The metal gate opened, revealing a vast array of scarlet eyes, a dense and chilling sight.

"careful!"

Ilya shouted and immediately drew her lightning spear and plunged it in.

Amidst the bursts of lightning, one could see that the room was filled with tiny, deformed monsters, each less than a meter tall.

It's somewhat similar to goblins in movies and TV shows from my previous life, but even uglier.

Following Ilya's attack, everyone else followed suit and began unleashing their skills towards the opposing nest.

Especially White Spirit's psionic missiles; they're incredibly satisfying to detonate in such a dense, open space.

"Xiao Qi, we didn't have any information before, has this place become like this?"

Ye Qingya glanced at the attack of the many tamed beasts and felt there was nothing wrong, so she simply asked about her doubts.

Slovic shook his head. "When the Royal Family collected this intelligence before, it was only kept secret as a backup channel to verify its authenticity. No one went in to investigate what was inside."

About ten minutes later, thanks to the efforts of the many beast tamers, not a single monster escaped; they were all eliminated inside.

Bai Ling lit a large white foxfire, illuminating the entire space.

There was another cave on the opposite side, which looked to be quite large.

Judging from the intricate roads and the constructed buildings, these small things do have some forging capabilities.

"According to intelligence, this race should be goblins. Although the race is weak, it has a strong ability to reproduce and manufacture, and is very intelligent."

I never imagined it would turn out like this. I really don't know what happened to this blood-soaked cavern; these creatures all seem a bit off.

Slovich looked thoughtfully at the mangled corpse on the ground.

Just then, Qin Xiao groggily opened his eyes and sat up from Youyou's back.

Looking around, there were unidentified, mutilated corpses and explosion marks left by various skills.

"Holy crap, where the hell did I get this?"

"Master, you're awake!" Jingjing flew up happily and wrapped herself around Qin Xiao's neck.

Qin Xiao patted Youyou's back, then jumped off her back.

Several tamed beasts gathered around, and Qin Xiao inquired about the current situation.

"Forget it, whatever the reason, we have to go in anyway. Youyou, go find a way out of here first."

After listening to everyone's opinions, Qin Xiao made his decision after a moment.

Upon hearing the command, Youyou immediately activated her Free Travel skill, passing through the walls and traversing the entire cave.

Qin Xiao, along with Ilya and the others, stood beside the mutilated corpses.

Does this thing contain spirit crystals?

Ilya immediately summoned a lightning spear, quickly pierced through the flesh, and searched the area.

"Tsk, no spirit crystals?!"

Qin Xiao was dumbfounded. There were no spirit crystals, which meant that the other party did not belong to the category of alien beasts, but was a race similar to theirs.

"Damn, it seems the reason these things are distorted is really serious!"

Soon, Youyou found a way out and flew back.

Following the path scouted out by Youyou, the group began their journey towards the Bloodstained Cavern. The gate that had been opened behind them slowly began to close.

The blood they used to open the door has been used up, and they will have to leave through another exit of the Blood Cavern.

This basically requires them to traverse the entire Bloodstained Cavern.

However, this was within Qin Xiao's calculations. If he couldn't find anything unusual after traversing the entire Bloodstained Cavern for more than ten days, then he would have to give up.

Leaving the cave along the road, we were clearly at the foot of a large mountain. The entire interior of the mountain had been essentially hollowed out by the goblins.

The entire bloody underground world is not illuminated by celestial bodies such as the sun and moon; instead, it is adorned with various kinds of luminous plants.

This also resulted in the cave being somewhat dark, with all the creatures appearing to have dark skin and being afraid of bright light.

The mountain where they were located was completely barren, with virtually no living things in sight except for some luminous plant seeds that had fallen from the dome and started to grow again.

"Huh, what's going on? Wasn't it said that there were many species of creatures in the cave?"

Qin Xiao muttered curiously.

The others were also confused. Ye Qingya looked around and said, "Qin Xiao, why don't we move forward and see if we can encounter any races that still retain intelligence?"

Qin Xiao nodded. "Then let's go. There's no point in staying here."

After speaking, Qin Xiao climbed onto Ilya's back, while Bai Ling and Slovich temporarily returned to the demon realm space, as the journey was rather tedious.

After walking for most of the day, covering nearly a hundred miles, the surrounding environment finally began to change and became more vibrant.

Unidentified plants and trees began to appear more frequently, and there were also signs of activity from small animals.

Qin Xiao turned his head to look at the mountain range behind him, which was pitch black and looked somewhat eerie.

Along the way, Qin Xiao captured many strangely shaped monsters. Unfortunately, although they possessed spirit crystals, they lacked intelligence and could not be communicated with.

However, since the Bloodstained Caverns were once home to many intelligent races, Qin Xiao believed that it was impossible for them to have been completely wiped out.

The first day was just a monotonous journey, along with collecting some exotic beast spirit crystals.

The second day, the third day... four days passed in a row, and Qin Xiao and his group still hadn't made any progress.

All I've seen are mindless monsters and beasts; aside from survival, there's no way to communicate with these strange creatures.

"Do you think there are really no intelligent beings left in this Bloodstained Cavern?"

Qin Xiao ate the lamb leg that Ilya handed him and said somewhat speechlessly.

Ye Qingya carefully picked at the meat with a knife. "Xiao Qin, don't worry too much. Given our range of activity, any intelligent creature will definitely find us."

“Master, we are now close to the central area of ​​the Bloodstained Cavern. The variety of these strange beasts has also increased. If there are any intelligent creatures, we should be able to see them in the next couple of days.”

Slovich said in a low voice, her intelligence records indicating that, based on the size of the Bloodstained Cavern, they were indeed approaching the central region.

Qin Xiao knew this, of course, but he hadn't found anything for a few days and was just saying it casually out of boredom.

After finishing their meal and resting for a while, everyone set off again.

This time, after only traveling a few dozen miles, the area ahead suddenly became much brighter, as if the dark night had been dispelled by something.

Qin Xiao, sitting on Ilya's back, was startled when he saw the firelight!

There are fires and buildings!

"Looks like we're in luck; we've actually found intelligent life."

Qin Xiao's words revealed a hint of curiosity and excitement.

What is the situation of the intelligent races that survived in this vast, blood-soaked cavern?