Following the directions, everyone soon reached the first cave.
The cave lay east of the town, a huge, gaping fissure, pitch-black and seemingly bottomless.
A rank stench wafted out, mingling with that familiar, cloying sweetness and making them feel waves of nausea.
The other cave lay west of the town, only five hundred meters away.
"Let's begin." Cao Xianming stepped back a few paces to give everyone room.
Wang Ying took a deep breath and drew the Black Gold Bone Blade...
She slashed down!
Whoosh!
A cross-shaped blade aura howled out and struck the edge of the cave hard.
Bang!
Sparks scattered and stone fragments flew.
But when the dust cleared, everyone was astonished to discover...
The cave walls were terrifyingly hard. Wang Ying's slash had left only a few faint white marks, without chipping off even a flake.
"Let me!"
Refusing to believe it, Zheng Xiaofeng grabbed the Tortoiseshell Shield, charged forward, and hammered away.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Every blow made the ground tremble slightly, but the cave wall did not budge. Not even a crack appeared.
"Stand aside."
Yang Yong extended a hand, and the Ten-Thousand-Forged Primordial Furnace materialized out of thin air.
A Fire Serpent surged from the furnace's mouth, fiercely scorching the cave entrance.
The flames were frighteningly hot, making the air warp and distort.
The cave walls began to melt slowly under the intense heat, but the pace was infuriatingly slow...
After three full minutes of burning, only a thin layer had melted away.
This amounted to... giving the island monster a skin scraping.
Yang Yong looked at the Nine Nether Yuanchen White Bone Ring in his hand, hesitating over whether to use this devastating weapon.
Just then...
"Boss, let me!"
Mang Dabiao abruptly raised his head, opened his mouth, and spat out a tiny