Once they stopped, everyone’s gazes fell coldly upon the figure before them.
"Swish, swish."
Before Zhang Tian could speak, Hu Bayi had already charged forward.
"Please cover me, everyone, I’ll deal with this fellow."
Hu Bayi’s voice echoed.
Zhang Tian nodded and waved his hand, countless whisk-like Daoist lights flashing.
These lights struck the insect before them, and the mother insect let out a series of piercing shrieks.
As the mother insect turned its gaze towards Zhang Tian, Zhang Qilin also made his move. In a few blurs, several cracks appeared on the mother insect’s body.
For a moment, the mother insect didn't know whom to attack. Its form twitched constantly, and on its body, cracks were being cleaved open by Zhang Qilin.
"Damn it."
Hu Bayi had also, during the interval of the others' attacks, reached the mother insect’s rear.
Hu Bayi’s face was solemn, and the peach wood sword in his hand emitted a golden light.
As the golden light appeared, the peach wood sword erupted in flames.
"Slash!"
With Hu Bayi’s peach wood sword slashing down, his figure was as fast as lightning.
"Swish."
In the next moment, Hu Bayi’s figure burst out from the mother insect’s belly.
Behind him, the mother insect’s belly had been pierced by Hu Bayi’s sword.
With a large hole torn in its abdomen, the mother insect before them seemed to lose its vitality. Its wings flapped slower and slower.
Gradually, its massive body fell to the ground. The mother insect’s body began to burn, and soon, a pile of black ash was scattered on the snow.
The mother insect was a level two demon beast, not very powerful, roughly the same level as Tuan Tuan.
And Hu Bayi was a Grandmaster, coupled with the peach wood sword from Zhang Tian earlier.
His combat power was naturally not low, so Zhang Tian was not surprised that Hu Bayi could easily slay the mother insect.
"Old Hu, your movement technique is getting more and more superb, almost catching up to Fatty’s."
Fatty watched Hu Bayi’s retreating figure, a hint of excitement on his face.
A breeze blew, scattering the ashes on the ground into the vast mountains.
Fatty ran to Hu Bayi’s side and touched his head, seeing Hu Bayi’s somewhat dazed gaze.
"It’s over, Old Hu has started again."
"Boss, should we go down now?"
Fatty asked, looking at the cliff before him.
Zhang Tian looked into the distance and thought carefully before replying.
"We definitely have to go down. Let’s have a vote. Raise your hands if you want to go down together. If you’re following my original plan, no need to raise your hands."
Zhang Tian looked around.
To Zhang Tian’s surprise, everyone raised their hands. Even Wu Tianzhen raised his hand.
"Young Master Zhang, since we’re here, we naturally don’t intend to stay in your space."
"So, we will go in too. I refuse to believe that the demon tower can do anything to us."
Wu Tianzhen looked at Zhang Tian with a slightly resolute expression.
Beside him, Wang Banyue nodded in agreement.
"That's right, Fatty isn't afraid. If I become a coward, how can I be called Wang Banyue?"
Wang Banyue spoke directly.
There was a hint of seriousness on his face.
Seeing the expressions of the people before him, Zhang Tian didn’t say any more, just nodded slightly.
"Alright, I understand. Then let’s go in now. We’ll change our strategy. Once we enter, we must move together."
"Remember, don’t pay attention to any sounds, and don’t engage with anyone."
Zhang Tian said, and everyone nodded in agreement.
After confirming, they began to act.
Zhang Tian and Zhang Qilin took the lead.
As the two leaped off the cliff, the others followed.
This cliff was very high. If one wanted to jump down without dying, they would need to tread carefully along the cliff face.
As Zhang Tian lightly stepped, his figure gradually descended to the bottom of the valley.
The crevice before them was very deep. Zhang Tian made a rough calculation as he descended, estimating it to be at least a hundred meters.
With such a high cliff face, the blue flying insects could arrive so quickly, indicating their speed was also unusual.
Successfully reaching the bottom, Zhang Tian and Zhang Qilin were the first to arrive.
Zhang Tian looked at the dark canyon, his brow furrowed.
Standing between the two black areas of the canyon, Zhang Tian didn't sense any strange aura.
In other words, he felt no demonic energy at all.
"Something’s not right. Logically, if the demon tower is here, there should be a strong supply of aura."
"Unless the demon tower has some unique method that prevents me from detecting its aura."
Zhang Tian mused to himself.
At this moment, from above, Fatty and the others also jumped down.
Fatty landed on the ground and patted away the dust that was already nonexistent.
"It’s really deep. Such a deep place, I’m afraid only Fatty can reach the depths of it."
Fatty’s eyes scanned his surroundings, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"An inch deep, an inch strong. Brother Kaixuan, I, Banyue, don't agree with your words. Clearly, we all reached it together."
Wang Banyue also landed at this moment.
He appeared to be struggling slightly.
This was understandable, as his cultivation was not very high, and he was still far behind Fatty.
"Let’s explore the surroundings first, then organize our equipment."
Zhang Tian said softly, looking around.
On Zhang Tian’s sides were cliff faces that two people couldn't see the top of. Beneath their feet was a thin layer of accumulated snow, upon which everyone was currently standing.
"What could possibly be here? Boss, you’re being paranoid again."
Fatty mumbled, pulling Wang Banyue along as the two began to search the area.
Zhang Tian, on the other hand, took out the armor from his phantom space. This was Zhang Tian’s only defensive tool.
So, it had to be worn.
Wu Tianzhen’s eyes flickered with envy as he looked at Zhang Tian and the others’ armor.
He hadn't found any materials and couldn't craft such armor himself.
"When we're done with things outside, I'll send you a set."
Zhang Tian looked at Wu Tianzhen.
Zhang Tian was serious about making promises, but this wasn't entirely a baseless promise. Zhang Tian called it a goal, something achievable.
"Okay."
Wu Tianzhen nodded, and a thought solidified in his heart.
"Holy crap, Boss, you were right! There are clues here after all."
Fatty shouted from a corner.
There was excitement on his face.
"My god, in such a hellish place, there are still remains. How strange."
Wang Banyue cleared away the snow around them, muttering to himself unconsciously.
As he spoke, a skeleton also appeared before everyone’s eyes.
The group gathered around.
"What is this? Is it the remains of a grave robber?"
Wu Tianzhen’s gaze also fell upon it.
A corpse appearing here was highly likely to be that of a grave robber; only grave robbers would venture into such a place.
Ordinary villagers would never come to such extremely dangerous locations.
"Something’s not right. Everyone, look, there seems to be a diary here as well."
Hu Bayi’s hoarse voice sounded.
Everyone turned their attention.
At the same time, Zhang Tian felt a jolt.
A diary, could this be the one left by Shirley Yang’s father?
From what he understood, Shirley Yang’s father should have been to such a place.
Later, he recorded the ancient city of Jingjue, but eventually died in Nanyun.