Chapter 1055: Chapter 1027: Someone’s Grilling Meat? Impossible!

"Sikong Ting, what should we do?" In a certain part of the Demon Forest, Murphy, the Young Clan Leader from a Magic Family of the Purple Moon Empire, looked as terrified as a stray dog as he spoke to Sikong Tingzhi beside him.

Around him, there was a similarly disheveled group of men and women whose faces bore insurmountable exhaustion and were drenched in blood.

If they showed up in front of people as they were, no one would imagine them as those highly esteemed prodigies.

Originally clad in luxurious clothing.

Their garments and robes were now tattered, having been destroyed in who knows which battle.

And they were covered in bloodstains and filth.

As for their faces...

Those clean, fair faces had long vanished without a trace.

Now their faces smeared with grime only bore the remaining fear of the unknown and despair.

Along with deep exhaustion.

Looking at the corpse of the demon lying lifeless at their side, every person was gasping for breath.

In fact, they had lost count of how many demons they had slain.

Initially, they could rely on their numerical advantage to easily dispatch the demons that crossed their path.

But as time went on, the demons increased in number.

And with continued depletion, they couldn’t replenish in time.

In this cycle of decreasing and increasing forces, soon casualties started appearing in the group.

When they saw their laughing companions who were with them not long ago perish miserably before them.

These prodigies, pampered by their elders, instantly panicked.

If it had been at the beginning.

They would have fought tooth and nail over the rights to this demon’s possession.

But now.

This demon had been dead for a while, yet no one stepped forward to extract its Demon Core.

To them now, divine sons or competitions meant nothing.

At this moment, they only wanted to get out alive from here.

To return home alive to see their families.

But the Demon Forest was just too vast.

Sikong Tingzhi’s initial idea was good, but the heavens weren’t favorable.

Additionally, it was easy to get lost and disoriented in this forest.

Thus, they had been walking in this dark forest all afternoon, with no signs of reaching the forest’s edge;

Their numbers dwindled from over fifty at the start to less than thirty now.

And everyone looked utterly exhausted.

If things continued as expected, these people might all fall amidst the demons’ relentless attacks.

Or maybe they hoped they could be among the last fifty standing?

But no one knew if they would be among those fifty.

Perhaps because they felt no hope for survival;

Or maybe the oppressive atmosphere within the group;

Suddenly, the sole girl in the group emotionally broke down:

"Are we all going to die here?"

She then started sobbing softly:

"I don’t want to die; I want to go back."

As soon as she finished, someone scolded her:

"Watch what you’re saying, if you can’t, just shut up."

"We won’t die, we won’t."

But as soon as this person scolded the girl, he gritted his teeth, saying:

"Damn, I’m a fool."

"I should have stayed in my territory, why did I come here to seek my death?".

He then slammed his fist hard into the ground:

"Thud~"

No one around said a word, everyone chose silence.

Not because they didn’t want to, but because they knew it was too late to say anything now.

After all, for talents reaching their level, none would be true fools.

Murphy looked at Sikong Tingzhi, who was frowning deeply, and anxiously asked:

"Sikong, what are you thinking about?"

"If you have any ideas, hurry up and tell us!"

"Otherwise, we really are going to die here."

In their state of complete disorientation, they could only pin their hope on Sikong Tingzhi.

Sikong Tingzhi was indeed the only one among them who still appeared somewhat calm.

At this moment, Sikong Tingzhi suddenly said:

"Everyone, be quiet."

The group froze upon hearing this.

Though confused, they all obediently shut their mouths.

Then they saw Sikong Tingzhi standing there, seemingly trying hard to find something?

Murphy curiously came over and asked:

"Are you looking for something?"

Sikong Tingzhi first shook his head, then suddenly looked at everyone seriously:

"Do you smell something peculiar?"

The group was taken aback by Sikong Tingzhi’s unexpected question:

"Something peculiar?"

"What smell?"

Though puzzled, they all followed along, trying hard to sniff with their noses.

After a while, someone said:

"I don’t smell anything!"

"Is it the smell of blood?"

"A chilling scent."

Then someone jokingly said:

"Could it be the smell of death?"

As soon as he said that, he was immediately berated by those around him.

Yet the only girl in the group suddenly said:

"It seems like the smell of roasted meat."

The group burst out laughing when they heard the girl’s response:

"The smell of roasted meat? Haha~"

Someone pointed to the demon killed by Flame Magic nearby:

"Could it be this you’re talking about?"

"It might also be that you’re so hungry you’re hallucinating."

"Speaking of roasted meat, I suddenly feel like I haven’t eaten in ages. What about you guys?"

"Me too."

Suddenly, a "grumble~" sound echoed among the group.Everyone exchanged knowing smiles.

They actually knew.

Even being able to eat simple roasted meat might become a luxury for them in this lifetime.

"It’s indeed the smell of roasted meat!"

Sikong Tingzhi suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

The group was stunned:

"What?!"

Sikong Tingzhi’s eyes suddenly sparkled:

"Over there!"

The group followed Sikong Tingzhi’s pointed direction.

But saw nothing but darkness before them.

They couldn’t help but exchange puzzled looks:

"Someone roasting meat? How is that possible!"

This was the center of the Demon Forest!

Roasting meat here, are they not afraid of an early death?

But Sikong Tingzhi didn’t even give them a chance to react, he said directly:

"Someone must be roasting meat, let’s go take a look."

Murphy hurriedly stopped Sikong Tingzhi:

"Sikong, are you crazy?"

"Wake up! Do you know where this is?"

"We absolutely can’t go over there, I strongly suspect it’s just a trap."

But Sikong Tingzhi simply pushed Murphy’s hand away, saying:

"Precisely because I know where we are, I think there might be a glimmer of hope there."

After speaking, he dashed into the pitch-black dense forest under the astonished gazes of everyone.

At this moment, the girl also suddenly broke away from the group and followed him:

"Young Master Sikong, wait for me."

"I’ll go with you."

Upon seeing this, Murphy couldn’t help but curse under his breath:

"Completely insane!!!"