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Chapter 168 Drow Priest
When the perception was increased to 135 points, the things that were vaguely perceived before immediately became much clearer. All kinds of mixed sounds were croaking together, like the sound of many people talking.

"Detour!"

He pointed decisively to the right.

Although the mercenary captain didn't understand, he was very obedient and quickly followed them around the corner with his men.

After walking about a kilometer, we moved forward again.

This time I didn't sense anything and passed through the area safely.

In the twisted realm where vision is suppressed, perception is more useful than eyes.

About ten hours later, the outline of a huge boundary fragment was seen in the distance ahead.

"Go along the side and cross."

Two elite shield-wielding soldiers received the order and walked into the realm.

The next second, a deafening roar suddenly came from the front, and a wave of extremely smelly air rushed towards him. The powerful pressure made Chu Cheng instantly judge his strength, and he decisively grabbed Fang Xi's hand and shouted:
"run!"

She reacted quickly and immediately gave the entire team a group acceleration.

"boom!"

There was a scream and then an earthquake shook the mountains behind.

Chu Cheng looked back and saw the outline of a huge domain reflecting the shadow of a huge beast rushing into the twisted dark domain.

The distance was too far to see clearly, but judging from its size, it was a behemoth of at least level 50. Judging from the pressure it displayed, it was stronger than the two Devil Tyrannosaurus Rexes that the Qiuye Caravan had seen before and the shadow behemoth they had encountered.

"Can't fight!"

Run away decisively.

Fortunately, this is the Twisting Netherworld, and the monster is not a shadow beast. The omnipresent shadows also have an effect on the beast, so it did not chase too deep.

They rushed out for who knows how many kilometers in one breath, stopped to regroup the team, and found that there were only seven people left in the ten-man team, and one shield soldier and two spearmen were missing.

One of the shield soldiers was confirmed dead, and it was not known whether the other two were caught up or got separated while escaping.

Chu Cheng led the rest of the people back and circled around for more than two hours, and finally found an archer, but could not find the other spearman.

I guess he got lost in the darkness and didn't know where he went.

The consequences of disappearing in this twisted and dark realm are predictable.

There was nothing they could do about it, and the mercenary team didn't say anything.

This situation was expected as it was a life-and-death struggle.

Next, they changed direction and bypassed this boundary fragment far away. On the way, Chu Cheng made a mark on the map.

Two days later, the team came to a new realm fragment again.

Carefully stepping into the realm, your eyes will be brightened and vivid colors will appear before your eyes. This is a fragment of the realm that has not been eroded by the twisted realm.

The trees at the edge were still twisted and gray, but they slowly turned green less than ten meters inside.

There were many animals living in this fragment of the realm. Not long after they entered, they encountered two elite ferocious apes over level 40. After spending some effort to kill them, Chu Cheng ordered them to continue to take a detour and walk along the edge of the realm.

The edge of the boundary is not safe either. From time to time, you will encounter some shadow beasts wandering on the edge of the boundary fragments.

The levels were between thirty and forty, but there were not many of them and they did not pose much of a threat to them.

A day later, the team entered the dangerous twisted realm again.

Their luck was not as good as before. No matter how careful they were, they could not avoid encountering various monsters in the darkness, and occasionally groups of shadowy aliens.

The worst luck was when we encountered a Phantom Orc tribe with two giant shadow beasts.

Chu Cheng reacted very quickly and decisively let them escape. He activated his defense and rushed into the tribe to attract the enemy's attention. He put a space mark on Fang Xi, and she could sense it as long as they were no more than 10 kilometers away.

After he had been dragging the shadow orc around aimlessly for more than ten minutes, he targeted the space marker and started a violent charge towards the opponent Xi.

Violent Charge LV1 (Top): Focus on a target within the field of view and enter the charge state, increasing the movement speed by 500 points and knocking away
By marking Fang Xi with a spatial mark, he can feel her presence at any time, which is equivalent to having her vision at all times, and can use her as the target to perform combat skills.

By the time they reunite, the team will be reduced by two more members.

Ten days later, when the team appeared in front of a specially marked boundary fragment on the map, there were only five people left in the mercenary team, and half of them were dead.

According to the special markings on the map given by the instructor, this is a super-large realm fragment, and it is also a realm fragment with an underground world. The resources are very rich. Many seniors from the Star Tower have established cities here and become lords. As seniors, they can stop here for supplies.

The team stepped into the realm, which was a primitive jungle.

The mercenary captain picked up a machete and cut off the vines of the trees. Chu Cheng immediately opened the map to check it out and pointed in one direction:
"there."

He turned to the mercenaries who looked tired and said:
"Let's rest here first. We can go there and rest for a few days in this realm."

The tired soldiers cheered and quickly cleared a small area.

Those who are on guard should be on guard, and those ...

Chu Cheng used his sword to chop a dry tree into several pieces, set the branches on fire, chopped the trunk into several pieces, flattened it, sat down with Fang Xi, drank a sip of water, and asked with a smile:

"Tired?"

She shook her head and said:

"I'm not tired, but I'm a little tired of keeping on high alert all the time."

"There's nothing we can do. The environment is too bad."

"Hold on a little longer, we will reach the Fate's Nest Realm Fragment in about twelve days."

"Ok!"

"I want to take a break."

"Lean on me."

She hummed softly and leaned on his thighs.

Chu Cheng took out a blanket and covered her with it, patting her gently, then took out the map and studied it carefully.

Along the way, there were constant battles and serious casualties.

He was also thankful that his perception was high enough. A perception of 135 was already very high, allowing him to detect danger in advance and avoid some of it, otherwise the loss would have been even greater.

In addition, the road they were taking was relatively safe. Every one or two years, strong men from the school's High Star Tower would take this route to clear out or expel the powerful monsters and large gathering points of shadow monsters on the road.

If they took any other dangerous route, not only would they be in danger, not only would the mercenary team be in danger.

"Mr. Chu, you can eat now."

Five minutes later, Chu Cheng closed the map, took the food handed over by the mercenary captain, tapped Fang Xi to wake her up, and handed the food to her.

After a brief rest for an hour, the team continued on their journey.

An hour later, the team came out of the lush jungle and came to a big river. Across the river was a plain with cultivated fields. The rice seedlings in the fields were golden, and the heavy grains of rice weighed down the rice stalks.

Half of these mature rice fields have been harvested, and the other half has not yet been harvested, but no one was seen in the rice fields in broad daylight.

Chu Cheng looked up and saw a town surrounded by walls in the distance beyond the endless golden rice fields, with a castle in the center.

At this time, a column of smoke rose in the town.
"No, the castle was attacked!"

(End of this chapter)