The Sixth Person Exposed! (Seeking follow-ups, seeking collections!)

"It's here, it's here." Zhao Manyan hurriedly chanted a Water Element spell, releasing water to give the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger a bath.

The sticky Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was washed clean, its dark red fur returning to its original pitch-black color.

On the other side, Lu Zhenghe, Song Xia, and the others were each counting the members of their respective teams.

Only after confirming that no one was missing any limbs did they finally heave a sigh of relief.

As night fell and the air grew chilly, the others sat around the campfire, while Lan Yu hid in a tree not far away to cultivate his Chaos Element.

Since he had already planned out his future development path, he could not afford to rest for even a moment.

Dimensional magic is linked to mental strength; the stronger the mental strength, the more powerful the Dimensional magic, especially for the Sound, Chaos, and Space Elements.

The night deepened, and everyone had basically fallen asleep, leaving only two or three people on watch.

In the middle of the night, that traitor Lu Zhenghe quietly buried a signal flare in the dirt. He assumed that everything he did would go unnoticed, not realizing that it was all under Lan Yu's watchful eyes.

After taking a leak, Lu Zhenghe pretended to be sleepy as he returned to his tent.

"Damn! This bastard really knows how to pick a spot!"

"Motherfucker, it smells so bad, he must be suffering from internal heat!"

Lan Yu, hiding in the tree, jumped down, landing without a sound.

He hurriedly moved away from the area; as for the signal flare Lu Zhenghe had buried, he did not touch it.

After all, he also wanted the Blood Li Zi.

Mages, much like the ninjas next door, are high-damage, low-defense glass cannons.

Of course, that excludes those who use cheats.

And the Demon Element is exactly one of those external cheats that enhances physical strength.

Although this cheat is a bit life-threatening, Lan Yu believed he could secure it in advance. Once he found a suitable vessel to collect remnant souls and essence souls in the future, he would be able to use the Blood Li Zi.

For the rest of the journey, the group of eighteen braved the elements, hacking through thorns and thistles.

Except for encountering swarms of demons in the first tunnel, they never encountered such a situation again during the subsequent journey.

After traveling for more than ten days, Jinlin Desolate City finally appeared after much anticipation.

For the final tunnel, everyone chose not to pass through it, opting instead to climb over the mountain.

Reaching the highest point of the ridge, the entire Jinlin Desolate City came into view.

It was a vast plain basin; to the west lay endless plains and low hills; to the north was a river, winding its way through Jinlin City before heading east, which was the direction the group had come from.

"Let's go, let's survey the perimeter first and count how many demons are roaming about," Song Xia said.

The outskirts of Jinlin City were a wide stretch of woodland, and this forest surrounding the city was one of the points that needed to be surveyed.

However, to everyone's surprise, there were only a few wandering demons in the outer forest, so they simply marked it with a green tag on the map, indicating that the number of demons in this area was low.

"Let's just go in. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go back. Staying in this godforsaken place for too long makes my skin crawl," Luo Song complained.

Over the past ten days, he had complained at least once every day, and his originally plump body had slimmed down quite a bit.

If any fatty wanted to lose weight, then the area outside the Safe Zone was the perfect place to go.

It was just a bit life-threatening; one careless move and you'd be serving yourself up as a meal for the demons.

"You fatty, we have many points to survey, how could it be over so quickly? Unless we split up!" Lu Zhenghe immediately glared at Luo Song.

Luo Song shrank his neck, muttering something under his breath.

Song Xia immediately vetoed Lu Zhenghe's proposal, "We cannot split up."

With all eighteen of them walking together, they could still handle it even if they encountered swarms of demons; if they split up, they would truly be "splitting up" in the literal sense.

"Then let's just clear them one by one."

Walking into Jinlin Desolate City, the roads were filled with abandoned, dilapidated cars, demon excrement visible everywhere, bones that were either human or from other creatures, and crumbling buildings...

"Such a fine city, to think it has become like this." Bai Tingting was more sentimental, her tone carrying a hint of a sigh.

Looking at the desolation and ruin before them, Shen Mingxiao spoke up, "Let's find a place to stay first."

"Then we must find a place that is safe enough, where we can rely on favorable terrain to defend ourselves if we encounter danger, or evacuate quickly," Lu Zhenghe said.

"That place there, I think it looks pretty good." Mo Fan pointed, and it was none other than the Municipal Building of Jinlin City.

"You really know how to pick," Song Xia compared it with the map and said with a smile, "That is the Municipal Building of Jinlin City."

"Let's go there."

The group passed through several residential areas and arrived at the Municipal Building.

This Municipal Building had a three-tiered structure, with each level serving a different purpose.

"This is also a place that needs to be surveyed, but I always feel like this place is strange," Jingjing frowned. "Look at those plants; they aren't growing toward the sunlight, but are instead burrowing into the Municipal Building."

Mu Nujiao also carefully observed those black vines that were neither quite vine nor wood; just as Jingjing had said, they were all burrowing into the Municipal Building.

"Leave a few people outside, the rest of us will go in and scout," Lu Zhenghe said.

"Are you sure we should risk it?" Lan Yu looked at Song Xia and asked, "There are countless species of demon beasts, it's not strange to encounter a plant-type demon."

"If you're a coward, then stay outside!" Liao Mingxuan sneered.

Hearing this, the furrow in Lu Zhenghe's brow immediately smoothed out.

Song Xia thought over Lan Yu's words carefully, while also recalling the instructions their mentor had given them before departure, so she said, "In a place as unknown as this, if we rush in blindly, I fear..."

Seeing Song Xia hesitate, Lu Zhenghe's brow furrowed once again.

"I remember now!"

Suddenly, Jingjing's loud exclamation caused everyone to turn and look at her.

"There is indeed a type of plant demon that dislikes sunlight and excels at hiding itself by blending into the surrounding environment. I remember it being called a Pseudo-Cloth Demon."

Pseudo-Cloth Demon!!

Hearing Jingjing say this, Mu Nujiao also recalled it; she had heard about this type of demon beast when attending a plant demon class at the Imperial Capital Academy.

"An adult Pseudo-Cloth Demon is entirely black and likes to take root in dark, shadowy places. If it is an adult Pseudo-Cloth Demon, given our current magical cultivation, even if we all attacked together, it wouldn't be enough."

Hearing Mu Nujiao say this, everyone looked at one another, unsure whether to stay or go.

"Someone cast a spell to see if there's some rat waiting to ambush us."

Seeing that his indirect approach had achieved its effect, Lan Yu spoke up.

"I'll do it." Zhao Manyan took the initiative to handle the task. He could tell that several people from the Imperial Capital Academy were very displeased with Lan Yu and Mo Fan.

Especially Lu Zhenghe and that fellow named Liao Mingxuan.

"Violent Wave!"

After tracing the Intermediate star map, a torrent surged violently toward the Municipal Building.