Chapter 26: The Abandoned Cave

The mouth of this abandoned cave is so old that a lot of rubble is buried at the entrance of the cave, and it takes a lot of time to clean up the rubble.

Layton and Wamba each picked up their axes and cleared the rubble from the hole. Again and again, the axe rises and falls in a regular manner, striking the metal-like ore with a clanging sound. At this time, Himma was sitting leisurely on a large rock to rest, watching the two of them clean up with relish.

"Knock-knock-"

In a crisp sound, the waste stone buried at the entrance of the cave was finally knocked out, and a strong and piercing yin wind blew from the cave, mixed with a rotten smell, whining, like the wail of a ghost wandering in the wilderness.

Layton chiseled through the opening, and finally dug the cavern completely, revealing a large, empty, dark cavern with a dead silence that made people feel a little creepy.

"Come on, the cave has been carved. Wanba shouted.

Hearing the shout, Himma lazily got up and walked to the entrance of the cave, took out a crystal lamp from her backpack for lighting, and searched the cave. In the dim light, the entire cave can be seen unobstructed. The cave was empty enough for five or six people to walk side by side. The walls of the cave ** are very flat, which should have been manually treated before. The entire cavern sloped downward, like a huge tunnel, extending into the unknown darkness.

The three of them walked in the cave, and the sound of footsteps on the stones was like a sound ripple signal, transmitted to the deepest part of the cave.

As Leighton explores, he communicates with the Bone Emperor in the Monument of the Dead.

"Old Bone, do you sense it?"

The White Bone Emperor suddenly appeared from the Immortal Monument, frowned tightly, and said angrily: "Boy, call me Bone Emperor." Although we are now in an equal contract, it does not mean that you can have no scruples and just mess around. โ€

Seeing that he was angry, Layton laughed and said, "Just kidding, don't take it too seriously." โ€

"Hmph. The White Bone Emperor glanced at him, pointed with his hand, and said, "Just in the depths ahead, I can feel a full stream of dark energy, but it's a little strange that this feeling is a bit like that group of underworld minions. โ€

The White Bone Emperor said: "But I can let you taste some benefits first, first walk ten steps forward, stop and dig down about five meters." โ€

Layton did as he was told, and walked to the tenth step, ready to pick up the axe and dig down.

Wanba wondered, "Layton, what are you doing?"

"Dig up the black crystal!"

"Don't be funny, how can this place exist, I don't know how long this place has existed, the vicinity of the cave entrance must have been explored a long time ago, and if there is, it must be the depths of the cave. โ€

Leighton ignored him, and continued to dig down alone, when he dug about five meters or so,

"Jingle Bellโ€”"

There was a crunch, the sound of iron and Sombra clashing, echoing through the cavern.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wanba's face turned red, and he said in a low voice: "You can't really dig it!"

The three of Layton looked at each other with a smile on their faces. He carefully removed the top clods of earth with his hands and dug out a large pile of black crystals from the ground, which consisted of about five or six black crystals.

Wanba exclaimed, "There really is." As soon as you come in, you can find such a large piece of black crystal. โ€

Layton was also happy: "Where, where, it's just luck." โ€

Asked the White Bone Emperor again, "The Bone Emperor is really powerful, how can it still be?"

"Fifty meters further on, dig seven meters into the cave wall on the left. โ€

Hearing this, Layton continued to walk forward, and when he reached fifty meters, he dug into the cave wall on the left, and found a large pile of black crystals. It's a little bit more than just now, about seven or eight pieces.

Wanba couldn't hold back his mood at this time, and cheered: "Leighton, why are you so lucky." โ€

Layton said modestly, "Where, where." โ€

Only Hima next to him didn't believe it, stared at Layton with his eyes, and said to himself: "The ghost believes you, and you're lucky enough to dig up a large piece of black crystal with two random digs?" โ€

Layton said excitedly: "Gujun, come on, where is it?"

"It's gone. โ€

"Gone?"

Layton was in the midst of an orgasm of excitement when he was suddenly told that he was gone.

He was stunned and said, "Didn't you say that there is something here?"

The White Bone Emperor pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, it's still in the deepest depths, and since the perception has been greatly suppressed, it's still unsure what it is, but it's definitely a good thing." It is now certain that there is no Sombra left in this section of the cave. โ€

Layton asked curiously, "By the way, how far can you sense it?" ๏ผŸโ€

"The soul body has been suppressed by the seal, and Benjun can only perceive about seven hundred meters at most now. The White Bone Emperor replied.

Layton looked shocked, "It's so far, my limit sense is only about fifty meters around." โ€

The White Bone Emperor said, "Human beings are the living, and when they come to this land of the dead, of course they will be suppressed by heaven and earth. Especially the higher the strength, the stronger the suppression of heaven and earth. For example, the two people next to you, the boy's perception range is about 30 meters, and the girl's is about 70 or 80 meters. โ€

Hearing this, Layton turned his head to look at the two of them and asked suspiciously, "Why is this?"

"That girl has a special physique, the body of the stars, and the future is limitless. And he has already begun to cultivate some of the secret techniques of the stars, which can exert a trace of the power of the stars. โ€

Layton inexplicably remembered that the two statues of the Terran Saint King in the academy possessed the body of stars.

"You're not bad, though, and you're half an undead body, albeit by accident. โ€

Layton was immediately aroused by curiosity and asked, "What exactly does the body of the undead do?"

"First of all, do you feel that in the undead realm, your body is not rejected, but that Holy Dragon Heart will be suppressed. โ€

Layton nodded, indeed.

"In addition, in the realm of the undead, your affinity for dark magic will be stronger, and the use of various magic and secret techniques will be strengthened, making you more handy. โ€

"Yes, indeed. โ€

"These are just instinctive reactions of the bodies of the dead. If you can successfully activate it, even if it's just a little bit of power. Your strength will also go up a notch, at least you can be invincible among your peers. โ€

"So powerful, what does the undead body look like in the final stage?"

The White Bone Emperor raised his head and fell into recollection: "In the final stage, this monarch has not been able to reach it during his lifetime, I am afraid that it is the true immortality in the legend." โ€

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Now that the trouble is coming, you better solve it successfully. The White Bone Emperor had the appearance of watching a good show, and then the soul body disappeared into the Monument of the Dead.

"Trouble?" Layton looked around, alert. At this moment, from the mouth of the cave behind him, there was a sharp and piercing sound of running.

Jima also noticed the anomaly and shouted loudly: "There is a situation, Wanba hurry up and defend it." โ€

Hearing this, Wanba strode to the front of the line, and his hands began to summon, and the blue light flickering in the void in front of him condensed into a solid five-pointed shield armor. Standing in front of you, there is a feeling of being as heavy as a mountain.

Although Wanba is only at the first-order level, he can use a spell comparable to the second-order five-manged shield armor, and according to Wanba, this is a defensive spell inherited by the family, which can continue to evolve with strength, and can often fight beyond the ranks.

The voices in the distance were getting closer and closer, and it was already possible to sense the menacing momentum of the arrival.

Hima was not idle, chanting a spell loudly to summon a cloud of black mist with a little starlight, and out of the black mist came a spearman with a Yin corpse, exactly five Yin corpse soldiers stood in a row, and stood in two rows. The Yin corpse soldiers quickly lined up in formation, like a strictly disciplined army, ready for battle.

Layton recognizes the Shadow Lancers as third-order undead creatures who are primarily active in the Rotting Corpse Forest. And Jima was able to summon ten Yin Corpse Spearmen at once, presumably her strength was at least in the middle of the third order.

Leighton also began to summon the undead behind him, chanting obscure incantations, strange syllables blending into the space one by one. In the distant land of bones, the skeleton team was summoned by their master, and one by one they walked into the black mist of summoning and came to Layton's side.

Layton felt the breath of the comer, and as soon as he came up, he was his strongest hole card, a second-order undead creature, a hideous nine skeleton warriors and a bone dog. Now he felt more and more that the usefulness of the first-order skeleton soldiers was no longer great, so he didn't summon them.

Hima turned her head, glanced at Layton's undead, and said, "There are a lot of people coming, and the Yin Corpse Soldiers may not be able to fully defend it, so you can help me on the side to deal with those fish that slipped through the net." โ€

Layton nodded and said, "Okay." โ€

The shaking of the ground was becoming clearer and clearer, and the dust raised by the comers was already blowing in their faces.