Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife.

Wu Qing had anticipated this and while retreating, she used the skill of the Staff of Ancestors, and the taunt totem was activated in an instant.

The black tiger's claws fell, and the damage was transferred to the taunt totem.

"Just in time!"

Zhao Feng blocked the black tiger's path behind him, shouted loudly, and swung his giant flint axe towards its waist.

The black tiger wanted to dodge, but Ge Dalong's ice cone and Zhang Shi's bow and arrow shot at it at the same time, making it stagger. Its claws were frozen and its movement was hindered.

The giant axe with flames fell on the black tiger's back, chopping its body into two pieces, which fell to the ground and turned into a pool of dirty water.

Zhang Shi walked out of the underground palace. Seeing that the time was right, he acted decisively, took out the holy silver crossbow, and stabbed the black tiger that was about to reconstruct its body through the heart.

"Ow!"

With a sharp scream, the foursome didn't realize what was happening and the black tiger turned into a pool of dirty water again.

Zhang Shi showed no mercy. He squatted beside the dirty water and opened the lid of the porcelain pot.

As he expected, the porcelain pot was like a small black hole. A powerful suction force appeared out of nowhere and sucked all the dirty water on the ground into the pot without leaving a drop.

Feeling the strong shaking coming from the porcelain pot, Zhang Shi quickly covered the pot, and the sound of the porcelain pot suddenly stopped.

"What's going on? Why is the black tiger gone?"

"Maybe he ran away."

When the foursome saw that the black tiger had disappeared, the crisis was temporarily resolved and they checked the task panel again.

"The mission has been updated. We are required to obtain the [Soul-Releasing Bell]"

Several people turned their eyes to the underground palace at the same time. According to the script, the place where treasures are most easily hidden is usually this kind of place.

……

Several people carefully went down into the underground palace. As soon as he saw the tablet, Ge Dalong frowned, walked back and forth along the edge of the underground palace several times, and finally said worriedly.

"Everyone, be careful, this is a spirit gathering array."

Zhang Shi was immediately interested when he heard this and stood next to the group of four, waiting for what would happen next.

"Old Ge, stop it. Isn't the Spirit Gathering Array something from novels about cultivating immortals? How can such a thing exist in this shabby village?"

Zhao Feng became Zhang Shi's mouthpiece and helped him express his doubts.

"It's different from that one. There are different types of spirit gathering arrays. In novels about cultivating immortality, they usually gather spiritual energy, but the one in front of us is clearly gathering evil spirits."

"I have an elder who's in business. He was once tricked by a similar formation. I was there the entire time when the situation was broken, and I have a deep memory of this arrangement."

Zhao Feng scratched the back of his head suspiciously.

"No way, we're just trying to survive in the wilderness, how come we're talking about Feng Shui and metaphysics?"

"Look at the things and monsters we encountered after entering the dungeon. How does this have anything to do with wilderness survival?"

Wu Qing retorted.

Ge Dalong continued.

"It is said that this formation can continuously gather evil spirits. Over time, it can nurture an evil spirit with great magical powers."

Zhang Shi, a member of the four-man group, pointed to the tablet of Master An in the center of the formation and said.

"That's a problem. The porcelain pot at the center of the formation is missing."

Zhang Shi took out Mr. An's porcelain pot and felt confused.

According to what Old Ge said, someone was clearly trying to utilize the spirit gathering array to nourish Master An's spirit. However, when he first entered the underground palace, the porcelain vase belonging to Master An was already empty.

When the Black Tiger was first purified by the Holy Silver Crossbow, a wisp of black mist drifted toward the cemetery and was collected by a strange creature. And when the strange creature was purified, the black mist within it drifted back to the ancestral hall. What is the connection between the two?

There is also Huo Linjian's tombstone, Huo Xiuxiu's tablet in the secret room, what is the relationship between the strange creature and the two of them, and what is the black tiger guarding in the ancestral hall.

Zhang Shi felt that what was happening in the village was becoming more and more confusing.

The foursome did not act rashly. Seeing that there were no clues to their mission in the underground palace, they left. After leaving, they searched the surrounding houses with the ancestral hall as the center, but found no useful clues.

As the sky gradually darkened, the four of them unanimously decided to abandon the mission and return to the shelter.

Zhang Shi wished they would leave sooner so that he could be teleported back and end this strange journey.

As four white lights lit up, the group of four disappeared from the spot, leaving Zhang Shi with a dazed look on his face and his hands spread out helplessly.

"I haven't gotten in the car yet!"

After checking the team panel again and again, he confirmed that his and his teammates' statuses hadn't changed. Zhang Shi was certain he wouldn't be able to connect with the four people who had teleported away, and his anxiety grew even more intense.

The longer he stayed here, the more dangerous his teammates would be. Zhang Shi started thinking and wanted to use the parchment book he got from Chen Hu to forcibly teleport away, but he found that the parchment book was forbidden to use.

"It's so evil!"

Until now, Zhang Shi couldn't figure out what state he was in and couldn't help but curse.

……

It was completely dark, and Zhang Shi didn't dare wander outside, so he hid in the ancestral hall. If there was any danger, Zhang Shi would run to the underground palace and release all the souls in the porcelain pots, and watch them fight each other.

After making up his mind, Zhang Shi hid in a side room and studied Master An's porcelain pot.

At the same time, in the crypt below Huo Youming's tomb, strange creatures appeared again in the secret room.

After taking a look at the disappeared treasure chest, it showed a triumphant smile.

"Although it cost some money, the bell was finally taken away, so it was worth it!"

"Crash!"

The inside of Huo Xiuxiu's porcelain pot seemed to be boiling. The strange creature was even more delighted to see this. It immediately made up its mind and punched the stone cover.

As soon as the strange creature came into contact with the stone cover, it was like snow meeting fire, and its entire arm tended to melt.

But the strange creature still didn't care, and endured the discomfort and put its fist on the stone cover.

The stone cover was a dead object after all, and could not withstand the great force and was shattered.

Huo Xiuxiu's porcelain pot seemed to have been unsealed and shattered into pieces. A figure that was even more solid than the strange creature appeared in the secret room.

The figure was a young girl with fierce eyes, as if she bore a deep blood feud and was filled with hatred for everything.

When the strange creature saw the girl, it excitedly went forward and hugged her body.

"Xiu Xiu, I've finally waited for this day. I've waited too long for this moment. I'd have no regrets even if I died."

Obviously, this more solid figure is Huo Xiuxiu.

Seeing the strange figure hugging her tightly, Huo Xiuxiu's eyes showed a hint of tenderness. She hugged the other person with trembling hands.

"Brother Jian, you've suffered so much over the years. I'll avenge you and my father right away!"

Inside the ancestral hall, Zhang Shi was toying with Master An's porcelain vase as if appraising a treasure. Suddenly, the soul-binding bell in his backpack, which had been silent for a long time, began to ring again on its own.

Zhang Shi immediately perked up and took out Lao Duan to be on guard.

"When this thing makes a sound, it's bound to be bad news."

Sure enough, within two minutes, a black wind swept in and blew open the tightly closed door of the ancestral hall.

Two figures, a man and a woman, appeared at the entrance of the ancestral hall.