Warning! The evil god's minions are invading the eerie dungeon.

Nanguan District, Guying Town.

The old rammed earth walls stretch along the alley, and the adobe courtyards are scattered about. The walls are roughened by wind and sand, revealing fine soil fragments.

The stone slabs on the street were covered with a thin layer of sand, making it feel light and unsteady underfoot.

Before the eerie events began and the tourism industry declined, this ancient town with its northwestern style once attracted a large number of tourists from other places.

Now, the once bustling streets of the town are deserted, as if it had become a ghost town.

The sky was overcast, covered with a layer of dark clouds. The wind whistled through the alleyway, making a sinister sound as it blew through the fine sofa.

Whoosh—!

Two dark figures suddenly flashed across the stone-paved path and disappeared into a dilapidated and quiet hotel.

Two figures stopped, both dressed in special uniforms. One of them had a fair complexion and bright eyes; it was Jiang Zhengyi.

However, at this moment, the once spirited young man was disheveled, covered in wounds, and looked rather pathetic.

"Lin Dong! Give me a gust of wind!"

As soon as Jiang Zhengyi calmed down, he gritted his teeth and let out a low growl.

The other young man in uniform beside him was Lin Dong, the action captain from the provincial bureau. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and summoned a black wind mixed with ghostly wails, which surrounded Jiang Zhengyi and dispersed the blood and filth on his body to slow down the approaching enemies.

"Captain Jiang, we've been fighting here all day. Everyone has scattered, and our communication with the bureau has been interfered with and blocked."

Lin Dong's expression was solemn:

"Logically speaking, we've been out of contact for a day, so the support from the bureau should have arrived by now."

"It's not that simple."

A black light curtain flowed around Jiang Zhengyi, repairing his injuries. He casually brought up the system panel, frowning as he said:

"After discovering that the regular combat system was blocked, I tried the Traveler system, but for some reason the Traveler system was put into a state similar to a dungeon, and we are now unable to contact people outside the ancient town."

The only problem is that such an arrangement cannot be done without prior preparation.

"They came prepared; this is a trap!"

Jiang Zhengyi said with certainty:

"Since we came prepared, the other side must know this. As long as we lose contact with the bureau, reinforcements will arrive soon. I estimate that our conventional combat system's communications have been hacked and modified, and the bureau won't discover it in a short time."

"What should we do then?"

Lin Dong frowned slightly.

"Don't worry too much, the bureau isn't stupid."

Jiang Zhengyi clenched his fist and wiped the dust off the tip of his nose:

"From the department's perspective, we should have been working for a day already. If we work for another day and the mission is still not over, the department will realize something is wrong. Normally, it's impossible for three action team leaders and three Walker squads to have taken this long to finish, so we should be fine after another day."

"One more day?"

Lin Dong grinned.

They've been fighting the Black Saint Guild in this instance for a whole day, especially since the latter were clearly well-prepared, with far more members than anyone expected.

In order to counter the opponent's numerical advantage as much as possible, the members of the Mysterious Special Forces chose to spread out and rely on their relatively stronger individual strength to fight, preventing the opponent from having the opportunity to encircle and take advantage of their numbers.

Even so, being chased by the other side all day because they outnumbered him was taking its toll.

However, spending this day with Jiang Zhengyi also gave him a full understanding of the young action team leader's strength.

That guy, he beat me up in a flurry!

From the front yard to the back yard, from the sky to the ground, a sword slashes from the South Heavenly Gate to Penglai East Road, and a pair of fists punches from the Hundred Herbs Garden to the Three Flavors Study.

In particular, it's unclear whether Jiang Zheng was just too extravagant or if his fighting poses were just too provocative...

Later on, he felt like the entire Black Saint Guild in the ancient town was chasing and beating them!

"Since we still have to play for another day, I think..."

Lin Dong was carefully considering his words, thinking about how best to persuade Jiang Zhengyi to give up posing during the fight.

At this moment, Jiang Zhengyi was secretly wishing Qi Xie were here.

"All they do is gang up on me. What grudge do they hold against me? Sigh, if only I were here. If there were strong enough people to watch my back, I could definitely wipe them all out..."

Before he could finish thinking...

Suddenly!

The hotel wall suddenly exploded open.

Jiang Zhengyi's scattered thoughts instantly converged, his eyes narrowed, and the [Ghost Sword] covering his entire body suddenly lit up, carrying him to quickly dodge the attack. At the same time, he pulled Lin Dong aside, allowing the other party to avoid the flying bricks and stones.

He stopped and looked back.

Outside the inn, four men stood on the street, some wielding strangely shaped long and short swords, others brandishing meteor hammers that seemed to glow with ghostly fire, some shrouded in black robes and appearing extremely mysterious, and others with skin as blue as a zombie.

Just as they smashed through the wall, the man wielding the ghost fire meteor hammer attacked from behind it.

"We've found you."

The man, whose entire body was ashen like a zombie, took a deep breath and smelled the faint scent of blood in the air, a scent so faint that it was imperceptible to ordinary people.

The man wielding two swords stared intently at Jiang Zhengyi, and sneered:

"You little rats scurrying around like mice, we've finally caught you! Kids, this time we'll take your lives..."

They had originally set an ambush, intending to trap the fish in a jar.

As they had planned, Jiang Zheng entered the ancient town, quickly tightened the encirclement, resolved the battle, and then silently withdrew before the Special Operations Bureau could react. The entire plan was flawless.

Who would have thought that Jiang Zhengyi was such a good fighter, managing to hold out in the encirclement for a whole day.

Even after spending the entire day, they still needed to form groups of several people before they dared to face Jiang Zhengyi.

"Bullshit! You're the rat, your whole family are rats!"

Jiang Zhengyi spat out a mouthful of filth without any hesitation:

"Come at me, one-on-one! I, the Sword Demon Slayer, will chop you so badly your own mother won't recognize you!"

The air fell silent for a moment.

The other three on the other side silently watched the dual-wielding man's expression twitching.

Lin Dong, who was behind them, covered his face and sighed, feeling that there was a reason why the enemies in the entire ancient town were targeting them.

"you……"

Before the dual-wielding man could utter his harsh words, a mournful ghostly howl mixed with the clang of swords rang out, almost shattering his thoughts and leaving him in a daze.

In an instant, a dark sword light swept across the street, aimed directly at his neck.

However, the next second, the dark blue skin suddenly appeared in front of the man with the two swords, and the flesh and metal collided, producing the sound of iron hitting a stubborn rock.

Jiang Zhengyi and the zombie man retreated, seemingly evenly matched, but Jiang Zhengyi had lost the advantage of launching the first attack.

He gritted his teeth and looked at the zombie man opposite him, secretly lamenting that he had been too weakened by the previous battle of attrition; otherwise, the other party would never have dared to take this sword strike.

"What 'Demon Sword'? What 'Demon Slayer'? I think they're nothing special!"

The zombie man sneered, tapped his slightly aching chest, and pretended it didn't hurt.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhengyi's face darkened, feeling a surge of resentment that he couldn't express.

Although he is strong, he is not as strong as Qi Xie, who is beyond the comprehension of his peers.

Faced with such a group of advanced practitioners attacking him, even he was somewhat overwhelmed, since it wasn't a one-on-one fight.

Everyone's smart enough to know that one person can't beat him; even a tiger can't withstand a pack of wolves.

Seeing Jiang Zhengyi's grim expression, the zombie sneered, deliberately took a few steps forward, and said smugly:

"All talk and no action, but your strength is mediocre. Come on, I, the Iron-Skinned Blood Corpse, will stand here and let you hit me a couple of times, but you won't be able to break through my defenses..."

call out--!

Before he could finish speaking, a long, slender leg silently shot out from the side and kicked him hard in the waist.

With a 'snap', a living person was turned into a folding screen.

"ah--!"

The zombie man let out a piercing scream, his body folded over and flew more than twenty meters away, crashing to the ground where he twitched a couple of times before becoming completely unable to move.

Silence fell once again.

All eyes turned to a handsome young man whose expression was calm and whose tone was indifferent:

"Didn't I say two times? Get up, there's still one more time."

"elder brother!"

Jiang Zhengyi was taken aback at first, then his face lit up with joy, his expression relaxed, and he subconsciously began to mutter to himself:

"Brother, what brings you here? No, that's not the point. I need to tell you, someone just bullied me because they outnumbered me..."

Before he could finish speaking, Qi Xie interrupted Jiang Zhengyi with a single word:

"refer to."