Immortal Martial Saint, something's wrong with my entry.

Everyone was looking at the map in front of them, which had been magnified several times.

Luo Jingshan stood to the side, pointing to the map with his right hand.

"I've studied the routes back to Outpost 1 for a long time, and there are two in total."

As Luo Jingshan spoke, two red lines gradually appeared on the map, exactly the same as the one Yingxiang had shown to Hou Er.

"One of them is the road we came by. We encountered those two monkey demons there. One of them died and the other escaped. We returned from there by the same route. The situation is still unknown."

As he spoke, Luo Jingshan pointed to another red line.

"This second red line is relatively safer. Not only is the route shorter than the one we came by, but it is also located in hilly terrain, which greatly reduces the probability of encountering monsters. However, this is only relatively 'safe,' not that there is no danger."

Looking at the shorter red line on the map, Li Youan realized that this route did indeed avoid several known monster lairs and bypassed the lake area.

However, choosing this route means they will need to expend more effort traversing hilly terrain.

"If all goes well, we can return to the outpost in a day and a half by taking this route."

Seeing that no one spoke, Luo Jingshan continued.

"What if the trip doesn't go smoothly..."

Although Luo Jingshan didn't finish speaking, Li Youan understood what he meant: if things didn't go smoothly, they would have to fight the monsters and might never be able to go back.

"As I told you before, all the squads are carrying out their respective missions. Our current situation does not meet the requirements for reinforcement; all of this is just our speculation."

"Moreover, we have been fighting against the demon race for so many years, and the demon race is also aware of these two routes."

"The current situation is that they know we're going down these two paths, and we know they know them. Instead of going back and forth guessing, it's better to just choose the shortest one and avoid the unnecessary deviance and counter-deviance of the established patterns."

Luo Jingshan paused, glanced at everyone in the hall, and continued speaking.

"Moreover, it's not just our team that has complete monster corpses."

"Therefore, we can only rely on ourselves for the road ahead."

After giving everyone about ten seconds to process the information, Luo Jingshan clapped his hands to draw everyone's attention.

"In other words, the first day of our return journey after we set off is the most dangerous. The last half day is very close to the outpost, so there is generally no fighting."

"So, does anyone still have any questions? We'll have a minute to discuss them. If there are no questions, we'll meet here in two minutes and set off immediately for the return trip, taking Route 2."

Luo Jingshan glanced at everyone and made the final decision.

Thinking of the palpitations he felt when he was startled awake last night, Li Youan spoke.

"Captain, are there any other squads around here that are also heading back to the outpost? Can we team up with them and go back?"

Hearing Li Youan's question, Luo Jingshan spoke up.

"I contacted them via terminal last night, and there were no teams around who returned with us. Some just arrived, and some are still on missions that haven't been completed."

Li Youan recalled the outpost's operating rules that he had seen before.

Indeed, teams of the same level do not have the authority to assign tasks to each other. Completing their own primary mission is the highest priority.

In their current situation, they have no way to request the other squads to escort them back to the outpost.

"Whenever a squad returns to the outpost, it will almost always be hunted down by the demons, just like when we hunt the demons."

After explaining one more sentence, Luo Jingshan stopped talking and looked at the others.

"Okay, let's meet here again in two minutes to head back." After saying that, Luo Jingshan looked at Li Youan.

"You'an, come with me for a moment, let's restore the array room."

Li Youan got up and followed Luo Jingshan back to the array room.

Without saying much, the two activated the array master again, just like last time. After Li Youan entered, he cast several magic seals in succession, stopping the Six Spirits Trapping and Killing Array. At the same time, he activated the Gathering Yuan Array, slowly accumulating Yuan Qi for the next activation.

After checking the formation again, Li Youan and Luo Jingshan quickly returned to the main hall.

Now that everyone has assembled, led by Luo Jingshan, they leave the outpost one by one and return to the lakeside.

Without a word, the group quickly entered the Forest of Ten Thousand Demons according to the previously arranged formation and proceeded along the predetermined route.

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Deep within the Forest of Ten Thousand Demons, more than twenty dark figures pierced the azure sky.

At this moment, Yingxiang had fully spread his wings, and his dark brown feathers gleamed with a metallic sheen under the light.

Beside him, Monkey Two stood on the back of a giant eagle, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

Although Monkey Two is already at the seventh level of the True Spirit Realm, he still cannot match the flying speed of a flying beast like the Eagle Demon.

"That hilly area, the burial place of those human bastards."

Monkey Two looked at the hills that had appeared on the horizon and hoisted the iron rod in his hand onto his shoulder.

This time, Monkey Two was smarter and prepared a weapon in advance to prevent a repeat of the situation where he was turned into sand by Li Youan last time.

The two demons flew through the air, since they were in the Forest of Ten Thousand Demons and had nothing to worry about.

Less than two minutes later, Eagle Soar seemed to have spotted the target and said to Monkey Two.

"Look, isn't that the group of people?"

Following the direction indicated by Yingxiang, Monkey Two saw those familiar figures, and his killing intent suddenly erupted.

"No mistake, it's that human stench, and he's covered in my brother's blood."

Seeing that Monkey Two was about to lose control, Eagle Soar quickly shrunk his size and stood next to Monkey Two, leaving him in place.

"Hold on, this means my judgment was correct. Don't forget our plan. Let's set up traps in the hilly area first, and then take them down when they arrive."

Although Monkey Two was already carried away, it knew that Eagle Soar's arrangement was the best.

Of course, it was already being held down by Eagle Soar and carried forward by the giant eagle.

The giant eagle flew in a straight line at an extremely fast speed, and in just over ten minutes it had reached the airspace above the hilly area.

"Go and set up as I instructed. Take the things I gave you with you to prevent the humans from discovering you beforehand."

At Ying Xiang's command, all the eagle demons behind him scattered and silently infiltrated the hills.

Yingxiang took out a cloth bag from his pocket, opened the bag, and gently shook it, releasing countless purple powders.

Several feet away from the eagle, the powder transformed into butterflies the size of human fingernails. Upon closer inspection, intricate patterns could be seen on the butterfly wings.

"You even prepared the Illusionary Mist Butterfly; that's going to give them a run for their money."

Watching the scattered purple specks, Monkey Two grinned, revealing his sharp fangs.

Yingxiang nodded and asked in return, "Have you released all the Devouring Worms you prepared? Don't let them call for reinforcements."