First, the monsters in this forest were exceptionally skilled at concealment. Not only could they suppress their own auras, they could also block detection through mental power, divine sense, and similar means.
This was also why Ma Tianmei and Zorn had clashed over a single monster.
The closer the monsters were to the center, the smarter they became, making even finding them difficult.
Second, the monsters closer to the center were not only smarter but stronger. Even Ma Tianmei needed considerable time to kill one, and to avoid drawing other contestants' attention, many of his more thunderous techniques were necessarily off-limits.
On top of that, the monsters possessed tremendous healing abilities. Once a contestant became embroiled in a prolonged fight, they could even be dragged to their death.
Ma Yi was a perfect example. When he fought the monster, he traded wound for wound, but his injuries grew increasingly severe. The monster's superior healing meant that, by the end, he was the one at a disadvantage.
Taken together, this information made Chi Yixian's astonishment understandable.
Long Qian's sword strike was even more outrageous and unbelievable than shooting a Japanese soldier dead from eight hundred li away.
"Gold Coins!"
Mani immediately lunged out of Hawkins's arms, only for him to catch her around the waist with both hands, leaving her flailing in midair.
These Gold Coins were a full size larger than those Feng Wu and the others had obtained, and each had a gemstone set into its center. One such Gem Coin could be exchanged for ten thousand ordinary Gold Coins.
That single sword strike from Long Qian had yielded over five hundred Gem Coins, equivalent to five million ordinary Gold Coins.
Besides the Gem Coins, an artifact had also dropped, and it too was worth a fortune.
Precisely because