I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

Chapter 318 Dark Blood Bat

The path in the underground palace was not wide, and some places were extremely narrow. The deeper you went, the more dangerous monsters there were, and some of them were monsters you had never heard of before.

"Attention everyone, there are a large number of Darkblood Bats ahead. Prepare for defense." As soon as Duan Leizhi said this, everyone's expression tightened.

The Darkblood Bats are not only numerous and extremely troublesome, but they also have a deadly hallucinogenic effect, causing everyone to involuntarily become fully on guard.

Not long after the words were spoken, a large number of black shadows flew out from the dark tunnel ahead.

"Everyone, quickly crouch down! It's Darkblood Bats!" someone shouted. Everyone quickly crouched down and heard a dense chorus of flapping wings overhead.

Darkblood bats have a habit of migrating under the moonlight, moving from one nest to another. However, in most cases, they have strict hunting times and will not attack living beings unless they smell their favorite scent of blood.

The dark blood bats continued to fly overhead without attacking, and everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

But before he could catch his breath, he heard an unusually piercing and sharp scream.

Before anyone could react, they smelled a strong metallic rust.

Countless dark blood bats surged towards that place, forming a dense mass, as if they were gnawing on something.

Everyone felt a chill run down their spines and fell into an unusual silence. After a short while, the Darkblood Bats resumed their migration one after another.

Everyone could now clearly see that the person who was just alive was now just a skeleton on the ground.

When someone saw the skeleton, he had never seen such a scene before and burst into tears. The people around him tried to stop him, but it was too late.

The dark blood bats, which had already flown away, turned back and pounced straight at the man.

Besides being sensitive to the smell of blood, blood bats are also exceptionally sensitive to sound. They can immediately sense the emotion behind any sound made by someone, and if it is fear or tension, they will treat it as prey and attack.

Yun Qingrou frowned as she watched the person in front of her turn into bones in an instant. These monsters were not only intelligent, but also extremely numerous. At least, they had no way to confront them head-on in this narrow passage.

The crowd stared at the skeleton; those who were close enough could even see the remaining blood vessels and mucous membranes. Those with weaker constitutions felt a chill run from their feet to their heads, and they tightly shut their lips, afraid to utter a single sound.

It seemed that the underground palace was more dangerous than they had imagined, and in an instant, everyone felt threatened.

After Duan Leizhi estimated that all the Dark Blood Bats had migrated, he waited conservatively for a while before standing up to reassure everyone. His demeanor was calm and composed. "As you all just saw, danger is everywhere in this underground palace. A slight mistake could cost you your life."

But don't be afraid. In a real crisis, I, Duan, will definitely step in and ensure you are not harmed. Besides, opportunity often comes with danger; the more dangerous the place, the greater the opportunity. Think about it, like the Thundercloud Beast before.”

After saying that, Duan Leizhi winked at Xiao Liu, who immediately smiled and took out some pills from his storage ring. "Everyone has been frightened. These are healing pills from our young sect leader. Please accept them."

The healing pills were all top-grade, and even the disciples of sects who were not short of pills sighed in admiration at their generosity. With the healing pills available, everyone gradually became less fearful than before.

Moreover, Duan Lei is right. Danger is everywhere in the cultivation world. If they only know how to run away, they will seem pretentious.

Seeing that everyone's mood had improved, Duan Leizhi, though inwardly disdainful, still smiled gently and continued walking deeper into the area.

As Duan Leizhi had said, the journey was indeed fraught with danger, but also full of opportunities. Moreover, as the leader, Duan Leizhi did not covet most of the opportunities, but instead distributed them fairly and reasonably to everyone.

Now, the disciples who were initially wary were completely convinced of Duan Leizhi's character and their fighting spirit soared. It was as if they would do their best to do whatever Duan Leizhi asked them to do.

Duan Leizhi watched these people from a short distance away. Although he maintained a gentle expression, he couldn't help but sneer inwardly: Ha... how easily fooled they are...

It's time to close the net.

Duan Leizhi sensed the fluctuations in spiritual energy, his eyes darkening slightly, and led the group towards that mysterious region.

As time went by, Yun Qingrou felt the narrow passage widen significantly, and soon the area in front of her suddenly opened up, leading to an area resembling a plaza.

"What...what is this place..." Everyone looked around in surprise, seemingly not expecting such a place to exist in the underground palace, and couldn't help but look around.

Yun Qingrou discreetly concealed herself among the crowd, observing the plaza. This area contained many beads, each inlaid with a fist-sized luminous pearl for illumination.

There were distinct dark red symbols scattered throughout the square, seemingly made of a special material, emitting an eerie dark red glow.

So familiar...

Yun Qingrou looked around for a while, feeling like she had seen this place somewhere before.

She frowned slightly, and suddenly a scene flashed through her mind.

It's those murals!

She didn't see the ending of those murals, or rather, the final scene was the ending.

She remembered that in the mural, a woman in blue was standing in a square like this, saying something. Although the mural was blurry, she could still feel that it was a very serious scene.

Yun Qingrou pursed her lips and gently stroked the dark red symbol closest to her. If she remembered correctly, such a symbol also appeared in the mural, but it was in a relatively hidden corner and was difficult to find without careful observation.

What kind of place is this...?

What was my sister doing at that time...?

As Yun Qingrou thought about the blue figure in the mural, she felt that this square was closely related to Yun Qingyi.

On the other side, Duan Leizhi, seeing that everyone was looking around without any precautions, exchanged glances with Xiao Liu and the other people from the Zixiao Sect, and began the final persuasion.

"Everyone, according to my information, the artifact is right here in this square."

"Is...is this real?" Upon hearing this, everyone was instantly excited and excited, never expecting that this was the place where the divine artifact was located.

"No wonder the spiritual energy here is so abundant, it turns out it's right here," someone exclaimed excitedly.

"Yes, yes, look at these dark red symbols here, they're so complicated. Could they be related to some kind of divine artifact?"

……

The crowd began to chatter excitedly, their eyes brimming with barely suppressed excitement.

After they had finished their discussion, Duan Leizhi coughed lightly and continued to address the crowd: "Everyone, I know how to retrieve the divine artifact here. Are you willing to trust me?"

After this period of generosity, everyone had long admired and deeply trusted Duan Leizhi. Upon hearing this, they hurriedly began to express their support.

Qi Yu of the Hundred Flowers Sect: "Of course! Young Master Duan has led us to obtain so many opportunities. If we were to say we don't trust him now, then we would indeed be acting unethically."

Zhang Yizi of Wanlei Sect: "What the senior sister of Baihua Sect said makes sense. Young Master Duan, please rest assured and we will definitely give our full support."

Upon hearing Qi Yu and Zhang Yizi's words, everyone responded enthusiastically, unanimously supporting Duan Leizhi.

Seeing that his plan had succeeded, Duan Leizhi couldn't help but feel smug, but he didn't show it on his face and maintained his gentle demeanor. "In that case, I thank you all for your trust."

At this moment, the people of Zixiao Sect had been divided into six groups and stood in the six corners of this area. Duan Leizhi glanced at them and saw that the people of Zixiao Sect were ready, so he also divided the people in front of him into six groups, but placed them in the center of the square.

Yun Qingrou had already hidden herself in another corner, secretly observing, wanting to see what tricks Duan Leizhi was up to.

After Duan Leizhi had assigned everyone to their positions, he gave a wink to the people from his own sect and the few highly skilled individuals he had already bribed.

Those few people understood immediately, and in an instant, they used their spiritual power to surround all the sect disciples.

The Zixiao Sect naturally had high-level formation masters. After exchanging glances with Duan Leizhi, they began to activate the formation they had secretly set up.

Even the slowest of them seemed to realize they'd been tricked!

"You!" Seeing this, everyone tried to escape from the formation, but all their efforts were in vain, as if an invisible force was pulling them away.