The Road Up

"Yaaah!"

"Yaa-&%￥..."

In the deep, dark sewers, sharp cries echoed endlessly!

Beneath the flickering torchlight, swaying figures filled the space like rampaging demons, brimming with cruel malice!

Swish!

A flash of pure white sword light cut through the air, a sharp crescent slicing through flesh!

Squelch!

Sun Lei coldly retracted his longsword. He glanced emotionlessly at the goblin he had just cleaved, then raised his sword and resumed his stance!

He shifted his feet lightly, his eyes darting left and right, vigilantly observing the situation all around him!

'Seven... still eight goblins left!'

Sun Lei thought to himself, his gaze cold as he glared at the goblins. Anger threatened to fill his chest!

These goblins were covered in black, viscous blood, and their rusty cleavers still clung with shreds of flesh!

From their bulging bellies, Sun Lei could already imagine what they had been eating!

He hated these damned monsters, wishing he could rush forward and chop them all into pieces, sword stroke by sword stroke!

But Sun Lei knew he couldn't act impulsively at a time like this!

'I must break through, avoid being attacked from both front and back...')

Sun Lei watched the goblins drawing closer, his mind racing!

He quickly glanced left and right, memorizing the positions of the surrounding goblins, his eyes suddenly sharpening!

With a twist of his longsword, Sun Lei abruptly turned it downwards and pressed his body, charging sharply towards his right!

This was the direction Sun Lei had determined was the best!

He was currently closer to the rock wall on his right, and as long as he could reach the wall, he could avoid being surrounded from all sides!

Furthermore, Sun Lei was right-handed, making it easier for him to unleash his full strength against the goblins on his right!

Coupled with the goblins' cunning nature and their penchant for sneak attacks, they would habitually dodge an enemy's dominant hand!

Therefore, there were only three goblins to his right at this moment!

These three goblins were specifically bait, meant to draw his attack, and were the weakest among them!

Breaking through to the right wasn't originally a good choice, because the moment Sun Lei chose to attack to the right, he would have fallen into the goblins' trap!

The goblins from other directions would quickly surround him while he attacked these decoys, launching an assault on his back!

However, Sun Lei was not fighting alone at this moment!

As Sun Lei ran, he suddenly shouted:

"Moss!"

"Moss!" (Leave it to me! Fire Style: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!)

Moss cried out and instantly leaped from Sun Lei's shoulder!

Twisting in mid-air, she lunged towards the goblins closing in behind Sun Lei and spat out a massive stream of flames!

This attack wasn't the kind of dim red flame that could only be used for boiling water or illumination; it was Moss's full-power strike!

Hiss—!

Golden-white flames roared like a colossal beast, and wherever they passed, even the air seemed to ignite, distorting the surrounding scenery!

BOOM!!!

The flames crashed onto the ground, instantly transforming into a wave of fire that surged towards the goblins!

However, while Moss's flames were ferocious, these goblins were not to be trifled with!

The goblins halted in unison, raising their crude wooden shields before the wave of fire could reach them!

The tattered wooden shields looked as if they could shatter at any moment, but no matter how fiercely Moss's flames struck, they couldn't be destroyed!

Moss's eyes narrowed slightly, and she closed her mouth, ceasing the futile attack. A smile tugged at her lips!

"Moss!" (Interesting! But I've completed my task too!)

Moss chirped softly, landing steadily on the ground. She turned and chased after Sun Lei!

Meanwhile, Sun Lei had already reached the three goblins, officially entering his attack range!

"Haaah—!"

Sun Lei held his longsword behind him and rapidly charged at one of the goblins!

Battle Qi Slash!

With an extremely fast downward slash, the white-glowing longsword landed on the goblin before it could even react!

From its armpit to its neck, the swiftly moving sword instantly decapitated the goblin with a single blow!

Sun Lei didn't stop there. With the strength of his powerful arms, he instantly halted his longsword and brought it down from above onto another goblin!

Battle Qi Slash: Sword Strike!

"Haaah—Sword Strike!"

Sun Lei shouted, unleashing a vertical slash with maximum power, like a thunderclap striking the ground!

Crackle—!

The rusty cleaver that attempted to block the attack was cut through as easily as butter meeting a hot knife, along with its wielder!

Sun Lei exhaled a puff of hot white air, his eyes filled with killing intent as he looked at the last goblin!

"Yaaah%￥...!"

The remaining goblin was startled by Sun Lei's killing intent, feeling as if its body had suddenly been put on pause!

However, the goblin stopped, but Sun Lei's actions did not!

Sheathe sword! Grip sword! Advance!

Sun Lei's body moved as if teleporting through the air, instantly rushing in front of the goblin!

Thwack!

The longsword, imbued with Battle Qi, easily pierced the ugly, dark green head, instantly turning everything inside into mush!

Sun Lei kicked the already dead goblin, pulling his longsword out of its head!

"Moss!"

Moss caught up to Sun Lei, climbed onto his shoulder again, and let out a soft chirp.

"Thank you, Little Moss!"

Sun Lei glanced at Moss and said softly with a smile.

He turned his head and saw the goblins who had broken through the fiery encirclement, his expression becoming serious again.

Sun Lei didn't hesitate and turned his head, continuing to run towards the rock wall!

But he didn't stop upon reaching the rock wall; instead, he continued to move along it!

If possible, Sun Lei intended to shake off these goblins entirely!

After all, the consumption from not fighting was many times less than the consumption from killing these goblins!

Moss was of the same mind at this moment. Even though she still had plenty of Mana, she couldn't waste it so carelessly!

Only by knowing how to manage consumption could one survive longer in such an environment!

Moss threw several dark red fireballs, controlling them to fly in various directions to confuse the goblins' line of sight!

Although goblins, as monsters that lived in caves for a long time, possessed excellent night vision, it depended on the specific situation!

These small fireballs, lighting up in the pitch-black environment, were incredibly conspicuous. The light, instead, would interfere with the goblins' vision, causing them to lose their night vision!

"Moss!" (Go that way!)

After doing this, Moss extended her hand and pointed towards a fork in the road ahead, signaling Sun Lei to turn right!

"Okay!"

Sun Lei nodded and responded softly, lowering his posture and running forward quickly!

Behind him, the goblins' shouts grew fainter, sounding somewhat exasperated.

Sun Lei rejoiced inwardly, knowing that Moss's fireballs must have worked!

Without hesitation, he quickly turned into the fork in the road that Moss had indicated, preparing to completely shake off the goblins' pursuit!

As he ran, Sun Lei subtly glanced at Moss, who was quietly staying on his shoulder, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

This little one is truly clever...

"Moss!"

At this moment, Moss suddenly chirped and gestured for Sun Lei to stop!

"Huh? What's wrong, Little Moss?"

Sun Lei slowed his pace and asked Moss curiously.

Moss didn't speak but simply extended her hand and pointed forward.

"Hmm?"

Sun Lei was puzzled and looked in the direction Moss was pointing!

He saw a collapsed sewer appear before him, with rubble piled up from its fall, connecting the upper and lower sewers!

Sun Lei's eyes lit up, and he said with pleasant surprise:

"It looks like we can go up from here!"