Eighteen Ghost Emperors of my ancestors, how dare you make me live in terror?

"Waaaaah!"

"Behave yourself, or I'll hit you."

Lu put away the small leather whip, moved his fingers, and removed the red lines from the mouths of the two Cangming team members.

The two men were panting heavily, as if they were on the verge of death.

Being pulled for half an hour is not so bad.

The main reason is that when Lu was gagging them, he also blocked their nostrils.

I almost suffocated.

"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated! If you have the guts, loosen the ropes and let's fight face to face!" one of the Cangming team members roared.

Lu Ye snorted coldly and took out a small leather whip.

"On another note..." Seeing Lu Ye's eagerness, the other party decisively changed his tune, "Since you caught us, it means that the two of us are not as strong as you, so being punished is justified and can motivate us to improve."

"And you?" Lu also pointed at the other one with his small leather whip.

Without a second thought, the other person flashed a bright white smile, revealing a missing front tooth: "I'm completely convinced."

What he said was the truth.

A single shot from 10,000 meters away blew the head off the sniper, Guiling. Despite being pursued by the captain and several other team members, he managed to sprint to Guiling's side within seconds, knocked Guiling unconscious, and took him away.

You must submit.

Most people couldn't do that.

"I'm just curious what kind of gun you had at the time."

Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask; it will only make you feel bad.

Lu Ye had no intention of treating the prisoners well. He had been whipping them for half an hour and now felt completely refreshed.

I walked over to the fire and started roasting chicken legs while reading.

IQ +1 +1 +1........

The two Cangming team members, bound like maggots, quietly peered into the cave and exchanged glances.

They all gave a wry smile.

This cave... was clearly scouted out in advance.

Not only did they venture deep into the heart of the mountain, but they also deployed layers upon layers of ghostly artifacts capable of isolating one's aura.

Once they're inside, no one outside can hear them even if they scream their lungs out, and all their eerie aura will be completely drained away.

"Wow, that's professional..."

"You've kidnapped people before, haven't you...?"

As the two were smiling wryly, a small ghost about three feet tall suddenly appeared before them. It was pitch black, had no facial features, and only an outline.

"whisper!"

The kid stood in front of one of them, gesturing and making sounds, seemingly urging him on.

Seeing that he didn't understand what she meant, she jumped up and slapped him across the face.

"Damn it..."

The little devil climbed onto his face, pulling at his nose and prying open his eyes. After finally confirming his identity, he jumped down and hopped onto Lu Ye's shoulder.

"Chirp chirp".

The two, one human and one little devil, whispered to each other for a while with their backs to the other two.

A moment later, Lu slowly turned his head to face the two guys.

"Holy shit! You........"

One of them, named A-Gui, was startled when he suddenly saw Lu Ye's face, which looked exactly like his own.

"Even the aura is exactly the same, right?" Lu Ye nodded to himself. "Then it seems there's no problem."

The little devil on his shoulder reached out his little hand and patted his cheek, and Lu Ye's face immediately returned to its original appearance.

He was just confirming; he didn't say he wanted to use this guy's face. During the previous battle, he had already had the little ghost in the coffin copy the faces of the other members of the Cangming team.

With a flick of his finger, he sent the little ghost flying back into the third eerie coffin on his arm, and then threw another ghostly artifact inside.

The sound of a little devil cheering could be heard coming from inside.

"Chirp! (Long live the boss!)"

After finishing his late-night chicken leg snack, Lu stood up and stretched, then walked menacingly out of the cave.

"Wait here, I'll go and bring you back another companion."

After Lu Ye left, the empty cave became dark again. The two looked at each other again, both with heavy expressions.

"This is bad..."

"I feel the same way."

.........

In the dense forest under the cover of night.

The Cangming team, having lost two members, is currently resting on the spot.

It's not so much a rest, but rather a wait for someone to arrive.

After losing their "eyes," the team could no longer obtain precise locations and also lost visual monitoring, putting the entire team at a disadvantage.

"Putting everything else aside, this guy is really cunning."

"Killing is forbidden within the barrier, so A Gui and Zhao Ming should be fine."

"Damn it, I should have known better than to hide back then. What was I afraid of?"

Sitting on a rock, Li Yi crushed the rock in his hand into powder with a powerful punch.

Because he was the first to launch a sneak attack from the shadows during their first direct confrontation, sending that S-rank fighter flying into the sky, and based on subsequent analysis, he subconsciously assumed that he would be the first target of the other party's "retaliation."

So when Li Yi sensed that presence appearing beside him in the sealed space, he felt that the other party was coming for him, and subconsciously took an extra step back.

Then they discovered that the other party's target wasn't actually him at all.

If he hadn't taken that step back, he might have been able to catch up, and Ah Gui would never have been kidnapped!

"Forget it, it's not your fault. Even the captain didn't expect this to happen, did he? He definitely won't be able to succeed next time."

The burly team member patted him on the shoulder, turned and walked to the side to check the standard security equipment there.

"Hmph, if you dare come again next time, I promise I won't let you get away this time!"

Li Yi gritted his teeth and didn't move. The rock he was on was the center of the team's perimeter, and it was also where he needed to be.

Since what happened just now, the team's alert level has been raised to the highest level.

"Li Yi".

Suddenly, a voice called his name from behind.

"Captain?" Li Yi turned his head and saw Captain Wang Chao standing under the tree.

Wang Chao waved, signaling Li Yi to come with him, "Come here for a moment."

Without giving it much thought, Li Yi followed. "Captain, didn't you go searching the area? Did you find any trace of that guy?"

"No, he's even more amazing than I imagined." Wang Chao raised his head slightly, seemingly quite impressed.

"I haven't encountered such a handsome and talented opponent in a long time. There's a certain aura about him that I can't quite understand. Do you know what it is?"

"What... is that?" Li Yi was taken aback. Why did this sound so strange?

Wang Chao turned to stare at him: "Perhaps that's the unique aura of the strong. Didn't you feel it?"

"No." Li Yi frowned and shook his head. "I just think he's pretty reckless, daring to take on our entire team by himself."

"It seems you still need to grow. You and he are not on the same level, so you cannot resonate with the strength of the other."

"team leader........"

Li Yi found it increasingly strange. "Are you... not acting right today?"

How can you praise the enemy like that?

"If it's because that guy kidnapped Ah Gui and Zhao Ming right under our noses, then it was actually my fault..."

"That's not important, Li Yi."

Li Yi's words were interrupted.

Then I was gazed upon by a deep, affectionate look.

He rarely saw such deep affection on the captain's face.

"Do you know why we failed today?"

Why?

"Because our team lacks a sufficiently good vice-captain."

"!"

Feeling the captain's gaze, Li Yi shuddered, vaguely realizing something.

No way! No way! No way!

Could it be that...?

"I've always wanted to choose one of you to take on the role of vice-captain. It's an honor, but even more so, a responsibility. Do you know who I've chosen?"

Li felt his throat was dry. "Who...who is it?"

"It's you."

A hand patted his shoulder with appreciation and encouragement, making Li Yi's heart pound.

The day has finally come...

"I've always thought you were the best member of the team. Although you're the strongest in terms of combat power, you're also the most well-rounded. Plus, you're smart enough that no one is more suitable for this position than you."

"Captain... Captain." Li's eyes reddened slightly. It turned out that the captain had seen everything. "I will definitely not let you down, Captain."

Wang Chao smiled gently, "Alright, turn your body around."

Li Yi turned around, his back to Wang Chao, looking somewhat puzzled.

"Why do you want me to turn around, Captain?"

"Because I want to see if you have three hairs on the back of your head."

"what?"

What do you mean by three hairs?

Li instinctively turned his head.

Before they could turn around, a dark shadow crashed down with a loud whooshing sound.

boom!

Li Yi fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.