Broken stones are scattered on the hillside, and various plants poke their heads out from the cracks, releasing their vitality on this barren land.
The reconnaissance team crossed the undulating mountains and swam into a rugged mountain road.
There is an extremely flat road next to the entrance of this mountain road. Basically, no passers-by or caravans would specifically climb this rugged mountain road. Only a few pharmacists who go to the mountains to collect herbs will take the trouble to climb this road.
No one could have imagined that the Curse Cult would be so close.
Using the rocks on the mountain as cover, the reconnaissance team approached the target step by step.
Yang Yu led his troops to follow in their footsteps and also set foot on the rugged mountain road.
The troops who were [collecting corpses and putting them in coffins] had not yet joined up with Yang Yu and his men.
This operation was special, as Yang Yu did not wait for [putting the bodies into coffins].
The support from [Collecting Corpses into Coffins] will also come to the mountains through the teleportation array. Ikaro Flo has already placed spirits along the way. As long as the people from [Collecting Corpses into Coffins] arrive, they can keep up with their pace through the spirits left behind by Ikaro Flo in advance.
In view of the special ability of the [Collect Corpses and Put Them Into Coffins] spirit manipulator, Yang Yu did not mind their delay. As long as Wangwu Idru could do as he asked, even if the worst happened, there was still room for maneuver.
The scenery projected in front of Yang Yu's eyes gradually overlapped with the scenes in the memory of "Chaste Jasmine".
The goal is finally near.
The reconnaissance team slowed down and all their attention was focused on one place.
It was a vertical rock wall with nothing around it except some rubble.
The reconnaissance team looked at each other and elected an experienced scout.
The experienced scout approached the rock wall cautiously and tapped it gently with his hand. The rock wall made a crisp sound that an ordinary wall would also make.
It looks like just an ordinary rock wall, but the high-level barrier magic can not only deceive the senses, but also actually create a layer of entity on the outer layer, making it truly indistinguishable from the real thing.
The scout dialed the crystal ball and asked Yang Yu for instructions:
"Commander, we have reached the end point and discovered the barrier after exploration. What should we do next? Please instruct us."
Yang Yu pinched his chin and asked Bai Jin what she thought.
Bai Jin roughly estimated that this magic that could simulate rock walls was comparable to some ninth-level magic in terms of complexity alone.
If you want to remove this magic barrier without making any noise, it will probably take a lot of time; if you can launch a fierce attack on a certain point, you can quickly break the barrier, but
Launching a fierce attack would be tantamount to exposing their actions this time.
"Perhaps, the action has already been exposed."
Muttering to himself, Yang Yu did not hesitate too much and decided to make a frontal breakthrough:
"I'll leave it to you to help Bai Jin break through the barrier. After the breakthrough, you may be attacked suddenly. Don't use super-large magic for the time being so that you can react in time."
"I will be careful."
Bai Jin nodded, used the [Air Dance Technique] to fly into the sky, and soon found the reconnaissance troops not far away.
Signaling the reconnaissance troops to retreat, Bai Jin chanted a spell. A white magic circle formed in front of her staff, and a light gun with flashing electricity emerged from it.
This is not simply an attack magic. The front end of this light gun is attached with detection magic. As long as the light gun hits the defensive barrier, it can directly analyze the barrier.
In this way, even if the first magic cannot break the defensive barrier, the probability of subsequent magic breaking the barrier will increase little by little until the barrier can be completely disintegrated.
Gently swinging his staff, Bai Jin threw a light gun towards the rock wall.
The light gun hit the wall with lightning speed. In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and countless electric sparks burst out from the point where the light gun landed.
At first, the electric sparks only ran around along the wall of the rock, but soon, they seemed to be entangled by something and slowly spread to the sky, forming white lines in the air.
The rock wall is really just an illusion.
After the first magic was cast, Bai Jin quickly adjusted according to the feedback from the magic and targeted the magic that constituted the barrier.
Another light gun similar to the previous one appeared in front of Bai Jin. While guarding against the sudden attack of the Curse Cult, Bai Jin cast magic at the rock wall again.
With a loud roar, the shining light gun exploded on the rock wall, and white cracks continued to spread in all directions, outlining the true shape of the barrier.
Bai Jin was not in a hurry. He threw out the third and fourth light spears. The white cracks intersected with each other and gradually reached the limit that the barrier could bear.
When Bai Jin's ninth light spear hit the barrier, the barrier magic that made up the rock wall finally collapsed, turning into pieces of debris that fell to the ground and turned into ordinary magic again.
The scenery of the "mountain" collapsed, and a huge city appeared in front of Yang Yu and his friends.
This is the stronghold of the Curse Cult.
Looking from the sky, you can see that this city is in no way inferior to the holy city of the Goddess Church.
The architectural style in the city is very retro, with fertile fields and houses intertwined with each other. A huge black church sits majestically in the center of the city, facing the rock wall that Bai Jin had just blasted.
The whole city was eerily quiet.
Bai Jin was a little surprised. Could it be that the current situation was the same as the air raid on Benliang City
With a stern look on his face, Bai Jin rubbed out a small golden ball of light in his hand and threw it towards the city not far away.
The golden ball exploded above the city. Bai Jin's consciousness slowly spread to the surroundings along with the magic power in the ball. She could not feel any magic fluctuations around her. The city was empty.
If he had the magical echolocation ability like the Chiroptera, he might be able to search the entire city thoroughly, but as a human, Bai Jin obviously has his own limitations.
In order to ensure the accuracy of the conclusion, Bai Jin projected a few more small balls.
But no matter how many balls she threw, the result was the same, she couldn't feel any magic.
Bai Jin reported everything to Yang Yu truthfully.
Yang Yu shook his head and did not express his opinion. He just sent scouts to sneak into the city of the Curse Sect and conduct a systematic exploration of the entire city.
Magicians who can use [Air Dance] will be on guard in the air. If any accident happens to the scouts, they will use magic to support them immediately.
Following Yang Yu's orders, the reconnaissance team conducted a thorough exploration of the city. They could see some daily necessities that were full of the flavor of life, but they could not see a single person.
More than an hour later, these swift scouts all came to the same conclusion:
"This place has become a real empty city. The Curse Cult is completely deserted. This expedition may have failed."
(End of this chapter)