Once they had settled on a plan, Chen Changan and the others traveled at full speed, hoping to catch up with the Qian Family as quickly as possible.
When the teams split up, the Qian Family had joined forces with the Xu Family.
The two families were hardly strangers. They had dealt with each other many times. Their relationship was not especially close, but it was not bad either.
Both families were glad to be paired together. At least they did not have to spend all their energy guarding against their teammates.
The journey, however, had been anything but smooth.
A Blood Demon appeared from time to time, and its strength gave them no end of trouble.
"We're still a long way from the Formation Core, yet we've already encountered quite a few Blood Demons."
"Who knows how many more we'll meet if we keep going? They're formidable. With our strength alone, I'm afraid we may not be able to bring everyone back."
"Exactly. We've killed nearly ten Blood Demons so far, but we haven't seen a single Demon-Suppressing Stone."
"That shows just how rare Demon-Suppressing Stones are. Who knows how many Blood Demons we'd have to kill to gather enough?"
"This task is far too difficult."
"Can we... really complete it?"
The Qian Family Head and Xu Family Head exchanged a glance. Regret showed in both their eyes.
Before danger appeared, greed had filled their hearts and minds. Only when it struck did some of their reason return.
They did not even know whether this place held resources worth any price. And even if it did, what use would those resources be if they could not take them out?
More importantly, in this environment, every resource might already have been invaded by Demonic Qi. Even if they survived nine