Chapter 76 - 76 The secret at the heart of the central mountain (1/2)

The central region had turned completely silent after the king of the beasts had let out that screech earlier.

In the dark night, the only sound that could be heard in the central mountain amidst the eerie silence, was Shun Long's footsteps as he slowly climbed up. His aura was completely concealed by the 'Monarch's hourglass' as he walked towards the heart of the mountain.

The closer he approached towards the mountain's center, the thicker qi in the air around him was becoming.

Shun Long even felt that if he sat down cross-legged to cultivate here, he could probably breakthrough from the middle of rank 8 all the way to the early rank 9 of qi condensation in less than a day.

However, as soon as this thought took form in his head, it was instantly extinguished. The central mountain was the territory of a peak rank 4 magic beast. If Shun Long cultivated here and failed to keep his aura suppressed, he would definitely expose himself and his plan would be ruined.

Meanwhile, as Shun Long was climbing up the central mountain, the outer region had turned into chaos as the disciples from the 4 sects were running around recklessly as they looked to leave the Demonic Mountain Region, causing countless fights with the magic beasts on their way.

Numerous disciples had fallen victims to the magic beasts in the process, as the outer region now completely resembled a battlefield. The dead bodies of the sect disciples were lying around everywhere and even more were piling up as time went by. After all the vast majority of the disciples participating in the sect exam were between the rank 7 in qi condensation to the early rank 1 in earth grade.

Even the disciples that were previously in the 'safe area' of the inner region like Yong Ru and the others had already left as they were heading back to the Demonic Mountain Region's entrance.

Yong Ru who was now resting along with 3 other men and 2 women at the outer region, turned his head to look towards the inner region as he sighed and said to himself in a low voice

''I hope that brother Shun will be alright.''

One of the girls that were together with Yong Ru looked at him as she asked

''Senior brother Yong, are you talking about the person that you entered the safe area with?''

''Mhm'' Yong Ru nodded his head

One of the 3 men that was wearing the robes of the 'Iron-hardened sect' heard their conversation and butted in as he said

''Tsk, entering the inner region alone is tantamount to suicide. Even my elder brother died in there as he followed senior brother Da Chong. I heard that senior brother Da Chong and a few others barely managed to survive by the skin of their teeth after they entered the inner region, so that person who was arrogant enough to enter in there alone has probably already turned into magic beast food by now.''

Yong Ru's face was visibly angered but he knew that what this person said was the truth.