The team led by Fang Yu previously faced the Eight-Armed Nine-Soldier Demon, with no way out.

Both captains risked their lives to escape, and the deputy captains didn't think they were stronger than their leaders, so naturally, they prioritized escaping.

The current situation involves an unknown enemy, and they might strike again anytime. They must find a way to handle it, and it's time to show their skills.

Ling Huxiang observed everything in front of her, her mind rapidly devising a strategy. Suddenly, she grabbed a nearby ordinary horse, slicing its main artery with her sword. The horse's blood flowed into the pit as she pressed her knee against it to keep it still.

"Silence everyone, cut down all grass within a ten-meter radius! Injured folks on horses, the rest form a formation around me!"

With just a few words, she gave clear instructions to the team.

Everyone quickly acted, and Fang Yu promptly joined Ling Huxiang's side.

In an instant, just an instant, he could see the health bar of that demon.

Once the health bar was identified, whether to fight or flee would be clear.

Even though in terms of tactical details, he was less experienced than the others and couldn't help much, in deciding between fighting and fleeing, he had absolute authority.

Fang Yu kept his eyes fixed on the cave entrance.

Gululu.

The horse's blood had been flowing into the cave for a while, and there seemed to be faint noises coming from below.

Fang Yu calmed himself, adjusted his breathing, and focused fully on the cave entrance.

Meanwhile, the team had to stay vigilant against the [Eight-Armed Nine-Soldier Demon] possibly chasing them and also watch out for the underground, elusive unknown demons, keeping everyone tense, Ling Huxiang included.

The presence of the [Eight-Armed Nine-Soldier Demon] put her life at risk too.

Trying for once.

Ling Huxiang set a standard in her mind: if she couldn't eliminate the underground demon in one go, the team would immediately continue fleeing.

Just when Ling Huxiang thought of this, she noticed Diao Deyi beside her, whose pupils suddenly dilated as if he had seen something...

"It's coming!"

"What?"

Ling Huxiang looked into the pitch-black cave, seeing nothing but darkness.

"Something's moving!" said a deputy captain who had been listening closely to the ground, in a low voice.

Ling Huxiang frowned, realizing the underground demon was drawn by the horse's blood, though it wasn't sufficient yet!

They couldn't leap into the hole to kill the demon, only lure it to the surface.

So...

With a flash of her sword, Ling Huxiang severed the horse's head, tossing it toward the cave mouth.

Oddly, this time, only the sound of the horse head falling echoed from the cave, leaving her puzzled until...

Boom!!!

The horse's body beneath her knee suddenly burst open!

A thick, blood-red tentacle burst out from the horse's body, lunging straight toward Ling Huxiang's face!

The end of the tentacle blossomed like a flower bud, peeling back layers of skin to reveal a gaping maw aiming to swallow Ling Huxiang in one bite!

The explosion from the horse's body unbalanced Ling Huxiang slightly, and the sudden demon left her a bit slow to react, but as the bloody tentacle neared her face, her hand was already grasping the sword hilt at her waist with precision.

Then, Ling Huxiang saw light.

Sword light.

But it wasn't her sword light.

Someone had slashed with their sword, just before she could strike!

It was a horizontal slash, perfectly severing the huge mouth at the end of the blood-red tentacle, separating them.

Pss!!!

Blood spurted from the cut, splattering all over her, as the blood-red tentacle twisted and retreated underground.

"Diao Deyi?!"

Ling Huxiang exclaimed in surprise, seeing Diao Deyi grabbing the end of the writhing blood-red tentacle with one hand and continuously stabbing with the other.

Every stab caused blood to splatter onto Diao Deyi's face, yet he was unfazed, relentlessly attacking with his sword!

By now, the others had also reacted.

But instead of attacking the blood-red tentacle, they joined Fang Yu to pull hard on it together!

They realized the most challenging aspect of this demon wasn't its strength, but its ability to lurk underground and harass them continuously.

Attacking prospect or retreating for defense made them unable to chase it. Only by pulling it to the surface could they kill it completely.

No one wanted a tail following them, so eradicating the demon was crucial.

"Well done, Captain Diao!"

"Hold tight! Let's pull it out together!"

Not everyone needed to pull, just three to five people assisting Fang Yu. As Fang Yu pulled and slashed wildly, the long underground demon was brute-forced out of the ground, flung into the air.

It was the first time the underground demon revealed itself before everyone, a bizarre-looking demon with a bulbous root like a giant garlic clove, breathing in and out, with a long blood-red tentacle above.

Its total length was about five to six meters, already shortened by Fang Yu hacking it during the pulling process.