Chapter 362 Changping Village (2/2)

Suddenly, a bony claw erupted from the ground and grabbed ahold of Xu Heti's ankle.

The Golden Dazzling Light Boxing Champion Kangaroo's eyes lit up. It raised its right foot and slammed it down on the claw.

Bam!

The bony claw instantly disintegrated.

The kangaroo stuck its foot deep into the ground until a dull boom sounded beneath them. All this happened in the blink of an eye. It was over before any of them could take a breath.

”Be careful now. We're only hiding our presence with the Ghoul powder... The monsters here can still sense us if we're too close.”

”Go back, go back…” From the distance came long, low wails that echoed across the empty wasteland.

Leaves rustled as a fierce wind howled across the ground.

The clang of steel and the clop of hooves could be heard in the fierce wind. A few moments later, a troop of ghostly blue soldiers in leather armor carrying dagger-axes in their hands passed through the forest from the west to the east.

”These must be the ghost soldiers,” said Lin Xinrui, furrowing her brows. She then ordered the others to hide. Even though this was her second encounter with these ghostly entities, she still had no idea what their abilities were.

Better safe than sorry, she thought. There were too many of these ghost soldiers. Lin Xinrui estimated that there had to be more than a thousand of them at the very least.

”Thousand-Year Heart of Darkness, Commander Bone, Flames of Darkness.” Lin Xinrui silently repeated to herself the names and characteristics of the items that they had been ordered to find.

She had no idea how Gao Peng had come across such information. She had never heard of these items, let alone the strange ways to collect them.

”The Commander Bone and the Thousand-Year Heart of Darkness can be found at the center of the village. However, the Flames of Darkness spawn randomly. We may even find them outside the village. Let's start searching the vicinity. If we don't find anything in an hour, we'll just have to move our search to the center of the village.”

Forty minutes later, the three saw the Flames of Darkness floating in a pit not too far away. The blue flames bobbed in the air like fog.

The flames were a dark blue in the middle and a shade of light blue at the periphery.

Around the flames stood three withered trees in a triangle. In order to get to the flames, one would have to break through the three gnarled trees.

”Let's finish this quickly,” said Xu Heti to his kangaroo. As a gentleman, there was no way he would let Lin Xinrui's familiar put itself in harm's way first.

The Golden Dazzling Light Boxing Champion Kangaroo narrowed its eyes at the three withered trees around the Flames of Darkness and the crows perched atop their branches.

Reluctantly, it hopped forward.

It began to move faster and faster as it bounced up and down on the balls of its feet. Then it propelled itself forward in a flash of golden light!

Its long, thick tail swayed about behind it, keeping it stabilized as it sprinted forward. Its feet and tail now formed the three points of a triangle beneath it.

The kangaroo took a great step forward with its left foot. Its tail drooped to the ground while its right foot aligned itself behind the kangaroo. Dirt sprayed up into the air as it stamped its left foot on the ground.

With its left foot firmly planted on the ground, it powerfully swung its right foot around.

Boom!

One of the withered trees exploded upon impact. Shards of its bark were sent flying into the air.