Chapter 27

Xia Nai stood at the entrance of the passage, eyes slightly closed.

"This is her first time participating in actual combat. She is learning, and will soon upgrade and optimize her combat strategy," Xia Huilan explained.

Wu Xiaode nodded and looked at the floating male spirit.

"We still need to hold for seven more minutes for everyone in the passage to evacuate completely," the male spirit said.

"What was that monster just now? He was clearly human, so why did he have so many tentacles? And he even dared to tease girls?" Wu Xiaode asked again.

"He was originally human," the male spirit said.

"Human?" Wu Xiaode asked in surprise.

"Yes, he was a traitor—betrayed humanity and was transformed into that form, specifically to hunt and kill us," the male spirit said with resentment.

"Who transformed him?" Wu Xiaode asked.

The male spirit shook his head and didn't say anything.

At this moment, another spirit appeared, signaling that another monster was coming.

"Is this the fifth secret passage below?" Wu Xiaode looked down the cliff.

"Yes."

"Actually, you found the right person."

"How so?"

Wu Xiaode sat down at the entrance of the passage and said, "This is my first time entering this dimension, so my presence is very noticeable, and the monsters will come to me—since their attention is on me, they won't pay too much attention to others."

Besides the Wall of Wishes, he had already opened a second wall.

Should he determine the function of this wall?

...Too hasty.

He hadn't thought through how to use this wall at all.

In the long run, it would be wrong to randomly set an auxiliary ability at this time.

Wu Xiaode dismissed this thought.

The spirit was silent for a moment and then said, "Six more minutes."

Xia Huilan walked over, gently touched Wu Xiaode's head, and asked, "Xiao Wu, are you hurt?"

"No, I need to kill about three more monsters, and then we can go back," Wu Xiaode said.

"Three? Wait, your soul power limit has reached six points? You advanced so quickly!" Xia Huilan exclaimed.

"Is it slow for others?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"According to statistics, it usually takes several entries to increase soul power by one point," Xia Huilan said.

I knew something was off!

Wu Xiaode looked relieved.

The rapid increase in soul power was actually due to the Crow Spirit's help.

If everyone killed a few and absorbed soul power to increase their limits, wouldn't they just keep killing here?

—Men shouldn't compete in speed.

I'm also with Lan Jie, and she was in danger just now!

I'll consider full-scale upgrades when I come alone next time.

Wu Xiaode thought for a moment and sent a mental message to the crow on his shoulder:

"Don't give me excessive soul power in the next battle, just replenish what I use."

"Afraid of continuing to expand your soul power limit, so you have to keep killing monsters and can't leave?" the crow asked.

"Yes," Wu Xiaode said.

"Very good, you know how to resist the temptation to upgrade, which is right. After all, the current situation is very dangerous and I can smell the scent of death," the crow said solemnly.

The scent of death...

Wu Xiaode thought for a moment and waved to Xia Nai.

"What's up, Xiao Wu?" Xia Nai smiled.

"Hard battles are no fun. Since it's my first time entering, how about we play a trick?" Wu Xiaode said.

"How do you want to play?" Xia Nai asked.

"I have a sensing ability that can tell where the enemy is coming from—"

He glanced at the floating male spirit.

The male spirit nodded.

They could guarantee this.

"Set up an ambush in advance. Once the monster appears, it will definitely be attracted by my presence, and you can attack from behind," Wu Xiaode said.

"Good idea," Xia Nai said.

The male spirit suddenly showed a change in expression.

Another spirit came through the wall and whispered something to him.

The male spirit immediately said, "Passage 23—fifth row, sixth passage on the left wall, a two-headed viper is about to appear."

Wu Xiaode pointed to the passage: "Xia Nai, find an ambush point near the cave with the green vines on the opposite side."

"Okay," Xia Nai said.

She flew over and landed above Passage 23, tightly pressing against the wall.

A moment later, she disappeared.

"Lan Jie, hide behind the passage and come out after we finish the fight."

"Okay."

Everything was arranged.

Wait.

One, two, three, four, five.

A monster emerged from Passage 23.

It had two women's heads but a scorpion-like body, with claw-like hands and a tail ending in a venomous stinger.

The moment the monster appeared, it saw Wu Xiaode.

"This presence... are you a supporter?"

One of the women's heads said.

Wu Xiaode sat far away at the entrance of the opposite passage, waving at it: "Yes, it's me—I'm here for the first time. What kind of world is this?"

The monster sneered: "So naive, perfect for a sacrifice. You'll soon know what kind of world this is."

A gentle cool breeze blew by.

The monster suddenly felt the world spinning.

It snapped back to its senses and focused its senses on the other head.

Unexpectedly, this head only felt intense pain—

Xia Nai quietly dropped from above the cave, her fiery blade cutting off one of the monster's heads and immediately began slicing its body.

Like slicing sausages—

By the time Wu Xiaode transformed into a crow and flew over, the monster was already reduced to half its body.

Xia Nai pulled out several heavy iron spears and nailed the monster to the ground like driving nails.

"The last hit is for you."

She smiled.

"Thank you."

Wu Xiaode punched the ground, causing it to collapse.

The monster's corpse mixed with rocks rolled down.

The Crow Spirit quickly followed.

"These monsters don't seem very strong..." Wu Xiaode muttered.

"They still retain some human characteristics, indicating they are just beginning to transform into fallen beings, the lowest rank of enemies," the male spirit looked at him strangely.

Not strong?

With such a powerful helper, setting a trap, and then delivering the final blow yourself.

You still have the nerve to say they're not strong?

If any other newcomer tried, they'd be devoured in minutes!

"Does that mean it just gained some power, like me, a newcomer?" Wu Xiaode crossed his arms.

"Exactly," the male spirit said.

"Are there any stronger ones—never mind, it's my first time, I don't want any accidents," Wu Xiaode said.

Four monsters killed.

Two left.

Wu Xiaode looked at the Book of Spirits, where a line of icy text appeared:

"You killed a dual-souled monster."

The Crow Spirit flew back from the cliff and landed on his shoulder, delighted: "So much soul power! I'll share it with you when we return."

Dual-souled monster!

Maybe two people merged into one monster?

Wu Xiaode glanced at the male spirit, puzzled: "If they were originally human, why did they become monsters?"

This time, the male spirit answered.

"Did you read mythology or fairy tales when you were young?" he asked.

"Of course," Wu Xiaode said.

"If one day, the things in mythology were proven to be true, where do you think human civilization would go?" the male spirit asked.

"Mythology... wouldn't everyone become immortals or gods?" Wu Xiaode said.

"You're overthinking it. Any random monster can devour millions of humans and even start developing followers, turning humans into demonic seeds," the male spirit said.

"Then what about the gods? Don't the gods care?" Wu Xiaode shrugged.

"Gods? There are no gods, demons are the gods, and they feast on humans for pleasure!" the male spirit said.

Wu Xiaode shuddered.

If that were true, this world would be terrifying.

"The one I just killed was a demonized human? So they are—"

The male spirit interrupted him: "Don't think too much. Once demonized, they no longer belong to the human species. They are demonic life forms and will soon aid in evil."

Several spirits emerged from the wall, speaking quickly.

The male spirit listened carefully and then said to Wu Xiaode: "A user of dark magic has just entered the underground shelter and is moving in your direction."

"How many?"

"Two."

"Is one wearing a gray rhinoceros mask?"

"Yes, and the other has a sickly green flame around his hand."

"Sickly green flame..."

Wu Xiaode immediately thought of the so-called Ghost Fire team when he first entered this world.

The text recruiting him was written in sickly green flame.

—It must be the same person.

For Guessmo to bring such a person as a helper to kill him, what kind of abilities does this person have?

Wu Xiaode closed his eyes and thought quietly.

Xia Huilan said this world was vast, with many unknown areas, and professionals entered through random teleportation.

So,

How did they find him so quickly?

Remember, when Guessmo wanted to kill him in the capital, he couldn't find him or catch up to him!

That green flame...

The small letters of flame could appear directly in front of him.

They found his location very quickly and came over.

So—

Guessmo's helper must have some ability to cross space to find targets and teleport!

When Xiao Baihong recruited him to join the S-Class Club, among the various people in the image, besides the shadow and the dark magic user with the gray rhinoceros mask, who else was there?

...I remember.

There was a guy who always held a candle, the flame of which was very weak and hard to see the color.

Maybe it's him?

A dark magic user who can control corpses, plus a stranger with spatial movement and target-finding abilities.

They are coming to kill him.

—Both are experts with over 10 points of soul power, very difficult to deal with!

Wu Xiaode turned and asked, "Lan Jie, I might have a problem here. What are my options?"

"How big of a problem?" Xia Huilan and Xia Nai asked in unison.

"Pretty big, I think," Wu Xiaode said.

"How about using nuclear weapons?" the two women asked in unison.

Wu Xiaode was speechless: "If we use nuclear weapons, we'll be done for too..."

"Use a mini one, set it on a timer, and we'll fly away after setting it up," Xia Huilan said.

Wu Xiaode glanced at the spirits.

The spirits shook their heads frantically.

"—Too much radiation, there are still people hiding around here," Wu Xiaode shrugged.

"Then how about a thermobaric bomb? The most terrifying weapon below nuclear, suitable for this area full of underground passages," Xia Huilan decided.

Wu Xiaode nodded slightly.

As long as everyone in the fifth secret passage was gone, dropping a thermobaric bomb would be fine.

"Hey, you should do some work too," Wu Xiaode said to the spirit.

"What do you need me to do?" the male spirit asked.

"Take your people to check the other passages. If they come, give us a heads-up."

"But that's dangerous."

"You're already dead, what do you have to fear?"

"True, I'll go then."