Two days later, an endless stretch of vegetation, mainly coniferous forest, appeared in the sight of Wang Lin and Long Xiaoyao.
That was the destination of Wang Lin and Long Xiaoyao's journey—the Sunset Forest.
Unlike the Star Dou Forest, which was located in the central part of the continent, the Sunset Forest was situated in the northern part of the continent, and the temperature was lower than the Star Dou Forest.
The distribution of vegetation was also sparser, and the level of soul beasts inhabiting it was lower, making it more suitable for low-level Soul Masters to hunt for soul rings.
As the largest soul beast forest within the Heaven Soul Empire, many Soul Master teams came here to hunt for soul rings.
Shortly after Wang Lin and Long Xiaoyao entered the Sunset Forest, they encountered several Soul Master teams cornering and hunting ten-year soul beasts.
It was rare to see them hunting hundred-year soul beasts. This was the true situation of bottom-tier Soul Masters.
Without making contact with the Soul Master teams they encountered, the master and disciple continued to go deeper into the Sunset Forest. As the level of soul beasts gradually increased, the number of Soul Master teams also decreased.
In less than half an hour, a faint white mist began to permeate the vegetation in the distance.
Long Xiaoyao stopped, saying in a deep voice: "Yuyan, you can take the detoxifying pill now."
Wang Lin nodded, took out a bottle of detoxifying pills worth over a thousand gold soul coins from his storage soul tool. He poured out two pills, put one into his mouth, and handed the other to Long Xiaoyao.
"Here, Master."
Long Xiaoyao took the detoxifying pill. Although he didn't need it with his cultivation, he still put it into his mouth.
Waiting for the medicine to take effect, Long Xiaoyao said: "Let's go."
An invisible darkness aura permeated from his body, forming an invisible barrier that enveloped both him and Wang Lin. The master and disciple lifted their feet and walked into the mist.
As the faint mist became denser and denser, the master and disciple gradually slowed down.
The surrounding plants also gradually began to change. Various colors appeared on the surrounding plants.
This was not a good sign. Long Xiaoyao also instructed Wang Lin to try not to touch those brightly colored plants.
Vivid colors in plants often signified extreme toxicity, a fact Wang Lin was also well aware of.
But as they went deeper, the brightly colored plants became increasingly dense.
Walking on, the master and disciple stopped. The plants ahead were so dense that there was nowhere to step.
"Master, let me handle it!" Wang Lin said. A faint spiritual fluctuation permeated from his body.
Invisible mental telekinesis pushed down the plants directly in front of them.
The master and disciple continued forward. Soon, the white mist gradually thinned, and their visibility broadened significantly.
But the master and disciple did not relax because, instead, a faint multicolored poisonous miasma replaced the white mist.
The multicolored poisonous miasma contained numerous large skeletal remains. The surface of those skeletons also presented a multicolored, variegated color.
Shoo!
Long Xiaoyao flicked his finger. An invisible force struck one of the skeletons.
Crack!
The skeleton shattered with a loud noise, breaking into countless pieces that fell to the ground. The multicolored hues on it became slightly more intense.
Long Xiaoyao looked at Wang Lin, the meaning obvious.
"Continue, Master." Wang Lin had come this far and did not want to give up.
Moreover, Elder Yi had already agreed to him. Since he had come, he would inevitably move the entire Eye of Ice and Fire, leaving nothing for Huo Yuhao.
How could he possibly leave now!
Long Xiaoyao nodded, continuing to lead Wang Lin deeper. Gradually, the protective shield enveloping them was tainted with a faint multicolored color.
"Master?" Wang Lin immediately asked.
The next second,
Crack!
The moment the protective shield shattered, rich darkness aura surged out from Long Xiaoyao again, re-enveloping both him and Wang Lin.
The surrounding multicolored poisonous miasma was perfectly isolated outside, not affecting Long Xiaoyao and Wang Lin at all.
Soon, the multicolored poisonous miasma began to be dominated by green. A patch of emerald green plants appeared, gradually replacing the multicolored plants.
The emerald green plants extended continuously to both sides. They were not tall, only about half a meter in height.
Each emerald green plant had nine strangely shaped leaves. These leaves somewhat resembled human hands but had seven fingers, and some of the larger ones even had nine fingers.
At their tops, large emerald green flowers bloomed. Like breathing, a faint emerald green mist was inhaled by the stamen of the large flower and then exhaled.
It could be noticed that the emerald green mist seemed to become slightly denser after being exhaled than before.
"Bluelight Seven Jue Flower."
Wang Lin recognized the emerald green plants and knew that they were likely approaching their destination.
Crack!
It was also at this moment that the protective shield enveloping them shattered again. Long Xiaoyao released rich darkness aura again, forming a shield to envelop them once more.
"Continue?" Long Xiaoyao asked again.
"Of course, continue." Wang Lin nodded without hesitation.
Long Xiaoyao said nothing unnecessary. Darkness aura rippled around him. The rich darkness aura erupted violently, instantly sweeping away a large patch of Bluelight Seven Jue Flowers, while simultaneously blowing away the dense emerald green poisonous mist ahead.
"Go!"
Long Xiaoyao grabbed Wang Lin and charged out directly. In a few breaths, he passed through the Bluelight Seven Jue Flower cluster and arrived at the edge of a steep valley.
Putting Wang Lin down, Long Xiaoyao, standing at the edge of the valley, stretched out his hand towards the inside. An invisible barrier appeared out of thin air. He pressed his hand against the barrier.
"Little Linzi, you see, it's inaccessible." Since there was no one around, Long Xiaoyao directly used Wang Lin's real name.
"It really is inaccessible, then!"
Wang Lin narrowed his eyes upon seeing this. So the Eye of Ice and Fire was indeed restricted by Tang San.
Thinking this, Wang Lin couldn't help but reach out and grab the invisible barrier, but the expected obstruction did not occur.
Wang Lin's hand passed straight through.
"Master, this?" Wang Lin shook his right hand that had passed through the barrier, turning to look at Long Xiaoyao, who wore an astonished expression.
"Cultivation restriction?" Long Xiaoyao said in a deep voice, but quickly denied it. "No, that shouldn't be right. I came here when I was young, with a cultivation similar to yours now, but there was still a barrier blocking me."
"I don't know, Master." Wang Lin shook his head, equally confused. He looked at his right hand, which was inside the barrier, and suddenly realized that his right hand had returned to its original appearance.
Faint golden patterns even lit up on the surface of his right hand's skin.
Something's not right!
Wang Lin narrowed his eyes, realizing the abnormality. He was about to withdraw his right hand.
Swish!
A terrifying suction force suddenly came from within the barrier, violently pulling Wang Lin inside. The speed was so fast that neither Wang Lin nor Long Xiaoyao, who was beside him, reacted in time.
"Oh, damn it..."
Wang Lin's surprised voice echoed through the valley. Long Xiaoyao reacted, all his power surging. Rich darkness aura surged.
Boom!
Long Xiaoyao immediately punched the invisible barrier. Like a giant rock falling into the water, it caused ripples on the invisible barrier.
An equal force suddenly erupted from the barrier, directly knocking Long Xiaoyao away, where he plunged into the poisonous miasma and disappeared.