Chapter 160 A Happy Family

Inside the Shadow Cave, a drizzling rain fell.

The situation was such that wherever they went, the rain followed...

Xia Yan's beautiful eyes were red, filled with a misty layer.

In fact, Jiang Xiao had always wanted to tell her: you look even prettier when you cry than when you smile...

The group moved forward rapidly, Instructor Jiang Hong lagging far behind, not participating in their training, while also watching over and protecting the four-person squad to some extent.

Although Xia Yan wasn't flying in the sky, she was floating about 5 or 6 meters off the ground. Her speed gradually slowed down as she said, "There's a lone Fallen Shadow Assassin."

The group had been traveling west for a very long time. Since most of the creatures here were underground, and other teams were searching for their teammates, they hadn't encountered any other-dimensional creatures along the way.

Xia Yan's information made the group's spirits lift.

Finally, guests!

Time to fleece them!

Han Jiangxue said, "Shadow Assassins always act alone; there's no such thing as being alone."

Gu Shi'an was the most nervous, hurriedly asking, "Where? Why can't I see it? Can't feel it?"

Xia Yan said, "A kilometer away, it's hiding in that pile of rocks over there, and it's... um, washing its face."

Gu Shi'an: "......"

Jiang Xiao chuckled, "Has it never seen rain before?"

Xia Yan denied, "No, it's not curious, it's... delighted! Surprised!"

Surprised?

Gu Shi'an paused, then said, "You can even sense their psychological activity? How is your Domain Tear so strong?"

Xia Yan suddenly opened her eyes, looking at Gu Shi'an with a look of caring for the mentally challenged, and said, "I can sense its expression."

"Oh, haha." Gu Shi'an chuckled. "That's good, that's good."

Xia Yan heard the implication in Gu Shi'an's words and said, "What bad things are you thinking? Are you afraid I'll sense them?"

Suddenly, Jiang Xiao spoke up, "Your rain has soaked the cigarettes in his pocket. What good thoughts do you think he can have?"

Gu Shi'an looked at Jiang Xiao with resentment. Brother, did you have to be so ruthless?

Did you have to expose me?

Besides, how did you know what I was thinking? It's like you're a god...

But Jiang Xiao didn't pay attention to Gu Shi'an; his thoughts had already drifted far away.

If the creatures of the lower dimension were truly projections, then did they still retain memories from the alien planet?

The facts proved that their strength had been greatly weakened, including their intelligence.

As far as Jiang Xiao knew, there were no rainy days in the Shadow Cave, but Xia Yan's earlier words meant that the Fallen Shadow Assassin's feeling towards the rain was not novelty, but surprise.

The alien planet clearly had seasons and day-night cycles, as well as various natural phenomena, so after the Fallen Shadow Clan was thrown into the upper dimension in the form of projections, and then transferred to the lower dimension, did they still vaguely retain the original memories in their minds?

While pondering, the group had already arrived at a pile of rocks. In the wilderness, although there were towering rocks, there weren't many such piles of rocks.

Xia Yan said, "This guy is quite clever; it hasn't revealed its figure from beginning to end, and has been adjusting its angle according to our movements, ensuring that its figure is blocked behind the rocks."

Han Jiangxue turned to look at Jiang Xiao and said, "Open Silence. Let Gu Shi'an and Xia Yan, the two of you, go practice."

Jiang Xiao muttered to himself, I want to practice too...

Han Jiangxue said softly, "You guard me."

The way she spoke really made a difference. Hearing Han Jiangxue say that, Jiang Xiao didn't have any complaints at all.

Jiang Xiao said, "Which way?"

Xia Yan pointed to the northwest corner of the pile of rocks: "Over there, the far northwest."

Jiang Xiao: "Ready?"

Bang!

With a platinum Silence, Gu Shi'an hadn't even reacted when Xia Yan, carrying a two-handed greatsword on her back and holding a Desperate Greatsword in her hand, charged out!

Bang!

With another loud noise, the Desperate Greatsword not only split open the boulder, but also shattered itself.

Under normal circumstances, the weapon transformed from the Desperate Weapon could at least lead the user to shuttle through the space three times at lightning speed, but since Xia Yan had entered the area of silence, the Desperate Greatsword could no longer connect with Xia Yan, so it shattered directly.

Xia Yan had obviously realized this long ago. The Desperate Greatsword was only used for traveling. She directly drew the two-handed greatsword from her back. Facing the Fallen Shadow Assassin that was blasted away with the gravel, Xia Yan leaped up, her figure erupting with power.

Tear!

Under the rapid jump, the wind whipped up Xia Yan's wet short hair, revealing her sharp eyes, and the two-handed greatsword directly pierced the Fallen Shadow Assassin's chest!

One person and one shadow rushed out of the Silence area and landed heavily. The greatsword pierced through the Fallen Shadow Assassin's chest, the tip of the sword stabbing into the ground.

What is speed!

What is cool!

The battle only lasted 4 seconds. To be precise, it had already ended in the 2nd second.

Jiang Xiao came to Gu Shi'an's side, gently patted Gu Shi'an's shoulder, and said, "Don't just stand there, go play with your Star Warrior friend."

Gu Shi'an: "......"

Gu Shi'an felt that Xia Yan was doing it on purpose, that Xia Yan was retaliating for his earlier inner thoughts, so Xia Yan wasn't taking him to play...

In the distance, Xia Yan stepped on the Fallen Shadow Assassin's chest, drew out the greatsword stained with dark blood, and was also secretly observing this strange creature.

Similar to what she felt with the rain, this Fallen Shadow Assassin was also humanoid and walked upright, but the knees of its legs were backwards, like a dog's hind legs.

Each of its arms had a long, sharp spike at the elbow, which was very sharp. Its long, sharp black fingernails were full of dirt, which made Xia Yan feel a little disgusted.

It had black skin, black blood, and long, pointed ears that stood upright. Its nose bridge was particularly high and straight, but it had a hooked nose.

From a human aesthetic point of view, there was no doubt that it was an ugly face.

Earlier, there were flickering white flames in its eye sockets, but as it died, the white flames in its eyes dissipated, leaving only empty eye sockets, even being able to see the ground below through the eye sockets.

This was a magical creature. Although its body had a front and a back, its "eyes" could see both the front and the back at the same time...

Xia Yan pulled out her dagger, covered it with dense Star Power, pierced its skull, and took out a Star Bead stained with dark blood.

Xia Yan's eyes turned red, and the light rain that had just stopped fell again.

Using the rain, Xia Yan washed the stained dagger and Star Bead, turned her head to look at the others, and said, "There's a cave here; want to go down and explore?"

Gu Shi'an suddenly said, "Good! I think that's a great suggestion; what do you think, Commander?"

Han Jiangxue raised her eyebrows slightly, looking at Gu Shi'an who was strongly suggesting it. She thought about it and finally nodded, acknowledging their suggestion.

Jiang Xiao looked at Gu Shi'an with a smile that wasn't quite a smile. He could almost see through Gu Shi'an's inner thoughts with one glance. On the surface, Xia Yan was an all-knowing god.

But after entering the cave, due to the limited terrain, Xia Yan's Domain Tear would be useless, and Gu Shi'an would become the only "guiding light" in the team, which would highlight his value.

"Then let's go," Jiang Xiao said.

The group came to the south side of the pile of rocks and saw a raised mound. The entrance of the cave was very dark, revealing a gloomy aura.

Gu Shi'an's eyes each turned into double pupils, increasing his night vision ability. He summoned a black shield in one hand, and drew a Bauhinia knife from behind his waist with the other, striding forward and walking in.

Han Jiangxue looked at Xia Yan, tilted her head towards the entrance of the cave, and also summoned a huge Flame Puppet.

Xia Yan and the Flame Puppet followed behind, with Han Jiangxue in the middle and Jiang Xiao at the rear.

The tunnel of this cave was very large, comparable to the Desperate Cave, or perhaps... these environments that essentially originated from the alien planet were all so huge.

After all, the creatures on the alien planet were all like tanks in size.

The gloomy underground tunnel was quiet. In Jiang Xiao's world, only the crackling sound of the Flame Puppet's flames remained.

From the depths of the tunnel, there were occasional ghostly hissing sounds, which were terrifying.

Han Jiangxue suddenly said, "Try to move towards the source of the sound, and report immediately if you find anything."

"No problem," Gu Shi'an said casually. However, there were three huge tunnel entrances in front of him. How could he tell where the sound was coming from?

As it turned out, Gu Shi'an didn't need to listen to the sound. His eerie double pupils lit up slightly, probing the three tunnel entrances separately, and finally stepped onto the middle underground tunnel.

The most Star Power residue was here!

The Double Pupils of Chongming not only had night vision abilities, but also had the powerful functions of tracking and detecting. This was a natural hunter's Star Technique!

The group's speed became faster and faster. Under Gu Shi'an's lead, this network of underground tunnels was like their own backyard.

Seven minutes later, Gu Shi'an said, "A large number of Star Power traces; get ready."

As the group continued to approach, the roars and fighting sounds became clearer and clearer.

Han Jiangxue hurriedly ordered, "First see if there are any Fallen Shadow Demons. If not, give priority to telling me the location of the Fallen Shadow Witches!"

Gu Shi'an stopped, stuck close to the tunnel wall, and peeked into the distance at the corner.

"Fallen Shadow Warriors, 23 of them," Gu Shi'an frowned slightly. "2 Fallen Shadow Witches; they're staying together, easy to silence. No Fallen Shadow Demons have been found."

Gu Shi'an carefully observed and pressed down with his hand, "Cancel the Flame Puppet; the firelight will easily attract their attention."

Jiang Xiao curiously asked, "So many creatures gathered here? What are they doing? Having a meeting? The discussion is quite intense?"

Gu Shi'an whispered, "The rest are all spectators. Only two Fallen Shadow Warriors are fighting. Their bodies are obviously a circle larger than the other Fallen Shadow Warriors. Could they be choosing a clan leader?"

Jiang Xiao was slightly stunned. Was it like in the animal world, where lion prides were always changing leaders?

Han Jiangxue softly explained, "It should be a foreign Fallen Shadow Warrior challenging the leader. Whichever side succeeds, the loser will be eaten completely by the other side."

Jiang Xiao couldn't help but smack his lips. This was too cruel.

At least when a male lion failed in a challenge, it still had the opportunity to flee or be driven out of the group. Although it might not live long, it was still better than being immediately eaten by its former subordinates after failing...

Han Jiangxue pulled Gu Shi'an back, came to the corner herself, and looked into the distance. In the darkness, she could only see streaks of white ghost fire floating in the dark.

Obviously, those eerie white flames were the eyes of the Fallen Shadow creatures.

Han Jiangxue roughly grasped the distance, retreated, and ordered, "Continue to monitor. We'll wait for the moment the victory is decided. Give me a signal when the loser is surrounded and being fought over for food."

Gu Shi'an nodded, hurriedly observing seriously. "What's the battle plan?"

Jiang Xiao whispered, "They're all surrounded, fighting for food. What battle plan do you need? After they gather into a pile, Little Jiangxue will use a few Ice Howls, and the whole world will be quiet."

Han Jiangxue's clear, cold voice came from the darkness, "No, the Shadow Shield can still block the Ice Howl a bit. Jiang Xiao's Silence goes first, and without the ability to resist, they'll die even more thoroughly."

Hearing this, Gu Shi'an couldn't help but shudder...

At the very back of the group, Er Ha didn't feel anything. She was already tapping her slender fingers, starting to count the Star Beads: "23 Fallen Shadow Warrior Star Beads, 2 Fallen Shadow Witch Star Beads. Wow, such a big clan. We're going to get rich~"

Jiang Xiao was also secretly delighted. These Fallen Shadow series creature Star Beads and Star Techniques were indeed very suitable for his Bait Star Chart.

As for whether or not he would get rich... let me feed my Bait first, and then you, Xia Yan, can have the rest!

As for how much would be left in the end, um... forget it, never mind.