At this moment, in the northernmost part of the Silent Swamp, within a dense forest, there was silence.

“Is it all taken care of?” a gray-robed old man with a hoarse voice asked.

Around him, three Ascendant Church members wearing similar gray robes responded in unison.

“All the demonic beasts within several miles have been checked, and no dominant species have been found. We have implemented Plan A, eliminating them all and disposing of the bodies.”

“The surrounding area has been checked, and no students have been found.”

“Three miles to the west, a team of four poachers has been discovered, and we have communicated with them.”

“Mm,” Upon hearing this, the gray-robed old man nodded and said, “It’s good that it’s taken care of. The next operation must be discreet. We are all members who were teleported to the northern side of the secret realm. According to the orders of the Deacon, the four of us left behind will be responsible for matters in the north.”

“Now, take out all the items. I need to prepare for the ritual.”

The three gray-robed cultists nodded in response, “Understood.”

At the same time, they took out boxes one by one, opening them to reveal fragments of stone of varying shapes, generally thin.

Seeing this, the gray-robed old man looked in other directions, pondering inwardly.

The progress on the north side is going smoothly now, so there shouldn't be any problems. I just don't know how the other directions are doing. It would be troublesome if they messed things up, the gray-robed old man thought, frowning as he looked at the boxes beside him.

… …

As night fell, Ding Zilin and her group, having left Lin Xiyue, were frowning with worry.

They originally thought it would be good to find a safe place to rest for the night, but who knew that the demonic beasts in the dense forest had become much more violent for some reason, forcing them to travel north all the way, and they couldn't find a good place to rest for a long time.

“My spirit pet senses that there are no demonic beast auras around. How about we rest here today?” a male student said.

Hearing this, the long-haired girl following behind Ding Zilin looked at the surrounding environment and said uncertainly, “It looks quite gloomy here. Do we really want to rest here?”

A male student shook his head and said, “Everywhere we’ve been along the way is gloomy. We finally found a place to rest, so let’s rest quickly, or it will be the next day.”

The other tired people nodded in agreement. They had been walking nervously for so long, so they should rest quickly.

In front of them, several stone fragments were suspended in mid-air, emitting extremely faint silver light, attracting the influx of power from the void of the secret realm, and below the stone fragments, discarded spirit crystals were scattered in a mess.

Watching the stone fragments continuously absorb energy from the void of the secret realm, the gray-robed old man with the strongest aura opened his eyes and said solemnly, “Black Crow, have your spirit pet take a look at what exactly has come to our place.”

“Okay!” The man codenamed Black Crow communicated with his spirit pet, and a black shadow night crow of elite grade flew silently in one direction, and soon flew to the place where Ding Zilin and others were resting.

In front of the Shadow Night Crow, which was good at concealing its aura, the spirit pet of a student below, which was good at sensing and detecting, was completely useless, especially since the former was hidden high in the sky.

At the gray-robed cultist's location, the man codenamed Black Crow closed his eyes and said, “It’s a group of students, nine in total, and there is an elite-grade spirit pet among them. Judging from their actions, they are planning to spend the night here.”

His talent, the Eye of Shared Vision, allowed him to share vision with his spirit pet. It seemed like a useless talent, but sometimes it could still play a role, and in addition to sharing vision, he had also developed other functions, making him a leader in information transmission and investigation.

After hearing this, the gray-robed old man frowned slightly. He was performing a ritual and didn't want to deal with those students at all, but since they had come here, they couldn't be let go, and no accidents could be allowed to happen to the ritual.

After thinking about it, the old man said, “Black Crow, didn’t you discover a team of four poachers before? Go see if they’re still there. If they are, tell them the location of those students. Those hyenas will definitely be interested in them.”

The Black Crow man closed his eyes and nodded, “Okay, I’ll go now.”

In the distant sky, the Black Shadow Night Crow transformed into a swift black shadow, passing across the horizon.

… …

Inside the Silent Swamp, on a giant tree, three men and one woman, all wearing masks, were smiling happily.

“Boss, you’re still the best. Looking for students is too troublesome. It’s better to directly hunt the young cubs of the demonic beasts here.”

“Yeah, I didn’t expect the quality of the demonic beasts here to be so high. Our harvest this afternoon alone is equivalent to half a year’s harvest before.”

The monkey-faced masked man, who was called the boss, grinned and smiled, “Hahaha, this is all thanks to everyone. Without you guys stopping those elite-grade demonic beasts, I wouldn’t have had the chance to hunt those transcendent-grade demonic beast cubs that they were protecting.”

As soon as he said this, and thinking about the previous harvest, everyone on the entire canopy showed excited smiles.

At this time, the only woman, a woman wearing a white mask, asked, “Speaking of which, we’ve assassinated almost all the good demonic beast groups around this afternoon. Should we change places tomorrow?”

The monkey-faced masked man took it for granted and said, “Of course. We’ve already harvested a lot of the transcendent-grade ones in those groups. They’re very vigilant now. It’s not only riskier to go again, but the harvest won’t be much, so we definitely have to change places tomorrow.”

A blue-masked man nodded in agreement, “Let’s do as the boss says. We’ll change places to make money tomorrow. Let’s rest today. My spirit pet was a little injured when I stopped those elite-grade demonic beasts before, and it hasn’t recovered yet.”

The last black-faced masked man nodded in agreement. According to the monkey-faced man’s method, the other three, except for himself, stopped the elite-grade beings of the demonic beast groups, while the monkey-faced man’s spirit pet sneaked up and harvested the transcendent-grade demonic beast cubs. This method was indeed very good and suitable for them, but they had ambushed too many demonic beast groups this afternoon, so that several of their spirit pets were injured and had not recovered yet.

“Okay, let’s do that. Blue Mask, your spirit pet is good at sensing, so I’ll leave the night watch to you. No problem, right?” The monkey-faced man said in a deep voice. Among the four, he and Blue Mask were a team outside, while the other two were those who joined in the secret realm. He was not at ease letting the other two guard the night alone.

The Blue Mask man immediately said, “No problem, you can leave the safety at night to me.”

Just then, a beam of black light flashed across the sky, and then a dark, glowing Black Shadow Night Crow appeared in the sky, and then a beam of light surged out from the Night Crow’s eyes, quickly locking onto the monkey-faced man.

“This is those cultists’ spirit pet, right? What did they just say again?” Since it was the second time seeing this situation, the Blue Mask man, who knew this was transmitting information, did not panic.

At this time, the monkey-faced man covered his forehead, shook it, and then raised his head and said to the Night Crow, “Don’t worry, we will take care of those little guys.”

Then, under the puzzled gazes of the others, the monkey-faced man smiled and said, “It’s nothing, it’s just that we can earn another sum of money.”

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