It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 662 is not a species

Pei Xianjue had also played some online games, and without Huangfu Miaomiao's reminder, he immediately realized that the light in the brazier was unusual.

"I understand! As long as we possess this flame, we can dispel the fog and repel the Soul-Eating Monsters!" Pei Xianjue hurriedly said, "Go find some branches and wood nearby to make torches!"

There were many trees in the area, but most of them were damp. Wang Xunmei crumpled up a ball of dry grass and tried to start a fire, but found that the flames in the brazier could not ignite the dry grass.

“Something’s not right, this fire won’t burn.” Wang Xunmei withdrew her hand, touched a handful of dry grass, and was even more astonished. “How strange, I can clearly feel the temperature of the flames, but this clump of grass is cold.”

Zhang Lu also took a branch and poked it into the brazier, then pulled it back, touched the branch, and glared at Pei Xianjue, "General Pei, it's really cold."

Huangfu Miaomiao guessed, "Could it be because the fire source is special and can only be lit with special fuel? I see there are only bones in this brazier."

"The bones are too hot to handle, I can't pick them up like this," Wang Xunmei said, perplexed.

“Let me try.” A tall team member walked over, his right hand covered with a thick stone armor that looked like he was wearing a heat-insulating glove.

He reached his right hand into the fire and carefully picked up a piece of crystal-clear bone, afraid that he would crush it if he used the slightest force.

However, as soon as the skeleton left the brazier, the flames quickly diminished, and within just two or three seconds, the firelight vanished completely, and the bones returned to their ashen state.

The team member was startled and quickly threw the bone back into the fire pit.

Bang! The flames roared back to life.

Huangfu Miaomiao touched her face and looked at Pei Xianjue, "Uh, it seems we can't take this kind of fire with us. But the maze is so big, there must be more than one place with braziers, otherwise the players won't be able to move around normally."

The maze is a game instance prepared for players; no matter how difficult it is, there is always a solution.

Pei Xianjue pondered for a moment and nodded. "Continue forward and see if we can find a second stone statue. Once we find a similar-shaped mountain louse tower, destroy it immediately to avoid missing any."

Although Huangfu Miaomiao possesses the All-Seeing Eye, its continuous use would consume too much energy.

The team set off again.

Because of the added task of surveying the mountain louse tower, the team's progress slowed down significantly.

Holding twin swords modeled after Pei Xianjue's weapon, Lin Pengpeng stabbed at the Mountain Lice Tower several times to make sure there were no stone statues hidden inside.

Walking and stopping, half an hour passed without us noticing, and we still hadn't found a second stone statue.

The members of the Light faction gradually felt tired, their light dimmed, and the fog slowly approached the team.

The shadow of the Soul Eater loomed in and out of the mist, waiting for its chance to strike.

The group stopped, and the exhausted Exorcist Knight came to the middle of the group. The Dawn Swordsman, who was in charge of taking turns, filled in the Exorcist Knight's previous position. Huangfu Miaomiao then gave the four of them some small jelly.

Stamina recovery agents are mainly used to restore physical strength, and they can also help with the energy recovery of cards, but the effect is limited.

After a brief pause, the pigeon approached Pei Xianjue with a troubled expression and whispered, "Our positions seem a bit off."

Her voice wasn't loud, but it was still heard by several team members nearby, who all looked at her in astonishment.

The pigeon's expression grew increasingly embarrassed, its hands clutching the hem of its clothes tightly as it stammered, "I can tell the direction, but... the distance, I feel like the distance is a bit off."

Pei Xianjue's expression changed slightly, and her heart tightened, but she tried her best to control her emotions and asked calmly, "Don't rush, tell me why something is wrong?"

Pigeon is very young, only seventeen years old. If it weren't for the fact that the card is suitable for foggy environments, Pei Xianjue wouldn't have let such a young child join the team.

The pigeon explained, “I have a compass in my mind that can point me in the right direction. I can also mark points on the compass to record the locations I’ve been, like where we parked just now. You had me mark that spot, but since then… I’ve noticed the marker hasn’t changed. Logically, the further we go, the further away from that marker should be.” “Why didn’t you say so sooner?!” a team member asked anxiously before Pei Xianjue could speak.

The pigeon wiped its eyes, looking aggrieved. "Because it wasn't obvious, I thought I was mistaken... I didn't expect that even after the group has walked for so long, the distance hasn't changed at all."

The team members were still anxious, but Pei Xianjue raised her hand to stop them.

“It might be related to the zoom level. When the map is zoomed to a certain extent, whether a person moves one meter or one hundred meters, they will appear stationary on the electronic map,” Pei Xianjue said in a deep voice. “Everyone, don’t panic. Now that we’ve discovered the anomaly, let’s find a way to solve it.”

Actually, she was very panicked inside.

There were ripples in the dim fog. Lin Pengpeng held her knife horizontally in front of her and warned her teammates, "Something's up, everyone be careful!"

The formation tightened, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

A massive Soul Eater appeared in the fog.

It feared the Holy Light spell and floated quietly not far away, like a rotting jellyfish, its tattered tentacles undulating slowly.

Suddenly its body began to tremble, and it let out a piercing scream!

The sound was unlike the voice of any living being; it was more like the high-frequency noise emitted by electronic devices!

At the same time, a large amount of dense gray fog erupted from its body! The area that had been illuminated by the holy light spell instantly turned dark!
Everyone was shocked!

Seven or eight small Soul Eaters, lurking in the fog, swarmed forward!

One of the Soul Eaters grabbed the pigeon's shoulder with a thud and bit down hard!
The pigeon squawked in fright!

Pei Xianjue ignited his palm and slapped the pigeon on the shoulder! The Soul-Eating Monster immediately shrank rapidly like a burning piece of plastic, and then fled quickly!

Suddenly, a burst of light erupted—the Dawn Swordsman raised his sword and slashed at the largest Soul Eater!
The sword energy, carrying a dazzling light, cleaved through the thick fog and split the Soul-Eating Monster in two!
The remaining small Soul Eaters scattered in all directions!

Still shaken, everyone looked at each other in the dim white light.

Pei Xianjue pulled open the pigeon's collar a little and found that the muscles in its shoulders were severely atrophied and the skin was wrinkled as if it had aged.

The pigeon didn't feel any pain, but the monster was too frightening, and she lowered her head and sobbed softly.

"Pastor!" Pei Xianjue called out.

The team member with the Holy Priest card immediately stepped forward to treat Pei Xianjue, saying, "Your shoulder and arm are saved, but you'll need to recuperate slowly to get back to your previous condition."

Lin Pengpeng had just killed a Soul Eater, and the monster's tattered tentacles still clung to her blade.

She brandished her knife and said, "This monster looks scary, but it's actually quite fragile. Whether you burn it or chop it with a knife, you can damage it. But there's something strange. We're not weakened, so why did the Soul Eater suddenly attack us?"

Huangfu Miaomiao glanced at her teammates, "Hmm...it seems they're not the same breed."

"What do you mean?" Pei Xianjue asked, frowning.

Huangfu Miaomiao pointed at several team members with her finger, "This one, this one... and this one, they're all weakened by +6, and Pigeon is weakened by +11. It seems that these Soul Eaters that can spray can actively apply a weakening value to their targets."

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