Ye Li’s words were actually what everyone present was thinking. They all had the same guess about the passage in front of them.
"Team leader, if our guess is correct, this time we have turned a disaster into a blessing, and found a shortcut to enter the Snow Forbidden Land.
The wind and snow formation above is full of dangers, and even though it has been weakened a lot, it is not easy to pass through.
Now that we have entered this secret passage, we have avoided the obstruction of the snowstorm and can go directly into the core area of the forbidden area. This is absolutely a great fortune."
As Wu Fan spoke, a look of joy appeared on his face.
Ye Li nodded, and then said seriously: "Although that's what I said, the specific situation remains to be seen.
Just like the puppet we just encountered, it is obvious that this passage will never allow us to pass through at will.
As far as I can guess, there are probably a lot of mechanisms and defense measures hidden in this passage. On the one hand, it is to prevent people like us from entering from outside the passage, and on the other hand, it may also be used to cover the owner of this place when he escapes.
We don't know how to disable or control these mechanisms or puppets, so we have to force our way through them.
I hope the power of these puppets and mechanisms will not exceed the limit we can bear, otherwise it will be dangerous."
After hearing Ye Li's words, Wu Fan showed a worried look on his face. It seemed that he had thought too simply before.
“But there’s no need to worry too much. After all, generally speaking, no force would focus their defense on the secret passage.
If there are powerful puppets, placing them on the front battlefield to resist the enemy is much more effective than waiting for the enemy to invade and then placing them on the fleeing side to stop the enemy from pursuing you."
After comforting everyone, Ye Li looked at the passage ahead, not knowing how long it would take to reach the end.
After taking a look at the people who were doing well, Ye Li looked at Dongfang Caiyi and said, "Caiyi, you must stand a little further back in a while, and don't get hurt."
Although Dongfang Caiyi doesn't like the feeling of being protected, she also knows that her strength is limited and she has no way to deal with many dangers.
She knew that if she was in danger, Ye Li would definitely find a way to save her. In fact, this would also affect Ye Li and might bring him into danger, so by protecting herself, she was also helping Ye Li.
After giving some instructions, Ye Li led everyone back on the road and began to walk towards the depths of the passage. They passed through the passage in a straight line, which was much faster than climbing over mountains and hills on the ground.
After walking for a while, according to Wu Fan's estimation, they should have actually entered the range of the wind and snow formation.
Along the way, the group encountered several attacks from puppets, but as Ye Li said, these puppets were more of an obstruction than a kill, and did not pose much of a threat to them.
Even though some puppets haven't even reached the Virtual God stage, Dongfang Caiyi can still join the battle.
The distance of this passage was longer than Ye Li had imagined. They had walked several miles, but still had not reached the end.
As we were moving forward, some strange protrusions suddenly appeared on both sides of the passage ahead, which looked like holes protruding from the wall.
Ye Li raised his hand and signaled everyone to stop.
According to their previous experiences, once they encounter strange things, puppets will come out and attack them.
The entire passage gave Ye Li the feeling of a puppet exhibition. The puppets he encountered from beginning to end were different every time.
Although these puppets are not very powerful, their manufacturing technology is extremely advanced, which really makes Ye Li amazed.
He took a look at the holes on the wall in front of him. There were four holes on each side. They didn't look big, each one was about the size of a human head. However, Ye Li couldn't guess what they were after thinking for a long time.
He also noticed that there was a huge rune mark on the ground not far ahead, which had never been seen before. This made everyone wonder if there was any special defense here.
After standing there for a long time, Ye Li and the others really couldn't figure out what was going on. After thinking for a long time, they decided they had no choice but to move forward, so they took cautious steps.
Ye Li asked Wu Fan and the others to walk behind him, while he stood in front. Since he was the strongest leader, he naturally had his own responsibilities.
Just as his feet stepped into the rune mark area in front, the rune mark on the ground suddenly emitted a yellow light and began to flash.
Looking at the continuously flashing rune marks, Ye Li hurriedly retracted his foot and took two steps back. After the runes on the ground flashed five or six times, they suddenly shone brightly.
There was a sound of springs turning from the surrounding walls, and the protruding hole in the wall suddenly extended forward. It turned out that behind the protrusion was a one-meter-long pipe covered with rune marks.
After these eight pipes emerged from the wall, Ye Li felt a sense of familiarity in his heart.
Before he could think about it, the eight tubes suddenly turned in one direction, all heading towards the five people, and yellow light condensed at the gate.
"Damn it, these are soul gathering cannons, everyone, keep your backs to the wall and avoid the center of the passage!!!"
When Ye Li saw the condensed light, he instantly understood that this thing was the Soul Gathering Cannon.
Although they looked somewhat different from the Spirit Gathering Cannons that Ye Li knew, the feeling of similarity immediately allowed Ye Li to determine their nature.
No one dared to delay and immediately moved to the side, standing still with their backs against the wall.
The eight spirit gathering cannon barrels that had just been extended immediately fired out eight highly condensed spirit energy bullets.
Judging from the fluctuations of spiritual energy emitted from these spiritual energy bombs, these eight attacks have reached the level of the divine stage and their power is quite astonishing.
If Ye Li had not shouted at everyone to dodge, he might have been fine, but the vibrations generated by the explosion of the spiritual energy bomb would definitely hurt the others behind him.
Especially Dongfang Caiyi, who is only in the Void God Stage and is more fragile than others.
The eight soul gathering cannons did not stop after one attack, but attacked three times in a row before finally stopping. The twenty-four soul energy bullets fired by the soul gathering cannons brushed past everyone's bodies and shot into the distant passage, finally making a series of muffled explosions.
The strong airflow blew on the hair and skin of the five people, making everyone except Ye Li feel a little sore on their face.
"What...what is this!?"
Wu Fan asked, leaning against the wall.
“These things are a kind of battlefield weapon, I really didn’t expect that such things exist here.
It seems that the runes on the ground are the devices that trigger their attacks. If you don’t know how to remove these runes, the Soul Gathering Cannon will automatically attack enemies that invade the rune area.”
Ye Li leaned against the wall and answered thoughtfully.