Volume 1 Chapter 104: Crafty and Treacherous

  In the dark forest at night.

  The dense canopy of the big trees makes it dark in the forest even during the day, just like at night.

  Daxton was indeed not bragging, and seemed to be very familiar with the night-colored forest, leading a group of people through the forest without encountering any particular danger. Occasionally, a few wild beasts would dart out of the darkness, but were quickly killed by the group.

  "Daxmund, brother, how long have we been walking?" Xue asked tiredly, wiping the sweat from her brow. In the dim forest, everyone had lost all sense of time.

  "It's almost noon, let's walk a bit further, I know where some glow-in-the-dark grass grows," Desmond said.

  Nightglow Grass is also a rare plant, and there is a task to find it in the trials of Tianxing Academy. Finding Nightglow Grass is a four-star task, and each Nightglow Grass can be exchanged for 20 trial points.

  "The Night Forest is three thousand kilometers long, extremely vast. Now we are only at the outermost 40-50 kilometer mark. If you want to find Moonlight Grass, you must venture at least a hundred kilometers in. A hundred kilometers deep is where the demonic beasts start to appear. Of course, a hundred kilometers is still considered the outer rim; demonic beasts usually won't come out unless you're extremely unlucky and encounter one. Only when you enter three hundred kilometers deep does it become the true territory of the demonic beasts. So if you want to find Moonlight Grass, you can only search in the ring-shaped area between a hundred to three hundred kilometers deep. Any deeper is extremely dangerous."

  Daximon walked while introducing the situation inside the Night Forest.

  He suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Look, there's a Nightshade Grass up front."

  All I saw was a long, slender plant with bright light under a tree in the distance.

  As people walked by, they saw a small four-leaf clover swaying gently, its leaves emitting a faint blue light.

  "How beautiful." Xue Wei Xue Rui squatted down.

  Daxton carefully dug out the Nightshade with a small shovel and handed it to Snowy: "This Nightshade is for you."

  "Ah, this... Dasmont brother, you just lead the way for us, how can we still get the Night Color Grass?" Xuewei hastily declined.

  "Take it, you're all first-timers, consider it a gift from us. If we want to pick the Night Color Grass, it's very convenient for us too." Dusmond chuckled.

  "Here, take it." Oz said beside him.

  "Thanks a lot, Dassmon." Xuewei took over the Nightshade Grass.

  With their gains, the crowd regained their energy and continued to move forward. After a day's journey in the forest, Xue Wei and Xue Hua's bags had six more stalks of Night Color Grass.

  "It's getting dark and we can't move on. We'll have to spend the night in the forest," Dusmond suggested, "I know a safe place."

  Under his leadership, the crowd found a recessed shelter from the wind, and Desmond brought back several long-tailed rabbits. The group camped out there, with several boys taking turns keeping watch at night.

  After a day of trekking, Xue Wei and others had already trusted Daxi very much.

  The next day, they continued on their way deeper into the forest.

  Another day passed peacefully, and even Xiao Chen and others didn't have a chance to make a move. Every time some wild beasts appeared, they were quickly killed by the three Dasmons, easily and effortlessly, and four more Nightshade Grasses were obtained.

  Two days later, they already had ten stalks of Nightshade Grass, enough to exchange for 200 Trial Points, making all the girls start to feel a bit embarrassed.

  "Alright, we'll rest here for tonight." Dusmon led the crowd to a small lake.

  "Tonight, Xiao Chen, you take the first watch," Dusmond said.

  Xiao Chen nodded, and after everyone finished eating and rested for a while, they fell asleep. After all, having walked in the forest for two days, everyone felt physically exhausted. Before long, soft snores began to sound.

  Xiao Chen sat by the fire pit, took out a wine jug, and slowly sipped it.

  The black hair blown by the gentle breeze is like a sculpture.

  After an unknown period of time, a faint rustling sound was heard, and a figure slowly emerged from the darkness to stand behind Xiao Chen. Desmond's voice rang out, "Xiao Chen, go to sleep, it's my turn to keep watch."

  Xiao Chen smiled and said faintly, "No need, I'm not sleepy yet."

  Daxiong stiffened slightly and advised, "You should rest for a bit, tomorrow you still have to hurry on the road..."

  "I said no need." Xiao Chen suddenly turned his head, his eyes staring directly at Dusmon.

  His dark pupils seemed to have a layer of white light in the black night, sharp as a long sword tearing through the night sky, and Dusmond couldn't help but take a step back.

  He immediately paled slightly and said in a low voice: "Alright, you don't sleep then."

  Time slowly slips away, Xiao Chen still faces the night color, drinking alone.

  In the darkness, several pairs of eyes opened. Dusmon, Oz, and Samy looked at each other. Dusmon indicated the direction of Xiao Chen with his eyes. Oz and Samy saw Xiao Chen sitting in the shadow of the night, and a hint of mockery appeared in their gazes.

  Oz made a mouth shape and suddenly raised his hand, making a cutting gesture.

  Daxmund pondered for a moment, gazing up at the sky. His slender and kind eyes gradually solidified into a cold and ruthless color, and he made several gestures.

  Three people suddenly jumped up from the ground.

  "Kill!"

  Aozhu shook his hand and threw out a wind net, covering the three women who were lying on the ground. Sami also hesitated for a moment, then a soil and stone cage trapped the three women as well.

  Daxi Mon condensed into a dark green long arrow, shooting towards Xiao Chen's back.

  The arrow was coated with a highly corrosive acid that would corrode anything it touched, and his ruthless methods were evident.

  The three women, still in a state of drowsiness, suddenly woke up with a start, only to find themselves entwined with strips of green wind bindings. Outside, a massive earthen cage loomed over them, and the sudden unexpectedness made them shriek.

  "What happened?"

  "Got it!" Sami and Oz were excitedly laughing, their raid had the expected effect, double bondage, three women couldn't break free at all.

  Now, there's only that black-haired youth left, but Dusmon has taken action. They have great confidence, after all, they are the Seven-Starred Mages.

  A highly toxic acid arrow instantly arrived at Xiao Chen's back.

  Daxmun smiled, for even a high-ranking wizard would die if hit by the arrow coated with highly toxic acid.

  Boom!

  Xiao Chen's back suddenly burst forth with a powerful gust of wind, and a pale blue semi-transparent wind shield appeared, the highly toxic acid arrows shot onto it, corroding out trails of green smoke.

  Daximon was slightly startled, but he moved even faster, condensing several roaring green toxic water dragons to devour Xiao Chen.

  "Attack together! Kill him quickly!" he bellowed.

  Oz and Sami heard the sound and raised their hands.

  Dozens of wind blades rushed towards Xiao Chen like a storm, and the ground under his feet cracked at the same time. More than a dozen earth spears pierced through fiercely upwards.

  Three people cast magic, like a sudden storm, almost no time to chant, it can be seen that they have mastered the magic to an extremely subtle degree.

  "Kill me!"

  The highly toxic water dragon let out a long, mournful cry, its mouth wide open as it swallowed Xiao Chen whole. At the same time, dozens of wind blades also slashed into the water dragon, while over ten earth-shattering spears pierced through from below...

  "Master Xiao Chen..."

  Three girls trapped in a cage saw this scene and let out a blood-curdling scream.

  "Ah~ah~!" The three women struggled desperately, wanting to burst out the vortex of magic within their bodies, breaking through the wind net and earth stone cage. However, they suddenly felt that the magic power within them had lost more than half.

  "Hahaha, hahahahaha..." Daxmon and others burst into laughter.

  "Don't struggle anymore, you can't escape. We've already put a slow-acting poison called 'Demon's Bane' in the food we gave you to eat. In these three days in the forest, Demon's Bane has already sealed off more than half of your magical powers..." Oz gazed at the three girls as if they were animals trapped in a cage, like three lambs that had been stripped of their wool.

  "Why are you doing this?" Galois's eyes widened in anger, shouting.

  At the moment when Xiao Chen was swallowed by the water dragon, she felt as if her heart had been torn apart.

  "Why... haha, we've seen you guys a long time ago. From the moment you boarded the airship, we noticed you. You few people, actually holding the Eye of Stone wands, I really can't help but notice." Duskmere smiled faintly, still maintaining his signature gentle smile.

  The smile at this moment, in the eyes of the three women, is so detestable and chilling.

  The three women then realized that it was actually the Eye Stone Staff that had caused the trouble.

  Moreover, the other party has been setting up their plan since they arrived at Wunuo City, intercepting cars, hitchhiking, sending food, and guiding the way... step by step, gaining their trust, enduring until now before making a move.

  Its cunning and sinister plot, intricate layout, makes one sigh in admiration.

  "You few are all students of Tianxing Academy. Are you not afraid that the school will investigate this? Even if you're flawless, don't underestimate the power of Tianxing Academy."

  "Tiān Xīng Academy?" Dà Sī Mēng and the others sneered with a mocking smile: "You think that just because you're wearing Tiān Xīng Academy's uniform, you're actually from Tiān Xīng Academy? How naive, little girl."

  "Boss, stop wasting your breath on these little girls. I've been holding back for so many days, and I really want to rip off their clothes and have a good time with them. Such beautiful little girls are hard to come by." Oz's eyes gleamed with crazy desire, his breathing heavy as he roared.

  "Don't fight with me over this, I want that short-haired one. I like women of this age, with big breasts." Sami pointed at Xuewei.

  "Well, I guess I have no choice but to choose the one with long hair then, the one with green hair, must be Oz's favorite." Oz started walking towards Sherry.

  Hearing their words, the three women trapped in the cage were disheartened and at the same time, an extreme fear emerged from the bottom of their hearts.

  "I'd rather die than be insulted by you!" Galois opened his mouth and was about to bite his tongue.

  "Don't let her kill herself!" Dusmond bellowed.

  Ozuma's tackle!

  Here

  A terrifying screech suddenly rang out, a flash of light that was almost invisible to the naked eye streaked across the night sky, Oz's head burst open with a bang, and white blood-like liquid splattered everywhere...

  Sudden change.

  Darsam and others were suddenly stunned.

  Here!

  Another blood-curdling scream.

  Sami's skull also burst open.