"This damn map must be quite old. The writing on it is so blurry that I can't even tell where the Youshui Lake is." Rhett said helplessly as he pulled a yellowed map with both hands.

Then, he secretly gave Tucker a hidden look.

Tucker understood what he meant, and went over the lines in his mind. According to the prank plan that his father had secretly discussed with him not long ago, he glanced at Taylors unnoticed and said:

"Perhaps these forked roads will converge soon after they extend further. Why don't we go separately for a while, and if we haven't found our target in half an hour, we can all meet here together."

Leiter nodded in approval and said slowly, "Well... let's give it a try. Then I'll take Taylors and Dick one way, and Tucker, you can go by yourself."

"No, no problem." Tucker agreed, and when he looked at the fork in the road, his eyes seemed a little unnatural.

"Tucker, don't be scared later!" Taylors didn't realize the prank plan at all, but said with a smile.

"Tsk, a real man is fearless!" Tucker said disdainfully, and then swaggered towards the fork in the middle.

"Let's set off quickly." Rhett took Thales and walked towards the fork in the road on the right.

Soon after, Taylors took Dick's hand and followed Rhett to the end of the fork in the road.

The scene before us shows thick trees closely connected and bushes clustered in dense groups.

Taylors slapped his forehead and said in annoyance, "Oh no, this is a dead end. Then there are only two roads left, which means that Tucker is most likely going to the right road."

He looked at Leiter and continued, "Father, do you think Tucker will be so immersed in appreciating the beauty of Youshui Lake that he will forget to return?"

"Hmm...it's possible." Lei Te nodded as if he thought it made sense, and said, "Then we should hurry back and take another route."

"That's right, we can't let Tucker have it all to himself!" Taylors said with a smile.

The three of them quickly turned back, and when they returned to the fork in the road, it was indeed empty, with no one in sight.

Taylors opened his eyes slightly, quite surprised, and raised his voice and said: "Wow, it seems that I guessed right, Tucker really forgot to return!"

He turned his head to look at his father, ready to show off, but his gradually mature mind made him frown suddenly and whispered: "Did Tucker encounter an accident? But we have left the deep area, and mid-level monsters should be rare..."

Lei Te narrowed his eyes and said in a tight voice: "Don't think too much, just catch up!"

Taylors' eyes flashed with a hint of worry, and he quickly followed his father's footsteps.

The three of them shuttled through the pitch-black passage. Fortunately, with the light elements condensed by Leiter, the road ahead was always kept bright.

Gradually, the fork in the road seemed to become wider and wider, the woods became thinner and thinner, the scene in front of me gradually opened up, and the space seemed less dark.

"I feel the coolness and a large amount of water elements. The Dark Water Lake is ahead!" Thales shouted in surprise.

A hint of joy appeared in the corner of his eyes, but it did not last long. Suddenly, something appeared in his sight, lying at the end of the road.

As the starlight shone, the ground in the distance became slightly brighter, and large bloodstains began to appear on the ground, as well as some familiar clothes and randomly scattered pieces of meat.

"That's...what Tucker was wearing just now!"

Leiter looked incredulous, as if he had suffered a heavy blow. He stared blankly at the ground in front of him, as if he was lost in thought.

"Oh my God!" Thales' eyes widened, his breathing stopped suddenly, and he covered his mouth with one hand.

"No, Tucker!"

Thales' eyes were moist and he ran forward quickly. He was a little dazed and couldn't believe that his brother had died like that.

"This is not true, Tucker, how could you have an accident in this place?" Taylors came closer, his heart filled with endless grief, he choked and said: "Tucker, you are just alone... enjoying the scenery alone, I haven't even had the chance to say anything to you, how could you have an accident..."

Even Dick, the little guy, believed it. He jumped off Huo Ge's back, stared blankly straight ahead, and cried loudly with tears in his eyes.

At this time, in order not to show anything strange, Rhett pretended to be unbelievable and his eyes were full of sorrow.

A few minutes later.

The lake was rippling, and ripples were spreading rapidly. A thick, dark python broke through the water, splashing water, and emerged upright, making a ferocious hissing sound. A rotten smell filled the air.

Taylors suddenly raised his head, his eyes red, and felt the powerful aura a hundred meters away, and roared angrily: "It's you, it must be you who killed Tucker!"

At this time, Rhett also exuded a murderous intent and walked over slowly.

But he was muttering in his heart, "Elf, oh elf, why don't you show up yet? How long are you going to wait...?"

As if responding to the call in Rhett's heart, suddenly, the light around him disappeared all at once, and even the light element condensed by Rhett disappeared at the same time.

The world was plunged into pitch-black darkness.

Dick was shouting anxiously, and Huo Ge and Thales were also confused and didn't know what was going on.

The next moment, in a corner that no one could see, a shadow with small wings blended into the darkness fell from the sky and entered Thales' body. Thales groaned and fell straight to the ground.

Taking advantage of the darkness, Rhett did not sit idle and went forward to fight the monster that emerged from the water.

Just one spike, carrying a mysterious force, penetrated it directly from head to toe!

A miserable wail was heard from the darkness, water splashed everywhere, and the noise was loud. The giant python lost its life just as it showed its head.

The thick darkness came and dispersed quickly. The process of being possessed by the elf was actually just a short time. Rhett had two experiences and was very familiar with it.

There was a faint visible light around, and Rhett discovered that Thales had fallen asleep.

At this time, there was a rustling sound coming from the bushes nearby. Tucker popped his big head out, looked around, and asked in shock: "Father, what happened to Thales? What happened just now? The world suddenly went dark, and even the light of fighting spirit could not be displayed."

Lei Te frowned and said hesitantly: "Based on my past experience, Thales... seems to have been recognized as the master by an elf..."

"Father, father, woooo..." Dick hugged Tucker's thighs at this time, his tears wet Tucker's pants, and he sobbed.

"Oh, little Dick, Daddy is fine. He was just joking with your Uncle Taylor!" All the strange colors on Tucker's face suddenly disappeared. Feeling the weak force on his legs, he leaned over and comforted him softly. At the same time, he put his big head close to Dick's face and smacked him twice.

"It looks like a dark spirit. If it were you, you might not be able to attract it." Leiter shook his head and said, "And I'm just guessing based on experience. Let's wait until Taylor wakes up before asking."

Tucker calmed down and realized that this was just Taylor's luck. If it were him, he would definitely not be able to get the elf. He sighed and stroked Dick's little head.

When Taylor woke up slowly, he saw his father, Tucker, Dick, and Huo Ge surrounding him.

He blinked and said, "Father, what happened just now? I seem to have fainted."

Then, he looked at the familiar face, stared at it for two seconds, and shouted in disbelief: "Tucker? How are you still alive! Didn't you just..."

“Ahem, Thales, don’t get excited.

Please listen to me, it was just a prank arranged by my father and me…” Tucker blushed and explained.

Thales was stunned for a moment, then he breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he was fine. But then he became annoyed and muttered:

"Oh my god, I actually fell for a prank? I'm obviously the one who played the prank! I can't forgive myself!"

"Stop complaining. Instead of this, why don't you look at the changes in your body?" Lei Te glanced at him and asked, "Based on my experience, I guess that an elf recognized you as its master."

"I conquered the elves?!" Thales was stunned for a moment, then said in disbelief. Immediately, he closed his eyes and silently felt the changes in his mind.

But suddenly, his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly said: "Strange, why is my mental power so expanded. Huh? I think I'm about to break through!"

Leiter and Tucker were both surprised, and Leiter said directly: "Then you should focus on your breakthrough first, and we can talk about other things later!"

Tucker was stunned, a hint of envy flashed across his eyes, but more of it was joy, and he sincerely congratulated Taylor on his achievement.

Soon after, a curtain of light appeared on Leiter's face, with the corners of his mouth curled up.

[Family members’ strength advances, destiny value +5]

At this time, Thales also opened his eyes, feeling the mental power that had increased several times, and met the gazes of his father and Tucker, with deep surprise in his eyes, and said:

"It seems to be true. There is indeed a very obscure connection in my mind. It seems to be very good at hiding, but I can clearly feel its existence and... its general ability."

"What kind of ability does it have? It can actually help you break through! It looks very similar to Ruilai's snow elf." Tucker muttered curiously.

"Well, it is somewhat similar, but fundamentally different." Thales said thoughtfully, "It can bless dark magic plants and magic beasts. In addition, it can also deprive them of light. Finally, there is one more thing, it can devour others and feed back to me spiritual power..."

When the last sentence fell, Tucker said anxiously: "Can you devour other people's mental power? This is too evil! Taylors, you can't expose yourself to others casually."

"Nonsense, do you think I'm stupid?" Taylor rolled his eyes.

Lei Te narrowed his eyes and thought, as if he had thought of something, and asked: "What is the method of this elf swallowing? Demonstrate it on the spot, using the monster over there as the target."

Thales looked at the body lying in a pool of blood and nodded hesitantly. In fact, he himself was also very surprised and curious.

After some communication, a small bat-like black shadow appeared, but it stayed in the air for only a few seconds and then went back into Thales' body.

Thales was also stunned, looking embarrassed, not understanding the situation.

"What's going on? Can't it devour monsters? Can it only target humans?" Leiter frowned. If that's the case, it's a bit difficult to deal with. We can't just keep killing people.

"This... I'm not too sure. The meaning it conveys is rather vague. Anyway, a corpse will definitely not do!" Thales said thoughtfully.

It turns out that corpses cannot be used as targets, but this makes things even more difficult... Lei Te thought to himself: "Do I have to capture living people and let Thales devour them in the future?"

At this time, his thinking was still limited to the impact of the Blood Source Pearl and the artifact fragments. He subconsciously regarded it as violent swallowing and violent feedback.

A moment later, he led a few people to sweep the forest and found a second-level light-pupil dog.

"Try again." Rhett threw the severely injured and incapacitated Light Pupil Dog in front of Thales.

Thales nodded and released the bat-shaped elf, but the result was the same as last time. It was indifferent after coming out and quickly returned to the body.

He asked doubtfully, "It seems... we can't target monsters?"

Hearing this, Lei Te's face turned ugly. His guess was confirmed again. However, if even the monsters could not be targeted, would he really have to keep looking for living people for Thales's training in the future? The scene fell into silence for a while, and no one spoke.

But at this time, young Dick, even though his physique was quite outstanding among his peers, was only five years old after all. He was also tired after a day of work. It was already the middle of the night, and he fell asleep behind Huo Ge without knowing when. He uttered a series of unconscious mumbling in his sleep, breaking the silence.

Looking at his grandson's sleeping face, he was sniffling and even had a faint smile on his face, as if he was having a sweet dream. Leiter's heart moved and he said to Taylors: "Call the elf out again and put it next to Dick to see if there is any special reaction!"

"Understood!" Thales responded, communicating with his mind and releasing the bat shadow again.

The bat shadow is quite small, about the same size as a normal human head, and as thin as a piece of paper.

This time, it actually flew directly towards Dick who was sleeping.

Immediately afterwards, Thales's face changed drastically, and without Rhett's reminder, he quickly recalled the bat.

"What's going on?" Tucker was also a little surprised and held Dick in his arms. "Could this evil elf only be interested in children?"

"No." Leiter shook his head, touched his chin, and said as if recalling something: "Do you remember the adventurers we met three days ago when we just left the deep area? They talked about some strange phenomena..."

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