The Hidden Little House

As soon as Gu Xi said this, the force blocking him indeed weakened considerably, though another force still prevented him from moving forward.

Gu Xi thought for a moment and immediately understood what was going on.

He raised his voice again. "I am the owner of this place. In the owner's name, I declare that this land belongs to Damingwei District. It has nothing to do with Camden District."

The moment he finished speaking, the force stopping him vanished completely.

At the same time, the ruins before him changed. The entire wreckage retreated to both sides, and all sorts of materials piled themselves into a strangely styled Three Layers building. It covered only about two hundred square meters and looked like a proper apartment building that had been haphazardly patched together with miscellaneous materials.

It was twisted and bizarre, but Gu Xi noticed that its windows seemed larger and more numerous than those of a normal apartment building, as if they had been specially modified.

There was also a small garden outside the building, covering roughly one hundred square meters.

All kinds of unusual flowers and herbs grew in the garden.

A faint smile appeared on Gu Xi's face.

It seemed his guess had been right. There were only two rules keeping outsiders away from this place. First, the place had no owner. If the owner brought a legal deed or other documents, the first rule could no longer stop them.

The second rule concerned district boundaries. The owner here had truly calculated human nature into the equation.

Just as he had expected, no one would choose to give up the opportunities in Camden District and register this house under Damingwei District.

That was why the people here had occupied this place for so many years without paying anything.

Now that the owner had arrived, it did not matter how many arrangements the occupiers had made.

Looking at the apartment building that had appeared before him, Gu Xi gripped the Powderize Staff and took two steps forward.

At the same time, a gate formed from stacked boulders swiftly appeared behind him.

The Skeleton Soldiers under Gu Xi's command marched out through the gate.

"Go in. Take the apartment building and clear everything inside."

The Skeleton Soldiers all understood what Gu Xi meant by clearing everything out. He was not telling them to clean the place, but to eliminate the dangers within the apartment building.

After all, the apartment building before them looked anything but normal. If he had had the time, Gu Xi would have wanted to tear it down and build a new one himself.

The Skeleton Soldiers had only just charged out and had not even reached the apartment entrance when Gu Xi heard a fierce rush of wind.

A snake tail as thick as a person swept out from before the entrance, smashing the foremost Skeleton Soldiers to pieces.

Only then did Gu Xi see what was before him. A giant snake had been nailed to the entrance. Only its tail could move, while three iron nails pinned its head in place, fusing the snake to the door.

"Luna!"

The moment he saw this, Gu Xi gave the order without hesitation.

Luna, who had been hiding behind Gu Xi, understood immediately. She swiftly appeared behind the snake and pointed at it.

Touch of Frost!

The snake was rapidly frozen solid. At the same time, several Skeleton Soldiers rushed forward and drove their Long Spears heavily into the giant snake's vital point.

Skeleton Soldier (Summoned Creature) killed Magic Mutated Snake (Level 4). You gained 1 experience point, the Battle Squad gained 1 experience point, the Contract Undead gained 10 points of experience, and the Summoned Creatures participating in the kill gained 5 experience points.

As the snake died, a piercing alarm sounded from inside the apartment building.

The sound was even shriller than Luna's Banshee's Wail, though it was not particularly offensive.

But as the alarm rang out, a large flock of Owls flew from the nearby windows.

There were quite a lot of them. In an instant, nearly a few hundred Owls swooped toward Gu Xi.

One should not assume Owls lacked combat ability. They were carnivorous creatures that normally ate rabbits, rats, and snakes.

As they flew out, they pounced directly at the Skeleton Soldiers, seemingly intending to drag the Skeletons into the air and drop them.

Gu Xi only had this small force under his command. He could not afford to let them be wiped out here.

As the Owls swooped down, Gu Xi pointed into the sky.

"Kill!"

Then ten Bone Spikes shot out like arrows, piercing the Owls' bodies.

Killed Magic Owl (Level 1). You gained 7 experience points.

Killed Magic Owl (Level 1). You gained 6 experience points.

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As Gu Xi attacked, several Skeleton Soldiers swiftly moved in front of him. They raised their shields and blocked the attacks diving down from the sky.

With no need to worry about his own safety, Gu Xi locked onto the owl corpses the instant they fell from the sky. He pointed at them and spoke again.

"Corpse Explosion!"

Several owl corpses exploded on the spot, killing several more nearby owls in the blast.

After killing several more Owls, Gu Xi's Skeleton Soldiers began executing the remaining birds.

Although there were many owls, their levels were not particularly high. When they first came rushing in as a flock, they had seemed rather formidable. But after one round of explosions, things became much easier. As long as a Skeleton Soldier was not dragged into the air by an owl, it could easily kill twenty of them.

Things were even more so now. The Skeleton Soldiers went all out, executing the Owls. They cooperated with one another: those at close range wielded Two-Handed Swords, while those farther away used Long Spears.

The moment an owl descended even slightly, it was easily nailed to the ground.

Just then, the door behind Gu Xi and the others suddenly opened, and a black shadow rushed out from behind it.

The black shadow moved in a particularly strange manner. It seemed to float, but it could not travel very far. After flying a dozen meters or so, it would stop at a certain spot.

When it stopped, its original appearance became visible. It was a man in a black robe, his face twisted beyond recognition, with only a few teeth left.

But once the man steadied himself, he pointed at Gu Xi, firing a streak of red light from his hand.

The Skeleton Soldier before Gu Xi swiftly raised its shield and stepped forward, using its own body to block the red light.

As that Skeleton Soldier exploded, Gu Xi retreated and hurled two Bone Spikes at the black shadow.

However, Gu Xi's Bone Spikes were far too slow compared with the black shadow's movement speed.

Several Bone Spikes flew out, but none struck the enemy.

Fortunately, the black shadow had to stop before it could attack. While it was in shadow form, it could not attack anyone else.

Gu Xi kept moving his hand, leaving the creature no chance to stop.

Meanwhile, Luna had also received Gu Xi's signal and was looking for an opportunity to freeze the enemy.

As Gu Xi made his preparations, the Skeleton Soldiers finished killing all the Owls and began charging toward the black shadow.