The Wind-Controlling Swordsmanship from Under One Person

Chapter 167 Snow Mountain, Hypnosis Master
Three days later, at the foot of a large snow-capped mountain.

Qin Ye and Bai Yuekui stopped here side by side, followed by Bai Yuekui's team members and Mark, who looked more and more like a human.

After three days of trekking through the perilous apocalyptic wasteland, everyone's face was filled with fatigue. Even with the blessing of the Return to Origin state, their figures were completely exposed to the sight of the Extreme Beasts and they were still inevitably attacked.

The blood and energy around Qin Ye leaked out uncontrollably. It was obvious that he had killed quite a few Extreme Beasts in the past few days.

During this period, they also encountered an extremely large double-jawed beast with a huge human head on the front. It looked very strange and its defense was much higher than that of other beasts. Even its slashing attacks with the help of the wind control would produce a strong sense of blockage.

After joining forces with Bai Yuekui to kill it, it provided 50 points of life essence, the most ever.

Bai Yuekui took out a handheld computer and looked it over, then said:

"After unloading, we can't drive the rest of the way. The target is too big and the road doesn't support it."

After receiving the order, her team members immediately unloaded survival supplies and weapons and equipment from the vehicle. The burly man named Shan Da carried two large boxes by himself.

Even though Mark transformed into the Extreme Beast, his temperament was still gentle. He wanted to help, but was stopped by Bai Yuekui. Everyone had their own division of labor, and Mark's main responsibility was to explore the way.

After all, as long as Mark doesn't take the initiative to attack the Extreme Beast, the Extreme Beast of the same kind will not attack him.

"Everyone, be careful. This place is not far from the vortex passage. There will be very powerful extreme beasts lurking around."

After Bai Yuekui finished speaking, he took the lead and climbed up the Snow Mountain, with Qin Ye following closely behind.

It seems that because of the cold, the snow-capped mountains are not covered by the Mana ecosystem, but this place is just like other places, without any vitality.

In the end of the world, humans can still barely preserve some fire, but animals such as jackals, tigers, and leopards that once lived in nature have almost become extinct.

However, insects have not become extinct, especially cockroaches, which are still very tenacious. There are even quite a few of them on the lighthouse, and they are the main ingredient for making the "insect cakes" food of the dust people.

"stop!"

Bai Yuekui, who was at the front of the team, suddenly stopped and bent down to observe a slightly sunken mark on the snow.

"It's footprints."

Qin Ye also bent down, moved closer to Bai Yuekui, and stared at the slightly sunken mark.

The mark was semicircular and only half the size of a normal human footprint. To be honest, he really couldn't tell that it was a footprint. Instead, he felt that it was more appropriate to say that it was a pit made by a stone.

But Bai Yuekui had her reasons for saying yes. After spending the past few days together, he found that this woman was very rational, smart, decisive, and would not do useless work. Every one of her actions had a clear purpose, which was quite similar to himself.

"What kind of footprints are these? The Extreme Devouring Beast?"

"Hmm" Bai Yuekui subconsciously wanted to look back, but his movements suddenly froze.

At this moment, she realized that the distance between her and Qin Ye was so close, only a few inches. As long as she turned slightly, her body would inevitably stick to him.

The hot masculine scent hit her ears and cheeks, making her feel tingling and numb. Even her usually calm face showed a somewhat unnatural expression.

"Ahem. Boss, aren't you two tired of this position?"

On the side, Xia Dou saw that the two of them were about to get close and didn't move, so she couldn't help but remind them.

Hearing this, Qin Ye also realized that there was something wrong with their posture, and quickly straightened up and took a step back.

Bai Yuekui also stood up quickly, his expression regained its composure, and then he spoke quickly:

"A humanoid Extreme Devourer. This Extreme Devourer is very intelligent and more dangerous than a Diplognathus. Everyone, please move closer. Mark will lead, and I will be the tail, Divine Envoy."

"Qin Ye."

Bai Yuekui looked at Qin Ye, then nodded and looked away: "Qin Ye, you guard the flanks to prevent the Extreme Devouring Beast from attacking."

After confirming their position, the group continued their journey. Their goal was to cross the Great Snow Mountain and reach the Mana Ecological Core Area, a hundred miles away, which was also the original point of the disaster.

Not long after walking, the team stopped again, and everyone's eyes were looking in one direction.

There, thick wooden stakes were like ferocious fangs, inserted straight into the ground, and on the top of the stakes were skulls that had long been devoid of flesh and blood.

The jaws of those heads were wide open, as if they were still screaming in despair before death. The eye sockets were empty, like the abyss of fear, and there was still dried blood in the eye sockets, winding down along the facial bones.

Next to these skull stakes, there were several broken human skeletons roughly nailed to the stakes, with their limbs twisted into strange angles, black tendons exposed, and muddy and blurred.

The air was filled with the smell of death and decay, like a scene from hell.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the team except Qin Ye showed a look of shock, even Bai Yuekui frowned.

This scene could definitely not have been created by the Extreme Beast.

Their instinct is to eat and absorb life essence, and they will not engage in such cruel killing behavior.

Only humans, or things with human consciousness, can commit such cruel acts.

"Everyone be careful, this could be a hypnotist who has fallen into the ecological trap!"

Hypnotist? Qin Ye searched for this word in his mind.

At the beginning of the disaster, the first evolvers to awaken, perhaps through ecological evolution, were cruel and violent in nature. They would suppress themselves in peacetime, but their true nature was completely exposed after the disaster.

They constantly lure ordinary people, use scarlet pigment to hypnotize them, and absorb their life essence when they are off guard to enhance their own abilities.

Official name - Hypnotist.

These people not only absorb life essence like the Extreme Beasts, but also enjoy killing humans and taking pleasure in it.

When the lighthouse was named Tartarus, it was these people who were imprisoned when it was first built.

Qin Ye's thoughts had just come back to him when he heard a sharp sound of breaking through the air. It was a spear with a very sharp tip.

The target was not him, but Xia Dou, who seemed to be the easiest to bully in the team.

With a loud "clang" sound, Qin Ye quickly cut the spear that passed by him into two pieces.

But then, more spears shot towards them like raindrops, as if trying to prick them into hedgehogs.

There were no noobs in the team, and everyone was surprised and immediately joined the battle.

Shanda held a high-tech shield and stood in front of Xia Dou and Guayan. The latter two were a beastmaster and a technician respectively, and their frontal combat power was not strong.

Xu Tong was wearing a metal mask, or rather, his entire face was made of mechanical structure. His face was open and a tube extended from it, from which a large amount of scarlet mist spewed out, blocking the enemy's vision.

The most aggressive member of the team is Shattered Star, a tall woman.

Holding a longbow, he acts as the archer in the team and counterattacks the enemy.

Mark moved swiftly, roaring and swatting the incoming spear away, then rushed forward quickly.

Bai Yuekui's expression changed and he wanted to follow, but was stopped by Qin Ye.

"Don't do it, protect the team."

As soon as the words fell, Qin Ye disappeared from the spot in a flash. In the blink of an eye, he passed Mark and rushed towards the direction where the spear came from.

He was very curious about what these hypnotists who depended on the ecosystem looked like.

(End of this chapter)