Poisonous Scorpion

Outside Black Stone Mountain, Cao Chao brought Lin Shuguang over. They had abandoned the car at a crossroads more than ten li away and run the rest of the way.

Several soldiers in camouflage appeared and reported in low voices, "All the hidden sentries around here have been dealt with. The entrance is just ahead..."

The newcomers carefully described the cave's situation. "To avoid alerting the enemy, our people can't attack yet..."

Lin Shuguang nodded. "How many of you are there in total?"

The soldier immediately replied, "225 in all. The enemy force is initially estimated at around 150."

"That's enough." After getting a general understanding of the situation, Lin Shuguang prepared to advance.

The soldier emphasized the problem once more. "Director Lin, we scouted the cave. There are many passages, clearly designed that way by the people from the Divine Temple. We have no way of determining which route is the right one."

"I'll handle it. All of you fall back a hundred meters and keep watch." With that, Lin Shuguang went alone toward the cave.

The soldier hesitated briefly before decisively turning around to issue the order.

Cao Chao followed close behind. He, too, said not a word of nonsense and carried out Lin Shuguang's instructions to the letter.

The gloomy cave resembled the gaping maw of a ferocious beast. Lin Shuguang stepped inside alone. After descending more than ten meters, he saw countless stone pillars supporting the cavern. At a glance, there were more than a dozen routes...

Unless they were people from the Divine Temple, no one could possibly know which one was the true route. Judging by those Demonic Cultivators' style, every other false path probably concealed some terrifying mechanism, one that would ensure anyone who entered never returned.

What to do now was precisely