The tunnel ceiling was pierced by a large hole created by a clone using the Black Moon, allowing a faint glimpse of light from above.
Lin Yu suddenly said, "Stop!"
Lin Fan asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Let a clone scout ahead. It might not be safe up there," Lin Yu instructed.
Lin Fan grumbled inwardly about Lin Yu being the most cautious, but he still nodded and flattered him, "It's always Big Brother who has foresight and considers everything. I'm far inferior to you."
"Stop sucking up!" Lin Yu commanded a clone to fly up, and he attached his consciousness to the clone.
The clone slowly ascended, reaching the top. The Black Moon shone brightly, creating a large hole. Instantly, light poured down.
Then, the clone flew upwards. Upon emerging, it found itself in a forest, with a small mountain nearby.
The hole they had made was in an inconspicuous corner of this small mountain.
After the clone appeared, Lin Yu controlled it to fly into the air, gazing towards the central base.
He was overjoyed and about to fly out to investigate when he suddenly felt a chill.
Boom!
A light arrow struck him from behind, instantly piercing his chest.
He stared blankly behind him, only to see a Thousand-Winged Tribe expert lowering his bow, looking at Lin Yu's clone with a mocking expression.
Thump!
The clone fell to the ground and slowly dissipated.
Seeing this, the Thousand-Winged Tribe expert quickly flew over, intending to claim his spoils.
Underground tunnel.
Lin Yu's face turned extremely grim. Lin Fan asked, "Big Brother, what's wrong?"
"A nobody killed a clone. It's going to die!" Lin Yu gritted his teeth and mentally activated the clone.
With a hum, white light appeared, and multiple clones materialized around them.
Due to the limited space, Lin Yu only created thirty clones.
"Go, kill it, and bring back its corpse. I want to use Life Drain to devour it."
The clones nodded and flew towards the sky.
On the ground.
The Thousand-Winged Tribe expert fell to the ground, searching for the human he had just shot. To his confusion, he searched everywhere but couldn't find the human.
"How strange. That shot was surely fatal. Where did the corpse go?" he wondered.
"Never mind, perhaps it didn't die completely, but it won't last long," he muttered, preparing to leave.
However, the next moment, he froze in place. Unbeknownst to him, dozens of black moons had appeared around him.
Seeing these black moons instantly awakened his memories.
"You are from the Ice Dog tribe? No, how can the Ice Dogs have so many geniuses who master Moon Devour? Who exactly are you?"
He roared, but no one responded. The black moons descended mercilessly, and wherever the black light shone, everything dissolved.
He tried to escape into the sky, but the black moons sealed it off.
"Speed Domain!" he roared, enveloped in a circle of silvery-white light, and flew rapidly westward.
However, he collided head-on with a black moon.
This black moon had been hidden there long ago by a clone, waiting for him to charge through.
Due to his extreme speed, he couldn't stop and was directly struck by the black moon.
Boom!
A loud explosion was followed by a hissing, corrosive sound.
Just as the opponent was about to completely dissolve, the black moon suddenly disappeared. At this moment, the Thousand-Winged Tribe individual was on the verge of death.
A clone appeared, grabbed him, and flew towards the tunnel entrance.
Before he died, the Thousand-Winged Tribe expert finally saw the clone's face. His pupils contracted, and his mind was greatly shaken. He couldn't understand how an enemy he thought was dead had come back to life.
The clone looked down at him, then raised a hand and struck him on the head, ending his life.
Back in the tunnel, the corpse of the Thousand-Winged Tribe expert was handed to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu mentally uttered, "Life Drain!"
Instantly, a strong sense of gluttony filled his heart, making him want to devour everything.
At the same time, he placed his hand, which had formed a small black hole, slowly onto the corpse of the Thousand-Winged Tribe expert.
Hum!
Streams of life essence rapidly flowed from the Thousand-Winged Tribe expert's body, entering his own body and strengthening his physique and soul.
The sensation was incredibly pleasant, and the feeling of continuous improvement was addictive.
After about ten minutes, the corpse of the seventh-tier Thousand-Winged Tribe expert was completely consumed.
This slightly enhanced Lin Yu's physique and soul. Although the gain was not significant and it was quite draining, he was very happy because his foundation had been strengthened a little more.
Lin Fan came over and said, "Big Brother, can you update me now?"
He had been thinking about the Moon Devour skill, and Lin Yu, in a good mood, smiled and said, "Yes!"
"Big Brother, you're the best, I love you to death."
"Cut the act. Scout the situation on the surface for me, and keep digging the tunnel. This area doesn't seem very safe."
"Alright, alright!"
Lin Fan went to get busy, while Lin Yu sat cross-legged, communicating with his talent clones to update Lin Fan's skills.
This step was simple, much easier than creating him anew, and it was completed quickly.
Lin Fan, feeling the new information in his mind, was incredibly excited. He also activated the Moon Devour skill and was immediately shocked by its powerful corrosive ability.
At this moment, Lin Fan came back to his senses and said, "Big Brother, I've scouted it out. There's a Thousand-Winged Tribe base not far from here."
"What about the central base?" Lin Yu wanted to return first and fight monsters when it was safe.
"Big Brother, I just took a look. The central base is surrounded by strange beasts, so we probably can't get in," Lin Fan said.
Lin Yu fell into thought. He couldn't return to the central base, so he could only wait.
He would wait for Li Qiudao and the others who had broken out of the southeast base to arrive, and then he would seize the opportunity to enter the central base with them.
Otherwise, if he went alone, the central base would definitely not open its gates for him.
He couldn't just wait idly; he had to do something.
He glanced at the accumulated upgrade points, and a thought struck him.
"I know!" Lin Yu looked at the clones digging the tunnel and continued, "You can go be busy too!"
"Okay, okay, this Moon Devour skill is too useful." Lin Fan couldn't put it down and quickly went to dig the tunnel towards Southern Xinjiang City.
Lin Yu, on the other hand, found a spot and continuously created clones, then sent them flying out.
Besides the ten clones digging tunnels, a total of four hundred and ninety clones were all dispatched.
After arriving on the ground, these clones immediately dispersed, heading towards the Thousand-Winged Tribe stronghold from different directions.
This Thousand-Winged Tribe stronghold was clearly larger than the one in the southeast base, and it had significantly more experts.
The aura of ninth-tier experts was not uncommon, but Lin Yu still directly controlled his clones to fly towards them.
The stronghold stretched for dozens of miles, a truly spectacular sight with countless Thousand-Winged Tribe members. The clones rushed in, not daring to go to the center, but intending to kill from the periphery.
As soon as they entered one of the garrisons, they were discovered by the Thousand-Winged Tribe's aerial patrol.
"Who dares to trespass into the Thousand-Winged Tribe stronghold?"
The next moment, they were met with a sharp blade.
"Ding, killed Thousand-Winged Tribe (fourth-tier), upgrade points +3300."