Li Yao's back was soaked in cold sweat.
He had expected that there might be strong hunters hiding on the shore and in the water of the silver lake. But he didn't know that there was an invisible creature in midair.
The tentacle of the apocalyptic beast in the lake was chopped off. A lot of green liquid was spurting out of the cut. The broken tentacle in midair, on the other hand, withered quickly and soon turned into a thin skin, like the skin of a snake.
Li Yao hurried to activate all the probe magical equipment he had. Temperature, sound waves, invisible lights, and even his telepathic thoughts were released one after another.
Just now, he had focused all his attention on the surroundings of the silver lake. He hadn't noticed that the apocalyptic beasts were hovering in midair. Therefore, he had neglected them.
Right now, the transparent apocalyptic beasts were attacking. Naturally, there were a lot of physiological reactions. The circulation of their body fluids, the rhythm of their muscles, and their breathing were all leaving traces.
Therefore, on the light beams of the six Crystal Suit, almost ten blurred shadows of spiritual beasts that looked like giant bats appeared in midair.
They were dragging long, thin, and soft tails behind them, which sucked the tentacles of the beasts in the lake dry like straws. Silver brilliance was spurting out of their mouths nonstop, which were as sharp as the saber auras of the Cultivators.
The apocalyptic beast in the lake had lost one of its tentacles, but it had also taken away the dead body of a six-legged lizard. It seemed that it didn't want to be entangled with the transparent bats. Its tentacle soon retreated to the bottom of the lake. After a series of bubbles popped up, the lake was peaceful again.
The transparent bats hovered for a while before they flew to the cliff and disappeared among the vines.
The six-legged lizard had finished its camouflage earlier and disappeared into the ground.
At first glance, the underground world was as peaceful as it had been half a minute ago. The only thing that was left in the air was the vague smell of blood and acid, which proved that a soul-stirring hunt had just taken place.
The mantis stalks the cicada. Unaware of the oriole behind. The way of survival in the underground world was always so cruel.
Captain Hong Tong frowned.
"Let's take a detour. The underground spiritual beasts seem to be only interested in the creatures close to the silver lake. There shouldn't be any conflict if we take a detour.
"Team Tiger Deity must've taken a detour. There may be more secret treasures below the ground. Let's not waste our spiritual energy here."
"If I really can't find anything, I can always wait until I come back and look for more Flowing Brightness Crystals and Heart Locking Flowers."
This proposal was very sound, but Li Yao objected.
"I think so. We should start digging for Flowing Brightness Grass and Heart Locking Flower now. "
"First of all, the creatures of the underground world are not idiots. If the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are all fake, it is unlikely that the prey will be fooled all the time. The trick won't last long.
"Since these six-legged lizards can evolve tongues similar to Heart Locking Flowers, it means that most of the Flowing Brightness Grass and Heart Locking Flowers here should be real. That's the only way to attract more prey. Even if he knew that there was an ambush, he still had to take the risk to obtain the Heavenly Treasure. "
"Therefore, we don't need to worry about the battle. Yet, nothing has ever been found. "
"The three underground spirit beasts that we saw were weird, but their attack patterns and destructive power were not beyond our knowledge. We could resist and crack them."
"Their intelligence doesn't seem to be very high, either. Otherwise, they wouldn't have swallowed all the Venomous Bee Beasts I sent out without caring if there was anything hidden inside."
"I think they are just a bunch of spiritual beasts with strong hunting instincts. They haven't evolved into demon beasts yet. Besides, in such a monotonous ecological system as the underground world, they can't have too many attack methods. We've seen most of their skills just now. "
"They are stirring things up like this. If there are still powerful Hunters hiding here, they should have come out long ago. So I guess they are the strongest in this underground world! "
"A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. Our exploration has just begun. Who knows what kind of weird situation we'll run into later? The Flowing Brightness Crystals can be ingested directly to improve our capability. The Heart Locking Flowers can be consumed at critical moments, too. They have the miraculous effect of calming one's mind and preventing mental derangement. Both of them are necessary!
"Now that there are no demons around, we can collect the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures unhurriedly. But if we run into demons and fight them, nobody can guarantee that we will have a chance to come back and collect the Flowing Brightness Grass and Heart Locking Flowers!
"Therefore, I suggest that we clean up the underground spiritual beasts and grab all the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures!"
Li Yao's proposal was approved by most people.
The more monotonous an ecological system was, the less likely it was for the spiritual beasts to have multiple attack methods, because they only had to deal with one or two kinds of enemies.
If they hadn't seen 'Cultivators' before, it was impossible for them to develop methods to deal with Cultivators.
Everybody studied the battle videos that they had just shot. They froze and analyzed them one by one. Soon, a battle plan was drafted.
"Vulture, you have the highest hand speed and are most familiar with the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. You will be responsible for the collection. The rest of you will provide cover fire!"
Following Hong Tong's order, everyone activated their Interspatial Rings and summoned dozens of Puppet Battle Beasts from their storage space.
For the mission, every Orb Patroller had brought more than ten beast puppets with them. When all of them were summoned, they would be an overwhelming army!
"Let's go!"
Under the cover of dozens of beast puppets, six Crystal Suit turned into six streaks of brightness and dashed toward the silver lake.
The beast puppets that they had adopted the most were the 'Tarantula' that Li Yao had modified based on the high-speed reconnaissance beast 'Mystic Wolf'.
After being strengthened by multiple Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, the Tarantula looked even more hideous than before. It was very suitable for fighting in the underground environment.
Before the two parties reached each other, Ba Weiqi, who was at the back of the team, had already launched the first wave of mental attacks.
The powerful spiritual waves directly attacked the invisible bats on the walls nearby. They couldn't help but activate their brains to resist the attack.
As a result, their intense brainwave reactions were like torches in the darkness, which exposed their location. Stealth was useless.
"Squeak, meow!"
The six-legged lizards rarely encountered enemies that were covered in metal and on fire. They all dashed out of the ground in panic.
But what greeted them was a storm of bullets!
Translucent rain of blood burst out of the two sides of the heads of many six-legged lizards.
The six Cultivators had been analyzing the situation for a long time. According to the battle videos, they had found that the parts of the six-legged lizards that were specially protected were most important sensory organs.
In the underground world … The light was dim. Their eyes were big but useless. It was unlikely that they would play an important role.
However, in a world of silence, the slightest sound could transmit a lot of information. Therefore, the auditory organs on the two sides of their heads were their greatest weakness!
As they expected, after the two 'ears' were blown up, the six-legged lizards were running around like headless flies.
The transparent bats, on the other hand, jumped up from the wall and flew higher and higher. They flew to the top of the cave in a hurry.
Faced with the mysterious enemies, the transparent bats, whose brains were in a mess, chose to run away.
But the silver lake seemed to be boiling. Bubbles were popping up. Dozens of tentacles extended out of the lake and whipped the six Cultivators.
"The silver lake is only around a hundred meters in diameter. It is impossible for a super large spiritual beast to grow here. The combat ability of the apocalyptic beast is limited however strong it is! Everybody, stop it now. Let Vulture collect the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures! "
Captain Hong Tong bellowed. Then, he rushed forward against the four tentacles.
Ding Ling Dong followed him closely. Three fiery dragons in different colors dashed out from her back and pierced into the depths of the silver lake.
She couldn't have been more brutal, too. Ignoring the tentacles, she was going to attack the body of the apocalyptic beast at the bottom of the lake directly!
Li Yao had no time to care about the others. His Boiled Blood Wind Slashing Saber unleashed a saber aura almost five meters long and slashed a six-legged lizard in half. The aura of the saber aura extended and chopped off one of the tentacles of the apocalyptic beast at the bottom of the lake.
Then, he set the Tarantulas that he carried with him to the automatic combat mode to protect the surroundings.
Then, he spurted out almost a hundred palm-sized Tarantulas from his Cosmos Ring. They were all beast puppets that looked like spiders, too.
He was not so careless about the small spiders. Hundreds of spiritual threads spread out of his spiritual root and connected to the crystal processors of the small spiders. With the fast calculation of the crystal processors and his own computational ability, the spiders were directly manipulated.
The small spiders did not have any combat ability, but they were great helpers for him to collect the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
Li Yao's hands moved as fast as the wind. Translucent blades as thin as cicada's wings popped out of the tips of his fingers as he collected the Heart Locking Flowers quickly.
Then, he dug out the Flowing Brightness Grass carefully, including the roots. Having no time to clean the roots, he simply threw them into his Cosmos Ring.
Although the small spiders were not as fast as he was, they were much more numerous. Therefore, his efficiency was at least twice as high as before.
Many six-legged spiders lurking below the ground shrieked and lunged at Li Yao. With a telepathic thought, several of them fell to the ground, motionless, with cracking noises coming from their bodies.
They had all swallowed Li Yao's Venomous Bee just now.
Li Yao was a bomb maniac. How could they eat his magical equipment so casually?
"One … Two … Eighteen … Nineteen … Twenty-one Flowing Brightness Grass in total!
"And twenty Heart Locking Flowers!"
Five minutes later, all the Flowing Brightness Grass and Heart Locking Flowers were looted by Li Yao.
"Awesome!"
Having collected so many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures all of a sudden, Li Yao couldn't have been more excited.
But Team Blue Bronze had lost more than ten beast puppets, too. The Crystal Suits of the six of them were all showing signs of corrosion.
It was mainly because the attack pattern of the apocalyptic beast at the bottom of the lake was too weird. It had multiple tentacles of different types that could trigger acid and venomous fog of different natures. Some of the tentacles would suddenly expand and explode when they were attacked, spurting out a lot of super corrosive liquids.
"Gudu! Gudu! Gudu!"
More and more bubbles were popping up on the surface of the lake, as if a volcano was erupting at the bottom of the lake. Intense spiritual waves soared into the sky. It seemed that the apocalyptic beast at the bottom of the lake was about to reveal its true form and fight them head-on!
"Let's go!"
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