It was as if they had entered a nightmare. As they moved forward, they found that on the other side of the roof were hanging many... corpses.

  Although there were no colors other than black in the shadow plane, it didnt prevent Raven and others from recognizing these guys through facial contours.

  These corpses they all recognized were a squad of White Silver troops who had occupied three peasant households.

  The adventurer who was once so arrogant is now just a dried-up corpse hanging from the eaves.

  The dwarf Dalak stretched out his hand a little crazily, as if he wanted to go and check the corpse.

  "Leis voice came coldly from behind: If I were you, I wouldnt get within a twenty-meter radius of this so-called house."

  Bai Mao suddenly turned his head: "Do you know what this is?"

  "Soul-Devouring Tree... a monster that loves to disguise itself as human houses or spirit dwellings in the Shadow Realm. Whoever approaches it dies. In fact, once you enter within 20 meters of it, youre essentially walking into its stomach through its mucous membrane."

  "His stomach?"

  He pointed at the seemingly empty void and said in a low voice, "Do you see? The blackness there is slightly different."

  The other four stared with wide eyes for a long time before they were shocked to discover that the black depth within and outside the 20-meter range did have subtle differences.

  "Oh! Damn it all to hell!" Darrak cursed.

  Baimao looked at the adventurers corpse and seemed a bit unbearable: "Rex, can we get rid of this thing and put them down?"

  "Unless you can use the Shadow Step or Shadow Leap of a high-ranking Wanderer to jump 50 meters away and avoid its self-explosion in that instant before it dies, otherwise youll become a rotten acid flesh that even Ghoul wouldnt bother to eat."

  "Uh, when I didnt say." The half-beast scratched his head awkwardly.

  At this time, a half-body person approached: "Rex, you are very familiar with the Shadow Plane?"

  "Its not something you can discuss, but all wanderers yearn for the ability of shadows, dont they?"

  Under Ravens guidance, the team dodged several traps that would be fatal for ordinary adventurers. However, after three hours...

  The dwarf suddenly had a craving for smoke, although Raven repeatedly warned not to light fire and not to use any holy water. The intense craving tormented Drakkar. Dwarves are creatures that will die without smoke or wine.

  Nor did he notify Raven, Darak hid to one side and lit a fire by himself. His flint was also strange, it ignited with just one spark, then a strange whistling sound suddenly echoed from the horizon.

  "Put out the fire!" Raven shouted.

  Too late!

  Darak hadnt even reacted yet, when a super giant python at least 100 meters long suddenly appeared from the horizon, instantly ignoring the existence of the black rocky mountain, and piercing through the theoretically extremely hard rock with an astonishing speed, opening its huge mouth full of sharp teeth to swallow Darak in one bite before everyone could react.

  Schwartz attempted a counterattack, firing sharp arrows in a three-shot burst.

  It has no effect.

  It was neither the clear and crisp sound of an arrow piercing flesh, nor the metallic clang of an arrow bouncing off a hard outer shell, but rather a strange sensation akin to throwing something into mud.

  The huge python disappeared completely in the next second, as if everything before was an illusion.

  "Oh no——Heaven! Dalak!" The half-man cried out as he fell to his knees.

  Yades scream became the dwarfs elegy.

  "Thats the Shadow Serpent... anyone who uses fire or holy water on the Shadow Plane will be attacked by it. There is no defense, only to eliminate the object that stimulates it first. Some say it represents the will of the Shadow Plane itself." Ravens cold voice made a final comment on the dwarfs foolish death.

  "Do you know the way out?" The half-man looked at Raven with hopeful eyes.

  "This will take time." At this moment, others in the team did not know what Raven specifically referred to.

  The teams morale inevitably plummeted after suffering casualties, except for Raven.

  For Dwarfs death, Raven felt nothing unusual.

  Have you fully assimilated into this world yet?

  Lei Wen doesnt know.

  If circumstances permit, Raven doesnt mind sending off this batch of temporary teammates. Unfortunately, Raven still hasnt figured out where here is.

  The Shadowfell is attached to the Astral Plane, and can be said to be a twisted mirror image of the Astral Plane. Its area is almost as large as that of the Astral Plateau, the main plane.

  Its entrance and exit are not one-to-one correspondence with Aocheng Continent.

  Assuming there are two entrances of Shadowfell in the City of Gold, it is likely that one entrance leads to the south of Shadowfell and the other goes to the west.

  The shadow plane doesnt have any particular reference points, and most of the time you can only judge your position by the type and number of shadow creatures you run into. Moreover, the entrances and exits of the shadow plane are all very strange, with one of the most unreliable ones being an exit in a giant toilet in a certain building.

  The second victim soon appeared.

  The team was advancing aimlessly when they suddenly heard a strange rustling sound.

  Lei Wen suddenly tensed up and loudly asked: "Whos injured and bleeding?!"

  The question seemed to have come a bit too late, as eight-legged black creatures rushed in from the distance like a tidal wave, occupying everyones field of vision. Their speed was so astonishing that within a minute, the entire team would be engulfed by the black tide.

  Shadow Spider!

  This monsters challenge difficulty is only level 10 when alone, but as the number increases, the challenge difficulty will rise geometrically. Now it seems that there are at least hundreds of them.

  "Its me!" Half-elf rogue raised his hand, he was too silent, even if the sole of his foot was accidentally cut a little, he didnt make a sound.

  Unfortunately, the blood of living beings is also one of the calamities that attract shadow creatures.

  "Oh! Good heavens, how can you......" The half-bodied man exclaimed.

  At this moment, he made a move that was shameful and selfish - he abandoned his team and ran to the distance.

  "Shuwa you..." Yade was stunned, suddenly realizing why Shuwa had acted that way.

  "Dont be stupid! Dont waste his last kindness!" Raven took off running in another direction.

  "Hold on!" Bai Mao tossed the half-man onto his back and no longer cared about his demeanor, like a real bear dog, he followed Raven in a sprint with all fours.

  Shuwa drew off almost all the shadow spiders, only a few pursued Ravens party. He kept his head cocked until the survivors of the squad disappeared from view in the distance before he suddenly stopped in his tracks.

  The next moment, a group of dark black fluffy spiders wrapped the entire half-elf around, not with webs, but with their bodies. Only the sound of simple and rough gnawing like a wolf pack continued to echo. The distant breeze carried the chilling chewing sound of the spiders mouthparts chopping up the half-elfs body, and the team that had just finished fighting fell into a long silence.

  The half-bodied man was shivering with fear, while Bai Mao fell into self-blame.

  "I should have held on to him. Beast God above, Ive been a useless shield for the team!" The white-haired bears eyes welled up with large tears. He had also suffered nearly ten injuries, but all his blood had mysteriously been vaporized into charcoal in an instant by a mysterious electric current. His shoulders and chest were covered in scorching scars.

  Levin was taken aback; it was the first time he had seen a half-beastman cry.

  "I think I roughly know where we are and how to get out of here," Raven said, voicing her own judgment: "If I havent misjudged, this is the Shadow Planes Umbra Flat."

  "So how are we supposed to leave?" Half-body Man asked dejectedly.

  "One more hour of persistence will bring opportunity."

  "Can you put it more clearly?" asked Bai Mao.

  "Absolute Shadow Plain is a very special existence in the shadow plane. Here, advancing and retreating are meaningless. You can think of us as being inside a closed circular pipe. Within one day, we only have two chances to leave. One is at midnight 12 oclock, and the other is at noon 12 oclock."

  Half-asleep person suddenly woke up: "Ah, I remember we set off at 7 oclock, so midnight is approaching?"

  "But the greatest test is yet to come." Raven warned, "Later we will encounter the Midnight Wraiths. In the Shadow Realm, these malevolent entities are almost impossible to kill. And they will extract fragments of our memories, luring us to turn back. The only thing we must do is never look back, and walk straight forward."

  "Is that all?" Yade was slightly surprised.

  "Nothing is simple at all!"

  Baimao patted Huanzhang on the back with his paw: "What else?"

  Lei Wens face suddenly turned serious: "Do... you guys believe me?"

  "Of course I believe it!" they chimed in unison.

  "So later on no matter what you encounter, when I tell you to jump, you must jump within three seconds, or else youre dead for sure."

  The two of them shivered at the same time.

  "Whats up?"

  "Whatever it takes!" Raven declared resolutely.

  "Alright! I trust you!" Bai Mao patted his chest. The half-human followed suit and made the same gesture.

  Its easy to say but hard to do!

  When Bai Mao and Ya De encountered the Midnight Demon Spirit, they found that their imagination about things was still too simple, too childish.

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  Thank you for Rohans reward