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Chapter 120 Ambush

While Luo Jingshan and Li Youan were talking, He Xiaoluo was also drawing his bow and occasionally shooting arrows into the thick fog around them.

Standing beside her, Zhao Jing also saw the arrows. "Senior, you actually used the Wind Whisper Arrows!"

Hearing Zhao Jing's telepathic message, He Xiaoluo nodded, but her hands didn't stop moving. Her right hand took out another arrow from her storage ring, the shaft of which was engraved with cyan patterns.

Draw the bow, pull the string, and release.

He Xiaoluo's movements were distinct. Although they seemed slow, everyone watching the arrows flying out at lightning speed understood that it was just a shooting technique.

The arrows flew through the air without making a sound, and He Xiaoluo simply shot them out randomly without aiming at any target. The arrows disintegrated on their own when they reached their highest point, each arrow turning into dozens of almost invisible cyan vortexes.

The reason everyone could see it was twofold: firstly, because of the presence of miasma and poisonous fog, and secondly, because everyone had already witnessed He Xiaoluo's archery skills.

These cyan vortexes silently dispersed and shot out in all directions.

This is a unique archery technique of He Xiaoluo. It doesn't just rely on the feedback of airflow. As long as this blue vortex injures the enemy's body, it will run rampant inside the body, causing the enemy to cry out in pain, or forcibly suppress it with their vital energy.

It was precisely by relying on these extremely subtle movements or fluctuations of vital energy that He Xiaoluo was able to detect targets nine times out of ten.

After quickly firing eight or nine arrows, He Xiaoluo closed his eyes to sense the condition of the arrows. His brows furrowed, and he immediately sent a message to Luo Jingshan.

"Captain, there's no sign of life around here. However, the flow of miasma seems to be blocked by something compared to other places, making it very difficult to perceive."

"

There are no living creatures?

They might have been killed by lizard demons and eagle demons, or it might just be a trap.

But as Luo Jingshan just said, the Crimson Blood Fruit is right here. If it's a trap, we've already entered. In any case, we should get the Crimson Blood Fruit first.

Luo Jingshan and Feng Lin were less than ten feet away from the Crimson Blood Fruit.

Li Youan was also constantly checking the surroundings. When he checked, everything was calm and there was nothing wrong, but he always felt that something was not right, so he quietly increased the output of his vital energy.

The energy threads extending from Li Youan's fingertips have already connected with the entire quicksand formation.

He closed his eyes and completely immersed his mind in the quicksand formation. Although Li Youan did not activate the quicksand formation, he could use its coverage area as a reconnaissance formation.

Due to the influence of the miasma in this miasma valley, the coverage area of ​​this quicksand formation is not large. Only within a hundred feet around them can Li Youan sense the most subtle fluctuations of vital energy.

"Captain." Li Youan's eyes were still closed, but Luo Jingshan could sense the gravity in his voice. "Within a range of six or seven zhang underground, there are subtle but continuous fluctuations of primordial energy. They are very well hidden and feel similar to the miasma around us, but I don't think it's that simple."

After a slight pause, Li Youan continued, "Moreover, the fog concentration on our west and north sides is twice as high as in other directions. That's not the direction of the Miasma Valley, which is very unusual and doesn't seem to be naturally formed."

At this moment, everyone in the team heard Li Youan and He Xiaoluo's judgment, and the already tense team members became even more anxious.

Although everyone was talking, Feng Lin was cautiously approaching the Crimson Blood Fruit with Luo Jingshan.

Everything was unusually calm and normal, except for the lingering fragrance of the Crimson Blood Fruit in the air and the increasingly dense miasma.

Thus, Luo Jingshan led Feng Lin to the front of the Crimson Blood Fruit. After confirming with his divine sense that the Crimson Blood Fruit was normal, he stretched out his right hand, which was wrapped in Yuan Qi, and quickly picked off the three Crimson Blood Fruits, then put them into a specially made jade box for storing high-grade medicinal materials and sealed it.

Just as Luo Jingshan closed the lid and the exotic fragrance of the Crimson Blood Fruit dissipated—

At this moment, everyone in the 13th squad relaxed.

But accidents often happen at times like these.

Rewind slightly, when the 13th squad had just discovered the Crimson Blood Fruit, Monkey King, along with Eagle Soar and other demonic beasts, were already standing in the distance, sensing this direction.

With the help of the Monkey Great Miasma Grass, and the fact that the demon beasts were already incredibly strong, they were minimally affected in the Miasma Valley.

These monsters, following Monkey King's instructions, lay in ambush in their respective positions, awaiting his order to attack.

They were almost exposed by He Xiaoluo's whispered arrows.

Because several Kaiyuan Realm demonic beasts were hit by arrows, and under the swirling blue vortex, they couldn't bear the pain and wanted to let out a scream.

However, it was cruelly crushed to death by Monkey King, Eagle Soaring, and other True Spirit Realm demonic beasts, and once dead, it would no longer make a sound.

This frightened the surrounding demons, who covered their mouths tightly and dared not make a sound even when hit by arrows.

"Let's do it!"

The moment the fragrance of the Crimson Blood Fruit dissipated, Monkey Dabeng gave an order, and all the demons set off.

"roar-!!!"

Deafening roars of monstrous beasts suddenly erupted from the depths of the surrounding miasma, accompanied by a tremendous whooshing sound.

The members of the 13th squad were slightly stunned by this sudden change, but in that instant, the experienced fighters had already assumed a defensive stance.

Luo Jingshan quickly put the jade box into his storage ring, and his heart sank.

There was indeed something wrong with the fog; just as we had suspected, the three Crimson Blood Fruits were a decoy.

This was a carefully laid trap from the very beginning, a bait waiting for them to take the bait; it was a premeditated ambush.

"Trap, defend against the enemy!"

Luo Jingshan squeezed out these two words through gritted teeth, and the machete in his hand was drawn with a clang. The heavy yet bright blade still reflected a chilling light in the miasma.

At the same time, Qi Xuan, the second strongest member of the team, also shouted.

"Everyone, assume the preset formation! Stand ready! Prepare for battle!"

Although the two men's orders were clear and decisive, the entire 13th squad instantly adjusted their positions and formed a battle formation.

Li Youan saw that the miasma and fog around their squad were churning violently before suddenly exploding to both sides.

A colossal giant lizard, its body entirely dark gold and bearing a spiraling horn on its head, lunged out from the side, carrying with it a foul-smelling miasma. Its demonic aura, at the fifth level of the True Spirit Realm, erupted without restraint.

His gaping maw was wide open, and dark green venom rained down, covering the entire 13th...

Squad.

This monitor lizard is incredibly fast, and its entire body is covered in dark gold scales.

This giant lizard had a very clear objective: it avoided Luo Jingshan, the strongest member of the group, and instead wanted to take care of Li Youan and the other members who were at the Kaiyuan Realm first.

"Be careful!"

But Luo Jingshan gave him no chance. He reacted extremely quickly, shouting at the same time, "Disperse!"

Instead of retreating, Luo Jingshan advanced, his machete instantly held horizontally in front of him. His powerful energy suddenly erupted, first blocking the venom at the front, then suddenly slashing upwards. The heavy golden blade energy collided head-on with the giant lizard's horn, producing a loud bang.