Ultimately, everyone decided to venture into the Black Domain's main city without hesitation.
The metal-type ability user removed the slightly different golden wall.
After absorbing the crystal core in her hand and replenishing her energy, a silvery-white light flashed in Gu Mingyue's eyes.
Her gaze pierced through layers of golden walls, advancing thirty meters until she saw two rows of fully armed golden knights standing beside the only exit leading to the Black Domain's main city, at which point she stopped exploring.
They are called Golden Knights because these monsters are covered in gold from head to toe, with only their mouths for feeding and their eyes for patrolling exposed.
"There are 14 Golden Knights guarding the exit."
Upon hearing this, just as everyone was about to leave, Gu Mingyue grabbed them, "Wait, another group of Golden Knights has arrived, and it seems they are in the process of changing shifts."
The group stopped running until Gu Mingyue signaled that the number of Golden Knights was at its lowest, at which point they continued running towards the exit.
Upon reaching the exit, the group faced another dilemma: fourteen golden knights guarded the exit. If they rashly rushed out, the monster's howl would inevitably attract other golden knights.
Before anyone could even reach the top of the tower, they would be caught in a pincer movement at the exit by the Golden Knight and the Golden Monster, and no one would be able to escape.
"It would be best if someone could go out and lure the Golden Knights away from the gate, so that the others might be able to rush up the tower."
"I remember the Black-Clad Thief said during his livestream before the apocalypse that if the Lord of the Dark Realm was killed, all the monsters in the Dark Realm would disappear, and everyone would be able to survive." Someone cleverly pointed out this problem.
Wu Qian and the others frowned, unsure of who to choose to go out and lure away the golden knights guarding the exit.
At this moment, various chattering voices could be heard from within the Golden City.
But those voices did not come from human mouths.
Instead, they were golden monsters with twisted bodies and half-armored bodies.
"This person is a fire-type ability user. It will take a lot of effort for me to assimilate him. This food is strangely tender and delicate. Why don't we secretly eat him?"
Those were two golden monsters with ulterior motives. They were three turns away from the group when they suddenly decided they didn't want to enter the main city.
Not long after the two golden monsters finished speaking, a muffled shout came from behind, followed by the sounds of them munching on meat and drinking blood.
Hearing the voice that was almost within reach, Gu Mingyue and the others felt even more pressured by the urgency of the situation.
Now everyone only has two paths left: out and in, with no other choice.
The monsters in the Golden City continued to carry 'food' into the Black Domain Main City, getting closer and closer to the group.
A layer of cold sweat appeared on everyone's foreheads.
If even one monster spots them first, the group will be attacked from both sides simultaneously by monsters calling for their companions.
A few of Lu Qingchen's followers with a bit of cleverness immediately realized that he was looking for people to be cannon fodder, since who knew how long it would take to kill the Lord of the Black Domain?
Now, their group has split into three factions: Wu Qian and Fang Kai are in one group, they are in another group with Lu Qingchen, and finally, only the two ugly monsters wearing golden masks who have repeatedly targeted Qingchen remain.
A boy named Xiao Ai stepped forward, pointed at Gu Mingyue and the other girl, and said, "You two have been disguising yourselves for so long, so you two can go out and lure away the Golden Knight."
"Our Qingchen team will work together with Wu Qian's team to obtain the Black Domain Lord's Crystal Source."
He spoke with such conviction, as if Lu Qingchen and Wu Qian could truly seize the Crystal Source by joining forces.
“No, Gu has already used up a lot of energy exploring the monsters along the way,” Fang Kai stepped forward like an older brother.
"I have ice-type abilities. Freezing their golden armor will slow them down. I'll lure them away."
Wu Qian and her teammates looked at him disapprovingly and tried to stop him.
Zheng Chunjia cried, wanting to be the first to rush out.
Gu Mingyue grabbed her and pulled her over, then pulled the boy who wanted to use Gu Mingyue and Lu Qingchen as cannon fodder from behind and ran wildly toward the exit.
Seeing this, Xinghe quickly teleported behind her, gathering energy in his hands to prepare how to cooperate with Gu Mingyue.
All of this was beyond everyone's expectations. Lu Qingchen didn't even have time to react. Everyone was having a good discussion, so why did this woman suddenly take action on her own without saying a word?
However, since they had already prepared to be cannon fodder, the others quickly realized what was happening and followed behind them, planning to wait until the golden knights at the door attacked the three of them, and then take advantage of the chaos to run towards the golden tower.
However, their illusions were quickly shattered; Gu Mingyue had no grand ambition to become cannon fodder for others.
Upon reaching the exit, she forcefully threw the gossipy boy at the feet of the 14 golden knights.
The golden knights, their entire bodies enveloped in gold, heard the thud of a heavy object hitting the ground and watched curiously as the handsome man, who was dazed and seeing stars, fell to the ground. They picked up their golden longswords, ready to decapitate the boy.
A red dot was flashing frantically under the boy's clothes, making a beeping sound that made the monster uneasy.
With a loud bang, the boy exploded into red minced meat, smearing the eyes of the Golden Knights who were trying to look down at their 'food'.
That bomb was different from the ordinary ones. Gu Mingyue had specifically asked Jiang Shenglin for it at the Hope Base. It was a bomb with meteorite particles mixed in with the gunpowder.
Although they cannot inflict fatal wounds on these monsters, the particles, once they enter the mouths and noses of these golden knights, can cause some lasting damage to their eyes.
Those golden knights, if they were slashed by the meteorite blade, could recover from their wounds in four or five seconds.
However, if meteorite particles get into their flesh, they can only remove their helmets and pry the meteorite particles out with their claws before their eyes can be restored.
Upon hearing a loud bang from the Black Domain City, the monsters in the Golden City all looked up alertly, carrying human prisoners and pieces of severed flesh that they hadn't finished eating, and quickly gathered together and ran towards the entrance of the Black Domain City.
Hearing the dense footsteps and heavy breathing of monsters behind them, Wu Qian and the others could no longer stand by and watch, and could only head towards the Black Domain Main City.
However, at the entrance to the Black Domain City, a thick layer of white smoke had already filled the air. Everyone's eyes had long since adapted to the bright, inescapable light of the Black Domain, and now that they were suddenly trapped in the white smoke, they all became somewhat flustered.
They were quickly surrounded and trapped at the entrance of the main city by monsters in front and behind them.
"Damn it, those two were definitely not good people. They were using us to attract the attention of these monsters while they secretly went up to the Golden Tower."
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