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Chapter 362 - 51: Desire_2

Chapter 362: Chapter 51: Desire_2

Cangyue Ming thought to herself, "It’s this type of character that allows you to challenge the Hailing Mountain alone with the Tingdaros Hound. Your irrationality has saved many people. Although it’s dangerous, from an individual’s point of view, I don’t approve of it. But it’s for this reason that the director lets you infiltrate the [Mountain and River Alliance]."

With that thought, Cangyue Ming lit a wooden stick she picked up from the ground.

She threw it into the deep pit, watching the torch bounce off the rock walls as it fell to the bottom.

From where the three were standing, the bottom of the pit was about eighty meters away.

Using the torchlight, Li Changhe saw massive scratch marks on the rock walls and, at the bottom, several huge corpses.

Some were aliens, others were indigenous monsters, and there were even some remains that had been dead for a long time.

It seemed that Father Xia and his party had cleared away these things when they descended, which made it much easier for the three of them.

Among the three, Moon God was the most severely injured with four broken ribs.

These were injuries that [High-Efficiency Healing Liquid] couldn’t fix. For now, they could only be crudely bandaged, and he shouldn’t make any drastic movements. Otherwise, he could easily climb down using his [Agility Feature: Wall-Walking].

Cangyue Ming’s injuries had mostly healed, but she had expended too much energy and needed to save some for emergencies. Otherwise, she could have easily summoned a few vines to climb down.

After exchanging glances, the three sighed.

They all took ice axes and ropes out of their [backpacks].

No one knew they would be up against a task like this when they came to Mysterious Island.

Everyone had prepared for an outdoor adventure based on the name; they didn’t expect to actually use these items here.

Fortunately, the three had high enough attributes to awkwardly make their way down in the dark.

Yun Ting grew impatient and extended her black hair, wrapping it around the three of them like a spider’s silk, snatching their ice axes.

"Stop dawdling, watch me!"

Yun Ting laughed as her hair moved like a spider’s web, holding the three people while tapping the ice axes.

With the sound of gasps, they reached the bottom of the pit with a trail of sparks and lightning.

...

This driver definitely deserves a bad review! They thought to themselves.

When they reached the bottom without mishaps, Li Changhe looked at the alien corpses to see if they could be of any use.

He Feng and his group were in a hurry, so they probably didn’t have time to collect them.

Unexpectedly, before they even got close, the bodies turned into blood-water, splashing over the indigenous corpses nearby and exuding a very fishy smell.

The three of them, sensing danger in advance, retreated immediately. They watched as the blood-water spread out along with the accumulated rainwater from the previous storm, corroding the nearby corpses and remains.

"Huh?" Moon God’s expression changed: "That’s not right. I’ve decomposed their bodies before. Although there’s nothing good, they should not self-destruct like this, should they?"

"And the entire body turned into blood-water simultaneously, as if it didn’t want us to acquire the corpses. Its bones, skin, and muscles all turned into blood-water. Blood dissolved in water?"

Li Changhe frowned at the blood-water for a while before testing it with an arrow.

It was a standard composite arrow with a metal shaft. Li Changhe had prepared a few of these. The blood-water didn’t corrode the arrow.

After thinking it over, he threw out a wooden arrow from the Great Tang.

This was Li Changhe’s most frequently used type.

The blood-water corroded the wooden shaft, but the iron arrowhead remained still in the blood-water.

"So this is... targeting organic matter only?" Cangyue Ming marveled, "This is different from alien blood, right? Is there something else affecting the alien corpses?"

Li Changhe was thinking about whether to collect some to see if it might be useful later. Since it only targeted organic matter, it could be stored. In case of an emergency, they could throw it at an enemy, causing significant damage.

But then they saw the blood-water twist as if it were conscious, gathering in the stagnant water and disappearing into a crevice at the bottom of the pit.

The three shivered and looked at each other nervously.

They raised their vigilance, in case the blood-water was controlled by some creature. They had to be very careful.

Targeting only organic matter... wasn’t the human body just a combination of organic and inorganic matter?

If the blood-water were to attack them and they couldn’t destroy the liquid form, wouldn’t that lead to total annihilation?

The vigilant trio held their torches and weapons.

They found the entrance that He Feng had mentioned in the depths of the pit.

It was a man-made cave with an entrance large enough for the three to enter side by side.

However, there were some skull heads wrapped around the cave entrance, which seemed like the handiwork of indigenous savages.

Li Changhe couldn’t figure out how there could be traces of savage life in a pit where aliens existed.

Could it be that the aliens were actually an invasive species? Did they come here and take over the savages’ lair?

As Li Changhe pondered, he put on the Mountain Pattern Armor and the Flame Mask.

With a torch in one hand and a long nail in the other, he entered the cave. As the only [Player] not injured at the moment, he should be in the front.

Moon God and Cangyue Ming followed behind him with their respective weapons.

There were a few torches placed on the cave wall, presumably by He Feng and his group.

"We’ve entered the cave, how are things on your side?" Li Changhe contacted He Feng through the [Friends] channel.

"I know you guys are here, I’ve seen the [Task Hint] indicating only two enemies left. They’re just hanging around." He Feng replied, "Did you see the torches I placed? After passing twenty-one torches, you should see a large door that has been pushed open. We are there."

"Just now, we saw the bloody water."

"You have it there too? Then I have an idea. Just come over and we will soon [Complete the Task]." He Feng responded, "Remember, it’s twenty-one torches. Ye Gucheng got what he wanted and left just now. He might cause trouble, so be careful."

"Will he attack us?"

"He came in, sighed, and left without attacking [Players]. He probably won’t attack you guys." He Feng said, "Anyway, just stand on the sidelines if you encounter him."

Just as the conversation ended in the [Friends] channel, Li Changhe saw a middle-aged man dressed in white, holding a three-foot Blue Peak, coming out of a corner not far away. The torches on the cave wall dimmed slightly by his presence.

It was Ye Gucheng! The strongest individual in the martial arts community on this island.

Ye Gucheng glanced at the three of them, smiled, and shook his head, "So the Changhe Sword Sect won?"

There was no hostility in his voice, but Li Changhe remained wary of him.

From accepting the Changhe Arrow Sect’s words at first to later helping the enemy [Players] attack the Great Tang camp.

He might even have participated in the infighting between martial artists.

It was unclear if he was friend or foe now.

Nevertheless, his address of the trio as the Changhe Sword Sect indicated that he did not intend to take action for now.

Li Changhe didn’t want to stir up trouble either.

"City Lord Ye, please go ahead." With the azure flames surging, Li Changhe made way for Ye Gucheng.

Ye Gucheng walked slowly, at a distance of fifteen meters. Cangyue Ming began to prepare by mobilizing her remaining energy.

At a distance of ten meters, Moon God exhaled and slightly tightened her grip on her curved blade.

At a distance of five meters, Li Changhe took a deep breath.

Fortunately, nothing happened. Ye Gucheng, with a somewhat disappointed expression, passed by the trio.

Just as he was about to leave, he asked, "How many people are still alive?"

"Huang You is still in the camp," replied Moon God, understanding his meaning.

"Good, I’ll take him away. Who won at the Forbidden City Peak?" Ye Gucheng asked casually.

"It’s you, defeating Ximen Chuixue with one Sky-Flying Immortal move," Li Changhe answered unmoved, "From then on, you became the top master in the world!"

Ye Gucheng’s footsteps paused for a moment: "You are really shameless. Don’t worry, I won’t use my sword against the weak..."

"Then, you all lived happily ever after. Your story has been passed down in our time." Li Changhe said solemnly. This wasn’t a lie...

Ye Gucheng paused and turned back. For the first time, a look of confusion appeared on his handsome face.

What the hell? This was the first time he had heard of it.

...

Cangyue Ming was silent for a while, "Does he know that he’s destined to die at the hands of Ximen Chuixue?"

"He probably does, likely during a previous task. Some [Player] might have leaked it." Moon God replied, "That’s why he shielded me when facing our Changhe Sword Sect."

"So, that’s why he helped the enemy [Players]. He’s actually here to find something to change his destined fate? Such unscrupulous behavior, changing the course of history. The [Players] behind us will suffer. The tasks will become more and more difficult." Cangyue Ming cursed a few times.

Upon seeing Li Changhe and Moon God’s silence, she suddenly realized that these two were the unscrupulous ones!

They were the ones who caused the Eternal Prosperous Tang Dynasty! Damn it!

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