Unearthing a Death Stone, a Sudden Turn

"Clang!"

A sharp, piercing impact rang out.

The overseers' faces lit up at the familiar, wonderful sound, while the miners' expressions changed drastically.

There was only one explanation for that sound: they had dug up a Death Stone!

After all, aside from soil contaminated by Death Stones, there were no other rocks in the mine tunnel. Death Stones were the only hard substance there.

They were doomed!

The miners all backed away, not daring to go near.

Once a Death Stone was unearthed, someone was bound to die. That was an ironclad rule.

Zhao Han immediately looked over. He saw a frail miner staring at a pure-black, smooth-as-jade, cone-shaped object in the dirt, his hands and feet trembling.

This was a Death Stone. Death Stones were naturally pure black and cone-shaped, and only as large as a sweet potato.

"Whoosh!"

The instant the Death Stone was dug up, an invisible, colorless, odorless ray burst forth, its waves affecting every living thing in the hall.

The iron armor on the dwarfs and the iron plates embedded in the cave walls hummed, constantly weakening the effects of the invisible ray.

Like Zhao Han, the miners each had only one Iron Token, which could block only part of the ray's influence.

And they couldn't use true qi or inner energy; they could only tough it out mentally.

Zhao Han immediately conjured a shield, but it couldn't stop the invisible ray at all. He could only watch helplessly as it seeped into his body, planting thoughts of slaughter and death in his mind.

The miner closest to it was affected the most—not physically, but mentally.

He was only in the Vessel Expansion Realm. How could he possibly withstand the Death Stone's influence?

His whole face twisted. Slaughter and brutality warped his features, his eyes