other magical beasts. Therefore, the best way was to avoid fighting with magical beasts as much as possible.

Ye Feng's speed was much slower than during the day, but he was moving in one direction. Of course, Ye Feng did not walk in a straight line; sometimes he would take a big detour, but he would still continue to move in that direction.

Long before nightfall, Ye Feng had already recalled his undead rabbits. These rabbits were extremely fragile and would hardly escape death if they encountered any magical beast. Under the cover of night, these rabbits could not detect the danger in time, and leaving them outside would only be an unnecessary loss.

The reason he took a long detour was because Ye Feng knew there was a high-level magical beast in this place. By investigating the situation thoroughly, Ye Feng was able to avoid unnecessary trouble in advance.

If Ye Feng wants to evade pursuit, he cannot stay on the outskirts forever; choosing to escape deeper into the area is the wise choice.

While on his journey, Ye Feng suddenly heard faint sounds of fighting coming from his side. Judging from the sounds, it seemed that someone had encountered a magical beast.

Ye Feng did not linger. Since a large number of martial artists flooded into the Southern Wilderness, such battles had become very frequent. Ye Feng was not a saint and had no time to meddle in other people's business.

After continuing for a while, Ye Feng stopped in a place where the trees were relatively sparse. Ye Feng looked around, as if searching for something. Finally, Ye Feng climbed up one of the less conspicuous trees.

On the branches of this tree, Ye Feng found the wind bird he had been riding all the way. The wind bird was injured and he didn't know how it had flown here. When Ye Feng's undead rabbit found it, the wind bird was hanging on the branch and was too badly injured to move.

Upon seeing the injured windbird, Ye Feng rushed over immediately. He still vividly remembered how the windbird had protected him even when it was injured. Now that he had seen the windbird again, Ye Feng naturally couldn't abandon it.

Ye Feng removed the wind bird from the branch and placed it on the trunk. The wind bird was already unconscious due to its severe injuries.

The windbird had a broken wing and many deep wounds all over its body.

Of course, as long as these injuries are not fatal, they are nothing. Ye Feng has quite a few healing medicines on him. He took out the medicines and applied them to the wind bird's wounds, and then repositioned and fixed the wind bird's wing bones.

As Ye Feng was doing all this, he attracted the attention of two martial artists not far away in the darkness.

"Big brother, look, that guy looks like Ye Feng," said one of the fat men, whose body was covered in flabby fat.

The other man was physically strong and had a deep scar on his face, with a very fierce expression.

"Hmph, that's right, we actually found this guy. Heaven is really looking out for us. Even if we don't get the treasure this time, we've still made a fortune." The scarred man's eyes lit up when he saw Ye Feng, as if Ye Feng were a rare treasure.

These two men were among the martial artists who had entered the Southern Wilderness earlier. They and some other martial artists who entered the Southern Wilderness at the same time encountered Yan Kai and others at the edge.

Yan Kai and his group forcefully stopped the group of martial artists and asked what had happened in the Southern Wilderness.

This action, while provoking discontent among many martial artists, primarily consisted of Spirit Form martial artists, with some even below that level, and only a handful being Spirit God martial artists. In contrast, Yan Kai's side comprised fourteen Spirit God martial artists, including himself, a late-stage Spirit God martial artist. Despite his injuries, the thirteen of them were far beyond the capabilities of these rogue cultivators.

Given the vast disparity in strength between the two sides, after a brief deliberation, they decided to inform Yan Kai and the others about the situation in the Southern Wilderness. After all, it wasn't a secret to begin with; it had already been leaked long ago, and there was no reason to risk their lives to protect it.

Just yesterday, a strange light suddenly flashed in the depths of the Southern Wilderness, shooting into the sky. This light was seven-colored and lasted in the air for quite a while before finally dissipating.

Given the bizarre situation, it goes without saying that the martial artists understood that it must be something extraordinary, which is why they hurriedly ventured into the depths of the Southern Wilderness to search for it.

In fact, this group of martial artists is the second group to arrive. The first group of martial artists had already entered the Southern Wilderness that day, but this group of martial artists arrived today because they are far from the Southern Wilderness.

Of course, no one lingered for long, so everyone hurried towards the depths of the Southern Wilderness, because if they were late, the treasure might end up in someone else's hands.

Judging from the current situation, all those who have entered the Southern Wilderness are just independent martial artists. In a few more days, it is possible that sects will also get involved.

Yan Kai and the others were shocked to hear this news. They never expected that something as simple as chasing Ye Feng would lead to such a thing.

Rare treasures are incredibly tempting to any martial artist, and even someone as cautious as Yan Kai would find it hard to resist the urge to participate in the competition for them.

Of course, Yan Kai did not forget his mission to pursue Ye Feng. However, Ye Feng had now hidden in the Southern Wilderness, and it would not be easy to find him. However, the two things of finding the treasure and finding Ye Feng were not contradictory.

Then Yan Kai actually took out Ye Feng's portrait and asked this group of martial artists to help find him, promising a lot of benefits. As long as Ye Feng could be found, they would receive them. These benefits were nothing to the Yan family, but they were enough to tempt these rogue martial artists, since what rogue martial artists lacked most was cultivation resources.

The fat man and the scarred man were among the martial artists who had been promised a prize. So when they saw Ye Feng, their eyes gleamed, as if Ye Feng were the rare treasure they were looking for.

"Boss, this guy is only at the Spirit Form Realm. Should we go and kill him, then go collect the reward, so he doesn't get away?" the fat man said from the side.

"Idiot, are you out of your mind?" the scarred man said displeasedly. "A guy who can be hunted down by so many spiritual warriors, do you think he's an ordinary person? If you want to go, go yourself. Don't risk my life too."

Despite seeing Ye Feng, the scarred man remained calm and did not intend to fight him.

“Let’s leave now. As long as we report the news, we can get the reward. Why do it ourselves?” the scarred man said slyly. “We don’t need to take any risks. We can just let the Spirit God Warriors handle it.”

"I see, boss is indeed brilliant." The fat martial artist seemed a bit dim-witted and said stupidly.

"Walk"

The two turned to leave in another direction. They and Yan Kai had all left marks so that they could sense Yan Kai's location in the Southern Wilderness. They weren't afraid of not being able to find Yan Kai.

"Where do you two want to go? Since you've come all this way, why don't you just leave without saying goodbye?"

The scarred man turned around and found that Ye Feng was already standing behind them like a ghost. Just before they turned around, they clearly saw Ye Feng still on the tree trunk. Neither the scarred man nor the fat man had noticed when he appeared behind them.

The scarred man was terrified and instinctively tried to retreat and escape. However, after witnessing Ye Feng's strength, the scarred man felt a chill in his heart. With such ghostly movements, there was no way he could escape from Ye Feng's grasp.

"Brother, my brother and I were just passing by and disturbed your rest. We are truly sorry," the scarred man said, forcing himself to remain calm as he tried to control his urge to flee.

At this point, the scarred man could only hope that Ye Feng was unaware of the situation, and that Ye Feng might not act rashly against the two of them.

The fat man standing to the side was already trembling with fear, but fortunately, he was very fat and was always trembling, so it was not noticeable at this moment.

The fat man wanted to say something, but after being glared at by the scarred man, he could only shut up and dared not speak again.

"Oh, really? So you two were just passing by. It's very dangerous to wander around in the dark. You might die somewhere and no one would even know," Ye Feng said coldly.

Ye Feng had already sensed the two of them when they first appeared, and he had overheard their conversation without missing a single word thanks to his powerful senses.

Since these two wanted to deal with him and use him as a tool to collect rewards, Ye Feng naturally wouldn't be polite to them. In Ye Feng's eyes, these two were already dead.

Both the fat man and the scarred man were only at the Spirit Form Realm. Ye Feng had fought many Spirit God Realm warriors, so he no longer took Spirit Form Realm warriors seriously. In Ye Feng's view, Spirit Form Realm warriors were all too weak.

Of course, this does not include Ye Feng himself. With the help of various secret manuals, Ye Feng's strength is incomparable to that of a normal Spirit Form Realm martial artist.

"Kid, don't be arrogant. Don't think we're afraid of you just because you're strong. I heard you're injured. We're both at the Spirit Form Realm. If we really want to leave, you might not be able to stop us." Seeing Ye Feng's cold eyes, the scarred man knew that Ye Feng intended to kill him. At this moment, the scarred man naturally stopped being submissive and instead spoke threateningly.

“I think you might as well let us go now, and we can pretend that nothing happened today, and then we’ll go our separate ways,” the scarred man continued. “Of course, we won’t tell anyone that we saw you.”

It has to be said that the scarred man was very good at guessing people's thoughts. At first, the scarred man claimed it was a misunderstanding, but seeing Ye Feng's expression, he knew that things had been exposed. Since things had been exposed, the scarred man turned to threatening Ye Feng. First, he pointed out the strength of both sides and the fact that Ye Feng was injured, and then he timely proposed a settlement. It has to be said that his negotiation skills were really good.

If it were an ordinary spirit-type martial artist, even if they were stronger, and they were injured, facing two martial artists of the same level, a normal person would definitely choose to settle the matter peacefully and not fight anymore.

Unfortunately, they encountered Ye Feng.

Ye Feng squinted at the two men. No matter what they said today, Ye Feng would not let them go. After all, raising a tiger is a dangerous thing. Ye Feng did not intend to let go of those who wanted to harm him easily. Moreover, if the two men revealed that they had seen him after they left, his approximate location would be exposed. This was not what Ye Feng wanted. Ye Feng did not believe their bullshit promises at all.

"I'm sorry, but I still think the dead are the best at keeping secrets."

Ye Feng said it casually, his voice unusually calm, as if he were describing a trivial matter.

"A Strike of Divine Wrath"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Feng used a martial skill he had prepared long ago. A dazzling fiery red sword aura slashed towards the scarred man. To deal with these two martial artists who were only at the Spirit Form Realm and were also rogue cultivators, Ye Feng had no need to use killing moves like Thunderfire Kill and Divine Demon Power.

The scarred man was caught off guard; he hadn't expected Ye Feng to act so decisively.

The scarred man's pupils contracted sharply. He had been somewhat prepared for Ye Feng's sudden attack, but he hadn't expected Ye Feng's strike to be so powerful.

(End of this chapter)