Remove all restrictions and transform into a bizarre girl.

The next moment, a muffled boom came from inside the cave, as if something heavy had crashed into the ice vine wall.

The wall, woven from layers of intertwined ice vines, developed obvious cracks upon impact, and ice shards broke off from the wall, scattering like snowflakes in the morning light.

Chen Nian did not let go. The moment she felt the ice vine wall being impacted, she reinforced its structure. The cold air seeped in along the texture of the ice vine, causing the cracks to solidify again.

The impact didn't last long. After the second impact, the sounds inside the cave began to weaken, and the deep echoes gradually receded into the depths, as if the thing had chosen to retreat after confirming that it could not break through the ice vine wall.

Sure enough, the strange person from before was not its true form.

That's probably what it is now.

Chen Nian's guess became clearer after it was confirmed that the inside of the cave had returned to quiet.

The humanoid died mysteriously without leaving behind any crystals, and its explosion triggered some kind of self-destruct mechanism, which means it may just be a derivative responsible for guarding.

The real core is hidden in a deeper or more concealed location.

The two impacts just now were probably probing reactions from the main body after confirming that the outer guards had been destroyed. After finding that the ice vine wall could not be broken through, it chose to temporarily retreat to the depths.

She remained vigilant, instructing the others to continue maintaining social distancing on the platform.

Then, he walked to the edge of the cave entrance to re-examine the situation inside.

After the ice vine wall was removed, the inner wall of the passage was exposed, and the layers of secretions that had been peeled off were slowly covering the rock surface again, extending from the edge of the exposed rock surface towards the center, like a membrane being repaired.

But there was nothing strange inside at that moment.

It seems the real boss isn't here.

I never expected that after all that effort and time, I only killed a clone.

Chen Nian said to everyone, "You should rest for a while. This place should be safe for now. We can continue when everyone has recovered. It can't escape."

No one else objected.

At this time, it's best to follow instructions.

After sealing off the surrounding area with ice vines, Chen Nian began to recover her mental strength.

There have been many battles these past few days, and I've already started to get close to Sequence Six. Once I have enough money to buy the advancement potion, I should be able to advance to Sequence Six.

She recalled how she felt when she saw the principal at Lily Girls' School three years ago.

At that time, Sequence Six was an unattainable existence in her eyes, like a person in the clouds, whose outline could only be seen by looking up.

Now, she has reached the same level and can even see the direction for the next step.

This feeling gave her a sense of grounded stability despite her exhaustion, like someone who had walked a long way finally seeing the next signpost.

I never expected to reach that goal so quickly.

Sequence seven is equivalent to Foundation Establishment, while sequence six is ​​equivalent to Golden Core.

I should be able to call myself the Golden Core Ancestor.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian chuckled.

Everyone looked at Chen Nian upon hearing the sound, and Chen Nian awkwardly resumed her cold demeanor.

Chen Nian stopped laughing in time, her face regaining its usual calm expression. Fang Anya glanced at her, her gaze carrying a hint of scrutiny, but she didn't ask any questions.

About fifteen minutes later, she felt that her mental energy had recovered by more than half. When she opened her eyes, she could see that in the area surrounded by ice vines, the others were also recovering their physical strength in their respective states.

Chen Nian stood up, gripped the Miao sword in her hand again, and walked to the edge of the cave entrance to observe the situation inside once more.

He then said, "That's enough, we can go now."

As soon as Chen Nian finished speaking, the others stood up one after another.

Continuing along the passage, a huge underground palace soon appeared.

It should be considered a palace.

It at least looks somewhat similar.

Outside the palace, a large group of goblins stood menacingly in wait, awaiting the arrival of the group.

They are numerous.

There are at least two or three hundred of them.

Moreover, their strength is almost all at the peak of Sequence 8, which is quite bizarre.

Behind these goblin monsters lies a throne made of stacked skulls.

Seated on the skull throne was a bizarre creature, significantly larger than the other goblins.

It was nearly three meters tall, and its entire body was covered with armored stomachs that had the same skin color as the humanoid monster it had killed before. There were dark cracks on the surface, as if they were old wounds left after many battles.

At this moment, the goblin stared intently at Chen Nian and the others with a strange look in its eyes.

The moment he saw them, he immediately raised the scepter in his hand and roared!

The roar echoed through the empty palace, like an invisible command, and the goblin monsters that had been on high alert moved at the same time the roar ended.

They were no longer in a static defensive formation, but advanced forward in an almost uniform rhythm, each step landing on the same beat. The ground vibrations caused by the bizarre simultaneous steps of two or three hundred peak Sequence 8 warriors were transmitted up through their feet, heavy and dense.

at the same time.

The passage behind them was also closing.

Chen Nian and the others were surrounded.

The good news is that the goblins here are strange; the strongest one is only at the peak of Sequence 7.

It is still within a controllable range.

Chen Nian gritted her teeth, looking at all the strange things in front of her.

Even when surrounded, she didn't think about running away.

If we wipe out this nest today, then we'll definitely get the seeds of the other three girls, and we might even be able to gather the advanced potions they need.

"Kill!" Chen Nian shouted, launching the first attack.

She didn't wait for the encirclement to form.

The instant the ice membrane spread out without leaving a trace in the snow, she had already lunged forward, her Miao sword trailing an icy blue arc in the air, slicing straight towards the left flank of the encirclement.

The goblin density there is slightly lower, and there is still room for adjustment at the edges of the formation. She needs to create an opening before the encirclement is completely closed, to buy enough room and time for subsequent adjustments.

When the first blade fell, dozens of goblins in front of her collapsed, their grayish-white fragments scattering across the ground in the dark red light.

Without pausing, her blade swept across the ground the instant it landed, slicing the goblin on her right, which was trying to cover her position, in half and leaving enough space for her next move.

Chen Nian's fierce fighting style also got the other girls excited.

Despite the many strange occurrences, as long as Chen Nian is there to keep things in order, there won't be any problems.

Moreover, they could sense that these goblin monsters were at the peak of Sequence 8, just like them.

Chen Nian, on the other hand, is a master at the peak of Sequence Seven.

can win!

Just kill them!

kill!

Su Wanqing stood two meters behind Chen Nian, wielding two kukri knives that slashed alternately on either side, the blades making a crisp cracking sound as they cut into the gaps in the goblin's carapace.

In just half a minute, the goblins fell one by one in a bizarre manner.

The eerie figure on the throne could no longer remain seated.

……