"No, Thats's wrong! I’m the captain!" Long Lingna gave herself a firm sp on the cheek to psych herself up. Her fingers tightened, and her spear whooshed through the air as she hurled it.
[Piercing - Bzing Sun1A.N: What?! 烈阳 (Liè Yáng - Bzing Sun) wasn't in the previous chapters stat sheets! author!]
The spear struck the cave's ceiling, bsting down massive chunks of rock that nearly crushed Ye Lan below.
"Hey! Be more careful!"
"You... you’re the one who's in the way!"
Long Lingna pouted slightly as she retorted firmly, but internally she was muttering. I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I’m really sorry! I didn't mean it!
The invisible, tentacle-like attacks shed everyone like a raging storm. If this kept up, even if they still had HP left, their stamina would be definitely give out first.
Meanwhile, Niu Tou and Ma Mian stood completely unfazed. To them, these attacks were nothing more than a tickle.
"Miss Priestess… do you need us to step in?" Ma Mian asked casually.
"No need. This can’t even hurt me anyway. Besides, I already have a pretty good idea of what it really is" Ye Lan waved her hand dismissively. With 1999 points in both attack and defense, there was nothing to fear in this situation.
Long Lingna, with her sharp hearing, caught Ye Lan’s conversation and quickly asked aloud. "What kind of monster is this?!"
"Huh? Eh? I think I’ve got tinnitus... So loud! Oh no, I can’t hear anything~" Ye Lan suddenly scratched her ears dramatically. Long Lingna pressed her lips together, she knew this was Ye Lan’s revenge...
She pursed her lips and came to Ye Lan's side. Blushing, she hesitated and mumbled into her ear. "Please... tell me~"
"Of course, gorgeous!"
Ye Lan snapped her fingers with a grin. Even though she had turned into a beastkin girl, deep down, she was still a pure (perverted) gentleman.
"This creature is probably... a chameleon! They blend into walls by changing their color, but they can only adjust the overall tone. They can’t replicate finer details~" Ye Lan expined with a smile.
After Ye Lan’s reminder, Long Lingnai had an instant epiphany. Her entire body erupted with raging fmes.
[Hellfire]
The raging fire spread in all directions within the cave, its intensity controlled just enough to barely scorch the cave’s surface yer.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Chunks of rock fell to the ground, leaving the cave walls filled with deep cracks.
The chameleons could only change their overall color, but now, with the walls so rugged and covered in fissures, their camoufge became extremely obvious.
Suddenly, giant chameleons over a meter long revealed themselves in front of them. Intrigued, Ye Lan used her detection skill.
[Special Species – Morphing Dragon2I'm not entirely sure, but this seems to be the most accurate transtion I could manage for 变化龙 (Biànhuà Lóng),Level 30. Possesses the ability to change color. Its tail is its main attack weapon. Prefers humid environments and has a strong sense of territoriality]
Now that the creatures’ true identity was exposed, Long Lingna and the others didn’t hesitate to take them down in an instant. After all, Long Lingna’s combat duration was only three minutes.
After dealing with the disgusting existence of the creatures, everyone continued to move forward. Perhaps because they had effortlessly resolved such a high-level threat, their confidence surged, and their steps became bolder.
Until they reached a fork with multiple tunnels.
Long Lingna stood in pce, looking at the entrances of these tunnels suspiciously, feeling that something was a bit off.
She took a step forward, and a drop of blood on the ground caught her attention.
"Is this... blood? It’s human blood, and it looks fresh. It hasn’t been here more than two hours. Something’s not right with this tunnel" Long Lingna said seriously, lifting her head.
Long Lingna looked back and saw everyone nodding in agreement, except for Ye Lan, who simply shrugged indifferently. To her, it didn’t matter which tunnel they took, what mattered was moving forward.
"Then, let’s keep going"
Leading the group, Long Lingna stepped into the tunnel. At first gnce, it didn’t look much different from the previous ones, in fact, it even seemed a bit brighter, giving off a false sense of safety.
However...
ka cha~
Something brushed Long Lingna’s leg. She immediately bent down to see what it was, and her pupils shrank in an instant as she covered her mouth with one hand.
It was a disheveled young girl, her face frozen in despair. One of the shield-bearing men rushed over, checked her wrist, and after a brief silence, shook his head.
"There's no hope, there’s no heartbeat"
The sudden death of the girl filled the air with a suffocating pressure. Even Niu Tou and Ma Mian, watching from behind, frowned.
"Hey, Niu Tou... doesn’t this feel familiar?"
"It seems familiar... Like I’ve seen this technique somewhere before, but at the same time, something’s different..."
Long Lingna covered her mouth and took a deep breath. Although if the girl wasn’t part of her team, witnessing the death of a human being was still a difficult shock to endure, especially for someone only sixteen years old.
"Captain, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Let’s keep moving."
Long Lingna gulped, straightened her posture, and moved forward. This time, she paid close attention to her steps, keeping a fme in her hand, ready to strike at any moment.
A minute passed. Everything remained quiet.
Just as the group began to rex, a sharp, piercing pain shot through Ye Lan’s head.
[Sixth Sense – Activated]
"Stop!" Ye Lan shouted, clutching her head. Instinctively, everyone froze in pce. At that exact moment, the ground just ahead of them colpsed with a thunderous crash.
A series of footsteps echoed in front of them. By the sound alone, they couldn’t tell how many creatures were approaching, but one thing was certain, their numbers were terrifying.
When they stepped out from the darkness and were reflected in the pupils of Ye Lan and the others, even Niu Tou and Ma Mian were stunned.
“Go... goblins3地精 (dì jīng) Another possible transtion is gnome? No, wait! They don’t look quite like them. What kind of filthy creatures are these?” Ma Mian said in disgust.
For the beastkin race, the seventh in the Ranking order, elves were strategic allies. With the fifth race, the angels, they had a strained but existing retionship. However, goblins were a species the beastkin absolutely despised and avoided at all costs.
Obsessed with money, adept in curse magic, skilled in traps, and hunters of the weak... all traits completely opposed to beastkin values.
But what before them wasn’t the goblin race. Even if Niu Tou and Ma Mian didn’t recognize them, Ye Lan and the humans did, without even needing detection skills.
[Special Species - Goblins4哥布林 (gē bù lín) is a direct phonetic transliteration of the english 'goblin', Level 25-35: Lustful by nature. Their primary tactic is group assault. While simir to goblins in many ways, they ck magical ability but excel in physical combat. They usually appear in groups of no less than 200, with numbers reaching into the thousands.]
“They’re... goblins!”
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