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

Chapter 69 Evacuation

Zhang Shi considered carefully and did not attack Master An immediately because the strange and mysterious soul was still attached to Zhao Feng and Ge Dalong, and he could not allow any accidents to happen to them during the evacuation.

So I started talking to Mr. An with great interest.

"We are just outsiders who happened to stumble into this place. We have nothing to do with the grudges that happened in this village. Why are these people you mentioned targeting me?"

"Hehehe, think about it yourself!"

The light of the soul-binding bell faded away. Master An seemed to be absolutely sure. He didn't intend to say anything more and retreated into the bell to pretend to be dead.

In line with the principle of caution, Zhang Shi decided not to take action yet and wait until the moment of evacuation to deal with it.

Without the light from Master An, the surroundings became extremely gloomy and terrifying. A cold wind swept over, and Zhang Shi knew that someone was coming, so he decisively rang the soul-releasing bell.

As expected, the bell responded this time, its crisp ringing causing ripples in space. In front of the ripples, two figures appeared before everyone.

Huo Xiuxiu appeared in front of the four people with a smile on her face. She did not look as cold and gloomy as a ghost. Huo Linjian was still laughing sinisterly, his eyes fixed on the soul-binding bell in Zhang Shi's hand.

Zhang Shi and others had no intention of causing trouble, so they tried to communicate with Huo Xiuxiu.

"Gentlemen, we only wander into the village occasionally and have no intention of interfering in your dispute. Our previous foray into the tomb was unintentional. Please forgive us if we have offended you."

Huo Linjian whispered softly into Huo Xiuxiu's ear.

"That kid's knife is very strange. We need to be more careful if he starts to fight."

Huo Xiuxiu still had a smiling expression on her face, as if she was oblivious to what the two were saying.

Seeing this, Zhang Shi took out the soul-binding bell and took the lead in expressing his sincerity.

"We got this by chance. If you want it, we'll give it to you."

After saying that, Huo Xiuxiu finally spoke.

"I can feel that the aura of the Soul-Binding Bell has split into two. One is with you, and the other is in the ancestral hall. How did you do that?"

Zhang Shi had no intention of hiding the fact that he had doubled his privileges since he openly took out the bell and used it.

Therefore, he calmly put forward the conditions.

"My friend is being haunted by a spirit and needs the Soul-Restoring Bell. Afterwards, I will give him the Soul-Restoring Bell and its hidden hands."

Huo Linjian sneered and mocked.

"You ants dare to negotiate terms! Even if we kill you all, the bell will still be ours."

Hearing this, Zhao Feng raised his giant flint axe and looked at Huo Linjian with anger on his face.

Unexpectedly, Huo Xiuxiu waved her slender hand and threw the soul-releasing bell over.

Zhang Shi caught the bell. The moment he got the bell, a system prompt appeared in the minds of the four people at the same time.

Ding, the hidden mission is completed, congratulations to the team for obtaining:

[Suspicious Village Challenge Book (Purple) x1: A rare item. Use this to save your progress, exit the dungeon, and add one additional dungeon challenge attempt.]

[Black Mist Guardian Summoning Scroll (Green) x1: After using, you can summon a refined-level monster Black Mist Guardian and transform it into a servant stationed in the shelter to protect the shelter's safety. PS: It becomes more powerful in places without light sources.]

Experience value: 3000.

The four of them each gained a level. Zhang Shi exchanged glances with everyone and then put the challenge letter away. Zhang Shi would never use this thing lightly until their strength was further improved.

Summoning Zhao Feng and Ge Dalong, Zhang Shi gently shook the Soul-Removing Bell in his hand. As the bell rang, a black mist suddenly rose from the two men's bodies, gradually condensing into a humanoid shape, which flew back into Huo Linjian's body with a scream.

Huo Linjian also had a painful expression on his face, and it took him a lot of effort to suppress the discomfort.

Zhang Shi noticed its situation and guessed that this soul possession was not Huo Linjian's technique. It was very likely that it only had a superficial understanding of it and relied on the characteristics of soul possession to harm people.

After resolving the problem of the attached soul, the four of them felt relieved. Seeing that everyone had no problems, Zhang Shi threw the two bells to Huo Xiuxiu.

When the bell flew into the air, Master An finally couldn't sit still anymore. He transformed himself and stretched out his big hand to try to take the soul-releasing bell into his arms.

Just when he was about to succeed, Huo Xiuxiu pointed her finger, and the soul-releasing bell emitted a blazing golden light, burning Master An's figure to the point of melting it.

Zhang Shi used the challenge letter when he threw the bell. The four people's system interfaces simultaneously displayed evacuation prompts, and they all had joyful expressions on their faces.

Seeing that the other side was fighting each other and had no time to care about the four of them, Zhang Shi calmed down and a white light appeared under his feet, which was about to teleport them away.

Master An was quite surprised to see this. Seeing that Zhang Shi and his companions were about to leave early, his original arrangements were disrupted. He immediately rushed towards Zhang Shi regardless of anything.

However, Huo Xiuxiu clung to him tightly.

"Want to leave? Pay off the blood debt you carry first."

Huo Linjian wanted to join in to stop Zhang Shi and the other three, but was stopped by Huo Xiuxiu.

"Don't worry about them. I've seen his future. He will come back, destined to become dry bones in a well."

A moment later, Zhang Shi and the other three were successfully teleported back to the shelter along with the flow of light.

Zhang Shi threw himself on the bed, feeling the familiar warmth, and finally relaxed completely.

On the other side, Pipi was lying on the bed chewing a steak. Seeing Zhang Shi suddenly return, he was startled. After reacting, he happily pounced on Zhang Shi and licked his cheek.

In the team chat, several people reported that they were safe. Ge Dalong felt a little scared and apologized to everyone again.

"I was negligent in this operation. I didn't expect this dungeon to be so difficult. I wasted everyone's time and gained nothing. We even nearly had an accident."

Zhang Shi quickly spoke to comfort him.

"Don't say that, Old Ge. Who could have imagined this dungeon to be so bizarre? Besides, it's not like we gained nothing. We all gained a level, and we even got a [Mist Guardian]."

Wu Qing and Zhao Feng also offered words of comfort.

"Let's give this to Shitou. He contributed the most in this dungeon and even saved our lives."

In the end, the three of them unanimously decided to give the Mist Guardian to Zhang Shi.

Zhang Shi didn't hesitate and used the Mist Guard. A humanoid figure formed from black mist suddenly appeared beside the bed, startling Pipi and causing him to bark at it.

Zhang Shi touched Pipi and comforted it, then he carefully examined this exquisite creature.

The Black Mist Guardian was somewhat similar to the possessed spirit, lacking any physical form, composed entirely of mist. He wore jet-black armor and held a spear of unknown rank.

Zhang Shi took a look at its properties and was shocked.

Name: Black Mist Guard

Race: Soul

Experience value: Level 50

Grade: Exquisite

Power: 60

Agility: 60

Constitution: 15

Mana: 25

Ability value: 40

Zhang Shi shared the attributes of the Black Mist Guardian to the team channel.

Zhao Feng exclaimed in surprise.