Woo—
A gust of wind blew the hat on Xing Luo's head almost flying off. The female knight gently pressed the hat with her hand and looked forward.
Ahead is the Windy Valley.
Although there is not constant thunder here like at the base, occasionally a flash of silver lightning flashes across the sky, allowing people to see the vague outline of a gloomy valley.
The strong winds that have been blowing for many years have caused a constant stream of strange howling sounds to come from that place, sounding as if countless vengeful spirits and evil ghosts are roaring in unison. If you are timid, you would be terrified even if you just stand here, let alone enter the valley.
The strange team of gold diggers had already entered the valley, but Tianyang and his team did not follow them in because Wang Bing knew there was a secret passage that led directly to their destination.
Shadow Temple!
"That is an extremely magnificent palace. It should have been built by some residents of the Reverse Realm. I entered there by mistake. It was there that I stabbed the lair of the Shadow Hunters and almost died there."
Talking about it now, Wang Bing still looks frightened. It seems that the adventure at that time was thrilling and left a deep impression on him.
"How long do we have to wait here?" Tianyang said impatiently. He hoped to hunt down his target as soon as possible and return to the mountain castle.
Wang Bing carefully cleaned his weapons, which included a battle axe and a heavy shield in addition to the machine gun. In addition, he had two bulging leather bags hanging from his waist, which were filled with grenades.
"I don't know. The secret passage we are going to take has the strongest wind. But every one or two days, the strong wind there will subside. If we enter the secret passage at this time, we can reach the Shadow Palace in less than an hour."
"If we follow the normal route, it will take at least three days to get there. This requires that the journey goes extremely smoothly, that we don't encounter any illegal immigrants, and that the weather is good."
Tianyang weighed the two options and finally decided to take the secret path. First, the journey was shorter, and second, he would not have to run into the hunting team of Bai Yueguang. Although Tianyang did not think they would pose any threat to him, he would try to avoid trouble if possible.
He had no choice but to find a rock to sit on. "When we get to the Shadow Palace and see the target we are looking for, I will give you the second gold bar. From now on, it's up to you."
Wang Bin nodded: "Okay, I'll see what happens when the time comes."
He asked again: "Don't you want me to take you back?"
Tianyang didn't explain too much to him. He just shook his head and stopped talking.
Their luck was pretty good. Instead of waiting for a day or two, less than two hours had passed. Not to mention the "old horse" Wang Bing, even Tian Yang could feel that the weather in the Gale Valley seemed to be improving.
"We are so lucky." Wang Bing took his equipment and said, "Let's go into the valley."
Under the guidance of the big man, Tianyang and the other man followed him, sliding down the hillside, crossing the plain, killing a few lone Whisperers, and then entering the valley.
In the Valley of the Wind, strange hills can be seen everywhere. They are of various shapes and have been eroded by the strong winds. Many of the hills are even hollow.
So when the wind blows, strange sounds like the howling of resentful ghosts will be heard.
Wang Bing is an old horse that knows the way. Whenever he arrives at a place, he knows where to go. Tian Yang doesn't need to think at all. He just follows him and goes around in the valley until he comes to a pit.
Place.
"Normally when the wind is strong, there will even be ground winds blowing from here, so you can't get in at all. If you get close, you will be blown away by the strong winds, but now the strong winds have subsided, and we came at the right time."
Wang Bing gave a brief explanation, then took out a rope, fixed it outside the pit, and then climbed down.
Tianyang and Xingluo were not that troublesome. When Wang Bin went down, he threw a fluorescent stick inside. With the help of the light of the fluorescent stick, Tianyang saw that the bottom was about twenty meters below, so he and Xingluo jumped down directly.
Before Wang Bing, Tian Yang and the other fell to the ground. Tian Yang smashed a shallow pit on the ground. After strengthening his physical field three times, he could fully withstand this level of impact. As a hunter, Xing Luo fell to the ground silently like a fallen leaf.
Whether it was Tianyang or Xingluo, their landing methods made Wang Bing secretly astonished. He asked himself if he could bear it if he jumped down directly, and if he exerted some abilities, then there would be no problem, but he could never do it as easily as Tianyang, let alone compare with Xingluo.
He obediently descended to the ground and said, "There is an undercurrent not far ahead. The water is turbulent and can allow us to quickly reach the Shadow Palace. But we need to be careful on the way, especially when approaching the destination, there are some strange things there."
"what?"
Tianyang looked at Wang Bing as he walked.
The bearded man checked his equipment and led the way. "There are corpses, some human and some animal, tied to the river with chains. I don't know how many years they have been in the dark."
"Those things will float on the river. If you accidentally hit them, the wax shell on the surface will be knocked off. You definitely don't want to see what's inside. Anyway, I saw it once and even vomited the overnight meal."
Tian Yang asked curiously, "Who did it?"
Wang Bing spread his hands and said, "Then I don't know. Maybe it was some kind of sacrifice. It's hard to say whether it was done by the evil people or the former residents of the Rebel Realm."
After walking for a while, Tianyang indeed heard the sound of water. Then, in the light provided by Wang Bing, he saw a rushing river flowing underground, from high to low, and flowing into the depths.
"We don't have a boat, how can we get across?" Tianyang looked around and there were no trees to build a raft.
Wang Bing laughed dryly: "The water in this river is very strange. People don't feel anything when they enter the water. Otherwise, how can the wax stone tied with the iron chain float to the surface? So we don't have to do anything. We can go to the temple just by jumping into the water. But we will be soaked when we get up."
He used a special waterproof bag to store his machine gun and the clothes he took off. He threw two more waterproof bags to Tianyang so that they could store their clothes and equipment.
Tianyang gave Xingluo an order, and the latter quickly took off his coat and threw it into the waterproof bag along with his sniper rifle. Xingluo, who was only wearing a set of underwear, had a charming curve, and with her cold temperament, she was very lethal.
Although the scene was beautiful, Wang Bing didn't dare to look at it, fearing that he would not be able to return to the base. He packed up his things, threw the lighting into the waterproof bag, and shouted, "Then I'll go into the water first."
With a splash, he jumped into the river. Tianyang saw that he really floated as soon as he entered the water, and then was quickly carried away by the fast-flowing river.
"Let's go too." Tianyang held his guard tightly.
He jumped into the water and felt the river water was freezing cold. The buoyancy in the water was so great that he floated to the surface in an instant and then moved quickly.
The three of them were carried away by the underground river. The river was winding, with a width of four or five meters and a narrowness of less than one meter. In addition, the river was turbulent, so most of the time, the three of them were always washed to the shore and collided with the hard rocks.
Wang Bing used the airbag as a buffer and applied a star barrier to himself, so such a collision was just a piece of cake for him. Only then did Tianyang realize that this guy was a fortress.
While drifting, Tianyang looked up from time to time. The rock wall above was steep, but on this almost vertical cliff, something would appear from time to time.
Tianyang didn't go out of his way to check what it was. He only knew that those things seemed to be afraid of water. He had seen them many times but never saw them come down.
It was unknown how long it had been, but suddenly, Tianyang heard the bearded man in front of him shouting, "We are almost there, be careful. There is a bend ahead, and there is a rocky beach at the bend. We will go ashore there."
"Before entering the bend, there is a very fast-flowing river. Be careful. There are many wax corpses floating there."
As he spoke, Wang Bing fired a flare forward. When the light was bright, Tianyang saw a rocky beach where the river turned a corner. The water was relatively calm at the bend and he could swim to the shore.
On the left side of the rocky beach, there are two cliffs forming a crack in the sky. Through the crack, you can vaguely see the shadow of a towering palace in the distance.
At this time, Tianyang felt that the current was getting faster, and knew that he had come to the river that Wang Bing mentioned. He saw many black pillars standing on both sides of the river, and several iron chains were connected to the pillars, all pointing into the water.
Suddenly, right in front of Tianyang, a pale face suddenly appeared in his sight.
Wax corpse!
Tian Yang didn't bother to see the appearance of the thing, he pushed his hands and feet in the water and floated past the wax corpse. As he went further away, he saw the wax corpse floating in the water, being washed by the river towards the bend, but it was tied with an iron chain, so it didn't float down with it.
After dodging several corpses, the river finally slowed down and entered the bend of the rocky beach. Tianyang paddled his hands and feet and swam towards the rocky beach.
When he got ashore, he saw Wang Bing in front of him had already opened the waterproof bag, taken out the machine gun and clothes, and prepared to put them on.
At this moment, a large wave suddenly surged behind Wang Bing. In the waves, a white shadow bounced into the air, passed over Wang Bing's head, and landed on the rocky beach.
It turned out to be a wax corpse. This time Tianyang saw it clearly. He didn't know what kind of body was inside the wax corpse, but he could see that it had a body shape similar to that of humans.
The corpses were curled up with their hands hugging their knees, and a layer of wax was poured on the outside, so these wax corpses looked like silkworm pupae.
The 'silkworm pupa' in front of me fell on the stone beach, with a crackling sound, and the wax shell on the surface shattered and cracked, and a layer of oily black liquid actually flowed out from it.
As the black oil-like substance gushed out of the wax shell, a strange smell immediately wafted over the rocks, just like fish or shrimp that had been dead for days and were left exposed in the scorching sun.
So stinky!
Tianyang quickly covered his nose with his hand, and saw Wang Bin, who was looking at the corpse, change his expression and cried out as if he had seen a ghost. Then he lowered his elbow, lowered the machine gun, pointed the muzzle at the corpse in front of him, and fired a shot!