"Our goal is to get the data and get away safely!" Ye Ling lowered her voice and shuttled through the dense woods like an agile night cat.
Ruiz followed closely behind her, muttering, "I shouldn't have agreed to this. What a sin I've committed!"
It was eerily quiet, with only the rustling of leaves in the wind and the sound of their light footsteps.
Ye Ling felt her heartbeat getting louder and louder, like the beating of a drum, and the tension wrapped her tightly like an invisible net.
"Shh!" Ye Ling suddenly stopped and made a gesture to keep quiet.
She felt that the air around her seemed to solidify, and a dangerous aura spread.
Almost at the same moment, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Countless poisonous arrows shot from all directions, as dense as a rain of pear blossom needles.
"Oh my god! Are they serious?" Ryze screamed and pulled Ye Ling to roll on the ground, barely avoiding a round of attacks.
Before they could catch their breath, the ground beneath their feet suddenly cracked open, and a huge crack appeared in front of them.
"Run!" Ye Ling shouted and pulled Ryze to jump to the other side of the crack.
The two men fell to the ground in a mess, and before they could get up, more traps were triggered.
Flames, falling rocks, poisonous gas...
Various attacks came one after another, Ye Ling and Ryze dodged left and right, and were in danger all around.
"This is too exaggerated! The cultivation sect is trying to kill us!" Ryze complained while dodging the attacks.
Ye Ling gritted her teeth, her eyes determined: "No, we must get the data!"
Just then, a dark shadow passed over their heads.
"Who?" Ye Ling looked up vigilantly.
A shadow flashed, and Akali appeared in front of them.
She did not wear the standard Taoist robe of a cultivation sect, but a neat and tight-fitting outfit, which was out of tune with the ancient atmosphere around her.
"Don't stand there, let's go!" Akali lowered her voice and spoke quickly, while clicking her fingers repeatedly, and several streams of spiritual power were injected into the ground.
The trap that seemed to be a dragnet had several short gaps.
"Oh my god! There is such a thing?!" Ryze widened his eyes, looking incredulous.
Ye Ling was also a little surprised. She didn't expect that such "friendly forces" would appear at the critical moment.
She looked at Akali gratefully. Although she didn't know why she helped her, action was the most important thing at this moment.
"Thank you!" Ye Ling said quickly, pulling Ryze and taking advantage of the gaps in the mechanism to quickly pass through this dangerous area.
As soon as a few people escaped, they felt a powerful pressure coming from all directions.
"Ye Ling! How dare you trespass into our sect's important territory!" With an angry shout, Shen emerged from the dense forest with a group of cultivators and surrounded them like an iron barrel.
"Oh, this time I'm really caught in a jar!" Ryze smiled bitterly. He felt like a little lamb that had strayed into a wolf's den. He felt extremely desperate at the moment.
"Ye Ling, do you admit your guilt?" Shen's tone was icy, his eyes sharp as a sword pointing directly at Ye Ling. "You, an outsider, actually dared to spy on our sect's treasure. Your crime is unforgivable!"
The cultivators around raised their magic weapons and glared at Ye Ling, as if they were going to tear her into pieces in the next second.
The air was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, so oppressive that it made people breathless.
"This scene is too scary!" Ryze shrank his neck and muttered softly.
Ye Ling looked around and saw those hostile eyes, and the tension in her heart reached its peak.
She knew that every next step was crucial, and any mistake could lead to disaster.
She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself down.
"You must be mistaken. I'm not here to steal anything." Ye Ling's mouth curled up slightly, and her tone was as calm as if she was discussing today's weather. "I came here just to obtain some key data..."
Ye Ling calmly stated that her goal was to obtain key data to stabilize the integration and benefit the entire world.
Her tone was calm, as if she was talking about something very ordinary.
After hearing this, some of the cultivators around had a flicker of hesitation in their eyes, as if they were considering the truthfulness of her words.
But be careful
"You, an outsider, don't even think about deceiving us with such a crude lie!" Shen's voice was as piercing as ice. The cultivators around him responded one after another, and the magic weapons in their hands flashed with light, emitting a strong murderous aura.
Akali looked at Ye Ling with a complicated expression in her eyes, but didn't dare to say anything more.
She knew that violating the sect's rules without authorization would have disastrous consequences.
Ye Ling ignored their threats, her eyes firm as she spoke slowly, "I'm telling the truth. I need this data to solve the problem of integrating mechas with cultivation energy. Only in this way can we fight against the threats from the outer universe and protect this continent."
Ryze looked at Ye Ling
"Enough! Catch her for me!" Shen shouted, and the cultivators responded one after another.
The energy light and the magic weapon light complement each other, and the air is filled with a strong fighting atmosphere.
Ye Ling and Ryze reacted quickly. Ryze used some functions of the mecha to temporarily resist the attack. The energy shield flashed in the air, resisting the attacks of spells.
Ye Ling took the opportunity to look for the entrance to the treasure house. Her movements were swift and precise, as if every move had been rehearsed countless times.
The battle was extremely fierce. Ye Ling and Ryze cooperated well, but the cultivators' offensive was like a tide, one wave after another, as if there would be no end.
Ye Ling finally found the entrance to the treasure house, but it was sealed by a powerful ban. The light was so bright that it seemed impossible to shake it with any external force.
At this moment, Ye Ling's pupils suddenly contracted, and she saw a group of familiar figures - people from the Duan Yu family also appeared here.
"Duan Yu, you're here at the right time..." Ye Ling whispered, with a hint of complicated emotions in her voice, while Duan Yu's eyes were full of contradictions and difficulties.
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