A Land of Treasure and Peril
"Yes, I can use thunder and lightning magic to Imitation the existence of these thunder dragons, buying us time to observe the changes underground."
"Aida specializes in earth magic and can absorb this earth energy, so we should try to minimize the disturbance."
"Good."
Wang An glanced at the thunder dragons coiled above the clouds in the valley.
These thunder dragons are not true living beings, but rather physical manifestations of the laws of thunder. They do not possess true intelligence, but they have instinctive actions based on these images.
This scene of thunderclouds devouring the mountain is the reason why these thunder dragon images are constantly surging towards the area where the earth gathers.
Wang An took a deep breath and led the group to dig more pits centered on the giant crater to determine the range of soil gas concentration.
"This is the eleventh one; hopefully it's in this low-lying area, where the land is most concentrated."
Wang An covered everyone with a Heavenly Canopy, isolating them from another dimension.
Holding a golden magic staff, Su En continuously used the profound laws to Imitation the image of the thunder dragon, driving away the thunder dragon attracted by the rising earth energy.
Ailin, holding a crystal staff, stood at the bottom of the pit, constantly collecting the rising earth energy to reduce the attraction of the area to the Thunder Dragon.
Two and a half hours later, the Heavenly Canopy set up on Lu Tianxin's puppet clone seemed to be disturbed by a huge earth element law, and there was a faint risk that it would be unable to maintain itself and fall into another dimension.
He had anticipated this, and threw a small, black hole-shaped magical artifact into the pit.
In the blink of an eye, it swallowed all the earth energy that Aida had suppressed with her staff and instantly blocked the underground entrance that might erupt.
"Found it, let's go down."
After saying this, Wang An Anhua went straight to the bottom of the pit.
Su En and Aida were quick to act as well, activating the Formation Domain concealed the entrance to the cave and immediately following suit as they dived to the bottom.
In just a moment, Wang An traversed a thousand-meter-long cave and arrived at a natural underground space where Lu Tianxin and the Black Hole Magic Treasure were resting.
Above, Wang An's black hole magic weapon continuously swept up and devoured the earth energy surging in from above, but it soon showed signs of being unable to hold on.
Sensing this result, Wang An sighed inwardly, "As expected, the experimental subjects are still not very reliable."
Once Su En and Aida arrived in front of them, Wang An immediately manipulated the black hole magic artifact to transform into a white hole, spewing out endless earthy gas.
These earthy energies coalesced into a nebula, which, through Wang An's manipulation, evolved into a large, hard layer of soil, covering the excavated opening.
Only after confirming that the earth energy had returned to normal did they retrieve the magic weapon.
Seeing this, Aida was somewhat angry and spoke directly, "Perfected Heavenly River, you have such a magical artifact that can absorb earth energy, why didn't you take it out sooner? Preventing the earth energy from dissipating and simulating the thunder dragons to stop their attacks consumes a lot of our magic power. Are you deliberately...?"
But as soon as she said those words, Su En's expression changed.
Seemingly sensing the state of the magical artifact, he immediately stopped Aida from continuing, "If I'm not mistaken, this type of magical artifact or demonic weapon is still unstable, and it contains extremely terrifying energy."
"Fellow Heavenly River risked this ordeal to ensure our safe passage through this surge of earthy energy."
There were some things Su En didn't say explicitly, because he sensed that the laws devouring within that black hole artifact could only achieve a containment effect. If it absorbed too much, it might reach a critical point, eventually becoming uncontrollable and causing an explosion, in which case those of them who got close would likely not fare well.
Seeing that someone had explained things for him, Wang An stopped paying attention to them and instead led Lu Tianxin to explore the space at the bottom of the mountain.
After discussing it, Su En and Aida decided not to take the same route as Wang An and his group.
Now that we've entered this area, our cooperation is complete. If we follow the same route, how to distribute the Source of Laws when we encounter it will be another problem.
The entire Floating Thunder-Earth Mountain Range was already a transcendent mountain of the Second Tier or higher, and deep underground in this core area, the walls of these natural caves alone are composed of extremely hard Second Tier earthen rocks.
As Wang An and Lu Tianxin walked and explored, they discovered that the cave was interconnected, with countless streams of earthy vapor flowing and surging. It seemed that by using these passageways that covered the entire mountain, they were constantly rising upwards to resist the erosion of the thunder dragons.
Moreover, the cave passage, which was not large to begin with, was filled with a lot of earthy smell, so even Wang An could not An Ran transform into light and quickly disappear.
Lu Tianxin was extremely curious about this extraordinary ecosystem. She threw out a Second Tier, first-level spiritual object Earth Essence Pearl, which she had collected earlier.
The next moment, the earthen river that had been flowing in the upper part of the cave passage according to some kind of pattern split off into a large tributary and converged on the Earth Essence Pearl.
An endless surge of earthy energy enveloped and enveloped the Floating Earth energy within the Earth Essence Pearl, instantly transforming its properties.
Under their watchful eyes, the Earth Essence Pearl, which originally exhibited an airflow-like structure, rapidly crystallized due to the accumulation and convergence of earth energy.
Lu Tianxin observed that its energy fluctuations had reached the second level of the Second Tier tier, but its aura of law was still somewhat lacking.
"Master, this place can be described as a treasure trove for earth-elemental cultivators!"
If those Second Tier, first- or second-level experts who cultivate the earth path were to come here, they could probably reach the Second Tier -tier level within a few hundred years.
Wang An used his magical power to lift the Earth Crystal Pearl, and its weight was no longer the same as before, reaching at least the weight of a small material mountain range of hundreds of millions of tons.
"It's not that simple."
"Just imagine, if you weren't Shelter my Divine Ability right now, and were merely exposed to this earthy energy on the surface, you would probably be assimilated by the earth elemental laws contained within it."
"This Floating Thunder-Earth Mountain Range is both an excellent treasure land and an extremely dangerous place."
"Those below the Second Tier Middle Tier, or those who haven't mastered the minor laws, shouldn't even think about exploring this place."
Hearing his master's words, Lu Tianxin finally realized that their safe journey was actually due to the protection of the Divine Ability of the law.
"Let's go, don't stay in one place for too long."
"Although the Heavenly Canopy isolates us into another dimension, even a slight action can affect external changes, triggering a surge of earth energy."
"Just like when you dug that cave before, it might be twisted back into real space by the laws in just a few seconds. At that time, your puppet clone will be useless."
The two moved quickly and slowly through the cave passage, bending over as much as possible to avoid touching the long, flowing rivers of earthy vapor overhead.
However, outside the Floating Thunder-Earth Mountain Range, which they were not paying attention to, the two pterosaurs were attracted by the law fluctuations caused by the previous eruption of earth energy.
The two pterosaurs were quite different; one was jet black, its entire body resembling Obsidian, and every movement it made exuded a devastating power.