Fluorescent Purple Crystal! Dawn Raid!
"It seems those Abyss creatures do have brains after all." Ye Hua put down his teacup.
"You've worked hard, go and rest first. I'll send someone to handle the warning matter immediately."
"In addition, we need to send people to survey the terrain and identify vulnerable points that are easy to climb."
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Is there anything else?" Ye Hua looked up.
Shui Bing'er pursed her lips, "Teacher Ye, leave the exploration to me!"
"Since the Soul Master Tournament, I've had few opportunities to accumulate practical combat experience!"
"We can't just stay in the rear during this trip to the Extreme North!"
Ye Hua saw the fire burning in her eyes and nodded slightly.
Shui Bing'er is calm, composed, and not impulsive; she is indeed trustworthy.
"Teacher Ye," Oscar quickly added, "I'm going too!"
"The exploration mission is important; understanding the terrain as soon as possible will help us set up defenses!"
"Moreover, I've spent a lot of time surveying and mapping routes over the past few years, so I have some experience."
"Alright, then you two go," Ye Hua paused, "But don't overexert yourselves, come back as soon as you're done."
But before she could finish speaking, Veya grabbed Oscar's shoulder.
Oscar turned his head and frowned. "You're joining in the fun too?"
"That's right," Veya said, hands on her hips, "If I don't keep an eye on you, you'll definitely act impulsively!"
"Last time you got lost in the snowstorm, if it weren't for good luck, you'd probably be lying dead in some snowdrift by now!"
Shui Yue'er also raised her hand, "Then I'll go too! If my sister goes, I'll go too!"
Shui Bing'er raised her hand to tap her, but then realized that her younger sister was clingy and she knew she couldn't stop her.
Ye Hua shook his head slightly as he watched them leave.
He instructed Tie Xiong to arrange for men to keep a close watch on them.
Veya was afraid that Oscar would get stubborn and she wouldn't be able to persuade him, so she called on Hote and his Soul Hunting Group.
The night was thick, and the edges of the pit looked even more menacing than during the day.
When Oscar and his companions arrived, the Ice Bear on watch growled at them to confirm their identities before lying back down in the snow.
Under the moonlight, the pit appeared bottomless, as if the earth had been gouged out by human hands, leaving only a hollow.
Oscar crouched at the edge, brushing away the snow with his gloves to reveal the gray rock beneath.
He bent down to examine it closely, his gaze slowly moving down the pit wall.
Look here.
Shui Bing'er leaned closer and looked in the direction he was pointing.
The pit walls were not smooth, but covered with jagged, protruding rock ridges.
The buildings are staggered and continuous, with footholds every few feet.
"The infected Soul Beast probably climbed up from there!"
Shui Bing'er's expression hardened slightly. "That's right. If they force their way up, we'll be under considerable defensive pressure!"
Oscar nodded, took out paper and pen, and quickly sketched.
"I've marked several areas with dense protrusions and will give them to Teacher Ye later so that we can assign more manpower to those locations."
Veya used a rope to hang a torch to light his way. Although the light was extremely dim, fortunately, Soul Master have extraordinary eyesight.
Shui Yue'er, on the other hand, squatted curiously a short distance away, looking at the pale purple Water Crystal.
"It's so beautiful, and it even glows!"
"Yue'er," Shui Bing'er pulled her younger sister back, "Don't touch it, who knows what it is!"
"Oh." Shui Yue'er nodded obediently.
But at that moment, Shui Bing'er noticed that powder was floating out of the Water Crystal surface.
Fluorescent blue powder swirled and dispersed in the night, drifting and falling onto the snow like scattered stardust.
"Wow!" Shui Yue'er's eyes lit up. "Sister, look! It's so beautiful!"
Shui Bing'er frowned, staring intently at the powder. "Step back!"
She always had a gut feeling that there was something fishy about this powder!
Shui Yue'er was startled by her sister's shout.
The scattered specks floated slowly on the snow.
As if it were alive, it hovered and swirled in the air.
Shui Bing'er proceeded cautiously, diverting some of her Soul Power to probe.
But as soon as it touched the powder, it disappeared without a trace, failing to elicit any reaction.
Veya, who was watching from the sidelines, breathed a sigh of relief. "Sister Bing'er, you were too nervous."
"It's probably just dust from weathering ore, nothing serious."
Is it really nothing...?
Shui Bing'er was suspicious.
But with the exploration mission complete and dawn breaking, it was indeed time to return.
"Phew," Shui Bing'er exhaled a puff of white breath, "Perhaps, I'm just overthinking it."
"That's more like it," the Soul Hunting Group member chuckled. "Girl, you're just too sensitive."
"If there's something wrong with this Water Crystal, why didn't it break during the fierce battle in the daytime?"
"Now that the defenses are in place and the troops are resting, even if he causes trouble, there will be people to watch out for him!"
"That's true." Shui Bing'er's brows relaxed.
She shook her head, turned around, and returned with the main group.
But before they had taken two steps, the fluorescent powder that had been slowly dissipating suddenly increased dramatically!
Large swaths of fluorescent blue light mist exploded from the Water Crystal surface, enveloping an area of ten feet in radius!
"Retreat!!!"
Hote was the strongest and reacted the fastest. He pulled the last few people over, and the powder covered them perfectly.
"Watch out, everyone!" Oscar grabbed his Three-Eyed Icefire Guns and fired!
Rumble!
"Ah!!!"
A heart-wrenching scream emanated from the powder, sending chills down one's spine!
Shui Bing'er's pupils trembled. She grabbed Shui Yue'er by the back of her collar and suddenly fell to the side!
The two rolled out onto the snow, kicking up a cloud of snow.
Almost the instant they left, a dark shadow descended from the sky!
The blood-stained hammer slammed down on the spot where they stood, sending rubble and frozen earth flying everywhere!
Hote immediately retaliated, and almost at the same time the shadowy figure landed, his Martial Soul had already possessed him.
His right fist transformed into a bear's paw, slapping fiercely at the dark figure!
"Ah!"
When!
A hammer clashes with a bear's paw!
Hote's wrist went numb instantly!
Instead of retreating, he advanced, striking out with his left palm and smashing the dark figure to the ground.
"Ugh!!!" The dark figure slumped into the snow with a muffled thud, finally revealing its true form.
His body was wrapped in grayish-white bandages, revealing charred burns underneath.
Their faces were blurred, only two dark green slits in their eye sockets could be seen, coldly watching them.
Before everyone could recover from the shock of what was happening, the fluorescent powder flying everywhere suddenly lit up!
The light was so bright it was blinding!
Immediately afterwards, countless identical figures emerged from the light mist beside the Water Crystal cluster!
"Teleportation!" Oscar's expression changed drastically, and he already had the Three-Eyed Icefire Guns in his hand. "These powders are the teleportation medium!"
Before the words were even finished, the monsters all turned to them.
A quick scan revealed no fewer than forty!
Shui Bing'er shielded her younger sister behind her, and her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul had already materialized.
But she sensed a fluctuation in the aura, and her heart sank.
The aura of these monsters is no weaker than that of Soul Emperor!
Hote stepped forward, crossing his fists in front of him to block.
"Go back and report; I'll handle things here."
"Uncle, you can't hold them off by yourself!" Veya said anxiously.
Even a large number of ants can kill an elephant, let alone these creatures whose origins are unknown; they are quite strange!
"Veya, you go first!"
"Yue'er, go and deliver the message!"
Oscar and Shui Bing'er spoke in unison.
Seeing that the two were adamant, Veya and Shui Yue'er had no choice but to deliver the message first.
The others, including members of the Soul Hunting Group, stood in front, blocking the monster's path.
"Hiss!" A strange hiss came from the monster's throat.
Everyone was on high alert and prepared to make a move.
To their surprise, the monster seemed to know they were not to be trifled with, and simply stood there hissing.
Just as Hote was wondering what was going on, Shui Bing'er noticed something amiss.
"They're dragging the sunrise!"
"Take the initiative! Don't give them time!"
Other positions also experienced similar situations to varying degrees.
Even though there was still half an hour until sunrise, an eerie blood-red sun rose in the east!
A bad feeling welled up in Shui Bing'er's heart!
The next second--
Click!!!
The pale purple Water Crystal is completely shattered!
It turned into a sky full of purple powder!
Countless monsters bypassed the traps the allied forces had laid on the cave walls last night, appearing directly before them without any need for climbing!
"Oh no!" Hote exclaimed in alarm!