After a rapid march, the main force moved away from its previous position, found a relatively safe place to rest briefly, and then continued its advance.
However, the dark creatures in the Dark Origin were too numerous, and the group was attacked by them again not long after they had gone out.
Fortunately, after countless lords have repeatedly cleared out the dark creatures here, the migrating ones are only some relatively weak groups. As long as you are careful not to enter the areas inhabited by those high-level units, there will not be much danger.
After two days of trekking, stopping and starting, we finally reached the edge of the location marked on the map.
“If we keep going forward, we'll run out of maps altogether, and we'll have to explore everything on our own!” Ye Xi said, putting away the map.
"Ye Ying, you lead a team to scout ahead. Each person should carry a fire crow with them and report back on the situation at the front at any time!"
"good!"
"The local earth gods and mountain gods are always watching the surrounding ground conditions. If there are any unusual ground tremors or attacks from underground, they should report back immediately!"
"receive!"
"The rest of you maintain formation and advance cautiously. The fire crows circle in the sky, keeping a close watch on the surroundings!"
"..."
Orders were issued rapidly, and Ye Ying and her team, who were in charge of reconnaissance, had already led their troops forward.
Reconnaissance is always of paramount importance to a team, and it is listed as the most important compulsory course in the Lord's curriculum. Everyone must carry this concept through to the end.
Therefore, even the fat man, when he first became a lord, would select those of his own clansmen who were good at reconnaissance to form his own reconnaissance squad.
Ye Chen handed over the entire reconnaissance team to Ye Ying and others from the very beginning, allowing them to select members of the clan with reconnaissance talents to form the team.
This was the most dangerous and easily overlooked team, but Ye Chen kept emphasizing the importance of reconnaissance to them. Therefore, including Ye Xi, they never neglected to strengthen this aspect, and many resources were even directly allocated to Ye Ying's team.
Now is the time for them to truly come in handy!
"There are footprints, and they're very fresh. There are quite a few of them, and they're messy. It must be a group of dark creatures passing by!" Soon, a Silver Moon Elf discovered a row of footprints and reported to Ye Ying.
"The toes are clearly visible, so it should be an undead creature. Judging from the dark aura, the concentration isn't too high, so its strength isn't strong either. I guess it was a group of ghouls or skeletons that went by!" Ye Ying came over and carefully examined the footprints on the ground.
Ghouls and skeletons are very similar in size in their lower limbs, and their footprints are almost identical. The only thing they have in common is that they are both undead creatures.
“Indeed, there is a faint aura of the undead here, it should be one of these two!” an angel said. She was Jian Mengyi’s scout angel, and she had come along on this trip. On the one hand, they learned from each other, and on the other hand, she was responsible for replenishing Ye Ying and the others with light energy to prevent them from being corrupted by darkness.
"Low-level dark creatures won't have much of an impact. Let's continue exploring!" Ye Ying said after looking around. The footprints around them covered a large area, but compared to a whole group, they were still quite few. Perhaps these weren't just a single race?
The exploration team continued forward, and Ye Xi and the others caught up after a short rest. There were markings made by Ye Ying and the others along the way, so there was no need to worry about getting lost. Most importantly, they must never forget the way back, which is the most important thing when advancing in the Dark Origin.
Therefore, Ye Xi continued to draw maps, memorizing all the roads they had traveled along the way, so that if they really got lost, at least she could lead everyone back and prevent them from being wiped out.
"Is this a mountain range?" Ye Xi asked as she drew, sensing the changing terrain around her. Mountainous terrain was common in the Dark Origin Land, and even Ye Chen's territory had mountains and lakes, but this mountain range gave her a different feeling.
"We've only just entered the no-man's land and we've already encountered powerful dark creatures?" Ye Xi was taken aback, then turned to look at the others. "Has Ye Ying and the others sent back any news?"
"Not yet! It's just marked the route forward, and the number of marks seems to be decreasing!" Michael shook his head, then said with a hint of doubt.
There are no messages being sent back, yet the number of markers is decreasing; this is somewhat abnormal.
"Fewer markers? It seems they've discovered something amiss but can't confirm it. Let's slow down the main force's advance and see if any news comes back later!" Ye Xi said after a moment's thought.
And indeed, just as Ye Xi said, Ye Ying and the others who were scouting ahead did discover something was wrong, but they couldn't confirm it, so they had to reduce the number of markers and make the people behind them follow a little slower.
Since discovering the traces of undead creatures, they have been advancing, but the number of creatures they find has been increasing, and even the types of creatures have changed.
This phenomenon is too abnormal. The most important thing is that these traces are still very fresh, basically only within the last day or two.
It doesn't seem normal that so many different races of dark creatures have passed through here in just one or two days.
"They wouldn't be holding another meeting here, would they? The Dark Creatures Conference?" a Silver Moon Elf joked, but Ye Ying remained silent with a sullen face.
She was pondering whether she should report the incident now. But what if, after reporting it, it turned out that only dark creatures had passed by? Wouldn't that just be wasting everyone's time?
In the end, she waved and summoned a Silver Moon Elf to relay the message back to see what Ye Xi and the others were planning. But just then, a tremor suddenly came from the ground ahead.
Everyone looked up and saw several towering trees rising from the ground and walking towards them.
"This? The Dark Demon Tree? Retreat!" Ye Ying exclaimed in shock, leading everyone in a frantic retreat.
But just then, all the large trees that had been standing beside them came to life. Horrible faces emerged from their trunks, letting out low growls as they sprang up from the ground, their thick stumps and vines reaching for them.
At this point, what else didn't she understand? Those messy footprints were actually other dark creatures trapped together by these demonic trees, mercilessly slaughtered, and reduced to their food and nourishment.
The group retreated rapidly, trying to rejoin the main force, but the surrounding demonic trees and vines completely blocked their escape route, and a sense of despair rose on everyone's faces.
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