Chapter 132: A Good News, A Bad News
"Whoosh!"
A faint sound came from the dimly lit and silent permafrost ground as a figure carefully crouched down, slowly moving forward. Moments later, he slightly raised his head, hiding behind a rock as he carefully observed his surroundings.
After confirming that there were no other creatures around, he placed a hand on his lower back and made a hand gesture. Your journey continues with empire
Seeing that hand gesture, the members of the Xing Yun squad followed on tiptoe cautiously.
Early in the morning, they had followed Xing Yun through a very secret path near the border battlefield and quickly sneaked into the Dark Demon Immortal Country.
Not far from this path in a valley was one of the passages where super beasts from the Immortal Country enter the border battlefield, constantly traversated by a large number of strange beasts.
It's said that the most dangerous place is the safest, and it was proving to be true.
So throughout their journey, they hardly dared to breathe.
Even their own pets, in order not to expose the fluctuations of supernatural energy, were put into the Beast Taming Space ahead of time.
This meant they had to be even more cautious because if they couldn't react in time and were attacked by super beasts before they could summon their pets, it would be disastrous.
Fortunately, after stumbling along, they finally seemed to be nearing their destination.
"It's over there," Xing Yun whispered, his voice as low as possible, pointing at a cave not far away, "That cave is your mission location."
The members looked at each other, their faces suddenly turning serious.
A cave, a dark and unknown place, naturally gave them an increased sense of danger.
"We're far from the passage now, you can summon your pets out, but still be careful not to make too much noise," Xing Yun said softly, and then added, "From here on out, the exploration is up to you."
"Okay!" Lin Su nodded, he looked at the other team members who turned to him, and without refusal, quickly took over the command, "We'll approach the cave entrance first."
The nest of the Fear Demon Statue in such a cave was not beyond his expectations.
Since Qiuqiu had used resources from this type of super beast for evolution, Lin Su had done some research on Fear Demon Statues.
This type of super beast has no gender and cannot reproduce through breeding; it is naturally spawned from certain special terrains.
Generally, Fear Demon Statues are born in dark places with rough interiors such as caves and rock caves because of their mobility issues; they generally stay where they are born and move only within a small range.
The nest of the Fear Demon Statue is not only a place where a large number of Fear Demon Statues exist, but also a terrain that continuously produces Fear Demon Statues.
As long as there are no Fear Demon Statues living near the cave entrance, their approach to the cave should not alert those living inside the cave.
Just to be safe, Lin Su still sent Ghost using Shadow Clone to scout ahead first.
Soon, once their safety was confirmed, everyone gathered at the mouth of the cave.
Carefully leaning against the protruding terrain at the entrance of the cave, Lin Su looked at the others and whispered, "Do any of your pets have scouting abilities?"
"My Mushroom Power has Grass and Wood Probe," Zhang Xiaoyu quickly spoke up, and the Mushroom Power beside him waved its fist, indicating that it could help.
"Grass and Wood Probe might not work in this environment," Lin Su sighed lightly, shaking his head slightly.
This ability uses the wood-type supernatural energy to activate the special connections among plants, transmitting the situation from afar to the wood-type super beast. It can only be executed where there are plants.
Inside the cave, naturally, there would be no plants.
Although Mushroom Power could use lush growth to control plants to grow inside the cave and then use Grass and Wood Probe, that would make too much noise. It wouldn't deceive the Fear Demon Statues who would attack as soon as they notice.
"I'll have Ghost use Shadow Clone to scout ahead first."
After pondering for a moment, Lin Su decided to let Ghost take a try.
Entering an unknown cave to investigate the situation inside was too dangerous, and without going inside, they had no other way to investigate.
The pets of Xing Yun's team were mostly conventional types and didn't have any special abilities like sensing or vision adaptation; probably the only risk-free method of investigation that might go unnoticed was Ghost's Shadow Clone.
"Yes!" the team members quickly nodded in agreement.
Lin Su petted Ghost's head and spoke softly, "Normally, the commander-tier Fear Demon Statues are about two meters tall, and those of the monarch-tier can reach over five meters, so they are relatively easy to differentiate."
"Control the Shadow Clone to enter and you don't need to scout everything, just the numbers of commander-tier and monarch-tier is enough."
This was their first attempt at scouting, and Lin Su didn't think they could complete the investigation smoothly on the first try. So, the most important thing for now was to understand the maximum combat power of the opponent.
Also, they needed to test if the opponent could detect Ghost's Shadow Clone.
"Kya! (。⊙‿⊙。)" (Understood!)
Ghost understood Lin Su's intention, raised its paw and conjured a clump of shadow beside it, forming a shape identical to itself. It then controlled the Shadow Clone to apply Shadow Concealment and quickly headed into the depths of the cave.