There was no moon in the sky. The clouds were thick, making the night very dark.
Next to the black mountain where the European-style castle stood, there was a hidden valley with a large number of plants. A group of players wearing camouflage and heat-absorbing paint were waiting in ambush.
"Are there really only two of you?"
Glazed Ice asked Feng Luo this question for the third time.
"Didn't you see it?"
Feng Luo answered absent-mindedly.
Because at this moment, he was raising his head, and his pair of pupils changed into golden "snake eyes", staring at the vampire castle in his field of vision.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh …"
The castle was very ancient. There were no lights inside. Instead, many torches were lit.
Under the illumination of the not-so-bright torches, one could see the sky above and around the castle. There were many extremely fast black shadows flying around.
It was the type of bat that had swallowed the Scout Beetle. It was a type of "Vampire Bat" that lived in groups.
Just a few minutes ago, they had witnessed with their own eyes a Level-60 Elite Mutant Wild Boar that had accidentally entered the foot of the mountain. It had been surrounded by dozens of bats, and within a minute, it had been sucked dry without a single drop of blood.
This was a troublesome problem.
The mountain where the vampire castle was located was very steep. It was almost as if it had been cut by a knife. There were no large plants on the mountain walls, and there were a large number of Vampire Bats hiding in the caves on the mountain.
It could be said that the idea of sneaking in and then ambushing was ruined.
Even Feng Luo could not do anything about it. Wormholes required the positioning of beetle soldiers, and these Vampire Bats just happened to restrain the sneaking ability of the Scout Beetle.
In particular, now that it was nighttime, the range of activity of the Vampire Bats was ten times larger than during the day.
"There really are only two of them. Hey, I don't know if they are brave or confident. "
After hearing Glazed Ice's words, the bearded Heavy Armor Warrior named "Steel Tiger" said with a smile on his face.
"Sister Hong!"
On the other side, White Crescent, who had tried to talk to the "blonde beauty," shook her head after returning.
It couldn't be helped. The "blonde beauty" looked like she didn't want strangers to get close to her. She tried several ways to get a response, but she didn't get any response.
"There's no need to probe any further. I think they should also be from the Old Heavenly Star. Therefore, they clearly know what these people from Wolf Castle have done in the past, so they chose to cooperate with us. "
Said Red Queen, looking at the backs of Feng Luo and Red Queen.
"Ah? They are also Heavenly Stars! "
"That's unlikely. There are at most a few million people on the 17th Administrative Planet. It's already a great coincidence to bump into a team."
"If the other two teams are all from Heavenly Star, then the probability is too small!"
The bearded Heavy Armor Warrior said in disbelief.
"Under normal circumstances, it is indeed impossible."
"But, under the circumstances of doing a mission in such a remote place, we actually met people from the Wolf Castle who have a huge grudge against us."
"What's so strange about encountering some other Heavenly Star?"
The Red Queen seemed to have confirmed something and shook her head.
"Sister Hong, you're saying … this time, we've met the same situation where it's easy to meet acquaintances!"
White Crescent thought of something and said in a low voice.
"Hmm?"
On the other side, Feng Luo, who seemed to be focused on observing the castle, moved his ears slightly.
When White Crescent said this, her ears twitched involuntarily.
Clearly, the Red Queen was also one of the people who received special care from "it."
…
"There's movement in the castle!"
At that moment, the voice of Green Arrow, who had been observing, came from the communication channel.
Everyone looked up and could see a rather tall hot air balloon burning with light purple flames slowly rising from within the ancient castle.
The strange purple flames complemented the swarm of vampiric bats flying around, giving the scene a magical aura.
"Everyone, hide!"
Green Arrow reminded everyone, and the recon meter in her hand turned on the anti-detection function.
Everyone immediately crouched down without moving, shut their mouths, and no longer spoke.
This was because the hot air balloon began to fly in the direction of the town. From their angle, they could already see many figures moving in the basket below the hot air balloon.
Since they could see the people in the hot air balloon, it meant that the other party could also see their position. Naturally, they needed to hide.
"Boom, boom, boom …"
The speed of the hot air balloon was a little slow. It took a full five minutes before it reached the sky above the town.
Then, in the direction of Grimm Town, a series of salutes sounded.
In the players' field of vision through the long-distance vision equipment, there were hundreds of NPC residents gathered on the streets of Grimm Town, cheering and welcoming the arrival of the hot air balloon.
This kind of enthusiastic scene was clearly different from the players' expectations that these NPC residents should be extremely afraid of the Vampires and that every household had completely locked their windows and doors.
However, Feng Luo, who had arrived in town ahead of time and eavesdropped on the conversation of the NPCs in the bar, understood the reason.
Although most people who were captured by the Vampires would never return, a small number of them would be turned into Blood Servants by the Vampires, which gave them an ageless appearance and a long lifespan.
As such, although most people in Grimm Town were afraid of the Vampires.
However, some people still yearned to be chosen by the Vampires and become their servants to obtain "eternal life."
This was human nature.
Of course, the pursuit of these NPCs had nothing to do with Feng Luo and the others.
The reason they were paying attention to the movements of the hot air balloon was that they needed to wait for the action signal to be sent from the town.
"Honey has returned. You guys quickly go and kill the Vampires!"
The voice of the bar owner came from the short-distance channel of the communicator.
"Prepare for action!"
Red Queen ordered, and the team began to move in the direction of the mountain in the pitch-black environment.
Because the environment was too dangerous, there was only one main road and one small path to enter the castle.
As the two sides were completely at odds, Red Queen and Yellow-tooth's group unanimously chose to go their own way.
Yellow-tooth and his group took the initiative to choose the small path, which was theoretically more dangerous. As such, the main path was naturally left for Red Queen and Feng Luo's group.
Because of the existence of the Vampire Bats, the surrounding creatures were almost completely sucked dry. As such, Feng Luo and the others did not need to worry about encountering any Commander-grade monsters.
However, as a group of resident monsters, the threat of the Vampire Bats was actually not inferior to Commander-grade monsters.
"Squeak, squeak!"
Less than 10 seconds after the group began to move, they were already discovered by a Vampire Bat flying above their heads.
As if it had no consciousness of fear or an instinct of bloodlust, after discovering the players, the Level-50 Vampire Bat flapped its fleshy wings and swooped down toward the group below.
"Swoosh!"
However, just as it swooped down with great momentum and was about 20 meters away from the players …
A dark green vine that was almost impossible to see clearly in the dark of the night shot out from the bushes behind the players like a venomous snake that had been waiting for a long time and accurately bound the Vampire Bat.
"Whoosh!"
After that, it was pulled toward the ground like a flash of lightning.
Turning their vision to the ground, they could see that behind Red Queen, there was a disc-shaped "giant flower" with a diameter of about five meters and red stripes. It was shaking in the wind and emitted a fragrant scent.
As the flexible vine moved the end of the Vampire Bat to the top of the flower, the fragrant disc swallowed the Vampire Bat like a python eating its prey. After that, the red and white striped petals shrank into a flower bud in the middle, ignoring the struggling of the Vampire Bat that was not completely dead yet.
"Striped Python Flower (Quasi-Boss Grade Pet). Owner: Red Queen!"
A Quasi-Boss Grade pet!
Moreover, it was a Quasi-Boss Grade pet that Feng Luo was not unfamiliar with at all.
Among the Quasi-Boss Chips on the Devil Tri-Horn Island, Feng Luo had obtained three, and one of the two Chips obtained from Storm City had been obtained by Red Queen. The one that had dropped the Chip was this "Striped Python Flower."
As a Quasi-Boss, and a very special Quasi-Boss at that, Feng Luo could still clearly remember how special this kind of Quasi-Boss was.
It had the characteristics of both a plant and an animal. Its HP was very high, and it was extremely effective against targets with pure physical attacks.
For example, the Vampire Bats above everyone's heads. Anyone who encountered this kind of gregarious creature that was fast and could absorb blood to recover would have a headache.
Especially in the pursuit of concealment, before Yellow-tooth and his group had made their move, and in a situation where everyone did not want to be exposed, energy skills that produced eye-catching light, especially fire skills that were supposed to be very effective against the bats, could not be used at all.
This peculiar Quasi-Boss pet was undoubtedly the best way to deal with it.
It had more than 20 tentacles on its body, enough to entangle more than 20 Vampire Bats at the same time. As for the giant "flower disc" with a diameter of five meters and a total of 10, not to mention 20 bats.
Even if there were 10,000 bats, just in terms of volume, it would definitely be enough.
It could be said that this was the best creature to deal with the Vampire Bats.
Apart from this Quasi-Boss Grade pet, the rest of the people did not summon their pets.
First, the outcome of the Elite Mutant Wild Boar proved the ferocity of these bats.
Even if the equipment in Red Queen's team was good, and all of their pets were Commander-grade, it was impossible for them to face the attack of a group of bats unscathed. There was no need for them to die for nothing.
Of course, this also meant that in the hearts of everyone in Red Queen's team, they were very confident in the team's current strength. They believed that they could complete the mission of killing the Vampire Earl without the help of pets.
However, Feng Luo could actually guess why Red Queen did not let the others summon their pets.
Another reason was probably that she did not want to let Yellow-tooth and his group, who were attacking from the small path, take advantage of them.
After all, they were originally a bigger target by going up the mountain from the main road, and it would easily attract the attention of the vampires in the castle.
And if they summoned their pets, then they would be even more eye-catching. After all, pets were not like players who knew how to hide their tracks.
"Whoosh, whoosh!"
"Puff, puff!"
With the existence of this Quasi-Boss Grade pet, what should have been the most difficult problem to solve had become a lot easier.
As such, everyone continued to advance in the night and quickly reached the foot of the mountain.
"There's a sentry!"
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