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

"Well........."

"My head hurts so much."

Li Yi slowly opened his eyes.

It felt like my head was splitting open.

The last image that lingers in my memory is that enormous, barbed mace...

Why?

Why did the captain attack him?

Wasn't he supposed to be the team's vice-captain?

"woke up?"

In a daze, Li Yi felt as if there was a person standing in front of him.

The blurry vision finally came into focus.

A burning bonfire, a dark cave, and a smiling face holding a leather whip.

"It's you!"

Li Yi was startled and was about to jump up and smash his face in front of him when his brain issued the command, but his body remained motionless as if he were dead.

"......."

Looking down again, he discovered that not only was there no trace of evil energy in his body, but he was also completely bound hand and foot.

"What the hell is going on?!"

"Ask me again later, I'm in a hurry."

Lu Ye slowly approached, hooked his finger, and hung Li Yi upside down, grinning as he raised the small leather whip in his hand.

"What...what are you going to do?"

"I'm warning you, don't do anything reckless!"

"I'm the future vice-captain of the Cangming team!"

pia!

"hiss!!!"

"Ugh!!!"

.......

"You dared to ambush me? Are you going to try again?"

"You still dare to talk tough to me? Are you going to keep it up?"

"Was it good?"

"Hmm? I'm asking you if you enjoyed it?"

Answer me!

pia!

Piapia!

.........

More than ten minutes later.

Lu Ye stopped with satisfaction, then tossed Li Yi, whose face was contorted in pain, into a corner.

Li Yi struggled to sit up, only to find two other guys sitting next to him.

Hi~

"What a coincidence, you're here too."

"A-Gui, Zhao Ming, you guys..." Li Yi stared at the two of them for a moment, then quickly struggled to break free: "Quick! Try to break the rope, let's rush out together."

"Don't... The last person who thought that way was just hung up and whipped for ten minutes."

The two team members who arrived earlier shook their heads vigorously, casting curious glances at each other.

"What vice-captain?"

How did you get arrested?

Li Yi's breath hitched, and his gaze shifted to the side. "Well... that's a long story."

"It's fine, I'm just sitting here anyway, I like listening."

"Let's... maybe we shouldn't say anything. We should save face."

Li hesitated and stammered.

How should he bring it up?

Is it true that he was tricked into the woods by a bad guy disguised as the captain, and after a passionate encounter, he completely let down his guard, dreaming of becoming the vice captain, only to be knocked unconscious from behind and carried here?

That would really be a disaster.

Since Li Yi didn't say anything, the two of them couldn't ask any more questions. The three of them looked at Lu Ye, who was all dressed up and ready to leave.

Seeing this situation, and recalling his own ordeal, Li Yi frowned deeply. "Oh no, I feel like I'm in trouble..."

"Hehe, we thought so too just now."

"and then?"

"And then you came."

.........

Where is Li Yi?

In the dense forest, Wang Chao appeared beside a burly team member and asked with a frown.

"He was just by the rock, probably taking a dump." The burly team member scratched his head.

Wang Chao sensed the presence of Li Yi near the stone but couldn't detect it. He then lightly touched his brow with his finger and released it after a moment.

"No response, something's not right."

The burly team member grinned, "Hehe, I usually don't answer your messages, Captain, when I'm taking a dump. I can't do it if I'm trying to do two things at once."

"Dazhuang, you keep an eye on this place. I'm going to check ahead. If you find anything amiss, don't act on your own. Notify me immediately."

"It's the captain."

Wang Chao slowly left, his perception of the five realms continuing to expand forward, yet a sense of unease lingered in his heart.

He rarely experiences this kind of emotion anymore.

Nearly three hours have passed since the first attack, but the other party has not reappeared, as if they have completely vanished.

"The day will be the last one once it's light. I don't believe you won't come again."

After the captain left, the burly team member scratched his crotch, his large, bell-like eyes scanning the surroundings.

Each member of the team has their own position, which serves as both a vigilant position and a position that can be quickly converted into an encirclement when necessary.

"Dazhuang, come here."

The voice came from behind him. He turned around and saw the captain smiling and waving at him.

"Captain, why are you back again?"

"I'm not reassured, let me come over and take another look."

"I'll be guarding this place, nothing will go wrong, don't worry, Captain." The burly teammate thumped his chest loudly.

"Dazhuang, turn around."

"What are you doing?"

"You'll see when you turn around."

"oh."

clang!!!

Lu Ye, who had transformed into Wang Chao's appearance, looked at the spiked club in his hand, and then at the burly man who was covering his head and had turned back to look at him.

Hesitant to speak.

"Ouch...that hurts." The burly team member rubbed his head, clearly confused. "Captain, why did you hit me?"

"It's alright, I'm just testing how tough you are, just in case someone tries to ambush you."

The burly teammate frowned deeply. "...Iron?"

"It's pretty tough." Lu Ye pointed, blew on his hand, and said, "Turn around and I'll smash it again to see."

"oh oh."

clang!!!

This time, even a small patch of forest was shaken by the huge shockwave.

The commotion was extremely large.

Wang Chao, who had only gone halfway, twisted his foot and instantly rushed towards the direction from which the sound came.

"Is it Dazhuang's side? Have they arrived yet?"

Dazhuang has the strongest defense in the entire team; even if he can't catch the opponent, he can at least buy time.

When he and his teammates arrive, they will definitely not let the other side escape easily this time.

When Wang Chao finally arrived at the scene, he was met with a man who looked exactly like him carrying the unconscious Da Zhuang and running wildly into the depths of the dense forest.

Like a weasel that has successfully stolen a chicken.

In a few flashes, it disappeared completely.

"This is........"

Even Wang Chao, who sensed an aura exactly like his own from that figure, was momentarily stunned.

The moment of confusion lasted only a brief instant before everything became clear.

His usually calm face finally began to contort, the veins on his forehead throbbing violently, a feeling of being toyed with and manipulated burning him like flames.

Wang Chao, finally understanding what was going on, suddenly roared in anger.

"Lu Ye!!!"

.......

Inside the cave.

The burly team members, who were also bound like maggots, drained of their eerie aura, and brutally beaten, were thrown into the deepest part of the cave.

As soon as he struggled to sit up, he noticed three pairs of eyes staring straight at him.

Hi~

"Dazhuang, you're here too."

"Now we're one short for the three of us."

Looking at the three familiar teammates in front of him, Da Zhuang's face clearly showed a look of doubt.

After a moment's hesitation, as if deep in thought, he asked in a slightly hesitant, buzzing voice:

"Why did the captain bring us all to this cave?"

"........."

The three members of the Cangming team collapsed to the ground, both amused and exasperated.

"Don't you understand the situation yet, Dazhuang?"

........

At this moment, Lu also walked in from outside, carrying another person in his hand, which he casually tossed next to the four of them.

"Li Ziheng?"

Someone recognized him; he was also a pretty good guy from the academy.

Having finally climbed out of the cliff, Li Ziheng, who had just run into Lu and was also arrested, gaped wide when he saw the four of them.

"Holy crap, no way... your Cangming team also fell to him?"

The four of them turned their faces away at the same time. "What you're seeing now isn't real; you're just dreaming."

"If you dare tell anyone when you get back to the academy, you'll be on our Cangming Battle Team's kill list!"

"......."

"You seemed to be having a good chat."

After finishing his other tasks, Lu Ye finally came over, looked down at the group, and extended his hand with a smile.

"Now, hand over all the spoils that belong to me on your bodies."

"Thanks."