A sense of tacit understanding between them, in short, the distance between the few people present was unconsciously shortened.
And the golden-haired Henry’s captain position became even more firmly established.
“So how do we proceed now?”
Having gotten used to entrusting these decisive questions to Henry, because in a team, it’s best to have only one voice, otherwise it’s easy to cause unpleasantness or conflict.
Henry said directly, “Let’s all rest for a bit, make sure we’ve shaken off that abnormal state, and then we’ll go grab one.”
Henry said, stretching his limbs. Calmly, he not only hadn’t lost his will to fight because of this, but was even more eager to try.
The other three were similar. Only Li Zhonglou had maintained an outsider’s mindset from beginning to end.
If they were ordinary people or much stronger than him, he might have had such feelings, but the gap between them was too large at this moment, and their experiences were something Li Zhonglou couldn’t feel at all.
However, Li Zhonglou was happy to see them grow.
There would definitely be other surprises behind this beast cage, after all, they would separate when they reached the third stage, Iron Forest, and the little girl should have completed her mission by then.
Therefore, if she had any other secrets, they would definitely be revealed in this second stage, the beast cage.
And before these surprises appeared, the stronger their strength, the higher their survival rate, which was undoubtedly beneficial to Li Zhonglou.
At this moment, he had already picked up the little girl again and was looking around. The field of vision here was an empty space with no one else.
It was obvious that the previous team appeared here purely by chance. They should have known that a random exit would appear, so they ran to this side to try their luck, but they didn’t expect to actually encounter it.
However, whether this good luck was for them or for Li Zhonglou’s people was hard to say. Without them, Li Zhonglou wouldn’t have had such a good opportunity to restore Henry and the others to normal and make them realize the problem.
And at this moment, Henry decided to wait here. After all, if an exit could appear once, it would naturally appear a second time, and they knew the general operating mode of the entire beast arena.
However, they waited for more than half an hour.
When the stone wall in front slowly lowered, the few people suddenly jolted, and they sprang up from the ground. However, after the stone wall completely descended, all five of them couldn’t help but look grim.
Because in front of them were not just one team, but a total of five teams, thirty to forty people, all crammed into the entrance passage.
“Yo, didn’t expect there to be any here too. How about it, brother, want to join us?”
The captain of one team invited Li Zhonglou and the others. Henry cautiously did not answer immediately but asked, “How many rounds have you all fought? Is this really okay?”
One of the captains, a one-eyed man, chuckled, “We’ve already fought ten rounds. If there was a problem, it would have happened long ago, don’t you think?”
While they were talking, Li Zhonglou kept observing the little girl’s reaction silently. Unfortunately, this time she didn’t give him any hints.
He didn’t know if it was because of previous experience. Anyway, Li Zhonglou’s intuition told him that it was definitely not okay for so many people to squeeze together to challenge.
Of course, this was just an intuition, and almost everyone would have it. However, it was obvious that the people in the five teams in front had forgotten it due to their previous smooth progress.
After hesitating for a while, Henry refused the other party’s invitation.
“Sorry, we’ll wait for the next one.”
Seeing Henry’s lack of tact, the person who had spoken earlier snorted coldly and glanced at them with disdain.
“A bunch of cowards, probably won’t even be able to enter the Iron Forest.”
Then these five teams continued their challenge, and Henry and the others were not angry or annoyed. They had different paths and couldn’t plan together, so there was no point in getting angry with such people.
However, having missed an entrance opportunity, they could only wait for another half an hour.
Fortunately, this time they encountered not a strange team, but a normal one.
A team that looked like they had fought for a long time, with signs of fatigue on their bodies, but their faces still held excitement.
After realizing this drawback, everyone felt at ease taking over the battlefield, as it was equivalent to indirectly saving their lives.
Therefore, all of them showed no mercy. One person, one kick, and they were all kicked out. The deeply poisoned team was no match for them in a single move.
Then the four of them rushed towards the异兽 in the battlefield.
For a time, the situation stabilized. Realizing that the blood of these 异兽 was problematic, they all took great care to minimize bleeding wounds, and their cooperation became more and more tacit. Each battle only took about ten minutes to end.
And every time they changed venues after the battle, small teams from outside also tried to compete, but they were all repelled by the four.
In this way, they continued until the eleventh battle. When only one stone wall descended, they already realized something was wrong.
“Why isn’t it two sides this time?”
“Be careful, anomalies indicate reasons.”
Without words, they instinctively took their positions, shielding Li Zhonglou in the center.
Then, to their great surprise, when it was halfway down, a mechanism suddenly appeared under Li Zhonglou’s feet, and the entire floor suddenly sprang downwards. Carrying the little girl, Li Zhonglou only had time to change his expression before falling into it.
“Five!”
Hearing the unusual sound and turning to see this, the few people, in their haste, wanted to check the situation below, but the floor suddenly sprang back and returned to normal.
At this time, the stone wall had completely lowered. Inside, there were still 异兽, and only one of them.
A Death Claw, which was smaller than the one they had encountered before!
“Damn it! How can this thing be here!”
Their faces changed drastically, and they no longer cared about the disappeared Li Zhonglou, and formed a formation as if facing a great enemy.
On the other side, after falling into the dark space, Li Zhonglou quickly felt himself landing on a soft cushion. Although he couldn’t see what it was, it felt harmless under his feet.
At this moment, the lights suddenly came on around them. The blinding light made them instinctively squint.
And then, at this moment, an accident occurred.
A sharp, cold light came rapidly from behind. Although Li Zhonglou didn’t see it, he instantly sensed its presence. He immediately rolled to the right with the little girl on his back, and with the little girl’s startled cry, they rolled to the side.