Infiltrating the Dungeon! Strange Tigris Ghosts!

After eating and drinking his fill, Wu Yu casually inscribed several sigils onto different machetes, then got up and continued on his way.

After walking for a while, he arrived at a fork in the road.

Night had already fallen, and this area was deathly quiet.

The faint light from outside could not reach this far. The deeper into the cave he went, the darker it became.

"Someone has been here."

Wu Yu crouched down and examined the pebbles nearby.

"There was probably more than one person. They entered the middle passage."

"I'm not sure about the one on the right."

He rose to his feet and looked toward the middle passage.

Unlike those on either side, the middle passage was broader and sloped downward.

He widened his eyes and peered through the darkness into the depths of the passage.

"No footprints... Did the Tigris Ghosts deliberately erase such traces?"

Wu Yu frowned slightly, silently heightening his guard.

"Based on the information from earlier, Lostway Cave has a dungeon."

While advancing through the left passage, he had also paid attention to the things within it.

There had been bandits' belongings along the way and near the silver treasure chest.

Therefore, the left passage was most likely the bandits' temporary base!

"Thinking about it this way, the bandit chief's records were not exaggerated at all!"

"The bandits did not dare stay in Lostway Cave for too long. Deep within the left passage, there was not only a route leading outside, but also the ritual site for the Mountain Lord Rite!"

"The dungeon and the Mountain Lord are likely at the ends of the other two passages."

Wu Yu looked into the depths of the middle passage, deep in thought.

There was definitely more than one silver treasure chest in the left passage.

But Wu Yu had already given up going that way, so naturally, he would not regret it.

After making some preparations on the spot, he carefully stepped into the middle passage and proceeded downward.

Not long after!

Having passed through the lengthy passage, Wu Yu suddenly stopped and narrowed his eyes.

In the depths of the darkness, two bandits stood side by side at the entrance of the passage without making a sound.

"Living Tigris Ghosts..."

He cautiously approached them.

The two bandits had not lit any torches. They stood in the road like logs, their eyes vacant.

They differed from every bandit Wu Yu had encountered before, but he would not let his guard down.

Visualizing the "Heaven-Earth Copper Coin," he summoned a weapon into each hand.

They were the [Omen Blood Blade] and [Exquisite Dagger]!

A blood-red aura curled around the weapons. Wu Yu silently closed in, then abruptly hurled the daggers!

Whoosh—!

The sound of something cutting through the air rang out in the cave. The two bandits woodenly turned their heads just as the two daggers sliced past their necks.

Splurt!

Their heads separated from their bodies, blood spraying everywhere.

With a thought from Wu Yu, the two daggers flew back and landed before him.

"What a pity they aren't real flying swords. Once the vitality attached to them is depleted..."

Wu Yu put away the daggers and walked over.

By then, the two bandits had already dissolved into light, yet he did not see a single card where they had stood.

"Well, my luck is starting to turn bad."

He could not help shaking his head.

Having killed so many bandits, he had learned their "drop rate."

With good luck, a single bandit could drop three cards.

With bad luck, he would not see even one!

Still, it was rare for two bandits to drop no cards at all. He was truly unlucky to the extreme.

After proceeding farther, Wu Yu noticed that bandits were appearing more frequently.

To avoid alerting the enemy, he continued using daggers to kill them instantly and did not use a single [Bi Fang Sigil].

Fortunately, they were all ordinary bandits. The moment a dagger flew out, it could basically kill them in one blow, without any mishaps.

Yet although more than a dozen bandits had died, Wu Yu had not gained a single card!

That was undoubtedly astonishing...

Setting aside the possibility that his luck was absurdly terrible, the most likely explanation was that something was wrong with these bandits!

"Could they have just undergone the Mountain Lord Rite? Or are they under the Mountain Lord's control?"

Wu Yu was puzzled, and he became even more cautious as he advanced.

Light and shadows flickered ahead.

The underground passage finally reached level ground, and Wu Yu saw torches embedded in the walls.

The firelight illuminated the passage entrance. Ahead were piles of wood, straw beds, and a dilapidated wooden cage.

Inside the cage lay an incomplete skeleton.

"So it really is a dungeon."

Wu Yu saw the scene from afar and immediately understood.

There were four bandits guarding this place, all of whom Wu Yu had instantly killed with flying daggers.

"Are all the captured merchants inside? And Captain Lu."

"It seems my [Dungeon Key] won't be needed."

He studied the place.

The dungeon did not even have a door. The key was likely meant for some room.

Based on the games he had played, dungeons generally had hidden rooms, warden's rooms, or something similar.

Soon, he arrived in the illuminated area and cautiously moved deeper into the dungeon.

"Guwa?"

"Guwa! Puwa!"

"Kana!"

Several bandits sat drinking around a table, their faces flushed as they said something.

Near the table, several vacant-eyed bandits stood together, motionless as statues.

At the corner,

Wu Yu watched the scene and knew he could no longer remain hidden.

"If I kill them all, that still counts as a successful infiltration!"

He smiled, and two small stones appeared in his palm.

Then,

He leaped out in a single step and forcefully threw the stones.

One flew straight toward the table, while the other flew toward the dazed bandits.

A whistling sound rose. The drinking bandits were startled and immediately drew their blades as they stood.

But before they could turn around, the stone landed in a wine bowl on the table!

With a pop, wine splashed everywhere.

The bandits instinctively looked over.

A golden divine bird flashed across the stone.

Boom—!!!

Two deafening explosions erupted at the same time. Flames joined into a sea of fire, devouring everything around them.

The bandits died on the spot. The most unfortunate one did not even leave behind a corpse.

A moment later, the flames faded.

Wu Yu walked over and found that the drinking bandits had dropped several cards, while the dim-witted ones still had not dropped a single card.

"Two different kinds of bandits..."

Wu Yu understood. He collected the cards.

They were all ordinary bandits, so naturally they had dropped things like [Beast Meat] cards. He could not be bothered to inspect them closely and simply discarded what he did not need.

Then, he looked toward the depths of the dungeon. Rather than rashly charging in, he arranged several stones around the area and retreated.

Less than three minutes later, a clamor came from within.

A large group of bandits rushed out, wielding machetes and bows, their faces full of fury.

But when they charged to the site of the explosion, they did not see any corpses.

"Guwa?"

The bandits were somewhat bewildered.

Then...

Boom!

The same flames, in the same place.

This time, there were more of them, so Wu Yu detonated even more [Bi Fang Sigils]!

The flames instantly swept through the surroundings, devouring every bandit.

Before long, the fire dissipated, and the numerous bandit corpses also dissolved into light.

But Wu Yu did not go over. Instead, he grabbed a broken piece of wood he had just picked up, took an old garment from his inventory, and wrapped it around the wood.

After taking a few steps forward, Wu Yu fiercely threw the wood ahead!

The moment it hit the ground, arrows shot from the depths of the dungeon, piercing the wood straight through!