After a few days of hunting, Yan Zheng had saved a lot of demon beast meat, the amount was enough for him to go out of the forest, in order to facilitate storage and carrying, he cut the meat into strips, hung on the tree during the day to let the sun dry, and at night hid in the cave where he lived for preservation, the dried meat made of it had a different flavor while replenishing energy.

However, some of the weak demon beasts around him were almost hunted by him, and if he explored outside, he might encounter demon beasts that were more dangerous than demon snakes, and insisted on practicing the Zhi Ge technique to make Yan Zheng's strength and speed steadily increase, even if he encountered more powerful demon beasts, he also had the power to fight, but the complexity of this forest made Yan Zheng dare not take risks, he was still too weak now, and finding a way to avoid danger and survive was the first priority.

After weighing it, Yan Zheng made the decision to postpone leaving the forest, because with his ability, he would not be able to catch up with the large army in a short period of time, but would fall into physical exhaustion due to excessive hurry, which would only increase the danger.

It would be nice to be able to become a monk, although the ability to soar through the clouds and fog without relying on any external objects to reach the Chong Void Realm and travel thousands of miles in an instant is a bit of a fool's dream, but stepping into the Jade Void Realm can drive the magic weapon, so that the sword can fly, and the speed of the journey is greatly accelerated, and the distance traveled in half a day can catch up with the normal march of a few days, and it is not as difficult as it is now to catch up with the large army.

However, Yan Zheng has made plans in the past few days, he knows that the large army must pass through, as long as he reaches there, even if he can't catch up with the large army, he can return to the border by his own ability, although the route to go deep into the secluded realm is different every time, but there is a place that every army must add to the route when making plans, and it is always marked as a striking red dot on the map.

The Dalin Dynasty has been a country for a long time, and the exploration of the secluded realm has continued for many years, during which many detailed maps have been drawn, but the secluded realm is mysterious and varied, some of the huge rocks marked on the map as landmarks will mysteriously disappear, and the rivers that could have been used for replenishment and repair will completely dry up overnight.

Over the years, the dynasty has used a lot of manpower and material resources to build dozens of large border fortresses, in which troops are stationed to detect and warn of dangerous situations, in addition to serving as supply depots for exploration troops, but these fortresses have been abandoned and damaged due to various reasons such as drastic changes in the environment or predator attacks, and only a few have survived.

One of the places that the army will repair this time is a border fortress, but it is built in the shape of a standard acropolis, in which the buildings used for living are in tatters, and the walls that can be used for guarding and the basements where food is stored are exceptionally strong, even in the face of an unstoppable beast tide or a very destructive natural disaster, these things can be relied on for a long time.

The area of the fortress is not large, maybe only a quarter of the ordinary city, but for many years it has been standing in the secluded realm, I don't know how many border soldiers have sheltered, many people are familiar with it as home, and later it was given the name of "Pure Spirit City".

The location of Pure Spirit City is at the junction of the danger zone and the security zone in the Netherworld, as long as you get there, you can enter the safe zone smoothly, and you can also find the way back to the border along the road signs, and you can get supplies from it, greatly increasing the chance of survival, and the next place Yan Zheng is going to be there.

Yan Zheng followed his previous memories and walked out of the forest from the road Luo Tianchen brought them from, he didn't know if there had been changes in the past few days, he had to walk for a while and stop to redetermine the direction, fortunately there is only one sun in the sky now, it is not so difficult to identify the direction, it will only take about two days, he will be able to get out of this jungle.

He had heard the veterans talk about the spectacle of the "Three Days of Transit", where three suns rise in the sky at the same time and follow an irregular trajectory, which not only makes the temperature extremely hot, but also disorienting.

When the purple moon rises into the sky, the entire secluded realm will be shrouded in permeating purple light, and all creatures bathed in purple light will fall into a state of extreme madness, they will not only produce self-harming behavior, but also attack each other, and even try to devour other creatures that are several times larger than themselves.

The veterans who had survived the "Dragon Purple Moon" had never refused to describe the scene again, and Yan Zheng could only read the unforgettable fear in their expressions.

Yan Zheng began to congratulate himself on his luck, in the past few days of his rebirth, he had not encountered any visions, and under the shock of the demon snake's breath, he had not encountered too powerful demon beasts, as if some invisible force was driving these dangerous things away from his side.

After two days of arduous trekking, Yan Zheng successfully walked out of the jungle, and beyond the jungle, there was a continuous hilly area, which just matched his memory, a few days ago, Luo Tianchen took them from this area to break away from the large army in the name of carrying out reconnaissance missions.

And if you continue to advance along this hilly area, you will be able to reach the Pure Spirit City, and then start from the Pure Spirit City and travel to the border, so that you can return to the guard without going back the same way and follow the return route set before.

The hilly terrain served as a buffer zone, and further down into it was a large plateau and mountainous area, which was the destination of their expedition.

The last exploration operation did not achieve good results, the ever-changing environment of the secluded environment brought them a lot of trouble, Yan Zheng is now in the hilly area of the temperature is quite suitable, even if he is thinly dressed, the night is not cold, but after arriving at the plateau, as the altitude increases, the temperature will plummet below freezing, in this harsh condition, the troops who carried out the last exploration operation have not even been able to reach the top of the plateau.

This time, under the leadership of the two Qingxu Realm commanders, the large army was fully prepared, carrying a large number of supplies, and was about to climb to the top of the plateau, Yan Zheng roughly calculated according to the time, if everything was normal in the middle and there was no danger, then now the large army should have reached the plateau, so by the time he passed through the hilly area, almost the large army had already embarked on the way back, and it happened to be able to meet the large army in Jingling City.

The hilly terrain is always much better than the mountains and plains, the mountains are rugged and bumpy and difficult to walk, and at his current speed, it is estimated that the large army has not yet arrived at the Pure Spirit City after leaving him; In order to leave the forest quickly, he hurried early at dawn every day, and unconsciously ate most of the dried meat, and then if he wanted to replenish his energy, he had to rely on the wild fruits growing on the trees.

Three days flew by, Yan Zheng came to the edge of the hilly area, and a short distance further away is the location of the Pure Spirit City, these days of hard work made his already tattered clothes more and more broken, removed and installed with a wooden handle can be used as a mop, and there is no way to take a bath, his body is black and swarthy, exuding a bad smell.

Yan Zheng took out the last piece of jerky from his arms and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it with difficulty, relying on picking wild fruits from the trees and a few rabbit-shaped demon beasts he caught by chance, he finally walked through this hilly area, and his will to survive always had the upper hand, even if he was extremely tired, he didn't stop moving forward, not to mention that with a body like him, he couldn't die if he wanted to.

Of course, he thought about giving up, but when he thought about it, he also knew that if he starved to death, the power of the red yarn Bodhi would also make him constantly reborn, and it would not eliminate hunger; What if you drown? will continue to be reborn and die, never able to get rid of the suffocation of drowning, it is better to die than to live, he is finally reborn again, he can't just fall in this kind of unknown place.

Gradually, Yan Zheng was already able to see the walls of the Pure Spirit City in the distance, he leaned against a crooked neck tree and sat down, ready to rest for a while, anyway, this meeting would not delay things, before the sun set, he would definitely be able to reach the Pure Spirit City.

Because of the regular convoys that come to deliver supplies, the basements there are always stocked with fresh food and plenty of water, and some alcoholic veterans will secretly change the water in the kettle for wine, and take advantage of the exploration to secretly mix the wine into the tank and drink it with the big guys.

Yan Zheng felt his eyelids getting heavier and heavier, these three days of high-intensity marching, even his body that had been cultivated by the Zhige Jue could not bear it, and those wild fruits that grew in the hills were sour and astringent, and after they were roasted, they would produce a strange spicy taste, it was like turning into an apple-sized peppercorn, it was not something for people to eat at all, he just wanted to eat some food that the human taste could bear, and in a trance, he seemed to have smelled the fragrance of flour, cured meat, and sorghum wine.

Suddenly, an unusual thunder sound made Yan Zheng suddenly wake up, the thunder shook the heavens and the earth, it could never be naturally formed, and the surrounding heaven and earth aura also began to become chaotic, converging towards the place where the thunder sounded.

Yan Zheng stood up and looked into the distance, on the plateau, there was a dark cloud as heavy as a piece of iron, and there were thunderbolts and lightning flashing in the dark clouds from time to time.

A huge crocodile poked its head out of the thick clouds, its back covered with thick scales as black as ink, and its body was wrapped in wisps of lightning, about a thousand feet long, with two horns on its huge head, and its open mouth was full of sharp fangs, and it exhaled gusts of wind between its swallows.

It's a world-devouring crocodile!

Yan Zheng was inexplicably shocked, how could this terrifying demon beast comparable to the peak of the void appear here? Did anyone disturb it? And what about the big troops that are exploring the plateau?!