While running swiftly through the alley, Ji Xinghuo quickly responded, "Don’t move yet, I will draw the enemy away and then see if there’s a chance to hide somewhere else."
In the magnetic field induction, already a hundred Stone Lizard People were encircling him.
But he was not panicked.
The residence of the Stone Lizard People was complex, forming a multi-layered honeycomb structure with many corners where one could hide.
As long as he wasn’t directly exposed in the sight of the Legendary Dagon people, relying on the Stealth Ring and magnetic field induction, he was confident he could shake off the enemy.
He could even guide his teammates to other hiding spots through the Mind Link.
Ji Xinghuo was in Stealth State, moving swiftly between the gaps of the rocky nests without making a sound, always keeping out of sight from the Legendary Dagon people.
The magnetic field induction projected the terrain and enemy positions in his mind, just as if he had a full map cheat enabled.
He knew the nest better than the Stone Lizard People.
After several twists and turns, the surrounding Stone Lizard People lost direction, their eyes filled with confusion, as they had not seen the enemy at all.
Ji Xinghuo stood in a rocky crevice, less than a hundred meters from where he was spotted, still within the range of the Mind Link, and spoke to Ren Mian.
While he was leading the enemy away, he had been keeping an eye on the situation of those five Super Mutants.
The battle grew more intense, with thunderous killing echoes in the cave.
However, the five Mutants were moving further away from the palace and had retreated to the cave’s exit. If they moved any further out, they could return to the previous cave.
In just a few minutes, hundreds from the Beiluo Shimen Clan had been killed.
Ji Xinghuo opened the Wanxiang Star Pupil interface and looked on.
Spiritual Origin Ability kept fluctuating, +1 +1 +2 +1 +3 +5 +2 +1...
The range of Spiritual Origin Ability absorption by the Wanxiang Star Pupil was wide, even if Ji Xinghuo himself didn’t kill them, he could still absorb the Spiritual Origin Ability.
It had already accumulated to over 600 points now!
However, as the sounds of killing faded away, Ji Xinghuo noticed that the Spiritual Origin Ability was no longer increasing, probably because it was beyond the absorption range of the Wanxiang Star Pupil.
He estimated this distance was about two thousand meters, farther than he had anticipated.
"Can you hold back from acting?"
Ji Xinghuo’s magnetic field induction locked onto the Legendary Dagon person; if he didn’t act now, the five Super Mutants just had to enter the previous cave, and the Illusion Sound Master could cover their tracks, easily escaping.
No sooner had this thought crossed his mind than the Legendary Dagon person moved.
He charged down from the palace steps, his body lighting up with frost and mist, forming blue waves under his feet. Each step he took covered tens of meters, traveling at a hundred meters per second toward the direction of the five Super Mutants, rolling forward like a giant wave.
"The opportunity has come."
Ji Xinghuo was thrilled, and before he could speak, Ren Mian also keenly seized the chance, emerging from where he was hidden in the rocky nest.
Jiangnan Caiyi maintained the Phantom Pearl, covering the whole team as they advanced toward the palace entrance.
Ji Xinghuo, in Stealth State, caught up to regroup.
"If we are exposed, don’t hold back, just charge in," Ren Mian decisively said, glancing back at the Legendary Dagon person who was rushing towards the five mutants, "They won’t tie down the Legendary for long, we have limited time, just kill into the Toad Spirit’s cave, leave the rest to me."
They covered the several hundred meters in an instant and had already reached the steps of the palace.
At that moment, there were still hundreds of Stone Lizard Warriors under the command of a Fourth Rank Dagon person, tightly guarding the palace entrance. They used their bodies to form three walls of people, with only a few meters between each wall, leaving no gaps for enemies to infiltrate.
Ji Xinghuo and his team climbed up the steps, running quickly.
The Phantom Pearl could hide their forms but not absorb sound. As soon as they started climbing, many Stone Lizard People cast their gazes over.
A few Gorak pointed towards the source of the sound.
The Fourth Rank Dagon person loudly commanded, and the Stone Lizard archers raised their longbows to shoot, while numerous Stone Lizard Warriors gripped their spears, their gaze locking onto the invisible enemy.
"Caiyi," Ren Mian called out.
Jiangnan Caiyi lightly leaped, jumping several meters high on the steps.
Her body morphed into a turbid form of black and white, her facial features twisted to the extreme, countless black mists erupted from her body, her flesh rapidly proliferated, and tentacles sprang out of nowhere, forming an indescribable appearance; her entire being was no longer humanlike, but rather, the most evil and terrifying entity in the world.
At this moment, she was no longer human.
Even a single glance at her could contaminate one’s spirit and violently impact the soul, making it extremely fragile.
This indescribable entity emitted an indescribable sound.
On the steps in front of the palace, hundreds of Beiluo Shimen Clan members instantly became dazed, their minds filled with boundless fear and madness.
They screamed and ran about chaotically, some raising their weapons to slay those nearby, beginning to kill each other.
Some even strangled themselves to cause suffocation or directly harmed themselves.
Jiangnan Caiyi landed from mid-air, reverted to her human form. Her voice was very weak, her complexion pale, as if all the energy in her body had been drained.
Ji Xinghuo looked at her with lingering fear.
The Demon Refiner’s "Heart Demon" combined with the Evil Spirit’s "Malice Form" produced the "Indescribable Fear" of the Demon Lord. These two abilities, which had no direct killing power, had an effect comparable to the Star Fall Ability, instantly breaking the resistance will of hundreds of enemies.
Ren Mian led the charge to the top of the steps, and as they passed through the chaotic crowd, any Stone Lizard Warriors that came close in madness were speared to death by Chi Zhonglin.
Ji Xinghuo’s Dragon Falcon Eagle Bow fired several arrows, singling out those Second Rank and above enemies who were about to recover from their stupor, shooting them dead one by one.
Including that Fourth Rank Dagon man, who had just shaken off his mental fear only to have an arrow pierce his head.
The four of them faced no obstruction as they broke into the palace.
By this time, most of the Beiluo Shimen Clan had regained consciousness and roared as they chased up the steps.
Ren Mian quickly threw out a dozen spiky fruits at the entrance of the palace, exploding like bombs. Although not loud, they sent hundreds of poisoned spikes flying in all directions, and the pursuing Beiluo Shimen Clan fell down like cut wheat.
There were also guards inside the palace, but not many, just over a hundred people.
Chi Zhonglin led the way at the front, spearheading a bloody path through.
Ji Xinghuo continuously shot arrows, with more than half of them piercing through two or even three heads at once like tanghulu.
The values of Spiritual Origin Ability fluctuated by the second.
Most of the elite had been lured away from the hill, and they couldn’t withstand the four, who quickly made their way to the passageway at the end of the palace.
Ren Mian called out in a low voice.
Ji Xinghuo suddenly turned to look towards the cavern outside the palace, where the Legendary Dagon man was engaged in a fierce fight; the five Super Mutants had already split up to flee for their lives. He only saw the Martial Artist, Illusion Sound Master, and Gravity Warrior; the cunning genius and the flyer were nowhere to be seen.
A massive Ice Blade split the Martial Artist in two, and the Legendary Dagon man turned his head towards the palace, not hesitating to dash toward it.
Ji Xinghuo was terrified, realizing that entering the Toad Spirit’s cavern now would be like walking into a trap.
Ren Mian also saw the returning Legendary Dagon man; her face showed no panic as she calmly said, "You guys go in right away, I have a way to deal with him. I assure you that I can escape."
The three trusted her completely and turned to run into the passageway.
Ren Mian stayed at the back.
The passageway wasn’t very long, only about a hundred meters. When the four were halfway through, Ren Mian threw some dark rhizomes behind her; upon hitting the ground, they rapidly expanded and grew, penetrating the hard ground and rock walls, rooting deeply and quickly damaging the passageway.
A muffled sound ensued.
The floor and walls of the passageway cracked, debris fell, and dust billowed. The structure was about to collapse.
The Legendary Dagon man, having rushed into the palace, seeing this scene, let out an angry shout, but he dared not chase into the passageway.
Ultimately, he could only watch helplessly as the passageway collapsed.
There was a booming sound.
The ground violently shook, and the hundred-meter-long passageway was completely sealed off.