Chapter 39, The Underground Palace

After everyone went down to the cave, Zhu Xinyan lit the staff, and under the light of the fire, the scene around them made everyone feel frightened! Especially the three girls, they couldn't help but scream in fright. It turned out that around the six of them, there were eight corpses lying on the sidelines! The stomachs of these corpses seemed to have been torn open by some kind of wild beast, the edges of the wounds were extremely irregular, and the internal organs of the corpses had been completely emptied, and many flies were still sucking on the corpses.

And the cave is also very cold, the air is humid, compared to the dry climate on the ground, it is simply two extremes! No wonder the eight corpses here still retain a certain amount of moisture, and have not become dry corpses.

After Zhu Xinyan stabilized his emotions, he carefully observed the ground, which was not sand, but a floor made of flat stone slabs spliced together. At the edge of the floor are tall walls, hand-hewn and painted with the totems of various beasts. Looking up along the wall, there is a stone ceiling more than ten meters above the ground.

"This must be a dungeon! It's not a natural cave. Zhu Xinyan said, and then she walked around with the burning staff, and probably learned something about this underground palace. The space to the left and right and behind them was about a hundred square meters, and there was a long passage in front of them, and it was impossible to see where the passage in front of them extended within the limited illumination of the fire.

Xiao said, "I must have found something and went forward alone." We Hades can see at night, so we can see everything in the dark. Or you wait for me, and I'll find out. ”

At that moment, a confused voice came from a distance ahead, "No, I'm back." ”

Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to ask him what he had just done.

Confused shook his head, sighed, and said, "Hey, I'm ashamed, I tried my best, but I couldn't catch up with them." ”

"What are you chasing? What do they mean?" Lan Bingyun asked eagerly, which was what the others wanted to ask

"It's a couple of green monsters, human-looking, full of fangs, slender limbs, and amazing bouncing. As soon as I arrived at this dungeon, I saw them gnawing on the corpses on the ground, and they saw me. I quickly confronted them with my two-handed knives. But after a while, they immediately fled, and I chased after them for a while, but I didn't catch up, so I came back first. ”

"Confused, these monsters don't sound like the grasshopper corpses recorded in our ancient books of the Netherworld? The corpses are all green, with slender limbs and tiny hair. They are so powerful that they can jump up to ten meters away in a single leap, and they look like green grasshoppers from a distance! Grasshoppers, on the other hand, prefer to stay in dark and damp places, and like to gnaw on the internal organs of animals. Xiao said to the puzzle

"When you say that, I also remember, this should be a grasshopper corpse. Ancient books also write that this grasshopper not only has amazing bounce power, but also moves quickly and agilely, and they can also climb on walls. It may be that their eyes have deteriorated because they have been in the dark, but the tiny hairs on their limbs can sense vibrations in the air. Even the slightest movement of the prey can be sensed by them, and they can accurately locate the position! However, the origin of these grasshopper corpses is not mentioned in ancient books. "Confused

"What, can you see where we are without eyes? Ao Yi was a little scared

Confused frowned and said, "This is not terrible, the terrible thing is that the ancient books also say that these grasshopper corpses are generally in groups." And maybe there are more than these grasshopper corpses in the vicinity, and I don't know how many there are. ”

"Then, what should we do, should we go out, or go forward?" Lin Luxian asked everyone hesitantly

"It's safer to go out, but I think there may be something you want in this dungeon, a clue about the Blue Shura Clan! On the wall in front, I saw a very strange mural, the mural depicts a group of blue-skinned and winged people, it should be the Blue Shura Clan you are looking for, but... I suggest you go ahead and have a look. "I was confused and stopped

"Is it so mysterious? If there is really a clue to the Blue Shura Clan, we really have to go and see it! After all, if we find the Blue Shura Clan, it is possible to find Yun Tianhyun, and if we find Yun Tianhyun, it should not be far from the thirteen-story tower in our dream, right?" Zhu Xinyan proposed

The group walked forward for a few minutes, and shouted "Stop, right here." Then he took everyone to the wall on the right.

Zhu Xinyan held the burning staff and watched close to the wall, and sure enough, there was a group of blue-skinned and winged people painted on the wall, which should be the Blue Shura clan in the description. There were more than a dozen of these Blue Shura tribesmen, and to their left was a green corrugated area. Lin Luxian saw that this piece of green should be a pond. On the other side of the pond, there was a group of grasshopper corpses!

Everyone looked at the mural on the wall, and they were puzzled, what is the relationship between this Blue Shura clan and the grasshopper corpse, and why is it separated by a green pond? Could it be that there is a Blue Shura clan in this underground palace? Or is this underground palace built by the Blue Shura clan?

"It seems that this dungeon really has something to do with the Blue Shura Clan! We have to move forward, maybe there are people from the Blue Shura Clan in front of us!" Lan Bingyun proposed to everyone, and everyone continued to move forward, but they were afraid of the grasshopper corpse, so the seven of them were careful all the way, not daring to make too much noise, for fear of attracting the grasshopper corpse in the dark.

After walking for ten minutes or so, the floor under their feet was already stones of different sizes, but stones and dirt, and the walls on both sides were uneven and scattered. It seems that this section of the artificially built underground palace has come to an end, and the connection ahead is a naturally formed cave, which is narrower than the underground palace, and the further you go, the narrower it becomes, and the more winding it becomes.

"I hear the sound of water up ahead!" Ao Yi is particularly sensitive to sounds such as currents and waves

"Yes, there is a pond in front of me, and I chased the grasshoppers all the way to the edge of the pond, and finally let them jump into the pond and swim away." ”

After walking along the cave for more than a minute, an open terrain appeared in front of them, and everyone saw the pond that they were talking about. In addition to the dozens of square meters of ground under their feet, the water of the pond almost covered this open terrain with a width of about 100 meters, and the strangest thing is that the water of the pond is emerald green, there is no visibility at all, and I don't know how deep it is.

"This, isn't this the green pond painted on the mural just now? I can't imagine it's true!" Lin Luxian exclaimed

Dianpu poked the two-meter-long axe into the pond, but he couldn't even poke it to the end, and this was still the depth of standing on the shore! When Dianpu lifted the long axe from the pond, except for the end part of his long axe held by both hands, the rest of the parts had been dyed emerald green! Dianpu looked at his long axe in surprise and said, "Oh yes! This water is too green! Is this a pond or a dye house?"

Lin Luxian joked, "You should be glad you didn't wash your hair in it just now, hahahahaha~~~"

Dian Pu smiled evilly and said, "Really, I'll let you wash your hair in it today!" Dian Pu threw the long axe aside, grabbed Lin Luxian, and pressed him to the edge of the pond. Lin Luxian hurriedly begged for mercy, "Don't, don't, Brother Dian, I was wrong! I was wrong!"

"You two don't make trouble! there's movement in this pond!" Zhu Xinyan shouted

Dian Pu hurriedly let go of Lin Luxian, picked up the long axe next to him and held it tightly. Xiao and confused hurriedly stealthily prepared for a sneak attack, and the rest of the people also took out their weapons and stood on guard.

I saw that in the pond, which was calm just now, there was now an undercurrent, and a large number of bubbles were emerging from the bottom of the pond, as if something was about to float from it. Lin Luxian and the seven of them all held their breath and took a few steps back nervously.

After a while, one after another, a corpse of a grasshopper crawled out of the pond and rushed towards Lin Luxian and the others! Xiao and Yu appeared and killed the two grasshopper corpses running in front, but the grasshopper corpses were still crawling out of the pond one after another! Several grasshopper corpses saw that Xiao and Qi had appeared, so they opened their teeth and claws to fight with the two of them, and the rest of the grasshopper corpses jumped up and jumped over the two of them, and ran towards Lin Luxian and the others! Some of these grasshopper corpses ran on the ground, and some climbed the rock walls on both sides, and they wanted to attack Lin Luxian and them from the side.

Dian Waterfall hurriedly stepped forward and picked up the long axe and slashed at the grasshopper corpse, but the long axe in Dian Waterfall's hand was too heavy, he held the long axe and slashed it dozens of times, but he didn't hit a single grasshopper corpse, but he was tired half to death! Zhu Xinyan also used the pyrotechnic technique to control the approaching grasshopper corpse at a certain distance. Lan Bingyun flew in the air, slashing at the grasshopper corpses climbing on the rock wall with his blue sword, preventing the grasshoppers from attacking them from both sides. Ao Yi also wielded a white sword and also assisted him on the side of the waterfall. And Lin Luxian, who was powerless, could only hide behind his partner.

At this moment, more and more grasshopper corpses have crawled out of the pond, and there are hundreds of them crawling ashore alone! And the grasshopper corpses are still crawling out of the pond one after another, and there is no intention of stopping! Gradually, everyone in the battle began to lose their strength. Hundreds of grasshopper corpses sometimes take turns to attack, sometimes attack in groups, they are cunning and agile, with super bounce power and extremely agile skills, so that Lin Luxian and they can't take the slightest advantage, and they also force Lin Luxian and them to retreat again and again, one to the narrow cave entrance.

"Girl with fire, keep breathing fire and hold out at the mouth of the cave for a while!

Immediately afterwards, everyone retreated to the cave, leaving only Zhu Xinyan, who was about to be exhausted, still holding on at the mouth of the cave, and she used her pyromancy to force the approaching grasshopper corpses back for a distance, and she was about to lie down tired. Confused quickly closed her eyes and chanted a spell behind her. After more than ten seconds, Zhu Xinyan shouted to Zhu Xinyan, "Girl, it's okay! Hurry, you quickly hide behind me!" Zhu Xinyan staggered behind him and was picked up by a princess of Dianpu.

Seeing that the mouth of the cave no longer spewed flames, hundreds of grasshopper corpses began to run rampant, and they rushed towards the mouth of the cave together! Confused quickly knelt down on one knee, slapped the ground with his right hand, and shouted, "Abyss Ten Thousand Lock Array!" A blue halo quickly appeared on the ground where Confused's right hand struck, and the blue halo quickly spread, climbing up the rock wall and the top of the rock, shrouding the cave within a few meters in front of Confusion in a stream of blue light. Then, the blue light-shrouded ground, rock walls, and rock tops all quickly ejected black chains! The ejected chains were connected straight to the other end of the contact! In just a few seconds, the section of the rock wall shrouded in blue light in front of me was connected by hundreds of dense chains, these chains were connected horizontally and vertically, like a huge black spider web, blocking hundreds of grasshopper corpses outside the cave.

"The Abyss Ten Thousand Locks Array can only last for about ten minutes, and when the time comes, the chains in the array will break one after another! So we hurriedly ran back, ran back to the dungeon, and then returned to the ground from the dungeon! Quick!" said to the rest of the people.

Hearing this, everyone didn't have time to rest, so they immediately ran back along the cave without looking back.

When they ran to the entrance of the underground palace, that is, where the few of them slid down the rope from the ground. By this time, several of them were already out of breath and could no longer run. Except for Xiao and Chao, the other five people collapsed to the ground tiredly. After resting for a few minutes, when everyone was about to climb up the hole above, they found that the rope that had been hanging down the hole was gone!

"I'll go!" someone up there is so lacking in virtue and has taken our rope away!" shouted Dianpu

Zhu Xinyan shouted at the entrance of the cave above, "Big brother and sister above, can you hear me? There are still people below! Put down the rope for us!"

The rest of the people also shouted with Zhu Xinyan, wanting to attract the attention of the people on the ground, but no one responded after shouting for a long time. Lan Bingyun said, "I'll fly up and take a look!" and then showed his wings on his back. She just wanted to fly up, but found that the hole above was rapidly getting smaller, and it disappeared in a blink of an eye! Lan Bingyun hurriedly flew up, supported the blocked hole with her hand, and then shouted to Lin Luxian and the others below, "You can't push it!

When he heard this, he was even more furious! He scolded: "The grandson on the ground! He actually fell into a well? Don't let your grandfather and I catch you! Grandpa, I have to tear you down!"

"What should we do now?" The grasshopper corpse behind is about to chase after us, and the only hole we can get out of is blocked again!

"It seems that you can't hide after all! While there are still a few minutes left, let's get some rest! When you're rested, let's take these grasshopper corpses!" he said, clenching the knife in his hand

However, several people clenched their weapons and waited on the spot for almost an hour, but they did not see the corpse chasing after them. Dian Pu's mouth began to mumble again, "These birds are playing with us, we are waiting for them here, they are not here again, it is really hateful!"

"It seems that we still have to go back to the old green pond and find a way to cross it. If you stay where you are, you'll only have enough food and water for a day. Rather than wait for death, you should find a way to go to the opposite side of the green pond, and when you get to the other side, maybe there will be a turnaround!"

"We all know what you said, it's just a huge green pond that is bottomless, and there are so many grasshopper corpses in it, even if Lan Bingyun can fly over, but the opposite side is so dark, she can't see clearly and can't land. And the rest of us can't do anything even if we want to, but ... Zhu Xinyan was halfway through speaking, and suddenly looked at Ao Yi, and then everyone also looked at Ao Yi

Ao Yi waved his hands wildly, his head shook like a rattle, and he stepped back again and again and said, "No, no, no! Absolutely not! I don't want my whole body to be dyed green!" After finishing speaking, Ao Yi retreated to the corner of the wall, away from Lin Luxian and the others, looking at them vigilantly.

"I'm afraid the water in this pond is not so simple, and I don't recommend letting the people of this water tribe into this pond. Look at his weapons. Confused said, pointing to the waterfall's weapon

Dian Waterfall carefully observed the long axe in his hand, only to find that the long axe that had been dyed green had begun to show rust. Confused also stepped forward to take a closer look at Dianpu's weapons, and then said, "The quality of his weapons has changed, but I'm afraid it won't be as tough as before." It doesn't look like it's going to be going to last long. But the water in this pond can corrode even weapons, but it can't corrode the body of a grasshopper corpse, it's really amazing!"

"No, in other words, my axe is almost lifespand?" Dian Waterfall couldn't believe that his axe was about to be scrapped after only a few stirring in this green pond!

"There's no way, for now, I can only say it in confusion, and then move on. Xiao said

Half an hour later, the seven of them quietly and slowly touched the front of the green pond, but fortunately they did not encounter a single corpse on the way. It seems that the grasshopper corpses are back in the green pond. Ao Yi followed at the back of the group, always keeping a distance from the six people in front of her, and she was afraid that these six people would let her go down into the pond.

"How are we going to get over?" Zhu Xinyan asked in a low voice

He looked around and said, "The rock wall along the pond on the right side is not very regular, we should be able to stick to this rock wall and slowly go around this pond to the opposite side."

"That's too risky, isn't it! We crawled over the rock wall on the right, and if one of us didn't step on it, we would fall into the pond. Not to mention that there are grasshopper corpses in this pond, just the corrosiveness of this pond water can melt us... Also, if we all climb the rock wall on the right, and the corpses attack us, we will neither be able to fight back nor escape, then we will be annihilated... Lin Luxian said

"This method is very risky, but do you have a better way?" asked Lin Luxian