Chapter 12

Ancestor Huang stood still on top of the mountain peak with his eyes tightly closed. Faint trace of spiritual energy leaked out from his body.

As he was spreading his spiritual power all over his veins, traces of spiritual energy in the surrounding air were constantly sucked into his body with his breathing.

Ancestor Huang could sense an invigorating feeling running through inside his body. It was the long lost feeling that he once had on his peak.

He took a deep breath and opened his eyes.

"Amazing"

Ancestor Huang whispered with a shocked look on his face.

"Who is he actually? He destroyed a Heaven-Rank pill without a care and even healed my old injuries. Although it's only for three days, but he is definitely not simple"

He fell into a deep thought.

Misty Forest was one of the six forbidden zones in the Desolate Continent. It was filled with mist and powerful monsters roamed around.

The mist had a ban that restrict divine sense, making it hard to navigate by only relying your vision.

The monsters living inside Misty Forest were all ferocious beasts. They all had powerful sense of smells and hearing, making them the hunters of Misty Forest.

However, they never came out from the forest. It was as if they were imprisoned inside.

Over the years, countless people went to explore the forbidden zones. However, those who went to explore the forbidden zones to unearth it's secrets never came back without exception.

The people believed the six forbidden zones hide the secrets to immortality and those didn't die actually ascend to higher realm. They believed that the monsters were intentionally put there by the immortals as a test in order to be worthy of their inheritances.

With his current strength, Ancestor Huang could take revenge against Soaring Heaven Sect. However, even if he used all his strength it would take a few months to reach Central region. Unless he used teleportation array.

With his limited time, his injuries would relapse before he could even leave Western region. And the teleportation array he knew could only reach the border. It would take too much time just to reach Soaring Heaven Sect's territory.

On the contrary, it only took half a day to reach Misty Forest.

After thinking for a while, Ancestor Huang finally decided to take a gamble and explore the place!

With determination, he flew towards the Misty Forest's direction.

A sect with someone like Gu Xianyu was definitely not simple!

He never heard Gu Xianyu's name when he was at his peak. Even after he settled down in Western region, he still had information channels that he built over the years and spreaded out everywhere.

There were some people who reached peak Ascension Realm, however none of them had the name Gu Xianyu.

Also, this was the first time he heard that there was a small island above the lake in center of Misty Forest. He didn't even know there was a lake in center.

There was no record about the center of Misty Forest after all. The informations known about it were only about the periphery. And it was only through countless sacrifice that the informations were collected.

Thirty thousands years ago, there were rumors that someone brokethrough the Ascension Realm and became an Immortal. Before that senior ascended, it was said that he created a sect and left his inheritance behind.

If his guess weren't wrong, then Gu Xianyu was probably a member of the legendary Immortal Sect!

After Ancestor Huang left, Gu Xianyu's figure appeared in the void and looked at his back with interest.

"Don't disappoint me, old man"

He whispered softly.

...

Ancestor Huang soon reached the entrance to Misty Forest after flying at his full speed.

He didn't try to save his energy because he was short on time.

A primitive forest with tall and huge trees greeted him.

The mist on the periphery wasn't thick so he could still see the scenery quite clearly.

However, once he entered the forest, the mist started to thicken and block his sense.

"What a mysterious place"

Ancestor Huang said with a solemn look.

The mist was weird, it looked thin from the outside but once you entered inside, it would thicken suddenly. It was very difficult to penerate it with divine sense.

Moreover, the sky was above were filled some corrosive Qi, which was harmful to one's soul.

Even someone like Ancestor Huang who was an 8th-Stage Ascension Realm found it hard to resist.

Hence, he moved forward cautiously. Ancestor Huang avoided wandering around randomly because it was too easy to get lost.

He was determined to only walked forward because he believed it would lead him to the center.

If his path was altered slightly, he would definitely walked around in circle without even noticing it.

"The mist here is really strange. It seemed like the mist formed artificially rather than created by nature. I wonder if there is any chance study it?"

Ancestor Huang whispered.

After walking for a few hours, Ancestor Huang slowly let his guard down unconsciously.

The quiet and eerie atmosphere slowly took a toll on his mental. Some faint beast's roar would be heard occasionally.

Not far behind him, a silhouette hidden by the mist were following him.

It's pair deep purple eyes were cloesly looking at Ancestor Huang. It slowly opened it's mouth and showed a pair of sharp fangs.

Just like a hunter waiting for the right time to kill it's prey.

And thenー

Bang!

The wolf-life demonic beast jumped at him.

Noticing the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became colder, Ancestor Huang regained his sense and put up a barrier around him in a hurry.

The claws of the demonic beast hit the barrier and made a loud sound.

"Ice Purple Demon Wolf!?"

Ancestor Huang shouted with his eyes wide opened. His expression soon turned serious.

Ice Purple Demon Wolf was a demonic beast that could reach the 9th-Tier monster at their peak, on par with a peak Ascension Stage!

It's greyish furs blended with the mist and their sharp sense of smell could detect it's prey from the distance. They were adept at hiding their presence. Especially in a place like the Misty Forest, this place was basically their home and hunting ground!

The Ice Purple Demon Wolf roared and shot an ice breath at him.

"Not good!"

The moment he realized the identity of the demonic beast who attacked him, Ancestor Huang quickly ran away.

The ice breath froze everything along it's path, making the temperature became more chilly as the Ice Purple Demon Wolf shot it's breath all over the place while pursuing Ancestor Huang.

The strength of this Ice Purple Demon Wolf was only at the 8th-Tier, but it was nimble so it would take sometime to kill it. It would be harder to do so because it could hide it's body inside the mist.

In the meantime, their battle would attract other demonic beasts. Not to mention, blood would only be a bait to attract more of them since Ice Purple Demon Wolf had a sharp sense of smell.

If it wasn't because he was in a hurry and had limited time, he would like to fight it

Ancestor Huang turned his face and surveyed the trees around him as he ran away. He deduced that it was not the only demonic beast who were lurking around, waiting for him to let his guard down before pounching at him.

In fact, he found several traces made by demonic beasts. The broken branches, the ruined fallen leaves and some claw marks on the trunks.

Along the way, he met several 6th-Tier monsters and killed them all. He also had been attacked several times by the lurking demonic beasts.

If not because he was on high alert, the demonic beasts might succeed in ambushing him. It must be known that even with his 8th-Stage Ascension Realm, he didn't have the confidence to stay unharmed after taking their sneak attacks.

Usually, even though demonic beasts were savage, they would avoid attacking things that were stronger than them.

However, all the demonic beasts he met so far had been attacking and pursuing him continuously.

This fact puzzled him slightly.

Were the demonic beasts became much more bloodthirsty under the influences of this weird mist? Or were they under the influences of some spells or formations?

He fell into deep thought.

As he continuously travelled forward, the sky gradually darkened. Meanwhile, the atmosphere inside the forest became much more lively.

The thundering roars resounded all over the forest as if telling the entire forest the sleeping beasts had awoke. Sometimes the ground would shake greatly accompanied with a painful growl. It was as if a huge monsters were fighting.

Contrary to the lively atmosphere of the forest, Ancestor Huang had tensed look on his face.

He tightly gripped his sword. He knew, the real terror of the Misty Forest was just about to begin.

During the night, the visibility inside the Misty Forest dropped even further. Even with divine sense, he could only detect a small radius.

He had encountered many dangers throughout his life, and even nearly lost his life countless times. Hence, he could stay calm even when atmosphere slowly turned grave.

After all, he had fought against one third of the world back then along with Mad Beast Ancestor and some other friends, becoming one of the fews survivors of that war.

Standing above the void, Gu Xianyu was looking at Ancestor Huang's direction with amusing look on his face. He moved his hand around as if he was controlling something with invisible threads.

"Old Man Huang, let's see how you deal with this situation"

Gu Xianyu let out a faint smile.

From the void, it could be seen that many demonic beasts inside the Misty Forest were slowly moving towards Ancestor Huang's direction.

If he knew about this, he would definitely be shocked!