During their advance, a sudden gust of turbulent airflow came from ahead, and Tang Wulin, without any hesitation, gripped the metal stick in his hand and struck out...
With a "thud," he felt as though he had hit something and took a few steps closer to see clearly the creature he had smashed onto the ground!
It was a bat about twenty to thirty centimeters in size, lying on the ground, convulsing continuously, emitting a faint sound from its mouth...
Tang Wulin exclaimed in surprise, "Is this, a bat?"
For safety's sake, he gripped the stick again and aimed directly at its head, striking down...
In an instant, the bat was smashed to a pulp, and dark blood flowed out from its body...
Gu Yue, who stood at the rear, asked, "Wulin, what happened??"
Tang Wulin shook his head, "Nothing much, just an ordinary bat!"
Gu Yue narrowed her Beautiful Eyes at his response and said, "A bat?"
In her heart, there was an ominous premonition...
Usually, such creatures appeared in swarms!
The female major in the middle slightly curved her lips, as if she already knew what was coming next, yet she showed no intention of warning them!
Tang Wulin did not stop either and continued to move deeper into the cave...
Of course, they encountered many more bat attacks along the way, but he managed to send them flying with a few swings of his stick, not hindering their progress in the slightest!
Finally, having reached the end, they came upon a spacious cavern, and the walls were riddled with densely packed holes, which couldn't help but raise one's vigilance!
"Wulin, be careful, I have a feeling something is not right here!"
The next second, as if Gu Yue's voice had disturbed something, all of the dark holes suddenly emitted two creatures with a green glow in their eyes!!
They were the same type of bats that Tang Wulin had previously sent flying!!
At a rough estimate, there were at least hundreds!
This made his throat swallow with shock as he exclaimed, "There are... hundreds of bats!!"
Seemingly disturbed, the bats all began to flap their dark wings, swarming like a cloud towards the female major...
Tang Wulin's pupils tightened as he quickly moved in front of her, using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track combined with Purple Demon Eyes, rapidly striking at one bat after another!
The female major, seeing his movements as elusive as a ghost, expressed her surprise, "Is this... Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track? You are Tang Sect Disciples!"
However, Tang Wulin, who was focused on fending off the bats, chose not to answer.
As for Gu Yue, she also remained very calm, raising her soul laser gun and pressing the trigger...
"Whish!"
A piercing ray burst forth, directly penetrating the heads of a whole row of bats, causing their bodies to give off a strong stench of burning!
This scene also caught the female major's eye, who thought to herself in admiration, "Such precise shooting! Just one shot took the lives of dozens of bats!"
Are these two really just new recruits?
Faced with the sudden turn of events, they showed not the slightest hint of panic and were instead overly calm, as though they had absolute confidence in this assessment!!
At that thought, to add a bit of difficulty for the two, she gave a light chuckle with her Beautiful Eyes and charged straight ahead...
Without forgetting to remind them, "Your task is to protect me, you know!"
Seeing this, the corner of Tang Wulin's mouth twitched, but he still followed her out, bracing himself to shield the female major from the onslaught of bats!
With this move, most of the bats now fixed their sights on Gu Yue, who stood still, and once again rushed towards her with incredible speed!
Gu Yue's expression remained unchanged; she merely let out a cold "hmph," and in an instant, the majesty of the bloodline of Silver Dragon King within her burst forth...
Anyone who faced it directly became limp on the ground, unable to move!!
Although she couldn't use her Soul Power, that did not hinder the innate oppressive feeling towards lower beings that came with her bloodline of the Silver Dragon King!
Then, as she scanned her surroundings, she found herself utterly alone in the cavern, her face suddenly turned grim...
Tang Wulin had actually run off with that female major!
Although it was to complete the assessment task, she couldn't help but feel somewhat displeased!
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The female major who was jogging along glanced at Tang Wulin, who had caught up with her, and asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to help your companion? After we left, she had to face all the four-legged bats alone!"
Tang Wulin, who was incessantly striking the bats coming at him with a metal rod, yelled in anger, "That's because you deliberately caused trouble!!"
Though he wanted to retort, thinking about how she had the authority to decide whether they qualified to join the Blood God Army, he swallowed his anger silently...
Then he calmly said, "My assessment task is to protect you, officer. As for Gu Yue, I am aware of her strength. Mere bats pose no threat!"
He paused for a moment before inquiring, "But, is the assessment you mentioned just of this level?"
The female major, feeling underestimated, showed a profound smile on her face, "Oh, is that so?"
No sooner had her words fallen than a huge bat appeared in front, its size four times that of the ordinary bats they had encountered before!!
It opened its mouth and emitted a "buzz buzz buzz" of sonic waves...
Tang Wulin immediately sensed that this sound wave was a spiritual attack, and his instincts told him to dodge!
But when he noticed the female major behind him, he thought to himself, "No! If I dodge, this sonic wave will hit the major!"
With no other choice, he had to endure this sonic attack...
In an instant, he felt his sea of consciousness churning, accompanied by a faint stabbing pain...
After a few seconds, his clarity gradually returned...
In theory, after cultivating the Purple Demon Eyes, one's spiritual power should have greatly increased!
However, this bat still caused him significant spiritual damage, indicating that this assessment was far from being as simple as he had imagined!
Subsequently, Gu Yue, noticing that Tang Wulin's complexion was slightly off, asked in confusion, "Wulin, what's wrong with you?"
Tang Wulin warned her, "I'm fine, but Gu Yue, be cautious of this bat in front of you; it can release sonic waves that are a type of spiritual attack!"
Gu Yue nodded, silently making a note of his words...
Unbeknownst to them, the female major chuckled and said, "Don't get it wrong, it's not just this one bat, but... that whole group!"
Right after she spoke, they saw that there were indeed four to five bats capable of emitting sonic waves...
In that moment, Tang Wulin steeled himself, releasing the bloodline power of the Golden Dragon King, with numerous golden soul rings appearing beneath him...
He coldly shouted, "We can't let them release the sonic waves, or there'll be no retreat!"
With those words, he burst forth like a cannonball, charging directly at the several bats ahead...
The female major, however, was taken aback, muttering in shock, "Why can he use his Martial Soul??"
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