Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 42 Crisis, Sudden Change in the Fog Forest

Zhao Youyue was also taken aback by the fact that the Mist Spirit was significantly larger in size.

"What's going on? Could this be the Mist Spirit King?"

"Let's fight first and talk later!"

As he spoke, Lin Xiufeng had already delivered a powerful punch!

The Mist Spirit responded by unleashing Heavenly Martial Power, its concentration identical to before.

But this one is clearly different; the previous two matches both lasted a little over four minutes.

And this one has been fighting for eight minutes!

While fighting, Lin Xiufeng observed his surroundings and suddenly saw a light in the thick fog to the northwest.

And the light was getting closer and closer!
"Watch out!" Lin Xiufeng shouted a warning.

As Zhao Youyue turned her head, she saw a burst of colorful light flash out from the thick fog.

The two stepped back and saw that the colorful light was actually a cloud of mist!

Moreover, it flew straight towards the cloud of mist that had been attacking them for eight minutes.

Then, the two wisps of mist merged into one.

The Mist Spirit, which had shrunk in size due to the attack, has grown larger again.

"what's the situation?"

This time, as Zhao Youyue asked the question, she had already unleashed a powerful punch at Wuling.

"It seems the insider didn't reveal the full information!"

Lin Xiufeng realized that those people who came last year were hiding intelligence.

"Is this the Mist King? Why are the other Mist Spirits gravitating towards it?"

Zhao Youyue speculated.

Lin Xiufeng deduced, based on the fluctuations of Heavenly Martial Power observed in his eyes:
"It shouldn't be. The mist absorbs the scattered Heavenly Martial Power, and the mist spirit absorbs the Heavenly Martial Power in the mist. It's probably when they absorb to a certain extent that their energy fields can sense each other, the weaker one will move closer to the stronger one and merge with it."

"As long as there's no danger, it's fine."

As Zhao Youyue considered this change, it meant that over time, the total number of mist spirits in the Misty Forest Mountain Range had likely decreased by half, or even to a quarter of the original number.

In other words, finding the Mist Spirit will be more difficult, and the competition for finding it will intensify significantly.

Meanwhile, the number of Tianwu Po people pouring into the Misty Forest Mountain Range is increasing!
Many Heavenly Martial Souls have poured into the forest opposite Shanwang Village, and the fusion of Mist Spirits has caused their numbers to decrease significantly, making the competition even more intense!
Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue still have a lot of martial power left after their breakthrough.

It took another six minutes for the enormous Mist Spirit to absorb the energy, for a total of fifteen minutes.

But the Heavenly Martial Power within them was once again replenished.

All the cells in his body were compressed by the overwhelming Heavenly Martial Power, leaving them suddenly empty.

The two of them broke through to the ninth level of the Heavenly Martial Soul.

In other words, the Heavenly Martial Power contained in this Great Fog Spirit is more than three times that of the previous one.

"Where to go next?"

"It's hard to find now. The allies have changed their positions several times, basically covering the entire area. Even those on the mountaintop have come down. I estimate that this mountain has been almost completely cleared out."

Lin Xiufeng speculated that conflict was inevitable.

"Let's meet up first."

"Row."

Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue found Ma Jin, who was still absorbing the Mist Spirit with Liu Qingqing.

Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue absorbed one in a little over four minutes, while Liu Qingqing and Ma Jin needed more than ten minutes to absorb one.

So the two of them are still a little short of breaking through.

Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue stopped distinguishing their mist spirits and went directly to find Fang Yuan.

When they saw the man, they indeed found Ren Xing fighting with a short-haired woman.

Fang Yuan was absorbing the mist spirit.

Without a word, Zhao Youyue gathered power in her left fist, rushed forward, and delivered a fierce blow—

It hit the short-haired woman right on the back of the head!
That woman should be knocked to the ground.

Ren Xing, seizing the advantage, leaped up and slammed his knee down on the woman's head!

Zhao Youyue straddled the woman's back and repeatedly struck her with her fists.

"Continue absorbing the Mist Spirit."

"Hmm!" Ren Xing seemed very happy, then turned back and absorbed the energy along with Fang Yuan.

After chatting for a while, Lin Xiufeng finally understood the situation.

This woman was alone, without any companions, and unafraid of the Thirteen Alliance's power.

Forcibly approaching to absorb the mist spirit, Fang Yuan and Ren Xing initially attacked together, but the woman retreated, circled back, and stole a few more blows to the mist spirit before leaving again.

Ren Xing got angry. When that woman attacked again, he grabbed her and beat her, letting Fang Yuan continue absorbing the energy.

The woman also wanted to take them down one by one. After exchanging a few blows with Ren Xinggang, Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue arrived. "This person is really strange. If he climbed up the cliff, there are three or four mountains away from here. Why did he rush in so quickly?"

"If it was Shi Feng who came, why did he have to cause trouble here?"

Zhao Youyue couldn't figure it out for a moment, but she couldn't ask anymore.

The woman was smashed to death on the spot, her body dissipating into a mist of light.

Although it wasn't the first time Zhao Youyue had seen it, she still couldn't help but mutter to herself:
"The way the people died here is too strange."

Fang Yuan calmly replied:
“Quantization. This is the case when we enter and leave the Heavenly Martial Realm, and the turbulence affects us in this way. It can be understood as a quantum entanglement phenomenon; while we are being quantized, we are being reorganized in another place.”

"Why?" Zhao Youyue was still puzzled.

"I believe it's due to the influence of Tianwu. Actually, it's not that hard to accept. If we were born and raised here, and then went to Tianlan Star, we would also be surprised that people leave behind corpses after they die."

Zhao Youyue agreed with Fang Yuan's perspective of putting himself in Fang Yuan's shoes.

"We're alright now, Commander and Vice Commander, hurry and go find Mist Spirit!"

Ren Xing appreciated the gesture, but then didn't want to hold them back.

"It's time to coordinate our actions." Lin Xiufeng didn't explain much.

Fang Yuan said, "Judging from the changes in the voices of our allies, this mountain should be almost ready."

"We'll wander around the neighborhood and meet up with you all when you're done."

Zhao Youyue felt that instead of waiting idly, she should take the opportunity to find out about the flow of people at the foot of the mountain.

Lin Xiufeng went with her.

Not far away, we encountered our allies, who all said the mountain was empty.

"The mountains next to it are full of people, no need to go, it's hopeless."

As they approached the foot of the mountain, people kept getting closer and then walking away from them through the mist in Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue's sight.

The number of people far exceeded their expectations.

Suddenly, someone was heard calling out for the Alliance Leader, Wang Guan.

"Coming!" Wang Guan responded, then shouted:
"Everyone, meet at the back of the mountain where you arrived, and head north together!"

More and more groups gathered, and after Fang Yuan and Ma Jin returned, they waited a few minutes for the other groups to arrive.

During the conversation, everyone said they had basically searched every part of the mountain.

More people are asking about the big guy, Wuling.

Wang Guan said he didn't know either, adding that there was no such situation last year.

Lin Xiufeng was skeptical, suspecting that he was hiding something.

Some people wondered if Wang Guan already possessed the Heavenly Martial Heart.

"I'm ashamed to say, I was just a little short!"

Wang Guan's words made Lin Xiufeng even more suspicious of him.

He and Zhao Youyue both broke through two levels, while Wang Guan was originally at the ninth level of the Heavenly Martial Soul.

Even if the King's team has more members and is less efficient, given their previous good times, breaking through one level shouldn't be a problem.
Soon everyone was present, and they moved north in a grand procession.

Only then did I realize just how many people had gathered in the misty forest mountain range at that moment.

Lin Xiufeng observed the ground the whole way, picking up any small, colorful beads he saw.

Liu Qingqing asked curiously, "What is the commander picking up?"

"Small pebbles, just toss them around for fun."

Lin Xiufeng had anticipated that someone would ask sooner or later.

The Thirteen Alliances marched across three mountains in a grand procession, only to find themselves surrounded by people. Along the way, they encountered a small group and directly robbed Mist Spirit.

A large group of people crowded together to absorb it, and it was all over in a few dozen seconds.

When we reached the third mountain, we only saw people, and no more Wuling.

Lin Xiufeng saw the small light bead on the ground and was about to pick it up when suddenly the small light bead was pulled up by a force, flashed up, and disappeared into the thick fog.

Lin Xiufeng clutched his pocket tightly because all the tiny light beads inside were rushing in one direction!

The thick fog suddenly cleared up.

Many people were shouting in panic:

"Why is the power of Heavenly Martial Arts being lost!"

"Dense fog! The dense fog is absorbing my Heavenly Martial Power!"

"what's up!"

"Alliance Leader, what's going on?!"

Wang Guan shouted in a panic, "We've never encountered anything like this before! There must be something strange in the fog, everyone hurry up and search!"

(End of this chapter)