Mister Duan Mu led the treasure hunting team, with the support of the green robed elder, passed through the first and second level of the fake tomb.
They reached the third level.
They successfully met up with the red robed elder.
The green-robed ancestor's face was filled with pride, because as soon as he took action, he saved the entire team from danger.
"Let's go!" The red-robed old ancestor was quite satisfied with this result. The Five Cauldrons Divine Dragon Immortal Sect had displayed their strength almost effortlessly. The deterrent effect was obvious. Not only did the insects scramble to avoid them, even the cultivators who were searching for treasures together were secretly in awe.
After a round of compliments.
The two treasure hunting teams gathered their courage and continued on their journey.
With the elders and two Heavenly Venerable elders, the disciples' morale was high, they could not wait to find a chance to show off.
The fourth level.
With the map, the treasure hunting team passed through with some effort, there were insects and monsters that came to harass them, but the green robed elder easily dealt with them, they were not a threat at all. The Spirit Witch Controlling Crane Sect's Suifeng Changfeng and Elder He Feng were in charge of breaking the traps, in the eyes of experts like them, all sorts of hidden traps were seen through, the treasure hunting team only had to be careful when passing through certain areas, the normal areas were completely safe. In fact, there were not many areas that were worthy of the two elders' attention, normal traps could be solved by the Spirit Witch Controlling Crane Sect's Green Bamboo Snake, only the most hidden traps would require the two elders' attention.
"Finally reached the fifth level! According to the intel, this is the dividing line of the underground palace, from here, there are more powerful traps, the monsters and insects are even crazier! "Mister Duan Mu's expression was solemn.
The treasure hunting progress was relatively smooth.
But, in his heart, he felt a trace of unease.
Although they lost a few people and seemed to have suffered a setback, but there were not many actual battles, it was a little inconsistent with the intel.
Mister Duan Mu did not say it out loud.
In his heart.
Actually, he had a very strange thought.
According to the theory that the underground creatures would evolve when they obtained energy, the underground creatures should have obtained a lot of energy, because there were people from all over the world who came to search for treasures, some even used high tech methods, such as guns or flamethrowers. Even without those things, the people who entered were all powerful martial artists, or genetic soldiers, their flesh and blood could definitely provide a large amount of energy, promoting the genes of the underground creatures. In other words, there should be evolvers among the insects in the underground palace.
Not all of them, but definitely some.
What if, among these insect monsters, there was a life form with intelligence of hunting?
Would they secretly observe the intruders and then make a plan to hunt them down? If these monsters that had evolved intelligence to hunt were the leaders of the tribe, and a single will could mobilize the entire tribe, then the possibility of this was very high …
"Cunning spider demon! I bet I saw it on the second floor! I didn't expect it to follow us all the way down here! What was this spider demon trying to do? Don't tell me it's a scout! " Daoist Geng Nan of the Hundred Immortals Sect wanted to use a talisman to attack a ghost-faced spider. He almost succeeded, but the long-legged spider was extremely cunning. It lured Daoist Geng Nan forward. If it wasn't for Elder Suifeng's shout, Daoist Geng Nan wouldn't have known that there was a hidden mechanism in front of him. Daoist Geng Nan was very annoyed that he had been tricked by the spider. Unfortunately, his greatest ability was "Divine Strike", which was good at close combat. Long-Range attacks were really not his strong suit.
"Could it be that the objects are similar?" a cultivator asked.
"Spider demons all look the same!" someone else agreed.
"It's not similar, it's that one. Daoist Geng Nan is right. That spider demon just now is the one we saw on the second floor!" Master Hei Qiu of the Beast Exorcism Sect confirmed Daoist Geng Nan's words.
"The distance between the second and fifth floors is so far. If there really was a large group of monsters, they would have attacked us long ago! From what I see, although there are many insects here, there are only a few that have truly reached the level of monsters. That spider demon is just one of them. It wants to eat us, but it is afraid of the two ancestors, so it doesn't dare to approach us. That's why it has been following us! Even if they are monsters, they are limited to the underground. Even if they become spirits, their spiritual awareness won't be very high. Apart from their instinct to eat humans, they actually don't have much of an enhancement in other aspects! "Xin Song, the Great Wizard of the Copper Venomous Sect, didn't think much of it.
While they were discussing.
The treasure hunting team continued to move down.
Ordinary disciples could do nothing but be vigilant. In this place, it was not their turn to speak.
Mister Duanmu's face was as gloomy as water. No one could guess what he was thinking.
The two ancestors had profound skills and could come and go as they pleased.
They really didn't care.
The fifth floor of the fake tomb.
After walking for a while, the treasure hunting team was surprised to find that the blocked passage on the map was actually open. It was different from the information.
So what should they do next? Should they continue to follow the original plan and take a big detour to reach the bottom through another unblocked passage, or should they go down directly?
With the experience of the predecessors, it was not easy to cause accidents. However, it would be troublesome. In the end, they would return here after spending a lot of effort.
If they did not take a detour, it would be easy to fall into the trap.
The surface was very close.
It was a distance of a few hundred meters. If they wanted to take a detour for ten kilometers, it would be a waste of time and effort.
"I think we should take a detour. Since this place was blocked in the past, there must be a trap inside! We can walk a little further, but the process will be safe. It's better than taking the risk in an unfamiliar area! " Chief Crouching Ox of the Stone Drum Mountain Sect raised his opinion. As a cautious person, he felt that taking a detour could avoid unknown dangers. The most important thing in a treasure hunting journey was stability, time was secondary.
"What you're doing is giving up on what's close. It's a waste of time! We don't have much time to begin with. The guards will wake up at dawn, and a large number of people will definitely block the exit. There's a shortcut, but we're wasting our energy. I don't understand! "Mister Flying Leaf of the Cool Breeze Sect disagreed.
"Blocking the exit is better than going astray! Other than the Dragon's Mouth Mine, we have another secret exit. If not for the fact that we don't want to be exposed, we can even enter from there! The most important thing in treasure hunting is to arrive safely! "Daoist Geng Nan supported Chief Crouching Ox.
"Who doesn't know that you're friends? You're all in the same boat!" Mister Flying Leaf snorted.
"We didn't offend you, did we?" Daoist Geng Nan smiled bitterly.
He knew why Mister Flying Leaf was unhappy.
That was because one of the four disciples who died was from the Cool Breeze Sect, and it was one of Mister Flying Leaf's own disciples.
Moreover, Mister Flying Leaf only brought one disciple with him. Now that he was dead, he obviously had no qualms. He was in a bad mood and had nowhere to vent, so it was normal for him not to listen to other people's good advice.
The red-robed elder used his authority as a Celestial Venerable Elder to ask, "Suifeng and Feng, can the two of you guarantee that you can solve the traps inside?"
He asked this on the surface to ask for their opinion.
Actually, he had set a tone.
That was to take the nearest passage.
No matter what the others thought, he was going to take this passage that might have been accidentally opened by the insects!
Since the red-robed elder had such an attitude, the two elders of the Spirit Wizard Control Crane Sect naturally would not be stubborn. "Even though it is not in the information, but according to the mechanisms set up on each level, there is still a certain pattern to be found. It's only a few hundred meters, as long as everyone follows the footsteps of our senior and junior brothers and doesn't trigger the traps in other places, there shouldn't be any danger! "
"Our senior and junior brothers can walk at the front of the group!" To increase everyone's confidence, Elder Hefeng expressed that he could personally lead the group.
"Thank you both!" The red-robed elder heard this and nodded.
He waved his hand.
He had already made up his mind.
No matter what the information was, he had to take the shortest path.
The others did not have his skills, they did not have much confidence, but no one dared to raise any objections, they could only suppress their unhappiness and agree.
Mister Duan Mu was smart.
He knew that walking at the front might not be a bad thing.
The two elders from the Spirit Wizard Control Crane Sect looked great on the surface, leading the group at the front, but they were actually two sly old foxes. Walking at the front, with their skills and experience in solving traps, there would be almost no problems. First, they had enough skills to solve the traps, second, they had enough skills to avoid the traps. Walking at the back was different, once the traps were activated, Suifeng and Elder Feng would definitely be able to escape, but the people at the back might not.
Mister Duan Mu, who was originally in the middle of the group, quietly quickened his pace and rushed to the front of the group.
He was only behind the two Celestial Venerable Elders.
On the contrary.
People like Stone Drum Mountain Sect's Crouching Bull and Hundred Immortals Sect's Daoist Geng Nan were at the back of the group, including Cool Breeze Sect's Mister Fei Ye. They did not have the same thoughts as Mister Duan Mu, they stayed far behind the group, they could see the situation more clearly, if things went wrong, they could move forward or jump back, they would not be at the front.
They did not have the skills of the two Celestial Venerable Elders, if there was a trap, they could react instantly.
Everyone had different attitudes.
Some were willing to get close.
Some were willing to lag behind.
As for the disciples of the Five Cauldrons Divine Dragon Immortal Sect and other sects, they did not have the right to decide their own positions, they could only stay in the group. Even if there were smart people, they did not dare to act on their own. If everyone fought to be the first, the situation would be chaotic, not only would it be easy to step into the traps, it would also anger the two Celestial Venerable Elders, at that time, it would not be impossible to kill a few people to set an example!
So other than raising their vigilance, they silently prayed that nothing would happen.
Of course.
There were also Daanists.
This group of people felt that they had already walked so many paths, why should they care about a mere few hundred meters … … The two elders from the Spirit Wizard Control Crane Sect entered the underground palace and saw through countless traps, this place would definitely not be an exception!
The newly opened passage was indeed filled with traps.
Fortunately, the two elders were very supportive.
They deciphered everything along the way.
Soon, the safe zone shown on the map was in front of them.
The fastest ones, the red-robed and green-robed elders, had already flown up, the tips of their feet touching the ground repeatedly, they flew over tens of meters and landed outside the originally blocked area. They weren't willing to follow Elder Feng Changfeng and Elder He Feng and steal the limelight, so they flew out in advance. With a wave of their sleeves, raging flames swept out, dispersing the insects and beasts outside, snatching the credit for the safety of the two elders.
"There are so many traps!" The Stone Drum Mountain Sect's Commander Crouching Bull saw that the stone wall above them was almost full of traps. Fortunately, other than the insects, no one would be stupid enough to run to the top of the stone wall to trigger the traps.
When the treasure hunting team saw that the safe zone was in sight, and the two elders had cleared the insects outside, they could not help but cheer thunderously.
Just as everyone was cheering.
Commander Crouching Bull was secretly relieved, after all, no one wanted any accidents to happen at this time, it would be best if they could pass through safely! The moment he retracted his gaze, Commander Crouching Bull saw the Ghost Face Spider from the corner of his eyes. It did not seem to have given up. It followed them silently above the stone wall.
"Look!" Commander Crouching Bull quietly signaled Daoist Geng Nan beside him to look behind him.
"It's that spider demon again!" Daoist Geng Nan saw it too.
"It's so smart, it definitely doesn't know that it's about to step on a trap!" The undercover commander was gloating. He could actually scare the spider demon away, but he did not because he wanted to see the greedy spider demon pay the price. It would be best if he followed it step by step and accidentally triggered a trap. In the end, he would die tragically under a poisonous arrow or a sharp blade.
"It's close, this spider demon is dead for sure!" Daoist Geng Nan understood Commander Crouching Bull's mentality, so he was happy to watch the show.
"Fellow Daoists, the spider demon is cunning. If it could trigger a trap and die, it would've died a long time ago. I suspect that it's doing this on purpose …" Master Hei Qiu from the Beast Driving Sect did not look too good.
"You said it's on purpose? Is a spider demon that smart? " Commander Crouching Bull was a little disdainful at first, but on second thought, he realized that something was not right. There were so many traps in the underground palace. If these demons that crawled everywhere were really that stupid, they would've died a long time ago! This fellow might really be as Master Hei Qiu suspected. It might be doing this on purpose by stepping on the trap!
"F * ck, what do we do?" Daoist Geng Nan cursed.
"Stop it, quick!" Commander Crouching Bull panicked, but it was too late for him to react now. The Ghost Face Spider had successfully triggered the trap.
The moment the trap was triggered, Commander Crouching Bull, Daoist Geng Nan, and Master Hei Qiu had an illusion. They seemed to see the ferocious face on the Ghost Face Spider's back laughing at them mercilessly …
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