Chapter 158: The Empty City

The blue scorpion threw the sand ghost he had just captured in front of Ouyang Xiaoleng and them, and as soon as the monster that was still very arrogant just now left the sand and went to the sun, it became cringe, timid as a mouse, and no longer had the majesty that it had when it set off huge waves in the sea of sand.

"I really want to get rid of their brass ring armor and see what they look like."

As he spoke, Mochizuki flew down and stepped down from the sand camel beast, summoned one of the Moon Shadow Blades, and gently picked it along the sand ghost's body from bottom to top, and the copper ring armor was instantly opened. The gelatinous translucent object like a slug inside the brass ring armor was revealed little by little, and no one expected that the true face of the sand ghost would be like this. What I didn't expect was that it began to melt as soon as it encountered sunlight, and finally turned into a puff of water vapor and disappeared without a trace.

Mochizuki looked down at his knife and saw that there was some gelatinous object stuck to it, and it was also melting and smoking, so he cursed, "Damn, this thing is disgusting!" ”

Several other warriors of the Scorpion Demon Clan also dragged the sand ghosts they had captured one after another, and removed all the copper ring armor from their bodies according to Mochizuki's appearance, so that these slugs all turned into water vapor. Then they continued to dive into the sea of sand with the scorpion to deal with the remaining sand ghosts. After a few back and forth, all of these monsters that were lying in ambush in the sand were destroyed.

The victorious blue scorpion came to Ouyang Xiaoleng and Ouyang Hongye and said, "Report, the task has been completed!" ”

"Well done!" Ouyang Hongye said approvingly to the Scorpion and the other Scorpion Clan warriors.

"It's a pity that at the beginning, due to the lack of experience in dealing with them, a warrior was sacrificed!" The scorpion shook his head a little ashamedly and said, feeling that it was his improper command that caused the unnecessary sacrifice.

Originally, he returned to the clan with confidence, but who knew that he had gathered twenty-one people for the sake of saying good things, and left another one halfway. He had made up his mind that he must let all these warriors of his clan who were willing to follow him return to the clan safely, but he still failed to do what he wanted.

At the moment of his annoyance, Ouyang Xiaoliang asked, "What's his name, does he have a family?" ”

The scorpion replied truthfully: "His name is Yellow Feet, and he is the oldest in the team, and we all call him Old Yellow." His wife and children were among the clan. ”

"When you return to the royal city, in addition to your reward, the reward for this sacrificed scorpion warrior Lao Huang will be even more, and you will personally deliver it to his family!" After Ouyang Xiaoleng finished speaking, he looked at Ouyang Hongye, and when he saw him casting a positive look, he knew that his handling was quite appropriate.

"King Xiewu!"

After listening to Ouyang Xiaoleng's words, the Scorpion and the other Scorpion Clan warriors knelt down on one knee and said in unison, they all sincerely thanked their sacrificial clansmen for the grace from the Demon King Fox. Previously, it was rumored among the scorpion demon clan that the royal city had long been decayed, and the treasury in the Chenji Palace was also empty, even if he joined the army and died on the battlefield, it was in vain, so everyone was extremely resistant to joining the army. And it was no one else who instructed the clansmen to spread these rumors, it was the scorpion's elder brother Scorpion, and this time he saw the generosity of the demon king fox, and the rumors were self-defeating.

After some twists and turns, the first obstacle was finally bulldozed, and the royal army was able to enter the Chimere Desert without any problems. The scorpion continued to lead the rest of the warriors of the same clan to escort the army and prevent the appearance of sand ghosts who had slipped through the net, and arrived at the entrance of the dungeon in less than half a day.

At night, the huge platform connecting the entrance was shaken like a mirror by the moonlight, and although there was not a trace of wind passing by, everyone felt a chill down their spines from nervousness. The head of the Demon Horse Cavalry Regiment who opened the way at the front felt that as a necessary way to enter the dungeon, it could also be called a fortress, and it was a bit quiet here.

He glanced at the mane beside him, slowing the speed of the sand camel beneath him and taking a closer look at the movements. But when the stormtroopers he led entered the sunken entrance of the dungeon, nothing unusual happened, and everything seemed too smooth, except that the light here was extremely dark, and the fence had to let everyone light the torches.

The five hundred stormtroopers were soon all in the passage connecting the dungeon, still very quiet, when he was just about to let his guard down a little, when suddenly a terrible cry came from above them, and then an overwhelming flood of vampire bats flapped their wings and attacked them.

Their attack was so sudden that many of the soldiers of the cavalry regiment were bitten before they could react to what was going on. They soon discovered that the vampire bats were presumably specially trained to pinpoint gaps or exposed areas in the armor worn by the warriors and hit them with a single hit.

When bitten by them, it becomes extremely difficult to shake them off, and many warriors pull or kill bats that have begun to suck their blood, only to find their teeth still tightly stuck in their skin. By the light of the torches, the surrounding areas of those teeth would turn blue and purple, or even black.

"These bats are poisonous!" A bitten warrior couldn't help but scream.

The other warriors who were bitten also panicked when they heard this, and everyone was busy dealing with the constant attack of vampire bats, and the situation gradually fell into chaos.

Due to the demonic cyclone protectors, the hedgekeeper and mane were not bitten by vampire bats, and he suddenly remembered that bats were most afraid of light and fire, because their eyesight was weak, so they couldn't stand the stimulation of too bright light.

So he shouted at the soldiers behind him: "Don't panic! Calm us down, bats are afraid of fire, use the torches in your hands to stun them first, and then kill them! ”

As a green bull demon, his voice was really loud, and the words echoed throughout the passage, and it also pointed out the direction for the warriors who lost their judgment due to fear. They used the shaking of their torches to deter the attacking vampire bats, and then fought back with their weapons, and soon the group of vampire monsters was slain by them, and they fled towards the dungeon in a hurry.

The hedge ghost quickly reported to Ouyang Xiaoleng, who was behind the cavalry regiment, that they had just encountered a sneak attack, and after Ouyang Hongye discussed with Ouyang Xiaoleng, he decided to immediately let the accompanying military doctor give emergency treatment to the wounded of the cavalry regiment.

I don't know why this second obstacle was successfully lifted, but Ouyang Hongye faintly felt that something was wrong in his heart. Ouyang Xiaoleng had the same idea as him, both the sand ghost and the vampire bat seemed to have caused a certain obstacle to the march of the army at first glance, and also delayed them for some time, but with Qingyun's strength, this level of ambush was more like a bluff.

An ominous premonition hung over their hearts, Qingyun must have prepared some great gifts waiting for them in the dungeon, and instead of opening the door to welcome them, these petty ambushes may be just a cover to cover up the truth, so that they have unknowingly fallen into the trap of the devil.

"Looks like there's a big guy waiting for us inside!" Ouyang Hongye saw that Ouyang Xiaoleng and himself thought of one thing, so he said to him.

"Hmmm! But since I'm here, I'll have to go in and meet him for a while!" Ouyang Xiaoleng's gaze looked deep into the dark passage and said.

"Everyone's on your guard! No matter what happens, you must maintain a pre-arranged formation, and no one is allowed to leave the team without permission, let alone panic! Ouyang Hongye commanded to the others.

In the summer and autumn, as everyone entered the dungeon, the vampire bats did not reappear. Compared to the last time I visited, the lights in the dungeon seemed to be much dimmer, and the ground was very messy, and at first glance the city seemed to have been ransacked. There was not a single pedestrian on the street, not even a single Qingyun's men, and all the buildings were closed with doors and windows. It's too quiet to feel the slightest bit of anger, as if the whole city is asleep.

Although Ouyang Hongye had already given the order, when they passed through the Style Street, Ling Yu still jumped off the back of the sand camel beast at the gate of the Elysian Kingdom.

"Spirit Feather, don't act alone......"

Before Ouyang Hongye's words fell, the spirit feather had already lightly flown up to the eaves of the Elysian Heavenly Kingdom building in front of him, and then climbed into the courtyard from there. He casually pushed a door in front of him, but he easily pushed it open, and the room was covered with thick dust, but the figure of the master was long gone. He tried a few more in succession, and then determined that the entire Elysian Kingdom was empty, and he couldn't help but feel a sinking in his heart, could it really be as he thought beforehand, everyone in the store was implicated by him?

Next, he went to the next few Fengyue shops to find out, who expected that the situation of those stores was the same as that of Elysium, judging from the dust in the house, they had been empty for quite a long time. He returned to Ouyang Xiaoleng and told everyone what he had seen. When they passed by the shopping street and the hotel street, Ouyang Xiaoleng specially sent someone to take a closer look, and found that the buildings here were also empty.

"Have all the people in the dungeon disappeared?" Mochizuki asked in disbelief.

"Qingyun won't run away if he knows we're coming, right?" Senqi was also taken aback by the depressed dungeon in front of him, compared to the previous bustle, the changes here were too great.

"So many people have been driven away? It's unlikely......" Ling Yu muttered to himself. The resident population of the dungeon is roughly in the thousands, not counting the gold diggers who come and go, have these people all been driven out or killed by the ruthless Qingyun? Thinking about it this made him even more worried about the cold and the safety of the others in Elysium.

"Let's go to the east side inn and the palace of the city lord salamander!" Ouyang Xiaoleng proposed.

"Good!" Ouyang Hongye agreed.