A slight sound came from the dark and silent frozen soil, and a figure lay cautiously on the ground, moving forward slowly. After a while, his head slightly emerged, and he hid behind a rock to carefully observe the surrounding situation.
After confirming that there were no other creatures around, he put a hand on his lower back and made a gesture.
Seeing that gesture, everyone in Xing Yun's team followed him quietly.
Early in the morning, everyone followed Xing Yun through an extremely secret path near the border battlefield and quickly sneaked into the Dark Demon Immortal Kingdom.
A valley not far from this trail is one of the passages for the alien beasts in the Immortal Kingdom to enter the border battlefield. A large number of alien beasts pass through it at all times.
The so-called darkness under the lamp is nothing more than that.
Therefore, everyone did not dare to express their anger as they walked along.
Even their respective pet beasts were taken into the beast control space in advance in order not to expose the fluctuations of supernatural energy.
This also made them have to be more careful, otherwise if they didn't react, the pet beast would be attacked by a strange beast before they could summon it, which would be tragic.
Fortunately, after stumbling along the way, we finally reached our destination.
"It's right over there." Xing Yun lowered his voice and pointed to a cave not far away, "That cave is the location of your mission."
Everyone looked at each other, and their faces suddenly became more solemn.
A dark and unknown place like a cave will undoubtedly give people a greater sense of danger.
"We are far away from the passage. You can summon the pet beasts, but you should be careful not to make too much noise."
It’s up to you.”
"Yeah!" Lin Shuo nodded, looked at the other team members who were looking at him, and quickly took over the command without refusing, "Let's approach the cave entrance first."
The lair of the fear golem was in such a cave, which was not too surprising to him.
Because the resources of this strange beast were used when Qiuqiu evolved, Lin Shuo also did some research on the fear golem.
This kind of alien beast has no gender distinction and cannot breed. It is a race born naturally from certain special terrains.
Under normal circumstances, the fear golem will be born from dark and rugged places such as caves and caves. Because it itself has the peculiarity of having difficulty moving, it will always stay in place wherever it is born, in a small area at most.
Activity.
The lair of the fear golem is not only a place where a large number of fear golems exist, but also a terrain that can continuously produce fear golems.
As long as there are no fear golems living near the cave entrance, their approach to the cave entrance should not arouse the vigilance of the fear golems living inside the cave.
To be on the safe side, Lin Shuo asked Gui Gui to use his shadow clone to take the first step and help them test things out.
Soon, after making sure it was safe, everyone appeared at the entrance of the cave.
Carefully leaning on the raised terrain at the entrance of the cave, Lin Shuo looked at the others and asked in a low voice, "Does your pet have any exploration skills?"
"My Gu Guli knows how to use a grass probe." Zhang Xiaoyu spoke quickly, and Gu Guli beside him also waved his fist, indicating that he could help.
"The vegetation probe may not be useful in this environment." Lin Shuo sighed and shook his head slightly.
This skill is a wood-based teaching skill that uses the supernatural power of wood to activate special connections between plants and transmit distant situations to wood-based strange beasts. It can only be used where plants exist.
There are naturally no plants inside the cave.
Although Gu Guli can use Luxuriance to control the growth of plants in the cave first, and then use the vegetation probe, the movement is too big and cannot be hidden from the Fear Golem, and the opponent will attack immediately.
"I'll let Gui Gui use his shadow clone to explore the way first."
After pondering for a moment, Lin Shuo decided to let Gui Gui take action.
It was too dangerous for them to directly enter an unknown cave to explore the situation inside. Without entering, there was no other way to explore.
The pet beasts of everyone in Xing Yun's team are all relatively conventional types, and do not have any special skills such as perspective. The only ones that can be detected without damage, and the ones that can hope not to be noticed by the other party, are probably the shadow clones of Gui Gui.
Already.
"Yeah!" Everyone in the team nodded quickly.
Lin Shuo touched Gui Gui's head, lowered his voice and said, "Under normal circumstances, the commander-level fear golem is about two meters high. The monarch-level fear golem can reach more than five meters in height, so it is still very easy.
Differentiated.”
"After you control the shadow clones to go in, you don't need to check all of them, you only need to check the number of commanders and monarchs."
During the first exploration, Lin Shuo didn't feel that he could successfully complete the investigation in one go, so the most important thing at the moment was to find out what the opponent's maximum combat power was.
By the way, test whether the other party can detect Gui Gui's shadow clone.
"Jie!(?⊙?⊙?)" (I understand!)
Gui Gui understood Lin Shuo's meaning, raised his claws to condense a shadow from his side, and transformed into a form that was exactly the same as itself. Then he controlled the shadow clone to use shadow to sneak into the shadow, and quickly moved towards the inside of the cave.
go.
Immediately afterwards, it closed its eyes and concentrated on observing the situation inside the cave with the help of the clone's perception.
In the cave, the clone slowly penetrated down along the shrouded shadow, carefully going deeper.
Compared with the fear golem that lives deep in the cave, it still has some advantages.
The fear golem is not a dark type, but a spiritual type.
It occupies a favorable position in the darkness where one cannot see anything.
Soon, under the control of Guigui, the clone that quickly shuttled through the shadow space and observed the external situation slowed down.
It has seen the Dread Golem.
The first thing that entered the observation range was a fear golem that was only as long as an arm. This fear golem was squirming its ferocious tentacles, leaning against the inner wall of the cave, absorbing supernatural energy in the dim cave as nutrients for its growth.
He was completely unaware of the clone's approach.
It was just a young stage fear golem.
After hiding in the shadow space and observing for a few seconds, the clone did not stop, but continued to go deeper.
As the ghosts went deeper, the interior of the cave became wider, and more and more fearful golems appeared.
At first, a few juvenile stage ones appeared, and soon, an elite stage fear golem with a height of one meter appeared.
The clone's movements became cautious.
The elite-level fear golem is already at the same level as it, so it's hard to say whether it can be discovered.
As the clone slowly approached, the movement of the elite fear golem paused slightly.
However, it just felt something strange and did not find the source of the strangeness, so it quickly resumed the wriggling and contraction of its tentacles.
Gui Gui breathed a sigh of relief and continued to control the clone, quietly bypassing the elite fear golem and heading inside.
Now it seems that the elite-level fear golems have been able to detect something amiss, but that's all. They are unable to locate the precise location of the ghosts.
You just need to be careful and go around a little bit to avoid the elite level fear golem's perception.
Taking careful detours along the way, more and more fear golems soon appeared in the clone's sight.
Juvenile level, elite level.
The habitat of the fear golems seems to have become denser.
The clone's figure stopped in the distance, and in the outside world, Guigui quickly opened his eyes and told Lin Shuo what he had just seen.
"Very good." Lin Shuo nodded slightly. After learning that the elite fear golem could not detect ghosts, his expression relaxed slightly, "The fear golem's habitat has become denser, which means we will see the nest soon.
This is the core situation.”
If nothing else goes wrong, the Commander-level fear golem and the possible monarch-level fear golem will live together.
So as long as he enters that core, Guigui can quickly detect the opponent's strength distribution.
"Approach carefully, and test the other party's perception distance by the way." Lin Shuo lowered his voice and spoke, and Gui Gui nodded quickly to express understanding and closed his eyes again.
In the cave, the clone that had stopped started to move again.
Its speed was reduced to a minimum, and it moved bit by bit in the direction where the fear golems were getting denser and denser, approaching step by step the core area of the fear golem's lair.
Finally, at the end of his sight, Gui Gui saw an existence that was obviously taller than the elite level fear golem, with a height of two meters.
Commander level fear golem!
It was about to continue approaching to see how many leaders and monarchs existed in that area. However, at this moment, the fear golem quietly sprouted a scarlet from the gaps between the countless tentacles on its back.
Eye.
Fear Golem talent skill, Fear Gaze!
That scarlet eye became the last thing Gui Gui controlled the clone to see.
The clone is broken.
"Jie, Jie...(⊙▂⊙)" (I just saw a leader, and the clone was broken...)
Guigui opened his eyes and spoke with a bit of frustration on his face.
"It's okay." Lin Shuo rubbed Gui Gui's big hat and soothed its mood, "It's just the first time, it's already great. We have determined the approximate location of the core area of the lair. It is not without gain."
His expression was a bit solemn.
Is the distance at which Guigui can see the other person exactly the same distance at which the other party perceives Guigui?
This is not good news.
Moreover, with this time, the fear golem that just launched the attack will definitely become more vigilant in the short term, and the next exploration may be more difficult.
"What should we do next?" Lin Shuo looked at the others, informed Gui Gui about the investigation, and then asked.
"Captain, my pet learned seismic waves specially for the assessment task last night, but it has only just mastered it." Ye Han hesitated, pushed up his glasses and quickly said, "If it can be used, my pet can also help.
.”
Earth teaching skills, seismic waves.
This skill is similar to the wood teaching skill Grass Probe, which is an exploration skill.
Like a bat's ultrasonic waves, it can detect some underground conditions through subtle vibrations fed back by the earth.
But the problem is that the seismic waves we just learned can only roughly perceive the depth, shape, etc. of the cave. It cannot even sense the small alien beasts living in the cave.
If it is not good, not only will it be impossible to detect the situation, but it may also attract the attention of the creatures in the cave when it releases seismic waves.
So when Lin Shuo asked if he had detection skills, Ye Han didn't speak.
At this moment, Gui Gui Gui's shadow clone encountered a difficulty and hesitated for a moment before taking the initiative.
"Seismic wave..." Lin Shuo frowned slightly.
He also knows the situation of this skill very well.
If the cracker's seismic wave skill proficiency is higher and reaches level II or above, you can still try it.
Now that I have just learned it, not only can I not detect it, but I can also alert the snake to the grass.
Huh…
etc!
Lin Shuo looked at the tall rock-cracking lizard next to Ye Han, and then looked at the ghost next to him, with a strange look on his face.
If you can't scare the snake away, then...
How about a move to attack the east and the west?
"I think I have a solution!" he said quickly and discussed with the rest of the team.
Soon, Gui Gui took action.
It condensed the shadow clone again, and used the shadow clone as before to carefully move towards the depths of the cave.
With the experience from the last time, Guigui is familiar with the tricks this time and can control it more easily.
Soon, Gui Gui's clone came to the place where the last clone disappeared and stopped.
If it takes another step forward, it will enter the detection range of the leader-level fear golem, attracting a thunderous strike from the opponent.
Therefore, we can only stop here temporarily and prepare for the next plan.
As the clone stopped, the ghost guarding the cave entrance quickly opened his eyes.
“Jie!(?⊙?⊙?)” (We’ve arrived!)
"Okay." Lin Shuo nodded and whispered, "Don't act easily later. Wait until all the fear golems are alerted, and then approach as quickly as possible."
"Jie!" (Understood!)
Ji Gui Gui nodded to express his understanding, and then Lin Shuo turned his attention to Ye Han.
Ye Han nodded heavily and commanded his rock lizard through telepathy.
The Rock Lizard pressed its strong front paw gently on the ground, and ripples of earth-yellow energy surged slowly towards the depths of the ground.
Soon, everyone felt that the ground beneath their feet began to shake slightly, like an earthquake.
What everyone felt was just the aftermath of the earthquake wave.
The real seismic wave detection center is located at the core of the cave provided by Guigui.
Guigui closed his eyes again and focused all his attention on the clone.
At this moment, inside the cave, countless sleeping or resting fear golems suddenly became restless.
Inside the cave, everything began to shake violently. The shaking seemed to never stop, and it continued one after another.
The special scream of the fear golem echoed throughout the cave.
They are spiritual beasts, but because of their racial characteristics, they live in caves.
Therefore, what they fear most is for a powerful earth-type beast to strike from the air and destroy the entire cave.
At this moment, the earthquake wave of unknown origin really startled them.
Sensing the brief chaos of the fear golem tribe, Gui Gui's clone instantly moved.
At this moment, it used its fastest speed to quickly approach the leader-level fear golem before it recovered!
By the time the fear golem sensed something was wrong and repeated its trick, a scarlet eye bloomed between its tentacles, the ghost had already arrived very close to it.
And this position is enough for it to see clearly the core of the entire cave.
The next moment, the clone disappeared again under the fearful gaze.
Outside the cave, Guigui quickly opened his eyes and told Lin Shuo what he had discovered.
"Huh..." Lin Shuo let out a breath, looked at the people who were looking nervously, his expression was a bit strange, "One piece of good news, one piece of bad news."
He didn't give in, and then said, "The good news is that there are no monarch-level fear golems in this lair."
Everyone's expressions suddenly relaxed.
What they fear most is that there is a monarch in this lair.
After all, the monarch-level fear golem is much more dangerous than the existence of the commander-level.
"The bad news is..." Lin Shuo paused, "There are eight commander-level fear golems in this lair."
This was much more than the five leaders they had expected before.
Of course, taking the two pieces of information together, it is generally more beneficial to Team Xing Yun.
"Gui Gui's two shadow clone explorations have clarified most of the internal terrain." Lin Shuo frowned slightly, "However, we haven't detected the number of elites and juveniles yet, so we can't complete the task yet."
"The area that Gui Gui's clone went to is only a part of it. If you want to detect other juvenile and elite levels, you need to cross the core area where the eight leader levels exist and go to the other side of the core area..." Lin Shuo spread his hands and said nothing.
Keep talking.
"The earthquake wave just now has completely alerted all the fear golems. If they were from other races, they would have walked out of the cave to hunt us down by now." Ye Han pushed up his glasses and added, "So the ghost's clone will enter next.
, will be more difficult.”
Lin Shuo nodded.
From this point of view, the task seems difficult to complete.
After holding his chin and thinking for a moment, Lin Shuo suddenly turned his eyes to Xing Yun, who was silent at the side.
He coughed lightly and said with some embarrassment, "Instructor, can you deal with the eight commander-level fear golems?"
"You really think highly of me." Xing Yun rolled his eyes angrily, and then nodded slightly, "There shouldn't be any problem, but I basically tried my best to deal with eight of them, and I didn't have any energy left to protect you."
He has the black cloud stick of the monarch level in his hand, and it is not difficult to crush the commander level with the monarch level. It is not difficult to beat eight people one at a time, but it is difficult to spare the remaining energy to protect the team members.
Lin Shuo nodded in understanding, his eyes flashing slightly.
It is too difficult to detect the number of this nest of fear golems without anyone noticing.
After all, the pet beasts of Xing Yun's team don't have any skills suitable for this occasion.
But...if you want to destroy the opponent, you have many skills.
In the small-scale fear golem lair, there are at least a hundred elite level fear golems, which far exceed the number of pet beasts in the team.
But there are large-scale skills such as Snow Explosion and Frost Silent Storm, and there are earth-type pets like the Rock Lizard that can easily cause trouble for the Dread Golem in the cave.
It's not impossible.
A bold idea flashed through his mind, he looked at the team members beside him and smiled.
"How about... let's not investigate and just destroy them."