"The Endpoint" 044. (Guardian Day Forest Chapter) Spatial Magic Device

"Chirp chirp..."

With a few sharp cries, a small third-tier magical beast, a White-browed Stone Monkey, suddenly leapt up from behind a large rock. Its two front claws scraped deep grooves into the stone as it landed, its body trembling slightly as it crouched atop the rock, glaring fiercely at the two approaching special soldiers, letting out a fierce scream!

The two special soldiers were not alarmed by the White-browed Stone Monkey's cries. After a brief startle, they quickly relaxed, and the mystical energy surging around them rapidly dissipated.

After receiving a signal from the squad leader, one of the men swung his hand knife casually, condensing his faintly red mystical energy into a blade-like shape and quickly flinging it toward the White-browed Stone Monkey.

The monkey let out a startled cry and leapt aside, narrowly avoiding the hand knife. The two men then turned and ran back toward their team, no longer paying extra attention to the situation. Meanwhile, the White-browed Stone Monkey quickly leapt onto the rocks behind it and, after several jumps, disappeared without a trace.

"Phew, that scared me to death..."

Qingyan exhaled a long, low breath, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and cast a thankful glance toward Dugu Xiaoxuan.

"Hmph!" Dugu Xiaoxuan snorted irritably, glaring at Qingyan and scolding lightly, "Always good for nothing, making things worse!"

Qingyan was speechless, knowing he was at fault. His eyes wandered, and he caught sight of the heart-shaped pendant on Dugu Xiaoxuan's chest, which still glowed with a faint red light. He couldn't look away, murmuring softly, as if speaking to himself—though only he could hear it.

After staring for dozens of seconds, Dugu Xiaoxuan finally noticed something strange. Her face instantly flushed with a mix of shame and anger, bluish-red in color. Her left arm quickly moved to cover her chest, while her right hand swung forcefully in a lightning-fast slap toward Qingyan's face! At the same time, she opened her mouth to angrily shout!

"Dang... woh woh..."

Uncle Tian's hand reached out in time, covering Dugu Xiaoxuan's mouth, preventing her from completing her scolding. Qingyan quickly jumped back, narrowly avoiding that thunderous slap, lost his balance, and plopped down to the ground.At this moment, far away among the special forces, the so-called "Big Sister" squad leader suddenly turned her head and looked in the direction of the giant rock!

"What's wrong, Big Sister Longwu?"

This was another squad leader of the special forces. He was two meters tall, with muscles as solid as iron, requiring no effort, and like a coiled dragon, they protruded conspicuously! Among this group of iron-clad men, he appeared even stronger, completely unable to hide his immense and imposing aura. Yet at this moment, he was lightly smiling and softly asked, glancing casually toward the giant rock.

Longwu was the name of this formidable Big Sister. In the entire special forces unit, only two other squad leaders dared to call her by name. The reason was Longwu's nearly abusive strictness in training her subordinates, which gave her the reputation of a "devil female commander," spreading throughout the entire iron-blooded army, instilling fear in all the soldiers! Although the soldiers under her command were among the elite of the elite, almost no one was willing to undergo her drills, unless they truly had no other choice! Therefore, without equal status, which soldier would not respectfully call her "Big Sister"?

"Tieyan, did you hear some sounds just now? Your strength is greater than mine, can you help sense it...?" Longwu was somewhat uncertain.

"There shouldn't be anything there; you probably heard it wrong."

The squad leader called "Tieyan" had keen spiritual perception. After listening carefully for a while and finding nothing, he softly told Longwu. After a pause, Tieyan looked back at the black smoke of the volcano and reminded her:

"Don't worry about it; the Fire Golem is about to emerge. We don't have time to waste!"

"Mm…" Longwu hesitated, made no further inquiry, and also turned back, gazing at the volcano's mouth, pondering her strategy.

"What's going on with you?!"

Qingyan immediately rose from the ground, his eyes glowing with anger as he fixed his gaze on Dugu Xiaoxuan, and scolded in a deep voice.

"What's going on? I want to ask you the same thing!"

Dugu Xiaoxuan was not to be outdone. Her beautiful eyes glared angrily, her cheeks flushed red and blue with embarrassment and anger as she retorted. As she thought about it, her face turned even redder with shame, and she then shouted in fury:

"You scoundrel! Pervert!""Uh…" Upon hearing Du Gu Xiaoxuan's angry scolding, Qing Yan suddenly had a flash of insight, and his mouth also trembled for a moment. The anger on his face disappeared instantly, replaced by a helpless expression, and he softly said:

"I'm telling you, young lady, I didn't have any improper thoughts, okay? What I was paying attention to was just the pendant on your chest!"

"Hmph… who would believe that?" Du Gu Xiaoxuan didn't actually intend to be against Qing Yan. Listening to his explanation, which seemed somewhat plausible, she didn't pay too much attention to the previous misunderstanding. Lowering her head, she held the pendant on her chest with some disappointment and, after a long pause, said quietly:

"This pendant is a spatial artifact, a relic left to me by my mother…"

"A spatial artifact!"

Qing Yan and the four men all inhaled sharply at the same time! Even though they had seen her release the White Brow Stone Monkey from the pendant and had had some suspicions, hearing her confirm it herself still left them shocked.

A spatial artifact is an extremely rare treasure! As the name suggests, it is a type of artifact with a certain storage space. Don't be fooled by the pendant's small size; inside, it has at least a certain amount of storage capacity. It can hold many important items, and only after bonding with its owner can it be opened.

According to legend, these spatial artifacts originated from an extremely prosperous artifact-making race thousands of years ago. The emergence of various powerful artifacts at that time triggered a grand-scale industrial revolution! Later, with the mysterious disappearance of this race, the technique completely vanished, and the artifacts that spread outside became even more precious. Especially this type of spatial artifact, which was always rare. After a thousand years, its value had become priceless!

Of course, because of its rarity, Qing Yan and the four men didn't understand the difference between a living being spatial artifact and a non-living being spatial artifact, so they were just extremely shocked. If they truly understood the enormous difference, who knows how amazed their expressions would have been.

Uncle Tian comforted Du Gu Xiaoxuan slightly and quietly peered out through the cracks in the rocks. He saw the special soldiers slowly climbing along the ridgeline toward the volcanic crater. Their very coordinated steps were clearly the result of a certain amount of simulated training!At this moment, above the volcano crater, a flash of fire erupted, appearing extremely obvious even in the dense black smoke. After a while, the fire dimmed, and within the cave entrance, there was suddenly no black smoke rising at all! The thick smoke that once shot straight into the sky was completely severed from below!