"hiss!!"
Walking into the crack of the ground, Xiaya immediately took a breath.
Walking into the ground again, it has a very different feeling from yesterday. In the cracks of the ground, the sound of the call sign from the depths is in an endless stream, and that's all. The key is that the air is full of a cold and secluded feeling.
It's not just ordinary cold. With Xia Ya's current strength and physique, even if he were thrown into the ice and snow, he would not feel the slightest cold. But here, this cold air seems to be able to penetrate the human body and directly permeates the inside and outside of the body, but the icy smell seems to seep directly into the soul!
This is not a simple "cold", but a...
A taste of "death"!
Even with the burning torch in his hand, the heat of the flames cannot dispel this feeling.
Darwin was walking beside Xia Ya, his expression seemed as calm as ever, but there was an occasional glimmer of sharpness in his eyes, and what Xia Ya thought was not something that Xia Ya could guess.
Re-entering the ground was a joint decision of the two of them.
In Xia Ya's words, "Although I really want to strangle you now, but at the moment of the big event, it's not easy for us to run away. Since we got into trouble, we have to find a way to solve it. Just do it."
There is a huge dark undead magic circle underground. According to Darwin's conservative estimate, once it erupts, it can cover an area of more than one county - the Byzantine Empire is vast, but this is the middle of the empire, densely populated, and the population of a county is only I'm afraid there are more than two million. If this kind of disaster breaks out, it is really not Xia Ya's responsibility.
In any magic circle, even if it is a magic circle at the forbidden level, there is always a central hub in the formation. To stop the magic circle completely, the only way is to find the central hub.
Now that Xia Ya made up his mind to solve this matter, he naturally had to go underground to find the central hub of this magic circle and forcibly close the circle.
Darwin had no objection to Char's decision. After all, this disaster was also caused by him. Even if he is a dragon and doesn't care about the life and death of human beings, Xiaya is on the side. If Darwin wants to run, Xiaya will not agree. What's more, this guy is afraid that he still has his own plans, and he can't forget the bones of the ancient dragon buried in the ground.
Since the two guys have a unified goal, they suffer alone...
Following behind Xia Ya and Darwin, a figure cringed, with a face full of unwillingness, dodging eyes, a little panic, a little fear, and even a little helpless and annoyed, dressed in a mage robe, staggering, walking with difficulty. On the rough road among the cracks in the ground, it is our poor Archmage, Lord Todoro.
There is no way, Mr. Xia Ya must go to the underground line. Our great master, Mr. Duodoro, as a loyal servant, is the first to be loyal, and it is impossible to say that he will follow him.
Moreover, regarding the issue of the magic circle, although Darwin has a lot of knowledge of magic theory, he is not a genuine magician after all. To close a magic circle, there must always be a magician sitting by the side, so that Xia Ya can be more confident.
Therefore, despite being afraid of death and reluctantly, our Lord Dodo Luo was driven to the shelves by ducks, and he took the risk of accompany his master for a trip.
Xia Ya did not hide Dodoro, but told the loyal servant directly and completely of Darwin's judgment.
In the end, before he finished speaking, Dodo Luo's face had already turned pale green, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks on the spot, and his legs were so weak that he couldn't stand at all.
My goodness! Forbidden spell-level undead magic circle! ! If it all works, the undead magic will cover it, and no matter what creature, it will become an undead creature!
You, Mr. Xia, are invincible heroes, maybe you have nothing to do, but I, Lord Dotara, don't have that kind of ability! Forbidden-level magic circle, the magic power is not something I can resist! I am alive and nourished, but I don't want to turn into a walking skeleton creature so early!
Char's attitude towards Dodoro's swing is very clear and straightforward...
"If you dare to run, I will be stabbed in the head."
This is Shaya's original words.
As a result, the magician could only secretly wipe his tears and succumb.
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The cold smell in the air became stronger and stronger as the three of them walked down the cracks in the ground.
According to Darwin, this is the proof that the dark magic circle has started to operate. The underground magic circle is running, and the undead magic elements are spread out. In particular, the erosion of the soul is the most severe.
Xia Ya's strength is strong, this cold, as long as the mind flashes, it will be dispelled cleanly. After all, it is a strong level. When he reaches his realm, unless the strength exceeds him, otherwise, for this kind of damage, it is also Can be generally resisted.
As for Dodoro, the magician naturally has the magician's method. Since he knows that the magic power here is the dark magic of the undead, Dodoro finds out the materials on his body and draws some on his magic robe before he comes down. The magic pattern came and blessed himself with a light spell. Going down all the way, Dodo Luo was in the dark crack, and the robe on his body began to gradually emit a soft and warm light, and it looked as if he had turned into a huge human-shaped firefly. With the power of the light system, it is natural to dispel the dark breath of the undead in the air that is stuck to the body.
Only Darwin followed Xia all the way down, and he didn't see him using any magic to protect his body, but his expression was calm and relaxed, unaffected by the surrounding darkness.
"I have magic immunity." This is Darwin's explanation: "Ordinary magic damage has no effect on me. Although this magic circle is of the forbidden spell level, we have not yet penetrated into the formation. The dark aura that leaked out from the periphery is only magical power after all, and it won't do me any harm."
This mere hundreds of meters of ground seams soon came to an end. All the way to the end of the seam where the two of them walked yesterday, Xiaya clearly felt that the dark atmosphere here is more powerful than the surface.
Although Xia Ya is not afraid of this kind of breath, she always feels a faint and dignified feeling sticking to her body, which is a little uncomfortable.
"It's over, what do I do now? Dig down?" Char looked at Darwin.
"Well, I can only dig down." Darwin's expression was very determined: "I can't use magic anymore, this place has already entered the range of the magic circle, this magic circle has just been touched, and it has not fully started to operate, if it is now rashly Using magic here, if it further touches the operation of the magic circle, I am afraid it will be worse."
Xia Ya snorted and threw a bag that he had carried all the way to the ground. The bag was heavy, but it contained a few tools from the stone yard on the ground. Inside the shovel and chisel was a Everything is available.
Taking out a flat-headed shovel, Xiaya shoveled down hard against the ground at the end of the seam.
He is the strongest among the three, and as a martial arts expert, he is even more powerful, and is naturally a coolie who does his part.
But Xia Ya shoveled a shovel into the underground soil and suddenly felt an abnormality.
It stands to reason that the vertical depth of this place is about 100 meters from the ground. In such a deep place, the underground soil layer and the stone layer are mixed together, which is extremely hard. However, when the shovel was inserted, it felt soft and loose in the hand - where is this like the hard soil in the ground? It clearly feels like sand!
As soon as Xia Ya's heart moved, he bent down and grabbed a handful on the ground. When he started, he felt that his fingertips were easily inserted into the soil, and he effortlessly grabbed a handful of soil, which was soft to the touch.
"Yi?" Xia Ya looked at the soil in his hand curiously.
Darwin frowned, also bent down to look at the ground carefully, and sighed: "This is the erosion of magic power, the soil here is starting to soften, it won't take long, once the magic circle is fully activated, a lot of dark aura will leak out, I'm afraid will be more serious.”
"That's fine, it's easier to dig."
Xia Ya snorted and simply rolled up his sleeves, holding the shovel in both hands and working hard.
He is dignified and respected as a strong man, playing the role of an excavator here is naturally extremely relaxed. With a strong man of his level, not to mention the soil layer, even a granite layer can be easily played. Cave come.
What's more, the formation has become soft.
With a master like him, digging a hole is easier than cutting tofu.
After a short while, Xia Ya had already swung the shovel and punched a hole at the end of the crack in the ground. Even the whole person was buried in the deep hole, standing in the hole and struggling to shovel the soil out, the speed was amazing!
Xia worked so hard that in the middle of the night, the hole was 100 meters deep. The further down, Xia felt that the dark atmosphere in the ground became stronger and stronger, and the whole body seemed to be in an ice cellar. In the middle, even the breath that came out of his mouth turned into a cloud of white mist.
Under the soil layer is the rock layer. The shovel in Xiaya's hand has been ground and bald. Fortunately, there are several spare tools that he brought.
I saw that Xia Ya used a tool in each of his hands, and his whole body was full of red light, and he actually carried a crimson murderous aura!
With the crimson murderous aura and his strength, even if it was a hard rock layer, he forcibly blasted a deep crack, and then hit it all the way down.
Standing at the entrance of the hole in the ground, Darwin looked calm and narrowed his eyes, just quietly listening to the movement from time to time in the hole. On the other hand, Dodoro was so frightened that his face was pale, and his teeth kept rattling.
When it was almost dawn, he heard Xia Ya's voice coming from the cave.
"It's all done! Come down here! There's a cave here!!"
Xia Ya's voice came from below. Although his strength was superhuman, his voice was a little vague. Obviously, the hole was too deep. I don't know how deep the hole was when Master Xia worked this night.
When Darwin heard the sound, he immediately opened his eyes, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, he took a deep breath, took out the rope from the bag on the ground, and glanced at Dotolo: "I'll go down first. , you're following behind."
Although the hole that Xi Ya made was narrow, and only one person could go up and down, but fortunately it was a little steep. Darwin and Dodoro tied the rope and put it down from the top, and it went smoothly.
What surprised Darwin was that the cave had not bottomed out yet when the rope was put to the end!
The rope that he brought with him was found from the stone quarry, and it looked more than 100 meters long, but it didn't even reach the bottom. This Xiaya's ability to drill holes is really amazing.
Seeing that the rope came to an end, Darwin made a decisive decision, took out a knife, cut the end of the rope tied to his body, and immediately rolled down in the hole. Dotolo was behind him, looking helpless and didn't dare to hesitate, so he cut the rope just like that.
The two of them rolled down from the hole one after another, and they heard the sound of screeching and screeching in their ears.
Finally, after a long time, the sound of bumping was heard, and the two of them flew out of the cave one after another, and they were in a relatively open and spacious place.
When he landed, Duoduo’s body was sore and he rolled down the hole. Although he didn’t smash his head and bleed, he rubbed his body and hurt a little. A big hand by his side had already stretched out, He pulled Dotolo up, raised his head, and saw Xia standing beside him.
Xia Ya is already covered in mud, and the whole person is like a mud monkey. Looking at it again, the three of them are like this. The clothes on his body can no longer be seen as their original appearance. The head and face are covered with thick black mud. .
Duo Duo Luo was about to speak, but looked up and looked around, the boss who opened his mouth suddenly, was stunned on the spot, and froze there! !
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This underground cave is about hundreds of steps away, and its shape is naturally irregular. The upper and lower spaces are also dozens of meters high.
The top of the head is an underground rock layer, and the shape of the top is terrifying. Obviously, after the eruption of this volcano, after the magma solidified, such a cave space was formed underground.
What amazes Dodo even more is that in this cave, there is a dazzling crystal! !
Looking around, in this cave, there are crystal clear natural crystals everywhere, irregular shapes are ordered around, densely packed, cluster after cluster, as if you are in a crystal jungle!
Duoduo Luo is a magician, who is naturally knowledgeable about crystals. He couldn't help but take two steps. He bent down and reached out to touch a cluster of crystals. The tentacles were cold, the color was transparent, and the texture was extremely high-quality!
The value of crystals has always been high in the Byzantine Empire, just because the output of this natural ore is scarce, and it is also a necessary magic material for magicians. Suddenly seeing such a huge underground crystal layer here, Duoduo suddenly lost his eyes!
Taking advantage of Xiaya's lack of ideas, Duodoro broke off a few pieces and put them in his pocket.
"This exposed crystal layer... I'm afraid it's only a small part." Darwin sighed: "The crater is so huge, the underground crystal layer must be more than that. I'm afraid this cave was formed by coincidence. Let's go forward and see if there is any way to continue down."
Xia Ya didn't speak, but agreed with Darwin's statement, and walked down silently. Darwin and Dodo Luo followed behind Char, and Dodo couldn't help but want to pick some crystals several times along the way, but was stopped by Char. The magician just gave up, knowing that he can't get much by himself. In my heart, I couldn't help but sighed a pity, why didn't I ask for a piece of magic storage equipment from Merlin.
This underground crystal cave is of irregular shape. Several people observed around and judged that the direction to the left is all the way down, and the terrain is getting lower and lower.
As we walked down the road, the rock layer gradually decreased, and even the surrounding cave walls turned into translucent crystals.
"We seem to have walked into a crystal layer." Darwin looked around: "This should be such a space and crack that has been squeezed out by thousands of years and tens of thousands of years. I just don't know how deep it is. ."
Just as they were talking, the three of them had already walked to the side of the cave. Seeing that the cave was so big, the cave wall in front of him seemed to be a huge crystal! It's like an ice wall! It looks crystal clear, especially when Duoduo is here. The magic effect of the light system on his robe naturally emits a white light. The light shines on the crystal, and it immediately reflects the colorful light, which is really beautiful!
What surprised the three even more was that there was a crack on the huge crystal wall. The width of the crack was just enough for the two of them to walk in side by side. The crack was on the wall, but it was an irregular shape. Obviously, it is also a crack formed after the crystal layer is deformed after natural extrusion. It's just that there is a faint cold air infiltrating it, and this crack is like a big mouth exposed there, which is daunting.
"It should be this direction." Xia Ya was silent for a while before opening his mouth and said: "The dark atmosphere here is getting stronger and stronger, presumably this direction is close to the central direction of the magic circle."
"Then what are you waiting for, let's go."
Darwin was straightforward, but this time he was at the forefront, and he was the first to step into the crack.
Xia Ya glanced at Dodo Luo, but smiled: "You go second, my queen."
Duoduo looked a little strange, but Xiaya shook his head and said: "I feel something is not right in my heart, you should be careful and be careful."
Saying that, Xia Ya had already held the fire fork in his hand, and his eyes narrowed.
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This crack is very deep. Going inside, it twists and turns, but it is not getting narrower, but wider and wider, but the height of the crack is amazing. Looking up, the crack spreads all the way up. , do not know where the end is.
There are crystal walls on both sides, which are hard and cold to the touch, and the translucent crystals make people walk in it as if they are in a huge piece of ice.
In fact, it seems to be the case. The cold air in the air here is several times more powerful than the above. The light spells of Dodo Luo are already unstoppable. Son, the magician's face began to turn pale, and his breathing was a little short.
Xiaya frowned, and a red light slowly emerged from his body, and he pulled Dodo Luo to his side and got closer, and Dodo Luo felt a little better.
Darwin walked at the front, but it seemed that his pace was getting faster and faster, and his face became extremely strange, faint, and there seemed to be a strange excitement and anticipation in his eyes, and his eyes were shining.
Finally, the three of them walked for an unknown time. Darwin in front was already dozens of steps ahead of Xia Ya and Dodoro. The two of them were behind, and suddenly they heard Darwin's exclamation of excitement!
"Ah! Here! Here!!"
Xia Ya and Dodoro glanced at each other, and at the same time, they both quickened their pace to grab it, and after a short run, Dodoro caught up with Darwin and looked in the direction of Darwin's eyes...
It's okay not to look at it. At a glance, the magician's face suddenly changed. The boss's eyes were wide, his face was full of fear, and he exclaimed when he opened his mouth.
"My goodness!!"
Wherever his eyes go, in the crystal layer in front of him, there is...
It's an eye!
So big, so big, what a big eye! ! !
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Such huge "eyes", even Char has never seen in his life!
I saw that in the crystal layer, the place where the three stood, just facing the eye hidden in the crystal layer!
These eyes are too big to be amazing! The stature of the three of them is not short among humans, and Xiaya is a tall hero, but even Xiaya's height is just about the same height as this eye!
This huge eye embedded in the crystal layer, the eyelid is open, the huge eyeball seems to be a translucent crystal object, but the pupil of the eyeball is green, only the center part, but it is a faint piece of gold!
What is even more shocking is that this pupil is a long and narrow shape that stands up. In Xiaya's memory, it looks like an animal's eyeball.
It's just... These eyes are too big!
Only one eye is as tall as one person, so how huge must the original creature with this eye be? !
"This is..." Dodoro's voice was trembling, before he could finish speaking, Darwin, who was beside him, had already exhaled a long breath, turned his face, looked at Xi Ya, and looked at Xi Ya's face as expected Looking at himself expectantly, Darwin could only smile: "Okay... don't look at me like that, I'll tell you that, this... this is... "
After a pause, Darwin took a deep breath, as if forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, and finally gave the answer.
"This is... an ancient dragon! The eyes of an ancient dragon of a higher race among the real dragons!"