"He's dead?"
Hao Yun nodded in response to Ye Zi's question.
"Let's dig a hole and bury him. We can't let his body lie exposed in the wilderness."
The group worked together to dig a shallow pit and buried the unknown adventurer.
"May you rest in peace."
Hao Yun bowed before the grave, then turned to look at the other four people.
"The ruins may be very dangerous. Whether or not to continue the mission is up to you."
The Time Machine picked its nose, looking completely indifferent.
"I'm fine with either."
Six-Wa shrugged, indicating that there was no problem.
Both Ye Zi and Sun Wukong expressed their intention to continue.
"Since everyone has decided to continue, let's go back and rest. We'll go down to the ruins first thing tomorrow morning."
Chapter 202 The Third Level of the Underground Ruins
That night, Hao Yun and his group of five didn't sleep very well. After all, they hadn't even entered the ruins yet, and they had already seen dead bodies, which was somewhat ominous.
As dawn broke, the five of them got up, ate breakfast, tidied themselves up, and then arrived at the entrance to the ruins.
"We're going down soon. Don't wander off after we go down, so you don't get separated. If you do get separated, remember to leave a mark along the way."
Hao Yun glanced at the four people and took the lead into the ruins.
This underground ruin is very large, and from the outside it appears to be a palace.
The five people, carrying torches, began gathering information within the ruins. After walking for about ten minutes, they hadn't seen a single monster.
"Isn't it a bit too quiet? There aren't any monsters around. Did they all go to rest?"
The time machine in the center of the group sensed that something was amiss.
"Yes, if the ruins are so safe, how did those adventurers disappear?"
Six-Wa chimed in from the side.
Hao Yun, who was walking at the front of the group, did not speak; his attention was entirely focused on his surroundings.
After entering the ruins, Hao Yun followed the bloodstains on the ground, which should have been left by the adventurer from yesterday.
Hao Yun was eager to know what the adventurer had seen yesterday, where he had been killed, and whether he had any teammates.
Following the trail of blood, the group arrived at the entrance to the second underground level of the ruins.
"stop!"
Hao Yun raised his hand, signaling everyone to stop.
"After we go down, we will advance according to the defensive formation."
"Okay, go down now."
The time machine in the center of the group began to urge Hao Yun on; he hadn't been idle these past few days, having learned several advanced spells.
If monsters appear later, it's a good opportunity to practice and level up.
Hao Yun reached out and threw the torch down.
The burning torches rolled down the steps, illuminating the entrance to the second basement level.
"Safe, let's go!"
Hao Yun drew his Yin-Yang twin swords and took the lead on the steps.
Upon arriving at the second underground level of the ruins, Hao Yun and his group still didn't make any significant discoveries.
"Look, there are signs of a battle here!"
Ye Zi, who was following Hao Yun, noticed a damaged wall and dried bloodstains not far away.
After observing, Hao Yun could tell that a fierce battle had taken place here not long ago.
"How strange, why haven't we seen any bodies?"
Ye Zi raised the torch and began to explore the surroundings.
"Yeah, it's really strange that there isn't a single corpse after such a fierce battle."
The time machine chimed in with a similar comment.
"No need to look anymore, the body has already been dragged away. Look, there are drag marks on the ground."
Hao Yun crouched down and, using the torchlight, looked towards the distant traces.
"Let's go, let's keep going."
The group set off again, following the trail deeper into the ruins.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, Hao Yun and the others found the entrance to the third underground level.
The group didn't linger and went straight downstairs.
The underground ruins have three levels. The first thing you see is a spacious hall and an altar.
"What is that?"
The time machine, walking in the middle of the line, suddenly felt something sticky on its head.
Reaching out to touch it, and looking at it in front of his eyes, the time machine exclaimed.
"Blood! It's blood! I'm injured!"
"What injury? This isn't your blood at all."
Sixth Brother raised the torch and shone it overhead.
"Holy crap!"
The top of the ruins was covered in white spider webs, and many oval spider cocoons hung from the webs.
"Go back immediately!"
Hao Yun shouted and quickly led his team to retreat, because he noticed that many green lights were approaching in the darkness.
You don't even need to look to know that these glowing spots are all monsters.
"We're surrounded!"
Sun Wukong, who was bringing up the rear, shouted and prepared to attack, holding his iron cudgel.
Hao Yun looked around and realized he was surrounded.
Hao Yun pulled out an unlit torch, quickly lit it, and threw it around.
With the help of the torchlight, the group finally saw the monster's appearance clearly: it was a spider, a spider the size of a washbasin.
The spider was entirely bluish-black with some white markings. In the firelight, the white markings on the spider's body looked like human faces.
Highly Venomous Ground Spider
[Level: 25]
HP: 1250
[MP: 540]
Hao Yun seized the opportunity to launch a reconnaissance mission, which immediately dampened his spirits.
There are at least three or four thousand spiders gathered here. Even if they stood still and let him kill them, he still couldn't kill them all.
"Prepare the antidote. These spiders are poisonous. Time Machine, use your skills to clear a path. Let's retreat to the second floor."
Hao Yun quickly issued an order: if they delayed any longer, they would really be surrounded by spiders.
"no problem!"
The time machine replied and quickly chanted a spell.
A gentle breeze swept by, and a tornado appeared in the swarm of spiders, which quickly grew larger.
A sudden gust of wind swept a large number of spiders into the storm.
"An escape route has appeared!" Hao Yun shouted.
"Leaf, push forward, the rest of you follow!"
Carrying a large shield, Ye Zi activated Shield Wall and Interception, and charged forward headfirst.
At this moment, Liuwa also picked up his crossbow and began to clear away the spiders that were surrounding him from both sides.
After using one skill, Time Machine drank a mana potion and used a second skill.
"Resist the Ring of Fire!"
boom!
A ring of flames formed a shockwave that spread outwards from the time machine.
The poisonous spider that rushed in front of the group was quickly knocked away.
Seeing their prey about to escape, the venomous spiders gathered together and began to spray silk.
White spider silk fell from the sky, landing on the people and the ground.
Leaf, who was rushing forward, suddenly slowed down as her feet became entangled in a spider web.
The others were similarly covered in sticky spider silk.
Fireball!
Hao Yun reacted quickly, summoning a fireball to burn off the spider silk on his body, and then helped Ye Zi escape.
While the group was untangling the spider silk, dozens of spiders crawled over.
"careful!"