They quietly followed Bord from the second floor to the third floor, and then to the even more spacious fourth floor that looked like a maze.
With this group of mercenaries leading the way, Lin Dong, Yun You You, and the others walked very leisurely.
It was like taking a stroll in a scenic area.
Three hours later.
They finally walked out of the fourth floor and arrived at the fifth floor.
Due to the attacks from the traps and monsters, the mercenary teams had lost three people each. This didn't include the two people on the first floor. The second and third floors were led by the experienced Bord. Although it was thrilling, they could still pass safely. However, when they reached the fourth floor, Bord's experience could no longer guarantee everyone's safety. A few insect-like monsters suddenly pounced and attacked the mercenary teams. Even the extremely powerful Griffon almost died. Luckily, Xing Qianren reached out and pulled him back in time. In the end, the two mercenary teams paid the price of five deaths to kill the insect monsters that attacked them. The last one was too badly injured to move forward, so Bord shot him without hesitation, saving him from the pain.
"The fifth floor is a big challenge!" Bord pointed at the stone bridge in front of them and said to the survivors of the two mercenary teams, "What I want to say now is that the real challenge begins now! You may not know this, but the emperor of the ancient rabbit dynasty called himself the Emperor of the Nine Five. No matter how arrogant they were, they wouldn't dare to call themselves the number nine nine. Therefore, the number nine five represents the emperor. It's the same on the fifth floor. "
"There's an underground river below?" Griffon looked and realized that the stone bridge in front of them was hundreds of meters long. It twisted and turned, leading to who knows where.
"There's only one outcome for anyone who falls down, and that's death. The monsters in the underground river below are a hundred times more than the ones in the previous one. No one should have any ideas on the underground river. Perhaps some people might suspect that this underground river is a shortcut to the ninth floor? What I want to say is that I don't know the answer. However, even if it is, I won't go near it. Maybe those of you who are brave can go down and give it a try. I will give you my greatest support and blessing! "Bord pointed at the stone bridge." My friends who are willing to go with me, please remember what I'm saying now. You can call this stone bridge the Dragon Bridge. The Emperor of the ancient Rabbit Dynasty was the embodiment or symbol of a dragon. This bridge represents him … I just said that these five levels represent the Emperor. In other words, other than the Emperor, anyone who dares to step on this bridge is equivalent to challenging the Emperor's authority. You can slowly witness the consequences yourself. I won't say anything more! "
"Is the emperor's mausoleum in these five floors?" The gentleman wanted to know this the most.
"I don't know, because I haven't walked all five floors. Perhaps the emperor's tomb was here, perhaps not. My former companions and I found the passage to the sixth floor by chance. So, we decided to leave the fifth floor, which was densely packed with traps, and head for the sixth floor. The fifth floor was huge. Not only were there many traps, but there were also countless monsters! I dare say that the first four floors, or even the sixth floor, have more traps and monsters than the fifth floor. I once suspected that the emperor's tomb was placed here, but I didn't want to stay on the fifth floor for long. This is a place that gives me nightmares. Every time I come here, my heart will be tortured. If anyone is interested in staying here to find the truth about the tomb, I'm willing to pay him a hundred million dollars as a reward, regardless of whether he succeeds or not! "Bord offered a huge reward.
"Let's continue downwards and gather all our forces. When we return, if possible, we'll search for the truth about the tomb on the fifth floor! Normally, the emperor's tomb is placed at the lowest floor. Perhaps when we reach the ninth floor, we'll find the emperor's golden coffin right in front of us. "Griffon quickly dismissed Bord's suggestion. He didn't want to split up his forces at this time.
"Let's hope so!" Bord indicated that his reward was always valid, whether it was now, when they returned, or even in the future.
"Let's go!" The gentleman also felt that this hundred million wasn't easy to earn.
Some mercenaries even doubted it.
Could this reward be Bord's scheme? His subordinates wouldn't split up, but he would break up his opponents bit by bit, weakening the helpers and strength of the Darkness Palace and the Plantagenet Dynasty? If that was the case, then everyone should unite. Otherwise, who knew what else Bord would do!
Bord led the team forward slowly along the Dragon Bridge.
At this time, his mental state was at its peak, and he was extremely cautious. He would carefully observe any movement, scrutinizing it over and over again until he was sure that he was speechless. Only then would he make a decision on whether to advance or retreat.
"We'll stop here. We'll stop." Lin Dong arrived at the Dragon Bridge and temporarily gave up on following Bord and the others. He was going to the real tomb and the Secret Realm.
"Are we going down the underground river?" Qianjun felt goosebumps at the thought of all kinds of monsters in the underground river.
"The real underground palace is under the underground river. This bridge is just a guide." Lin Dong looked at Qianjun and muttered to himself. He suddenly said to her seriously, "I agreed to come not because I want to borrow your strength, but because I want you to experience life and death here. Do you understand what I mean? If you're still distracted and worried about Xing Qianren's safety, then this experience will be meaningless. Moreover, you'll be in danger of death! Whether Xing Qianren lives or dies, that's his fate. No one can guarantee his safety. Now that he's entered this underground palace, he must take responsibility for his actions. Similarly, Qianjun, you are the same! If you want to save him, first, you must ensure your own survival. Otherwise, everything is just empty talk! Second, you must become stronger as soon as possible. Otherwise, how can you talk about saving him when you have more power but not enough? Suppress your floating heart. Challenge your limits between life and death, and release your potential to your heart's content. Only when you become strong and have the ability to control other people's lives will you have the right to think about those things! "
"Yes, I, I understand!" After being scolded by Lin Dong, Qianjun's spirits were greatly lifted. Her originally floating heart immediately calmed down. She took a deep breath. For the first time, she placed herself in the position of facing a life and death challenge and releasing her potential to the limit.
It was not just Qianjun.
Ye Qianru and Yun You You, who were watching from the side, also adjusted their state.
The dragon bridge was not too high. It was curved and meandered across the surface of the underground river. The closest point to the surface was probably less than ten meters.
The underground river here was slightly different from the previous ones. Although it still flowed forward, the surface of the underground river here was wide and calm. There was almost no sound of flowing water.
Lin Dong put on the Fallen Feather Boots and jumped off the high stone bridge.
He stood on a rock.
He stretched out his hand.
He gently caught Yun You You, Qianjun, and Ye Qianru who had jumped down one after the other. A strange worm scuttled out from behind the rock and attacked Lin Dong's back. Lin Dong did a roundhouse kick and threw him into the river. The seriously injured strange worm struggled for a while. Just as it wanted to climb up from the water, a huge mouth suddenly opened on the surface of the river and swallowed the strange worm whole.
"It looks like a fish!" Yun You You's eyes were sharp. She realized that it was a giant fish that was more than seven to eight meters long. It looked a little like a pike but there were many barbs beside its gills. They were distributed like umbrellas and it looked a little like a catfish.
The speed of this giant fish was very fast. Once it was hit, it immediately dived to the bottom of the river and disappeared without a trace.
Qianjun and Ye Qianru looked at each other.
Fortunately, they did not enter the water rashly.
Otherwise.
The consequences would be unimaginable.
Lin Dong led the way in front while Yun You You stayed at the back. Qianjun and Ye Qianru were very alert as they followed in the middle. They paid attention to the movements around them at all times.
They jumped between the rocks. At the beginning, it was relatively smooth. However, very quickly, the water flow increased and the number of rocks above the water decreased. In the end, it was difficult to even find a foothold. Although Qianjun and Ye Qianru knew how to swim, they didn't dare to enter the water rashly at this moment. God knows how many monsters were waiting under the water.
Lin Dong, who was leading the way, didn't stop and kept moving forward.
In some places, they had to walk on stones. In some places, they had to walk on water. At this time, Qian Jun and Ye Qianru were doing their best to speed up their journey. They hoped to find a stone that they could stand on as soon as possible before the monsters attacked.
Yun You You was much calmer. She even had the leisure to memorize the topography and hydrology of this underground river.
"The blockage shouldn't be here. There is no problem with the water flow here." Yun You You guessed that there was another underground river or an important branch that was blocked and couldn't connect to the underground river at the "secret door". Otherwise, the monsters here wouldn't be so "small". One should know that the monsters in the underground river at the secret door were not only small, but the big ones like the long worm monsters were hundreds of meters long. They were unbelievably huge.
In comparison.
The seemingly powerful giant fish just now probably wouldn't survive for a day if it ran into the secret door's underground river.
In front of them, there was a very high drop in the river. It formed a rumbling waterfall that poured down to a pool that was tens of meters high.
Lin Dong waited for Qianjun and the rest.
Then, he walked step by step on top of the rushing waterfall.
Qianjun gritted his teeth. Together with Ye Qianru, they supported each other as they walked on top of the waterfall with great difficulty. They had to use all their strength to maintain their balance. If any of them slipped, they would be washed away by the water and fall into the pool together.
Yun You You walked at the back. Occasionally, she would extend her hand to help them.
They walked past the waterfall.
When they successfully reached the rocks on the other side, Qianjun and Ye Qianru were so tired that they almost collapsed. They had never been so frightened in their lives … Other than being wary of the monsters in the underground river, they were also worried that they would slip and lose their lives. They didn't think that the pool under the waterfall would be very safe. On the contrary, there might be the most monsters gathered there, waiting for their delicious food to fall into!
"Very good. Actually, you all have great potential. With the addition of genetic modification, your future is not comparable to that of ordinary people." Lin Dong nodded at Qianjun and the rest. "Continue to maintain this state. As long as you all successfully return to the surface, I dare say that you will be surprised by your breakthroughs and improvements."
"Can we?" Ye Qianru wasn't that confident.
"Believe me, you can do better. Within your bodies, there is a huge potential that you can't even estimate." Lin Dong said with certainty, "What you need to do now is to use the environment to suppress it and let it burst forth."
"Yes." Although they were so tired that their limbs were weak, they were unusually excited. Qianjun and Ye Qianru felt that their strength had returned.
"Maintain this state. This is just the beginning!" Lin Dong took out the map and looked at it for a while. He frowned. "This map doesn't match the actual terrain. There was originally a path here. Let's move. We'll climb up this cliff and go around this ridge. Then, we'll find that path! " If it was just Lin Dong alone, he could directly jump into the waterfall and go with the flow. This would save him a lot of trouble. However, he had to walk a little longer with three people. Of course, this wasn't a bad thing. At least, some of the blind spots on the map could be seen at a glance.
Lin Dong used both his hands and feet to climb up the cliff. Qianjun followed closely behind. A giant lizard hidden in the darkness saw its prey being delivered to its mouth.
It couldn't help but poke its head out eagerly.
It opened its mouth wide.
It greedily devoured the human who smelled so good …
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