As the captain of the reserve team and the strongest person among the seven people in the reserve team, Xia Linyuan is at the front, Jiang Nannan is at the back, and the others are walking between the two.
After all, they are mainly responsible for assisting the Inner Court disciples in this surveillance mission, rather than killing the enemy. While trying their best to assist the Inner Court disciples, the most important thing is to ensure their own safety.
Perhaps because of the tense situation of carrying out a mission for the first time and possibly killing someone personally, none of the other five girls except Xia Linyuan and Gu Yuena noticed that Inverted Clone had not followed.
Ma Xiaotao They were moving very fast, and even Huo Yuhao and Spiritual Detection couldn't keep up. Until they came to the hillside they discovered earlier, there was still no sign of the seven Ma Xiaotao people, and no sound could be heard.
Xia Linyuan said calmly, "Get ready for battle, we will go down too."
"Yes."
Xia Linyuan sacrificed his Hunting Spear, then jumped down the side of the hillside, and others followed suit.
After descending to the foot of the hillside, they saw a cave covered by many vine curtains. There was no doubt that it was the den of thieves.
At this time, at the entrance of the cave, there were five or six miserable-looking corpses lying strewn about. It seemed that they had found the right place.
At this moment, a dull explosion accompanied by majestic Soul Power fluctuations sounded from the cave, followed by noisy shouts and curses one after another.
Everyone subconsciously looked at Xia Linyuan, waiting for his further arrangements.
Xia Linyuan gave the order vigorously and resolutely, "Huo Yuhao, always pay attention to the surrounding situation. If you find anything wrong, report it immediately, no matter whether it is good or bad. Everyone must be careful and go in."
Huo Yuhao immediately released Spiritual Detection to the maximum extent, and a wider range of three-dimensional images suddenly appeared in everyone's mind.
Huo Yuhao was surprised to find that unlike the previous times where she had been unable to establish a shared connection for mental detection with Xia Linyuan, this time she finally established a sharing connection with Xia Linyuan.
Looking at the tall and tall Xia Linyuan walking in front, Huo Yuhao's eyes were full of complex colors, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.
She thought it was her fault when she couldn't establish a shared relationship in the past few times, so she never dared to ask Xia Linyuan if he rejected her Spiritual Detection Sharing.
She finally knew now that the reason why she couldn't establish a shared relationship with him was not because of her problem, but because Xia Linyuan actively refused to establish a Spiritual Detection Sharing contact with her.
Why did Xia Linyuan reject her Spiritual Detection Sharing?
This made Huo Yuhao feel a little frustrated, and even had the illusion that her existence was insignificant.
But for the current mission, Huo Yuhao should put this doubt aside first, brace himself, and always pay attention to the surrounding situation.
The entrance to the cave is not big, but the inside is very wide. In addition to the corpse at the entrance, another corpse appeared after continuing inward for nearly fifty meters.
The strong smell of blood hit their faces. Except for Xia Linyuan and Gu Yuena, the faces of the other five people suddenly turned pale.
Ning Tian was observing the situation around her nervously. Just as she was taking steps to keep up with the team, a drop of blood fell from the sky, almost grazing her body and dripping to the ground.
She subconsciously followed the direction of the dripping blood and looked up. It didn't matter if she didn't look, but it would almost kill her if she looked at it.
"Ahhhh!" A super-high-decibel scream came from Ning Tian's mouth, and her delicate body trembled violently.
Hearing her scream, everyone was immediately on alert, and Huo Yuhao even followed the direction of Spiritual Detection along her line of sight.
The moment Spiritual Detection came into contact with something on the cave wall, whether it was Huo Yuhao or others, their expressions changed one after another, and Jiang Nannan screamed right after.
Huo Yuhao, Tang Wulin, and Wang Dong wanted to scream based on their psychological reactions, but due to extreme fear, they could not make any sound at all.
I saw more than a dozen human skins hanging on the cave wall, among which there was even a newborn baby nailed to a stalagmite. There were still occasional drops of blood, so it seemed that he had just died.
Looking at the infant corpse nailed to the stalagmite, Xia Linyuan had an expressionless face, and it was hard to tell what his mood was at the moment.
He used Hunting Spear to stir up the corpse on the ground, but accidentally cut off the corpse's arm at the root. However, he did not feel upset because of this, but said calmly, "The blood in the wound of the corpse has not yet solidified. It seems that it has not been dead for a long time. They should be not far ahead. Let's go."
Seeing that due to Xia Linyuan's instigation, the sharp Hunting Spear directly cut off the corpse's arms at the root, which immediately caused everyone to have a physiological nausea, and the feeling in their stomachs made them all retch in the next second.
"Ugh!" The women immediately started retching while holding on to the cave wall.
Xia Linyuan glanced at them and said nothing, but quietly waited for them to recover.
Wang Dong wiped the corner of his mouth and said with disgust, "You can actually kill such a young child! It's worse than a beast!"
Not just her, except Xia Linyuan and Gu Yuena, everyone felt like their blood was flowing backwards, and they all clenched their fists.
"Let's go." Xia Linyuan said dully.
Moving forward, there were more and more corpses, and the sound of fighting inside became more and more intense. As they went deeper, they saw more and more corpses, and everyone started to become numb from the initial shock.
The terrain ahead suddenly became clear, and they finally saw the current situation.
Countless Spirit Ring rays of light shone, which made it feel a bit dazzling. All around were the corpses of bandits.
Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul is the most obvious. The blazing flames burst out crazily and are invincible.
Even though the enemy had three Soul King level Spirit Master, under the tacit cooperation of the Inner Court disciples in the attack, they were still killed and retreated.
But as if they were not afraid of life and death, these bandits kept pouring out of the cave and threw themselves into the battle with Inner Court disciples.
Dai Yueheng, with resentment towards Xia Linyuan, let out a roar and violently tore a Soul King-level opponent alive, with blood splattering everywhere.
Xia Linyuan looked at the scene in front of him with a hint of disdain on his lips.
It has been at least seven or eight minutes since the battle began. This Death's Hand Bandit Group has three hundred members, only thirty Spirit Master, and the strongest are only three Soul King, and Inner Court disciples, with two soul emperors and five Soul King, could only defeat a hundred enemies without Evil Spirit Master taking action.
If this were a world outside the Tang family's universe, the battle would have been over within a minute of starting.
Soon, the two Soul Kings were killed by Inner Court disciples one after another, leaving only the last Soul King level bandit.
According to the intelligence, the bandit leader should be a Soul King level Spirit Master. Obviously he should be the remaining bandit. Seeing that the overall situation has been decided, Ma Xiaotao said in a deep voice, "Don't let one go, so as to avoid future troubles."
The strongest enemy was held back by the disciples of Inner Court, and the rest were mostly ordinary young people and some Spirit Master of the second and third rings. Xia Linyuan rushed forward with Hunting Spear in hand, and easily killed an enemy with a third ring of cultivation.
Others followed closely behind.
Soon, the enemy was almost eliminated by everyone just like chopping melons and vegetables.
While everyone else was relaxing their tense nerves, no one noticed that Xia Linyuan suddenly showed a weird smile.
The fun has just begun.
"Who is it! Who dares to go against the apostles of Black Pharaoh! You will all die and become the most devout apostles of me and the Lord!" A sharp voice came from the depths of the cave.
Before the sharp voice fell, Huo Yuhao's face changed drastically, "Everyone, be careful!"
Under the meticulous Spiritual Detection, I saw that the corpses on the ground that had died under their hands were growing at an alarming rate, and then...
"Boom! Boom! Boom!..." The horrific explosion was accompanied by flesh and blood flying everywhere in the cave, and violent roars came and went.
Corpse Explosion, which contained hundreds of corpses, lasted for more than ten seconds before gradually calming down.
Although Xia Linyuan immediately pulled Ning Tian and threw himself towards the open space without corpses, but even so, because under his leadership, they reached the edge of the core area even if they did not enter the core area of the explosion, so even though he reacted very quickly, he was still affected by the explosion.
It seemed that he was not contaminated by the poisonous blood under the protection of the third Spirit Skill--Abyssal Blessing, but his left arm was also covered in a lake of flesh and blood under the violent impact of the explosion.
Ning Tian in his arms was not as lucky as him. Although he was protected by Xia Linyuan in his arms for the first time, his face was accidentally splashed with poisonous blood.
Under the influence of the highly poisonous poison, which was also the face closest to the brain, Ning Tian kept screaming while covering the side of his face where the poisonous blood had been spattered.
Although Xia Linyuan cleaned her up immediately after spitting out the hot blood from her mouth, her beautiful face was still turned into a bloody mess due to the poisonous erosion, which was considered ruined.
As for Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin, under the full force of Wang Dong and the protection of Tang Wulin's mutant Blue Silver Grass, the three of them were not seriously injured except that they were shocked by the huge impact of the explosion and their blood surged and their faces turned pale.
And Jiang Nannan at least had a Invincible Golden Body, so he wouldn't be injured.
As for Gu Yuena, let alone that. As Silver Dragon King, and she also has the peak strength of First-Level God, if she is injured by this little Corpse Explosion, if this spreads out, she will probably become the biggest laughing stock of the entire Douluo World.
Although the members of the reserve team were not seriously injured except for Ning Tian and Xia Linyuan, Inner Court disciples, who were in the center of hundreds of corpses and in the core area of Corpse Explosion, were not so lucky.
Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng died in the battle, Ling Luocheng, Xixi, and Gongyang Mo were blown to the side, lying motionless on the ground. The three people could be vaguely seen bleeding from their orifices, and their lives and deaths were unknown.
Although Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, the most powerful ones, were not contaminated by the poisonous blood under the strong body protection Spirit Skill, they were also blown up in front of Xia Linyuan. They kept spitting out blood from their mouths, but they finally did not pass out.
After the explosion, the entire cave was filled with a disgusting smell of blood.
"Jiejiejie, how does this apostle's Corpse Explosion taste? No matter how strong you are, in front of my Chain Corpse Explosion, even if you can't be blown to death, you will be poisoned to death!"
"Asshole." An extremely angry roar suddenly sounded from the entrance of the cave, and the entire cave trembled violently because of it.
Almost at the same time, white light that was so dazzling that it was impossible to open one's eyes instantly fell on every corner of the cave, and all the sizzling poisonous blood evaporated and disappeared in an instant.
Inverted Clone and Xuan Zi came to the cave almost at the same time.
Inverted Clone immediately went to check on Ling Luocheng, Xixi, and Gongyang Mo, whose life and death were unknown.
Xuan Zi raised his right hand and made a pulling motion toward the cave ahead. Suddenly, a terrifying suction force burst out from his palm, and a figure was taken out from deeper into the cave and headed straight in his direction.
It was a man whose whole body was shrouded in black robes and whose figure was very thin, but his appearance could not be seen. Only three yellow, two purple and five Spirit Ring lights could be seen shining on his body.
Caught by Xuan Zi, the man who called himself Black Pharaoh Apostle did not panic or struggle at all. He shouted with infinite fanaticism, "The Supreme Lord will protect her most pious apostle!"
The words just fell.
Da!
Da!
Da!
The low, gentle but neat sound of horse hooves came from deeper inside the cave. Each sound of horse hooves was like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's hearts hard.
Their hearts seemed to be rising and falling with the gentle and uniform sound of horse hooves.
Immediately afterwards, both Xuan Zi and everyone in the sober reserve team saw an old, worn-out spear with green ghostly fire protruding from the darkness.
Then, accompanied by the low sound of horse hoofbeats, two undead knights wearing robes and armor, carrying strong weapons, and the horses under them were also fully armed, and their bodies were burning with ghost fire, walked out of the darkness.
When he looked at the green soul fire under the worn armor, a powerful aura of coldness and despair that Xuan Zi had never felt before hit his face, shaking his heart and soul.
The aura exuded by these undead knights was countless times more powerful than most of the powerful men he had seen.
Taking advantage of Xuan Zi's sluggishness, the bodies of Yao Haoxuan and Chen Zifeng who died in Corpse Explosion suddenly swelled up.
"Jie Jie Jie, old guy, go to hell!" The purple fifth Spirit Ring on Evil Spirit Master flashed, and the whole person turned into a wisp of smoke. He rushed towards Xia Linyuan like lightning, and fled in front of Xuan Zi with the injured Xia Linyuan and Dai Yueheng.
"Asshole!" Xuan Zi roared angrily and wanted to chase away, but more importantly than chasing, we still have to protect the students here!
He raised his hands, and a solid white light instantly enveloped the bodies of Yao Haoxuan and Chen Zifeng.