In the face of almost absolute darkness, Feng Chou activated Qiankun Pagoda at high power and used scanning instead of his eyes.
After Qiankun Pagoda took over Feng Chou's vision function, Feng Chou's eyes suddenly lit up. Not only did it light up, but the perspective also changed from the limited vision of his eyes to a holographic perspective. It felt very wonderful.
Because he could not adapt to the holographic perspective, Feng Chou staggered as he walked, but others only thought that he was panicking because he could not adapt to the darkness.
After gradually adapting, Feng Chou began to observe around.
In this almost absolute darkness, the Drow Elves and the Bear Goblin looked very natural. These two creatures had the gift of night vision, which was a thermal vision ability.
The humans were very flustered. After losing their vision, they could only rely on the guidance of the rope in their hands to determine the direction they were going. Without the help of vision, they had to summon up their courage for every step. Fortunately, the road was very flat, otherwise these human slaves would not be able to move an inch.
Feng Chou quickly focused his attention on Simon behind him. His eyes were slightly closed and seemed to have lost his vision, but his footsteps were steady and there was no hesitation in each step, which made Feng Chou feel suspicious.
Qiankun Pagoda told Feng Chou that Simon did not completely close his eyes, he just squinted his eyes.
Did this guy also have night vision?
It was not strange when he thought about it. For the caravan guards traveling in the Underdark, it was almost necessary to spend money to hire a mage to permanently have night vision. Otherwise, it would be almost impossible for an ordinary warrior to move an inch in the Underdark.
In the beginning, the cave was relatively narrow. Feng Chou also saw a few forks that were obviously blocked by the Mud to Stone spell.
But as the team moved forward, the cave gradually became spacious. As the cave became spacious, the forks in the cave wall became bigger and more numerous.
Those forks that were too big seemed to be difficult to block even with magic.
Seeing that the patrol team in charge of escorting the slaves began to become nervous, Feng Chou suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, before the group had gone far, something strange suddenly appeared in Feng Chou's sight.
Twenty meters away, a protruding rock at the top of the cave suddenly emitted a faint light, and a light screen appeared next to the rock out of thin air.
Rows of words appeared on the screen.
Creature Type: Unknown
Physique: 24
Strength: 31
Dexterity: 33
Spiritual power: 6
Awareness: 21
Intelligence: 4
Physical Assessment: Healthy
[Mental evaluation: Full]
[Energy Reaction: An unknown energy reaction exists in the organism's body.]
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Seeing this, Feng Chou was slightly stunned. Then, he realized that Qiankun Pagoda had marked out the hidden monsters.
Feng Chou looked around and saw that the monster was right above them. It was right in their path.
He stared at the monster nervously, watching as the front of the slaves walked past the monster …
Nothing happened!
Seeing that the monster was getting closer and closer to him, Feng Chou's mind flashed with a light.
Thinking of a possibility, Feng Chou patted Simon behind him and rushed forward. He was as light as a cat as he passed a few slaves and inserted himself in front.
Because after entering the depths of the cave, everyone lost their vision. Some of the slaves were bold, some were timid, some walked fast, some walked slowly, and some people squeezed together. There were many places on the rope that had large gaps.
Feng Chou passed four or five slaves and inserted himself in the gap closest to him. He also left a place for Simon.
Simon's reaction was also very fast. He was stunned at first, but when he found that Feng Chou was just cutting the line and not taking the risk to escape, he immediately responded and followed.
Simon scuttled behind Feng Chou, and they just happened to cross the marked rock above their heads.
Just two seconds later, the rock suddenly separated from the top of the cave and turned into a sloth-like monster with long arms. It fell silently.
The monster quietly landed on the shoulder of the last slave in the line. A pair of long arms that were longer than its body wrapped around the slave's neck.
The human slave who was choked could not make any sound. He waved his arms in vain, stumbled two steps, and fell to the ground.
The cave was very quiet. Other than the sound of footsteps, there was no other sound. The sound of the unlucky slave falling finally alerted the Bear Goblin not far away.
The nearest Bear Goblin roared and rushed toward the fallen slave. He waved a huge mace and smashed it at the monster.
Unfortunately, before the mace fell, the monster that was choking the slave's neck had already given up on its prey. It jumped from the slave's body like a flea and landed on a stone by the side of the road.
The monster looked a little like a bald gibbon, but its movements were more agile than an ape's. After a few leaps, it disappeared into the complicated terrain of the cave.
The poor human slave had just escaped the monster's choke, but he was smashed to a pulp by the Bear Goblin's mace.
After accidentally killing the slave, the Bear Goblin was not upset. Instead, it seemed very happy. It grabbed the slave's body, tucked it under its armpit, and followed the line, leaving the poor guy's blood to spill along the way.
Simon had wanted to ask Feng Chou what had happened, but what happened next was enough to explain the situation.
The monster had killed the slave at the end of the line. If not for Feng Chou's reminder, Simon would have been the one at the end.
The reason why Feng Chou was able to avoid this calamity was because he suddenly remembered that some predators would often choose the last member of the group as their target when hunting down a group of prey. This was because in most group animals, being left behind often meant being weak.
There were only two reasons why the monster had let go of such a long line in front.
First, it did not dare to attack such a large group. Second, it chose to attack the last member of the line.
The loud sound of the Bear Goblin smashing the slave to death caused some commotion at the back of the line. A Drow warrior shouted in broken Ovindale, "Hold on tight to the rope, don't panic, continue forward!"
The slaves' fear of Drow and habitual obedience gradually calmed them down.
In the end, the Bear Goblin who had smashed the slave to death had no choice but to give up his spoils of war. This was because the Drow warrior leading the team thought that this would attract more monsters to attack.
Reality proved that this attack was not a coincidence.
Along the way, Feng Chou saw seven or eight monsters that were unique to the Underdark.
For example, there was a spider whose body was as large as a millstone, with eight long legs and a diameter of more than a meter. Its body was covered in black hair.
When this spider turned into a shadow and snuck over in the dark, no one other than Feng Chou's Qiankun Pagoda's scan discovered it.
In the end, this spider was caught by a Bear Goblin, who was killed by the Drow warrior.
This was the first time he saw the Drow warrior in action, and Feng Chou could not help but feel his scalp tingle.