In the early morning, there were explosions one after another in the mountains that should have been extremely silent.
The creatures living in the forest were all awakened by these constant noises, and they all knew that there were many creatures mixed in this mountain forest that did not belong to this mountain in the first place.
Weak animals huddled in their nests with their ears straightened and did not dare to go out, but the smell of strangers would always make the beasts in the mountains ready to move.
"The two poles of heaven and earth are united outside!"
A ray of orange spiritual energy passed directly over the thick tree and hit the spiritual beast that had been transferred to the tree.
Guo Chao retracted his hand and put the spirit beast away in the golden wire cage with satisfaction.
However, a few hours later, they had captured three spiritual beasts, and the tricks and traps they used were very effective.
"We are making pretty good progress here, but we don't rule out that other groups are making faster progress than us." Li Yiming jumped down from the tree, panting.
"I think there is actually a big problem with this exam. She only said the number of spirit beasts captured by each group but did not mention the strength of the spirit beasts." Lu Bing objected.
The spirit beasts in this test range from second level to fourth level. It sounds like the level difference between the spirit beasts is not big, but the strength between the second level spirit beast and the fourth level spirit beast is not the same.
For example, Luo Zhi's red rabbit beast and Mu Qian's four-tailed black tiger beast, when put together, are not a sharp contrast.
In front of the four-tailed black tiger beast, Red Rabbitmon looked like a mascot and not at all like a spiritual beast that could fight.
It is easy to catch this kind of spiritual beast, but it is not easy to catch a fourth-level spiritual beast.
It would be unfair if we only use simple numbers to compare such spiritual beasts.
"It took us a long time to catch this three-eared red monkey. This guy's jumping ability is really awesome." Guo Chao said breathlessly.
"I think Lu Bing is right. If they capture a bunch of other second-level spiritual beasts, we won't be able to overwhelm them in terms of numbers alone."
Su Man, who was in the same group as them, also said something.
"I always feel that this rule is not that simple." Li Yiming said.
"I have the same feeling as you. An exam notice can be used as a deception, let alone a formal exam. It seems that under all the rules, there are other contents that are the same." Lu Bing agreed.
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In terms of quantity alone, and the ability to rob other groups of spirit beasts, it doesn't seem to be a big problem at first glance, but if you look into it carefully, you still feel that there is a loophole.
"No matter what we have entered this place, we still follow the regulations..."
"Bang!!!!"
Before Li Yiming could finish speaking, dust suddenly flew under Guo Chao's feet, and the cyan formation instantly transformed and exploded.
The thick smoke filled the air, frightening the other three to stop and dare not move!
"Guo Chao!!" Lu Bing was the first to shout.
Under the moonlight, the thick black gunpowder smoke melted away and they couldn't see clearly what was going on inside the formation.
Guo Chao bounced out of the smoke, leaving a trail of black smoke behind him.
The strong impact caused him to rush out and slide some distance away with his back to the ground. Guo Chao breathed out a stream of black air and lay on the ground coughing violently.
"Are you okay?" The other three people hurriedly gathered around.
This formation must have been set up by someone in advance. It is extremely secretive and will explode if stepped into.
"Ahem..." Guo Chao coughed several times and his voice became hoarse, "Let me go, who can blindly plot against me!!"
If he hadn't reacted in time and used the wrapping technique to wrap himself up, the person would have been torn into pieces by now.
This is simply too cruel.
"You're injured." Lu Bing held his arm and frowned.
The wound looked huge, and it was the right hand that was injured. Blood was pouring out continuously. The wound was so deep that it was bone-deep, and the strong smell of blood filled the air.
This hand will definitely not be able to move in a short time.
"I'll go, I was so confused when I hit my head just now, why didn't I see any wounds on my hands?" Guo Chao grinned and asked Lu Bing to bandage him.
"It's really interesting. The exam has just started, and one of us is disabled." Lu Bing applied the elixir he brought.
"Why do you talk so much that people don't want to hear it?" Guo Chao said dissatisfied.
What do you mean, one of them is disabled?
Li Yiming didn't pay attention to the bickering between the two, but instead cautiously approached the place where Guo Chao had just triggered the explosion.
The formation of the formation can be traced back using the tracking technique. As soon as he cast the technique, he saw that the cyan formation being repeated in mid-air was slowly being re-formed.
"What formation is this?" Su Man asked, standing next to him.
Li Yiming looked solemn, "This is a double formation. The thunder spell is added during the formation of the formation. Once a person enters the formation, all the thunder spells are activated at the same time. The light ones can hurt people's bodies, and the severe ones can tear people apart."
of spiritual roots.”
He heard Yue Mi mention this formation when he was taking classes at the Spiritual Energy Academy. It was an intermediate formation, and it was not difficult for an ordinary spiritual person to control it.
"But it seems to be forming again!"
Su Man pointed at the broken formation in mid-air, and gradually began to have regrouped spiritual energy on its edge.
"The double formation can be formed again with the flesh and blood of the devoured spirit. If no spirit is hit, it will automatically dissipate."
On the contrary, use the flesh and blood of the person injured in the formation as a guide to continue to form the formation. Repeatedly, the power will become stronger and stronger.
"ah!!"
"Bang!!!"
"Help!!"
There were more and more explosions in the distance, as well as people calling for help and making noises.
Double formations are the most commonly used ambush method in spiritual world wars. They usually appear in groups, not one by one.
Thinking of this, Li Yiming looked at Su Man.
"Let the rolling beast come out to sense the nearby spirits and formations."
Su Man obediently spread her palms and woke up the sleeping beast.
Although the Rolling Beast is not a fighting spirit beast, it is a spirit beast with very powerful perception ability. It brings the animal's instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages to the extreme.
You can almost find out all the formations and traps nearby, how many people there are, and the strength of their spiritual power just by moving your ears.
For this reason, Su Man was allowed to join Guo Chao's group.
The Rolling Beast just fell to the ground and rolled a few times on the grass. It twisted its ears left and right like a radar and spit out a ball of light from its mouth.
"The entire psychedelic forest is full of formations." Su Man said anxiously.
Li Yiming's brows furrowed even more in confusion upon hearing this. Sure enough, the entire psychedelic forest was now filled with double formations.
Listening to the noise coming from far away, it seems that they are not the only ones who have triggered the mechanism.
Guo Chao responded quickly, otherwise he would have finished the exam and been taken out to recuperate.
"We have to be careful. The academy has spent so much effort setting up these formations, so don't get in by mistake." Li Yiming supported Guo Chaodao with one hand.
This is why there is a fair item in the exam. If the students of the Beast Control Academy are not assisting with formation spells, it will be difficult to bypass the double formation.
"Guo Chao, are your injuries okay?" Su Man asked worriedly.
Guo Chao looked down at his bandaged right hand and gave her a reassuring look, "Don't worry, it's a minor injury."
"Let's avoid the double formation first and then use the tracking technique to find the whereabouts of the spiritual beast."
Now that Guo Chao is injured, that's fine if he meets other people. But if he meets a strong group, it might not be good.
"This is the only way to go for now." Su Man agreed.
The spirit beasts used in this exam are all stamped with special marks. In addition to tracking the captured spirit beasts, the students here must also pay special attention to the "aboriginal people" in the forest.
They had inquired before setting off, and found out that there were many kinds of spiritual beasts in the psychedelic forest, as well as ferocious beasts.
Someone once saw the highest-level seventh-level spiritual beast appearing here.
Even if they can't tame a spiritual beast of this level, it's still good to just take a look at it.
"Let me tell you, we don't have to work so hard. We're going to have to fight sooner or later anyway. Why don't we just wait until Fu Chenling and the others have collected enough, then we can go grab them." Guo Chao snorted coldly.
"You were injured by a double formation just a short time after you came in. You still want to compete with Fu Chenling. You might as well go to bed." Lu Bing teased unceremoniously.
After listening to Guo Chao's words, Su Man reminded in a low voice, "What if Fu Chenling thinks the same way?"
They didn't track the spirit beasts, but just waited to fight other groups to get the spoils, so in the end there was no winner.
"Fu Chenling can't." Li Yiming only said one sentence.
Judging from their understanding of Chen Ling during this period, his character is not the one to do such a thing.
The four of them walked side by side according to the guidance given by the tracking technique, and could vaguely feel that there should be a second-level spiritual beast in front of them.
The spiritual power is not strong, but it should be a very keen spiritual beast, able to sense crises in time.
After the few people crossed the short bushes, they heard the sound of gurgling water coming from the opposite side. The eyes of the four people who had been thirsty all night suddenly brightened up.
However, if I quicken my pace and rush forward desperately, it seems that I will never reach the end. I pass the trees one after another, and there are countless trees ahead, and I will never reach the end.
"This, this, what is going on!" Guo Chao rubbed his eyes vigorously.
Why do they seem to be going in circles from the very beginning?
"I just marked this tree, why did it come back again?" Su Man stroked the scar she made on the trunk.
What a hell it is in broad daylight.
"I heard that there seem to be a lot of strange noises coming from time to time in the psychedelic forest. Do you think there might be a ghost in this place?" Guo Chao's voice trembled a little when he said this.
Lu Bing gave him a disgusted look, "You are a grown man and you are afraid of ghosts. We are spiritual cultivators."
It’s not like I haven’t practiced the ghost-catching formation before.
It's just that what ordinary people call ghosts are actually ghosts formed from the resentment of the dead.
"Find a way to get out of here quickly!!"
The noise of the four people could be heard by everyone nearby. After hearing the sound, Mu Qian and Luo Zhi stood side by side, staring at the four people spinning in place with their eyes closed.
"What are they doing?" Luo Zhi probed curiously, "taking the essence of the aura of heaven and earth, the sun and the moon?"
Then you become obsessed with practice?
Mu Qian glanced at their feet, then raised her hand and smashed the mushrooms on the ground speechlessly.
The four people whose vision returned to clear vision could clearly see the person standing in front of them.
"Yun Muqian?" Guo Chao called.
Only then did Li Yiming realize that there were broken mushrooms on the ground near where they were standing.
"That's a miasma mushroom. The gas it emits will make people fall into hallucinations and be unable to extricate themselves. Fortunately, you just walked in. If it had been longer, you would have fallen asleep forever."
After listening to Mu Qian's explanation, Luo Zhi finally understood what happened to the actions of the four people he just saw.
No wonder they were running around with their eyes closed like four headless flies.
"Why are you here?" Li Yiming asked, looking at the two of them.
Mu Qian replied, "Come on a trip."
After hearing this, Su Man laughed unceremoniously.
This kind of question can be asked. Of course the people who appear in this psychedelic forest are here to take the exam, otherwise what else could they do?
"I mean why are there only two of you?" Li Yiming corrected.
There are four people in a group, why do these two suddenly appear here?
"The four of them together were too eye-catching. When ambushing the spirit beasts, the target was too big and easy to be discovered, so we separated." Mu Qian raised her eyebrows.
If four people form a group, the goal is indeed huge, so Nan Mu proposed grouping.
What's more important is Nan Mu's absolute trust in his own strength. Neither he nor Mu Qian are too weak, so there is no need to gather together to slow down the progress.
Although they decided to grab it directly from others, they heard the sounds of fighting one after another throughout the night.
The four of them always felt that it was not good to show off so directly, so they had to work hard anyway.
After chatting like this, Nan Mu decided not to waste time and left directly, waiting to meet again after sunset tomorrow.
Fang Ni blushed and chose Nan Mu between Mu Qian and Nan Mu, leaving Luo Zhi with no choice but to follow Mu Qian.
It turned out that the four of them had just separated, and they ran into these four people as soon as they came out.
"You two don't look like you have captured a spiritual beast." Guo Chao stared at the two of them and waved his hands very generously, "You go, there is no point in robbing you."
Mu Qian stood with her chest crossed, her posture relaxed, "We don't have spiritual beasts, but you do."
This has been made very clear.
This is going to be a fight.
Just when Guo Chao and Li Yiming were about to take action, Mu Qian only waved his hand lightly, and the four of them stood there unable to move.
"Stabilizing spell!" Lu Bing said, struggling hard but unable to break free.
But Mu Qian started too quickly, and his spiritual power was superior to theirs.
Mu Qian raised her hand, and faint spiritual energy formed in her palm, and the floating firelight illuminated the eyes of the four people.
"Please be honest and don't move! Hand over all your spirit beasts!" Luo Zhi shouted at the four of them with his arms akimbo.
Her posture is quite suggestive of a fox pretending to be a tiger.
"Keep a low profile, we are not bandits." Mu Qian reminded.
Luo Zhi restrained her arrogant aura, but her smile was still very proud.
There is no other way, with Mu Qian as a big tree at your back, if you don't act arrogantly, it will be in vain.