CHAPTER 156: CHAPTER 156: THE CITY DESTROYED BY WAR

After Kane and his team collected the loot from the battlefield, they started heading towards the city.

They organized their formation, and Kane kept his Eagle Eye active throughout the journey. With numerous buildings in the city obstructing vision and the risk of ambush, they had to stay vigilant.

Once Kane and his team entered the city, they realized the situation.

The buildings weren’t made of some gray-black material, but rather appeared charred and smoke-stained, with clear signs of fire damage along the collapsed structures.

Beneath various collapsed buildings were buried dark skeletons.

Skeletons lay on the roadside clothed in tattered rags, devoid of any armor and missing several body parts.

Parts like hands or feet were scattered throughout the city.

All of this indicated that the city had ultimately fallen, ravaged by enemy forces—burned, plundered, and left in ruins.

As Kane and his team approached, these skeletons did not rise; they lay quietly, seemingly untouched by the Undead Energy.

The power of the ordinary people’s souls was weak, barely noticeable after death. Perhaps that’s why the dungeon neither wished to nor bothered to invest power in reviving them.

Weak in life, their peaceful rest after death might be considered a mercy of the world?

Walking through the city streets, Kane’s Eagle Eye vision was significantly limited, the numerous obstructions hindering the range of his Magic Vision.

Besides distant sounds, the street where Kane and his team were remained relatively quiet.

A clatter of bones echoed from a nearby street corner, followed by the clang of loose armor.

Kane, eyes wide open with his Eagle Eye, looked toward the street corner from where the sound came. A strong magic reaction gradually appeared within his Magic Vision range.

"Enemies approaching, ready yourselves."

As Kane’s words fell, the magic reaction at the street corner revealed its true form.

It was a group of Skeleton Soldiers clad in fine armor. Judging by their weapons, these skeletons were once an elite squad.

They also discovered Kane’s group, their Soul Fires fixating directly upon them.

A Skeleton Soldier resembling a captain in the squad raised his Long Spear and shouted at Kane’s group, "Heroic Blade Legion, defend our city, destroy the invaders."

Then, leading his subordinates, he charged at Kane’s team.

Nobody expected this squad of Skeleton Soldiers to have a captain with some intelligence, repeating behaviors from his lifetime, which was quite rare.

This indicates that this level of the dungeon has made some improvements compared to the upper three levels.

Longbei raised his Shield high, activated Iron Wall Shield Defense, and barreled forward.

Kreya transformed into a pale Undead Knight, closely following behind.

Kane advised Lilu to rest for a while on Cotton Candy and gave her a small gun to shoot within a two-meter radius of himself.

Although her attacks did minimal damage, it gave her a sense of participation; otherwise, she might resort to wielding her Magic Wand and depleting her Magic Power again.

Kane, meanwhile, carried a sniper rifle he had crafted and started shooting at the squad of Skeleton Soldiers.

Though these Skeleton Soldiers were stronger than those on other layers, Kane still picked them off one by one with precision shots.

Lonbei taunted the Skeleton Soldiers, continuously banging on his shield, while Kreya swung her Golden Light Blade at their rear, reaping them mercilessly.

The Light Blade sliced through their pristine armor, splitting their bones in half.

Lonbei’s Giant Hammer also smashed through them, one by one.

Their Holy Light Attribute weapons cut through the Skeleton Soldiers like a hot knife through butter.

The 10-member squad of Skeleton Soldiers was completely wiped out within minutes under Kane and his team’s onslaught.

The only Skeleton Captain remaining dragged his upper half, muttering, "Defend... home..."

A golden Light Blade plunged into his skull, extinguishing his Soul Fire.

"Rest in peace... knight."

As the skeletons turned to dust, Kane and his team began gathering the loot from the ground.

They found three minor materials and a rather fine Helmet.

After collecting the spoils, the group continued along the city streets.

They had no map of the city, so they proceeded along the streets randomly. With Yoyo’s presence, they wouldn’t be taking any detours.

The fewer collapsed buildings they saw, the deeper they ventured into the city.

Well-preserved structures stood around them.

These buildings had an odd aesthetic, quite twisted and bizarre, inducing visual discomfort.

Some building entrances occasionally flickered with blue flames in their torches.

"Whoosh!"

Suddenly, Kane shot a bullet imbued with Holy Light at a window of a nearby two-story building.

"Aaaah!"

A sharp, female wail came, and a faint blue smoke formed a screaming face that vanished into the sky.

Kane’s Eagle Eye hadn’t detected this ghost, implying some hidden detection abilities.

But his Martial Intuition sensed something amiss, prompting him to shoot instinctively in the direction of perceived danger.

"We’ll have to be even more cautious. Ghost-type monsters are starting to appear, and they seem to be able to hide their magic reactions."

Kane warned his teammates.

Not far ahead, Kreya suddenly slashed beside her.

An emerging ghost with hands extended in a grasping motion towards Kreya was sliced away, screaming as it turned to a wisp of blue smoke.

"These ghosts seem to possess quite an impressive Invisibility Skill."

Meizike’s Magic Palm appeared, scattering a bottle of Visibility Dust into the air, then he turned to Lilu and said, "Wind, encircle."

After spending so much time together, Lilu had grown accustomed to Meizike’s silence and his habit of speaking only in keywords.

She waved her Magic Wand, and a light breeze picked up the Visibility Dust, swirling around them.

The effect was obvious. As Kane and his team walked down the street, every so often, a ghost showed itself due to the Visibility Dust, swiftly cut down by those closest.

Everyone’s weapons were laced with Holy Light Potion, deadly poison for these physical-resistant ghost monsters.

Though their course seemed aimless, they were actually heading towards the continuous sounds in the distance.

As they drew closer to the source of noise, the sound of battle became more distinct.

It seemed like the team of explorers ahead of them was engaged in a fierce fight.

When they were just one street away from the battleground, they heard the explorers’ shouts, and Lilu suddenly became excited.

"It’s Philis, I hear Philis’s voice."