"Let's forget about it. If it's a powerful demon, it'll be another tough battle."
Ye Zi quickly grabbed Sun Wukong, preventing him from going down.
Clang, clang, clang!
The knocking became more rapid, but the sound quickly disappeared.
"The sound has disappeared, let's go back and rest."
After listening to Ye Zi's words, except for Hao Yun, the other three people all returned to the stove and continued to eat their dry rations.
"Let's go back." Ye Zi tugged at Hao Yun's sleeve.
"I think the knocking sound just now was a bit off. I'll go down and take a look."
Grabbing the rope, Hao Yun slid down in a flash.
After sliding down more than ten meters, Hao Yun pressed himself against the wall, listening intently to the sounds coming from behind it.
"Stop knocking! You'll attract the little devil, and we'll all die!"
In a huge room, a dozen adventurers were tied up like dumplings.
"Someone passed by, I heard voices!"
"Don't even think about it. This underground labyrinth is extremely complex. Even if the guild sends people to rescue us, it will be very difficult for them to find us."
The adventurers present all looked ashen-faced, having long since given up hope.
The person tapping on the wall was a young female adventurer, biting her lip with a hint of defiance in her eyes.
She remained convinced that the Adventurers' Guild's rescue would arrive soon.
By banging on the wall, she was sending a signal to the rescuers; if anyone passed by, they would hear the sound.
"Don't waste your energy, we'll all be dead soon."
A middle-aged male adventurer looked up at her calmly.
There were thirty-four adventurers who were captured, but now only sixteen remain.
Those eighteen people, after being taken away by the little devil, never returned. Even if they were stupid, they could guess that those who were taken away were already dead.
Almost every day, one or two people are taken away, and the rest of the people pray every day that they are not the ones who are chosen.
Is anyone inside?
A faint voice drifted into the room, and the female adventurer leaning against the wall showed a look of joy on her face.
"There's someone here!"
Having received a response, Hao used the hilt of his sword to smash the wall, striking it several times until he finally made a small hole in it.
"It's rescue! Rescue has arrived!"
Cheers erupted in the room, and Hao Yun, behind the wall, couldn't help but frown.
"Keep your voice down! Are you trying to lure the little devil here?!"
The woman leaning against the wall let out an angry shout, and the cheers instantly disappeared.
However, their voices still attracted the little devil.
Two little devils carrying pitchforks walked in from outside. They licked their lips, grinned maliciously, grabbed an adventurer, and dragged him out by the leg.
"I don't want to die! Save me! Please save me!"
The male adventurer, chosen by the little devil, shouted for help to Hao Yun behind the wall.
Hao Yun didn't move; he pressed himself against the wall, carefully observing everything in the room.
"Don't panic, I'll go get my companions."
Hao Yun climbed up the rope, intending to call the rest of the people down.
The adventurers inside the room were overjoyed and desperately squeezed in, hoping to get as close to the wall as possible so they would be the first to be rescued.
Hao Yun returned to the camp and explained the situation to everyone before preparing to return to rescue the adventurers.
"You stay up there. I'll rescue the adventurer, pull the rope, and you can pull him up."
"Won't it be too dangerous for you to go down alone?"
Ye Zi was a little worried. So many adventurers had been captured. Would Hao Yun be in trouble going down to rescue them alone?
"I'll be careful, I'll go down now."
After Hao Yun finished speaking, he climbed onto the rope and slid down again.
Hao Yun enlarged the hole in the wall and crawled into the room.
Everyone in the room stared intently at Hao Yun.
"Please remain quiet and evacuate in an orderly manner."
Hao Yun cut the ropes binding a person and then tied her to the ropes.
Pulling the rope, the time machine and others above received the signal and quickly pulled the person up.
"Help me! Help me first!"
A male adventurer, like a caterpillar, crawled to Hao Yun's feet and kept calling for help.
"Don't rush, take it one at a time."
Seeing that more and more people were gathering around him, Hao Yun lowered his voice and cut the rope holding one of the people under his feet.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the rope broke, the man quickly crawled through the opening and tied the rope around himself.
What are you doing!
Hao Yun let out a low shout, a hint of anger on his face.
The man ignored Hao Yun completely and pulled the rope forcefully.
The people in the time machine above, unaware of the situation below, were pulled up by the swaying of the rope.
After putting away the Yin-Yang Twin Swords, Hao Yun looked at the adventurers gathered around him.
"Please remain calm and do not fight. If this happens again, I can only ask him to die to avoid implicating others."
Sensing the threat in Hao Yun's words, the others quieted down and stopped scrambling forward.
The rope was lowered, and Hao Yun cut the rope off a female adventurer, gesturing for her to go up first.
"Thank you, I'll stay and help you."
Unlike the others, this female adventurer did not rush to climb the rope. Instead, she stayed behind to help Hao Yun and rescue the other adventurers.
Hao Yun glanced at her, didn't say anything, and took out a dagger and threw it at her.
"Oh no! A little devil is coming!"
An adventurer standing guard at the door loudly alerted the people inside the room.
Chapter 210 Pursuit
The adventurers present were gripped by panic; the little devils were a nightmare to them.
"Quiet down, don't panic, everyone squat down and pretend to be tied up with rope."
Led by Hao Yun, all the adventurers in the room squatted on the ground.
Two little devils walked in, stood at the door for a moment, and seeing that no one seemed to notice anything amiss, they turned and left.
The little devil left, and everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief.
"Evacuate in an orderly manner, don't panic!"
Hao Yun's gaze swept over everyone, and the adventurers in the room nodded hurriedly.
The adventurers began to evacuate in an orderly manner, while Hao Yun stood guard at the door, peering out.
Outside the door was a long corridor, guarded by two little devils. Hao Yun thought for a moment and did not rush out rashly.
A few minutes later, all the adventurers evacuated, and Hao Yun climbed up the rope.
The rescued adventurers are now eating voraciously, while the four members of the time machine are all guarding the cave entrance, waiting for Hao Yun to come up.
As soon as Hao Yun returned, the Time Machine muttered to itself.
"Should we retreat now? With them in our group, can we even get past the third level of the ruins?"
The poisonous spiders on the third level of the ruins are no pushovers; Hao Yun and his group were only able to get through by sheer luck.
"Don't worry about that for now. The little devil will probably catch up soon. Let's pack up and prepare to retreat."
Hao Yun sighed slightly. The rescued adventurers were all weaker than the last, and it was impossible to expect them to fight.
If they don't leave the ruins soon, and the little devils catch up, there will probably be very few who can escape besides their small group.
"Sun Wukong, you bring up the rear, Ye Zi and I will lead the way."
After making some quick arrangements, Hao Yun led fifteen adventurers on their journey.
Because of the limited number of people, Hao Yun did not choose to climb the ventilation shaft, as it would be too easy for an accident to occur.
Following the markings, the group continued onward. The fifteen adventurers, even when they were too tired to walk, gritted their teeth and persevered, none of them complaining of being tired.
"take a break."
Hao Yun stopped and gestured for everyone to stop and rest.
After resting for more than an hour, the team set off again.
A roar came from the palace below the ruins.
"Chase them! Don't let them get away!"
After receiving orders, hundreds of little demons quickly burrowed into the ruins to search for the escaped adventurers.
Hao Yun's team's progress slowed down, but they eventually reached the third level of the collapsed underground ruins.
"Everyone, dig quickly, once we dig it open, we can get out."