Chapter 20: Exploring the Cave
A hole of dead corpses renders the dim and narrow stone cave extremely gloomy. Ao Zhan's rebellious move successfully shocked everyone.
From the previous manipulation of human blood to the strange scene afterward, in addition to the mystery, there is only something terrifying left on Ao Zhan's body, and even the Lei brothers look at him very differently.
"Now that the Black Iron Knife has retreated, I think we should move on. Ao Zhan looked around at everyone and didn't bother to give any explanation.
"Okay, move forward!" Lei Tong reacted, understanding that Ao Zhan didn't want to mention it, and reluctantly glanced at the Tiangang Meteorite blocking the entrance of the cave, and said so.
Without the hindrance of the black iron knife centipede, the road was much smoother. Ao Zhan found that the Treasure Pavilion warriors who had escaped death had developed a sense of awe for him and distanced themselves from him a little.
"Little guy, why is the Black Iron Sword Cedipede so afraid of you?" asked Ao Zhan in his heart on the way.
The little centipede spun around in his trouser pocket and said angrily, "That guy is so lowly that he should have prostrate down and let me drive him when he sensed me, but he turned around and ran!"
"Haha, don't be dissatisfied, you've saved so many lives. But if I can really drive the Black Iron Sword Centipede, it will be a sharp sword for me!" Ao Zhan was in a good mood.
Now it seems that the little centipede is not simple, it should belong to a class of insects and beasts with extremely strong attack power and a very high life level!
"Next time, I'll take the initiative to communicate with it!" said the little centipede, still a little dissatisfied.
Without the threat of the Black Iron Knife Centipede, the Treasure Pavilion and the group soon came to the nine irregular cave entrances.
"Go to the third one!" Ao Zhan said succinctly, and walked in first, without the threat of the black iron knife centipede, he was already familiar with the way.
Sure enough, although the cave was damp and cold, there was no danger at all, and it took some time to penetrate it and come to the slightly open cave.
Under the illumination of the luminous stone, the gray stone blocks on the cave wall exude a hazy brilliance, dense and dreamy.
"It's the Nether Stone!" Lei Dian was pleasantly surprised.
Lei Tong also smiled, folded these many hands, and finally saw the 'theme' of this trip. He casually broke off a piece and said while playing, "It's a medium-grade Nether Stone, but it's much better than the one circulating on the market, and with a little bit of refining it, it can become a top-grade Nether Stone!"
"Quick, mining!" Lei Dian waved his hand and shouted with a happy face.
"I'm sorry, did you bring enough storage bracelets?" Ao Zhan interjected, after all, these were only medium-grade Nether Stones. If you don't have enough bracelet straps, you won't be able to harvest that huge and superb Netherstone when it's full.
"You don't have to worry about this. Lei Tong was in a good mood and responded very gently, and at the same time his eyes gestured to the surviving warriors.
Those warriors who survived the catastrophe immediately understood, and they took off the burden behind them one after another, and took out huge copper boxes one by one. Most of these boxes are the same in appearance, with jet-black colors and emerald gemstones at the corners, which look old and chic.
"This is called the Na Box, the internal space is huge, and there is no need to establish a blood contract, just infuse soul power, but the disadvantage is that the storage will become heavier and heavier, and it will be difficult to carry. Lei Tong explained.
"Big, how big?" asked Ao Zhan.
"You'll know. Lei Tong smiled and pretended to be mysterious and didn't say much.
Subsequently, the Treasure Pavilion warrior opened the box and collected it while mining. Progress has been slow because there are few professional miners left, and the number of people has been drastically reduced.
"Rest where you are, and move on after half an hour. Lei Tong raised his hand and spoke.
The Treasure Pavilion warriors, who were already covered with beads of sweat, breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, sat down on the spot, and took out dry food and water.
Ao Zhan drank some water, chewed a few pieces of jerky, and sat alone on the side, struggling to condense his blood. The blood of the dead, the essence has been greatly lost, but there are more of them, and some can be refined.
"Why didn't you absorb my condensed blood this time, are you finally weaned, hehe!" Ao Zhan felt weird, it was rare that the condensed blood and qi this time could be gathered in the dantian originally, and it was not intercepted by the little centipede halfway.
His blood and momentum directly climbed a lot, and even if he deliberately controlled it, he still leaked a little, and was noticed by the Lei brothers.
"I haven't digested the blood from last time. The little centipede responded.
Ao Zhan nodded secretly, Hu Xiong had swallowed too many pills that exceeded the load of his body, and most of the energy contained in these medicinal powers was accumulated in flesh and blood, and the little centipede devoured him cleanly, and naturally got great benefits.
"That's fine, I'll hurry up and break through the Void Underworld, I'm afraid the situation will become more and more chaotic after that. Ao Zhan thought so.
The Treasure Pavilion outside the transcendent things was targeted and calculated when he first arrived here, and the chaotic pattern of this Black Iron City was self-evident.
"Little brother Ao Zhan, are you about to break through?" asked Lei Tong with a smile.
Ao Zhan nodded in response, "It's still a little close." ”
"Looking at your current breath, it is no longer a problem to break through. Brother Ao's practice is very peculiar, it seems to be related to blood, I don't know what it's called?" Lei Tong asked with a smile.
Ao Zhan frowned, and said in a low voice, "Elder Lei Tong, when I entered the WTO, my master had an explanation, forgive me for not being able to reveal it." ”
"Master, ah, yes, yes, such a heroic boy, how can there not be a master to teach! I don't know what the name of the respected teacher is?"
"Sorry, I can't reveal that. Besides, it doesn't do outsiders any good to know about it......" At the end, Ao Zhan's tone became more and more strange.
He pretended to be mysterious and intimidated Lei Tong in this way in order to get rid of his questioning.
Sure enough, Lei Tong believed it a little, and the look of scruple flashed on his face, and then he forced a smile and did not mention the matter again.
After this small episode, the group of Treasure Pavilion set off again and went deeper. On the road, the box is getting heavier and heavier, and the speed of travel is getting harder and slower.
"It's almost there!" Ao Zhan said in less than a quarter of an hour, and the group came to the strange cave.
"Hmm, how can this be?" the sharp-eyed Ao Zhan was directly dumbfounded.
The huge and superb Netherstone that was originally full of caves, and the original ethereal and abundant aura, are now gone! The Netherstone has lost its luster and texture in the past, and it is no different from ordinary stones.
"Is this what you call the best Netherstone veins?" asked Lei Dian, with a straight face.
Ao Zhan ignored him, ran over again and again, grabbed a piece and observed it carefully.
'Bang!'
Ao Zhan violently pinched it, and suddenly said with a bitter face, "No, there is no aura in it at all, how can this be?"
Ao Zhan's brows furrowed, and he fell into deep thought. He was not reconciled, and pinched several pieces again, but the result was the same. These Nether Stones still maintain their original appearance, but the aura has passed away cleanly and lost their proper texture.
"Has the veins dried up, and if so, what caused it?" asked Lei Tong in a deep voice.
The purpose of their trip was to fill the cave of Netherstone with all the stones, and now that they had all dried up, how could it not be resentful?
Ao Zhan kept silent and checked around. Finally, he figured out what the problem was.
In the center of the cavern, where the stone egg was embedded in the first place, there was actually some blood-like liquid.
"It looks like blood but not blood, this breath is the blood fountain I've been looking for!" Ao Zhan roared in his heart, excited.
He couldn't help but look up, only to see a few drops of blood about to drip on the wall of the cave above his head, as if seeping from the top.
"Could it be that the fountain of blood in my mind is above this cave?" Ao Zhan thought of many possibilities, and calmed down after a short period of excitement.
This undoubtedly thrilled him, after all, this creation was terrible to him. He once suspected that it was the blood water infiltrated by this blood fountain that caused these Nether Stones to have a qualitative change, if his guess was correct, the effect of the Blood Fountain was simply against the sky!
"Hey, is this blood, why doesn't it smell of blood at all? It's weird, weird!" The Lei brothers observed carefully, and Ao Zhan's expression and movement were captured in just a few breaths, and they deduced something from this.
"Blood without blood...... Big brother, is this it!" Lei Dian's eyes widened, and he was extremely excited.
"Two, do you recognize?" Ao Zhan stared at the two suspiciously.
Lei Tong looked solemn, nodded and said, "It should be the corpse blood oozing from the ancient corpse!"
"The blood of the ancient corpse?" Ao Zhan read the new term, and then asked, "You mean there is a corpse on this top, and this blood is dripping from its corpse?"
Ao Zhan couldn't help but be a little disappointed, wasn't this the blood fountain he had been exploring?
"It's not just an ancient corpse, it may be an unknown ruin! And there should be something wrong with the ruins, otherwise it would be impossible for the blood of the ancient corpse to seep out!" Lei Tong's face flushed, and he was excited.
"Big brother, it seems that this trip is worthwhile! You see that this blood contains great power, not pure dead blood!"
With Ao Zhan's sensitivity to blood, he had already seen some clues. Now, after close inspection, I found the uniqueness of this blood.
There is a power in the blood, flashing with golden light, piercing people's souls, as if it is an obsession left by the owner of this blood who does not allow others to blaspheme.
"The power contained in a drop of blood stabbed my soul in severe pain, and this is still corpse blood, I don't know how many years have passed, how strong should this person be before he died?" Ao Zhan thought.
At the same time, he understands that this will be a great opportunity.
"Mother, there is blood on it, very strong fluctuations!" the little centipede spoke at this time.
Ao Zhan's heart was shocked, and he didn't care about correcting the title, so he couldn't help but ask, "There are living creatures, why didn't I find out?"
He can be said to be very sensitive to blood qi, but he didn't find anything, how did the little centipede perceive it?
"I don't know if it's a living thing, but I know it's scary up there!" the little centipede immediately responded.
"Terrible?" Ao Zhan couldn't help frowning.
He clearly felt the panic of the little centipede, this was also the first time it had lost its temper in front of Ao Zhan, and it was worth paying attention to! But at this moment, the Lei brothers spoke, threatening to explore the creation and hit the top of the cave. The remaining Treasure Pavilion martial artists were also gearing up, secretly excited.
Ao Zhan frowned, unwilling to participate, feeling that this place was a little strange and difficult to understand.
"What's the matter, Brother Ao Zhan, are you worried about something?" asked Lei Tong, looking a little strange.
"It's nothing, I just think it's a little ominous. Ao Zhan's half-truthful response.
"There is both creation and danger in the ruins. The exercises you practice are related to blood, and you must understand how strong the ancient corpses in this ruins were before their deaths, and the creation of them is unpredictable, so you should cherish it. Lei Tong's eyes lit up, and at the same time he seemed to be mocking Ao Zhan and wincing.
Ao Zhan heard his voice, but he was not angry, he believed in the little centipede and did not want to wade into the troubled waters.
"Two, my cultivation is still shallow, so I won't go to such a secret place, so I'll wait here for your return. Ao Zhan didn't bother to pay attention to them, so he sat on the ground like this.
The Lei brothers glanced at each other, quite helpless. The previous events made the two of them see that the exercises practiced by Ao Zhan had a strong perception of blood, and if they entered the ruins together, they would be able to detect the danger in advance.
But Ao Zhan didn't want to go in!
Lei Dian turned his back to Ao Zhan and winked at Lei Tong. The two are brothers, and after decades of getting along, they can already understand each other's meaning with one look. Lei Dian said, "Tear your face and force it in?"
Lei Tong shook his head, and Lei Dian immediately understood what he meant, "It's not good, it's not good for the pavilion master to explain." ”
"Brother Ao Zhan, the people who attacked us will eventually open the hole, and when we are not there, how can you resist? Lei Tong used this method of persuasion.
"There are too many unknowns in the ruins, so the two elders should be more careful. Ao Zhan shook his head categorically and said.
The Lei brothers glanced at each other, said no more, and looked up and stared up.
"Second brother, let's shoot together!" Lei Tong shouted.
"Okay!" Although Lei Dian was injured, he was no longer in serious trouble after taking the elixir. Seeing that there might be ruins, he was suddenly full of pride.
The two of them worked hard, prompting the bright thunder, and in the roaring thunder, the palm strength of the two turned into thunder and soared.
'Boom!'
The hard stone wall suddenly shattered, revealing a huge black hole, and the stone slag fell vigorously and covered the sky with dust. Ao Zhan closed his eyes and smelled an extremely rich fishy smell!