In the dim and deep underground tunnel, there was silence. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There were no roads in the underworld, only meandering rock cracks and waterways eroded by 10,000 years of water. However, after countless generations of underground creatures have been excavated, large or small crypts, karst caves, and caves have been connected by long or short tunnels and tunnels, forming a staggering three-dimensional passage in the underground world.

There are never straight roads like the surface, and all the passages are cleverly carved out along the cracks in the rock formations, along the old waterways, winding and twisting. Sometimes, the thick rock formations that are less than ten meters away from the next cave can only be reached by winding back and forth for more than ten miles in a dark passage.

Countless stalactites hang from the top of the cave, and there are some tooth-like protrusions on the ground. Water droplets dripped from among the rocks, and the ground was covered with slippery lichen.

To be honest, walking in such a closed and quiet environment, it is easy to give people the terrifying feeling that they will be crushed to death by the hundreds of tons of dirt and rocks above their heads in the next moment.

Grim's group of ten people marched through the underground passage with difficulty and slowness in a long line with torches.

The light of the torches could only illuminate a small area of less than 5 meters, and the hidden cracks in the cave walls blew gusts of wind. The torches flickered and flickered, casting their figures on the stone wall to the side, fangs and claws, like twisted demons.

Although they tried their best to keep their walking silent, the rustling of footsteps, the sound of their bodies scraping against the walls of the cave, could be heard far and far in the deep dark tunnels. This will bring a lot of unexpected dangers to their later trips.

After walking for 3 hours, the group finally arrived at the first stop on the patrol route.

Seriously, the first 3 hours of the journey were just a small trial before they entered the dark crypt. From here, it was the real starting point of their reconnaissance mission.

"Well, now it's time for us to break up. Everyone is trying to complete the task quickly and then return here to assemble. I hope you have the best on your journey!" Sabrina's crisp voice was also an urn in the muffled cavern.

Ten wizard apprentices and five squads rushed to different regions to complete their own tasks. The mission point in the deepest part of the earth is in charge of Sabrina and Sila's team. Of course, everyone had no objection to her taking the initiative to take on the most dangerous task, so they acquiesced in her leadership.

For Mary and Grim's group, although everyone was resentful, they could only be assigned the easiest task in comparison. After all, this time the team will only have eight people to do the work of ten people.

Everyone wore thick black cloth robes, covering all their skin to prevent their breath and body temperature from leaking into the eyes of underground creatures with infrared vision. After softly wishing each other a few words, the five teams disappeared into the darkness outside the cave and ran to different goals.

After parting, walking along the deep and dark passage in front of him for less than half an hour, Grim stopped.

After listening intently, he could no longer hear the slightest movement in the distance, and then Grim casually snuffed out the torch in his hand. When the last light disappeared into the shadows, a strange and fantastical world appeared in front of Grim's eyes.

The fluorescent moss that grew all over the cave walls glowed in the deep darkness, creating an eerie scene that was completely different in Grim's eyes, which had temporarily acquired a glimmer of vision. In the faint light, the darkness slowly recedes and is replaced by a magical world of green and glittering.

The grim rock walls were black, the areas where the water was gathering were gray, and the gloom that permeated Grim's eerie vision was a large expanse of gray and black. However, in the dark corner of the cave wall in the distance, one or two strange crawling red dots could be faintly seen.

The red dot indicates the leakage of life energy.

Judging by the size of the red dot, it should be a small creature such as a rock scorpion or gecko.

Grim turned his head to look, and Mary in red was still wearing the same bright red gauze dress, and a large area of greasy white skin was exposed. But the strange thing is that even though Grim is only 3 steps away from her, he can't detect the temperature that is unique to half of the life species. If he relied on infrared vision alone, I am afraid that Mary would be no different from a humanoid stalagmite in his eyes.

Well, well, vampires' methods are really unpredictable.

With infrared vision, the concealment of the breath of life, and super high agility, this kind of deep and dark underground world is really more suitable for agile killers like them.

Grim pulled his hood and took the lead, following the rugged road that twisted downward.

Their mission point is near an underground waterhole 7 miles away, and they may pass through two or three underground habitats along the way, but they are not very threatening, as long as you are careful, there is no problem in passing through without damage.

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Although they possess powerful witchcraft abilities, in this dangerous underworld, even Mary, who has the status of a high-level apprentice, is only a toddler.

Thinking he was ready, Grim had not yet gone 100 meters before he encountered his first ambush into the Underworld.

Yes, an ambush!

A rock python curled up in the crack in the rock wall swooped out the moment Grim passed by, and the foul snakemouth fangs bit at its neck without hesitation.

Caught off guard, really caught off guard.

The cold rock wall obscured the faint breath of life of the rock python, and when Grim saw a red dot expand in front of his eyes, the venom-filled fangs of the rock python were also close to him.

If Grim had 10 or more agility, he might still be able to react, but 4 agility severely limits his instinctive reactions. He could only close his eyes in horror and wait for the ferocious bite.

A rock python can't bite him, but the pain of skin and flesh will be inevitable.

......

A sharp sound of breaking wind sounded in his ears, and Mary, who was clearly behind him, appeared in front of him in the next second. And pointed like a knife, the sound of breaking the wind was endless, and the rock python was cut into seven by her in an instant.

A foul smell of blood began to permeate the passage.

Grim took a few deep breaths, and then calmed down his restless heartbeat like a drum, and a cold sweat broke out on his body. These damn underground creatures are so good at picking places when it comes to ambushes!

Although it was dark in the passage, Grim's cheeks were faintly feverish.

Theoretical knowledge is theoretical knowledge, and I think I have so many skills and experiences of traveling and adventuring in my head, but there are still so many unexpected traps in real life.

After this twist and turn, the positions of the two changed.

Dressed in red, Mary walked lightly and silently, and no subterranean creature that swooped out from her hiding place could escape her sharp nails, which were as sharp as magic weapons. Even in the immediate aftermath of a surprise attack, she is able to slice her enemies into several pieces with her super agility.

So in just an hour's work, eleven underground creatures had already died at her hands.

Faintly, Grim could hear the roars of creatures scrambling for food in the distance in the passage behind him, and it seemed that a small war was inevitable. In the underworld, making unnecessary noises or having wounds on the body is a taboo, and it is easy to provoke larger and more ferocious underground creatures.

Although with the strength of Mary and Grim, they will not be afraid of such small roles, but they will bring unnecessary trouble to their schedule.

The first real trouble occurred seven hours after they entered the underground, when a group of 11-headed dreadclaw monsters attacked them.

Widely distributed throughout the ground, this dinosaur resembles a small dinosaur clad in bioscale armor, standing upright and only 2 meters tall. Although they are not huge, they have thick bones and dense scales on the outside, and their huge mouths are two rows of thick and sharp fangs that shine with cold light, and their sticky saliva is constantly dripping, and they look like they want to feast on it.

They didn't choose to sneak up like the small underground creatures, but waited for the two Grims to enter their encirclement before they walked out of the darkness with steady steps. Before he could see them in their bodies, Grim first saw a pair of yellow, earthy yellow eyes.

Such crusty monsters are difficult to deal with, at least Mary's sharp claws will have a hard time breaking through the dense scale armor outside their bodies. Don't attack the armpits, eye sockets, head and neck gaps, which are weakly defended, Mary's attacks are insignificant to them. And the pair of slender and sharp upper limbs on their chests could have caused her horrific damage.

If you add the impact force brought by the heavy body and the paralyzing sluggishness effect unique to earth-based demonic beasts, it would be difficult for an ordinary wizard apprentice to retreat in such a small area.

Shaking his head and smiling bitterly, Grim took out two summoning crystal nuclei and threw them at the nearby dirt.

Although most of the underground tunnels were excavated into the hard rock walls to prevent the tunnels from collapsing, dirt and sand were still everywhere, so Grim's Dirt Golem was not short of shaping materials.

A silent roar rang out, and the Demon Crocodile Hunter slowly emerged from Grim's side.

"Hey, good boy, you even have a hand hidden!" said Mary in Red's voice in the darkness.

With Mary's 17 agility, it was easy to get out of the grip of the Dreadclaw. If it weren't for Grim's "drag", Mary would only need 5 seconds to pass through the opponent's rudimentary encirclement.

After a few indiscriminate attacks on the flanks of several dreadclaws to no avail, Mary gave up her attempt and slipped back to Grim's side to take a closer look at the strange golem.

This one...... It seems to be a little different from the last time I saw it! Could this mud crocodile be the new puppet he acquired after slaying the swamp crocodile queen? It seems that this kid is not as weak as he thought!

With endless questions, Mary watched as Grim stepped onto the back of the mud crocodile and was sat down, and then, with a slight rumbling tremor, the mud crocodile writhed its massive body and crushed the surrounding dreadclaw.