Chapter 43: The Great An Forest

  Ning Cheng was able to jump down because he relied on his divine sense being externalized. However, when he really fell from the airship, the strong inertial force of the fall made him completely sink in his heart. He barely managed to deploy the Wind Control Technique, but under such high altitude and inertial force, he could only hold on for a breath of time.

  The time he could hold on was short, and the powerful force of falling from high altitude made him consume a lot of true energy when using his Wind Control Technique. If he didn't think of something, he would definitely be smashed to death in this place.

  Ning Cheng directly threw out the flying sword, forcibly using his divine sense to control the flying sword. He was unable to make the flying sword wider, but barely managed to get it to land at his feet.

  In the midst of the "whooshing" sound of air being torn apart, his flying sword, controlled by his divine sense, finally managed to slow down its speed.

  The enormous mental and spiritual energy consumption made Ning City understand that he could only hold on for a few breaths, and in those few breaths, he couldn't even land safely on the ground.

  Ning Cheng unhesitatingly took out a long gown from the storage bag, tied up the sleeves, grasped several corners of the gown in his hand, and slightly relaxed his divine sense.

  After the divine thought of Dan Ning City relaxed, the flying sword under his feet immediately could not support his weight, and he fell down faster. At this time, his long gown puffed up and formed a simple parachute, offsetting more than half of Dan Ning City's weight.

  After the weight reduction, Ning City once again forcibly controlled the flying sword, and his divine sense was not consumed so much. After another dozen breaths or so, Ning City brought up a strong gust of wind and charged into a dense forest.

  "Crack...crack..." Several crisp sounds rang out as Ning City directly snapped several branches.

  With a loud "thud", Ning Cheng fell to the ground, instantly kicking up a mud pit the size of a bathtub.

  Ning Cheng slowly let out a breath, his entire body feeling weak and powerless. He had managed to escape with his life, and apart from the excessive consumption of his spiritual energy and true qi, he only had some minor scratches on his body. For him, this was already the best outcome.

  It's all woods around here, he fell in the middle of the woods and could only see a few rays of light shining down from above.

  Two shrill cries of "yong yong" came from the sky, and Ning City only saw a black shadow rushing towards him like lightning. Ning City was startled in his heart, and subconsciously dodged to one side. The black shadow had already flown past his shoulder in a flash. Ning City felt a pain in his shoulder, and under the dappled light, he found that a layer of his clothes and skin on his shoulder had been torn off.

  What a formidable bird! Ning City didn't expect that he would fall from 10,000 meters in the air without getting hurt, but was instead injured by a bird.

  Another roar of beasts came, Ning City's heart tightened, he knew that the place where he fell was definitely not a good place. He quickly took out a Ling stone and grasped it in his hand, while grabbing time to recover his true energy, he had already grabbed the flying sword in his hand.

  When his true energy had only recovered halfway, the black shadow that had just grabbed a piece of skin from his shoulder flew down from the air again. Ning Cheng was prepared this time, and with a flick of his wrist, a flying sword shot out, leaving behind a trail of blood mist, and with a 'pata' sound, a giant bird resembling an owl fell to the ground.

  This is a first-class demon beast, Ning City recognized it at a glance. With demon beasts here, this place is absolutely not a good land. At this time, in addition to the beast's roar in the forest, there were also waves of rustling sounds approaching. Ning City jumped up and quickly left the original place.

  He had already vaguely guessed that this place should be inside the Da'an Forest, and the airship would not fly over the Da'an Forest, but rather along the edge of the Da'an Forest. It was only when he fell down due to inertia that he deviated into the Da'an Forest.

  At this time he must leave the Great An Forest as soon as possible, otherwise in a place where even the Yuan repair monks dare not pass alone, staying here is more harm than good.

  Ning Cheng's injury was not severe to begin with, and after using the spirit stone to recover his true energy, in less than half a time period, his true energy had already fully recovered, and even his divine sense had almost completely recovered.

  But Ning City knew he was lost again, as the surroundings were all towering trees that pierced the clouds, and even in sparse areas, shrubs grew densely, with no way out.

  In this forest, he had been rushing for several hours, and apart from various wild beasts, there were all kinds of snakes, insects, rats, and ants. Even a first-class demon beast, Ning City had encountered several times. It was just because he was extremely clever and did not confront these demon beasts head-on.

  Another half day has passed, and the sunlight in the forest has long since disappeared, replaced by a pale white moonlight. Ning Cheng knew he couldn't continue like this; he had to find a safe place to rest and then come up with a strategy.

  A crisp "crack" sound came from underfoot, Ning Cheng's foot slipped slightly, and he felt that he had stepped on a round stone.

  Ning Cheng subconsciously jumped to the side, only to find that under his feet was a white skull. He then saw hand and foot bones beside the skull. Before Ning Cheng could bend down to examine the origin of the skull, a stench came from behind him. Without thinking, Ning Cheng directly shifted to the side while simultaneously dashing forward by over ten meters.

  A loud roar followed closely behind Ning City, and Ning City could even feel the breath of the demon beast. This was definitely a demon beast much stronger than him. The flying sword in Ning City's hand drew out a sword glow as he floated away with a Wind Control Technique.

  Falling from a height of ten thousand meters, his only progress was that his Wind Control Technique had increased greatly.

  A crisp "ding" sound, Ning City's flying sword was directly blocked by a gust of wind blade.

  Until then, Ning Cheng finally calmed down, he turned his head and saw a demon beast about the size of a small cow. The demon beast was all black, but its two eyes emitted red light, like two huge lanterns.

  Ning Cheng didn't have much contact with demonic beasts, he didn't know what kind of demonic beast this was, but he was certain that the cultivation level of this demonic beast was higher than his. At least it was a mid-stage demonic beast of the first rank, if he were to launch a strong attack, he would absolutely not be its match.

  Ning Cheng carefully took a step back and saw that in the distance, there was a faint glimmer of light, apparently a forest lake.

  This red-eyed monster seemed to know that Ning City was not easy to deal with, and after confronting Ning City for several breaths, it suddenly pounced again. At the same time, two wind blades were already spewing out of its mouth, forming a cross shape, showing that this monster had extremely rich experience in dealing with enemies.

  Ning Cheng wanted to retreat to the forest by the lake, but he also knew that if he didn't drive this demon beast away, even if he retreated to the forest by the lake, he would not be able to live in peace.

  Facing the two wind blades spewed out by the demon beast, Ning Cheng's flying sword chopped out again, this time also forming two sword edges.

  The "Ding Ding" demon's wind blade was as solid as a substance, and it collided with Ning City's sword edge, producing a clear ringing sound. The powerful counter-shock force made Ning City feel somewhat suffocated in the chest.

  The monster was blocked by Ning City's sword edge and became even more enraged. Before it could continue to spit out wind blades, Ning City proactively launched four fire blades. The four fire blades were densely packed, and the monster's large body was unable to dodge, being hit squarely by the four wind blades.

  "Hmph...!" A series of muffled sounds rang out as four streaks of flame left four scars on the monster's body.

  Seeing these four marks, Ning Cheng's heart sank. The four fire blades struck the monster's body, only bringing up some muffled sounds and leaving behind some marks, but did not cause the slightest harm to the monster. This monster's defensive power was simply too strong.

  The red-eyed beast let out another roar, just as it was about to continue pouncing on Ning City. However, a more stirring beastly roar came from afar. The red-eyed beast perked up its ears and listened to the distant roar, then surprisingly gave up its entanglement with Ning City, turned around swiftly and fled, disappearing into the vast forest in an instant.

  Ning Cheng slowly let out a breath, this place was indeed not a good land. He had to find a place to increase his strength first, otherwise he hadn't even left this place yet and who knows, he might be killed by the demonic beasts here.

  Ning Cheng put away his flying sword and sped up towards the lake forest that he had seen earlier. The surroundings of the lake forest were open, allowing him to set up a low-level defensive formation at leisure. Even if high-level demonic beasts came, he would have enough time to leave.

  The forest lake is not far from Ning City, just dozens of breaths away. If a lake of this size were placed outside, it would already seem extremely large. However, in the midst of these towering trees, it does not appear gigantic.

  Ning Cheng walked around the lake for over a dozen zhang, but couldn't find a good place to hide. Just as he was thinking of checking out the surrounding area to see if there were any better spots where he could take cover, a sudden burst of water shot up from the lake, creating a spray that was several zhang high. Ning Cheng was startled and hastily retreated back by several meters.

  But apart from this jet of water, there was nothing else unusual about the lake.