Zhou Qi stood in front of the gap and did not rush in. Late Golden Core Eighth Layer's Divine Sense probed in silently.
After a breath, he opened his eyes and frowned even more.
This place is quite strange. There seems to be an object isolating Divine Sense under the ground. Divine Sense is extremely difficult to penetrate.
But fortunately, his spirit is higher than that of ordinary people, so he can still detect a small part of it.
What really surprised him was that Elder Ning didn't lie to him. There was really only Demon Beast of the Origin Condensation Realm, which was extremely small, about the size of a house cat.
But when Divine Sense passed through the underground, it was obvious that densely packed Demon Beast were constantly shuttling through the cracks in the underground rocks.
Yes, densely packed.
Too many.
Zhou Qi frowned, no wonder the middle-aged monk didn't let him go deep. With this density, even if Nascent Soul Realm came, he would be covered and killed by the Demon Beast army if he was not careful.
Zhou Qi thought for a moment, this place is an abandoned mine, and Concentration Spirit Stone on the surface is afraid that it has been hollowed out long ago.
If you want to collect spiritual stones, you can only look downwards, where living creatures are entrenched.
He didn't turn around and leave.
Taking a deep breath, he squeezed sideways into the narrow gap.
You are here, you have to give it a try.
The gap was darker than outside, with only a ray of skylight leaking from above, unable to illuminate the path underfoot.
After walking about twenty steps, the space suddenly opened up.
Zhou Qi stood on a naturally formed stone platform and looked down.
Below is a huge underground space, like a hollowed-out mountain.
The dome is dozens of feet high, with stalactites hanging upside down. Dark water droplets drip from the stone tips and hit the dark rocks below, making a crisp "ding-dong" sound.
The ground is rugged, with large and small stones scattered among them. Occasionally, a few shimmering moss can be seen in the cracks of the stones, which is the only source of light here.
The cold atmosphere became several times stronger here.
Zhou Qi was in no hurry to go down.
He squatted on the edge of the stone platform and scanned every corner below. Divine Sense spread out, but before it spread much, it was blocked by a mysterious thing again.
The moment Divine Sense turned back, his eyes lit up and he found it.
About thirty feet below and to his left, there was a rock half-buried in the rubble, with several light blue crystals embedded in it.
The crystal is not big, but the aura is restrained and the texture is pure. It is exactly what he is looking for Concentration Spirit Stone.
And there's more than one.
Zhou Qi's mouth corners slightly raised.
He stood up and was about to jump off the stone platform.
At this moment, in the darkness below, a pair of green eyes suddenly lit up.
Then the second pair, the third pair, the fourth pair...
They were densely packed, like stars, emerging from the depths of darkness, staring at him.
swish swish...
Thin footsteps came from all directions, getting closer and closer.
Zhou Qi's eyes flashed, and he pressed his right hand on the handle of the knife.
Those green eyes got closer and closer, finally emerging from the darkness.
Rat.
But it is more than ten times larger than an ordinary mouse.
Each one is as big as a cat, with a gray and black body, rough fur, short and thick limbs, and claws as sharp as hooks.
The two front teeth are outward-turned, glowing with a dull metallic sheen, and can easily crush rocks.
Yin-Patterned Mole Rat.
Zhou Qi's eyelids twitched slightly, and his heart became even more solemn.
It's not because these rats are so strong. Their aura alone is no more than Origin Condensation Realm, and he can crush them to death with one hand.
is the quantity.
Too many!
In the darkness, those green eyes are still emerging, one after another, in an endless stream, with no end in sight.
Zhou Qi took a deep breath and Startling Rainbow Saber unsheathed it.
The bright sword light flashed in the dark underground space, and the three gophers who were the first to pounce were hit by the sword energy, and their bodies exploded in the air, with blood and pieces of meat flying everywhere.
But more gophers rushed up, stepping on the corpses of their kind.
The sword flashed and flesh and blood flew everywhere.
The gopher's corpses soon piled up into a hill at his feet, and the blood flowed down the rocks, forming a pool of dark red blood.
But instead of retreating, the gopher rushed forward like crazy, stepping on the bodies of its companions and rushing upwards.
Zhou Qi Fight and retreat.
He knew he couldn't waste time here.
There is no end to these beasts.
His targets are those Concentration Spirit Stone.
The sword flashed again, and the three gophers were chopped into two pieces.
Zhou Qi Seizing this fleeting gap, he exerted force on his feet and jumped off the stone platform, falling in the direction of the spirit stone.
A swarm of gophers chased after him.
The moment Zhou Qi landed, Startling Rainbow Saber swept across and swept away several gophers in front of him. At the same time, his left hand reached out and grabbed Concentration Spirit Stone embedded in the rock.
One piece.
He flipped his wrist, stuffed the spirit stone into his arms, and moved in the next direction without stopping.
The footsteps of the gopher behind him became thicker and closer.
His Divine Sense has already locked the location of the next spiritual stone.
Passing by a huge boulder, the sword flashed and cut off two rushing gophers. He stretched out his left hand again and fired the second one.
The third one, the fourth one, the fifth one...
Zhou Qi's speed is getting faster and faster, and the gray robe is stretched into a blurry afterimage in the darkness. Every time he reaches a position, there must be a spiritual stone in his pocket.
But his Spiritual Power is also being consumed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Every time a sword is struck, Spiritual Power must be spread out to maximize the area of attack.
And there was an endless supply of those gophers, killing one batch after another, as if they would never be finished.
Zhou Qi's breathing began to become thicker.
He glanced at the spiritual stones in his arms, there were ten of them.
No longer interested in fighting, Zhou Qi retreated violently, heading towards the direction from which it came.
The gophers are in hot pursuit.
The exit is just ahead.
Zhou Qi stepped onto the stone platform, Startling Rainbow Saber pulled back her sheath, grabbed the edge of the stone wall with both hands, and flew out from the gap like a big bird.
Behind him, the neighing sound of gophers echoed in the narrow gap and lingered for a long time.
Zhou Qi fell on the wasteland outside, breathing heavily.
The gray robe was stained with blood, some of it was his own, and more of it was the gopher's.
There were several hideous claw marks on the right arm, and the skin and flesh were turned outwards, and a burning pain came in waves along the meridians.
He lowered his head and glanced at the spirit stone in his arms.
The ten spirit stones were sparkling, and they were different from the upper, middle and lower spirit stones that had been circulated in the dynasty in the past.
Zhou Qi picked up one and looked at it carefully, then used Divine Sense to probe it.
It suddenly dawned on me that it was Divine Sense that Concentration Spirit Stone blocked just now.
Zhou Qi's mind was racing, he hesitated for a moment, put the spirit stone in his hand, and ran Cultivation Method to refine it.
After a while.
Zhou Qi opened his eyes suddenly, his eyes full of surprise and his heart was shocked.
I saw the system light curtain emerging out of thin air, and a line of clear writing came into view.
[Mental Power:30.6 (affects practice efficiency by 306%), currently increased by 0.8]