Chapter 125 The Dangerous Maze Forest (Part One)


    The sixth squad had been following the fifth squad for a few moments. It didn''t take thetter a lot of


    time to realize that they were being followed. All of a sudden, all the members of the fifth squad


    increased their marching speed drastically to get rid of whoever was following them. The strength of the


    spirit maniptors in the fifth squad was not bad. As soon as they traveled at their full speed, they were


    able to get rid of the sixth squad, whose strength ranked at the bottom of all the squads. The sixth


    squad felt as if in the blink of an eye, the fifth squad had disappeared into the dense forest. They had


    missed their target and were now at a loss.


    "Damn it! The fifth squad is so shrewd. They must be thinking of finishing the task single-handedly so


    that they could get the merit alone. They are not chivalrous at all!" Zander swore angrily. He was


    ignoring the fact that to fish in troubled water and get the merits, he was deliberately following the fifth


    squad. ''How could he swear against others like that? He was also among those kind of people!'' his


    subordinates thought stealthily.


    "Captain, what should we do now?" a spirit maniptor of the sixth squad asked nkly as he looked


    around at therge and dense forest. He was totally confused like the others, about what they should


    do next. So he had to ask his captain. After all, they needed a leader to lead them and n out their


    next move.


    "You are asking me what we should do now, are you? Of course, we will continue the search on our


    own. Actually, I wanted to give the fifth squad an opportunity to pave the way in front of us. Who knew


    that these guys are so ignorant that they would waive away such a good opportunity! Hmm! Let''s wait


    and see. We, the members of the sixth squad, must be the first one to finish the task and find the spirit-


    manipted beast. Then, they will regret profoundly for not catching the opportunity," Zander said in an


    irritated tone. The fact was that he was just bragging. Though he was weak and mindless, he had to


    pretend to be strong and smart in front of his subordinates. Throwing a cold nce in the direction


    where the fifth squad had disappeared, he took his spirit-manipted beast and began to walk in a


    random direction aimlessly.


    Rocky, who was at the end of his squad, saw his captain behave like that and frowned slightly. He had


    realized that Zander had a terrible sense of direction and that he was not smart enough to lead the


    squad to finish the task at all. Moreover, he was not quite familiar with the paths in the dense Maze


    Forest, where they all stood now. If he continued to lead the way like that, Rocky was afraid that the


    entire squad would bepletely lost. But he didn''t stop him, or did he say anything to the others. With


    his current power, which he was hiding deliberately, he was confident that he could protect himself from


    any harm if he was in danger. No matter how special or difficult the circumstances would be, he could


    deal with any emergency. Thus, he just kept silent and wanted to see what would happen next.


    Despite his confidence, he was still very cautious and left an obscure mark on a big tree beside him by


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    touching its trunk casually when everyone was not paying attention to him. If Zander lost the direction


    mediocre and ipetent captain, he continued to march forward.


    The random direction that Zander picked was towards the center of the Maze Forest. As they kept


    walking deeper into the forest, they saw that all the trees were towering and lush. They thickly covered


    the space above their heads. As a result, the light in the forest was growing dimmer and they could


    only see the sky in between the spaces which the foliage made. They felt that within the forest it was


    getting darker than the outside world. The deeper they walked into the Maze Forest, the dimmer the


    light became. They ended up with poor visibility. After a little while, they could only see the things within


    three meters distance. They had to walk more slowly and carefully. The weeds around them were


    about as half tall as an adult, and the vegetation was also flourishing. They felt as if they were now


    exploring deeper into a mysterious virgin forest.


    Fortunately, except Rocky, all the other spirit maniptors of the sixth squad brought their own spirit-


    manipted beasts. Therefore, they simply let the spirit-manipted beasts found out the way for them


    first. They just followed their beasts.


    Gradually, the surrounding area around them becamepletely silent. Only asionally, there were


    screams of beasts and worms. Those eerie sounds coupled with the dark and dim light gave them a


    gruesome feeling, as if they were walking in the jungle at night.


    At once, the sixth squad, which was still marching forward, noticed that at the side about two meters


    away, there was a strange rustling of branches and leaves, as if something was about to jump out of


    somewhere. A few spirit-manipted beasts, which were standing ahead of the squad, were also


    roaring anxiously with teeth bared and ws outspread, to meet whatever woulde at them, even if


    it was something very dangerous. The abrupt sound after the silence was rather terrifying.


    Consequently, all the spirit maniptors of the sixth squad, except Rocky, were taken aback. They


    jumped to their feet and immediately took all kinds of weird postures. Afraid that they were to confront a


    formidable enemy, they looked quite uneasy.


    As the rustling sound grew louder, everyone was so rmed that they geared themselves to fight


    against whatever it was. The next moment, their attacking actions stopped abruptly because they saw


    a cute, white rabbite out from the thick branches and leaves. After a taunting and innocent look at


    the members of the sixth squad in front, it turned around and leaped away in the other direction.


    "Damn it! It turned out to be a rabbit. How dare you taunt us like that! Be careful! Next time I see you,


    I''ll roast you alive," Zander yelled as the rabbit left, leaping away. After he found out that it was just a


    rabbit, he felt greatly relieved. But his body showed what he was going through, for his forehead was


    already full of beads of sweat. It clearly exposed his extreme uneasiness a few moments ago.


    The other spirit maniptors also breathed a sigh of relief at that precise moment. Perhaps because it


    was the first time they hade to perform such a task. They looked indifferently, but the fact


    remained that they were extremely nervous deep inside.


    "Since you are so afraid of death, I think it''s better for us to go back earlier. If you really get hurt in this


    task, it''s really not worth it," Rocky said with a cold sneer. Instead of wasting time and energy in


    finishing the so-called task with these cowards, he felt that it was better for him to go back and continue


    his secret cultivation, which he believed would be more meaningful and helpful to improve his strength.