When Wang Junze woke up, it was already more than two hours later.

Under the care of Wang Xin, his injuries were stabilized and didn't worsen any further. However, the previous battle had been extremely fierce, and Wang Junze was severely injured. Truly recovering was exceedingly difficult, and for now, he could only barely manage to move, but it was impossible for him to engage in combat again.

"Where are the others?"

Glancing around, apart from Wang Xin, there were only a little over ten people remaining nearby. Wang Junze asked softly.

"They all went to continue searching for resources."

Wang Xin explained, "In this snowy area, there are not only these ice sculptures but also many other resources, including some scattered ice crystals, special spirit plants, and some weapons buried by the snow and wind..."

Helping Wang Junze to stand, Wang Xin continued, "Also, the Deserters are following Jing Yuan deeper inside. It seems they have completely given up fighting for resources here. With you unconscious, I didn't dare to let them follow too closely. Now they've lost track. I suspect Jing Yuan may have found the path deeper into the ruins. For now, we can only let them continue exploring and see if they can find any clues."

To this, Wang Junze wasn't surprised.

Jing Yuan's character is extremely decisive. Since he lost earlier, abandoning the resources here to exchange for the opportunity to enter the depths of the ruins first was not unexpected.

But this also made Wang Junze even more uneasy.

Theoretically, he should gather all the Human Race and catch up immediately to prevent the Deserters from gaining too much advantage behind them. The problem is... in reality, it's simply impossible.

Facing Jing Yuan's orders, the Deserters have strong execution power; no one dares to oppose.

But if Wang Junze now asked all the Human Race to give up the resources before them to explore deeper into the ruins, he would certainly encounter much opposition.

There's no way around it. The basis of these Human Race following Wang Junze is having enough benefits.

Now asking them to give up the resources in front of them and go deeper is essentially forcing them to sacrifice their own interests for risk, which is simply not possible.

And if Wang Junze and Wang Xin pursued alone, then Wang Junze's current injuries would become the largest problem.

Taking a deep breath, Wang Junze replied in a deep voice, "Let's first try to find resources that can heal my injuries."

"Then let's head southwest. Someone previously discovered that there are many special spirit plants there, maybe we can find suitable spirit medicine." Nodding, Wang Xin replied softly.

With his injuries, Wang Junze's speed was slow. It took nearly another hour to reach the location of the spirit plants.

As Wang Junze had speculated before, in this snowy plain, the Ice Crystal Tiger was being raised, and the spirit plants were cultivated in a Spirit Garden specifically developed by someone. This large area of spirit plants was obviously fenced off for cultivation, but outside this Spirit Garden, there was an extremely powerful restriction.

In fact, if this weren't the case, the Human Race would have already dug up everything before Wang Junze and his group arrived.

"Young Master Wang!"

Seeing Wang Junze and Wang Xin approaching, the gathered Human Race members quickly rushed over to explain, "The restriction here is somewhat like the one outside. Though it doesn't retaliate, it's much more formidable... We've tried, but even the Refining God Powerhouse cannot break through it."

The speaker was an elder from the Divine Blade Sect, who was also the first to break through the restriction and step into this snowy plain. Wang Junze remembered that it was this person who supported him at the Cloud Mirror Sect, and his strength was certainly not weak.

If even this person couldn't break the restriction, then asking Wang Xin to try would likely yield the same result.

"Let me have a try."

After briefly examining the restriction, Wang Junze softly suggested.

"Brother, your injuries..."

Wang Xin asked worriedly.

"No worries, just trying it out without using brute force." Wang Junze shook his head in explanation.

In Wang Junze's current state, forcibly breaking the restriction was certainly impossible. However, he had a vague intuition that if these were all deliberately left by the other party, then for someone who had inherited the Chess Swordsmanship, perhaps there was no need to break the restriction violently.

After all, the restriction was designed to keep out outsiders and demon beasts, not disciples of their own sect.

Slightly raising his hand, Wang Junze lightly touched the restriction with his finger and immediately felt a chill sweeping over. Although there was considerable resistance, this force seemed very gentle. Just like the Divine Blade Sect elder said, this restriction only prevented entry but did not retaliate.

Slowly closing his eyes, Wang Junze didn't channel True Qi to resist the restriction but attempted to evoke the Sword Intent within him.

The moment the Sword Intent penetrated the restriction, Wang Junze instantly had an extremely familiar feeling. Although the surroundings were still filled with great resistance, this felt like the blizzard before; terrifying, but something he could leverage.

Involuntarily relaxing his mind, Wang Junze chose not to resist but attempted to channel the Sword Intent to blend into the restriction.

Wang Junze himself felt nothing, but Wang Xin and the Divine Blade Sect elder beside him were already stunned.

No matter what, they couldn't break the restriction, but for Wang Junze, it seemed to not even exist. In an instant, Wang Junze's hand directly passed through the restriction, and with a gentle step, he crossed over the restriction and entered the Spirit Garden.

The next moment, Wang Junze slowly opened his eyes and realized he had already entered the restriction.

Furthermore, in an instant, the chill surrounding him completely dissipated, replaced by warmth, as if the outside snowstorm belonged to an entirely different world.

Most importantly, the Spiritual Qi here was extremely dense. Just standing and breathing here seemed to ease Wang Junze's injuries by a certain degree.

However, although he could enter himself, Wang Junze also couldn't break the restriction and let others in. And as it seemed, if the restriction were truly broken, the spirit medicine here might soon be eroded by extreme cold and couldn't possibly continue to exist.

"Young Master Wang, can you break the restriction and let us in?"

"Yes, Young Master Wang, please bring us in!"

For a moment, the outside Human Race cheered excitedly.

This restriction didn't block sound, and Wang Junze could clearly hear their remarks.

"Sorry, I can't break the restriction; I can only come in myself." Wang Junze replied softly, shaking his head.

"Then could you please do us the favor of harvesting these spirit medicines and bringing them out?"

Hearing Wang Junze's words, someone else quickly proposed.

This time, however, Wang Junze didn't respond. Not to mention, collecting all these spirit medicines was difficult, and preserving them was even harder. With so many people around, deciding how to distribute the benefits posed a significant problem.

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