After the eighth level of qi refining, Jin Cheng had an additional means of self-protection by casting a true qi protective shield, if it was a full-body protective shield, with his current true qi level, it could only last for about half an hour, but this kind of local protective shield with a small area would be no problem to persist for ten hours.

The True Qi shield has a powerful defensive effect, and is almost immune to ordinary physical attacks, such as heavy weapons such as bazookas, which can shock him, but cannot break through the defense, unless it is a high-lethal thermal weapon such as missiles, which will pose a fatal threat to him.

At this time, the surface of Jin Cheng's exposed skin was red and white, and blood was even oozing in some places, as if thousands of leather whips were repeatedly whipping him, and the severe pain in his body made him consume a huge amount of body. Just when he couldn't hold on, he entered the space world again to rest.

An hour later, Jin Cheng, who had recovered his body, came out, and continued to endure the great pain in the same place, and he clearly felt that he was only a stone's throw away from the late stage of Huajin's physique.

The more he entered the core area of Gangfeng, the stronger the Gangfeng, the better the refining effect, and he was ready to make the final breakthrough here.

Because further along, the Gangfeng is slowly weakening, and the effect of refining the body will decline.

Jin Cheng was not in a hurry to pass, he took the fourth Dark Life Pill and made the final sprint to the late stage of Huajin.

When the sky was dark, his refining progress reached the critical point of breakthrough, but he couldn't cross this hurdle for a long time, an hour passed, and there was still no sign of a breakthrough, just when he was about to give up, and when he was thinking of a way in the future, the temperature around him dropped suddenly, originally more than ten degrees below zero, and suddenly dropped to fifty or sixty degrees below zero.

It felt like falling into an ice cave, covered with a thin layer of ice, but under the impact of the wind blade, it became shattered in a moment, and the sound of "click" was endless. Jin Cheng clenched his teeth, accelerated the operation of the true qi in his body, and protected his heart and other organs, he knew that this was a good opportunity, whether he could break through or not was in one fell swoop, persistence, he must persevere, Jin Cheng thought silently in his heart, missed today, I don't know when I will have a chance.

Half an hour passed......

An hour passed......

Jin Cheng felt that his limbs were already stiff, and his consciousness was becoming blurred, he knew that he couldn't wait any longer, and if he didn't leave here, he might have to leave his little life here, so he hurriedly used his true qi to forcibly infuse his lower limbs, driving the blood veins to move, and his legs were indispensable if he wanted to leave.

A few minutes later, Jin Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, cast a full-body True Qi shield, and rushed forward barefoot. Unfortunately, in the end, he couldn't break through, and he was a little depressed. But he didn't have time to sigh and complain here, time was pressing, and he wanted to rush back overnight as much as possible, because he had only taken one day off and would go to work at eight o'clock tomorrow morning.

Although absenteeism for a day is not a big deal for him, he can't be a man without credibility, not to mention that he can't even make a phone call here, and he can't ask for temporary leave, so it's not easy to explain to the dean when the time comes.

It only took Jin Cheng a minute to run out of the Gangfeng area, and then removed the True Qi shield. The temperature outside was almost normal, Jin Cheng no longer felt cold, he put on a pair of pants for himself, and then continued to move on.

Within the reach of his divine sense, a vast green area appeared two or three hundred meters ahead, and there were dense woods in the distance, the scenery was beautiful, and he had the feeling that he had come from hell to heaven. When approaching the woods, he maximized his consciousness and observed the situation in the woods.

The results of the observations were both expected and unexpected.

He thought in advance that this forest would not be simple, but he didn't expect it to be a second-level maze, this is a large-scale formation that can only be arranged by a second-level formation mage, and this formation is used in a tree formation, which is difficult and takes a long time, once the formation is formed, it is a powerful natural formation, which will not lose its effectiveness after ten thousand years, and will only become more and more difficult to destroy as the trees grow.

Some people will say that since it is a tree, it is a fire.

It's not that simple, the arranger must have taken this factor into account, set up a formation in the array, a water gathering array can solve the problem, and that stream flows out of the woods, and a certain distance can explain the problem.

Jin Cheng's formation level can be regarded as a first-level formation mage at best, and it is impossible to crack this second-level maze, but this formation can't trap him, he can come and go freely, and self-protection is not a problem.

On the periphery of the woods, Jin Cheng stopped and stood in front of a big tree to take a closer look. There is a piece of bark peeled off on this big tree that is two people hugging together, revealing a smooth trunk that is one meter long and one foot wide, and there are many unneat Chinese characters engraved on this trunk, which can be vaguely identified according to the content, this is an ancient martial arts, and the first few big characters are "Guan's children read".

This is probably the ancient martial arts left by the ancestors of the Guan family, and carving the words on the trunk of the tree is a good way to keep it for a long time, but it is a pity that no one of the children of the Guan family can enter here.

Jin Cheng memorized all the words in his mind and found that this exercise was actually not very clever, far inferior to the four ancient martial arts he had seen before, but it was handed down by the ancestors of the Guan family, and it was necessary to hand it over to Guan Fang.

He took out his mobile phone and took a few photos in a row, confirming that the handwriting on the photos was clearly visible, and he let go of a matter of concern, finally worthy of the Guan father and son, and the few spirit stones left in their hands could be justifiably begged.

After doing this, Jin Cheng took out his clothes, shoes and socks from the space ring and dressed himself neatly. The grass is wet, the air is also very humid, like a newcomer in the game, only wear a pants, and step on it barefoot, which is not used to it, or it is better to return to civilization.

The second-level maze is not simply a maze, not only is the scenery the same, but the trees will move their positions according to a certain pattern, even if they leave marks along the way, it will not help, but will confuse their own ideas. Some strange trees in the woods can volatilize a special gas, and people will hallucinate when they absorb this colorless and odorless gas when they walk in the woods for a long time and absorb a certain amount of this odorless gas.

Once this hallucination is generated, it is difficult to extricate itself, and it falls deeper and deeper, in the illusion, it will be chased and killed by countless fierce beasts, the scene is realistic and abnormal, and finally the trapped person has a mental breakdown, or he is running around in a panic, and the ending is generally to die of strength or be devoured by those cannibal plants hiding in the shadows, becoming the nutrients of this forest.

In a word, unless it is a cultivator like Jin Cheng who understands the formation, it is difficult for even an innate master to enter here, let alone break through this formation. It is foreseeable that the ancestors of the Guan family must have buried their bones in this forest, and maybe there are no bones left, and it is basically impossible to recover the bones.