After Disciple Bai Cheng took over control, she coordinated everything as a whole and had to maintain the connections between everyone, since she was also worried that something might happen to them while they were investigating. Still, as long as they operated properly, there was nothing to worry about.
With no spirit beasts occupying the area, the Heaven-Piercing Demonic Qi, though powerful, was not entirely intolerable. After swallowing a Demon-Warding Pill, I flew for a while. Although I felt somewhat nauseous, and the pill's consumption made me anxious, my mood was still fairly good. After all, the unknowns encountered while searching for treasure constantly stirred up excitement.
The underground area had suffered the worst destruction. After all, super sects of this kind had most likely settled in such a dangerous place for the sake of its mineral veins.
I specifically examined the surrounding rock strata. Sure enough, the lower layers had been formed through the process of mining ore. Moreover, when I saw traces of precious ore still scattered along the various passageways, I guessed that this unorthodox sect had probably mined excessively, resulting in a backlash from beneath the ground.
A halo resembling a safety helmet hovered above my head, giving me an unobstructed view of the surroundings. It was a searchlight developed specifically to study the Heaven-Piercing Demonic Qi. As I advanced deeper underground, I gradually discovered more and more leakage points. There even seemed to be traces of places that had been excavated by human hands.
In the pitch-black space, crushed substances resembling diamond powder were scattered everywhere. When I picked one up to examine it, it felt extremely solid. Without a doubt, these were things even more precious than the living iron from before.
*In the Immortal Continent, materials like these were probably also top-tier artifacts-forging