This isn't a souls-like game at all.

As for the matter of Shijin Dilong, he really had no intention of caring about it.

This group of mercenaries are very skilled. Except for a few individuals, all of them are veterans who are well versed in the art of hiding.

They prepared for this hunt for a whole week.

Another reason is that there are actually quite a few earth dragons deep in the rainforest, and those that are cursed are the most dangerous.

And the one who managed to escape to the outskirts of the rainforest was just a fish that slipped through the net.

They continued walking along the outskirts of the rainforest until the afternoon, when a wide river suddenly appeared in front of Ye Yiyi.

"It's a tributary of the Aner River."

He looked up again and could vaguely see the towering shadows of the Broken Mountains in the distance.

“That’s about the right spot.”

Ye Yiyi stood beside the Aner River and looked upstream.

A wide dirt road beside the river suddenly appeared before him.

And on the side of the dirt road, near the woods, there is a mass grave.

Ye Yiyi found a mottled and dim holy monument among them.

Ye Yiyi glanced at Virgil below him, then got off the horse, not planning to ride deeper.

"If I remember correctly, there should be crocodiles in this river. And in the depths of the rainforest, there are not only a large number of animal friends, but even cursed frogs..."

The depths of the rainforest are too dangerous, and although Virgil has been strengthened by the aborted green sprouts, he is still too weak.

"With the Holy Monument protecting us, there's no need to worry about Virgil's safety."

Activating the holy monument, the illusory light curtain immediately spread outward, enveloping Virgil.

[Lupe Rainforest·Riverside Mass Grave]

In this way, the magic of [Ridiculous Phantom] used to protect Virgil can also be temporarily removed.

Ye Yiyi thought for a moment and changed it to [Homesickness].

"I don't know if homesickness will work on the Skeleton Knight."

However, since there are skeletons, it means that you can get Soul-Condensed Skulls, and at the same time, you can use the Illusionary Holy Monument to improve your combat proficiency.

"The skeleton is a really good thing."

After settling Virgil, he started running along the river towards the depths of the rainforest.

"Try to reach the outpost before dark."

The dung beetle, with its two sword-jawed daggers facing outward, takes a step forward in the sky to survey the situation.

After a while, it brought news.

"A body was found up ahead? Or was it a Fire Sparrow monk?"

Ye Yiyi couldn't help but feel a little confused. They had just set out, so how far had they gone?

Could it be that the group of monks who were preparing to clear the outpost died on the way?

Continuing forward, he soon saw the body.

A Fire Sparrow monk, wearing a tattered black robe with a firebird pattern painted on his chest, whose body had turned to bones, sat slumped under a withered tree.

And next to the monk's right hand, there was a red-covered book scattered around.

"This……"

Ye Yiyi frowned and then looked around.

The rest of the dirt road was clean, with no signs of a fight or a corpse.

Of course, it is also possible that over the years, those traces were washed away by the rising river water.

"I have a feeling this is a trap..." he muttered to himself.

But after looking around carefully, he did not find any signs of an ambush.

This place is so dangerous, where do these people come from?

Skeletons? That's even more impossible. Could they create traps with their empty brains?

"In that case, let's try this magic."

Ye Yiyi took out the Silver Moon Staff with a jade flower, looked around, and simply raised the staff towards a short tree.

False life given!

A deep blue light flashed through the moondust crystals, then turned into starlight and flew out, landing on the short tree.

The next moment, the dwarf tree was stained with deep blue magical light and turned into a deep blue tree.

"Then what……"

Ye Yiyi stared blankly at the dark blue tree, with a confused expression.

Why isn't it moving?!

Isn't it possible to give fake life? At least give me some reaction!!

But no matter what he did, the dark blue tree did not respond.

"I think I've misunderstood how to use this magic... And am I actually competing with the air?"

Ye Yiyi twisted his face, took out the dragon emblem shield with mana recovery effect and put it on his back, switched back to the Power, and walked directly to the corpse.

Pick up the book with a red cover.

The light curtain then popped out.

[Hymn of the Firefinch]

Chapter 174 [Sparrow Fire Beak] and the Outpost Ruins

"The Psalm of the Firefinch..."

Ye Yiyi silently recited the words on the light curtain, raised his eyebrows, and looked down at the skeleton in front of him.

"A hymn-praiser of the Fire Sparrow Order. How did he die here?"

He bent over to examine the skeleton, but failed to notice that a crack in the wood of the cracked tree trunk against which the skeleton was leaning suddenly opened to the side.

A gray, upright human eye emerged from the cracks in the wood, rolling its eyeballs and looking at the leaves at the bottom of the trunk one by one.

"Buzz!"

The dung beetle flying in the air was the first to notice something was wrong.

While issuing a warning, it flapped its wings vigorously, raised its head and used its pair of sharp jaws to dagger, and charged towards the eye.

But it was too late.

The monk's skeleton suddenly raised his bony hands and pinched Ye Yiyi's hands like a vise.

"What? This is a skeleton soldier?!"

Ye Yi was shocked and was about to break free.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the tree trunk behind the skeleton suddenly split from top to bottom, turning into a bloody mouth with sharp wooden thorns as teeth.

Biting hard at his head! !

"Damn! Another mimic monster!!"

"Click!!"

The long roots kicked up a large amount of soil and rose from the ground. The trunk and the big mouth jumped out of the ground together, took a step forward, and bit Ye Yiyi's neck hard.

"Grass!!"

After the scream, the scene in front of me suddenly fell into darkness, and there was no light at all.

"Snapped!"

The dung beetle that charged towards the eyeball was directly blown away by several dry branches.

Then the mimic monster completely broke away from the ground, using its long roots as feet and branches as hands to push Ye Yiyi's body. The tree trunk opened and closed its big mouth and bit down, trying to swallow him completely.

"Fuck you! Open your mouth!" Ye Yiyi was furious.

He exerted force with both arms suddenly and pulled the skeleton arm that was holding him apart out of thin air.

With his hands free again, he quickly pressed down on the big wooden mouth and used brute force to pry it open!

He suddenly shrank his head, and before he could take a breath of fresh air, he saw dozens of blue lights turning into meteors in the sky, attacking from the side.

"There are more masters?!" Ye Yi was shocked.

We haven't even entered the depths of the rainforest, but we've encountered two types of enemies in succession?

That blue meteor of light is clearly magic!

Are there magical monsters here?

"Damn it! Fight!"

He frowned and was about to draw his weapon to kill when he saw all the blue meteors falling on the mimic monster in front of him.

"Aren't they from the same group?" Ye Yiyi was slightly stunned. "Or did they meet a passing magician?"

The meteor hit the trunk of the dead tree, tearing the bark, shattering the trunk, and splashing large pieces of wood chips.

"Ah~~~"

The mimic monster seemed to have suffered a severe blow, letting out strange cries, and its branch arms lost their strength and waved wildly in the air.

Ye Yiyi took the opportunity to break free from the restraints, fell from the air, looked up, and was shocked.

A long gray-black tentacle stretched out from the big mouth of the tree trunk, connecting to the skeletal body of the Fire Sparrow Monk from behind.

"That skeleton? It's actually the tongue of a mimic monster?!"

“Swish, swish, swish!!”

Before Ye Yiyi could be surprised, more than a dozen blue meteors streaked across the sky and fell on the mimic monster one after another.

"Alas!"

A large amount of wood chips splashed out, and half of the trunk of the mimic monster was almost shattered by the meteor!

It screamed, and its tongue, carrying the monk's bones, danced in the air.

Then it suddenly opened its mouth and swallowed the monk's skeleton into its mouth. At the same time, its tentacles broke through the soil and penetrated into the ground, dragging its body into the depths.

"Want to run?"

Ye Yiyi was filled with anger and took out the Flame Mark Pickaxe with a flip of his arm.

"Die to me!"

He lowered his body, then leaped out wrapped in a gust of wind, holding his pickaxes high above his head with both hands, and the nozzles at the tail of the pickaxes shot out conical jets of flames.

Then he chopped down hard on the body of the mimic monster!

"die!"

The flaming pickaxe split the tree trunk all the way through, directly splitting the big wooden mouth into two.

The bright flames spread in the shape of a cross, instantly turning the tree trunk into a torch.

"Hey, hey, hey~~~"

Amidst the eerie scream, the torch burned out and turned completely into ashes.

Soul Echo +1650

Current Soul Echoes: 29438

Soul Echoes Required for Upgrade: 30000

"That's outrageous! Even a tree on the side of the road can be a mimic monster!"

Ye Yiyi rolled his eyes and put the pickaxe into his chrysanthemum, then turned his head to look in the direction where the blue meteor came from.

"Thank you, Your Excellency... eh?"