Yang Xiao took the elevator and arrived at the entrance of the mine shaft, stuck his head out to look outside, and just caught sight of the disc-shaped spaceship ascending and vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Yang Xiao stepped out of the mine, walking toward the corpses of the two two-headed giant crocodiles several hundred meters away, all the while surveying his surroundings to check for anyone nearby.

Apart from Luo Meng and a dozen Iron Tower Guards, there were also twenty-two people from Earth's Xuanming Country who came along with Yang Xiao. Seven had already died during the day, leaving only fifteen people.

There were six people in Yang Xiao's mine shaft, and the other nine were spread across two other shafts, probably already hidden away by now.

However, Yang Xiao still dared not be careless. As he walked towards the distant two-headed monster's body, he scrutinized the area carefully to make sure that no one was around.

Of course, everyone knew about Yang Xiao's Space Ring and his plan to first absorb the monster's body into it. If there were no one around, he would then transfer it into the Black Bottle to refine.

Yang Xiao had thought this routine through long ago; he must not expose the secret of his Black Bottle.

When Yang Xiao was a few dozen meters away from the monster corpses, he heard a series of howls and heavy running sounds coming from afar.

Yang Xiao was startled, thinking, "Damn, there might be monsters running this way, preparing to fight over the two-headed monster's corpse."

During the day, there had been several small creatures similar to earth dogs gnawing on the monster's corpse. However, those creatures were too small to make a significant impact on such a huge monster, managing only to gnaw a bit of flesh.

Without hesitation, Yang Xiao immediately employed his qinggong to fly over, focused his thoughts, and directed the Space Ring towards one of the monster corpses.

The massive body of the monster was lifted into the air and, with a flash of light, was absorbed into the Space Ring.

Then, Yang Xiao realized he had stirred up a hornet's nest,

as the monster's body was sucked away, it was then revealed that dozens of smaller monsters had been nibbling at the carcass.

As Yang Xiao took away the monster's corpse, in essence taking away their 'meal,' the smaller monsters, seeing only Yang Xiao there, let out a roar and charged at him.

Yang Xiao naturally would not show weakness to these small monsters; he pulled out his Longsword and unleashed Sword Qi, cleaving through them with a direct slash.

"Ow," the four leading small monsters were immediately split in half by Yang Xiao's attack, prompting the rest to turn tail and run back.

Yang Xiao did not give chase. Instead, he walked to the other monster's body, caressed his ring, and with focused intent, the body floated from the ground and flew towards Space Ring within a flash of light.

"Roar!" A loud roar came as a red-haired, ten-meter-long, four-legged monster pounced towards Yang Xiao.

Startled, Yang Xiao turned and sprinted away.

Just as the monster corpse had been absorbed by the Space Ring.

The red-haired four-legged monster, seeing its prey gone, was unwilling to let Yang Xiao go,

and pursued him.

Yang Xiao felt a whoosh behind his head, accompanied by a strong killing aura. His heart raced as he suddenly remembered that the level of this monster might have already surpassed King Level—how could his speed possibly outpace the red-haired monster?

Yang Xiao hurriedly executed the Shaolin Temple's Great Body Shifting Skill, instantly dodging a distance of seven or eight meters. Then, he threw out the body of a two-headed giant crocodile from the Space Ring towards the red-haired monster, not even looking back as he bolted for the mine shaft.

Yang Xiao jumped into the mine's elevator and hastily pressed the accelerate button; the elevator descended rapidly.

With the two-headed giant crocodile's body before it, the red-haired four-legged monster stopped chasing after Yang Xiao and immediately lay down beside it, tearing at the flesh with big bites.

Yang Xiao, riding the elevator down the mine shaft, felt a cold sweat all over, his heart pounding severely. Fortunately, he had thrown out the two-headed monster's body in time; otherwise, he might have been truly smacked to death by the red-haired monster.

It seems that Chuhe's warning was not wrong—the levels of these monsters are high, with strong combat power, not something Yang Xiao could deal with now.

As soon as Yang Xiao reached the bottom of the shaft, Zhao Benling, Du Tianxing, and others surrounded him, their faces filled with anxiety,

"Yang Xiao, where have you been? We were worried to death. There seemed to be roars of monsters from above."

"Did you provoke any monster?"

Yang Xiao gave a wry smile, saying:

"I was hoping to pick up a monster's corpse to give us all a little extra food, but I didn't expect to be chased by a monster, almost losing my life."

Du Tianxing complained:

"Yang Xiao, this place is not like Earth, you should be more careful. I fought with that monster during the day, and the two-headed monster had already surpassed King Level, probably reaching what they call Emperor Level, I guess. You're definitely not a match for them."

Chi Lin also said:

"Yeah, even people like Luo Meng with such a high Realm would not dare to stay overnight here. They all chose to return to the main camp at night, avoiding the monsters here. Let's not stir up any trouble."

Yang Xiao nodded repeatedly,

"You're right, those monsters are indeed formidable. I won't dare to provoke them again in the future."

That night, everyone stayed overnight in the mine pit.

The vertical shaft of the mine pit was about 3 meters in diameter, a width that large monsters simply couldn't fit through.

As for the smaller monsters, if they were to fall into the pit over a hundred meters deep, they would likely be killed by the fall, so hiding in the mine shaft overnight was relatively safe.

The elevator had a control button that, once shut off, could not be started again.

For safety, Yang Xiao turned off the elevator switch.

Gu Beifeng, after resting for half a day, had recovered about eighty percent from his injuries.

That night, the six people split into three groups, each duo taking a three-hour shift to stand guard while the others rested in rotation.

It wasn't completely dark yet, but everyone felt a slight vibration from the pit, continuous monster roars outside, and sounds of fighting. Given that the monsters here had higher Monster Levels and stronger Combat Power compared to those on Earth, it made Yang Xiao and the others feel jittery and terrified, fearing that a monster might accidentally burst into the mine.

"What if those monsters can't run in here, but what if they cause the mine to collapse?"

Zhao Benling suddenly asked in a low voice.

Everyone immediately gave him a disdainful look.

"Crow's mouth, don't jinx it."

"It shouldn't happen, the rocks here are so hard that we can't even scratch them without exerting the strength from Genetic Evolution."

"But those monsters are of a higher Level than us, they're more powerful."

Zhao Benling stubbornly voiced his own opinion, though somewhat discontentedly.

"Can you shut up? Do you want this mine to collapse and bury us all?"

Zhao Benling reluctantly closed his mouth.

No one felt sleepy, they all sat leaning against each other, feeling the earth-shattering monster roars outside. Occasionally, when a monster stomped its foot, or ran over the ground above their heads, the mine would tremble slightly, causing everyone's hearts to tighten with worry that the mine might collapse.

Especially when pebbles fell from above, that terrifying feeling was truly worse than death.

"F**k, Luo Meng and those guys don't care about our lives at all, throwing us here while they've run back to the main camp."

Old Nine cursed indignantly.

"We're just ants in their eyes, didn't you see him kill the South King during the day without even blinking an eye?"

"Sigh, how unlucky we are, why is our life so miserable?"

"Stop sighing, compared to those who died on Earth, we've already made a profit."

"Will we die here?"

Du Tianxing suddenly said.

Everyone was taken aback, falling into a collective silence.

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