It was all because they had worked together or alone too many times in the past, and they couldn't adapt to Rhett's joining them all at once.

After reacting quickly, Black Star spread his hands and said, "I'm counting on you, Leiter."

Lei Te smiled slightly: "It's a small matter."

So, after a brief discussion, the four people and one beast began to walk north along the stream. Whenever they came across a fork in the road, they would walk through each one one by one, completely implementing a carpet-style search method.

A day and a night passed.

Along the way, Lei Te chatted with Black Star and Jinsha from time to time. With many contacts before, Lei Te felt that his relationship with Black Star was getting more and more familiar, and the topics they talked about were getting wider and wider.

It is now the second day since we arrived at the White Rat Branch.

When it was dark and the stars were shining, they found a passage between two mountains that led into a valley heading northwest, but the road was blocked by a ridge of high ground, whose black edges stood out against the background of the sky like many bare spires, like the teeth of a dull saw.

Black Star was surprised when he saw this scene. The idle chat along the way made him relaxed, so he said casually: "What strange rocks. I have never seen mountains of this shape before. It's really interesting."

Even Jinsha looked at the jagged peak in front of her with a strange look in her eyes, and watched it carefully. Beautiful and novel scenery always attracts people's attention and makes people feel better, and she is no exception.

However, Rhett glanced over and took in the facial expressions of the two men.

He was moved, but his expression remained unchanged as he said:

"Oh? Isn't there a lot of mountainous terrain in the Kingdom of Jinlun? Only in this southwestern border, the plains are relatively vast.

I heard that in the Kingdom of Rim, plains and woodlands occupy most of the area, with very few mountains.

Black Star, are you from the Rem Kingdom?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Black Star's body stiffened. His expression under the veil could not be observed, but Rhett felt that he was a little nervous.

After a moment.

"Of course! Wherever there are villains, there I am. I was indeed active in the Kingdom of Rem a few years ago.

But in recent years, I have been staying in the southwest border." Black Star's voice returned to its cold and clear tone.

Jinsha glanced at Lei Te without leaving any trace, and suddenly quickened his pace and rushed forward, saying: "Just a few dozen kilometers ahead, we will soon reach the Thunder Bear Branch. If we don't find any traces of that group of people, it means... Count Lei Te, your information may be wrong.

We have other things to do, and we can’t waste too much time on this.”

"There can be no mistake!"

Lei Te's voice was extremely confident, which attracted the attention of Black Star and Jinsha.

He looked up at the mountains ahead and whispered, "They are just ahead!"

"Just ahead?" Jinsha's eyes were filled with joy. He turned his head and looked ahead. He saw mountains stretching out in front of him. He showed an expression of "as expected" and asked, "Inside the mountain?"

"No, there should be an underground cave under the mountain, and there is an abnormal collapse there." Rhett told him what he sensed.

Jinsha's face fell, and his happiness was in vain.

"What are we waiting for? Let's go over there!" Black Star was startled, forgetting the previous conversation, and hurried over.

Rhett was not in a hurry. He stayed by Thales' side all the time to prevent his third son from being disconnected and having accidents.

The mountains are very close and can be reached in a few minutes.

With the presence of the fifth-level magician Rhett, even if there was no obvious cave entrance nearby, Rhett forcibly mobilized the earth element based on the location of the underground cavity he sensed, and artificially opened a passage.

A few dozen minutes were enough for him to build a downward sloping passage of several hundred meters.

Although Rhett had a way to spend some time finding the entrance to the passage of the evil alchemists, even if he found it, he did not dare to follow the path set by the other party.

When facing this group of evil and vicious alchemists, we have to be cautious.

He was also worried that the other party had set a trap or hid a poison gas device. Even if he was a fifth-level magician, if he was poisoned by a horrible poison, there was no guarantee that something bad would happen.

It is still the most worry-free to open a passage by yourself! With the continuous mobilization of Lei Te's mental power, a large pile of soil floated and moved, piling up at the foot of the mountain, forming dark brown mounds.

However, when the tunnel was two-thirds dug, Lei Te frowned suddenly and said in a tight voice: "Not good, the people inside noticed the movement and some started to escape."

About half of the people fled in the opposite direction through the deeper passage.

Jinsha asked hurriedly, "Where are they fleeing to? I'll go and intercept them."

Lei Te sensed silently and replied, "You guys go around to the back of this sawtooth mountain and ambush there. You should be able to intercept some of them. I will stay here to deal with the people left in the cave."

“Okay!” Black Star responded. His body gradually became blurred, as if wrapped in a shadow cloak, blending into the darkness until it disappeared.

Leiter continued his 'digging' process! Finally, after more than ten minutes.

The soil suddenly became soft, and when it reached the end, a hint of dark red came into view, and at the same time a strong smell of blood spread through the passage.

Rhett frowned. Having been on the battlefield for a long time, he instantly determined that this strong smell of blood would have required the deaths of hundreds of people to accumulate.

"Evil Alchemy Organization, damn it..."

The next moment, the dark red color of the cave entrance was replaced by bright dark blue, and a vigorous fighting spirit burst out. A fourth-level Earth Knight rushed out and attacked Rhett like a phantom.

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Rhett's eyes. He was not afraid at all. He mobilized his mental strength, condensed a thrust, and attacked the fourth-level Earth Knight who rushed out first.

This fourth-level knight had a fierce look in his eyes and rushed straight towards Rhett with a blood-red sword in his hand.

Huh? A hint of doubt flashed across Lei Te's eyes, and his movements slowed down slightly.

He felt that the knight in front of him, although full of vitality, had madness in his eyes and a lifeless gaze, as if he had lost his own consciousness.

He deliberately retreated to let the opponent leave the passage, leaving them with space to attack on the flat ground.

The next moment, as expected, the fourth-level knight rushed straight towards Rhett without any fear, as if he didn't take him, a fifth-level magician, seriously.

Moreover, the route of attack was straight and straightforward, without any knight's fighting skills at all!

That being the case.

There was a ferocious light flashing in Rhett's eyes, and a ground spike broke out of the ground and entered the anus through the heel!

Ah! A heart-wrenching, lung-shattering scream echoed through the night sky.

Even Black Star and Golden Sand, who were still running, couldn't help but turn their heads to look, but the rocks blocked their view and they couldn't see what Rhett had done to cause people to scream in such agony.

The spike was sharp and slender, and it pierced through the heart from behind, causing the level 4 knight to freeze in place and tremble.

The knight's eyes no longer contained the confusion and madness they had at the beginning. Instead, after a brief moment of clarity, a flash of intense pain passed by.

"Quick, kill me!" An intermittent, struggling voice came from the throat of a level four knight.

"Hmm?" Lei Te was keenly aware that something was wrong. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the other party: "Tell me first, how many experiments have you conducted here..."

"No, it's not me. I was controlled by them. They were...conducting inhumane experiments, and I was a victim!" The knight's eyes were bloodshot and he said these words tremblingly.

Lei Te was shocked when he heard this. He was speechless for a moment. The person in front of him was actually controlled? What was going on?

People can be controlled? It's unheard of!

Seeing that Rhett was not moving, the Level 4 Knight pleaded in pain, "Please... please, kill... kill me, they are... down there..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a blood-red light suddenly burst out from the knight's body. The knight screamed "Ah" again, shivered twice, and the trace of clarity in his eyes disappeared.

Dullness and madness replace clarity and pain!

Lei Te's pupils suddenly shrank. The vitality of the person in front of him was fading away rapidly, but a vigorous force was also bursting out! Obviously, he wanted to make a final burst, and he would not give such a chance! Quicksand Technique! The quicksand that suddenly condensed on the ground restricted the fourth-level knight's further actions. The khaki quicksand vortex kept pulling the opponent, making it difficult for him to move.

Rhett's expression calmed down and he winked at Thales.

The latter was still in shock. The confusing words just now made him feel vaguely that he was involved in a serious incident.

Hearing his father's order, Thales was startled, came to his senses, and began to condense shadow waves, continuously attacking the throat of the fourth-level knight.

[Family members who have crossed four levels and killed the enemy, destiny value +4]

Soon, a light screen appeared in front of Rhett's eyes. With his help, the knight was seriously injured and dying. Thales only cast four shadow waves to kill the fourth-level knight.

Next, Rhett planned to wait patiently to see if there would be any more "puppet"-like knights rushing out.

Unfortunately, after a few minutes, there was no movement. The people inside seemed to see the situation clearly and knew that the people blocking here were not easy to deal with. After all, a level 4 knight died in less than a minute. It was obvious that the enemy was an unmatched existence for them.

He didn't plan to wait any longer and planned to rush in directly!

The sand wolf is roaring!

In an instant, three sand wolves appeared in the passage one after another, with ferocious faces and arranged in a column. Under Rhett's control, they acted as the vanguard and rushed into the passage.

Rhett followed closely behind the three sand wolves, feeling completely safe. He followed the inclined passage that was more than 20 meters long and came to the underground cave.

The cave environment was extremely dim, with a mixture of the smell of blood and the cold and damp smell. A few candles were burning silently in the corners, swaying, and strangely shaped shadows were reflected on the walls, which was eerie and terrifying.

In front of the three sand wolves were six knights with dull eyes. They stood there in a daze, motionless, and ignored the appearance of the sand wolves.

But the moment Rhett entered the cave, six knights with dull eyes rushed towards Rhett like zombies.

Humph! Lei Te's face turned cold. It was not difficult to recognize that these people in front of him were in the same state as the fourth-level earth knight just now.

But their strength is even weaker, with only three level three knights, and the rest are only level two knights.

Moreover, in this state, although they are fearless, they are also unconscious and have no combat skills or experience, so their combat effectiveness is naturally greatly reduced.

There was no need for Rhett to take action himself. Three sand wolves rushed forward with bared fangs and claws, easily tearing the six knights into pieces.

Blood gushed out and flowed all over the ground, but the color of the ground hardly changed at all.

Because... the ground itself is bright red.

After Rhett came in, he noticed that the smell of blood became stronger. After dealing with the six knights, he had the energy to take a closer look at the environment here.

The cave is quite spacious, about 300 square meters. There are ten large iron cages in the corner, with many corpses in them.

When Rhett walked in and saw what was happening, he flew into a rage, clenched his fists tightly, and a surge of anger rose up!

The bodies in the cages were all people who had died not long ago and were still warm. There were men, women, young and old.

Obviously, they were trying to prevent the information from being leaked and to silence them! There were about a dozen people lying in the cage in a mess, looking extremely miserable. Rhett could tell that they were all knights in their previous lives.

"I guess they are all the 'materials' of that group..." Leiter tried to calm down, frowned tightly, and fell into thought: "Now this group of people has both the Blood Source Pearl and the confused knight just now. Obviously, the content of the experiment is extraordinary. I'm afraid it is more mysterious than what we know before..."

"We must catch them and interrogate them carefully!"

Lei Te looked determined, looking at a wide hole next to the cage, with a man-made stone staircase inside, and quickly chased after it! The passage was dark and gloomy, and was filled with poisonous gas.

Rhett held his breath and cast a rock light shield at the same time, protecting himself in 360 degrees without blind spots, so he was able to pass.

Sizzle

The poison gas was highly corrosive, and the khaki light shield on his body was being worn away almost visibly, becoming dull in color.

Fortunately, Rhett was replenishing the earth element while sprinting, and the replenishment speed was faster than the consumption speed!

The three sand wolves were not affected at all. They were agile and cleared the way for him in front.

Although the passage was twisting and had several turns, it was smooth all the way.

Not long after, when Rhett saw a bright light at the entrance of the cave and the stars twinkling above his head, he knew he was almost out.

At the same time, near the cave entrance, he heard the sound of fighting ahead.

There were the clanging sounds of close combat and the violent roar of magical elements.

Rhett's heart moved and he rushed out immediately!

"Jinsha, you go deal with those magicians, and I'll deal with these knights!" Black Star's cold voice came from afar, communicating tactical arrangements with Jinsha.

At this time, Black Star and Golden Sands were engaged in a fierce battle.

When Rhett emerged from the cave, he saw two knights falling down in front of Black Star, revealing Black Star's cold face.

Then, Black Star raised his wand and shouted, "Death Ripple!"

Buzz

It was like a black ripple, spreading rapidly in the area between Leiter and Black Star. The knights, who were a little further away from Leiter but only a dozen meters away from Black Star, were caught off guard when they were attacking Black Star. They were suddenly hit by the death ripples, and their bodies softened and they almost fell to the ground.

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