Xu Chen rose from his seat, lightly clenching his fists. "Perfect timing. Let's finish the last mission quickly so we can leave sooner."
Xu Yue burst out laughing. "So you were getting impatient too."
Xu Chen shot her a helpless glance. Then, two yellow and two purple Soul Rings slowly rose beneath his feet.
"Get ready," he said. "This enemy is a little strong. And there are a lot of them."
Xu Yue sprang up from her chair as two yellow and two purple Soul Rings rose beneath her feet as well. "Fine. It's the final entry assessment. I'll take it more seriously too."
Evil Demon Forest.
This was a Soul Beast forest relatively close to the north.
Therefore, due to the temperature, the trees throughout this forest were all conifers.
They also bore a peculiar blackish-gray hue.
The place looked oppressive, filling one with an ominous sense of foreboding at every turn.
Tang Liu, Mu Jing, Ye Lingling, and Lu Qiufeng entered this human forbidden zone from the southeastern edge of Evil Demon Forest.
For the same climatic reasons, the forest was damp and cold. Stepping on the fallen leaves felt like stepping on dense swarms of insects, an extremely unpleasant sensation.
Before entering Evil Demon Forest, Tang Liu had told them, "The Soul Beasts in this forest are rather aggressive, so if any come looking for trouble, kill them directly. But be careful of the Evil Eye Soul Beasts unique to this place. You must kill them in a single blow, or all of you may be in mortal danger. Also, no matter what level of Evil Eye you kill, you must be doubly cautious afterward, because it may attract a higher-level Evil Eye. That would be even more troublesome.
"Evil Eyes are Soul Beasts unique to