Tonino Harvey looked at the rock lizard in front of him, which had been killed by the sound waves, and his face was slightly gloomy.

Because on the corpse of the rock lizard, everyone could clearly see a round sun stone embedded in the forehead of the rock lizard, as if a horn had grown.

This mutation has been revealed on the surface of the body, indicating that the degree of mutation has reached a certain level, which has greatly strengthened the strength of the rock lizard, and it took Tonino Harvey a lot of effort to kill it.

And it's not just this rock lizard, the underground creatures that Tonino Harvey eliminated before have more or less mutations, but the mutations are still latent in the body, with no obvious external characteristics.

Moreover, these mutations are all caused by Yuanyang Stone, which seems to be an "evolution" in the direction of fire attributes.

Tonino Harvey's face was solemn, as if he was thinking about something, but he didn't say much, just waved his hand and beckoned everyone to step over the carcass of the lizard in the rock and move on.

"Keep going, it's not far from the territory of the fire red ants."

Ji Yao silently followed the team and continued to move forward, while thinking about the new clues he had just found on the corpse.

Judging by Tonino Harvey's performance, he should have known about the Fire Red Ant, but he definitely didn't expect the Fire Red Ant to cause such a major change. ’

"And on the forehead of that corpse just now, I saw some traces that resembled demonic patterns."

Is it a delusion? No, a corpse alone doesn't mean anything, and you can't tell the conclusion until you have enough information. ’

Ji Yao pressed his doubts into his heart, didn't think about it for the time being, and concentrated on the road in front of him.

Ji Yao's eyes glowed slightly, and he gently rested his hand on the rock wall beside him, feeling the pulse and vibration of the earth.

In an instant, the underground environment within a radius of two hundred meters gradually appeared in Chi Yao's mind, and this map became clearer than perceiving it out of thin air.

Chi Yao chose to let go of his perception and detection ability, with the current situation, time is quite short, and the sooner he can reach his destination, the more time will be left for Chi Yao to explore the truth.

Tonino Harvey noticed Ji Yao's behavior as if he was "unwell", and asked with concern.

"Second brother, are you alright?"

Ji Yao waved his hand, signaling that he was fine, walked to Isley, who was at the front of the line, and spoke.

"I'm fine. I just wanted to give us some advice on the way forward. ”

Isley frowned slightly, not knowing what Ji Yao was thinking, but thinking of Ji Yao's strength and status, he could only comfort him in a gentle tone.

"Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, the route I chose is already the fastest route, you don't know much about the underground situation, so it's better to leave the matter of choosing the route to the professionals, right?"

Listening to what Isley said, Ji Yao just smiled in response.

"I know you're giving you the best route, I'm just giving you some good advice so we can avoid the annoying underground creatures."

Isley was shocked by Ji Yao's words and couldn't help asking.

"Huh? However, our route must also pass through the territory of three undersurface creatures, so what can you do to avoid them? ”

Ji Yao stared straight at Isley, put the fingers of his right hand in front of his mouth, and made a gesture of silence.

"That's not a question you should ask."

Realizing that he had lost his words, Isley immediately bowed his head and apologized.

"I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, I lost my words."

Chi Yao obviously didn't care about Isley's "offense", and what he did just now was just to make Isley understand that he had to listen to his "advice" and not be smart.

Tonino Harvey didn't care about Isley's performance either, he looked directly at Ji Yao and asked.

"Second brother, are you sure?"

Tonino Harvey didn't ask Chi Yao if he had any way or how to do it, but directly asked if Chi Yao could do it and if he was sure; The questions asked are quite subtle, after all, everyone has their own secrets.

Chi Yao's evaluation of Tonino Harvey in his heart went up a level, and he nodded and said.

"Rest assured, I'll get us to our destination as soon as possible."

Seeing Chi Yao's confident posture and affirmative tone, Tonino Harvey did not doubt it and agreed with Chi Yao's statement.

Johns had been sweating for the dispute between Isley and Chi Yao, but now the result is very happy, which is very good, and naturally he will not stand up against anything.

Johns knew that not only the difference in status between his team and the two princes, but also the difference in strength between the two sides.

Originally, Chi Yao casually seemed to control the rock wall to crush the troll mole rat was terrifying enough, and Tonino Harvey's action directly shattered several underground creatures, and his strength was even more terrifying.

And this is also the first time that Johns realized that Tonino Harvey, who originally seemed to be a kind ordinary person, actually has such strength, and the other party can treat his team kindly, mainly because his team has been mining for a long time to bring benefits to the other party, and this operation requires his team's long-term mining experience.

Next, Isley continued to lead everyone along the shortest route, while Chi Yao on the side also used his vibration detection ability to sense the changes in the surrounding situation.

Once Chi Yao spotted the trail of the underground creature in the distance, he guided everyone to easily bypass it.

If there is no suitable path for everyone to continue on, Ji Yao will use earth magic to cause the rock wall in front of him to crack on its own, revealing a winding path for everyone to pass quickly.

And looking at Chi Yao's casual methods, Tonino Harvey became more and more puzzled, and the situation in front of him was beyond the common sense of his cognition.

'This is the Devil Fruit ability that controls earth and rock?' No, I remember that the name of the second brother at sea was not "Ashes of Thunder and Ember"? ’

'Isn't he eating a thunderbolt-based devil fruit?' Is this name just an external cover-up? ’

Tonino Harvey thought about it a lot, but he just silently watched Chi Yao's actions, because anyway, now that the two are on the same front, the stronger Chi Yao is, the easier it will be to act against the fire ants next.

Under Ji Yao's constant advice and guidance, it took about four hours for everyone to finally reach a depth of 800 meters, which was one-third faster than the six hours that Isley had originally expected.

Everyone continued to move forward in the tunnel, because of the deepening of the underground depth, the quality of the Yuanyang stone in the veins is also rising, which has caused the surrounding environment to continue to rise, and now the temperature around it is close to the hot summer season.

Isley had already untied the mouth of his clothes a few points, looked at the depth gauge in his hand and said that it had reached 806 meters.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have reached a depth of 806 meters, and from here, there is a possibility that the ...... of fire red ants will appear."

Ji Yao stretched out his hand to interrupt Isley's words and made a silent gesture to the people behind him.

Ji Yao detected a large cavity in front of him, and there were traces of biological activity in it.

Ji Yao squatted down, pressed his palm against the warm ground, and calmed down to perceive.

"Peng!" The roar of a heavy object crashing into the earth.

"Squeak, squeak—" The sound of small fragments continued.

"Zizi—" The sound of the flames crackling.

The ant-like shape, the fiery body, the heavy footsteps, and the judgment drawn from the comprehensive signs are enough to show that it is the fire red ant in the hollow ahead!

(End of chapter)