"Ouch~"

An angry roar came from the dense virgin forest.

I saw towering ancient trees falling down one after another in the dense forest, and flocks of chirping birds flew out of the trees where they lived and rushed into the clouds.

At this time, Shen Ruiling was running frantically forward in the dense forest.

He injected all his spiritual power into the spiritual points on his legs, and used all his strength to use the escape magic power of [Afterimage Escape].

Coupled with the fact that the spiritual boots on his feet have the blessing effect of wind control, he is now walking through the forest like lightning.

Not far behind him, a large and ferocious monster was desperately chasing him.

This monster is about three feet tall, and its whole body is covered in shiny black fur. The hairs on the fur are like inverted steel needles.

On the huge head, there is a pair of cold bloody eyes like copper bells, and sharp fangs can be seen in the bloody mouth.

Nether Shadow Leopard!

As a famous jungle killer, the Ghost Shadow Leopard has extremely fast running speed and perfect hiding ability.

At this time, the Nether Shadow Leopard followed closely behind Shen Ruiling's butt, its throat kept shaking, and it let out waves of deafening angry roars from its bloody mouth.

After hearing the angry roars coming from behind, Shen Ruiling couldn't help but turn his head and glance at the Nether Shadow Leopard behind him, and then a wry smile appeared on his face.

It turned out that not long ago, he discovered a third-level high-grade elixir, the Sun Flower, which was eight hundred years old, in a hidden valley.

As an alchemist, after seeing such a high-quality elixir, he naturally wanted to put it into his pocket.

But it is a pity that this high-quality Sunflower has an owner, and its guardian is chasing Shen Ruiling's Netherworld Shadow Leopard, which has reached the third-level mid-level cultivation level.

Although Shen Ruiling was confident that he had enough strength to kill him, the speed and stealth ability of the Nether Shadow Leopard should not be underestimated.

Moreover, he is now in a dense forest and on the opponent's home court. If he wants to deal with the opponent, it will definitely take a lot of effort.

But Shen Ruiling didn't want to cause more trouble, nor did he want to waste too much spiritual energy on this Nether Shadow Leopard. He just wanted to take away the third-level high-grade Sunflower.

So he took advantage of the speed of his body to steal the Sunflower while the Nether Shadow Leopard was napping.

When the Nether Shadow Leopard discovered that the elixir he had worked so hard to guard for hundreds of years had been stolen by a "thief", he immediately let out an angry roar and chased after him.

Originally, Shen Ruiling thought that his current movement speed was enough to get rid of this jungle killer, but he still underestimated the attraction of this elixir to the ghost shadow leopard.

Now they have been chasing each other for more than ten miles in the jungle, but the ghost shadow leopard is still chasing after him with a determined attitude.

However, Shen Ruiling is not worried that the other party will keep chasing him like this. In his opinion, as long as he escapes from the other party's territory, he should be able to get rid of the ghost shadow leopard.

After all, in this vast primeval forest, each monster has its own fixed sphere of influence, and these monsters have a strong sense of territoriality in their respective territories.

Once you notice that other monsters have entered your territory, you will definitely drive them out without stopping!

Sure enough, after one of them and one leopard chased each other through the forest for half a stick of incense, the ghost shadow leopard began to slow down and finally gave up.

Seeing this, Shen Ruiling couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but the tight string in his heart did not relax.

The Nether Shadow Leopard planned to give up the chase, which meant that he was about to enter the territory of another monster beast.

And what kind of monster this is, what level of strength it has, and what it is good at, he still has no idea at all.

So he must always be vigilant about this monster hiding in the dark!

The Nether Shadow Leopard finally stopped and could only stand on a raised rock and roar angrily in the direction of Shen Ruiling's escape.

On the other side, Shen Ruiling naturally ignored the Netherworld Shadow Leopard. He slowly slowed down his speed and kept a suitable speed towards the northwest of the secret realm.

…

At the same time, in an inconspicuous depression in the central area of ​​"Dongtian Ruins", several monks wearing the uniforms of Qingyun Sect's inner disciples had gathered here early.

I saw three monks wearing dark purple robes also arriving in this depression.

When these three people walked up to the group of inner disciples of Qingyun Sect, the latter immediately bowed their hands to them and saluted:

"Senior Brother Long!"

"Senior Brother Shen!"

"Senior Sister Gong!"

If there are outsiders here, they will be surprised when they see this scene.

Among this group of inner disciples of the Qingyun Sect, there were several old men who were already at the peak of their cultivation in the later stages of Foundation Establishment, but they still looked extremely respectful when facing these two men and one woman.

The middle-aged man who was the leader of the three said calmly:

"Junior brothers, no courtesy!"

"Thank you, senior brother!"

All the inner disciples stood up and responded.

The middle-aged man glanced at everyone and asked again in a deep voice:

"Are you the only ones here?"

"Yes, but the other brothers are already rushing here."

An old man with peak cultivation in the late stage of foundation building raised his hand and said.

After hearing this, the middle-aged man took out a tan jade plaque from his sleeve.

This jade token was handed over to them by Master Jindan from the sect before departure, so that they could convey messages in the secret realm, and also so that they could better complete this mission.

After a while, the man put away the jade token, looked at everyone and said:

"Everyone rest where you are and be careful!"

"yes!"

These Qingyun Sect disciples immediately carried out the middle-aged orders.

…

Here, Shen Ruiling still flew towards Juelong Ridge in the northwest according to the original plan.

Suddenly, his figure that was moving quickly in the forest stopped inexplicably, looking straight ahead, and a calm look gradually appeared on his face.

His consciousness sensed that lying by the pool dozens of feet in front of him were the body of a monk and the body of an unknown monster.

In the pool next to the two corpses, a third-level high-grade Xingluo Xuanteng was swaying in the water.

Shen Ruiling hesitated for a moment, and finally cautiously approached the two corpses to find out.

He came to the two corpses and looked at the ugly corpse of the monk with a look of regret on his face.

He knew this dead monk. He was a monk from a vassal family who was recruited by the Qingyun Sect with him.

Before setting off, he had a few words with the monk in the side hall of Qingyun Gate. Unexpectedly, when they met again, he would already be a cold corpse!

His face turned black, his eyes were wide open, and his face was full of unwillingness. His body was also scarred, and there were bloodstains everywhere from scratches by the sharp claws of the monster.

On the other side, the monster that looked like a snake but not a snake, and looked like a crocodile but not a crocodile had been pierced through the body by the monk's spiritual sword.

Next to the corpse, a pool of crimson blood that exuded a fishy smell had flowed down.

The scene in front of them clearly tells the visitor that this man and the beast will perish together.
Chapter completed!