This thought immediately boosted Li Chonglou's fighting spirit.
Xue Zhu and the other person were not hesitant. After confirming Li Chonglou was fine, they immediately turned around and brought everyone else in.
It was only then that Li Chonglou understood why they hadn't brought everyone in earlier.
Those spider异兽 (yìshòu - strange beasts) actually possessed the ability to sense danger!
Originally, only the three of them had entered, encountering only scattered foes, and the so-called elite monsters mentioned by them had not appeared.
But when everyone entered together, a dense swarm of figures suddenly rushed out from the depths of the passage.
It was a mountain of spider异兽!
Although they were all small spider monsters, their sheer numbers were like a black tide surging towards everyone!
It made one's scalp tingle!
"Brother Li, we'll leave this to you. The elite monsters are hiding behind them. Shan Gui and I will kill our way in first!"
After saying that, they drew their weapons, both long swords, though their styles differed. In the blink of an eye, they vanished from everyone's sight like chopping vegetables.
This kind of situation was clearly not new, so no one showed any worried expressions. Instead, they stopped and formed ranks.
"Brother Li!"
The man reminded him. Li Chonglou swallowed nervously and, with a hint of glee, released his divine sense.
Inside the bottle space.
Old Lin sat on the ground with a worried expression. Everyone else was cultivating their techniques, but he had no inclination.
After spending some time together, Caihong was the closest to him. She couldn't help but ask, "Old Lin, what are you thinking about? You look so troubled."
Old Lin looked up at her and said helplessly, "I really don't understand how you all can be so thick-skinned. Little Li has been in here for so long, how much energy has he replenished for us?"
Caihong asked confusedly, "Isn't he still in the underground world? What are you afraid of?"
Old Lin shook his head, "You still haven't understood that kid's special physique, the Heavenly Dao power that Elder An mentioned. If he can stay here safely for even a day, it would be good luck."
There was no telling when such things would happen!
In any case, as far as Old Lin was concerned, as long as Li Chonglou hadn't hunted enough energy for them, he would worry about running out of energy and reincarnating one day!
Just then, a massive surge of energy suddenly poured in.
The quantity was even greater than when they encountered the beast tide before!
Old Lin's expression froze instantly.
The soul bodies that were still studying their techniques also stopped what they were doing, filled with joy.
"What happened?"
"Wow, so much energy, enough for all of us to recover, right?"
Old Lin, having reacted, stood up with a swish.
"Little Li, I misunderstood you. You are indeed the most reliable!"
Caihong ignored his glare and immediately closed her eyes to absorb the energy.
For a moment, all the soul bodies in the bottle space entered a state of recovery.
Outside, Xiao Yin was also stunned by Li Chonglou's methods.
Nearly a thousand spider异兽 were all annihilated in the blink of an eye!
Was this the terror of the seventh level of cultivation?
But even Xue Zhu and Shan Gui together would find it difficult to achieve this much, wouldn't they!
Even Xue Zhu and Shan Gui hadn't expected this. They had only intended to bring Li Chonglou to help clear out the small monsters. They had just killed an elite spider monster when the main force had already caught up.
The two exchanged glances, and their fighting spirit ignited even further. Damn it, didn't you like to bully the few with the many before? Now that all my people are here, you'd better die!
The progress was unexpectedly fast. In less than half an hour, everyone successfully encountered the final boss of the spiders.
It was a massive spider monster, as large as a two-story building. Its eyes alone were larger than an adult's.
Its aura was as they had guessed earlier – it was a spider异兽 that had broken through to the eighth level!
But they had three experts at the peak of the seventh level. Facing this eighth-level Spider King, they were not the least bit intimidated.
A few minutes later, the Spider King turned into a corpse and crashed to the ground.
Li Chonglou naturally seized the final blow. The other two were no longer interested in these residual souls. For them, this little bit of blood crystals was not even a fraction of their mission reward, so they didn't care.
But for the soul bodies in the bottle space, it was equivalent to a spiritual rain falling within the bottle space. The nearly depleted energy was instantly replenished.
"Awesome, Little Li, you're really awesome this time!"
Old Lin, who had recovered to his peak state first, couldn't help but let out a long cry.
Where was the hint of his previous dejection in his demeanor?
Meanwhile, Li Chonglou, in the treasure land, seemed a little disappointed.
With the final Spider King dealt with, the rest would be slowly cleared by their teammates in the death squad. The treasures in the treasure land naturally appeared before the three of them.
Following his usual experience, Li Chonglou believed that complex matters would eventually yield good rewards. He had even hoped it might be related to the items Master Jianwen needed.
To his surprise, it was merely a material for refining strength pills as medicine, and it had absolutely no connection to the soul-healing materials he needed.
However, there were still rewards. The material was eventually bought at a high price by Shan Gui, and he, as a member of the main fighting force, received quite a few blood crystals.
"Brother Li, why don't you accompany us on the rest of the journey? Even if there are no more treasure lands ahead, we are willing to pay some blood crystals as remuneration for your efforts."
As a peak seventh-level combatant, hiding behind several peak fifth-level individuals, anyone with a brain could tell that Li Chonglou was trying to avoid the influence of the Heavenly Dao power in a low-key manner.
If it weren't for this, they wouldn't have taken out blood crystals as remuneration. After all, this mission had a certain connection to Li Chonglou in the first place.
Li Chonglou pondered for a moment. Following them might still offer a chance to find clues about the soul herbs. Returning to where Wu Di and the others were, it would be difficult to even take a step away.
"Alright then, I also want to complete the mission as soon as possible."
Li Chonglou nodded.
Thus, Li Chonglou also joined the death squad.
Speaking of which, he had also joined the death squad back in Iron Forest. These three words seemed to have a destined connection with him. Li Chonglou himself felt it was a bit coincidental.
"If everything stabilizes, it would be a good choice to take some time to visit Iron Forest."
Li Chonglou's mind conjured the image of his senior brother. All the information he had about his master now came from Old Tie. He also wanted to ask his senior brother again.
And with sufficient energy support, Li Chonglou could steadily display his peak seventh-level combat power, at least in terms of divine sense. In terms of actual fighting strength, he was still only around peak sixth-level.
But that was enough.
With Li Chonglou's joining, the group's pace accelerated considerably. A mission that originally took about a week was successfully completed in just three days!