"Remember, in the thorny mountain range, it's taboo to keep making noise, or you'll be discovered by many ferocious beasts. Even if you make a sound, leave the area quickly." Ling Zhan continued, "Even if you're injured, try to cover up the bloodstains on your body, as the smell of blood will also attract ferocious beasts. The noses of these beasts are much more sensitive than ours. This isn't the Yin Wind Valley, where batches of ferocious beasts come one after another, leaving no time for recovery. Avoiding injury is the most important rule for survival."

  "The first rule of survival in the thorny forest is: never stay in one place for too long, once the battle is over, no matter what the situation, leave immediately."

  He said, "In these places, apart from the demonic beasts, you must also be vigilant against your own kind! Here, there is no such thing as friendship, only enemies. One moment ago, he may have been grateful to you and smiled at you with a face full of gratitude, but in the next moment, he will stab you in the back with that same smile! The second rule of the Thorny Mountain Range: There are no friends, only enemies, believe in yourself, be wary of anyone!"

  Upon hearing Ling Zhan's words, Wang Chen nodded heavily. He knew a thing or two about this, and it was also the most dangerous place in the Jingwei Mountains.

  Take a deep breath and look around.

  The crowns of countless tall trees almost covered the entire sky, and upon seeing this scene, Wang Chen raised his vigilance to its highest level. Then, with great care and agility like a monkey, he crossed over the tangled branches that lay across his path, but had only taken two steps.

  "Psst~~" Seeing a scene not far away, Wang Chen involuntarily took in a breath of cool air.

  The bodies of two men and a woman are lying tens of meters ahead, the three corpses have not decayed much, and some blood that has not fully coagulated can still be seen.

  However, the three corpses had obvious signs of being bitten and eaten. The bodies of the three people were not intact. One male's thigh was eaten away by more than half, his belly was also eaten out with a big hole, and his broken intestines flowed all over the ground. A woman's skull was eaten away by half, one eyeball still remained, staring wide-eyed, revealing an expression of incredulity, extremely ferocious, her mouth was open very wide, as if it was a scream before death.

  Wang Chen's face turned pale and he held his breath.

  "They should have died within one or two days." Ling Zhan appeared beside Wang Chen, carefully examining the three corpses, and slowly said, "Young man, take a closer look, what's wrong with their bodies?"

  Upon hearing this sentence, Wang Chen revealed a hint of confusion. He looked carefully and his eyes widened in surprise!

  Only the three corpses were seen, although they looked like they were covered in claw marks and bite wounds from ferocious beasts. However, upon closer inspection, it could be seen that on their chests, backs, or waists, there were obvious knife wounds! Moreover, they were all fatal injuries.

  "Killed by someone?" Wang Chen said in a low voice after taking a deep breath.

  His eyes flickered slightly, and he took a deep breath of cool air. These people's injuries were all fatal or crippling in one blow, with no signs of struggle at all - swift and ruthless! Unless it was a strong opponent, it wouldn't be so swift and decisive.

  But from the terrified look on their faces before they died, Wang Chen seemed to understand something: "Killed by one of our own?"

  "Hmm! It should be like that. Killed by their own people. Look, the first person had a sword pierced through his heart from behind, followed by the second person whose heart was also pierced from the front. The third one, this woman, was attacked from several meters away, her abdomen was first pierced with a dagger and then finished off with a sword to the throat! Except for this woman, who struggled slightly, the other two were killed cleanly, it must have been done by their own people! Moreover, it should be the work of two people!" Ling Zhan said in a low voice.

  This was Wang Chen's first lesson in the thorny mountain range.

  "I get it!" Hearing Ling Zhan's confirmation, Wang Chen felt even heavier in his heart. Moreover, after re-examining the scene carefully, Wang Chen discovered that all the weapons, money, and everything on these people had been taken away, not a single penny was left! This was enough to prove that these people were killed for their money.

  The accursed money awakened their teammates' greed and murderous intent.

  It's indeed a place fraught with crises and dangers lurking everywhere. It's heaven, it's hell, this sentence can't be more accurate.

  "Roar......"

  Just as Wang Chen was about to leave, a beast's roar came, and then a yellow figure quickly pounced towards Wang Chen.

  Second-Order Advanced Beast: Lion Tiger Beast!

  Look closely at the pouncing beast, Wang Chen's heart was shocked, and he hastily jumped out to the side.

  Lion Tiger Beast, a second-tier high-level demon beast, equivalent to the strength of a ninth-tier True Martial Artist! The demon beast in front of him had the head of a lion and the body of a tiger, with a sturdy build, three meters in length, and about one meter seven or eight in height. Information about this demon beast flashed quickly through Wang Chen's mind, and he took a deep breath.

  It was indeed the Thorny Mountain Range, where crises lurked everywhere. Just as he had been distracted by the few corpses he saw earlier, this demonic beast had somehow snuck up beside him.

  Looking at the lion-like beast in front of him, with a hint of blood on its mouth and claws, Wang Chen suddenly woke up!

  Turning his head to look at the several corpses beside him, he suddenly understood that this guy was probably preparing to feed over here just now, and as a result of sensing Wang Chen's arrival, he hid aside. At this moment, taking advantage of Wang Chen being distracted, he began to attack.

  I didn't expect to encounter a second-tier high-level demon beast like the Lion Tiger Beast at the edge of the Thorny Mountain Range, what about deeper inside?

  No wonder so many adventurers come out every time, and someone will die here. Wang Chen made himself calm down and took a deep breath.

  His feet moved swiftly and avoided the lion's attack, then King Chen suddenly stopped his body, turned around with a rebound force, and kicked out: "Shattered Stone Leg!"

  A low growl, a twist of the waist and a lift of the crotch, one foot bursts out.

  Entering the seventh rank of True Martial Artist, Wang Chen's current strength is no less than any ninth rank True Martial Artist. Once he opens the gate, he can even rival a first rank Spiritual Martial Artist! The Lion Tiger Beast isn't too worried about him yet.

  "Roar......"

  As soon as Wang Chen lifted his foot and kicked it out, the lion-like beast let out a low growl and agilely jumped to the side, dodging Wang Chen's attack.

  Looking at the human in front of him, the lion's eyes were cold and its mouth was slightly open, with a thread of crystal clear saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth. For such prey, he would never give up.

  Hiss…… The four hooves suddenly exerted force, rubbing against the ground and emitting a sharp cry. After landing, the lion-tiger beast pounced at Wang Chen again. Its mouth opened wide, revealing its sharp fangs, and the sharp claws on its paws, over ten centimeters long, were also spread out menacingly, directly targeting Wang Chen's throat.

  "Twenty Overlapping Wave Palms!" Watching the incoming Lion Tiger Beast, Wang Chen's eyes were icy cold, and with a low growl, he unleashed the Twenty Overlapping Wave Palms.

  "Bang bang bang......"

  Under the ghostly footsteps, dodging the lion's pounce, with the subtle power of the ghostly steps, flashing to the side of the lion, twenty overlapping waves of palms were launched.

  Ahh...

  A loud cry echoed, and the lion beast was severely blown away.

  One move succeeded, Wang Chen rushed forward again, with a long sword in his hand: "Cang Lang!"

  A soft growl, the high-level sword technique of the Earthly Realm: Tianxuan Slash First Style Canglang responded with a sound.

  Like a wave, like a tide. Wherever it passed, the trees were all broken, and in the blink of an eye, it arrived in front of the lion and tiger beasts, slashing down.

  The lion-tiger beast was not so easily cut down, and when Wang Chen's sword came, the lion-tiger beast suddenly jumped up, agilely changed direction, and pounced on Wang Chen again.

  "Whirlpool Reversal!" A strange, ghostly step forward, a deep breath in, 180 degrees of twisting motion, and then a sudden burst of force from the wrist. The long sword unleashed a fierce whirlpool strike, one of the thirty-six variations of the Whirlpool Three Styles.

  Wang Chen struck at the Lion Tiger Beast once again.

  "Ahhh..."

  In a painful roar, blood splattered everywhere, and the lion-tiger beast slowly lay on the ground. This time, because it leapt into the air, it was unable to dodge Wang Chen's attack again, and died on the spot.

  Although equivalent to the strength of a 9th rank True Martial Artist, hunting and killing low-ranking demonic beasts is much simpler than defeating a martial artist of similar strength. Only when they evolve into demonic beasts with sufficient intelligence does the hunt become more difficult than defeating a martial artist of the same rank.

  Drawing his long sword, letting fresh blood drip down, Wang Chen quickly pulled out a small knife from his bosom and began to collect.

  The beast skin of the Lion Tiger Beast can be sold, and taking it out to sell for ten gold coins is no problem at all. The gold coins on his body were all used up in last night's shopping spree, so Wang Chen is now penniless. To survive, he must rely on his own strength to earn enough gold coins.

  At the same time, Wang's rise in the future also requires gold coins, and he began his stage of accumulating gold coins.

  Having collected everything, Wang Chen prepared to turn around and leave. The bloody smell and the commotion from the battle just now might attract other demonic beasts or adventurers at any time.

  Those adventurers would definitely not mind giving Wang Chen an ambush at this time.

  The Thorn Mountain Range Survival Rule: "Never stay in the same place for more than a moment, fight and finish, no matter what the situation is, leave immediately."

  Wang Chen is strictly following this principle in his work.

  However, just as Wang Chen turned around to leave, three figures suddenly appeared behind him and rushed towards him with lightning speed.

  "Pfft......"

  Even before he could dodge, a wound was opened at Wang Chen's waist, and blood spurted out instantly.

  A fiery pain spread and shot straight to his heart's deepest part.

  "Bandit!" With a start in his heart, Wang Chen couldn't help but let out a loud curse despite the pain.

  The ghostly steps were brought to an extreme, dodging several sneak attackers' attacks in a row, then pulling out 20-30 meters of distance, maintaining vigilance and looking towards the opposite side.

  Three adventurers in their thirties. One was robust and strong, with a slight frown, while the other two were lean and sharp, bringing a strong threat to Wang Chen.

  As expected, in a place like the Thorn Forest, any creature could be an enemy, and there was never a distinction between friend or foe. Wang Chen had already fallen prey to the adventurer's ambush.

  The scorching pain in his waist was constantly stimulating Wang Chen's nerves.

  Among the nine true martial artists, there was actually one who was a ninth-grade true martial artist. At the moment of that move just now, Wang Chen had already judged this person's strength.

  "Haha, kid, not bad, you were actually able to dodge our sneak attack! Hand over your storage space and we might spare your life, otherwise..."

  Looking at Wang Chen, looking at the wound on his waist that was constantly gushing out fresh blood, the thin and weak adventurer sitting next to him revealed a hint of a cold smile and said.

  These three people were none other than the three adventurers who followed Wang Chen into that store last night.

  Because they didn't dare to make a move in Xingyue City, they had been monitoring him for an entire wrist's time and even followed him directly into the thorny mountain range this morning. The goal was naturally that storage space.