Straight into the Snakefolk Altar

"It's almost done."

Inside a house within the Snakefolk Tribe, Bai Xiaowen opened her eyes and smiled at Li Shuyi, saying:

"Judging from the shared vision of the Shadow Assassin, most of the warriors in the Snakefolk Tribe have already been sent out to defend against the Awakened Ones. The fact that they can put so much pressure on the Snakefolk Tribe suggests that all four Hero Class in this expedition to the Dead Spirit Lake must have arrived."

Li Shuyi asked, "Shouldn't we take action immediately?"

Bai Xiaowen laughed and said, "No rush, let's wait a bit longer. It won't be easy for Qi Ruifeng and the other two to break into the tribe's high walls. The Snakefolk Tribe's Elite Tier warriors number at least several hundred, not to mention the swarms of Many-Headed Snake helping them."

Although she said to wait a little longer, Bai Xiaowen didn't sit idle.

He summoned Fatty again, who crept furtively behind the house door. Meanwhile, the Shadow Assassin remained hidden along the road outside the house, providing Bai Xiaowen with a view.

Soon, a resident of the Snakefolk Tribe passed by. Fatty threw out his hook, and the iron hook instantly Piercing the snake's tail, dragging it into the house.

Before the Snakefolk Tribe could even cry out in alarm, he was frozen in place by a yellow Spell Talisman.

"The ratio of enemy strength to friendly strength is 0.237:1, and the success rate of the Heart-Confounding Talisman's confusion effect is 76.30%."

"The confusion detection failed; the target will be stunned for 4.5 seconds."

Bai Xiaowen shook his head, waving his hand with a gloomy expression. "Chop it up."

This is just a Standard Template Snakefolk, and it's unbelievable that it failed with a 76.30% success rate in judging.

Fortunately, there was still Ghost Mist here. As an undead creature, Fatty recovered quickly in the Ghost Mist environment. His Life Value, which was originally less than half, was naturally recovering, and the Divine Might consumed by the Meat Hook skill was also recovering at an accelerated rate.

After the cooldown of the Talisman Switching skill ended, Fatty's Divine Might had already recovered to full.

Soon Bai Xiaowen found his second target and ordered Fatty to hook the Fatty again, repeating the previous steps. This time, the success rate of the deception judgment was only 69.50%, but fortunately, it passed the judgment, and the Snakefolk Tribe resident was successfully deceived by Bai Xiaowen.

Bai Xiaowen quickly flipped through the other person's fragmented memories. Every detail of their life in the Snakefolk Tribe appeared before Bai Xiaowen's eyes like a movie fast-forwarding.

After a while, Bai Xiaowen opened her eyes.

"I see... now the previous doubts are explained."

Li Shuyi cast a questioning look at her.

Bai Xiaowen laughed and said, "Do you remember when we encountered two Snakefolk not long after we Gliding down?"

Li Shuyi nodded.

"I was very puzzled at the time because the records of previous students never mentioned Snakefolk appearing in the Pale Mire. I was worried that Jinghai University's records were incomplete. After meeting Shi Haiyan and others, I specifically asked them, and their answer was also that there was no record of Snakefolk appearing in the Pale Mire."

"I've been thinking about one thing: why did we have to run into the Snakefolk by such a coincidence?"

"Actually, this is not a coincidence. Previous students, including other awakened individuals in this year's cohort, all walked step by step along the circular staircase path of the Undead Sinkhole Undead Sinkhole to its bottom. And at the end of this path, there are Lobsterfolk guarding it!"

"The Lobsterfolk are responsible for guarding the area. Once they encounter outsiders, they immediately alert the Snakefolk Tribe through some special means. The Snakefolk, who originally roamed freely outside the Pale Mire, will immediately return to the Internal Isolation Array and hide after receiving the warning, creating the illusion that there are no Snakefolk in the Pale Mire."

Li Shuyi understood. "We Gliding down, we didn't take the mountain path, so the Lobsterfolk didn't spot us immediately, they definitely didn't sound the alarm. So, we encountered two Snakefolk moving freely in the Pale Mire."

"That's right, that's exactly it." Bai Xiaowen briefly organized the Snakefolk's memories he had read and said, "I have a general understanding of the Snakefolk Tribe's strength. Currently, most of the Snakefolk warriors have been sent out of the city to fight fiercely against the awakened ones. It's time for us to take action."

Li Shuyi nodded with a slight hint of excitement.

"Our target is the central altar of the Snakefolk Tribe, guarded by two Advanced Boss. We'll take advantage of their Elite Tier defenses and lack of elite guards to eliminate them!" Bai Xiaowen said, narrowing his eyes. "Although we lack concrete evidence, I can sense from the fragmented memories of the Snakefolk civilians that the Snakefolk Altar holds a significant secret. We might reap substantial profits from it! Even if our deduction is wrong and the altar offers nothing of value, the treasure chests from the two Advanced Boss will be more than enough."

Li Shuyi smiled gently, "It's more than just worth it."

These two Advanced Boss were clearly the most valuable part of the spoils from the attack on the Snakefolk Tribe, like the yolk of an egg. The other awakened ones would probably only get a little egg white, enough to make a little egg drop soup.

However, without sufficient strength, one shouldn't even think about swallowing the "yolk" whole. Among the Awakened Ones exploring the Dead Spirit Lake, besides Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi, who else could take down two Advanced Boss at once?

Bai Xiaowen had already taken down two Advanced Boss in one go back to the Jiajing Plane World, and more than once.

Once Fatty's Life Value was fully restored, Bai Xiaowen began to move, leaving the hiding place and heading towards the central altar along a secluded path.

Kill any Snakefolk you encounter along the way.

Inevitably, Bai Xiaowen and his group were discovered, and alarms sounded repeatedly within the Snakefolk Tribe. However, the Snakefolk Tribe was currently vulnerable, with most of its warriors fighting the Awakened Ones outside and unable to return to defend.

They fought their way to the central altar without any major incidents, where they faced two high-level bosses.

"You cunning loaches, you've come out on your own, saving me some time!" The burly, tall male Snakefolk Boss Tier, Kasares, roared in a thunderous voice, "I will grant you a quick death!"

Eliki, the six-armed female Snakefolk Boss Tier, was rather cautious, hissing and saying, "Be careful, Kasares. These invaders managed to sneak into the tribe; they're quite cunning. We can't let our guard down."

"Yes, Ms. Eliki."

Bai Xiaowen could understand Old Latin, and while the two high-level bosses were talking, he had already used his Insight.

Judging from the dialogue between the two bosses, they possess considerable intelligence, unlike the Black Zombie King and White Ghost Queen in the Jiajing Plane World, as well as the three level-six undead bosses of Yinwind Ridge.

"Holy crap!"

After Bai Xiaowen saw the information about Eliki, he couldn't help but exclaim.

There will be more updates, but it will be quite late... Sorry in advance. I suggest you all not stay up late, check back tomorrow~ pat pat