Entering Exploration, Official Mission

For Blood Qi Puppets like these, Pillaring Grandmasters and Transforming Strength Great Boxers pose no real danger. While they appear stronger than those at the Manifesting Strength level, that's about it. Even their own disciples could handle them, unless there were stronger Blood Qi Puppets inside.

After considering this, the Pillaring Grandmasters and four Transforming Strength Great Boxers outside the stone gate exchanged glances and quickly made their decision.

"This Wu Ming Ruins looks interesting. Gentlemen, I'll go first! Hahaha..."

Wang Tianba chuckled, strode forward, and cupped his hands towards Li Hansha before heading into a dim passage off to the side. Li Hansha nodded slightly and also chose a direction to proceed.

The four Transforming Strength Great Boxers standing outside turned to look at the crowd behind them, nodded towards their respective disciples standing within, and then stepped into the stone gate, each also choosing a different direction.

Before arriving, they had already instructed their disciples, including Liu Qing'er, Fang Xiu, Ye Zhen, Wang Xiaoai, and Li Xingming, on how to explore the Wu Ming Ruins. If it wasn't too dangerous, they, the masters, would go ahead and find clues about the Human Immortal Martial Dao.

Seeing the two Pillaring Grandmasters and four Transforming Strength Great Boxers enter the ruins one after another, the people at the Manifesting Strength level exchanged glances, still hesitant. After all, although they practiced National Martial Arts and had mastered Manifesting Strength, they were indeed hesitant when facing Blood Qi Puppets that disregarded life and death, were unaffected by broken limbs, and could still fight as long as their heads weren't blown off.

Who knew how many Blood Qi Puppets were inside? And were there any stronger ones?!

These two questions were the most important and the main reason for the hesitation among those at the Manifesting Strength level. Of course, some were preparing to find companions and team up to explore.

Meanwhile, the fifty elite special forces soldiers from another faction were orderly. They first sent the videos of the Blood Qi Puppets they had previously recorded back to the scientific research experts, awaiting further instructions.

These unscientific Blood Qi Puppets immediately caused a stir. The elite special forces troops present also received their mission from above: first, to try and capture an intact Blood Qi Puppet and bring it back for research; second, to enter the ruins and search for anything strange or of research value; and finally, to search for the legendary Human Immortal Martial Dao.

According to the mission, the fifty elite special forces soldiers quickly divided into five small teams, each led by a captain. With vigilant expressions, they entered the Wu Ming Ruins to begin carrying out their respective tasks, their organization undoubtedly much stronger than that of the civilian faction.

Seeing that the official personnel had entered, some from the civilian faction could no longer hold back. Some, after gathering five people, headed into the Wu Ming Ruins.

On the other side, Liu Qing'er, Fang Xiu, Ye Zhen, Wang Xiaoai, Li Xingming, and others had already discussed it in their group chat and planned to team up as six, advancing and retreating together.

Gu Chen naturally had no objections to this. He was here only to oversee the overall situation and ensure that the Wu Ming Ruins and the Human Immortal Martial Dao followed the script he had set, avoiding any unexpected events. Everything he did was to obtain Origin Points and prepare for his future transformation from fake to real.

After the 'group' friends gathered, Liu Qing'er, as the host, had already prepared all sorts of equipment needed for exploration, including headlamps and mini walkie-talkies.

"Hehe... These are professional exploration gears, perfect for use inside. No need to worry about being ambushed in the dark."

After distributing the equipment, everyone prepared themselves and, based on the characteristics of their respective martial arts, quickly arranged a six-person formation before cautiously stepping towards the entrance of the Wu Ming Ruins.

The muscular hunk Wang Xiaoai took the lead. After all, he had tough skin and thick flesh, and practiced the Dragon's Roar Iron Shirt, making him a qualified human shield. Behind him were Fang Xiu and Ye Zhen. She practiced the Wing Chun White Crane Fist, which was fast and fierce. Ye Zhen practiced the Swimming Dragon Bagua Palm, a tricky and flexible style adept at grappling. Liu Qing'er and Gu Chen were positioned at the rear. Liu Qing'er practiced Xingyi Fist, while Gu Chen was skilled with hidden weapons and the like.

This arrangement was quite reasonable. As long as they didn't encounter stronger Blood Qi Puppets inside the Wu Ming Ruins, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Seeing his 'group' friends looking serious, like they were heading into battle, Gu Chen found it quite amusing. He was even considering whether to create some small scares for them to help them train in life-and-death combat, in case they had a breakthrough?!

Of course, as their teammates, they had no idea that the 'group' friend standing behind them had such mischievous intentions.

In just ten minutes, more than half of the original two hundred-plus outsiders at the Manifesting Strength level had entered. Most of the remaining individuals were more cautious and valued their lives. They were unwilling to take risks and planned to wait for those who had entered first to return and inquire about the situation inside before making any decisions.