After taking a look at the three life rings in front of him, Xia De looked around.
The place where the lift landed was in the middle of a mine. It looked like a tunnel that had been abandoned for years, extending to both sides with no end in sight.
The ground was littered with a variety of random things such as corpses, stones, pickaxes, and glass shards. At regular intervals, there were heavy wooden pillars in the middle of the mine tunnel to support the top of the tunnel to prevent it from completely collapsing.
The temperature and gloom in the mines were even more terrifying than the deserted village on the ground. The number of undead spirits roaming around was almost enough for ordinary people to see with their naked eyes. However, the evil spirits attracted by the fight between the warlocks of the Truth Society would not attack Shade and the girl in black skirts, and would even actively circle around them.
Those evil spirits were not even simple spirits. When the ring sorcerers of the Truth Society destroyed them, bones and flesh and blood would fall out from the fragments of their souls.
Because the black fog in the mine was thicker, Shade also tried to inhale a breath of the extremely thin black fog after being filtered by the red butterfly, and thus learned that the black fog had the functions of undead curse, flesh and blood mutation, and soul distortion.
This mountain village did not originate from the Xikar Mountain, nor was it a village in the Middle Continent of the Fifth Epoch, but in this era, it was extremely consistent with the disaster in Middleburg City at this time. If the relic got out of control and the evil spirits entrenched in this deserted village escaped, the church's sealing ceremony would probably be delayed for a long time.
"Professor, are these disgusting things really worth studying? We still have samples of the Undead Scourge from the Fifth Era. Aren't those samples much more valuable than this rotten meat?"
The young apprentice carried the middle-aged woman on his back, the high-level warlock was at the front, and the middle-level warlock was collecting the flesh and blood residues left behind by the twisted evil spirits after they disappeared.
"The undead disaster of the Fifth Epoch?"
Xia De heard a new term again.
“Everything is developing forward. If we only indulge in the glory of the past, then what is the point of seeking the truth?”
If this group of people could be more normal in their pursuit of truth, they might really be able to bring progress to human civilization.
The ring sorcerers of the Truth Society were at the front, holding a worn-out map that looked like it was found in the village, and they continued to go deeper into the mine. They should have completely explored the village and solved most of the puzzles.
Xia De and the girl in black skirt followed behind under the protection of the red butterflies. Of course, the two were not just walking. The latter told Xia De other stories about the mountain village, but she refused to tell what was under the gold mine, that is, the source of the black fog.
It’s not that I don’t know, but I can’t tell Xia De.
The girl in the black dress also admitted that she wanted to enter the village not just because of her academic report, but also because she needed a sacrifice from deep in the mine to call back her relatives who had been waiting for her for a long time.
The underground mine is much larger than the surface, and is even dug like a maze. Time perception has discovered the abnormality of the time flow, so that there is a clear difference between the perceived time and the normal time in the material world.
At 5pm in the afternoon of Sikar Mountain time, the group finally arrived at the deepest part of the gold mine. At the end of the mine was an irregular cave that led to the bottom of the ground, and the thick black fog was coming out from below.
The three members of the Truth Society were exhausted. All the undead spirits approaching the cave were the souls of children who had been sacrificed. Because of the excessive power of the black mist, even if he faced one of the evil spirits, Shade could not guarantee that he could gain the upper hand.
“It’s right here.”
The "Professor" lowered his voice at the end of the dim mine tunnel. He was panting, and the collar of his neat black formal coat had been torn open:
"This is the core of the relic. After we make it go out of control, we'll use the narrow space to return to the city. This trip was not easy. Don't let us do this again next time."
As he said this, he threw the skull lantern in his hand towards the bottomless hole in front of him. The abyss itself seemed to be responding to his action. Thicker black fog poured out, followed by a slight vibration of the ground.
But unfortunately, the skull lantern that could dispel the black fog did not fall into the abyss. Red butterflies flew by, and their wings scattered dots of red light downwards. Those red butterflies wrapped around the pale skull lantern and took it away from the sky above the abyss cave.
After passing over the heads of the Truth Society, the red butterflies came to Xia De and the girl in the black dress.
"Who are you?"
It was not until now that the three of them noticed with surprise that there were two people following them.
Xia De glanced at the girl beside him, and seeing that she had no intention of speaking, he explained:
"It's like this. We came to this village to do some folklore research and didn't expect to run into you."
More and more red butterflies were flying around the two of them, illuminating the gold mine tunnel with red. Protected by the red butterflies, Xia De only felt that this scene was very gorgeous, while the three members of the Truth Society realized that their lives were indeed in danger.
"The whisper of the red butterfly, this is..."
Mr. Johnson, the high-level warlock, widened his eyes slightly and stepped back:
“Go!”
A sudden thick fog enveloped them, but the white mist failed to allow them to enter the narrow space.
"Space Stabilization Aura!"
Having been used by a middle-level warlock to escape once, Shade learned his lesson this time:
"The woman you knocked unconscious was one of the four nails that resurrected from the narrow space?"
He asked, and seeing that the three of them were just looking at him nervously without answering, he turned to the girl in the black dress beside him and said:
"I probably can't beat them."
"Sir, have some confidence in yourself."
The cloth wrapped around the night watchman was removed, and the bright yellow runes on the silver sword were clear and careless, and the sword was glowing as it slashed the demon. Dozens of red butterflies flew from behind and stuck to the sword, giving this long sword against evil a hint of scarlet.
Shad felt the power.
He stepped forward with the sword in both hands, swinging it forward. Red sword marks were left from the force of the strike, and as they flew out, they left deep marks at the top and bottom, and up and down the mine tunnel.
“Get out of the way!”
Professor Johnson pushed his two companions hard and rushed forward. Unless he jumped into the bottomless abyss behind him, there was no place to hide in the narrow passage. He squatted slightly, and the Miracle Spirit Rune Iron Wall Shield, the Blasphemous Spirit Rune Solid, and the Enlightenment Spirit Rune Castle behind him flashed with spiritual light at the same time.
A tall tower shield like a door panel appeared in his hand. After smashing it to the ground, the scarlet sword mark left by Shade also appeared in front of him.
Shade didn't even see the whole process, and the magic performed by the high-level sorcerer completely collapsed. In the dissipated spiritual light, Professor Johnson's skin turned into a brass metal color, and the core spiritual rune iron man behind him was performing an unknown magic. His body collided with the sword mark, directly knocking it to the ground.
Snap!
A clear cracking sound came from the life ring, and the core spirit rune iron man actually had cracks. When the high-ring warlock got up again, his skin returned to its original color, but his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears were bleeding.
"So strong?"
Xia De looked at the sword in his hand in surprise.
"How despicable! You actually used the power of the relic!"
Professor Johnson said breathlessly, and Shade immediately frowned:
"Don't you have any power to use the relic? Besides, there are three of you and two of us..."
"Are you really two 'people'?"
He cursed loudly in Kasenric without caring about his image, and reached out to pull the two companions who were behind him:
"Even if I die, I will never let a despicable person like you live. Look at my sublimation..."
Xia De swung his sword forward again, and as the scarlet sword marks appeared, he wanted to rush forward, but the girl in the black dress behind him grabbed him:
"careful!"
Without any sublimation words, Professor Johnson took out a black seal with a pointed top from his arms and quickly pressed it on his two companions. While the two of them widened their eyes in surprise, the relic had already taken effect:
"Human bomb!"
With a loud bang, the shock wave of the explosion almost knocked Xia De to the ground. The explosion in such a small space caused countless dust and stones to scatter above his head, and Xia De almost thought that he was about to be buried.
This was not a simple explosion, but an unknown relic that completely shattered the bodies and souls of the two ring sorcerers, which was even more brutal than the corpse explosion. Even with the protection of the Red Butterfly in front, Shade still felt the powerful power of this "bomb".
Fortunately, this is the interior of the relic, and the terrain is not so easily changed. After the smoke and dust from the explosion dissipated, the red butterflies illuminated the surroundings, and the figures of the three members of the Truth Society all disappeared. Two of them were blown to pieces, not even ashes were left, and the high-level warlock "Professor Johnson" escaped alone.
"You say we are despicable, but he is even more despicable. I didn't expect that the Sage-level relic Demon Bomb Seal would be in the hands of the Truth Society."
The girl in the black dress explained in a low voice, then frowned and looked at the intact woman lying on the ground. She was at the center of the explosion, but she was intact.
"Just run away. I don't believe he would be safe in the middle of the explosion."
Xia De patted the dirt off his hair, and then looked at the middle-aged village woman who was intact:
"The ancients said that only death can fight death. The nails that were revived from the narrow space must be sent away again with the power of death."
He summoned the chains of sin, wrapped the unconscious woman like a mummy, and carried her on his back. As for the gift box from God, he could only hold it in his hands.
"Sir, the troublemaker has finally disappeared."
Seeing that Xia De had done all this, the girl in the black dress smiled and said, then pointed to the abyss in front of her:
“Let’s continue telling our story.
The Red Butterfly Twins who discovered the village's traditional sacrifice, just like us, came all the way to the deepest part below the mountain village. But even they could not completely solve the problem here, so they had to seal the village. No one can leave here, even living people who strayed in. So, the woman you are carrying should have strayed in here and died, and then was resurrected by the narrow space. "
"So how do we leave?"
"It's simple. This is the source of all disasters, but it's also the only way to leave. Sir, do you have the courage to jump with me?"
She stood beside the bottomless cave, turned around, surrounded by red butterflies, and stretched out her right hand to Xia De.
Chapter 731: Deep in the Mine