The terrifying shrieks continued for nearly a quarter of an hour before finally subsiding again. Only after confirming that they had completely vanished did Han Yu, who had been responsible for casting the third Holy Light Shield, slowly cut off his spiritual power and dismiss the shield covering the group.
Following the direction of the wails, Yue Chen and his companions found their destination: the Cave of Dreadful Wails.
Looking at the pitch-black cave a short distance away, Yue Chen waved for everyone to stop.
Loose stones littered the ground around the entrance, which was riddled with cracks. Inside, the cave was utterly dark, sending out waves of eerie, bone-chilling cold.
"What kind of mission did the Mission Tower give us? Is this really something an ordinary General Rank Demon Hunt Squad can complete?" Jin Ruchuan smacked his lips as he looked at the cave nearby. "We haven't even gone inside, and those shrieks are already giving us headaches."
"Exactly." Xue Meng nodded in agreement. "Not only that, the shrieks also do considerable damage to our mental power."
"Are we still going to do this mission, then?" Hearing their discussion, Sima Xian, the other priest in the group, could not help asking with a troubled expression.
"Of course we are." Before Sima Xian could start complaining, Yue Chen, who had been studying the Cave of Dreadful Wails for a while, straightened up and spoke.
"We can't have come all this way for nothing, can we?" Yue Chen glanced around. "We passed up quite a few missions to come here. How could we go back empty-handed?"
"Then how do you plan to have us explore this cave, Captain Yue?" Wang Yuanyuan, who had practically never spoken during either squad's decision-making discussions, suddenly raised her hand. "If you need me to, I