The Marching Lamp's light shone into the hollow, but the cavern seemed exceptionally vast. With only the Marching Lamp's faint glow, they could not see into the distance.
This hollow was clearly far larger than the one where they had discovered the Copper Pillar before.
The group stopped at the entrance because a constant rustling of carapaces striking one another echoed from the endless darkness.
The number of Great Ghouls here clearly exceeded all expectations. At that moment, everyone finally made out an upright silhouette at the center of the otherwise pitch-black hollow. It flickered in and out of view, emitting a faint glow.
Extremely faint dark-gold light also spread across the silhouette's surface. There was clearly a Bronze Pillar there!
Judging from the brightness of its outline, this Bronze Pillar was thicker than the previous one, and the density of Inscription on it was clearly higher. Yet among the visible sections, most of the Inscription flickered intermittently, with only a few still struggling to flash.
What truly caught Lu Yuan's attention, however, was the lower half of the Bronze Pillar. It was completely black, with only occasional scattered Inscription flashing within it. Something seemed to be covering it.
No! Ghouls!
Densely packed, layer upon layer of Ghouls!
They were piled atop one another, stacked over the lower half of the Bronze Pillar. The innermost layer had somehow covered the pillar's surface. The Bronze Pillar was highly corrosive even to Great Ghouls!
How had they clung to it?
From a distance, the entire structure looked bloated and dense, spreading from the base of the Copper Pillar to its middle like a patch of mold growing on the Bronze Pillar.
As he looked more closely, Lu Yuan also realized that all the creatures clinging to the pillar were Forest Seed Infected.