"Alert! There's something going on ahead!"
Cai'er, who possessed dual occupations, suddenly sounded the alarm, raised her large bow with flower patterns, and shot an arrow at a ten-meter-high flesh and blood building in front of her.
On the surface of the building, pairs of pale eyes emerged, and then, ghosts emerged one after another from the building. They were densely packed and stacked, like a swarm of bees pouring out of a hive, whistling towards the Yun family's team.
Cai'er shot an arrow and hit one of the ghosts right in the middle. Then, a rain of arrows fell from the sky and landed on the group of black and blue figures, immediately clearing them out.
Following closely behind the Hunter's rain of arrows came the Elemental Heart's fireballs, which hit the Ghost Ball one after another and in an orderly manner, increasing the damage.
The ghost let out a scream that could make your heart explode, but the star barrier on the team members greatly reduced the impact, causing the ghost's attack to miss.
Fei Yuan took a big step forward and slashed down with his giant sword, releasing a fierce sword energy that swept through the enemy group and brought this encounter to an end.
Small-scale battles like this have occurred four or five times since entering this exploration area.
However, the Yun family team encountered only some middle and low-class criminals, with ghosts and zombies being the largest in number.
After clearing out this group of black people, the team continued to move forward. While walking on the road, Tianyang heard the sound of cannons coming from afar from time to time. The army of the fortress should have already started fighting with the Dusk Clan.
The boy thought that he had to find an opportunity to leave the team, but unfortunately, no suitable opportunity had appeared so far.
He didn't want to attract attention and wanted to leave the team smoothly, so he tried his best to suppress his urgency. At the same time, he thought to himself that if there was really no suitable opportunity, he would have to create one himself.
As for whether anyone would doubt him, Tianyang didn't care. After all, the treasure of Dusk was more important.
After walking a little further, there were many forks in the road and the team had to stop.
Yun Yuan and Yun Feng discussed for a while, and then the second young master announced: "From here on, we will split up into teams, explore separately, and clean up different areas."
"Yes, Second Young Master!" The Yun family was originally divided into four teams. Although there were casualties during this period, Yun Hai and Yun Yuan also brought some new members to join. In addition, the original four teams have been increased to five.
At that moment, Yunfeng led a team. Feiyuan, Hanyu, and Zilong each led one. Yunyuan also led a team. The five teams went into different forks and continued to move forward.
Tianyang naturally followed Zilong's team. Zilong's team was luckier, and so far only one member had died.
Yunfeng added two team members to his team.
A man and a woman.
The man was over two meters tall and strong, like a bear. He was a fortress-class ascender, and his weapon was a star element heavy cannon, but his main role in the team was to provide protection for the team members, and his attack ability was secondary.
The woman was in her early thirties, with average looks. She was a Level 4 Shura, the same level as Zilong. She moved calmly, and from many details, it could be seen that she was an experienced warrior. She carried a lot of weapons, including knives or swords on her back, and a soft rope around her waist. There were also throwing knives hidden in her arm guards and boots. It could be said that she was armed to the teeth.
These two people, together with Tianyang and Caier, make the combat effectiveness of Zilong team no less than that of other teams.
After entering this fork in the road, the team moved forward in battle formation. Zilong and Tianyang walked in front, and the female warrior who looked like a "weapon master" and Cai'er walked on both sides of the team. The Hunter and the Heart of Elements were in the middle.
The last bastion was left behind.
After walking for a while and not encountering any illegal immigrants, everyone felt a little more relaxed unconsciously.
Originally no one was talking to each other, but now they were talking in groups of three or four.
Zilong is no exception.
"Have you heard? A funny thing happened in the bar yesterday." Zilong had a smile on his face and deliberately kept the secret.
Tianyang shook his head blankly, but a bald head appeared in his mind.
“So you didn’t know.”
Zilong shrugged, "That's right, you and Master Yunfeng have been training in secret recently, so you probably don't have time to go to the bar."
"But me too. I haven't been idle lately."
Zilong patted his chest and said, "I have training as well."
Tianyang smiled and said, "Then how do you know what happened in the bar?"
Zilong laughed: "Just listen to what others say."
"Then you heard something."
"It's about Tieshi. Yes, that's Master Bai's partner."
It was indeed him.
Tianyang probably guessed what Zilong was going to say, but he still asked: "Iron Lion? What happened to Iron Lion?"
Zilong laughed and said, "He burned all his hair off in the bar yesterday!"
The boy made himself look surprised: "The bar is on fire?"
"no."
Zilong shook his head and gestured, "Yesterday Tieshi went to the bar to drink, and first he poured wine all over a drunk's head, and then someone threw a cigarette butt at him, which instantly set his head on fire."
"You have to know that the things sold in the bar have a high concentration of alcohol. So, Tieshi's head was burned badly yesterday."
"No way, there is such a thing!" Tianyang smiled in surprise, his expression was just right.
Zilong did not doubt it and said with a smile: "I couldn't believe it when I heard it. That guy is so unlucky that he would have such a thing."
Tian Yang followed his lead and asked, "Will Tie Shi be okay?"
Zilong shrugged his shoulders and said, "Of course he's fine. A fire couldn't kill him, but it singed all his hair. I heard that he shaved all his hair off in the bar and came out with a big bald head."
"When I think of that guy with a big bald head, I can't help but laugh, haha."
Tianyang also chuckled twice.
At this time, the dry cough of the female warrior came from behind: "Captain Zilong, we are on a mission. If you want to joke, it won't be too late to open it after the mission is over, what do you think?"
Zilong quickly turned around and said, "Sorry, sorry, I got carried away for a moment."
Then he coughed dryly and said, "Stop talking, concentrate and be alert."
"Yes!" the team members responded.
Zilong then lowered his voice and said to Tianyang: "What a strict lady."
Tianyang nodded.
Suddenly, Cai Er behind said softly, "There's something going on ahead."
Tianyang discovered early in the morning that there was a building in front of him with a door, and the door was open, which was very suspicious.
But he didn't want to show that he had a sharper insight than the hunter, so he didn't inform Zilong in advance, but by then he had already been discovered by Cai'er.
Zilong immediately made a gesture.
The fortress behind began to cast star energy on everyone
Barrier, Shiryu and Tianyang were the first to be protected. The two looked at each other, nodded, and then walked towards the building.
Tianyang approached cautiously, but he had already connected with the black fog, extended his perception, and searched the scene inside the door.
There is a hall inside the door. Apart from the fact that the interior is also made of flesh and blood and the scene is weird, there is nothing unusual.
Of course, this is something only he himself knows and he can’t tell Zilong.
The two of them felt their way to the door. Because the whole building was glowing, even the interior was glowing, so even without lighting, they could see that there was a hall behind the door.
The light in the hall alternated between bright and dark like breathing. Zilong frowned and said, "It looks just like the body cavity of a living creature."
Tianyang knew that he was talking about the hall inside the door.
Zilong then said "Huh?" "There's a basement there?"
Tian Yang also noticed at this time that there was a suspicious entrance on the ground in the hall. He reminded: "Don't send everyone down."
Zilong nodded to show that he understood, and then he made personnel arrangements. Tianyang took three team members to go down and explore, while the others stayed on the ground to provide support.
Tianyang had no objection to this arrangement and was the first to enter the basement.
Unlike the underground hall where the midnight executioner was, the stairs in this basement were not long, but they were disgusting. The stairs were also made of flesh and blood, and when you stepped on them, you felt a little soft, like you were lying on a pool of meat paste.
Fortunately, the stairs were not long, and the four of them soon reached the ground. The ground was fine, just like the above, it was made of a crystalline matrix, and the hard touch made Tianyang not feel as nauseous as before.
The basement was quite spacious, with piles of bones inside. It was impossible to tell what creature they belonged to, as they were piled up artificially.
Just ahead, there is an altar with a giant crystallized skull on it.
The inhuman skull was glowing with a faint red light. When they got closer, they found that it was connected to the altar and the ground.
The three are integrated into one, and appear to be carved directly from the crystalline matrix.
“There seem to be some symbols on it.”
A team member found several symbols on the top of the skull. Those symbols belonged to some kind of hieroglyphics, but they were covered by dust and could not be fully identified.
The team member blew at it and reached out to sweep away the dust.
Tianyang quickly said, “Don’t touch it.”
It was obviously not a good idea to touch it without knowing what it was. Unfortunately, when the team member stopped, his hand had already been placed on the skull.
The red light emitted by the skull suddenly intensified, and the dazzling light made the entire basement seem to be injected with blood. No one knew what mechanism was triggered, and a cry of surprise was heard at the entrance of the basement.
Zilong's voice came from outside: "Tianyang, come up quickly!"
Tian Yang made a prompt decision: "Go quickly, I'll cover you!"
The whole building began to shake. Several team members hurriedly ran upwards. The staircase made of flesh and blood was collapsing. Fortunately, the team members were quite skilled and they jumped out of the entrance while rising and falling.
But when they arrived in Tianyang, the entrance suddenly closed, separating him from Zilong and the others.
At this time, thick smoke began to belch out from all around the basement, and the smoke quickly filled the space. The altar in the middle made a loud crackling sound, and the crystal skull separated from the altar and actually floated up... ... .