C46 (1/2)

However, after walking a few steps, they saw an even more shocking scene. Not far away, in the center of the island, there were countless stones piled up in a big circle. The walls were also filled with all sorts of sharp branches, as if to prevent people from climbing over the wall.

This spectacular scene completely stupefied them.

Suddenly, they heard some rustling sounds again. Qiao Mu gestured for Su Qin to lean down and put out the electric light together with him. Fortunately, the sky was already starting to brighten up, and things could basically be seen clearly.

After a while, Qiao Mu led Yang Jie and slowly crawled towards the location of the sound.

Very soon, they saw a gap in the stone wall in front of them that looked like a huge door. Beside the door, there were two Toad Man s slowly climbing.

Qiao Mu laughed and asked Yang Jie: ”What do you think this looks like?”

Yang Jie also laughed and said: ”Do you still need to ask, the army camp!”

”Yes.” ”A military camp, with walls, guards, and even a commander. It seems that Zhao Zhiyou has a deep history regarding the war. ”

Qiao Mu looked around again and realized that there were two big wooden boats parked on the green lake. He guessed that Toad Man must have gotten them from the Flower Snake Village, no wonder he didn't find any boats at the Flower Snake Village.

”Brother, have you ever seen a toad sailing?” Yang Jie joked.

If he was not in this tense situation, Qiao Mu would have been amused by Yang Jie's words.

”What do you mean? If we want to find that cave, we have to go through this stone wall. ” Qiao Mu said to the two of them.

Yang Jie and Su Qin nodded, the two of them had already made their decision.

He began to think about how to get through the stone wall.

Qiao Mu suddenly felt that the main problem wasn't the stone wall because with just the two Toad Man s at the entrance, he could easily solve it with the military blade in his hand. But the key was, they didn't know what was going on inside the wall.

”You guys wait for me for a while, don't run around.” Qiao Mu decided to investigate. Fortunately, the so-called stone walls were made of crushed stone, and were not airtight, so there were gaps.

He quickly found a gap between the broken rocks. Through the gap, he could see that there were quite a few Toad Man s inside the wall, almost all surrounding a pile of broken stones. There were also two or three Toad Man s moving the broken stones and continuing to build the stone wall. Aside from that, there were also tools such as shovels, shovels, wooden sticks, hoes, etc., which seemed to have been taken from the Flower Snake Village.

Just as Qiao Mu was about to leave, he suddenly heard some movement not too far away. He felt that it was strange, so he crawled over, and saw three Toad Man s staggering about, each holding onto a wooden stick.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that there was a small cave there. However, the ground around the cave entrance was uneven, and it was also a slope, so it was not easy to be discovered.

How come there's a hole?

He turned back and asked Su Qin.

”At that time... I did find a hole! The hole is quite big. ” Su Qin replied.

”The hole you are talking about should be inside the stone wall. The hole I saw outside was quite narrow, I think because it was a slope and the terrain was poor, it wasn't surrounded by stone walls. After all, we are going to reach the lake.” Qiao Mu analyzed.

”In other words, the cave is by the lake?” Yang Jie asked.

”Yeah, right next to the lake.” said.

Su Qin's eyes widened, but she suddenly thought of something and said: ”Uncle Qiao, I just remembered that when we entered the cave, there was indeed a fork in the road, but we did not take the other road, could it be... Is that the entrance to the cave outside? ”

”That's possible! It's very possible! ” On second thought, Qiao Mu realized that the opportunity was right in front of them.

”That's easy...” If we want to go to the cave, we don't even need to go through the stone walls. ”Right?” Yang Jie said.

Qiao Mu thought the same as Yang Jie and said: ”That's what I meant too, let's go.”

”However, you said there were three Toad Man s at the cave entrance.” Yang Jie was worried again.

”It's fine, leave it to me.” He waved the sword in his hand.

Thus, the three of them came to the place where Qiao Mu was previously hiding. With a single glance, they could clearly see the entrance to the cave and the three Toad Man s.

Qiao Mu paid attention to the terrain and planned his course of action.

Just as Qiao Mu was about to move, Yang Jie pulled him back and said: ”Be careful, those Toad Man s seem to like attacking people's throats. They are very smart!”

Qiao Mu patted Yang Jie's shoulder and replied: ”I know, I knew it since the beginning. You guys wait here for me.”

Qiao Mu then used a few rocks as a cover and held the blade tightly in his right hand. He squatted the entire time and when he was close to one of the Toad Man s, Qiao Mu fiercely rushed out and stabbed towards Toad Man's chest.

With this cut, green blood spurted out from Toad Man's chest and he let out a few cries. Qiao Mu was afraid that Toad Man's life vein wasn't in his heart, so he chopped at Toad Man's head a few times. Then, the other two Toad Man s rushed towards Qiao Mu.

After killing the Toad Man, Qiao Mu immediately fell into a struggle with the other two Toad Man s. Very quickly, one of the Toad Man s was stabbed in the stomach by Qiao Mu, but Qiao Mu was also hit in the shoulder by the Toad Man and almost fell down from the pain.

At this time, the Toad Man who had his abdomen pierced by Qiao Mu rushed towards Qiao Mu like crazy. Qiao Mu's hand raised and his blade descended, the sword directly stabbing into Toad Man's head, but just happened to be the other Toad Man who pounced on him from the side.

At that crucial moment, Su Qin and Yang Jie rushed over. One of them held onto a wooden stick that they picked up from the ground, the other held onto a stone, and used their lives to smash towards Toad Man's head. Toad Man was instantly knocked down and Qiao Mu was able to breathe. He pulled out his blade and added a few more cuts to Toad Man's head before he was finally able to finish the job.

After a fierce battle, Qiao Mu panted heavily. He understood that if it wasn't for Yang Jie and Su Qin's help just now, he would not have been able to survive.

Qiao Mu didn't say much as the three of them walked into the cave.

When they entered the cave, they discovered that the passage was even narrower than the cave entrance and slightly tilted. Su Qin remembered that the cave at the other end of the cave had similarly slanted its way in, but it was a little wider than this path.

Of course, Qiao Mu was the first to walk. He turned on the flashlight and shone it everywhere. He could see traces of water everywhere in the cave. It was extremely humid. It should be connected to the nearby lake.

Because it was the source of the stench, the stench that filled the cave was so strong that it made them feel as if they couldn't breathe.

As they gradually went deeper in, the three of them became more and more nervous. In truth, even now, Qiao Mu still could not understand why they came to this cave, could it be just to help Su Qin find the unknown Su Hong? Or was she subtly obeying Zheng Huiling's orders? It was hard to tell.

They slowly walked to the three-way exit and the most painful memory of their lives instantly surfaced in Su Qin's mind. Because at that time, Su Hong had been sucked away by a strong gust of wind and this place became the last place where they were going to separate.

Suddenly, an earthquake like sound came from the depths of the cave, followed by heavy breathing. It was obvious that the huge rotting corpse, namely Zhao Zhiyou and General Zhao, was still inside the cave.

Seemingly at the same time, Qiao Mu saw a ball of light in front of him, and a gentle breeze blow directly towards him. In the wind, however, it seemed to contain boundless hatred and rage, and Qiao Mu understood that Zhao Zhiyou's resentment had already been accumulated for a thousand years.

”Forward?” Qiao Mu stopped and confirmed.

The three of them were well aware that they were hovering near the entrance to hell, and every step they took seemed to bring them closer to it.

”Let's go.” Yang Jie held Qiao Mu's hand, she knew that there was no turning back now.

Su Qin walked in front of Qiao Mu and Yang Jie and said, ”Let me take the lead. With mother's protection, I should be fine.”

Qiao Mu permitted Su Qin to do so.

The three of them proceeded forward slowly, and soon, they arrived at a large pit filled with green water. At the same time, the three of them felt that something was crawling over the top of the cave. When the light shot out, the worms immediately dispersed. Qiao Mu guessed that these things were probably afraid of the light.

”What are they?” Yang Jie asked while trembling in fear.