254: Quru tribe

"It's so dark in here, there aren't ghosts, are there?"

"I've killed Level Four Pollution Beasts, what ghosts are there to be afraid of?"

"Still, let's be careful. I always feel like this dungeon isn't simple."

"You, you're always pretending."

In the forest, two men and one woman walked cautiously under a large tree. All three were, without exception, Level Four in strength. The short-haired young man leading them had a stern expression, carefully guiding the other two as they moved through the grass.

"By the way, how long will it take us to find other people like this, and then kill them to gain experience?" The blond young man behind him glanced at his panel and complained again, "Damn it, one hundred thousand experience points! I feel like I might never reach Level Five in this life. And what's with that? Why do you get three thousand experience points for killing someone, but only three hundred in your hand? Damn it, the system must be taking a cut!"

The girl beside him couldn't help but say, "I'm telling you, can you please be quiet? If you keep mumbling like this, we won't find anyone else; they'll find us first."

"Heh, others? I think in this dark forest, besides us, there isn't even a ghost," the blond young man pouted.

"If you say another word, get out of here," the stern young man in front frowned.

The blond young man snorted and stopped talking. The three of them weren't actually familiar with each other; they had just coincidentally received a dungeon invitation from the system and were randomly matched together, forming a makeshift team.

However, the stern young man had an A-Rank Talent, while the blond young man and the short-haired girl both had B-Rank Talents.

"Hahaha, look, there are three little bugs here!"

A strange voice echoed in the forest, but strangely, all three of them could hear it clearly.

The stern young man instantly tensed up, a strong sense of danger sending a chill down his spine. His Talent was a pair of psychic eyes, giving him a very strong perception of danger.

But the blond young man clearly didn't understand the current situation. He stood up directly, yellow lightning flashing around him, his eyes filled with the excitement of finally seeing prey: "Who's there? Get out here! Let me show you the power of this young master's lightning!"

"Heh, trashy bugs." In the dark sky, three strange Creatures suddenly appeared: six-winged and three-legged, with gray feathers all over their bodies, a hooked nose on their human-like heads, and a circle of five eyes on their heads.

"What kind of monster!" The blond young man got goosebumps all over. "Damn it, are there really ghosts in this forest!"

The stern young man frowned. When he saw the three strange birds, an information panel automatically appeared before his eyes.

"Creature race!" the short-haired girl exclaimed, an information panel evidently appearing before her as well.

"Heh heh, it's too late now that you've discovered us." The strange syllables automatically translated into words the three could understand. The three Creatures suddenly swooped down from the night sky, diving towards the blond young man.

The blond young man still didn't know how powerful the three bird-men were, and he sneered, "A bunch of Mongrel! Watch me blast you to death!"

Within a dozen meters around him, bright yellow lightning lit up the night. Powerful lightning struck towards the three Creatures.

"Hmph." The fastest of the Creatures suddenly twisted its body, transforming into a ball of gray mist, then swiftly dodged.

By the time the blond young man reacted, the gray mist had already gathered behind him. A claw gripped the blond young man's head. With a bang, the blond young man's head exploded, and his corpse then dissipated into light particles, some of which entered the Creature's body.

"Run!" The stern young man grabbed the short-haired girl and ran.

But no matter how fast they were, how could they outrun monsters with six wings behind them?

Just after the blond young man died, his figure immediately reappeared a thousand meters away. At this moment, looking at the panel showing only thirty experience points left until he dropped a level, the blond young man's face was gloomy and terrified: "Damn it, what was that thing? Why is it so strong!"

He seemed to sense the location of his teammates, but the blond young man didn't even think about it and ran directly in the opposite direction. At this moment, a strange cry echoed in the sky, and the blond young man's face instantly changed.

"Gah gah gah, little bug, still trying to escape from us? Don't you know we're best at hunting prey!"

The blond young man only felt a whooshing sound behind him. At this moment, he suddenly turned around and blasted out the suppressed bright yellow lightning in his hand: "Go to hell!"

A cloud of dust flew up. When the dust settled, the light particles were absorbed cleanly by Mokas. At this moment, this Creature looked at the scorch marks on its wings, its eyes filled with malice: "Hmph, damn bug."

Then, with a shake of its wings, it soared into the sky and chased in another direction.

The stern young man and the short-haired girl were now surrounded from front and back.

"Brother Feng, what do we do now?" The short-haired girl's face was pale as she stared nervously and fearfully at the monsters.

"When we die and reappear elsewhere, use this item to hide your aura and find a place to hide," the stern young man communicated with the short-haired girl via his panel.

"What about you?" The short-haired girl cowered fearfully; she really didn't dare to survive alone in this environment.

"Don't worry about me."

"Are you done talking? If so, it's time to go." Seemingly somewhat wary of the stern young man, they only began to act after the Creature chasing the blond young man returned.

A ball of pink light appeared in the short-haired girl's hand, enveloping both of them, while a sharp glint suddenly flashed in the stern young man's eyes.

"Ugh ah ah ah!" A Creature painfully exited its gray mist state. "Kill him, this bug has a psychic Talent!"

"Mokas, are you alright!"

"I'm fine." Mokas's gray-green eyes glinted coldly, one of his eyes already a dead gray: "Bug, dare to harm my eye, die!"

Ten minutes later, on the ground in a patch of grass, there was a portal.

And behind this portal was an underground Shelter.

At this moment, the short-haired girl was fearfully cowering inside the Shelter, praying that whatever was outside wouldn't discover her.

However, the short-haired girl should not have used the Shelter at all. Although the Shelter was hidden underground, the target was still too large.

Perhaps if she had used the bead the stern young man gave her earlier, she might have truly escaped, but now, it was impossible.

"Here! This bug actually has a Shelter!" A surprised voice rang out from outside.

Then, the Shelter trembled violently, its defense health bar rapidly dropping. Once it was completely zeroed out, the short-haired girl's Shelter, which had not yet reached Level Five, would drop!

Originally, in this dungeon, even if the short-haired girl died three times, her un-bound Shelter would not drop, because death here wasn't truly permanent. But once the Shelter's health bar was zeroed... However, the short-haired girl, due to fear, still didn't realize any of this. The three strange birds outside seemed to be deliberately frightening her, continuously letting out horrifying, strange laughs.

"Hahaha, it's dropping, it's about to drop!" Finally, one of the Creatures couldn't help but be ecstatic.

With a violent tremor of the Shelter, it finally disappeared, transforming back into a very thin golden necklace.

"Gold, it's actually gold!" For a moment, the three Creatures didn't bother chasing the short-haired girl, but instead greedily rushed towards the shelter item.

Suddenly, ripples spread through space. A green vine pierced through one Creature, and a long spear fell, pinning another Creature to a tree trunk with a single thrust. The last one, moreover, was engulfed in strange black and red flames.

"What's going on, what happened?" The Creature whose chest was pierced by the green vine and whose life force was rapidly being drained was full of shock and confusion.

Soon, the three Creatures dissipated into light particles.

"What kind of strange thing is this?" Miao Qingshi narrowed her eyes.

"Creature," He Zhixin suddenly spoke. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas seems to mention this thing, but it appears to be very different from the description? Could it be contamination?"