“Prince Nelson, let’s pick up the pace!” Billy said sternly, looking at Tristen George.
“We’ll cover the rear!”
“Alright!” Tristen George responded.
Fortunately, the mud monsters on both sides were quite far away and not very fast.
Just as the mud monsters were about to catch up with the group, Christopher and Nelson Morris landed with their groups on the ground of the forest.
Shortly after, Billy and Tristen George didn’t linger with the mud monsters anymore and joined the group one after another.
Upon seeing this, the mud monsters didn’t pursue them anymore and disappeared into the mud.
In no time, the swamp returned to calmness.
“What the hell is this?” Judge couldn’t help but exclaim.
Since the group entered the Forbidden Phantom Valley, they had encountered several waves of attacks within just a few hours.
Out of a hundred people, only eighty remained!
At this rate, how many would have the chance to reach the core area?
Not only him, but everyone else’s faces were also grim, feeling the gravity of the situation.
After about a quarter of an hour, the group took a short rest before continuing forward.
The area of this forest was much larger than the previous ones they encountered, and after half an hour of walking, they still couldn’t see the end.
After a while, there were two forked paths ahead, one left and one right.
“Prince Christopher, which way should we go?” a man asked Christopher Morris.
“Let’s take the right path!” Christopher Morris answered after a brief thought, stepping towards the right path.
Tristen George and the man with a crew cut led thirty to forty people and followed.
“Prince Nelson, should we follow them?” a woman turned to Nelson Morris and asked.
“Mr Billy, what do you think?” Nelson Morris looked at Billy.
“Both paths should lead us out of this forest. Let’s take the left one!” Billy replied.
“That’s what I was thinking!” Nelson Morris nodded.
Then, forty people headed towards the left path.
Along the way, various fierce beasts occasionally attacked the group, but because they were all spirit beasts, they posed no threat to the group.
After another half an hour of walking, the group arrived at a gorge.
The distance between their position and the opposite side was about seven to eight hundred.
The gorge was filled with thick fog, making it impossible to see what was below or how deep it was.
“With such thick fog down there, could there be more monsters hiding?” a woman looked down the cliff.
“It’s very likely!” a man replied.
“Mr Billy, any suggestions?” Nelson Morris asked Billy.
“There’s no better way for now, we can only give it a try!” Billy replied after some thought.
“Mr Billy, I’ll go down with you to take a look!” Yousef Buck, the man with the highest cultivation level among them, a sixth-rank Divine Realm expert, said.
“Alright!” Billy nodded at him.
“Boss, we’ll go with you!” Casey and Azure Dragon spoke up at the same time.
“We don’t know what’s down there yet, so you guys stay here for now!” Billy shook his head in response.
“Honey, let Mr Kimmons, Ivy, and I go with you. You shouldn’t go alone…” Harleen said, looking at Billy.
“Don’t go yet, I’ll call you if there’s anything.” Billy interrupted her.
“Billy, be careful!” Ivy showed a trace of concern on her face.
“I’ll be fine!” Billy reassured them before turning to Yousef Buck. “Let’s go!”
With that, they flew into the air.
“Alright!” Yousef Buck replied and followed closely behind.
“Both of you, be careful!” Nelson Morris shouted loudly.
Soon, Billy and Yousef Buck arrived at the center of the gorge and looked around, but found nothing unusual.
“Mr Billy, should we go down and take a look?” Yousef Buck asked after a while.
With their previous experience, no one could guarantee that there wouldn’t be any fierce beasts lurking in the mist below.
“Hmm!” Billy nodded slightly.
Soon, the two descended into the mist and quickly disappeared from view.
The mist below was thick, and as Billy and his companion descended about ten meters, visibility decreased significantly. They could barely see scenes within a range of twenty to thirty meters.
“Mr Billy, let’s split up and take a look!” Yousef Buck shouted loudly after they reached a depth of fifty to sixty meters.
“Okay!” Billy replied.
Then they split up.
Billy released his spiritual power to probe around but didn’t sense any signs of ferocious beasts. However, he didn’t let his guard down. His past experiences told him that most of the ferocious beasts in the Forbidden Phantom Valley, especially those above the high-rank spiritual beast, could conceal their aura.
Whoosh!
Sure enough, after he had walked a short distance, a wave of energy swept towards him like a high-pressure airwave.
Billy didn’t choose to confront it head-on. He dodged and looked ahead, only to vaguely see a blurry silhouette.
Another wave came right after the first one, equally powerful. Billy furrowed his brows slightly and dodged again.
Then he waved his hand, sending out two palm strikes towards the front. Wherever the palm strike passed, the mist was dispersed, allowing Billy to see the situation forty to fifty meters away.
He saw four unnamed flying birds hovering in the air. They resembled the legendary pterosaurs but with mouths more like vultures.
Since the four birds had launched an attack, Billy could also sense their levels. Without exception, they were all divine beasts, with the strongest being a fifth-rank Divine Beast.
Just as Billy was slightly stunned, several waves of energy attacked him from his right side.
Turning his head, Billy saw four more flying birds coming towards him from the right.
With no time for Billy to consider, the waves of energy were already upon him. He frowned slightly, raised his blade, and met them with a curved blade aura.
Boom!
A muffled sound echoed, and Billy was pushed back a few hundred meters. Two of the four birds were grazed by the blade aura and fell to the bottom of the gorge.
At the sight of their companions being killed, the remaining six flying beasts simultaneously attacked Billy.
Billy didn’t hold back any longer. After activating his bloodline power, he continued to rotate his wrist, sending out swift blood-red blade auras.
Meanwhile, above the gorge, Casey and the others were watching the situation inside.
At first, there was no anomaly. But after Billy engaged in battle with the six birds, the strong shock waves stirred up the mist in the gorge, creating chaos.
Seeing this scene, worry flashed across the faces of Harleen and the others.
“Prince Nelson, there seems to be something happening down there. I’ll take them down to take a look,” Bailey Kemp said to Nelson Morris after exchanging a glance with Anthony Parry.
After speaking, they flew down into the mist, followed closely by Anthony Parry and two other men at the fourth-rank Divine Realm.
“Mr Kimmons, shall we go down too?” Harleen glanced at the backs of the men, her eyebrows furrowing slightly, then turned to Casey and said.
“Harleen, you guys stay up here. I’ll go down and take a look!” Casey said, then pulled out Celestial Blade and jumped down.