C50 Forbidden Zone of Life

The 50th chapter - Forbidden Zone of Life

Along the way, Tang Ao was even more careful than before.

Perhaps it was because of the great battle just now, but the number of the surrounding animals had also become scarce. It seemed that they had all fled into the distance, and they would not be able to return for a while!

Even so, Tang Ao still did not dare to let his guard down. According to what the Fifth Elder had told him, he slowly walked forward.

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After more than half an hour, Tang Ao's face lit up as he looked at the area in front of him that was filled with rocks.

"I've finally arrived!"

Tang Ao muttered to himself in a low voice. According to what the Fifth Elder had said, he should head north along the path of the virgin forest. When he found a small area of rocks, he would head forward and enter the so-called forbidden zone of life.

In this forbidden zone of life, there were basically no low-levelled beasts, because it was rumored that there was a huge ape lurking in here. Even cultivators at the Origin realm had to avoid it from afar, not daring to provoke it. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!

As he recalled the Fifth Elder's warning in his mind, Tang Ao looked around and found that there was no aura of a wild beast around. He couldn't even see insects or ants. It was deathly silent.

"I hope that the giant ape won't find me!" Tang Ao said as if he was praying to the heavens. He looked around and made sure that there was no danger before he walked out from behind the tree and slowly walked forward.

After passing through the rocky area, they arrived at a more lush forest. The terrain was extremely complicated. The mountains were continuous, and the smallest trees could only be held up by three or five people.

Tang Ao tried his best to restrain his aura so that he would not be detected by some of the more sensitive animals. If an accident happened and the ferocious giant ape was awakened, even if Tang Ao had a hundred lives, it would still not be enough!

As he slowly walked through the forest, Tang Ao carefully walked forward while releasing his Spiritual Sense to probe for any movements in his surroundings.

He thought of the phoenix egg that Wang Lin had mentioned and found it in this forbidden zone of life! However, when he looked over, not to mention a bird egg, he didn't even see a single feather.

Tang Ao was not in a hurry. He knew that this kind of rare and precious resource could not be obtained just by thinking about it. No one knew how much risk that disciple of the inner sect had taken to obtain the egg.

While he was searching for resources, Tang Ao was also on guard against the giant ape that was hiding in the darkness.

Without a sound, Tang Ao felt a great pressure. This pressure came from the fear of the unknown.

The forbidden zone of life was notorious, and it was no longer a matter of a year or two. The formation of every forbidden zone required a long period of accumulation. Otherwise, as long as there was a bit of danger, it would be called a forbidden zone. Then it would be meaningless!

"Crack!"

Suddenly, a sound came from not far away, waking Tang Ao up. He hurriedly dodged and hid in a bush.

"Senior Brother, do you think that the forbidden zone of life is really that scary?"

"That's right, Senior Brother. Why do I feel that it's not that big of a deal?"

"On the way, not to mention the Vicious Beasts, we didn't even see a single feather of a bird. How could it be as scary as the elders said? I think they just want us to be more vigilant and casually use an excuse to fool us!"

"All of you, shut up!" A low and deep voice stopped the impatient voices.

"What do you know? There is a giant ape in the forbidden zone of life. Its cultivation is probably incomparably strong. Even an expert of the Origin realm would die if he saw it. You guys are not even enough to stuff your teeth into the gaps of its teeth!"

"No way!"

In an instant, the discussions gradually calmed down.

Tang Ao hid in the bushes and looked through the gaps of the bushes. From afar, there were four or five figures walking over from the opposite side.

These people were all Young people around the age of twenty-one or twenty-two. The clothes they were wearing were not from the Seven Killing Sect.

Tang Ao did not dare to make any movements. He quietly watched in the bushes and acted according to the situation.

"There really aren't any other beasts around here. It seems that the battle just now had scared them away!"

"I think so too. Although I didn't see it, I can feel that the great battle must have been incomparably exciting. It's a pity that I missed such a wonderful scene!"

Hearing one of the disciples' words, Tang Ao's forehead was filled with black lines. He thought to himself, 'I'm about to be scared to death. You guys are so lucky that you didn't see it. You really are a newborn calf that is not afraid of the tiger!'

"There are no rare resources here for the time being. Let's go to another place to check it out!"

As the voices faded away, Tang Ao walked out of the bushes and looked in the direction where the few of them had left. He whispered to himself, "They seem to be disciples of the sect, but which sect are they from?"

Through their clothes, Tang Ao discovered that they were not disciples of the Seven Killing Sect. Because these people were unfamiliar faces and their strength was not very high, they definitely could not enter the inner sect.

After realizing that he was not the only one who was exploring, Tang Ao became even more careful.

The few youths had been walking east. Tang Ao hesitated for a moment, but he did not choose to go in the same direction as them. Moreover, he continued to head north. He felt that if he went a little deeper, he might discover something big.

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Sure enough, after walking a few hundred meters forward, Tang Ao looked at a great tree not far ahead. On a thick branch, there was a huge bird nest, but it had been abandoned a long time ago.

Tang Ao's sharp Spiritual Sense probed forward and discovered that there was actually a trace of weak phoenix aura in the bird nest. Although it was extremely weak, he still caught it!

"A phoenix nest that has been abandoned!" Tang Ao exclaimed. Not only did he remember the disciple from the Seven Annihilations Sect Inner Court who had obtained the phoenix egg, he felt that that person might have obtained the phoenix egg from here!

Tang Ao climbed onto the tree and looked at the empty nest. There was nothing left behind. Not only did he feel pity, he also thought that even if there was, it should have been taken away by that disciple.

Without any hesitation, Tang Ao continued to head north.

This time, he walked for a full five hundred meters before he finally saw another strange thing.

In front of him, there was a pile of scales on the ground. These scales were especially large, and each scale was the size of an adult's palm. They would occasionally emit a weak luster. Presumably, they had just fallen off not long ago.

Tang Ao observed his surroundings and found that there was no danger. He walked over carefully and picked up a scale.

The moment the scale entered his hand, Tang Ao felt a little cold, and it seemed to contain a very weak true essence fluctuation.

"A scale of a python!"

Tang Ao's pupils contracted as he recognized what beast had shed the scale in his hand.

Seeing this scale that was even bigger than his palm, not only was Tang Ao a little shocked, but he also wondered how big the python was to have such a shocking scale!

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Tang Ao noticed the few scales under his feet. He found that there were some blood stains on them, and some of the scales had cracks on them. They would break the moment they touched.

Tang Ao guessed that the python should have been severely injured after a big battle. Its opponent had hit its body, and the hard scales could not withstand it and fell all over the ground.

Looking at the blood stains on the scales that had not dried up, Tang Ao's heart sank.

Through observing the remaining true essence fluctuations on the scales, Tang Ao felt that the strength of this python was far higher than the Firebird, and it was even a little stronger than the Swordtooth Tiger.

Not only was he worried, but the blood stains that had not dried up also undoubtedly announced that they had not gone far from the battle!

"Looks like I have to be more careful. This forbidden zone of life is truly filled with dangers everywhere!" Tang Ao muttered to himself, and he threw away the scales in his hand.

Although the bloody smell and true essence fluctuations on the scales were very weak, if it was a powerful Vicious Beast, it could still smell them.