There seemed to be a bloody aura drifting out from the black gas on the shore. Perhaps it was difficult to detect, but Yan Chutian suddenly felt uneasy.

Perhaps there was something strange hidden in this seemingly quiet mountain!

With that thought, how could Yan Chutian allow the land under his feet to continue drifting closer? Instead, he used his spiritual power to control it, pulling it in the opposite direction and keeping it motionless.

His actions were very abrupt, and many people were puzzled. However, a disciple from a second-rate force seemed to have noticed something and mocked, "So there are people who would foolishly abide by the bullsh * t rules."

"Ha … After entering the Ancient Ruins, everything is decided by strength.

The opportunity that you snatch belongs to you. Don't tell me you don't even understand this? "

"Hey … why are you saying so much? Are there any lack of cowards like him?"

Some disciples from the second-rate forces mocked, but none of the disciples from the first-rate forces looked at Yan Chutian with approval.

In reality, they were even more disdainful of people like Yan Chutian. He was like an ant opening a path for them. Were they supposed to praise an ant?

Faced with such a situation, Yan Chutian's expression was calm and he ignored all of them.

He believed in his intuition that there was an unknown danger hidden under the faint black gas on the shore.

However, his reaction made the disciples from the second-rate forces mock him even more.

However, with the opportunity in front of them, they ignored Yan Chutian.

If someone stupidly gave up on the opportunity, it was their stupidity. Why should they care?

Next, it was time to fight for the opportunity for themselves!

Several small pieces of land under their control continued to approach the small mountain. At this time, no one cared about the rules they had just mentioned. Instead, they all scrambled to get closer to the opportunity.

During this period, even if someone saw the faint black gas on the shore, they ignored it directly.

Bang …!

Finally, a small piece of land approached the shore. It belonged to the disciple from the second-rate force who had mocked Yan Chutian earlier. At this time, he was wild with joy and immediately jumped off the land toward the small mountain.

However, as soon as he jumped down, he disappeared into the faint black fog by the shore and never appeared again.

This scene caused the originally anxious expression of one of the geniuses from the first-rate forces behind him to change drastically.

If he still couldn't sense anything now, then he would be too stupid.

However, at this point, even if he continued to use his Spirit Qi to manipulate the ground beneath his feet to retreat, he found that he could not retreat at all.

They could no longer control the land that they had been able to control with ease. They kept moving closer and closer to the shore of the small mountain.

"Save me …!"

He hurriedly called for help from the people behind him, but those geniuses behind him couldn't avoid him in time, so who would come to save him?

Thus, in the end, one could see him gradually fusing into the black Qi. Once he did so, the seemingly thin black Qi completely covered him, and he was no longer able to make any sound.

"Plop …"

The shore of the hill was very long, so this kind of situation was not rare.

Seeing the example of these two, some of the geniuses finally couldn't help but jump into the black river, hoping to find a way to survive.

Indeed, after jumping into the black river, they successfully distanced themselves from the small mountain and the incomparably strange black Qi.

However, as they swam, the figures of the geniuses suddenly disappeared from the surface of the river. They could no longer be seen, and there was no longer any movement.

This scene caused everyone who saw it to involuntarily feel a chill run down their spines.

Who would have thought that such a seemingly safe area would be hiding so many dangers?

One had to know that there were geniuses from first-rate factions among those people. Even if they weren't from the top eight first-rate factions, if they were to truly compete in strength, they might not necessarily lose.

In other words, if they had been a few steps faster, it was very likely that they would have suffered the same fate!

Thus, the atmosphere that followed was deathly silence … a long, deathly silence.

No matter who it was, no one dared to act rashly.

Even Yan Chutian frowned as he looked at the situation around him. His entire body emitted a strong sense of vigilance.

It wasn't that he was exaggerating, but the strange scene that appeared was something that even he didn't have the confidence to resist.

However, what made him struggle was that the Dao Sculpting Lotus was on the small mountain. If he left now, wouldn't it mean that he would lose this one and only Dao Sculpting Lotus in the mortal world?

Yan Chutian was indecisive, and so were the geniuses around him.

However, what they cared about wasn't a special spiritual plant, but all of the heavenly treasures.

If they could harvest all of these heavenly treasures, then there was no doubt that this was a huge opportunity!

With such a high grade of heavenly treasures, at least breaking through to the ninth level of the Elixir realm wouldn't be a problem.

Since they were geniuses, they naturally had great confidence in themselves. They believed that they would definitely be able to condense five spiritual inscriptions and break through to the Elixir realm.

Even if they were to break through to the Yuanying realm, the heavenly treasures in front of them would be a huge help!

Thus, after hesitating for a long time, some of the geniuses finally couldn't suppress the desire in their hearts. Although they knew that the path ahead was extremely dangerous, they still wanted to take a risk.

However, they naturally wouldn't be unprepared. Instead, they circulated their spiritual energy and condensed a thick layer of defense on the surface of their bodies.

One of the geniuses from a first-rate faction even summoned his spiritual inscriptions. His spiritual inscriptions were clearly defensive spiritual inscriptions. An ancient flag fluttered and a dense light enveloped him, protecting him within.

There were also some who didn't use their spiritual inscriptions, but instead used defensive spiritual techniques.

As they formed hand seals, majestic spiritual energy rushed out and turned into a huge ancient bell that descended and locked around the body of the geniuses.

This kind of defense was something that even cultivators of the same level couldn't easily break through. Its defensive power was astonishing.

Some people's thoughts were even more radical. They actually launched an attack. The spiritual spear in their hands was raised towards the sky. As it slowly descended, a huge spear shadow appeared in the dark sky and slashed down forcefully.

However, no matter how astonishing his attack was, when it landed on the shore of the small mountain and encountered the thin black gas, it disappeared in an instant like before.

This scene caused the attacker's face to turn pale. He hurriedly opened up a distance and didn't have the demeanor of a genius anymore.

Looking at the person with the golden bell using the Spirit Cage Technique, he slowly moved the land under his feet closer and tried to get ashore.

However, just as he got closer, he immediately cried out in fear. However, he seemed to be quite lucky. He continued to fly between the many floating lands and finally escaped the calamity.

However, when everyone's gazes locked onto him, they were shocked to see that his entire right arm had disappeared. The wound was extremely smooth, as if it had been cut off by a blade.

This scene caused everyone's scalp to go numb. They only felt that the strange danger in front of them had become even more terrifying.