In this Underground World, the stakes were too high. These people would not listen to reason or morality; they would simply kill you as quickly as possible and take the resources you carried.
The great factions had yet to enter the Underground World on a large scale, and order had yet to be established. The chaos here was beyond anything in the Immortal Realm. Only by being powerful, or keeping a low profile and exercising caution, could one survive.
Zhou Xue was recovering her strength. Li Dalong set up a defensive formation for her, then returned to the cave entrance and set up another formation to conceal it.
Then he prepared to explore the depths of the cave. Its entrance was small, but it ran quite deep. He had yet to investigate the area beyond where Zhou Xue was resting, and he felt certain there were good things inside.
However, this area severely suppressed Divine Sense, especially inside the cave. The rock formed from solidified lava here was exceptionally hard; even the strength of a Lava Giant Beast could not bring it down. Yet such hard rock could not be put to use and had little value.
On the Blue Planet, this brown rock would definitely have been a top-tier building material. In the Immortal Realm, however, it was worthless.
After he walked some distance inside, the passage gradually began to widen. Its height remained unchanged, but it sloped downward into the depths. The temperature changed as well, rising the deeper the cave went.
He followed the winding passage for a full two hours. Small branching tunnels appeared from time to time along the way, but they were all quite narrow. Some would not admit a person, while others were only wide enough for one. Their interiors were pitch-black.
Li