Chapter 719

After Shen Xiu finished speaking, dense battle intent radiated from his body. Shen Xiu was not as cowardly as Lei Tianya. Lei Tianya had feared Shen Xiu's Heavenly Thunder Palm and thus chose to evade, whereas Shen Xiu was full of confidence in the Heavenly Thunder Palm. Therefore, he did not dodge and forcibly endured the Heavenly Thunder Palm.

Even so, Shen Xiu had paid no small price.

Fortunately, Shen Xiu possessed powerful True Yuan within his body. Thus, although he had suffered some injuries, his True Yuan quickly recovered.

"Hm? He's not dead!"

Just as Shen Xiu had defeated Lei Tianya, a warning suddenly flashed through his mind.

He sensed that behind Lei Tianya, a tall, lean youth dressed in black robes had appeared. When Shen Xiu looked at him, a cold glint flickered in his eyes, as though he wished to swallow Shen Xiu whole.

Once Shen Xiu saw the other man clearly, shock welled up in his heart. He had never expected to encounter such a monstrous figure in this forest.

Shen Xiu knew some details about this forest. He had heard from other cultivators that many powerful demonic beasts lived within it, including some comparable to peak late-stage Golden Core beasts!

However, this was the Southern Wasteland, where demonic beasts were quite scarce, and the beasts here were not of particularly high rank. Thus, their activity in this forest would not attract much attention.

That was why Shen Xiu had lowered his guard. Yet he had never expected someone like this to be hidden in the forest.

"Could this be the legendary Southern Wasteland Forbidden Zone?"

Looking at the black-robed youth, horror rose in Shen Xiu's heart. From this black-robed youth, he sensed an extremely powerful fluctuation.

The black-robed youth merely swept Shen Xiu with an