The Portal of Wonderland

It's getting late today, you guys should take a day off and head to the ninth area tomorrow morning. The young man in green shirt Wei Wen said something, then turned and left.

Okay, you guys have a good rest today and recharge your energy. You will start patrolling tomorrow morning. This place is on the border of our forces, and you may encounter enemies at any time. You need to keep your spirits up. After Wei Wen left, Shi Mu turned around and said to the others.

The others nodded and went back to their rooms to rest.

Nothing to say all night.

In the early morning of the next day, the Shi Mu team assembled the team early, left the stronghold, and headed towards the ninth area.

The nine areas near the stronghold are not only limited to the fragments of the planet continent, but also a large space of the star field near the fragments.

However, the ninth area that Shi Mu and others are in charge of is above the fragments of this continent.

Half an hour later, the group arrived at the ninth area.

There is a muddy swamp in front of you, dotted with pools of different sizes, with lush aquatic plants emerging from the surface of the water, and occasionally a single tree standing upright in it.

Occasionally, a series of bubbles appeared in the water, and the air was filled with the characteristic rotten smell of swampland.

After a short observation, Shi Mu flipped his hand and took out a cyan triangular token, which was used to activate the illusion formation around the stronghold here, and of course it also had other functions.

He injected true energy, a blue light lit up on the token, and buzzing flickered for a while.

Soon, a small team emerged from the distant sky and flew towards here.

This team has fewer people than Shi Mu's team, including the captain, who is a Celestial Disciple of Lichen Sect.

Shi Mu briefly handed over to the captain of the opposing team, and the team left. According to the leader, there was nothing unusual in this month.

Okay, let's start patrolling. Every two people line up in a line, and the distance from each other should not exceed ten miles. Shi Mu said.

The others nodded when they heard the words, spread out, released their consciousness, and flew forward tentatively.

The group quickly flew into the swamp and disappeared.

A few days later in the blink of an eye, Shi Mu and others also inspected the ninth area, and they have roughly figured out the situation here.

The ninth area is very large. Apart from the vast swamp in that area, there are other places. One-third of the planet's fragments are in the ninth area.

There hasn't been anything unusual in the past few days, but the vegetation here is lush, and there are quite a lot of strange poisonous insects and beasts, which have caused some troubles for everyone.

But everyone's practice is not low, so this little trouble is nothing.

Now that he has mastered the situation in the ninth area, Shi Mu has no intention of continuing to patrol with everyone. After all, the area of ​​the ninth area is too large, and if they patrol together, it will not be effective at all.

After a group of people discussed it carefully, everyone dispersed and spread to various places in the ninth area.

The big man in purple armor at the stronghold also arranged in the same way.

Although the danger is greatly increased by doing so, this is a battlefield, so I don't care much about it.

In the swamp, a very faint shadow clings to the sky above the ground and flies slowly.

This shadow is naturally Shi Mu, he put on that invisibility cloak.

As the captain, he patrolled the most dangerous area.

After flying for a while, Shi Mu landed in a relatively clean place in the swamp and took a rest.

He did not take off the cloak, but looked into the depths of the star sea.

In the sky at the end of the field of vision, a black cloud can be vaguely seen, where the space passage connecting the black magic space is located.

After watching for a while, Shi Mu sighed and looked away.

Although he has only been on the front line for a few days, he has already learned a lot about the situation.

The Alliance of the Three Great Sacred Lands didn't seem to have made any major moves, nor did it feel like gathering all their strength to fight the Dark Demons.

And the Dark Demon Clan doesn't seem to be in a hurry to expand. The two sides are fighting a protracted war. I really don't know when this war will end.

Shi Mu shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

He moved and was about to continue his inspection.

At this moment, his face changed slightly, and he suddenly turned to look in one direction, and then his figure without saying a word flickered, turned into a shadow, and flew towards there silently.

In the swamp dozens of miles away, a strange beast slowly approached the swamp.

The whole body of this beast is pitch black, and its body looks like a fierce tiger, but its head is far more ferocious than ordinary tigers. Its neck is covered with jet-black bone spurs, and its eyes are red and black, looking around vigilantly.

The black monster exuded a strange aura, and the surrounding poisonous insects stayed away from the beast, not daring to approach it.

The beast moved very cautiously, and with a movement of its limbs, it crossed a small stream.

But at this moment, a long spear formed by the condensed blue water appeared silently, piercing the neck of the black monster like lightning.

This water gun was tougher than iron and extremely sharp. With a puff, it poked its head out from the other end of the black monster's neck and nailed the black monster to the ground.

There was a roar from the black monster's mouth, and its four hooves scratched the ground frantically, creating a big hole in a blink of an eye.

But the blue water gun didn't relax at all, and a large piece of black liquid gushed out from the black monster's wound, which seemed to be the monster's blood.

Soon, the monster slowed down and stopped moving.

The running water spear collapsed with a crash, and a figure appeared beside the black monster, which was naturally Shi Mu.

This is... a monster... He looked at the black monster on the ground and murmured.

Although he has not been on the front line for long, he has also heard of many supernatural powers of the Black Demon Clan, one of which is to raise various monsters for combat, investigation, and object hunting.

Shi Mu looked around and released his consciousness at the same time, covering a radius of tens of miles.

He frowned, and found nothing unusual within the range of his consciousness.

He pondered for a while, took out the golden token, and sent a message to Wei Wen, telling him about the black beast.

It's okay, I heard you say that the black beast looks like a lion roar beast. This beast is a monster used for investigation. The black demons often release this kind of monster to enter our territory. After a while, Wei Wen returned. a message.

Seeing this, Shi Mu heaved a sigh of relief, waved his hands and shot two fireballs, turning the body of the black beast into ashes, and then continued to patrol.

Time passed quickly, and a month passed in the blink of an eye, and Shi Mu's team was transferred from the ninth area to the eighth area.

The eighth area is another fragment of the continent, with an area of ​​thousands of miles. The landform on it is quite different from that of the ninth area. There are countless lakes on it, and the water vapor is extremely dense.

Shi Mu stood above a large lake, looking at the environment in front of him, and the others stood behind him.

During this month, Shi Mu either experienced it himself, or consulted Wei Wen and others, and learned a lot about the front line and the Dark Demon Clan, and gained a lot of insight.

In the past month, the vicinity of the stronghold has been relatively calm, and nothing major has happened.

Same as before, let's inspect this area together first, and then inspect separately. Shi Mu said.

The rest of the team agreed, lined up, and flew forward.

...

In the fifth area, a small team is patrolling, and the leader is a young man in white, a heavenly cultivator of the Cloud Chasing Sword Sect.

In the fifth area, there are rolling hills everywhere, and the stones are black, and it is unknown what material they are.

A group of people flew near a black mountain peak. At this moment, the ground at the bottom of the mountain cracked with a bang, and countless black air gushed out from it, condensing into a big black hand, and grabbed the group of people overwhelmingly.

Demon Qi! It's the Black Demon Clan! The group was shocked and dispersed.

The young man in white who led the team let out a long cry, a white light flashed in his hand, and a long white jade sword appeared. With a sudden swing, a huge sword energy was released, and a huge wound was cut on the big black hand, which was almost cut in half.

Before the young man in white was happy, the big black hand suddenly drummed, and then burst open, turning into black air that filled the sky, enveloping more than a dozen people in it in an instant.

A dozen or so blood-red shadows emerged from the blackness, and each shadow rushed towards a person in the team. The speed was extremely fast, like a poisonous snake spitting out a message, and wrapped around these people like lightning, even the young man in white was not spared.

The red shadow directly penetrated the light of these people's body protection in a flash, and sank into their bodies.

The body of the group suddenly became stiff, with fear in their eyes, and the next moment their bodies shriveled at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The young man in white had the highest cultivation, a burst of bright white light emerged from his body, resisting a few breaths, but he was still swallowed by the red shadow.

He tilted his head, and a token fell from his hand.

...

In the room on the top floor of the stronghold, the big man in purple armor was handling various matters as usual.

At this moment, the door was pushed open, and Wei Wen walked in with a panicked expression.

Boss, something is wrong!

What happened, so panic? The big man in purple armor asked with a frown.

Just now, all the teams in the fifth area lost contact! Wei Wen said.

What! The big man in purple armor was startled and stood up suddenly.

Do you know what happened? He asked quickly.

I don't know, I only received a distress message from the captain of the team in the fifth area, and then there was no news, and the message didn't say what happened. Wei Wen said.

Hearing this, the big man in purple armor frowned and pondered.

Boss, what should we do now? Do you want to send the team that is currently resting at the stronghold to investigate in the fifth area? Wei Wen asked.

Okay, do this right away, and at the same time send the two teams from the ninth and eighth areas to find out what happened in the fifth area. The purple armored man said in a deep voice.

Wei Wen immediately agreed, turned around and hurried to make arrangements.

...

In the eighth area, the Shimu team is patrolling the entire area, flying over a lake.

At this moment, Shi Mu turned over with one hand, and a golden token appeared in his hand in a flash, with a line of small characters emerging on it.

He just glanced at it, and his face suddenly changed.

Captain, what happened?

An accident happened in the fifth area. All the teams patrolling there disappeared suddenly. The leader sent us and two other teams to investigate the situation, Shi Mu said.

Hearing this, everyone in the team looked at each other in blank dismay.

Why did you disappear suddenly? Even if you encounter a strong enemy and are killed if you lose, at least one person in a team will have time to send a message to explain the situation. Guo Shen said. (To be continued.)