After understanding the situation, Liu Yan was secretly surprised.
He didn't expect the wind elemental energy to be so strong.
Even the five top experts of Team Origin could no longer ignore the raging wind elemental power.
Only Allen Smith and Ye Yifan could hold on. The other three people's conditions were not optimistic.
Although Allen Smith and the others could still resist the raging wind elemental energy, it would become even stronger if they continued to advance. At the time, things would become more troublesome and dangerous.
The current situation didn't seem too good.
Although Xu Han, Hans Wilson, and Luo Wei could resist the wind elemental energy, their combat strength was affected.
The depths of the forest were filled with danger. There might be powerful creatures in the deeper parts. If their strength were affected even a little, it would threaten their lives.
Liu Yan was secretly surprised. Even top-tier experts could not withstand the wind elemental energy wreaking havoc here gradually.
If it were the other members of Team Origin, they would probably be covered in wounds and close to death by the time they reached here.
It was the first time Liu Yan experienced the terror of the wind elemental energy within the Wind Barrier.
Fortunately, Liu Yan had his SSS-grade Wings of Wind God, so he was not affected by the raging wind elemental energy.
However, the five of them, including Allen Smith and Hans Wilson, had been greatly affected by the raging wind elemental energy. They could not exert their full strength. Hence, they could not continue to venture deeper into the forest, or their lives would be in danger.
Liu Yan immediately looked at Allen Smith, Hans Wilson, and the others and said, "Forget it. It's dangerous, so we'll play it safe. We won't continue exploring the forest. Let's get ready to leave. In any case, we've explored more or less. Even without the influence of this wreaking wind elemental energy, we'll only be able to go two hundred meters deeper. If we go any further, we'll faintly sense the existence of lifeforms that endanger us, so it's best not to provoke them."
"Alright, let's retreat."
"It's getting late. If we return now, it'll probably be completely dark by the time we get back to the territory."
"Fortunately, there aren't any other fierce beasts in the Whirlwind Turtle's habitat during the day, and even at night, there aren't many fierce beasts that enter. We should advance carefully and not provoke them. There shouldn't be any danger."
...They all agreed.
Then, they returned to the Origin Territory from the forest.
Before he left, Liu Yan looked back at the forest depths.
Liu Yan knew that Allen Smith and Hans Wilson couldn't go deeper into the forest. Even though they were the top experts of Team Origin, they couldn't go any deeper. They were still not strong enough.
Liu Yan was the only one who could go deeper. He was much stronger than the five of them. On the other hand, he had the protection of the SSS-class special equipment, Wings of Wind God.
With the protection of Wings of Wind God, Liu Yan would not be affected by the raging wind elemental energy. At the very least, the raging wind elemental energy of this degree could not pass through the protection of Wings of Wind God and threaten Liu Yan.
Liu Yan pondered if he should go deeper into the forest next time.
Of course, the next time they came, it would be Liu Yan alone. Allen Smith and Hans Wilson, the five top members of Team Origin, were not strong enough.
Liu Yan thought about it carefully and felt the forest depths were full of danger and opportunities.
If Liu Yan could successfully kill the creatures that posed a threat to him, he could use Divine Extraction on them and increase his strength a lot!
Liu Yan felt that the forest depths might be worth taking the risk to come here alone next time!
Immediately after, Liu Yan's group of six followed the original path and left the forest, heading towards Origin Territory.
...
At night, in the Origin Territory.
Today, members of Team Origin were still busy collecting all kinds of resources.
After two days of collecting, Origin Territory had accumulated a lot of main materials such as origin stone, origin wood, refined iron, and wind rock, which were enough for the development for the time being.
They also collected some other rare materials.After two days of collecting, there were already a lot of materials in the Origin Territory.
With these materials, the territory could develop well, and the members of Team Origin would be able to improve their strengths.
It was supposed to be something to be happy about. However, the members were not happy at this moment. The reason was that their team leader, Liu Yan, and the other five top experts had not returned for two days.
Today, Derek Dole and Sun Wen had been in charge of waiting at the edge of the forest south of the habitat of the Whirlwind Turtles. That was the direction that Liu Yan and the others had headed. Sun Wen and Derek Dole were there waiting for the return of Liu Yan and the others.
To not miss out on anything, Derek Dole and Sun Wen didn't even leave the place.
Even so, Derek Dole and Sun Wen waited until the sky turned dark, but they still didn't see the figures of Liu Yan and the others.
Seeing that the sky was about to turn dark and the night would become more dangerous, Derek Dole and Sun Wen could only helplessly return to the territory.
After Derek Dole and Sun Wen returned to the territory, they didn't say anything to the members of Team Origin.
However, when members of Team Origin saw only Derek Dole and Sun Wen had returned, how could they not know what had happened?
It was obvious that Liu Yan and the other five top experts had not returned safely!
Liu Yan and the others did not return on the first day. They could have encountered some trouble and were temporarily unable to escape, or they had been delayed.
However, it was already the second day, and Liu Yan and the others still hadn't returned. Something was wrong.
The members began to worry.
"Captain and the others won't come back, will they?"
"It's hard to say. They're so strong. Logically, there shouldn't be a problem."
"That's not necessarily true. They're strong, and they're the top experts in Team Origin. They're the most powerful experts in Origin Territory, but that's only within our territory."
"Indeed, there might be many more powerful existences outside."
"Sigh. If Captain Liu doesn't come back, we won't have a chance in Origin Territory."action
"Yeah, the sixth level of the Tower is so dangerous. There are still more than 20 days before the territory barrier disappears. At that time, we will have to fight a random battle."
"We won't all die on the sixth level of the Tower in the end, right?"
"I've heard that the sixth level of the Tower is filled with danger, but I didn't expect the difficulty to increase so much."
"That's right. The sixth level of the Tower is too difficult. A thousand teams enter this level every year, but only less than a hundred teams could advance."
"Although some old teams on this level were weaker and considered as failures, they are strong compared to our team, the newbie on this level. We are not their match at all!"