Chapter 878: Chapter 878 - 403: 1 Little Golden Flower_2

Because of his special skills, Jun Junjia occasionally takes on some missions outside or private jobs leaving the city with others.

So he knows just how ruthless those unreliable teams can be.

Once someone in the team gets injured or becomes a burden, they’re abandoned in the wilderness, left for dead with no evidence, not even a whole corpse left.

In situations like this, it’s only his own family within the Foolish Underworld that would carry and protect him while unconscious.

"Captain Linghu, although I can’t identify which demon left these footprints, judging by the traces, it seems to have been gone for a while. Moreover, given this size, if there were any movements, we could feel the vibrations from the ground, that is, unless this demon has some shock-absorbing ability."

Jun Junjia quickly analyzed, and he suggested that everyone might try walking in the right direction to see if they can find another footprint trace, which might reveal more information about the demon.

However, his suggestion was vetoed by the group.

They weren’t here to study demons, but to complete a task.

In the town, you can research however you like, as the base camp is full of experts, unafraid of demonic chaos.

But in the wild, staying still for even a few seconds brings about danger.

"Then let’s move forward."

Fang Yu, dismounting his horse, was the first to step into the footprint.

With just one step, Fang Yu’s expression changed instantly.

Because with that step, he stepped into nothing!

The ground within the footprint was unexpectedly soft, like cotton candy, causing his right foot to sink in.

"Diao Deyi!"

Slap!

Fortunately, Ling Huxiang reacted quickly, grabbing his hand and yanking him back forcefully.

Looking down at his right leg after being pulled back, Fang Yu found the hem of his pants already soaking wet.

Ling Huxiang and Fang Yu exchanged a glance.

"Everyone, walk around this footprint, don’t go into the footprint area."

Ling Huxiang ordered, and everyone who had just seen Fang Yu nearly fall in naturally understood what to do.

The team started walking along the edge of the footprint when suddenly Fang Yu heard something.

Gurgling.

His heart skipped a beat, and when he turned his head, he saw a pair of large eyes emerging from the footprint area where he had previously stepped in.

[Swamp Giant Frog Demon:15521/15521.]

Blood Demon?

Fang Yu’s eyes lit up; isn’t this delivered experience points?

He took a step in the opposite direction of the team, only to have his wrist caught by Ling Huxiang with a snap.

"What are you doing?"

"There’s a demon over there."

"What?"

Ling Huxiang turned her head to look and her face changed immediately.

"Why would this thing emerge in such weather?!"

Fang Yu asked curiously, "Do you know what demon that is?"

"A Swamp Giant Frog Demon, usually only comes out in rainy weather, or after rain, even in high humidity..." Ling Huxiang said quietly, seeming to know quite a bit about this demon.

She glanced at Fang Yu and said, "Because it’s a rare sight normally, the Foolish Underworld had once issued a mission to capture one alive for research, and I participated in that mission."

At this point, everyone else also noticed the [Swamp Giant Frog Demon], immediately taking a vigilant stance.

But at this time, the Swamp Giant Frog Demon immediately vanished underground, seemingly not aggressive.

"It’s the weather, although I don’t know why it showed up, under such high temperatures, the [Swamp Giant Frog Demon] usually doesn’t leap to the surface." Ling Huxiang turned to the others and said.

"Ignore it, let’s keep moving forward."

Fang Yu felt a bit regretful.

Blood Demon, after all, is a profit, if only he’d acted faster, he might’ve already taken it down.

But now that it’s gone underground, there’s nothing he can do.

The demons in this Mist Grass seem to like burrowing underground, which might be the characteristic of the demons in this grassland.

"Luckily, I stopped you; Swamp Giant Frog Demons generally operate in groups, with one emerging, there are at least a dozen more hiding below, and if they attack together, they can instantly alter the terrain, making it hard to stand ground, putting us at a disadvantage. Their croaking could also attract other Great Demons, making it even more troublesome."

Although Ling Huxiang has power over four thousand blood, she seems quite wary of the [Swamp Giant Frog Demon], possibly due to some past mission trauma. But honestly, Fang Yu really didn’t regard mere Blood Demons as a threat; it might be difficult to kill quickly, but they’d just retreat underground, all efforts in vain.

As for the danger, there shouldn’t be any.

Continuing to move forward after bypassing the footprint area, Fang Yu quietly asked Ling Huxiang next to him.

"You’ve been to the Mist Grass before, so why do you seem so unfamiliar with that underground Tentacle Demon."

"Because I didn’t encounter it before; demons are active, not static, and those Underground Demons might’ve migrated from somewhere. As for the Eight-Armed Nine-Soldier Demon, I’d never seen it in the Mist Grass either."

Well, naturally, the Eight-Armed Nine-Soldier Demon belongs to the Foolish Underworld’s demon forces, not a wild demon...

As they were talking, they suddenly heard faint cries for help ahead.

Fang Yu and Ling Huxiang’s expressions changed slightly, and they rushed forward together.

They didn’t even need to cut through the grass; just parting the grass and looking ahead, a new footprint area caught their eyes.

Curiously, this new footprint area had a larger scope; it didn’t seem to match the size of the previous footprint area?

The round demon image in Fang Yu’s mind turned into one with uneven feet, making it not cute at all...

And in the center of this new footprint area, they also saw the person calling for help, who had ’fallen into the water’.

[Situ Huiyue:1239/1554.]

"It’s one of us!"

Ling Huxiang’s face changed.

By now, the others in the team had also arrived.

Seeing [Situ Huiyue] trapped in the center of the footprint area, they all showed peculiar expressions.

"How did she get trapped there?"

"Don’t rush in! There should be something wrong inside!"

Fang Yu squinted, observing [Situ Huiyue].

Her upper body was still exposed above ground, but her lower body was completely submerged underground.

The location she was in was also the center of the footprint area.

This is unreasonable.

Just like what they did, avoiding the dangerous footprint area and bypassing it directly.

This [Situ Huiyue], no matter how carefree, shouldn’t just cut through directly, right? This obviously reveals an issue with the footprint area at first glance, and yet she stepped in...

"Diao, Captain Diao! Captain Linghu!"

[Situ Huiyue] waved her hands excitedly though in apparent pain, like seeing a savior: "Save me, save me! There’s something wrong with this ground! It’s so heavy! I can’t get out!"

So heavy?

Fang Yu and Ling Huxiang exchanged glances, then Fang Yu grabbed a block of dirt from the ground and hurled it toward [Situ Huiyue].

Whoosh.

The dirt block flew straight without any issues, but as it approached [Situ Huiyue]...

Bam!!

The dirt block flying forward suddenly changed direction unprovoked, diving straight down into the ground heavily, sinking into the soil, disappearing.

Fang Yu:...

Ling Huxiang:...

The group also collectively changed their expressions.

At this moment, Fang Yu frowned and inquired, "How did you..."

Whoosh!!

Without warning, the upper body of [Situ Huiyue] exposed above ground was suddenly pulled under by something, leaving a pitch-dark hole.

"Ahhhhhhh——"

[Situ Huiyue]’s screams grew fainter, followed by the sound of a beast biting something, abruptly cutting off the screams.

All this happened so quickly that the group hadn’t reacted before [Situ Huiyue] had already been yanked under.

"Is it the Underground Demon from earlier?!" Ling Huxiang couldn’t help but ask.

"I don’t know!"

Fang Yu shook his head; his right hand clutched the sword hilt by his waist tightly, but strangely, as [Situ Huiyue] died, everything returned to calm.

As everyone exchanged looks, unsure of what to do, a flower, a golden flower, slowly emerged above the hole where [Situ Huiyue] had been pulled down earlier.

[Big Gu Heavy Frog Demon:40102/40102.]

The sight of a menacing health bar on that golden little flower made one’s scalp tingle.

Fang Yu:...