Monster, come to my bowl

Without Cai Ji holding them back, the demon-suppressing guards with impressive skills quickly bypassed the iron-backed centipedes and followed the stone wall into the cave opposite the grotto.

Under the light of fluorite, the group tiptoed forward a long distance and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"walk on my own!"

Xue Yi left Cai Ji behind and shouted at him in a low voice.

"Can't see!"

Cai Ji still wanted to continue hitchhiking.

Although it was not very comfortable to be pinched just now, I was in a good mood.

Xue Yi saw through Cai Ji's little thoughts at a glance and didn't give him any chance.

"Hold it and walk slowly!"

She simply took down the demon-slaying sword hanging on her waist and stabbed the scabbard into the boy's hand.

Although her own demon-slaying sword was broken.

But she can borrow from her subordinates.

Cai Ji couldn't find a new excuse, so he could only hold the scabbard, secretly cursing the other party for being stingy, and walked forward carefully.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, something strange happened.

Thumping!

Suddenly, a strange flapping sound was heard among the stalactites above the cave entrance.

Then, dense black shadows descended from the sky and attacked the crowd below.

Swish swish!

However, before these dark shadows could land, dense sword lights burst out above the heads of the demon-suppressing guards.

The cave, where one could see one's fingers when stretching out one's hand, was suddenly illuminated by the light of a knife.

"what???"

Cai Ji squatted on the ground with his head in his hands, squinting his eyes and looking around in fear. Only then did he realize that there were countless bats flying up and down above his head.

Judging from its size, it should be a vampire bat that is hated by both humans and dogs.

Fortunately, these vampire bats did not persist for long and finally disappeared.

It’s not that they gave up the attack, but that they were killed by several demon-suppressing guards!

Just as Xue Yi said, low-level monsters were completely useless in front of her and several seventh- and eighth-rank demon-suppressing guards, and posed no threat at all.

What's more, vampire bats are not even monsters.

They just used the cover of the iron-backed centipede and found a safe home in the centipede cave.

When they discovered humans passing by below, the vampire bats instinctively started to eat on the spot. However, they did not get to eat and the whole family, young and old, died in an orderly manner.

It can be considered an unexpected disaster.

"Go quickly! The smell of blood might attract centipedes." After solving the unexpected trouble, Xue Yi did not relax his guard, but immediately gave the order.

Everyone did not dare to delay and immediately quickened their pace to go deeper.

Cai Ji originally thought that he could still get a ride, but Xue Yi had no intention of doing so. He could only hold on to the scabbard tightly and stumble forward.

I fell several times on the road and almost knocked out my front teeth.

But I didn’t dare to cry.

If you cry you will get a big beating.

……

After walking a little further, a new obstacle appeared again.

It's not a monster, but an underground river.

Cai Ji was a little surprised at first and couldn't understand why there was a river inside the mountain.

You know, the entrance to the Centipede Cave is halfway up the mountain.

But when he thought about it carefully, he felt it made sense.

After Cai Ji entered the cave, he kept counting his steps silently.

It's not because of boredom, but to know how deep you are in the hole.

In case of an emergency, you will also know how far you are to the cave entrance when escaping.

The group has now walked about 1,600 steps.

If we calculate it as two feet per step, that would be three thousand three hundred feet.

To put it in perspective, it’s a little over one kilometer.

The road was winding and the ground was slightly sloping downward. After going around in circles, it was very likely that everyone had reached the bottom of the mountain, so it was normal to encounter an underground river.

L!

In the dark cave, the sound of dripping water continued to be heard.

It sounds a bit creepy.

Xue Yi thought for a moment, then suddenly took out a tinder and relit his torch.

The other demon-suppressing guards did not do so because Xue Yi did not give the order.

They held demon-slaying swords in their hands and stood around in alert.

huh~~

Flames rose and light appeared all around.

Xue Yi held up a torch and looked around, then walked to the river to check.

You don't know until you see it, and it's just as you expected.

The underground river, which should have been cold and deserted, was not safe at all.

Wow!

As soon as the torch approached the water surface, a group of creatures were attracted by the light.

These creatures look a bit like snakes. Although they are less than two feet long, they have sharp teeth and beaks, and they swim very fast.

They huddled together under the firelight, smacking their lips and rolling around in crowds, creating ripples on the water.

Although Xue Yi has good fighting ability, she is a girl at heart. Seeing a large group of snake-like creatures twisting in front of her, she felt a little scared.

She took a half step back and whispered to her men, "What is this?"

"The wolf catfish is a low-level monster. It is very agile in the water and easily attracted by the smell of blood. It likes to attack in groups. If we go into the water, it will be a bit difficult to deal with it." A monster-suppressing guard gave an immediate answer. He was probably an expert in monster studies.

"Wolf catfish..." Xue Yi frowned as he pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned to look at the demon-suppressing guard who was leading the way: "Sixth Brother?"

"It's going upstream." Lao Liu pointed to the cave wall opposite the underground river.

Cai Ji looked in the direction he pointed, but could not see anything clearly.

The light from the torch can't reach that far.

It was pitch black.

Anyone who sees it will be confused.

But Cai Ji couldn't see it clearly, but the demon-suppressing guards could see it clearly.

Xue Yi saw a series of vaguely visible human palm prints on the opposite wall of the cave.

The palm prints are intermittent, extending along the cave wall toward the upstream of the underground river.

It was obvious that these water stains were left by someone holding onto the wall of the cave and wading upstream.

"How can this be?"

Seeing the palm print, Xue Yi was extremely confused.

In her opinion, it was incredible that her second brother, who had no cultivation, could get here by himself in the Centipede Cave, not to mention wading into the underground river full of wolf catfish and continuing to swim upstream while holding on to the wall.

Don’t the monsters along the way attack him?

She gritted her teeth and thought for a while, but had no clue, so she simply asked again: "Sixth Brother, are you sure it was left by my second brother?"

Lao Liu is a professional and is very confident in his judgment.

He nodded immediately and said, "Confirmed! Those traces along the way must be the Second Young Master's without a doubt! The size of these palm prints also matches."

Upon hearing this, Xue Yi fell silent.

Although we are getting closer to the truth, there are more and more doubts!

This made her feel uneasy.

But no matter how uneasy she is, she will not give up.

Perhaps if we cross the underground river, the truth will appear before our eyes.

The eldest lady took a deep breath and asked directly: "Who has a solution?"

Upon hearing this, several demon-suppressing guards looked at each other and none of them said a word.

"Here's a risky idea! When we killed the vampire bats just now, our armor was stained with a lot of bat blood! We can take off the armor, wrap it with stones and throw it downstream! Wolf catfish are extremely sensitive to the smell of blood, and they are blind, so they will probably surround us and tear off the bloody armor. We can seize the opportunity and head upstream."

After a moment's silence, someone suddenly spoke.

It’s not Cai Ji, it’s Lao Liu.

In this situation, Cai Ji is nothing.

He knows his own limitations, and even if asked to make suggestions, he wouldn't dare to speak.

"Try it first!"

Xue Yi did not adopt the suggestion immediately, but took a cautious approach.

Swish!

Upon hearing this, a demon-suppressing guard immediately took off his outer armor.

He wrapped a large pebble with his armor, tied it tightly, walked to the river, and threw it downstream with all his strength.

Wow!

As the sound of falling into the water was heard, the wolf catfish that were rolling under the torches immediately turned around and rushed towards the direction where the sound came from.