"Nine!" Lin Yichen turned over the jade token and saw that they were not in the same group.
Next, more than two hundred disciples stepped forward one after another, drawing their own number tokens.
Some were happy, some were worried. When drawing numbers to be in the same group as Lin Yichen, Xiao Qingyu, and others, some disciples directly exclaimed with joy.
But some were unlucky and had no strong figures in their group, and there were quite a few such people.
The top ten outer disciples had already been crippled by Zhang Ergou, and the remaining ones could only form seven strong teams, even if each person led one group.
This did not exclude the possibility of two or more of the top ten outer disciples being in the same group.
Seeing the teams that had already drawn their numbers and automatically gathered, Zhang Ergou nodded secretly, thinking that it would be best to draw a group with people he was familiar with.
But as fate would have it, when Zhang Ergou flipped over the jade token in his hand, he was stunned.
"Hey, Zhang Ergou, I'm not trying to insult you, but your luck is really terrible." Glancing at the number token in Zhang Ergou's hand, Xiao Qingyu and others gathered around.
It was precisely because Zhang Ergou had drawn a number whose group contained no one he knew. On the contrary, these people were all his enemies.
Two were disciples of Qiuyang Peak, one was a disciple of Xiayang Peak, and one was a disciple of the Disciplinary Hall.
"Alas! It's all fate!" Lin Yichen stepped forward and patted Zhang Ergou's shoulder in comfort, but Zhang Ergou still heard a hint of schadenfreude in his tone.
"Get lost." Zhang Ergou glared at him grumpily, feeling like cursing.
"Hey, it's better to rely on yourself than on others. Those guys are unreliable. We can just shake them off once we enter the Beast Forest," Lin Yichen winked and transmitted his voice to Zhang Ergou.
Zhang Ergou helplessly rolled his eyes, acknowledging Lin Yichen's suggestion.
If he were with those guys, it would be good enough if he wasn't betrayed, let alone expect them to help him. It was simply wishful thinking.
Let's go!
At Li Tongyi's command, the mighty two hundred and ten disciples followed him towards the direction of the Beast Forest.
Upon reaching the entrance of the Beast Forest, each team headed towards different teleportation points, with corresponding numbers written on each point.
Those assigned to a group would be teleported to different locations through the corresponding teleportation array.
"Kid, be careful. If you can't manage, just hide." Lin Yichen walked over and patted Zhang Ergou's shoulder before leaving.
"Get lost! Am I that kind of person?" Zhang Ergou slapped away Lin Yichen's hand grumpily, speechless.
"Senior Brother Lin is right. Dodge if you must, and don't be reckless," Lin Yueru said softly as she approached Zhang Ergou.
"I know, Senior Sister," Zhang Ergou nodded.
"Kid, not bad!" Wang Teng, Xiao Qingyu, and a few others walked over, looking at them and winking.
"Get lost!" Zhang Ergou cursed.
Lin Yueru's face showed a rare blush, and she turned back to her own queue.
After exchanging pleasantries with a few people and watching them disappear one by one through the teleportation array, Zhang Ergou also got up and went to his own teleportation array.
At this moment, the four people in his group looked at Zhang Ergou with fierce expressions, their eyes filled with ridicule. Su Dan Novel Network.
It was as if they had already foreseen Zhang Ergou's miserable fate.
Zhang Ergou ignored them and walked directly onto the teleportation array. With a "whoosh," the scenery before his eyes changed drastically.
Towering ancient trees stood tall, and various exotic and beautiful wild flowers, nourished by spiritual energy, grew much more luxuriantly than usual.
Whoosh! Whoosh...
Then, several sounds echoed, and four people appeared beside Zhang Ergou. They were the two disciples of Xiayang Peak, one from Qiuyang Peak, and one from the Disciplinary Hall, all in the same group as him.
The four did not even look at Zhang Ergou. After identifying the direction, they rushed directly into the depths of the forest.
"Damn it, no way, we're in the same team." Zhang Ergou mumbled, watching them leave him behind.
He looked around and followed the direction they ran, heading into the depths of the forest.
"This is unbelievable. These guys are running quite fast." After running for the time it takes an incense stick to burn, Zhang Ergou still couldn't see any sign of them.
He was running at full speed, yet they were even faster than him.
After a fruitless pursuit, Zhang Ergou stopped in front of a strange grove of dwarf trees.
This grove of dwarf trees formed a stark contrast with the surrounding ancient trees. Even stranger, unknown clouds and mist drifted above and within the grove, obscuring vision.
The clouds and mist were grayish, and they could indeed block a person's sight.
Zhang Ergou cautiously stepped into the grove. The deeper he went, the denser the surrounding mist became, until finally, Zhang Ergou could only see three Zhang (about 10 meters) in all directions.
Zhang Ergou walked forward cautiously. The deeper he went, the more eerie it felt, because the grove was unnaturally quiet, with not a single sound.
Clang!
As he continued to walk forward, a long sword suddenly stabbed out from the side, its sword energy humming, piercing the air and rushing directly at Zhang Ergou.
Zhang Ergou was already on guard. With quick reflexes, he dodged the incoming sword with a sidestep.
Then he leaped forward and punched the attacker fiercely, knocking them to the ground.
Upon closer inspection, he realized that the attacker was not a real cultivator, but a puppet.
Speaking of puppets, Zhang Ergou had one himself, but it was always in his Nascent Ring and had never been used.
Since he had no helpers, perhaps that puppet could serve as his assistant.
After knocking the puppet to the ground, it stopped moving. Just as Zhang Ergou was about to get up, another sword hum sounded from the side.
There was more than one puppet around him. Zhang Ergou immediately took the iron spear from his back, swung it, and held it horizontally in front of him, blocking the incoming sword.
Clang!
As Zhang Ergou blocked one sword, another attacked from the left. There were actually five puppets surrounding Zhang Ergou.
After swinging the iron spear in a circle, all the puppets were knocked to the ground. Zhang Ergou muttered to himself and prepared to retreat.
"This place is strange, I need to get out quickly." Not only was his vision limited, but strange things also appeared around him from time to time. Zhang Ergou quickened his pace.
Bang!
Clang!
In the misty grove, sounds of clashes could be heard intermittently, all from Zhang Ergou fighting with the puppets that suddenly appeared before him.
After Zhang Ergou defeated a black puppet, there were already more than a dozen puppets lying in the grove in total.
Zhang Ergou got up and prepared to continue moving forward, but suddenly discovered an anomaly around him.
The soil beneath his feet was actually moving...