Lost

Awakening Cloud Ravine was a small soul beast gathering ground near East Peak City, mainly a habitat for Long-Armed Ape Soul Beasts, and many Soul Masters usually came and went there.

But today, as they watched Chen Qingting and his party enter, the three great families of the city had moved out together. It could not possibly be for those Thousand Year Soul Beasts on the outskirts.

Thinking of that legend about Awakening Cloud Ravine, some people followed them in, while others simply gave up on hunting souls for the day and watched the situation from outside.

The two brothers, Chen Qingting and Chen Qingfeng, walked at the very front. Xu Mingxi and Xiao Rui guarded the center, Tong Lin and two assault-type Soul Ancestors walked at the rear, and two Soul Saint-level guards protected the flanks.

"Everyone, be careful. Up ahead is the habitat of the Long-Armed Ape clan. We need to pass straight through the middle."

At Chen Qingting's order, everyone activated Martial Soul Possession and watched their surroundings warily, guarding against any soul beasts that might suddenly spring out.

Awakening Cloud Ravine was a long, narrow passageway. The Long-Armed Apes lived on the sheer cliffs on both sides, while their destination lay at the very end of this passage.

According to the rumors long spread throughout East Peak City, at the end of Awakening Cloud Ravine was a secret treasure that could help a person advance to Titled Douluo.

As for where the rumor had come from, or who had started it, that could no longer be verified. Most people in the great families did not believe the rumor was true at all.

This operation was more of a trial for the younger generation. Otherwise, several Soul Douluos would have joined forces long ago and personally gone in to investigate whatever was inside.

Xu Mingxi walked in the center of the group, watching his surroundings warily. No one knew what conditions were like deep within Awakening Cloud Ravine.

But according to East Peak City's statistics over the years, the number of Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts among just the Long-Armed Ape groups outside was definitely no fewer than five, and they lived in groups.

Their team could handle five soul beasts of ten to twenty thousand years, but behind them was still an enormous clan, and no one knew what dangers were hidden within it.

One major reliance for their entry into Awakening Cloud Ravine this time was the Soul Saint sent by the Chen Family, Chen Qi, a rank 71 agility-attack Battle Soul Saint whose martial soul was the Monitor Lizard.

His Third Soul Skill came from a one-thousand-two-hundred-year Chameleon Lizard, and the soul skill was its greatest ability: camouflage.

This soul skill could lower the squad's aura, making them blend into the surrounding environment and reducing the possibility of being discovered by the Long-Armed Ape group.

Everyone held their breath and carefully felt their way forward. The fog in Awakening Cloud Ravine was extremely thick, and ape cries often came from the distance, drawing everyone's attention.

After walking for who knew how long, the two brothers leading the way, Chen Qingting and Chen Qingfeng, looked at the path ahead that still seemed endless, and felt slightly discouraged.

As the initiators of this operation, the burden on their shoulders was very heavy. Not only did they have to bring everyone back safe and sound, they also wanted to gain something here.

Suddenly, the Soul Saint walking on the left seemed to sense something and immediately called the team to a halt.

"Everyone, be careful. Something seems to be coming from the left."

Everyone activated Martial Soul Possession. Xu Mingxi's martial soul, the Star Crown, appeared above his head as he stared at the woods on the left, starlight gathering at his fingertips, ready to fire at any moment.

With a long howl, a group of apes swung through the forest, shrieking as they charged toward Xu Mingxi's side. According to East Peak City's records on this type of soul beast, the one leading them had already surpassed ten thousand years.

Chen Qingting's expression changed at once. They were not afraid of one Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast at all, but once they were held up and other Long-Armed Ape groups rushed over, everyone might never be able to leave.

"Break through! Don't worry about them. Charge straight into the deepest part."

Before Chen Qingting could react, Xu Mingxi directly gave the order from the middle of the team. Waiting in place for the ape group on the left to arrive was the stupidest choice.

They had already come this far, and no one wanted to give up, so they could only choose to continue deeper in. With the team's strength, as long as they did not fall into an encirclement, they could deal with it calmly.

As Xu Mingxi ran, he released Star Light Rays. Star Net was casually fired out, and without caring about the results, he followed the team and kept charging forward with his head down.

Almost everyone present was a Battle Soul Master. Only Yuan Qing of the Yuan Family had slightly weaker stamina. Red light flowed over his body, and green light spread from him, falling onto every person.

Xu Mingxi only felt that his body seemed to become somewhat lighter. With one step, his body shot far ahead, his speed clearly increasing greatly.

He looked at Yuan Qing in surprise. This support ability was pretty good. Although Xu Mingxi had never experienced the support of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, before the Soul King level, the two should not differ much. The Seven-Colored Deer might even have the advantage.

It was just that as the cultivation of Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters increased, the percentage of their amplification grew higher and higher. That was the most terrifying part of the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. It could even achieve amplification beyond rank.

With Yuan Qing's amplification, everyone charged into the depths of the clouds and fog, temporarily shaking off the apes' encirclement. But after entering the thick fog, Xu Mingxi felt he had lost his sense of direction, and when he called out to his teammates, he received no response at all.

Xu Mingxi's heart immediately grew a little panicked. His fourth soul ring flashed, and Star's Protection lit up around him, firmly protecting him.

"Grandfather, are you still there?"

Receiving no response, Xu Mingxi forced himself to calm down.

In his previous life, he had lived in a stable society, with a wealthy family. Although in this life he lived on the Douluo Continent, where strength was respected and the weak were prey to the strong, he had also grown up under the protection of the Star Crown Sect since childhood.

This was Xu Mingxi's first time facing an unknown danger alone. He forced himself to calm down, maintained Star's Protection, aimed in one direction, and slowly advanced.

At the place where he had left, the First Elder revealed himself. He had actually heard his grandson's call, but he simply did not want to appear.

He had actually always known that the sect and he himself had doted on Xu Mingxi too much, letting him always live in a peaceful, stable environment. Even in cultivation, he seemed somewhat slack.

When Xu Mingxi went out to travel, knowing that he had a protector behind him made him even more unrestrained. He had entered a Soul Douluo Family alone, and even threatened the other party's family head with his words.

If not for his talent, just based on his cultivation attitude and personality, he would long ago have been called trash by the Sect Master and then expelled from the sect's primary training sequence.

This time, there happened to be such a good opportunity for Xu Mingxi to temper himself, so the First Elder did not want to step in and stop it.

The First Elder could sense that the layer of cloud and fog deep within Awakening Cloud Ravine could at most blind some Soul Douluos who were not skilled in perception. To him, it was merely like a thin veil over his eyes, and his vision was only slightly disturbed.

He could clearly see that everyone in this adventure team had become lost within this dense fog that, to them, made it impossible to see their own fingers.

Everyone had been scattered. Only the two brothers, Chen Qingting and Chen Qingfeng, had originally been relatively close to each other, and with a little luck, they happened to bump into each other.

Suddenly, the First Elder frowned. His martial soul appeared, and a Starry Giant Hand struck out, directly grabbing Yuan Qing to his side.