Chapter 2462: Double-Pupil Mouse Shows Its Strength

Deep in the desolate wilderness stretched an immense, boundless black forest. As far as the eye could see, towering black trees, over a hundred feet tall, dominated the landscape. Their dense foliage and enormous canopies blocked out much of the sunlight, casting a perpetual gloom over the forest.

Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Li Long, Liu Sen, and Qin Rong walked slowly. Liu Sen held a gleaming golden compass in his hand. Runes flickered across its surface, emitting astonishing spiritual energy fluctuations. This was a low-grade Sky-reaching Spirit Treasure.

It was a Demon Spirit Disk. Wielding this treasure allowed them to detect demon beasts below the seventh rank within a million-mile radius. The higher the rank of the demon beast, the more intensely the Demon Spirit Disk reacted. However, some exceptionally gifted demon beasts could naturally evade the disk's detection.

The Ten Thousand Spirit Disk, one of Zhenhai Palace's seven great guardian treasures, could detect demon beasts below the eighth rank within a hundred million miles. The Demon Spirit Disk was merely a replica, but even so, having it made hunting demon beasts easier and increased their chances of survival in the desolate wilderness.

Zhenhai Palace was, after all, an established power in the Profound Spirit Continent, with deep foundations that the Wang family could not compare to.

A moment later, the Demon Spirit Disk in Liu Sen's hand suddenly let out a loud tiger roar.

Wang Changsheng and the others were startled and immediately stopped.

Liu Sen cast a spell into the Demon Spirit Disk. Countless runes surged out, spun, and instantly transformed into two arrows, pointing in different directions and of varying lengths.

"Two sixth-rank demon beasts are approaching. One is from the northeast, about 400,000 miles away, and the other is from the northwest, over 200,000 miles away. If we continue at our current speed, we will definitely encounter the sixth-rank demon beast from the northeast," Liu Sen analyzed.

"It's better to avoid trouble. Junior Martial Brother Liu, set up a formation to bypass them!" Li Long instructed.

Liu Sen acknowledged, raising his right hand. Over a thousand white-flickering formation flags shot out, floating in mid-air.

His incantation changed, and he uttered a low shout: "Scatter!"

As soon as his voice fell, the thousand-plus formation flags suddenly glowed brightly, transforming into a thousand streaks of escaping light that flew in different directions and disappeared into the ground.

Liu Sen then took out a white-glowing seven-pointed formation disk and cast several spells into it.

A white mist suddenly surged from the ground, enveloping a ten-mile radius.

After a while, the white mist dispersed, and Wang Changsheng and the other four had vanished.

Over an hour later, a golden streak of light flew from a distance. It was a giant golden roc with a sharp beak and long feathers, its body adorned with countless golden electric arcs.

The golden roc detected nothing unusual and flew directly over the dense forest.

Another two hours passed when a giant azure dog, over ten feet long, appeared in the dense forest. Its eyes were golden, and some golden spirit patterns adorned its body.

This was a mid-grade sixth-rank Wind-Treading Hound, known for its extremely sensitive sense of smell.

As the Wind-Treading Hound entered the forest, it suddenly stopped, then abruptly opened its massive maw and spat out a thick azure light beam directly towards a certain void.

That void suddenly lit up with a golden light, colliding with the azure light beam.

With a thunderous roar, the azure light beam shattered like thin paper.

Before the Wind-Treading Hound could even see its enemy, a deafening thunderclap echoed from high above. A silvery thundercloud, covering a hundred miles, suddenly appeared in the sky, flashing with lightning and rumbling with thunder.

Thousands of silver lightning bolts, as thick as millstones, pierced the sky and struck towards the Wind-Treading Hound.

Azure light surged from the Wind-Treading Hound's four limbs as it prepared to evade, but a white mist suddenly gushed from beneath it, forming dense white ropes that entangled its limbs.

A streak of azure light soared skyward, instantly transforming into a blurry azure giant dog phantom. As soon as the phantom appeared, it opened its mouth and spewed out a blurry azure hurricane, scattering the descending thousand-plus silver lightning bolts.

A deafening thunderclap sounded, and a ten-foot-long azure thunder spear suddenly appeared before the giant dog phantom. The spear's surface was covered with countless azure electric arcs, emanating a violent aura.

Two streaks of azure light shot from the phantom's eyes, striking the azure thunder spear. The spear's lightning glow intensified, sending out countless azure electric arcs that shattered the two azure light streaks.

With a flash of azure light, the azure thunder spear pierced through the giant dog phantom's body. Countless azure electric arcs surged forth, and the phantom let out a pained shriek, disintegrating into points of spiritual light.

With its Dharmic Manifestation destroyed, the Wind-Treading Hound cried out miserably.

A golden afterimage flickered, and Li Long suddenly appeared before the Wind-Treading Hound, his body bathed in golden light, like a golden Buddha statue.

The Wind-Treading Hound opened its blood-red maw and spat out countless azure wind blades, which successively struck Li Long's body, emitting a dull "clanking" sound. He remained completely unharmed.

Li Long was a pure body refiner and naturally fearless of the Wind-Treading Hound's magical attacks.

Before the Wind-Treading Hound could unleash other abilities, thousands of silver lightning bolts successively struck its body, causing it to scream in pain.

Li Long's body suddenly swelled, his right fist enveloped in a golden light, striking the Wind-Treading Hound's head.

The Wind-Treading Hound's body glowed with azure light, and it opened its massive maw, spitting out a blurry azure mist. Li Long suddenly erupted with dazzling golden light and vanished.

The azure light struck the ground, and a thick azure crystal suddenly appeared on the surface.

With a flash of golden light, Li Long reappeared above the Wind-Treading Hound's head, slamming both fists onto its skull.

A shrill, pained shriek sounded. The Wind-Treading Hound's body convulsed, its head bleeding profusely. Li Long's body glowed with golden light and then vanished.

A thunderous roar came from high above. A hundred-foot-diameter silver lightning pillar descended from the sky, striking the Wind-Treading Hound's head. Dazzling golden lightning engulfed the beast's body, and a powerful shockwave swept outwards, uprooting thousands of black trees.

After a moment, the lightning dissipated. The Wind-Treading Hound lay dead on the ground, a massive bloody hole in its head, its body charred black.

Li Long and Qin Rong, working together, had effortlessly slain a mid-grade sixth-rank Wind-Treading Hound.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan nodded in approval. Zhao Yunxiao had sent Li Long and his two companions to execute this mission, and their strength was indeed formidable.

Li Long put away the Wind-Treading Hound's corpse. Liu Sen collected the formation flags and the Wind-Treading Hound's spirit, and they continued their journey.

Along the way, they encountered several sixth-rank demon beasts. Using the Demon Spirit Disk, they either avoided them in advance or used formations to hide until the demon beasts left before resuming their journey.

Half a month later, they appeared in a vast azure bamboo forest, all five of them on high alert.

"Senior Martial Brother Li, I've found something," Wang Changsheng said.

Li Long frowned, looking at Liu Sen, who appeared puzzled. The Demon Spirit Disk showed no reaction.

The Twin-Eyed Rat crawled out from Wang Changsheng's chest, emitting excited squeaks.

Since entering the desolate wilderness, it had discovered spiritual herbs multiple times. However, Wang Changsheng noted that the Twin-Eyed Rat's reaction wasn't very strong, suggesting the herbs weren't very old, so he hadn't been interested in pursuing them. Li Long was leading this expedition, and his word was final.

"A sixth-rank spirit rat!" Qin Rong exclaimed, surprised, as few spirit rats could reach the sixth rank.

"My spirit rat has found a high-grade spiritual herb, at least ten thousand years old; otherwise, its reaction wouldn't be this intense," Wang Changsheng explained.

"A ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herb!" Li Long's face showed hesitation.

"Since we've encountered it, this is our opportunity," Qin Rong said with a smile. It was rare to come to the desolate wilderness, and she also hoped to acquire more cultivation resources.

Li Long nodded, agreeing to proceed.

"Go! Lead us to the spiritual herb." Wang Changsheng took out a small azure date and fed it to the Twin-Eyed Rat.

The Twin-Eyed Rat ate the date, hopped to the ground, and burrowed underground. Soon, a mound of earth rose and moved quickly across the surface. Wang Changsheng and the other four hastily followed.

After less than half an hour, the earth mound stopped outside a small valley surrounded on three sides by mountains.

The Twin-Eyed Rat emerged from underground, crawled back onto Wang Changsheng's shoulder, and let out a series of "squeaks," seemingly reporting something to Wang Changsheng.

"The spiritual herb is inside the valley, guarded by a powerful demon beast," Wang Changsheng explained, feeding the Twin-Eyed Rat another small azure date.

Liu Sen cast several spells into the Demon Spirit Disk, but it remained unresponsive.

He frowned. This situation meant either there was a seventh-rank demon beast in the valley, or the demon beast was extraordinarily gifted and skilled in concealment arts.