Chapter 29: Ambushed

  In a peaceful atmosphere, a group of people slowly gathered together. After bumping into each other in the forest, they dispersed again. If viewed from high above, several teams could be seen gathering towards one place.

  The center of this gathering is exactly where Huo Hai and the other person are currently located. Huo Hai continues to search for cards in a state of ignorance. Over the past few days, the number of cards in Huo Hai's hand has almost reached one thousand. At this rate, after joining the Imperial City Academy, he will definitely be able to get enough points to exchange for a Blood Refining Pill.

  Of course, this is not enough. As the cards increase, Huo Hai's ambition also grows. Not only does he need to refine Blood Dan, but he will also need to refine Bone Dan in the future. Each one requires 100 college points, for a total of 20,000 points.

  "Twenty thousand points, I don't know how many I can get, as much as possible. If I can collect them all this time, it will be much easier when I enter the academy later." Huo Hai thought to himself, this is indeed the most perfect way to cultivate foundation building.

  Wanting to be a superior being, what's the big deal about going through pain? Haven't I already endured it once? Just two more times and that's it. Two times... As Hao Hai thought of this, his whole body trembled. If it wasn't necessary, he really didn't want to try again. Hao Hai even wondered if there was such suffering in hell, this was simply self-inflicted punishment.

  But what's the use, for a better future, now enduring pain is nothing. Huo Hai doesn't want to live in regret forever one day. Without the spirit of defying fate, it's impossible to reach the peak forever.

  "Huh, why are there so few cards today?" Hou Hai felt a strange sensation that afternoon. Because the number of cards was too small. If it were usual times, it definitely wouldn't be just this little. He had always been going deeper into the mountains and forests.

  It's absolutely impossible for anyone to penetrate at such a speed. At this time, Ji Mu suddenly pointed to a broken tree branch on the ground and said: "Look at this mark, it's not left by a spiritual beast, but by human beings. It seems that someone has passed through here in advance, and there are quite a few people." As for these things, Huo Hai didn't know anything about them, he had no experience in this aspect.

  Ji Mu said, but Huo Hai didn't suspect her because she had no reason to deceive herself. At the most critical moment, such a lie wouldn't be used casually. Who would have known that he really couldn't see it? At this time, Huo Hai had a faint sense of unease in his heart.

  "What's the unease about?" Huo Hai's eyes suddenly lit up: "Right, these past few days, the star puppets have never sent any messages about people around. If there really are people, and so many of them, there's no reason they wouldn't be discovered. What's going on? Are those people always outside my monitoring range? But why is that? Are they hiding from me?"

  Huo Hai seemed to have thought of something, hiding from himself. How could they hide from themselves and know their own whereabouts? Thinking about the past few days, after entering the depths of the mountain forest, Xing Huang had indeed not received any news of discovering anyone.

  Huo Hai didn't notice at first, but now that he thinks about it, something seems off. Nanshan isn't that big, and his own search range wasn't small either. How could he not have run into a single person? This is absolutely impossible.

  The greatest possibility is that they are planning something. What the hell, what are they doing to their own disadvantage? The unease in Huo Hai's heart grew heavier and heavier, he closed his eyes and considered for a while, finally making up his mind: "Expand the search range, especially behind us." Huo Hai finally decided to thoroughly investigate their surroundings.

  This time, even if he found the card, Huo Hai would not have made a move. A part of the star wasp, detached from the main force, began to fly towards the outside. As a wasp, his body emitted a special pressure that only insects had.

  Feeling this aura, all the other insects retreated and even the things that ate insects didn't dare to make a move on them. The Star Gu was able to come and go freely, and soon expanded its range to a very large area.

  The search may not have been very thorough, but the scope was large enough. Finally, when Huo Hai expanded the scope to three times its original size, a star worm finally transmitted information about discovering humans: "A human has been found, no, no, it's not one, it's a team. Wait, what's going on in other places? There are so many teams here, what are they doing?"

  Huo Hai continued to receive messages from Xing Huan, and through simple messages, Huo Hai soon discovered that there were actually several teams around him. Huo Hai remained calm and continued his usual routine of searching for point cards.

  As time went on, Huo Hai finally discovered that something was off, because these teams were actually slowly closing in on him. They had quietly formed a huge encirclement. There were also many people scouting around the perimeter, using methods that should be similar to those used by Ji Wu just now, using the traces left behind to completely analyze his movements.

  I don't know why they are so cautious and dare not get close to me. When I move in a certain direction, they will dodge away. And when I don't move in that direction, they will gradually approach me. Can't this phenomenon explain the problem itself?

  No wonder all along, no one else was seen, no wonder the scorecards became fewer and farther between. No wonder Ji Mu often said, seeing signs of human activity. So that's how it was, so that's what it meant, Huo Hai finally understood.

  His eyes narrowed slightly, and Huo Hai said faintly: "We are surrounded." Huo Hai seemed to be muttering to himself.

  "What, what did you say? Wait, you said we're surrounded, who are they?" Ji Mu didn't doubt Huo Hai's words at all. Being able to find so many point cards with ease meant his scouting ability was absolutely not simple.

  Huo Hai's eyes narrowed slightly, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes: "I don't know, but there are many people, at least five teams around us, surrounding us. They are very far away from us, if you hadn't said that there were signs of large-scale human activity earlier, I really wouldn't have thought of it. These people seem to have been planning this for a long time, but I don't know who the target is."

  Huo Hai gave Ji Mu a meaningful glance. When they first met, Ji Mu was being pursued by someone trying to kill him.

  Heaven knows if these people were brought in by He Fang. But thinking about it, it doesn't seem right either - although He Fang is the third young master of the He family, he shouldn't have the power to bring in so many people. Now the entire South Mountain has been sealed off.

  Anyone who doesn't participate in the trial, as long as they dare to approach, has the danger of being killed, let alone venture into the mountains and forests. The only possibility is that these people reached some kind of agreement. It's also unknown whether they came looking for themselves or Ji Mu.

  But thinking about it, I should be looking for Ji Mu instead. He's a very low-key person. It's said that before he lost his memory, he was a kind and gentle soul who never offended anyone. People rarely came to him with troubles. But Ji Mu didn't think so.

  "They must be after you." Seeing Huo Hai's disbelief, Ji Mu continued: "Your combat ability, your scouting ability, the cards on you now, are all things they want to get. You won't think that every time someone passes the trial of Huang Cheng Academy, it's because of their own ability, will you? Many people obtain cards by plundering others in the later stages."

  After some explanation, Huo Hai understood. Most of the students who enrolled in Huang Cheng Academy were from large families, and it was rare for commoners to have such an opportunity. Many people participated every year, but few truly succeeded. In each trial, many people could no longer come out.

  These, they don't even know. But think about it, some people from large families will also die in the trial, then you'll understand what's going on. Huo Hai sighed inwardly, his own father had also let him come to this trial alone.

  "What to do now, they haven't completely surrounded us, there's a big gap in the middle. If we make a run for it quickly, it'll be easy to escape." Huo Hai thought for a moment before saying this to Ji Mu, he didn't want to meet anyone else.

  Ji Mu looked at Huo Hai with a profound gaze, shook his head and said: "If you think this way, then there's no other choice. These people are like this, if you don't show them your strength, they will become more and more arrogant. You can hide now, but what about later? Don't you plan to leave the Nan Shan forest? When you get to the academy, where else can you hide?"

  Yes, if I can't leave Nanshan before the trial world ends, it's considered a failure. Now that I'm hiding, they must think I'm afraid of them. If I were in their shoes, I'd probably be even more arrogant.

  So in the last few days, they will definitely ambush at the exit and not let themselves leave. Even if they can leave ahead of time, what about after arriving at the college? These people have had one cooperation, it's easy to form an alliance, at least on the matter of dealing with themselves, forming an alliance is simple. At that time, where will they hide again?

  A person, once they hide, easily form a habit. Habit is a terrible thing. If you avoid them today, will you avoid even more tomorrow? Are you avoiding danger? No, they are not dangerous at all.

  Huo Hai suddenly realized that he still had a strong aversion to killing. He didn't want to face them, because in his heart, he was unwilling to engage in excessive slaughter, and he was averse to taking lives. This was escapism, escaping from his own inner self.

  "If I continue like this, how can I become strong? I will always be just an ordinary person and never a superior being. "Hmph, how could that be? I am going to be the super expert who dominates the entire Tianling Continent in the future. How could I possibly be held back by such a small difficulty? I must overcome this difficulty, I must become a true expert."

  Huo Hai's eyes grew brighter and his aura began to change, becoming sharp and impossible to look at directly.

  "Let's go, we'll continue to advance deeper this time and speed up. I'd like to see who dares to block my way, once discovered, not a single one will be left." Huo Hai's tone was stern, and even his speech accelerated significantly.