The thick stone door slammed shut behind him, and the last ray of light was completely swallowed up. The only sound was the dull echo of the mechanism resetting, causing ripples in the dead darkness.
Lu Chen stood at the top of the spiraling stone steps and did not act immediately.
He stood still for ten breaths, letting his eyes adjust to the pure darkness.
The surrounding air was cold and humid, and sticky black water droplets continued to seep from the stone walls, dripping on the steps, making a soft "tick, tick," sound, like a water leak timing this boundless hell.
A smell mixed with blood, decay and a faint smell of rust entered the nose arrogantly.
This is the taste of Godslayer's magical pollution in Clerk Chen's mouth.
Lu Chen's soul power has long been condensed into substance after it was broken and then re-established.
At this moment, his thoughts moved slightly, and the invisible soul spread out like a tide, and everything around him was reflected in his perception.
In his spiritual vision, the air was no longer pure nothingness, but filled with countless black threads invisible to the naked eye.
These threads are filled with violent, chaotic, and bloodthirsty will. They wander aimlessly and occasionally touch the stone wall, leaving a trace of imperceptible erosion.
This intuitive sight made his understanding of the word pollution deepen several times in an instant.
Lu Chen stepped forward and went down the stone steps.
His steps were extremely light, and Shadow Demon Trace Steps, supported by the internal strength of the Bone Forging state of perfection, was almost silent.
The whole person seemed to blend into the shadows and become a part of this darkness.
I don't know how deep the stone steps are, spiraling downward.
After about a stick of incense, the stone steps finally reached the end.
What suddenly opened up in front of us was an unimaginably huge underground cave.
Countless ferocious stalactites hang from the ceiling of the cave, like fangs of the devil. There is no light source, but some strange, green fluorescent moss clings to the rock wall, illuminating the space with a ghostly atmosphere.
Lu Chen gathered all his breath, like a fallen leaf, and quietly stepped onto the cave floor.
The moment his left foot landed, a sudden change occurred!
"Hiss--"
Several sharp, non-living sounds broke out from the shadows of rocks in all directions!
Seven or eight twisted black shadows condensed from pure black energy, like arrows from a string, pounced on Lu Chen from different angles, pointing directly at his eyebrows, heart and other places where his soul and Qi and Blood converged.
Baleful Shadow Demon!
This is the lowest level monster in the monster cave. It is composed of the strong Sha Qi and the dissipated resentful soul. It has no entity and specializes in the essence of living things.
But what you see in front of you is completely different from the description Lu Chen saw in the Demon Suppression Division file.
Their black shadows are mixed with traces of blood-colored lines of madness and chaos. The trajectory of their attacks is unstructured, yet carries a kind of madness that is both fatal and dangerous.
Contaminated by the magic of Godslayer.
Lu Chen's eyes did not waver at all, and even the Bailian sword on his waist was not unsheathed.
He just stood there quietly, facing the deadly black shadows coming from all directions, and the Ten Thousand Year Black Tortoise Art internal power in his body was roaring.
Buzz!
A layer of light cyan Gang Qi, as thick as a mountain, almost solidified, instantly appeared on his body.
On the surface of Gang Qi, mysterious tortoise shell patterns can be vaguely seen, exuding a heavy aura that suppresses everything.
"Bang! Bang bang bang!"
A series of dull crashes sounded like defeat.
Those crazy Baleful Shadow Demon hit Protective Qi of Lu Chen. Instead of being able to shake it at all, they were like an egg hitting a hard rock. The black energy they condensed was violently shaken by the suppressive force attached to Gang Qi, causing them to scream in pain.
Their attacks couldn't even make Lu Chen's clothes move.
And Lu Chen, from beginning to end, did not even raise his eyelids.
The clothes are slightly dirty!
"A group of remnants whose minds have been polluted, barely qualified as nourishment."
He commented coldly in his heart.
The next moment, the power of his soul that had already been unleashed suddenly shook with a mysterious frequency!
Soul Intimidation!
This is a simple method of application that he learned on his own after his soul transformed.
There are no earth-shattering sounds or gorgeous light and shadow effects.
An invisible ripple of soul centered on Lu Chen, like a stone thrown into a calm lake, spread to an area of thirty feet around in an instant.
Those Baleful Shadow Demon who were preparing to launch the second round of impact suddenly froze in their twisted black shadows, as if an invisible hand was strangling their core.
Their chaotic will is as fragile as a sandcastle in front of Lu Chen's soul power, which is as condensed as mercury.
"Hiss...!"
Waves of silent screams exploded directly at the soul level.
The twelve-headed Baleful Shadow Demon bodies were violently twisted and elongated in mid-air, and then like snow illuminated by the sun, they quickly melted and disintegrated, and finally turned into the purest Sha Qi, returning to the cave.
The Thunder cleared the field, but in a matter of seconds.
The cold system prompt sounded in Lu Chen's mind at the right time.
[System prompt: Kill Baleful Shadow Demon x12 and obtain Demon Devil Lifespan 36 years in total.]
[Current remaining Demon Devil Lifespan: 36 years.]
"One head has a lifespan of three years?"
Lu Chen frowned slightly.
Resentful soul monsters of the same level in the outside world can provide a lifespan of one and a half years at most.
The lifespan provided by Baleful Shadow Demon here has almost doubled. This confirms the statement of Clerk Chen - the essence of the demon contaminated by the magic of Godslayer has changed, and the energy it contains is also richer.
Danger and opportunity really coexist.
Lu Chen didn't stay here too long. After identifying the direction, he sneaked deeper into the cave.
The further you go, the stronger the smell of rust in the air becomes, and the erosion marks on the surrounding rock walls become more and more new.
After traveling for about half a mile, Lu Chen's footsteps stopped after a corner.
His eyes fell on the ground and rock wall in front of him.
There, there were some extremely strange scratches.
These scratches are extremely deep, as if some kind of sharp tool was used to forcefully plow the hard rock. The edges are smooth, and there is even a trace of the hot smell of metal friction remaining.
More importantly, several of the traces were so new that they seemed to have been left just a few minutes ago.
This is definitely not a trace left by a demon.
Lu Chen squatted down, stretched out his fingers and gently touched the edge of one of the scratches, feeling a cold touch on his fingertips.
His soul perception was raised to the extreme at this moment.
Ahead, in the shadow about a hundred feet away, a powerful, cold, and dead Yao Qi was dormant. The aura was as dense as a mountain, as lifeless as a rock, and it was almost integrated with the surrounding environment.
The demon in Tongmai Realm!
But it was not this Yao Qi that made Lu Chen feel alarmed.
But intertwined with Yao Qi, there is another extremely weak one that is almost completely covered up by Yao Qi... the aura of a human warrior.
And, there was a vague sound, as if it was an auditory hallucination... the sound of gold and iron rubbing against each other.
Besides him, is there anyone else in this monster cave?