Douluo 2: The sickly sister is the group's favorite

Chapter 141 The most dangerous place is the safest

"The target of our mission this time is an underground demon organization. Their leader calls himself a ghost demon, and his strength is as high as a seven-ring soul saint."

One Soul Saint could not threaten Zhang Lexuan, but their organization was huge, with hundreds of people in total.

“Since it’s a mountain range, then it shouldn’t be easy for the other people who come to pick us up to hide, right?” Huo Yuxi’s focus was rather strange.

"The academy offers courses on concealment and makeup," Zhang Lexuan explained to her, "Haven't you ever had any experience with them?"

Huo Yuxi shook her head. The academy actually had such a course? She thought about it carefully. It seemed that Huo Yuhao had not practiced for a while. He hid in strange ways every day for her, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to find him.

Did he learn it too?
"Attention, we are about to land." Zhang Lexuan's words interrupted her thoughts.

Everyone focused their attention. This was a matter of life and death, and no one dared to be careless.

After getting down to the ground, Huo Yuxi folded her wings and followed the others, with the Soul-Eating Spider leading the way for her.

"The terrain here is rugged. If you are not careful, you might get lost or discovered. You must pay attention to instructions and not act rashly." Zhang Lexuan, who was leading the team in front, reminded everyone.

Le Lin's martial soul is ivy. He can connect with ivy within a diameter of ten meters and sense the surrounding environment.

However, he could not share like Huo Yuhao, so he could only provide direction at the right time beside Zhang Lexuan.

The crowd moved forward as they walked, paying attention to the surrounding situation.

After walking for about two hours, Le Lin suddenly stopped everyone and said, "Senior Sister, something is not right ahead."

Zhang Lexuan stopped and motioned for him to tell her the details.

"I can't feel the Ivy anymore."

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Lexuan also became alert. Ivy is a parasitic plant, and it will definitely exist wherever there are evergreen trees.

The Jingyang Mountains were the place where evergreen trees flourished the most, comparable to the blue silver grass. But now, Le Lin said that there was no evergreen within ten meters. How was that possible?

Huo Yuxi hugged the Soul-Eating Spider, closed his eyes, and followed the spider's silk veins to sense the situation ahead.

But there seemed to be some restrictions for her here, and the range of her perception was only slightly larger than Lelin's.

"Sister, the plants over there have all withered and died." Her tone was heavy, and it was extremely polarizing.

This side was still lush and green, but on the other side the plants had withered to the point where only branches were left, and she didn't see any living things.

Zhang Lexuan immediately changed the plan and asked Xixi to explore the way first. No matter what, they had to go through the deep pool and tiger's den ahead.

They continued to maintain this formation and followed behind. Although they were told that there were no living creatures in front, they did not dare to let their guard down.

The road in Jingyang Mountain Range was difficult to travel. Huo Yuxi had the soul-guided bicycle that Ma Rulong and the others had given him, but it only had four seats and there were too many of them, so it was not used.

"Something's not right. It wasn't so quiet the last time we came here to explore the way." The more Zhang Lexuan thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. There was no news from the people they had ambushed.

Gong Yangmo touched the weathered tree trunk and asked, "Could it be that our information has been leaked?"

"Impossible." Zhang Lexuan didn't even raise her head. "Except for our mission personnel, Elder Xuan and the elders of Poseidon Pavilion, no other teachers knew about this mission."

"It's even more impossible for those on a mission. Who dares to mess around when it comes to matters of life and death?"

Huo Yuxi sensed the evil aura faintly leaking out of the air and guessed, "Could it be that something happened to them and they moved to another location?"

Zhang Lexuan was more inclined to agree with Huo Yuxi's idea, but she didn't know what kind of big event was worthy of them giving up their original place. At this time, Xixi also came back, "Big Sister, this situation only happened here. If we go about a thousand miles ahead, it will return to normal."

"And I followed the route on the map and found that they were deserted."

Based on her experience from so many missions, these people would generally choose caves that were easy to defend but difficult to attack as their headquarters.

But just now she took a look around and found that there were many caves here, but only a few of them could accommodate people.

None of them look like human beings.

"Is there anything suspicious nearby?"

Xixi replied, "Yes, but those caves can't hold that many people."

"Will they be separated?" Zhang Lexuan felt that it was impossible. The target of their mission this time had a high level of cultivation, but the number of people in their organization was not small.

It is unlikely that leaders will separate and place them in so many places, which would make management inconvenient.

And there are so many ordinary people to be locked up, the place shouldn’t be that small.

"Could it be that Senior Sister Xixi only saw the outside, and there is actually a whole new world inside?" Si Zhong guessed.

They had received accurate mission information before coming, but now they found no one there. This was the first time this had happened.

Zhang Lexuan did not answer his question. As supervisors, they were most exposed to such environments and had special courses. The possibility that Xixi was wrong was almost zero.

Huo Yuxi squatted down and touched a handful of wet soil on the ground. "Evil soul masters mainly cultivate through devouring. In this process, their soul power is also mixed with evil dark attributes."

"If they want to move, they will most likely choose to move closer to the dark demon forest!"

Huo Yuxi was able to make this guess because of this piece of desertified plants. The nature of the Soul-Eating Spider is to devour, so she knew from the beginning that this was caused by someone devouring her vitality.

There were no remains of soul beasts at the scene, which meant that they had already fled when the danger came. Plus, Xixi just said that if we went over there, everything would be normal again.

And there is no habitat for it.

Zhang Lexuan immediately asked Xixi to go to the other side.

She found it unlikely, but there was no more reasonable explanation for the current situation.

"Big sister, this possibility shouldn't exist." Jiang Yin was puzzled. "The soul beasts in the Demon Forest are no less powerful than those in the Star Forest. Some evil soul masters cultivate by devouring the soul beasts. Wouldn't that be courting death?"

"That's not necessarily true. Haven't you heard that the most dangerous place is the safest place?" Gong Yangmo stepped forward.

Huo Yuxi nodded. She was confident in her guess. Even if it wasn't there, it was not far away.

They were waiting here for news from Xixi. After being away for so long, they now had time to adjust their state and prepare for what was to come.

Jiang Yin sat next to Huo Yuxi, took a sip of water, and handed the bottle over, "Xixi, are you nervous?"

"Not bad." Huo Yuxi tried to find the source of the dark aura in the air. She felt it was very familiar, but she couldn't tell where it was.

"This is the first time I've participated in a mission of this magnitude, and my mentality is not as good as yours!" Jiang Yin covered her heart, trying to adjust its beating speed.

(End of this chapter)