"Are we really going to place our hopes on that bespectacled guy?" Simba was worried. He didn't trust that fellow. "What if we can't find the exit?"
"Regardless of his motives, I believe in his words." Wang Zhong replied. He was worried about Ma Dong and the rest. However, with the strength of the Assassin Family and the help of Potter, there shouldn't be too much of a problem. Furthermore, Ma Dong was much smarter than him.
Simba gave a hollow laugh. Although he was the one who had suggested taking the route of the military, he had to admit that it was a path of absolute death if he thought about the strength and foundation of a military. Furthermore, Wang Zhong couldn't face the military head-on. "Let's talk about it later. There will always be a way."
"I'm worried about Ma Dong and the rest."
"How dare you!" Simba slapped his chest. "Overturn the heavens? As long as we can get out of here, we can casually find a few of the Federation's dimensional bases to wander around and scare them. Isn't the name of the Fate Master pretty awesome in the Federation? When the time comes, we'll scare them to death! Otherwise, we can call that baldy and the streaking guy over. The four of us can directly kill those Federation dimensional bases! Force them to release him? Hmph, they dare to cause trouble? "
Although it sounded like child's play, if they could really find a spatial node and escape, it would be a method, and a terrible one at that. The Federation was unfathomable, and the few of them wouldn't be able to create any waves.
"Let's get out of here first!" At this point, being pessimistic would only make things worse. On the contrary, they should be more optimistic and proactive.
Wang Zhong nodded his head and tossed all his worries aside, before laughing heartily. Simba's ability to give people nicknames had improved once again. However, if he dared to call him the streaking guy, he would probably be beaten to death by Aioros. The increase in strength from the CHF battle had allowed him to understand the terrifying strength of Aioros and Mu Zi. In terms of raw strength, there was still a huge gap between him and the two of them.
After a day's journey, they could already see the edge of the desert in the afternoon.
A majestic mountain had already appeared in the distance. Although they couldn't see any lush greenery, it was already heaven for the group of five that had been exposed to the scorching sun for an entire day.
Little Xin couldn't help but let out a cheer, while a smile appeared on Sister Hong's exhausted face. At this moment, her legs, which had long felt as though they couldn't move, were now filled with even more motivation.
"After passing through the outermost ring of mountains, we will reach the crater, the so-called Cursed Land's passage to Hell." A trace of exhaustion appeared on Gong Yi's face. "The Evil Demon Blood is mainly collected in this region. If we enter the 2nd layer, the Evil Demon creatures there won't be that easy to kill. Moreover, this ring-shaped mountain range has fewer demonic creatures, so it's relatively safe. We can first find a place to collect demonic blood on that mountain range. We'll probably stay there for a few days. "
Originally, they thought that they would be able to find a place to rest before the sky turned dark. However, traveling under seven times the normal gravity had consumed a lot of their stamina. Their bodies were exhausted, and it took them two to three hours to get close to the ring-shaped mountain range that seemed to be right before their eyes.
By the time the incomparably exhausted group of people had walked along the edge of the mountain for at least twenty to thirty kilometers, passing through a narrow and long canyon, the sky had already turned completely dark.
The night here was exceedingly dark, and contained much denser dark matter elements than those found in the desert. Even the light emitted by everyone's torchlights was engulfed by the darkness, with the light being only able to reach a range of two to three metres.
There weren't any stars sparkling in the sky, with the entire land appearing to be enveloped by a jet-black curtain. Even though it wasn't to say that one couldn't see their own fingers in front of them, it was no different from being blind.
The darkness contained the unknown, and the unknown was usually the most terrifying. From time to time, they would be able to hear strange, terrifying cries ringing out from the depths of the ring-shaped mountain range, sounding just like the howls of demons, shaking their minds.
Gong Yi didn't dare to bring everyone around in the dark. Furthermore, it was a pitch-black night, and it was nigh impossible to determine their direction with just the weak light from their torchlights.
Fortunately, their luck wasn't bad. Everyone leaned against the mountain wall and searched around, before actually finding a fairly large cave. The skeleton of an unknown creature that had died a long time ago was piled up in the cave, emitting a pungent, rotting smell that caused everyone to feel disgusted. However, compared to the unknown terror of the pitch-black darkness outside the cave, everyone basically didn't care about the discomfort caused by the smell.
The skeleton was rather large, and its flesh had long been chewed clean by the unknown creature. From the shape of the skeleton, it appeared to be that of a bird. However, it had two heads, and its wing bones had deteriorated considerably. Its long beak was filled with sharp teeth that flickered with a chilling glint under the light of the torchlights, causing everyone's hearts to palpitate.
The three men moved together, enduring the stench as they moved the skeleton to the entrance of the cave. Either sticking it into the ground or erecting a frame, they managed to seal the entrance of the cave, while their vision gradually adjusted to the darkness.
Previously, they had only felt exhausted after rushing through the desert. However, as they got closer to the so-called Hell's Gate, and listened to the demonic wails and howls coming from the depths of the crater, accompanied by the descent of the night, the fear and terror they felt had reached its peak. It was only at this moment that everyone breathed a long sigh of relief upon seeing the light.
After rushing for an entire day under 7 times the normal gravity, even Wang Zhong was starting to feel exhausted. Beside him, Sister Hong was so tired that she couldn't even sit up straight. Now that she could finally relax, everyone gathered around the bonfire and ate some dry rations.
After everyone had recovered slightly, Gong Yi took advantage of the time they had to eat their rations to start explaining the specific arrangements for their operation to everyone.
They definitely had to collect Evil Demon Blood. This was a general term, and did not specifically refer to killing a specific species. All dimensional life forms were known as Evil Demons. No one knew if they were the Evil Demons in the deification of humans. However, in the process of researching the Dimensional World, humans still followed their own civilisation's naming of the other world projections.
All the life forms here possessed Evil Demon Blood, something that could not be found anywhere else. As of now, they only existed in the cursed lands. What they needed here was the Evil Demon Blood Essence. The difficulty of collecting it was extremely high, as it had to be absorbed at the instant of death.
"Most of the life forms within the first layer of hell are the Rock Hell's little Evil Demons." Gong Yi made a rough gesture, before drawing a human shape on the ground. "These are humanoid life forms. They appear extremely skinny, with hellish flames burning in their eyes. They aren't very big, and should be around the same size as little Xin. They are probably the weakest life forms in the cursed lands, and are also the easiest target for us to collect Evil Demon Blood. However, that's only relatively speaking. According to the military's records, they are 3rd rank dimensional life forms. However, their combat prowess is slightly stronger than 3rd rank mutated beasts. "
Scarface and Sister Hong frowned upon hearing this.
Even the weakest of them were 3rd rank dimensional life forms? They had assumed that the outer region, which was the easiest, would only be filled with 1st and 2nd rank dimensional life forms. To ordinary Heroic Soul Stage soldiers, 3rd rank dimensional life forms were already extremely troublesome.
Unfortunately, this wasn't the end of the difficulty.
"The most difficult thing is that the Rock Hell's little Evil Demons have the habit of living in groups." said Gong Yi as he pointed towards the ground. "Generally speaking, they will split themselves up into groups, with each group having at least 200 to 300 little Evil Demons. With our strength, if we were to alarm the entire group and get surrounded, the only outcome would be death. Therefore, we can only hunt them individually. Perhaps, we might encounter one or two of them. With our strength, we can deal with a dozen of them at most. However, that will be extremely dangerous, and will also consume our strength. Therefore, if we encounter more than 5 little Evil Demons, we absolutely must not take action. We've calculated everyone's supplies, and we can stay here for a month without affecting our search for the spatial coordinate in the 4th layer. "
"The little Evil Demons are extremely fast and nimble. If we're slightly careless, it'll be very easy for them to escape. If we escape, they'll attract a large number of their companions, or if we don't fight cleanly and cleanly, resulting in too long of a delay, the sounds of battle will very likely attract the nearby little Evil Demons. " As he spoke, he looked towards Wang Zhong and little Xin. "Therefore, even if we encounter any stray Evil Demons, we'll still need to make arrangements. Brother Lei, Sister Hong and I will be the main combat strength to set up an encirclement and ambush. The two of you will take turns to lure them into the encirclement."
Wang Zhong nodded his head, while a look of fear and pleading appeared on little Xin's face. Sister Hong, who seemed to have a special fondness for this little girl, interrupted and said, "What kind of enemies can a little girl lure? Don't end up as dessert before luring the Evil Demons over."
Little Xin nodded her head with all her might, while looking towards Sister Hong with gratitude.
Gong Yi smiled. Naturally, he and Reynolds knew what Cao Hong was planning, so he said in an indifferent tone, "No one will risk their lives for others. This is a group, and everyone has to contribute if they want to survive. Regardless of who it is, if they're useless, why should others sacrifice themselves for them?"
"Don't we have enough manpower?" said Sister Hong as she curled her lips. If such a tender little girl were to be disfigured, how would she do business in the future?
"Are we going to let Wang Zhong go every single time? Do you think it's fair to let him bear more risks for no reason? "
"Furthermore, little Xin's performance today isn't bad. She's actually able to keep up with us despite the 7 times gravity." said Gong Yi with a smile that didn't seem like a smile as he looked towards the little girl. "Have you really not done any training? Did you rely purely on medicines to cast your Heroic Soul? "
Little Xin nodded her head in a timid manner, before hurriedly replying, "I've said before that I'm extremely fast. After casting my Heroic Soul, I've also trained with my family's bodyguards. They said that my talent is pretty good, and that using medicines too early would destroy my foundations … I, I can lure that little Evil Demon over. Sister Hong, I'll be fine!"
"Nobles really are troublesome." Sister Hong shook her head, tacitly agreeing with Gong Yi's words.
Gong Yi made some other arrangements, and made a detailed understanding of Sister Hong and Reynolds's combat strength. Both of them didn't have any special abilities, and were pure Heroic Soul soldiers.
Reynolds used a runic blade, which possessed great strength and excelled in strong attacks. On the other hand, Sister Hong excelled in using soft weapons. When she was first sent over, the military had given her a soft whip with a barb, allowing her to attack from afar. As for Gong Yi, he was a semi-assassin. After all, he had stayed in the Gui Family for a long period of time, and he used a runic short sword.
There was no need for Wang Zhong and little Xin to participate in the fight. One was a little lass who had obtained a Heroic Soul Stage medicine, while the other was a Casted Soul Stage student who only had decent physical strength. Clearly, their combat prowess wasn't within Gong Yi's scope of consideration. Being able to lure the little Evil Demon into the encirclement was clearly their greatest goal.
"They're clearly looking down on us! They actually dare to look down on our Wang Zhong! One against ten! " Simba hooted within Wang Zhong's Soul Sea, clearly dissatisfied with this division of labor. "That bespectacled guy should be the one to lure the monsters. Isn't he an assassin? Luring monsters would definitely not be a problem. What does a Heroic Soul Stage count for? Let me come out, I'll reason things out with them!"
Wang Zhong decisively ignored Simba. At this moment, anyone who acted pretentiously would be a complete idiot. Frankly speaking, ordinary Heroic Soul Stages didn't mean much to Wang Zhong. However, the problem was that even he had concealed his strength. How could these few be just a facade?
In this godforsaken place, everyone had joined hands to a limited extent. Nevertheless, it was clear that they were all on guard against each other. Cao Hong appeared to be protecting the little loli on the surface, but wasn't she also roping in an alliance? Killing two birds with one stone!
After arranging the little Evil Demon hunting schedule, Gong Yi appeared to be extremely tired. Taking off his bespectacled glasses, he rubbed his temples. Not mentioning anything about the cursed lands, he started to chat about some relatively relaxed topics with everyone.
In such an environment and under such pressure, if one didn't make the slightest bit of relaxation, just the tension in one's nerves might cause one to go crazy. Clearly, Sister Hong was an expert in this aspect. Being able to let go of herself, she started to crack a few dirty jokes, causing everyone to laugh.
In the beginning, little Xin was still extremely restrained. However, after a few jokes, she started to immerse herself in the conversation, and was no longer as nervous and fearful as before.
The little lass loved various kinds of heroic stories. Seeing that Sister Hong was rather fond of this little lass, she started to make fun of her. Adding oil to the fire, she started to talk about the legends of legendary figures, causing the little lass to squeal and cry out in satisfaction. The cursed lands that should have caused people to feel despair was unexpectedly filled with happiness in this small cave.
"What happened after that? What happened after that?"
"After that, that Lord Fate Master left." said Sister Hong in a carefree manner. "The big miss of the Stuart Family, Carolyn, respectfully sent him off to the King Kong Base. In the end, she even knelt down and begged him to accept her as his disciple. However, that Lord Fate Master completely ignored her. With a large stride, he tore through the void, before disappearing without a trace! Ha ha, he left that big miss in a state of confusion. Those aristocratic families only dare to act fierce in front of us commoners. When they really meet an awesome person, they'll all obediently become obedient grandsons. "
"Is that true?" Little Xin's eyes sparkled with brilliance.
"Ha. Your Sister Hong might be exaggerating a little, but the majority of it is true. He's currently the most mysterious Heavenly Soul Stage expert in the Federation. He's definitely at the peak." said Gong Yi with a smile. He was extremely respectful towards the Fate Master. Within the Federation, any Heroic Soul Stage expert that had come into contact with the hyperdimension would definitely know about the great life of the Fate Master. "Breaking through an S rank secret realm. Just by stomping his feet, he's a person that can shake the entire Federation's dimensional base stations."
Without talking about little Xin, even Scarface, who had always been so cold and unfeeling, was rather engrossed in Gong Yi's narration. At this moment, his usually cold and unfeeling eyes were unexpectedly filled with passion, worship, and even some yearning.
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