Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

How so? When people are speechless, they really are speechless.

Although many strange things remained unresolved, there was no doubt that their mission was launched by a crow.

"So this is... Guo Yutian?" Li Hu stared at the seemingly deranged old man, unsure of what to say.

"That's not right. According to the current situation, all we've collected along the way for this mission are spiritual herbs. Which formation is repaired with spiritual herbs?" Tang Busan said curiously.

It's not that spiritual herbs can't be used in formations, since no one knows what formation masters use to set up formations, but he had never heard of any formation being repaired entirely with spiritual herbs.

"It's no use talking about this now. The more important thing is that we still don't know how to leave." Lin Min sighed softly, suddenly regretting coming here. She should have just paid the deposit to avoid trouble. It's not worth putting herself in such a predicament for that little deposit.

Lu Yunshi stared at the crow on his shoulder for a while, then suddenly thought of something. "Since it was this crow that issued the mission, doesn't that mean it knows how to get out?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and all their expectant gazes were fixed on Crow. Li Hu immediately leaned closer and said with a beaming smile.

"Brother Ya, you must know how to get out, right? Tell us quickly. Once we're out, just tell us what you want to eat, and I'll have Bu San treat you."

"Huh?" Tang Busan blinked, looking confused, as if something was wrong.

"Caw? Caw?" The crow tilted its head and blinked, looking rather silly. But after a while, it seemed to understand Li Hu's meaning, and immediately spread its wings and flew up. In a few breaths, it flew hundreds of meters into the air and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, the expectation in Lin Min's eyes vanished instantly. "We just tried it; there's a barrier blocking the way 30 meters above the village as well. It seems it doesn't know the way out; this barrier is just useless to it."

"Tsk! I knew this dead crow was useless." Li Hu clicked his tongue, his face full of disdain, a stark contrast to his earlier demeanor.

"You guys think it at least has the ability to absorb spirits, so can it take us flying out?" Lu Yunshi blinked, pondered for a while, and then asked.

"Huh?" Everyone was stunned again, and Li Hu reacted very quickly, shouting loudly at the sky.

"Brother Ya! Come back quickly! Let's talk this over again. I'll do anything as long as you come back!"

"That's right, as long as you come back, Tiger will offer his ass to you to poke," Tang Busan shouted in agreement.

"No, you..."

Having stopped the two from fighting, Lin Min gazed at the night sky, waited for a long time, and then sighed again.

"It seems he's not coming back."

"Should we wait a bit?" Zhao Han asked.

"I think it might not be easy to wait." Lu Yunxi's expression suddenly changed slightly. She looked around the houses in the village. The red substance that had been silent before was now surging with a strange aura, as if something else had been born.

The others naturally noticed this as well, and their previously relaxed expressions immediately fell.

"No way, again? Where did all these strange spirits come from in this small village? It's like we can't kill them all."

"I'm afraid that in the past two years, many unsuspecting outsiders have strayed into this place and ended up unable to leave. They have been forcibly transformed into alien spirits here. If we don't find a way out, we may also end up fighting outsiders as alien spirits someday."

As Lin Min shared her guess, she took out the tool she had previously used to detect the aura of the supernatural. The ruby ​​on it was flashing rapidly, as if it were warning of an approaching crisis.

"Phew~ It's stronger than the previous alien spirits. There might be higher-level alien spirits appearing."

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of strange-looking spirits broke free from the red substance. Lu Yunshi looked around and found four spirits that looked no different from humans, except that their eyes were flashing red.

"Be careful, those four alien spirits that look like humans are high-level alien spirits. High-level alien spirits are mostly transformed from body tempering cultivators, and their strength is at least at the early stage of spirit gathering. They possess near-human intelligence, which means they can also use combat techniques." Lin Min quickly reminded Lu Yunshi, then took out her weapon and prepared to face the alien spirits.

Lu Yunshi nodded slightly, took out the longbow and held it in his hand, but his gaze quietly glanced at the old man behind him.

Before he could come up with anything, the dozens of alien spirits swarmed forward. This attack was significantly stronger than before, and the higher-level alien spirits were only slightly weaker than Lin Min and the others.

However, the alien spirits were fearless and possessed a special aura that could infect others. In addition, there were other inferior alien spirits assisting them, so Lin Min and the others fought cautiously.

Lu Yunxi's situation wasn't much better. She was actually the strongest among the six people present, but she also faced the most alien spirits—one high-level alien spirit and a full twenty inferior ones—making it impossible for her to spare any attention to help the others.

As for Lu Yunshi?

His weakness seemed to become his protective shield. Although some alien spirits noticed his presence, there were only five or six of them.

With his own footwork and the longbow in his hand, he can still provide both protection and support.

"This can't go on, damn it!" Li Hu suddenly shouted and punched the high-level alien spirit in front of him hard, landing heavily on its chest. The high-level alien spirit was shaken by the punch, and its chest caved in with a burst of spiritual energy, but it did not take a step back. Instead, it showed Li Hu a strange smile as if it was not in pain.

Then, the higher-level alien suddenly reached out with both hands and quickly clawed at Li Hu's body.

Li Hu's expression suddenly changed, but it was too late to dodge, and he was left with two deep scratch marks on his body.

The strange power of the alien spirit flowed along the claw marks on his chest and surged into his body in the blink of an eye. Li Hu felt cold all over. He immediately used his spiritual energy to suppress the energy, then shook his head and rushed out again.

Everyone else was naturally aware of Li Hu's situation, but they could only worry about it in their hearts.

If this continues, even if you go all out and kill all the alien spirits, you might still end up badly injured and unable to escape the fate of becoming an alien spirit yourself.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Lu Yunshi remained calm and fired three arrows simultaneously, knocking away all three attacking alien spirits. He then immediately looked towards Lu Yunxi. Under the cover of the other inferior alien spirits, the superior alien spirit suddenly summoned a long sword and swiftly slashed at Lu Yunxi. However, Lu Yunxi had only just repelled the ten inferior alien spirits in front of her, and even if she reacted, she would definitely not be able to dodge all of these attacks.