Damn it! Let's smash the darkness together!-Chapter 1319 - 165: Evil Spirit Rampage, Holy Grail War
Xu Shu couldn’t help but feel a sense of admiration as he reached out to touch the mermaid’s delicate face, but she returned his gesture with an annoyed roll of her eyes.
Yet at the same time, Xu Shu had a small, lingering doubt.
Hadn’t he seen this giant basin formed by a meteor crater somewhere before?
Where could it be? (Note 1)
Xu Shu tilted his head in thought for a moment but couldn’t recall.
However, after a brief period of contemplation, he concluded that this vague familiarity came from his days as an ordinary person, so he didn’t dwell on it any further.
In the past, he roamed far and wide, mastering countless mountain peaks and exploring numerous ravines and valleys, which were too many to mention.
"Surely there won’t be any surprises this time! With so many low-sequence beings playing in the basin, treating this place as a battleground for humans and Evil Spirits, if there were ’catastrophes’ hidden here, it couldn’t possibly be such a densely populated area."
With ’logical thinking’ Xu Shu took a deep breath, rubbed his hands together, and addressed everyone: "In that case, what are we waiting for? Let’s get started too!"
As he spoke, he stepped forward, targeting a cave about ten kilometers away that seemed to be writhing and on the verge of erupting. With a casual flick, he deployed the enormous "Iron Wall Fortress" and enveloped everyone within, striding forward confidently.
It felt as if he didn’t take the battle atmosphere here seriously at all.
Huang Jun and the others exchanged glances, then hurriedly followed Xu Shu’s steps, not daring to stray from the Iron Wall’s protective range.
Compared to Xu Shu, they naturally couldn’t be as composed.
They were only at the second rank, and these monsters were no weaklings. A moment of carelessness could easily lead to disaster.
Thus, Huang Jun fully activated her "Bloodthirst" ability, remaining vigilant for any potential monster attacks.
However, in this chaotic "Evil Spirit battlefield," her "Bloodthirst" ability was quite limited.
After all, with potential dangers everywhere, her radar scan would light up the map with red dots, overwhelming her mind.
Yet, she knew she had to keep scanning.
Huang Jun understood that if they were going to fight alongside Xu Shu, they had to scan—thoroughly and intensely.
"Ladies, even though Director Xu is formidable, we still need to protect ourselves!" Huang Jun reminded quietly.
"Got it." The other three didn’t slack either and immediately collaborated efficiently.
Chen Shiyun performed her main role as a life-path practitioner, almost sticking to Xu Shu’s back, with the "Vibrant Life" aura empowering him, making him bigger, stronger, and more powerful.
The "Deep Diver" couldn’t exert her full potential here, so she conjured a layer of gas around them, making waves roll. Its exact purpose was unclear, but it seemed mainly to assert her presence.
Meanwhile, Yu Qiuling, the "Thief," was exceptionally cunning. Every time they passed the entrance of a lair where someone was fulfilling a "respawn point," she would suddenly snatch something from the air.
Then, in a swoosh, a monster would be pulled into Xu Shu’s fortress—this was the "Thief’s" signature skill, ’Plunder’!
She directly stole monsters about to be killed in the chaotic melee—classic kill stealing!
The Evil Spirits she snatched came in various strange forms: children with lotus leaves on their heads, skeletal beauties, women with mouths on the back of their heads, and so on—some were Yin Spirits, others were Corpse Evils.
The common factor was that they were usually barely clinging to life and almost finished upon being dragged in.
Without Xu Shu needing to lift a finger, the "Little Fishman" Su Xiao could easily finish off these nearly dead monsters with her fish spear.
At first, she felt a bit embarrassed, as this behavior was akin to picking peaches.
But as the alluring Erosion Crystals kept exploding out, Su Xiao shed her reservations. After all, with no one witnessing it, it was as if it never happened!
In fact, there were a few instances when other teams caught them in the act, but although initially fuming, upon seeing the imposing "Iron Wall" encasing them, they held their tongues, pretending not to notice.
Under such unprecedented circumstances, Su Xiao’s attitude naturally shifted, focusing on finishing blows.
Their actions became a fluid and seamless operation, more efficient than hunting porcupines—each stab was precise, and the tinkle of crystals littered the ground.
In just ten minutes of travel before reaching their target cave, they had already collected dozens of crystals. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
By now, the four women no longer held any reservations watching Xu Shu’s back, with only one thought in mind.
If only they had known there was such a reliable "Iron Armor" out there, turning an Evil Spirit battlefield into a wheat harvest—what kind of hard life had they been living before?
—Perhaps because of their long journey together and Xu Shu’s amiable nature, everyone subconsciously forgot one important point.
The person in front of them wasn’t a second-rank "Iron Armor," but a "Dragon Elephant"!
Who cares at this point?
At least right now, they were comrades on the same ship!
...
Of course, Xu Shu was aware of the women’s "thieving" behavior.
He frowned slightly, considering speaking up, but seeing the overlooking reactions of other teams along the way, he thought better of it.
"It seems the resources here are too abundant; an occasional theft is probably a non-issue for them. They’re quite hospitable," Xu Shu mused.
Thinking it over, Xu Shu guessed it was a matter of the group choosing not to mind too much. Besides, they could consider it as helping lessen the burden of clearing the cave for passersby.
As they approached the cave entrance, Xu Shu examined the dark passageway closely.
From afar, it might not have seemed as imposing, but up close, the meteor pit cave was quite oppressive.
With a diameter of at least twenty meters, the surrounding soil resembled human bone marrow, and the rocky entrance to the cave revealed bizarre patterns in the shadows.
What appeared to be naturally formed wrinkles from a meteor strike, upon closer inspection, were countless twisted runes, like primitive totem worship from Ancient Times, resembling numerous mouths in motion.
At this moment, after some writhing and expansion, the cave’s entrance was like the outer lips of a giant beast, opening outward, covered with crystalline red veins.
Koozlii Koozlii Koozlii~~
Sizzling sounds akin to boiling water bubbled from within, prompting Xu Shu to squint and take a slight step back as the cave ahead erupted with thick green liquid.
Like an oil well gushing, intense and fiery!
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To be continued...
