"Ye Feng, be careful, this is Zeng Jing's Demon Forest!"
Wu Yelan's expression turned serious as she shouted at Ye Feng. A three-pointed, double-edged blade appeared in her hand, and she lunged left and right, trying to break free from the suddenly formed forest, but was blocked by the coordinated efforts of vines and branches.
"Zeng Jing? Demon Forest? What's that?"
Ye Feng made no particular move, looking at Wu Yelan, who was frowning in thought, with some bewilderment.
"Zeng Jing is Zeng Ji's father, and the patriarch of the Zeng family. The Demon Forest is his signature technique!"
"The Demon Forest he creates absorbs the life force of creatures within it, including things like arcane energy, and converts it for his own use. Eventually, it devours the target alive!"
"It's said that he used this move to kill nine Gold-tier Arcanists and one Diamond-tier powerhouse in a single go!"
Wu Yelan quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"Heh, soon there'll be one more half-step Epic old man!"
As the words fell, a green-clad old man appeared in Ye Feng and the others' sight. His hair, eyebrows, and skin were all vividly green, his eyes glowed with a green light, and his face was full of malice. It was Zeng Jing himself.
"Big Brother!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao called out to Ye Feng, pointing to a pendant at her waist, which was the horn of the one-horned headless beast.
The horn of the one-horned headless beast had turned red, so red it was almost black, indicating it had detected a highly toxic substance.
Ye Feng had conducted experiments before; the more toxic the substance the horn of the one-horned headless beast came into contact with, the redder it would become.
"The air?"
Ye Feng's expression changed slightly. He immediately held his breath, and with a flash of light in his hand, several gas masks appeared.
"The air is likely poisonous, everyone put on your gas masks!"
Ye Feng said as he distributed the gas masks, and even threw one towards Wu Yelan not far away. However, it was knocked away by a branch that suddenly extended.
"You all be careful, I can hold my breath for a while!"
Wu Yelan, however, didn't seem to care, and quickly replied to Ye Feng.
"It's useless. My poison cannot be resisted by wearing a gas mask or by holding your breath!"
"As long as your skin comes into contact with it, you'll be infected!"
Just as Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Wu Yeling finished putting on their gas masks, a sinister voice rang out.
Ye Feng followed the sound and saw that the speaker was a rather short, somewhat plump old man.
"Ye Feng, that's the patriarch of the Lu family, Lu Yi!"
Wu Yeling saw him and explained to Ye Feng.
"Lu Yi? The Lu family, is he related to that woman Lu Saomei?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Feng became curious.
"Uh... In terms of seniority, Lu Yi is Lu Saomei's paternal uncle."
Wu Yeling paused for a moment before replying.
"The families of the four vice-presidents of the Adventurer's Guild... Now the Huang family, Zeng family, and Lu family have all stood against your Wu Yelan family..."
"Only the Miao family remains... How do you manage the Adventurer's Guild, Wu Yelan family? All rebels? Are you a lone wolf?"
Ye Feng looked at Wu Yeling, then at Wu Yelan not far away, and was speechless.
"I..."
Wu Yeling opened her mouth, but in the end, she couldn't explain.
She had long investigated that the Huang, Zeng, and Lu families had colluded through various means, and the Zeng family was even hiding and stealing arcane energy firearms... But her grandfather had told her not to worry and not to expose them... Yet, Wu Yelan hadn't taken any measures to weaken the three families...
"Hey, Miao Feng, you t..."
Looking at the old man not far from Huang Zhikun, who was holding a hoe and wearing a bamboo leaf hat, Ye Feng was even more speechless.
This is too t...
"This guy... I should probably faint, or be unable to move..."
Ye Feng recalled what Lu Yi had just said and immediately made a decision.
The next second, he stumbled, appearing unsteady, and fell downwards...
"Big Brother!"
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao immediately cried out in alarm and jumped towards Ye Feng.
A white light flashed on Qiao Ying's body, and she followed. However, as she neared Ye Feng's falling position, her body also went limp and she began to fall...
"Sister Qiao Ying!"
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao became anxious and had to first grab Qiao Ying, who was closer.
It was Wu Yeling who moved quickly, jumping and landing beside Ye Feng.
"Ye Feng, don't make a sound. This is the antidote!"
Because Ye Feng's falling position was somewhat hidden, blocking the view of Lu Yi and the others, Wu Yeling seized the opportunity and took out a syringe filled with red liquid, injecting it into Ye Feng's carotid artery.
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