Jin Disan's words stunned Xing Peng and the others; their eyes widened in disbelief at that moment.

  "Oh my God, we're lost!" Just a while ago, seeing Jin Disan so calm and confident, choosing a direction and moving forward rapidly, they never doubted Jin Disan's knowledge of the way. However, after walking tens of thousands of meters, Jin Disan said he was lost.

  Not only were Xing Peng and the others shocked, but the trial participants secretly following them also changed their expressions dramatically upon hearing Xing Jianfeng and the others' exclamations. They couldn't believe what they heard, "It's utterly absurd, utterly absurd."

  Seeing Xing Peng and the others staring at him in shock, Jin Disan touched his nose, "Can you not look at me like that? I'm not lying to you, I really am lost."

  "How could you suddenly get lost, Young Master Jin? Don't you know about the Devil’s Desert? How could you not know the way!" Xing Jianfeng looked at Jin Disan with a complicated expression, finding it hard to believe.

  "Although I know some information about the Devil's Forest, this is, after all, my first time here, so of course, I don’t know the way. If I could have prepared before coming, the outcome would definitely not be like this." Jin Disan spread his hands, as if it was only natural.

  "Let's forget it, not knowing the way is just that. It's not just us who don't know the way, we will definitely find Moon Night City within seven days!" Xing Peng walked up to Jin Disan, then patted him on the shoulder, and turned his gaze to Xing Jianfeng and the others, "From now on, follow me." Saying so, he took the lead and continued forward. Xing Jianfeng and the others, without any objection, hurriedly followed Xing Peng.

  The trial participants who were initially following Xing Peng and the others were stunned. They looked at each other with complex expressions, unsure whether to continue following Xing Peng or to find their own direction.

  "Zhang San, should we really follow them? Following them doesn't seem reliable!" a trial participant with a lean face, Li Xiaocuan, whispered to another participant holding a big sword.

  "Follow! Why not follow! We are not familiar with this place, following them might still offer a glimmer of hope. If we don't follow, are you confident in finding the right path?" Zhang San's eyes flashed, and he chased after Xing Peng and the others.

  Seeing Zhang San taking the lead, Li Xiaocuan's eyes flashed with struggle, then he gritted his teeth and followed. With Zhang San and Li Xiaocuan leading, several more trial participants quickly followed.

  However, while some continued to follow Xing Peng and the others, others showed complex expressions and decided not to continue following, choosing to run off in other directions.

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  Whether they chose to follow Xing Peng and the others or not, these trial participants inevitably ended up forming teams with other participants. Having heard Jin Disan's introduction to Devil’s Desert, they all knew the desert was dangerous. Being alone could easily lead to their downfall, so they chose to stick together during their journey.

  Xing Peng and Jin Disan didn't pay attention to the actions of the others. After Xing Peng took the lead, their pace significantly increased, not knowing whether Xing Peng was running blindly. Since he took over, he just sprinted in one direction without saying a word.

  They ran for two hours, during which Xing Peng and the others didn't stop to rest, making the trial participants following them increasingly anxious about whether to continue following. Now, after two hours, they didn’t even know where they were, and even if they wanted to give up, it was too late. Although they were wavering, they still gritted their teeth and continued following Xing Peng.

  In these two hours, Xing Peng and the others didn’t encounter the man-eating ants and Fire Scorpion that Jin Disan mentioned. Not only did they not meet these fierce beasts, but they also didn’t encounter any other dangers. It seemed as if the desert wasn’t as perilous as imagined.

  "Zhang San, should we really keep following? It seems like there are none of those legendary man-eating ants and Fire Scorpions here. Look, should we find a new place to move forward? I always feel it’s unreliable to follow so blindly," Li Xiaocuan whispered again next to Zhang San.

  Zhang San glared at Li Xiaocuan irritably, "Why all this pointless talk? Now that we’ve come this far, how can we just choose another direction randomly? If you don’t want to continue following, then leave by yourself!"

  "Uh… this… this… I was just a bit anxious since we've been walking for two hours and still haven’t found Moon Night City! Since you, Zhang San, plan to keep going, of course, I will keep going too, and definitely won’t leave alone," Li Xiaocuan hastily assured, patting his chest. His strength was far inferior to Zhang San's, and if he left, Li Xiaocuan wasn’t sure he could survive on his own. If it weren’t for Zhang San's protection in Blackwater Plains, he would have died long ago.

  "In that case, stop your whining. We’ve only walked for two hours; did you really think we could find Moon Night City in such a short time? You're being too imaginative! Didn’t you listen carefully to what the red-haired envoy said? He gave us seven days. If a task supposed to take seven days could be done in two hours, would this still be called the third trial of the White Tiger Academy?!" Zhang San glared at Li Xiaocuan as if he was looking at an idiot, then no longer spoke and suddenly increased his pace.

  Li Xiaocuan, scolded by Zhang San like this, had an extremely embarrassed expression and didn’t suggest anything unreliable anymore, quietly following Zhang San. Although he didn’t speak, he still harbored some wild guesses in his heart, feeling an urge to give up following Xing Peng and the others. The desert was desolate and uninhabited, filled only with yellow sand. The longer he stayed, the more irritable Li Xiaocuan became.

  About two hours later, Xing Peng, who had been walking briskly, suddenly stretched out his right hand, signaling Jin Disan and the others to stop. Jin Disan and the others quickly halted, looking at Xing Peng puzzled, not understanding why he did this.

  "There’s a situation ahead, everyone be careful!" Xing Peng said solemnly.

  Hearing this, Xing Jianfeng and the other Xing family descendants tensed up, preparing themselves fully, while Shangguan Meiyu and Jin Disan looked at Xing Peng with puzzled faces, not understanding how Xing Peng knew there was a situation ahead. As Heaven Level warriors, they hadn’t noticed anything amiss ahead!