Deep Dive

The silent passageway was shrouded in endless darkness, like a space after death, devoid of any sound.

suddenly,

A ghostly fireball lit up deep within the passageway, its orange-red flames casting a warm glow into the surrounding darkness, dispelling large swaths of inky blackness.

Under this light, the shadows of one man and two women were stretched very long.

"Changtian, because of you, our progress has been severely hampered."

A cool, husky female voice, tinged with amusement, drifted through the empty corridor. "Couldn't your Source Qi have lasted a little longer?"

Xu Yuan's voice carried a hint of laughter as he took out a Source Crystal the size of a goose egg, circulating his cultivation Cultivation Method to restore his Source Qi as he slowly walked forward.

"I am a Soul Condensation expert, unlike you two mere Origin Beginning."

Li Qingyan glanced at Xu Yuan:

"If your cultivation level were half as thick as your skin, you'd probably already be a Mortal Shedding expert, right?"

Xu Yuan rolled his eyes at Li Qingyan and didn't say anything more.

Listening to the two bickering, Bai Muxi, who was following behind them, had a gentle smile on her lips.

This was the sixth day since the three of them entered the Blood Demon Cave, but the Dead Silence Underground Palace was too vast, and even at their current speed, they still hadn't been able to get close to the deepest part of the Underground City they had explored.

Of course, Xu Yuan's unfathomable cultivation level played the most crucial role in this.

After all, his speed limit is the same as the speed limit of the three of them.

Moreover, he has to stop and rest for a while after running a certain distance.

Although he cultivated a blood-colored Cultivation Method, Soul Condensation expert was still just Soul Condensation expert. In addition, he had to bear part of the Source Qi output of the Black Death Fungal Armor on his body, so he simply couldn't hold on.

The three remained silent, walking slowly forward, their footsteps completely absorbed by the soft, reddish-brown fungal carpet.

In the silence,

"Young Master."

Bai Muxi's gentle voice rang out softly, "Why don't you let Mu Xi carry you?"

As soon as he finished speaking,

The woman in the red robe at the front immediately swept her cold gaze over, but said nothing.

Xu Yuan thought about it seriously for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"It's okay to go slower. I've already explained why. We can't take risks when facing the Strange Ghost."

For the first two days after entering the Blood Demon Cave, the three of them traveled by having Bai Muxi lead the way while Li Qingyan carried Xu Yuan in her arms at high speed.

On the third day, Strange Ghost appeared in that passageway, whose physical strength was basically equivalent to that of a third- Grandmaster.

Since then, Li Qingyan and Bai Muxi's roles have been switched.

The reason is simple: Bai Muxi is too incompetent, and Li Qingyan can't stand it.

Even if Bai Muxi could raise her cultivation to the second rank, the Underground City Cultivation Method she practiced was far too rudimentary. With her second-rank cultivation, she couldn't even instantly kill those third-rank alien Strange Ghost that lacked intelligence.

The consequence of failing to achieve an instant kill is that the Source Qi vibrates and spreads, attracting more Strange Ghost.

Li Qingyan then simply tossed Xu Yuan to Bai Muxi to hold.

Li Qingyan didn't care, Xu Yuan was even less concerned.

After all, Little White doesn't have a bra strap; it comes with its own shock-absorbing pad.

Moreover, her movements were even gentler than a princess's, and she would even use her Source Qi to form a barrier around him, allowing him to rest while traveling.

However, their good fortune didn't last long; in less than a day, the three of them entered the "deep water zone."

Although the number of Strange Ghost in this area has decreased, each one is basically of the third rank.

Upon learning this, Xu Yuan immediately asked Bai Muxi to put him down.

We've gone quite deep now, and there's a good chance we'll encounter Strange Ghost comparable to those from the Origin Beginning in this area.

Li Qingyan said she could handle it, but Xu Yuan insisted.

The Strange Ghost beings cannot be detected by Will Soul; they can only be sensed using the special Source Qi sensing method used by Old Man Luo.

However, if one is not proficient, using this method of probing the Source Qi for an extended period of time can easily lead to "overload".

Simply put, the speed at which the Source Qi is probed cannot keep up with the speed of the user.

And there's an even more important point,

While lower-ranking Strange Ghost rely on alternative senses such as sight and smell to distinguish their own kind, higher-ranking Strange Ghost can distinguish living beings entirely through fluctuations in their Source Qi.

The fluctuations of Origin Beginning's Source Qi as he rushed forward at full speed could be sensed by the Strange Ghost several miles away.

If they attract too many people at once, the three of them will most likely perish here.

Without a word, the three of them walked silently along the passageway.

In the shadows, unnoticed by the three, a pair of jet-black vertical pupils stared intently at them like a hunter, its massive form moving silently without a sound.

Time passed silently, second by second.

Xu Yuan was quietly absorbing the Source Qi, suddenly spoke up and asked:

"How many days have we been in the Blood Demon Cave?"

Bai Muxi answered without hesitation:

"Young master, it will be the seventh day in one hour and three-quarters of an hour."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingyan gave Bai Muxi a slightly strange look:

"So precise?"

Bai Muxi's beautiful eyes smiled:

"Your Highness, as the Simin in charge of the Underground City's timekeeping, Mu Xi strictly regulates the daily routines of the common people, so she is very sensitive to time."

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuan asked with great interest:

"I haven't asked before, but you still use surface-based units of time in your Underground City?"

Bai Muxi replied softly:

"The water clocks passed down from our predecessors have remained unchanged in terms of functionality and have been used ever since."

"Oh"

Xu Yuan chuckled softly, then turned to Li Qingyan and suddenly said:

"Qingyan, we've been in this Underground City for almost ten days now, and this Dead Silence Underground Palace is too quiet."

Li Qingyan frowned slightly.

"Barbarian King?"

"Right."

Xu Yuan nodded, his expression grave. "He's not like us. We can stall, but he can't. Yet, he hasn't made a single move all this time."

Li Qingyan hesitated for a moment:

"You mean the Barbarian King might be dead... no, turned into Strange Ghost?"

"Young Master."

Bai Muxi suddenly interjected. She seemed to have an innate fear of the Strange Ghost, and her calm voice changed slightly. "You mean we might be facing a half-saint Strange Ghost?"

Xu Yuan glanced back at her and said:

"A close friend of mine, though much older than me, once told me that there is a buffer period when a strong person is transformed into Strange Ghost. During this time, the Strange Ghost's instincts will continuously erode their original consciousness, and their physical body will gradually be transformed. This is when they are most vulnerable."

"Changtian."

Li Qingyan interrupted Xu Yuan at this moment, then suddenly drew the sword from her waist. "Even if the Barbarian King is seriously injured, he cannot be killed by this group of mindless Strange Ghost, just as I could not be injured by the Origin Beginning Strange Ghost."

After saying that,

Li Qingyan suddenly disappeared from Xu Yuan's sight, and at the same time, Bai Muxi suddenly shielded him behind her.

"Hiss!!!"

Amidst the flickering firelight, a sharp screech echoed in the darkness at the end of the passageway.

However, what caught everyone off guard was that the sharp shriek seemed to have been abruptly paused, stopping abruptly the moment it began.

Bai Muxi stared at the end of the passageway, her pupils contracting.

In the darkness at the end,

The blade, trailing orange-red flames, swept across a dazzling display, slicing the enormous, hairless cat demon lurking in the shadows in two!

Just as it was about to be reborn, a strange fluctuation spread from the cut on the certificate.

Almost simultaneously, the raging flames instantly engulfed the enormous body of the cat Strange Ghost.

Dao Yun

Xu Yuan looked at her expression and asked softly:

"What's wrong?"

Bai Muxi's voice carried a hint of uncertainty:

"The Origin Beginning Strange Ghost being... appears to have been killed by His Highness in one strike."

"Oh."

Xu Yuan was slightly surprised when he heard the news, but not too shocked.

The reason why the Strange Ghost from ten thousand years ago were so terrifying was that they not only possessed intelligence, but could also use powerful spells cultivated by cultivators, and even had a near-infinite ability to regenerate.

Once they lose their intelligence, their strength is reduced by more than half. Relying on instinct to fight, the Others have no chance of winning against Strange Ghost of the same level.

With the enhancement of Li Qingyan's Cultivation Method and the Black Death Fungal Armor, killing a Origin Beginning Strange Ghost in an instant wouldn't be too difficult.

Just as I was thinking,

Xu Yuan suddenly noticed that Bai Muxi beside him seemed a little dazed. After a moment's thought, he smiled and said:

"Mu Xi, are you upset?"

Bai Muxi came to her senses and said softly:

"Mu Xi knows her talent is limited and is not as good as Your Highness's, which is normal."

Xu Yuan raised his hand and gently rubbed her head, saying softly:

"This isn't your problem. The Cultivation Method in your Underground Palace are too rudimentary, and your application of Dao essence is also very simplistic. When we return to my Prime Minister's Mansion, I will find you a semi-saint teacher."

"Changtian, unfulfilled promises become shackles."

Li Qingyan's voice, echoing from the depths of the tunnel, interrupted Xu Yuan's empty promises, "Stop making empty promises over there. There are some things here that you might need to come and see."

"." Xu Yuan.

With a sigh of resentment, Xu Yuan patted Little White and supple waist to reassure her, and replied loudly:

"Come here immediately. I'd like to see what it is that even our princess can't decide?"

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea,

The three of them stood silently before the mass of blood and flesh, which they could sense slowly writhing.

Li Qingyan pointed to the puddle on the ground and asked:

"These second-grade Origin Beginning Strange Ghost seem to be somewhat different from the previous ones; they can't be completely killed. Changtian, do you have a solution?"

Xu Yuan touched his chin; his worst fears had come true.

In Cangyuan, these level 80+ Strange Ghost have the ability to resurrect.

Taking a deep breath, Xu Yuan sighed:

"Yes, but for us it's the same as not having it."

Li Qingyan raised an eyebrow and said:

"Tell me about it first?"

Xu Yuan spread his hands, saying quite casually:

"Clear away all the Black Death Fungal Mat in the entire Dead Silence Underground Palace, or move this pile of stuff to the other side of the cave. It can't survive without the fungal carpet."

"."

Li Qingyan was taken aback. He first looked at the Black Death Fungal Mat around him, then at Xu Yuan, and finally back at the Black Death Fungal Mat around him again, his expression gradually becoming strange.

Are you kidding me?

Xu Yuan sighed, ignored her, and walked straight past the puddle on the ground, continuing deeper into the area, saying:

"Stop looking. If you want to guard the corpse and kill it again, you can wait here for a while."

Li Qingyan was silent for a moment, then suddenly called out to Xu Yuan:

"Don't go ahead, this road is blocked."

"Didn't the roads get blocked before?"

Xu Yuan said matter-of-factly, "Wouldn't it be better to just block it up and blast it open?"

Because of the activities of some Strange Ghost, many roads in Bai Muxi's memory have collapsed and become blocked.

Li Qingyan exhaled and smiled as she asked in return:

"How can we demolish a collapse that covers several miles?"

Xu Yuan paused slightly in his steps:

"What?"

Li Qingyan glanced at the darkness ahead in the passageway and said in a deep voice:

"This passageway ahead should be where the Barbarian King and the Mortal Shedding Strange Ghost fought."

cough,

4000 failed.

It's only 3200, but the previous chapter had 2500, so rounding it off is barely enough to make up for it.

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