174: Go up the mountain

"Brother Tang, are we really not going back?"

"Don't worry, our Shelter's waters run deep."

"Deep? What's deep about it?" Zhang Xile was puzzled. Even if he didn't know every single thing about the Shelter, he was certainly clear about its internal affairs. What could be deep about it?

Tang Ping smiled and didn't offer any further explanation... Diamond Old Wang's eyes were filled with greed. Peach Mountain was becoming increasingly extraordinary.

"What do you think it is that could transform this mountain into such a state?"

"I don't know what it is, but I know that if I get that thing, I will definitely become a lord in the future, controlling the lives and deaths of countless people." The Masked Person's voice was low, his eyes filled with suppressed ambition.

"You're right." Diamond Old Wang's gaze flickered, his intentions unclear, but he was clearly not on the same page as the Masked Person.

"Let's hurry up; don't let others get there first. You know, we're not the only A-rank Talent Holders who infiltrated the Shelter." The Masked Person moved very quickly.

"With you and me working together, that thing will surely be ours." Diamond Old Wang was very fast. As he advanced, his body gradually began to glow, and eventually, he looked as if he was carved from diamond. Aside from some restrictions on his flexibility, his movements were no different from a normal person.

Rustle~~~

The Masked Person's gaze sharpened, and his body suddenly split in half, turning into two people who dodged to the side!

In the mountain forest, a dark shadow appeared. The shadow pressed down like a mountain, striking a palm towards the Masked Person, but the Masked Person had already split into two and dodged.

This ability shocked even Diamond Old Wang, but he had no time to worry about anything else at that moment.

The dark shadow roared, and its falling palm came sweeping like a mountain torrent and tsunami.

Diamond Old Wang brought his arms together, actually taking the full force of the blow. His body instantly shot out like a cannonball!

"Damn it, what the hell is that thing, daring to block my way!" Diamond Old Wang broke several trees before stopping, but he hadn't sustained any injuries.

The Masked Person and Diamond Old Wang distanced themselves, finally getting a clear look at what it was. Their expressions darkened—it was a giant Black Bear!

They had considered that there might still be strong individuals left on Peach Mountain, but they hadn't expected such a powerful Pollution Beast to be living within Peach Mountain!

"A Shelter established less than a month ago, yet it has such a foundation. The apocalypse indeed." The Masked Person's calm tone seemed to contain a storm-like obsession. He absolutely had to obtain the thing on the mountain!

Go up the mountain!

The mask on his face split again with his body, one turning into two, two into four, four into eight. Eight figures, like ghosts, wielding daggers, attacked the Black Bear.

"Chirp, kill them." Meng Ziyi's voice echoed through the forest.

The Antlered Black Bear, Chirp, brought down its paw, instantly crushing one of the Masked People.

"Someone!" The Masked Person twirled the dagger in his hand and suddenly moved towards Meng Ziyi's direction.

Meng Ziyi looked at the two Masked People approaching, his expression not showing the slightest panic. In the forest, there was an occasional faint reflection of light.

The Masked Person, without any warning, shattered into a pile.

The Masked Person behind him instantly changed his expression: "What is that thing!"

He slashed his dagger forward, and a resilient force bounced back. The Masked Person's expression immediately changed.

"What is this thing!"

A faint glint of light flashed across the corner of his eye, and a sense of unease immediately rose in his heart. He quickly pulled back and retreated.

With this retreat, this Masked Person also turned into a pile of flesh.

Of the eight Masked People, only five remained, their faces so gloomy they looked like they could drip water.

They hadn't even reached the mountain yet, and three of his eight bodies were already lost.

"Who are you?" The Masked Person no longer dared to act rashly, but the right hand behind his back suddenly switched to a different weapon.

On Meng Ziyi's shoulder, a spider appeared. This spider was a size larger than a normal Ghost Spider Gu.

And this Ghost Spider Gu was a Level 4 Gu worm that Tang Ping had spent a lot of resources to cultivate with great difficulty, specifically leaving it for Meng Ziyi's protection before he left.

Meng Ziyi looked at the Masked Person with icy eyes, offering no reply. The Ghost Spider Gu on his shoulder, its threads trembling.

"Die!" A silver-gray hand crossbow appeared in the Masked Person's hand. The crossbow bolts gleamed with a purplish-green light, clearly indicating they were highly venomous.

The crossbow bolts flew out; the Masked Person fired all ten bolts in one breath!

At this moment, the threads on the Ghost Spider Gu's body moved.

In the forest, Infected actually appeared! These Infected seemed to be controlled by something, their speed like cheetahs. Three to five of them completely blocked Meng Ziyi's path, intercepting all the crossbow bolts!

Another seven or eight charged towards the Masked Person!

"What the hell! You can't even deal with a little kid! If you don't come, I won't be able to hold on!" Diamond Old Wang roared, enduring another blow. Even his diamond body now showed cracks.

The Masked Person's expression was gloomy.

"Hmph, kid, you just wait for me." A silver scroll appeared in his hand. He hadn't intended to use this item, after all, he hadn't expected that just anyone on Peach Mountain could push him to such an extent!

"Let's go!"

With a flash of the silver scroll, the two were already a kilometer away.

"Damn it, why is this mountain so high!" The Masked Person, seeing that he was only halfway up the mountain, no longer maintained his previous composure and couldn't help but curse. That silver scroll was his life-saving item.

"I've really lost big this time. If I don't get that thing, I'm not done with you." Diamond Old Wang looked at the wounds on his body, his expression also shifting between cloudy and clear.

"Alright, with that thing, we can establish our own Shelter. What won't we have in the future? Let's hurry up; don't let that kid catch up."

The Masked Person and Diamond Old Wang continued towards the summit.

At this moment, Meng Ziyi, at the foot of the mountain, saw the two disappear, retracted the spider silk in the forest, and then also vanished.

But not long after, a series of tragic cries echoed from the surrounding forest... "You should think carefully, Captain Qi." In the forest, a person with a distinct military demeanor spoke to the one in front.

"That's what I should be saying to you." Captain Qi's gaze fell on the person opposite him, "Are you truly going to do this?"

"Heh heh, stop pretending here. Do you think I don't know who you are? A hypocritical villain, pretending to be a good person."

"Even the most hypocritical villain, if he pretends to be a good person for a lifetime, how can he not be considered a good person?" Captain Qi said lightly.

"Stop babbling!" The Cold and Stern Man attacked, and a fierce gust of wind suddenly rose!

"A?" Captain Qi's gaze narrowed slightly, "Aren't you a C-rank Talent? How are you A-rank now?"

"Heh heh, there's a lot you don't know." Of course, the Cold and Stern Man wouldn't say that he had killed the director and stolen his A-rank Talent Shelter, using that A-rank Talent Shelter to obtain this item.

Wind and gold, blades and arrows, exploded together.