Not far away, a sudden flame erupted, attracting the attention of the vigilantes.
But at the next moment, most people turned their attention to more and more roars of beasts.
This weird shallow hell often has underground fires erupting. Once touched, mortals are likely to be burned over large areas... In most cases, since there are often precursors and just avoid the cracks, adding
It's not very powerful and doesn't pose a great threat.
But only those who truly know the business know the possible dangers...
"Be careful! There is something in that flame!"
At this moment, a candidate shouted, making Lu Pingan look at him a little.
Lu Ping'an's life sense told him that there were not only things in the flames, but also a lot of... a large number of lower-level monsters, climbing up along the spurt of the ground fire.
The reason why the abyss is called "the abyss" is because it is often a "floor-like structure" layer by layer, and there are often relatively stable groups of monsters and environments between each layer.
Some people even wrote a special book called "Abyss Ecology", recording common monster species and ecology from shallow to deep.
But this thing is actually quite unreliable... Due to the presence of guardians, there are naturally few monsters in the shallow layer near the human exit.
Now, when they sensed the departure of the guardian and there was a large amount of "food" in the shallow layer, they naturally adjusted their ecological niche and came to the shallow layer of the earth through the passage filled with ground fire.
"boom!"
Accompanied by the explosion, there were bursts of fireballs.
"Hehe, humans..."
They were dark, short figures, bat demons with tiny wings.
They are in groups, some are throwing fireballs, and some are using some protective abilities on their "companions".
Flame shields appear on the monsters one after another. The characteristics of "isolating flames" and "flame tolerance" are actually not very useful in this situation, but they can help monsters whose fire pit is not too high to easily survive the shallow flames.
Layers of fire.
But the most troublesome thing is actually the group of monsters that suddenly appeared in front of us.
"Six horned demons, four flame dogs, three...five bat demons!"
The young man who was the first to remind everyone just now spoke again.
He held a lantern in his hand, with many flames flickering inside.
It seems that this is a device for detecting heat? I didn’t feel strong pollution radiation. Is it supposed to be a contaminated item? Or a foreign product?
No matter what, Lu Ping'an nodded silently and gave this "well-prepared candidate" a high evaluation.
"boom!"
The battle broke out, and the two sides collided in the next moment.
The bat demon's fireball erupted in the crowd, but the professional candidates who had prepared in advance did not suffer much loss. The most dangerous thing was actually the frontal battlefield where they were almost torn apart by the horned demons.
"Meat!"
“Fresh meat!”
The tall scarlet monster was muscular all over. Although it was bent like a gorilla, it was actually more than two meters long. Its four arms and thick wrists reminded Lu Ping'an of the "powerful" in the cartoons before.
"Meat!"
"Don't panic! Don't retreat!"
The two berserk horned devils were red in color, and their muscles swelled again. They were born to be good at becoming mad, and they were extremely powerful and had a slow sense of pain. They were quite good war machines.
The professionals had many battle positions, and they were almost blocked one after another, but a thin figure stood up from behind and pushed hard with both hands.
In an instant, the horned devil's momentum became much weaker, and the battle line was maintained.
But the young man who used his ability suddenly became ugly and depressed.
"Is it a large-scale restraint and weakening ability? It seems that it should be an innate ability. Not bad, not bad."
Lu Ping'an stood behind the crowd, took out a pistol and fired randomly... Although the shots were quite accurate, it was actually meaningless against the thick-skinned Horned Demon.
The horned demon found that he was blocked, became more and more manic, and his body became more and more red and hot.
The combatants on the front line felt the hot flesh and subconsciously retreated... They remembered the information that once the Horned Demon fell into a desperate situation or became too furious to control, it would turn into a deadly fireball.
The power is not comparable to that of the Bat Demon's small fireball. It is the difference between a musket and a mortar.
But when a few soldiers retreated, the front line almost collapsed again.
"Don't panic, hold on!"
The unlucky boy stood up again, and once again "weakened" on a large scale, calming the frantic front.
But the crisis has just begun.
"Watch out for the flame dogs!"
"...Damn, they are too fast and too short!"
The red dog-shaped monsters are probably the most beautiful among the monsters in front of them based on their appearance. Half of their bodies are flesh and blood, while their claws and half of their bodies are made of translucent flames.
Just looking at their size, they are even smaller than large human dogs, but their level of danger...
"Don't get bitten by them, they are venomous!"
The short flame dog is very fast, and it is difficult to defend against the horned demons. Once bitten or jumped by it, the battle is over.
But fortunately, everyone was on guard against this dangerous monster from the beginning, and the frontline soldiers also wore heavy hand protection equipment and took potions to repel fire poison, so there was no direct loss of personnel.
"boom!"
The bat demon was still throwing fireballs unhurriedly. This kind of monster with a high IQ always reserved leeway.
Their flames are not very powerful, but as ranged long-range units, every fireball can still shatter the battle lines of the professionals.
"Archer, control those bat demons!"
Someone shouted. Looking at the young man shouting at him, Lu Ping'an "suddenly realized" and quickly pointed his pistol at the bat demon not far away.
"boom!"
This time, he didn't paddle completely, and shot through the wings of a bat demon with several shots, causing it to fall to the ground.
And with this success, those timid bat demons have become a little more negative.
This is the abyss realm. Compared with ordinary secret realms, the monsters organized into systems and organizations are like legions in a foreign land, which is indeed very suitable for the assessment of temporary explorers.
After the outbreak, Lu Ping'an paid attention to the performance of those professionals and evaluated and rated them in his heart.
But the "talent" he observed most, Senior Sister Fang, was running around in a panic throughout the whole process, seeming to be busy with something, but judging from the results, she didn't help at all... If it weren't for the fact that she was a professional She is a talented person, so Lu Pingan will give her zero points now.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we need to move!"
Someone in the team shouted such words, and Lu Pingan noticed that it was the "lantern man" from the beginning.
His decision was correct. The most troublesome thing in a foreign land is not the battle itself, but when you are surrounded on all sides, any battle may attract more enemies.
The words of the lantern holder were recognized by most professionals. Some of them took out high-quality weapons and consumables, and some began to use professional abilities to fight.
Compared with monsters with relatively single abilities, the advantage of professionals is that they have a variety of abilities and are stronger in short-term bursts.
A few minutes later, this first wave of contact battle ended with the victory of the human side.
When the two bat demons began to run away, the flame dogs also disappeared instantly. Those low-level horned demons who had lost their backup were naturally quickly wiped out... It is worth mentioning that these horned demons did not self-destruct. , their level is too low, unless they fall into a special state, they don’t have this function at all.
But the retreat of monsters may not be a good thing, especially bat monsters.
Unwilling to fail, they will fly around and may encounter other groups of monsters at any time and attract them.
"Come on... stop harvesting materials, another group is coming."
The lantern bearer held his reconnaissance light and shouted orders, but this time, Lu Pingping felt that there was nothing around him for several kilometers.
Is it because his instrument's perception ability exceeds Lu Pingan's? Lu Pingan shook his head, but gave him a high score.
In a long-term team, lies are the poison of trust, but in a temporary team, a well-placed lie can save a lot of trouble.
The team moved in a hurry, and the long night had just begun.
Lu Pingan was not in a hurry to supercharge them... He wanted to see if they would collapse naturally in such a battlefield environment.