“Jiu jiu!”
A massive black predatory bird, as large as a mountain, circled in the sky, occasionally snatching large monsters to eat while emitting cheerful cries.
Angeline, Dover, and a few other survivors including Jack, were instead terrified, lying flat behind the shadows of several giant boulders, too afraid to move even slightly.
“This monster bird definitely isn’t just a level five!”
Feeling the terrifying pressure, Angeline’s thoughts nearly froze, with only one voice screaming in her mind.
The sensation it gave her was akin to that of a legendary deity, leaving her completely devoid of any desire to resist.
“Perhaps… only level six reincarnators could barely match its strength?”
Even within the temple space, level six reincarnators were mythical figures.
Although the level system for reincarnators, from level six to seven, suggested such individuals must exist based on the enhancements and classifications provided by the Temple, Angeline had never heard any information about them.
Yet, at this moment, feeling the monster bird’s oppressive presence, her thoughts immediately jumped in this direction.
“So many massive monster clans, and even flying, spell-casting large monsters… yet they’re all just food for this monstrous bird?”
In another corner, Dover watched the scene unfold, finding it extremely hard to believe.
Fortunately, the monster bird seemed not to have noticed the anomalies below, giving them a chance to escape with their lives.
The members of the Silver Wing team waited anxiously until the monster bird had eaten its fill and disappeared for quite some time before suddenly emerging, sprinting away at full speed.
“Damn it, what kind of world is this Punishment Scenario?”
After escaping the lava river area, Dover finally felt the unease that had been weighing on his heart gradually dissipate. At this point, his face was pale, his body slightly trembling, far removed from his usual demeanor as a dominant breeder across many reincarnation worlds.
“This is the Punishment Scenario, a world where even the weakest creatures in the food chain could potentially wipe us out completely…”
Angeline gave a bitter smile.
Originally, she had thought that although this mission would be difficult, surviving for just over ten days should not be a major problem.
But now, she realized that all her previous expectations had merely been wishful thinking!
“What do we do now?”
Dover looked around. Everywhere was barren, dark red land, uniformly desolate yet seemingly concealing great danger.
“That lava river is the habitat for monsters and the bird’s hunting ground, so we absolutely cannot go back there. Do we just dig a hole here and stay for over ten days?”
Saying this, he cast a menacing gaze over the new reincarnators.
Storage items were extremely rare even within the temple space. The entire squad only had one, with very limited capacity, making it impossible to store enough food and clean water for everyone.
Theoretically, these supplies could support five or six people for about ten days.
Of course, many high-level reincarnators could practice “bigu” (grain avoidance), a technique allowing them to survive without food for over ten days while maintaining peaceful meditation. However, if one had to constantly hide, flee, or engage in physically demanding activities like escaping and fighting, substantial external nutrition and clean water would still be necessary—unless one belonged to a few specific professions.
Unfortunately, Angeline was a thief, and Dover himself had beastman berserker enhancements, neither of which fit the required categories.
“I think that’s actually a good suggestion…”
The new reincarnators all shivered involuntarily, except Jack, who simply smiled.
“As long as we can ensure that no creature finds us during the mission period. Also, we must survive the pursuit and killing by these things!”
He pointed at the ground.
Dover was horrified to discover a semi-transparent, white-clothed figure resembling a vengeful spirit slowly floating up from underground.
“Heavens… it’s getting dark!”
Angeline looked around. This world had no concept of sun or moon, only stars that were the remnants of fallen deities floating in the outer layers, emitting dark red light.
At this moment, even this light was gradually dimming, as if night had fallen.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A gentle breeze blew, making the surrounding darkness even more oppressive.
Visible strands of black mist slowly seeped from the earth, like countless soft, elongated hands, continuously reaching out to the new reincarnators.
In addition to this, numerous white vengeful spirits gradually awakened from the soil, stretching their limbs.
“Damn it! There are even these kinds of ghosts underground?”
Dover was greatly startled and immediately began cursing loudly.
Clearly, this meant his plan to hide underground was probably ruined.
After all, who knew what other terrifying monsters might lurk beneath the earth besides these vengeful spirits?
“With so many vengeful spirits, there might even be a spirit tide forming?”
Angeline carefully observed the surroundings.
Seeing that the vengeful spirits were still dazed and showed no intention of attacking them, she couldn’t help but relax slightly.
Chi chi! Chi chi!
However, at this moment, Jack noticed an extremely unusual phenomenon.
The black mist seeping from the ground was rapidly being absorbed by these white ghosts, accelerating more and more, as if each vengeful spirit had turned into a vortex.
“Hmm?”
An immediate sensation of hair standing on end appeared in the hearts of every member of the Silver Wing team.
The vengeful spirits that had originally appeared were actually very weak, possibly not even able to defeat a level one reincarnator.
But now, after absorbing those strange black mists, their forms became more solid, their blurry faces clearer, especially their blood-red eyes, filled with madness and a thirst for blood.
“Jie jie!”
Suddenly, one vengeful spirit let out a strange cry, and pale, eerie currents appeared around it. Its body rapidly expanded, instantly transforming from a timid rabbit into a big bad wolf.
“Death Spirit! Vengeful Spirit Tyrant?!”
Angeline was speechless:
“From the most ordinary vengeful spirit to a death lord, there’s at least a dozen levels to cross…”
Not only this vengeful spirit tyrant, but under the influence of the black mist, the originally dazed and weed-like vengeful spirits also underwent changes.
Skeleton knights, ghost girls, death messengers…
Various powerful undead beings, some familiar and others completely unknown to the reincarnators, appeared together, their eyes, either dull or blood-red, now fixed on them with intent.
“No wonder that monster bird caught a few large monsters and fled immediately. This area is truly no place for humans to stay!”
Dover’s throat moved, shouting loudly:
“Angeline, quickly use ‘that’! Otherwise, none of us will leave here alive!”
“In the name of Holy Light, protect!”
Angeline was decisive. Upon hearing this, she immediately took out a silver cross pendant and loudly recited an incantation.
Buzz! Buzz!
In an instant, the originally plain silver pendant suddenly erupted with a blinding holy light.
“Praise be to you, my Lord!”
“You are the light, you are the sky, you are everything!”
“You take the form of light, forever guarding us!”
…
In the midst of the hymn, the shadows of little angels appeared, casting down holy light. Even the vengeful spirit tyrant screamed and took a step back, while other spirits began to slowly dissolve upon touching the light.
“Run!”
Using the holy light to suppress the spirits and create a passage, Dover and Angeline exchanged a glance and immediately sprang into action.
As Angeline ran, she was still bleeding internally.
This holy light cross pendant was a semi-divine artifact! Their entire Silver Wing team had spent half their points and credentials, and even gone to war with two other teams, to snatch this top item from an auction!
Originally, they had planned to use it to wreak havoc in an undead world and reap a good harvest, but now they had no choice but to use it prematurely.
“Jie jie!”
However, even the protection of a semi-divine artifact could not withstand the fury of the vengeful spirits.
With a strange cry, the original vengeful spirit tyrant roared, extending its pale arm covered in black rune-like markings, aiming at the holy passage it had created, and tore viciously!
Zhi la!
The holy light flickered unstably, and even a crack appeared on the cross pendant.
“Damn it!”
Dover shouted loudly, grabbing the girl next to Jack and throwing her toward the exit of the passage.
“Ahh!”
A short scream rang out as the girl who had initially been suffocating and was helped up by Jack was immediately surrounded by numerous undead and had her soul swallowed by the vengeful spirit tyrant.
“Fool, why don’t you leave?”
Angeline fiercely threw the silver pendant to the ground, causing it to explode into a final burst of holy light before she turned and ran:
“The cross is a disposable item, and now it’s in this state. Do you want to stay here and become bait for the vengeful spirits?”
“I… naturally don’t want to!”
Jack’s face was expressionless, but his legs had already started moving quickly.
Throughout this time, he never looked back once.
At this point, among the surviving members of the Silver Wing team, only he remained as the last of the “meat pigs.”
“We can’t keep going on like this!”
He ran furiously, his nails already digging into his flesh:
“Even Angeline only kept me around as a backup plan for any emergency. Once danger arises, I’ll definitely be the one abandoned! Power! I need power!”
Fortunately, in this world, power would never be lacking.
Jack stared at the black mist constantly swirling around him, being absorbed by the vengeful spirits, and the weak resistance on his body, suddenly making a decision in his heart.
…
At the cost of a semi-divine artifact and a bit of luck, the Silver Wing team finally escaped from the tide of vengeful spirits.
However, by this point, two of the Silver Wing team’s veteran breeders had perished, leaving only Angeline, Dover, and Jack remaining in the entire team.
“This should be safe now… those vengeful spirits dare not come here…”
The key to escaping this vengeful spirit tide was their discovery of a black stone mountain, where not a single vengeful spirit was present around it, as if protected by a mysterious force, not even daring the vengeful spirit tyrant to cross the line!
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