Remove all restrictions and transform into a bizarre girl.

They are not very large, mostly only half a person's height, like goblins, but without legs, they just float in the air at a very fast speed.

The number increased to dozens in just a few seconds, and they continued to pour out of the hole.

Chen Nian did not back down.

She stood still, her Miao sword drawing an icy blue arc in the morning light, slashing towards the two strange creatures charging at the front.

The blade easily killed the first two.

This made Chen Nian relax a little.

These creatures not only look like goblins, but they are also about the same strength.

If that's the case, then it's simply a gift of azure crystals.

It seems that only those on the front lines can make a fortune.

After slaying the two strange creatures, Chen Nian did not pause. With a swift motion, he swung his Miao sword and slashed the approaching phantom creature from the right side from its shoulder to its waist.

The blade pierced cleanly, without encountering any obvious resistance. Those strange creatures, only at the eighth rank, had almost no chance against Chen Nian, who was at the peak of the seventh rank. It was like a thin sheet of paper being sliced ​​by a sharp edge.

The strange creature that was struck lost its ability to move the moment it hit the ground, leaving it with no chance to recover.

This kind of eeriness is simply divine!

Sending warmth.

What are we waiting for? Kill!

Chen Nian gripped the Miao sword tightly, her footsteps leaving no trace on the snow, spreading a thin layer of ice on the sandy ground. Her whole body was like a blue stream of light cutting into the eerie group.

The blade traced continuous arcs in the air, each swing precisely avoiding the areas where the eerie afterimages were most concentrated, instead seeking out lone individuals to quickly eliminate.

The frost from the Miao sword left trails of afterimages in the morning light, each fall accompanied by a strange, disintegrating, grayish-white fragment.

Chen Nian's face was full of excitement.

She led her men, cutting down enemies along the way.

Driven by her offensive, the others quickly entered into an efficient clearing rhythm.

Fang Anya's dagger maintained a steady arc, constantly forcing back the strange creatures that tried to flank her.

Su Wanqing transformed into Alice, wielding two kukri knives and slashing alternately, each blade striking one of the monsters with a single blow.

In less than half an hour, the strange creatures on the plateau had been mostly cleared away. The last few were trying to retreat back to the cave entrance when Fang Anya teleported behind them and killed them instantly.

The last eerie body crumbled into grayish-white fragments under the dagger, and the plateau returned to silence, leaving only the eerie fragments scattered on the ground and dozens of dark blue crystals, reflecting scattered points of light in the morning light.

Just because the outside is all killed doesn't mean there aren't any inside. In a clan, the outermost perimeter is mostly guards, but the further inside you go, the higher their status within the clan.

Therefore, Chen Nian asked Su Wanqing and the others to clean up the battlefield.

She said to Fang Anya, "Go in and take a look, but stay alert."

"Mm." Fang Anya nodded.

Chen Nian stepped towards the cave entrance and followed the sloping passage downwards.

It was disgusting inside, like a sewer, with the rock walls covered in a layer of silt-like substance.

The smell became even stronger after entering the passage, like a damp scent mixed with humus and minerals.

The silt on the rock wall shimmered with a dark green hue under the light of the blue crystal, and its surface had a thin layer of fine, mycelium-like texture that reflected the light faintly.

Chen Nian slowed her pace. With each step, she could feel the soft cushion beneath her feet. The mud on the ground was also covered with a layer that felt slightly sticky when she stepped on it.

It felt like stepping on chewing gum.

Fang Anya followed closely behind her, about two steps behind, holding the dagger horizontally in her hand.

Her gaze swept over the muddy patterns on the wall, as if she were trying to identify something. After a while, she whispered to Chen Nian, "These look like strange secretions. It's probably something that groups that have lived here for a long time leave in their nests to mark their territory or guide the movements of their kind."

Fang Anya cleared the occupied area for a year longer than Chen Nian.

I've seen nests like this before.

However, the clearing and suppression work was handled by the army group; they were only responsible for follow-up tasks.

Chen Nian squatted down and carefully examined the texture on the wall with the light of the blue crystal. The fine lines showed a certain directionality under the light.

Most of the lines extend along the path, but they branch and converge at intersections and corners, like some kind of crude navigation system.

Look at this disgusting discharge.

Chen Nian touched it lightly with her finger through a layer of fabric. It felt dry and hard, but it looked greasy and disgusting, not the moist and slippery stuff she had imagined. It was as if the secretions had solidified after being exposed to the air for a period of time.

"This passage should be their main route of operation."

Fang Anya pointed to one of the forks in the road and spoke.

Hearing Fang Anya's words, Chen Nian stood up and looked in that direction.

Seeing that Chen Nian's gaze had turned to her, Fang Anya continued, "Based on the direction of these lines, the deeper the area, the higher the density of secretions and the higher the frequency of activity."

"If this is the outer area of ​​the lair, there might be larger and stronger individuals inside. The ones we saw before were just the outer guards; there should be even higher-level individuals inside."

Chen Nian did not refute Fang Anya's words, but simply nodded.

After going in for about ten meters, the passage begins to turn. The ground at the turn is lower than before, so you need to step carefully to avoid slipping.

After turning the corner, the space in front suddenly became larger.

Such places are usually filled with strange and eerie things.

Sure enough, as soon as Chen Nian went in, she felt goosebumps all over her body.

She immediately used her Miao sword to block the attack in front of her.

The moment the Miao sword parried, a heavy impact was transmitted from the blade, causing Chen Nian's wrist to go slightly numb.

Using the force, she slid back half a step, and at the same time saw the source of the attack.

A shadow, thicker and more eerie than the previous ones, was hanging upside down from the shadows at the top of the space.

It is about two meters tall and looks like an elongated goblin.

He gripped a homemade axe in both hands, staring intently at Chen Nian and the other person who were trying to enter.

Just after Chen Nian dodged that attack.

In the void, it launched another attack.

However, Chen Nian did not give it a second chance to attack.

After regaining her balance, she infused ice energy into the Miao sword, and the icy blue halo on the blade's surface instantly became brighter, with the cold air condensing into a deep blue light effect at the tip of the blade.

She stepped forward, the tip of her knife slicing upwards at an angle, precisely targeting the location of the shadowy figure.

"Click..."

In that instant, Chen Nian froze him.

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