Chapter 2281

Zhao Chi carefully climbed up two meters, reaching the edge of the passage.

Slowly raised his head…

Safe.

There's nothing inside.

This is a V-shaped passage.

Wide at the top, very narrow at the bottom.

A bit like a deepened and widened drainage ditch.

And this passage is extremely long!

It extends all the way into the distance.

The slopes on both sides of the passage are very smooth, as if scraped flat by something.

It must be a mark left by some giant magical beast, right?

There's definitely no one digging a drainage ditch here.

And… that white space was just torn open with a crack, which should also have been caused by a tremendous force.

Probably done by some giant beast too?

Zhao Chi observed carefully once again.

But still, there was nothing.

Go up and take a look.

Zhao Chi turned his body and continued climbing up.

Slowly climbed to the edge of the big pit.

Stopped behind a mound of accumulated earth.

Observed carefully once again.

Zhao Chi was still in his 10-point Intelligence state at this moment, with extremely good eyesight.

Although the environment was rather dark, he could still clearly see the surroundings.

He was safe where he was.

Beside him was a 5-meter-deep pit, connected to an extremely long 3-meter passage.

Then there was nothing else worth noting.

Shangguan Ting… was ahead.

Zhao Chi recognized her at a glance.

It really was her…

Shangguan Ting was facing outward, tied to a huge round log.

Her whole body was covered in wounds.

She was wearing tattered armor, broken and battered, full of pits and holes, with extensive corrosion marks.

Her hair was disheveled, covered in dried blood plasma. It was unclear whether her head was injured or it was the enemy's blood.

One ear was already gone.

One eye was also blind, dripping blood.

It seemed… the blood plasma on her hair was her own.

The lower edge of the tattered armor.

Fresh blood kept dripping down.

One leg was already broken off at the knee.

But it was tied down below with rope, so the severed leg didn't fall off.

From what those werewolves just said, this leg should have just been torn off.

There wasn't a single intact spot on Shangguan Ting's entire body.

Her skin was also snow-white; setting aside her personality, her appearance alone was truly flawless.

But now the fair, tender skin was completely invisible — all that could be seen was blood and grime.

She was practically a person made of blood.

Zhao Chi's breathing grew heavier.

Both fists clenched tight.

Teeth clenched tight.

His teeth ached a little…

Zhao Chi unclenched his teeth, but a sudden, inexplicable surge of anger rose in his heart.

He disliked Shangguan Ting, that was true.

He was simply unwilling to have much contact with her.

But the problem was, no matter how bad she was, she was still an ally.

And she had even taken the initiative to handle the matter of evacuating several families' members; otherwise, she could have run long ago.

One thing at a time.

On this point, Zhao Chi still agreed, and was even somewhat grateful to her.

And from another perspective, seeing Shangguan Ting in such a miserable state, Zhao Chi also felt a bit of compassion.

Zhao Chi was no longer a rookie.

He had seen death many times, and had become somewhat numb to it.

But seeing an ally tortured so brutally by the enemy, Zhao Chi still felt a stifling pressure in his heart.

Better to give her a quick end.

But she can't die.

If she dies... everyone in her territory will be buried with her.

If only there were a way to save her...

Beside Shangguan Ting are six werewolf lords.

From their conversation, they should be six county-level lords.

On the outer perimeter of the lords are over a dozen heavily-armored giant beastmen, each five meters tall, like a dozen walls.

Nearby are also several dozen werewolf warriors and over a hundred strong beastman slave soldiers.

In the sky, six wing-bats hover in midair.

Zhao Chi can't help but shrink his body back into the soft loose soil, to avoid being spotted by the wing-bats.

Further out are the corpses of five giant beastmen and several dozen strong beastmen.

They must have been killed by Shangguan Ting.

On the very outermost edge, there are still several hundred miscellaneous soldiers on patrol — humans, beastmen, and elves among them.

It's over.

Shangguan Ting is truly doomed.

Zhao Chi absolutely cannot rescue her.

Not to mention those six werewolf lords can still summon more soldiers from their territory,

And not to mention the werewolf warriors, giant beastmen, and strong beastmen inside.

Just those several hundred miscellaneous soldiers on the outside — Zhao Chi alone would have a very hard time dealing with them.

There's no way to save her.

How could he possibly save her?

Activate all kinds of skills, then charge over bare-assed and grab a weapon?

The problem is there's no armor.

A werewolf's claw would slash right onto Zhao Chi's body.

That would actually be able to hurt Zhao Chi directly.

Charge over bare-assed, kill one, then strip their armor and put it on?

Killing one would be easy — the problem is there's no time to strip the armor and then put it on.

At most he could grab a weapon, grab a shield, and the werewolves would already be charging in.

Then... use the Gigantification Art?

The Gigantification Art can increase health.