As he continued deeper, the surroundings grew darker and darker, without a trace of light.
Noisy sounds of resentment, agonized wails, and heart-rending screams reached his ears.
Sounds like those of hell drifted up endlessly from below.
Although the Shadow Paper Dolls detected these sounds, they existed only as sound waves; Li Qing himself could not hear them.
Through the Shadow Paper Dolls, Li Qing observed the countless sound waves in the air and vaguely sensed that Hell Mountain seemed to contain innumerable lives beneath it.
The Shadow Paper Dolls shuttled through the underground pit. He discovered that there were many intersecting passages here, making it easy to lose one's way.
He sent out another dozen or so Shadow Paper Dolls, while Li Qing's true body began recording the paths they had traveled.
One passage after another was sorted out. Gradually, Li Qing, who was in the Capital City, witnessed a startling sight.
The map before him was a structural diagram of Hell Mountain's caverns, yet it gradually formed a peculiar pattern.
It was a pattern resembling a three-dimensional formation structure, bearing at least a trace of a formation.
A hint of gravity appeared in his eyes!
"What is such a massive formation for?"
He looked at the Jade Tablet. It still showed no change, evidently because this formation diagram was incomplete, or because it lacked some crucial part, so the Jade Tablet had not reacted.
The Shadow Paper Dolls continued deeper, having now descended at least a hundred zhang underground.
Further below, the number of passages began to decrease, while the air grew scorching hot.
A faint, dim radiance appeared within the caverns. It seemed to arise from nowhere, yet also seemed to pierce through the rock walls and shine here.
The Shadow Paper Dolls hid themselves even more