9 Chapter 9: Entering the Primitive Old Forest_1

Seeing Xiao Chen's expression, Prince Feng and Liu Yue were very satisfied. The name of the Evil King indeed commands respect throughout the ages!

"Is the Evil King eternal in this world?" Xiao Chen asked, quite stirred up.

"Certainly, our ancestor is an immortal being!"

"And you guys?"

"We... of course are far from immortality. The World of Longevity is beyond what you can imagine. Actually, there are not many who have truly achieved eternal life."

Liu Yue giggled, "Brother Xiao, I see you are new to the World of Longevity, and don't know much about everything. Why don't you join our lineage under our introduction?"

If Xiao Chen didn't know they wanted to kill him, he would of course be overjoyed. But at this moment, he could only pretend to be delighted.

"May I ask what is unique about this island?" Xiao Chen didn't know anything about the World of Longevity. He had many questions to ask, but for now, he had to start with this Primitive Island.

"Unique? Hehe, it has reached its extreme and needs the Heavenly God Stele to suppress it." Prince Feng chuckled with some emotion, though he didn't explain further.

Liu Yue smiled charmingly and said, "It's hard to elaborate in a few words. In time, you will understand. This world is more enigmatic than you imagine. Even seeing humans with wings is not unusual!"

At this moment, a wave of life energy came from the treetops in the distance. The three of them had sensed it and pretended to casually throw a glance.

They saw a little horse, carved like fine jade. It was glowing faintly and hiding among a sky-reaching tree, warily and curiously staring at the trio with its black gem-like eyes.

Liu Yue exclaimed in a low voice: "By the Evil King, it's a young Unicorn Divine Beast!" Her strong emotional upheaval showed in her sudden surprise.

Prince Feng also showed surprise, "We always knew this island was shrouded in mystery, but we didn't expect to find a Unicorn Divine Beast just on the edge of it. Sister, why don't you go and try. I heard that only a pure maiden can approach this kind of holy beast."

Liu Yue stood up, her alluring demeanour hidden. She appeared sophisticated and pure now. She took measured steps and moved towards the sky-reaching tree.

"Whoosh"

The young unicorn, like a startled bunny, ran away in an instant. From a distance, it appeared as a silver thread disappearing into the woods.

"So it was a unicorn, I thought it was the mythical Sky Horse." Xiao Chen muttered to himself.

"Hehe... You could say it is also a Sky Horse. As a youngling, it runs as fast as the wind, and once mature, it can soar high in the sky. Also, its anger produces a powerful matchless attack." Prince Feng seemed to regret, "What a pity, a young Unicorn at this age can be easily tamed, but it was too vigilant."

"Hmph!" Liu Yue snorted coldly with a hugely displeased look on her face as she sauntered back.

Having finished his food, Prince Feng turned to Xiao Chen and said, "We'll take you away from here when the time comes. But now, we can't. Firstly, we have to venture deeper into the island. Secondly, we are waiting for our ship for backup. Are you willing to accompany us?"

What could Xiao Chen say to this other than agreeing and pretending to be happy about it?

"Great, go gather some sea salt for us to use on our way. The island is full of dangers. We'll have to avoid many Primordial Beasts from a distance. We don't know how many days it might take to reach the interior."

Watching Xiao Chen slowly recede, Liu Yue's expression cooled down, "We should kill him immediately to prevent accidents."

Prince Feng shook his head, "As you saw, we still need him for these trivial jobs. Let's use him as bait a few days later to lure the beasts."

Both of them laughed coldly.

From afar in the dense woods, Xiao Chen watched their lip movements and silently fell back. If he didn't understand lip-reading, he wouldn't have known how he would die.

Prince Feng and Liu Yue seemed in a hurry, unwilling to lose any time. After Xiao Chen collected enough sea salt, they started on their journey.

Half an hour later, the sky-reaching trees grew denser. The ancient trees cast gigantic shadows, making the never-ending Primitive Old Forest appear even more menacing. With fearsome beasts suddenly appearing all the time, roars resounded constantly.

The three of them had spotted dozens of unusual birds and barbaric beasts. To avoid unnecessary trouble, they tried as much as possible to avoid encounters with them.

Walking in the Primitive Old Forest, they often saw white animal bones, a lot of which were eight or nine meters long, clearly from the skeleton of Primordial Beasts. Hidden in the grass, they were especially terrifying.

On the way, Xiao Chen saw the trail of the Evil Octopus Dragon, with its shed silver scales along the path. The giant footprints on the ground were overwhelmingly terrifying, being much longer than Xiao Chen himself. The area the beast walked through was filled with trampled trees.

Xiao Chen was very curious about what Ancient Ferocious Beast the Evil Octopus Dragon had fought so fiercely that night.

Prince Feng and Liu Yue didn't know that the Evil Octopus Dragon had fiercely fought with another Ancient Ferocious Beast a few days earlier. They were terrified the whole way.

Sauntering further, Xiao Chen found the battlefield where the two beasts had fought fiercely that night. It used to be an open forestland, but the entire space had been ravaged, leaving only dead leaves and broken branches.

There were large patches of blood on the devastated land with many silver scales — that of the Evil Octopus Dragon — scattered around. Among them were fragments of green scale armor, probably from the other ferocious beast.

Seeing all of this, both Prince Feng and Liu Yue looked disconcerted.

Following the direction the other beast had gone, they tracked it for a while and found that it seemed to move bipedally. They didn't pursue further and turned in another direction. If they were to encounter that beast, they would undoubtedly perish.

However, after changing their direction several times, they discovered the beast's trail in multiple areas, which seemed to be its territory.

This was not a good sign. They had barged into the domain of a terrifying ancient beast.