Monster Camp

Intermediate-level professionals are just the beginning; once they leave the safe zone, even Legendary must be cautious.

After bypassing the camp for several hundred meters, the heavy transport team continued into the wilderness. With a compass to guide them, they didn't have to worry about getting lost.

Lin Xu scanned the area ahead with his Spirit Eye Technique. To prevent a repeat of the previous encounter with the Wedding Procession Ghosts, he didn't keep his long-range vision active all the time. Instead, he would observe the area periodically before turning it off again.

A sudden glimmer of light ahead startled him slightly. "A campfire?"

His expression darkened slightly. A campfire in the Spirit Realm is usually the beginning of an event, such as the previous Yin Cultivation Camp.

The convoy changed direction again; Lin Xu was determined not to waste any more energy until the supplies were safely delivered to the camp.

Just as the convoy was about a hundred meters away, preparing to detour through the fog, the wooden gate of the camp suddenly opened.

A swarm of filthy goblins, brandishing their haphazard weapons, charged toward the convoy. Behind them, several towering figures roared and charged out of the camp.

"Prepare to engage the enemy!" Lin Xu shouted a warning, while simultaneously directing the Dark Mage Corps to launch a counterattack against the incoming monster horde.

Alaites and his Ghost Lantern Mage Corps responded immediately, fireballs streaking through the mist and exploding into bursts of flame.

The attacking goblins were immediately engulfed in a barrage of explosions. With Lin Xu providing the vision, the mages' fireballs hit their targets with near precision.

The goblin hit by the Fireball Spell was almost instantly blown to pieces, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.

After a barrage of fireballs, the attacking goblins suffered heavy losses, with nearly half of them killed. When the intense bombardment ended, the surviving goblins quickly collapsed, screaming and scattering in all directions.

Lin Xu's gaze fell on the approaching ogres. These monsters, which were nearly 3 meters tall, were rumored to have the blood of giants. They were savage and brutal, and were notorious for feeding on intelligent beings.

At this moment, three gray-blue ogres were charging towards the convoy, wielding clubs covered in hard, burl-like growths.

One unlucky goblin, in its panic, charged straight at the ogre.

The little goblin was knocked down on the spot, and the ogre, weighing hundreds of kilograms, trampled over him, turning the goblin into a bloody pulp.

"%*#~" Alaites used the divine consciousness network between the guardians to initiate Joint Spellcasting.

Almost the instant he uttered the incantation, the other twenty-odd dark mages chanted in unison, their powerful magic converging...

It quickly condensed and compressed into a blue-white fireball the size of a washbasin.

This is called Joint Spellcasting, which uses synchronized magic to enhance a single-target spell into a pseudo-war spell.

War magic is a massive-scale spell built around heroes or even lords.

The powerful war spells are comparable to forbidden spells, equivalent to repeatedly used tactical nuclear weapons.

The Joint Spellcasting of the Gloomlamp Mage Corps is a simplified version of war magic, but even so, it possesses immense power.

"Whoosh~"

A large fireball ripped through the air and struck the leader of the ogres.

"Boom~"

Like a grenade exploding, a powerful shockwave of fire instantly engulfed the ogre.

The spirit lamp in Lin Xu's hand shone brightly, and a phantom lotus flower bloomed, creating a light screen that shielded the violent aftershocks of the explosion.

After the shockwave from the explosion dissipated, a crater about ten feet in diameter appeared on the spot.

The ogres at the very center of the explosion were completely obliterated, while the two remaining ones a little further away had horrific wounds on their bodies, blood splattering everywhere, and now they only had the strength to howl in agony.

The militiamen quickly recovered and, under Lin Xu's command, went forward and killed the two cannibals that were barely clinging to life.

A large number of Source Fire Fragment were released and quickly entered Lin Xu's body.

"Seven extra points of Source Fire— " He glanced around, his gaze settling on the empty camp. "Let's go check it out."

The supply convoy slowly turned and headed towards the monster camp that was just a stone's throw away.

"This camp has recruitment authority? Too bad I can't use it----" Lin Xu shook his head slightly as he looked at the monster camp's building panel.

According to the rules of the Spirit Realm, a civilization can only recruit NPCs corresponding to its main race; for example, humans can only recruit human NPCs.

The Fallen Demon camp was able to be used because Lin Xu Dharma Seed to enlighten Bilusi, allowing him to control the camp using its authority.

However, Lin Xu Xumo had no goblin protectors, and he did not intend to waste his magic Dharma Seed to enlighten the goblins.

"Master, three adventurers have been spotted." A militia Captain stepped forward and reported stiffly.

Lin Xu looked at the three adventurers who had been rescued by the militia.

"Thank you for saving us, sir! We are willing to follow you!" an NPC said stiffly as he bowed.

Lin Xu glanced at them and saw that the three adventurers were all level 2 professionals: two warriors and one archer, making them a fairly ordinary adventurer team.

"Follow the convoy," he said casually. This was one of the rewards of this monster camp, a fairly substantial bonus for an ordinary Spirit Realm team.

The spoils were quickly brought out: a bronze treasure chest, along with several weapons and equipment, which were distributed among the three professionals.

"And then there's the monster camp itself—" His gaze fell on the empty camp.

This monster camp is a fixed spawn point. As long as it remains there, a new batch of goblins or ogres will appear every now and then until it forms a complete monster territory.

"Burn it!" Lin Xu waved his hand.

The Gloomlamp Mage Corps behind them cast a spell, and clusters of flames rose and fell into the camp, igniting the messy wooden huts and quickly setting them ablaze.

Like a fast-forwarded scene, as the flames burn, the building's "health" rapidly decreases, it collapses, and turns into a pile of charred wood.

The monster camp was destroyed, and a ball of Source Fire, even more powerful than the one that had wiped out the entire monster group, was released and instantly entered Lin Xu's body.

"23:00, not bad haul----" He glanced around and led the convoy of heavy vehicles away from the ruins.

Just after the convoy left, the ruins of the camp were quickly swallowed by the fog.

Quietly, the monster ruins began to change. Time seemed to accelerate, the flames were extinguished, the embers were buried by the wilderness, and time seemed to intertwine across the land. In the blink of an eye, the last trace vanished without a trace.

This time there were no further setbacks, and the convoy finally arrived at the front-line camp.

Guided by the navigation compass, the convoy successfully arrived at the newly built frontline military camp.

"Is this the entrance to the dungeon?"

From afar, Lin Xu, sitting atop the clouds, immediately saw in the center of the military camp a group of cultivators, including Daoist Xuanzhen and the two elders, setting up an array around a crevice in a mountain valley.

There are also traces of human excavation in the dark and deep cracks.

No Daoist priests ventured deep into the cave. The Soul Refining cultivators, with their keen senses, could feel a chilling killing intent lurking beneath the darkness, even just by looking at the cave.

Unless the abbot and elders are blind, they would never rashly step into the enemy's territory.