553: Chapter 430: The Tragic Guiding Party 553: Chapter 430: The Tragic Guiding Party Human fear always stems from the unknown, and it is also related to their own strength.

Of course, sometimes, the number of companions nearby also affects their mindset.

If any ordinary person were here in this mist, they would likely experience panic and fear.

Like a deathly silence, unable to see distant objects, not knowing what terrifying existence might be hidden in those weird gray mists.

As if at the next second, a monstrous creature with a fierce and terrifying appearance might suddenly leap out.

In such a situation, even a man who claimed to be invincible in haunted houses around the world wouldn’t dare stay for even a second longer.

After all, there really were monsters emerging here.

However, the above situation was not within Zhang Xiaoman’s consideration anymore.

The Spirit Detection Technique allowed him to sense the positions of the monsters, and his transcendent strength enabled him to possess the power to overcome them.

As for companions, having a dozen Star Guards surrounding him, the places he passed through could be described as lively.

However, there remained only two problems that troubled Zhang Xiaoman.

One was naturally how to discern directions in this mist, and the other was the foul smell brought by the mist.

“It seems I need to find a way to hold my breath,” he murmured to himself while continuing to move.

He led the Star Guards around a large circle in this village but still couldn’t find the so-called General’s Tomb.

At that moment, not far from them, a two-meter-tall monster with an outline somewhat resembling a bat was lurking quietly.

Zhang Xiaoman pretended not to see it, continuing to walk with the Star Guards, planning to deal a lethal blow when they got a bit closer.

As they entered their attack range, a Holy Knight suddenly raised his hand, ready to shoot it down with a Light Gun.

Zhang Xiaoman hurriedly stopped his action, as he had just thought of a method to find the underground cave.

Under the guidance of him, the Summoner, the Holy Knight stopped his motion and stepped out of the formation alone.

Seeing that the prey was moving solo, the monster could no longer restrain itself and immediately launched an attack on the Holy Knight.

This monster, with weak Dark Energy fluctuations, from Zhang Xiaoman’s perspective, seemed no more than Second Rank, which was still somewhat lacking compared to the Star Shining Saint Knight.

At this moment, facing the big guy rushing at him, the Holy Knight counterattacked directly, stretching out his hand to grab and hold onto its terrifying claws.

Upon Zhang Xiaoman’s command, the Holy Knight did not use weapons or skills to harm it but instead tossed it harshly onto the ground.

A loud “bang” sounded, accompanied by the monster’s “squealing and howling” in pain.

Seeing it still wanted to resist, the Holy Knight picked it up and threw it towards the other side of his body.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

“Bang bang bang!”

After several times, the creature finally quieted down and no longer tried to bite, apparently dazed by the Holy Knight’s throws.

Zhang Xiaoman walked over and felt that the creature looked just as he had imagined.

It was a monster with a brownish body, wide fleshy wings, and a long tail.

It resembled a giant bat, but it had two extra arms with sharp claws, unlike a typical bat.

Additionally, its mouth was enormous, filled with sharp teeth, suggesting it could easily swallow Jin Bao in one bite.

“Could this be the bat monster Xu Fei mentioned earlier?”

Zhang Xiaoman examined the creature, feeling it slightly resembled a deformed subspecies of a Flying Dragon.

“Well, since I need you to lead the way, I’ll spare your life for now, but some necessary precautions still need to be taken.”

Saying this, he ordered a Star Guard standing nearby to draw his longsword and chop off the creature’s claws and stab its wings.

Zhang Xiaoman had initially wanted to knock out all its teeth as well for extra safety.

However, after the Holy Knight’s punches did no damage to the teeth—almost beating it to death—he held back.

“It seems that this creature’s physiological structure is different from the life forms on Water Blue Star.

How are these teeth even grown?

Could they be fused with the skeleton?”

Zhang Xiaoman was slightly puzzled but didn’t dwell on it.

Next, he instructed the Star Guards to “release” it.

According to the information they had, this monster was likely the same type of bat Xu Fei had encountered in the underground cave.

If that was true, they likely lived together underground.

So, by beating it up before releasing it, according to normal life form behavior, it would probably rush back to its den.

Thus, Zhang Xiaoman and the Star Guards waited on the spot for a long while before the alien species struggled to get up.

It tried to fly away by flapping its wings, but due to the damage, its speed was greatly reduced, causing it to sway and drift in a certain direction.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaoman immediately led his followers.

In no time, they arrived at another part of the village, now a pile of ruins.

“Is it this place?”

Watching the monster fly into a collapsed building, Zhang Xiaoman felt this must be the right place.

In his Spirit Detection Technique senses, the monster was flying further and further down.

Instead of following the alien directly as before, Zhang Xiaoman slowed down.

If this truly was the underground ancient tomb, he needed to be even more cautious.

He ordered a few Star Guards to lead the way while he slowly walked into the ruins under the protection of the main troops.

No wonder Zhang Xiaoman had not found the so-called ancient tomb before; he had actually passed by this area a couple of times.

But due to the buildings being so dilapidated, almost impossible to discern their original shapes, and no sign of anything resembling tombstones, he had missed it.

However, once Zhang Xiaoman entered, he saw a hole about five meters in diameter at the back of the ruins, hidden behind a large expanse of broken walls and debris.

The Star Guard who had gone ahead to scout had been inside for a while by then, protected by Zhang Xiaoman’s men, he switched his field of view but couldn’t see anything due to the darkness inside.

“The entrance is right here.

It looks like I need to go down personally to explore and see what’s there…”