In the dark, twisted shadows, the crisscrossing stalagmites, rock peaks, and stone protrusions occupied most of his vision. In the spacious and quiet karst cave, even the slightest sound could travel along the twisting and winding tunnels to a very, very far place.
Grimm perched on the back of the crocodile hunter, a sharp blue light flashing in his eyes.
Although the surroundings were quiet, Grim's instinct for danger was already ringing in his ears. It seemed like a large number of enemies had arrived!
With a soft sound, a dazzling red flame shield appeared and began to revolve around Grimm's body. The A.I. Chip in Grimm's mind was busily performing calculations. Countless real-time images were being compared and matched. The A.I. Chip of the Fiery Eyes found all the minute differences that were hard to discern with the naked eye and marked them on Grimm's retina.
Grimm turned his head and stared at a low-hanging stalagmite on the left side of his path. The shadow there was much thicker than before. With a light stomp of his foot, the native hunter in front of him raised its hand, and a yellow earthen spear condensed in its hand.
With a twist of its waist and a powerful throw from the native hunter, the earthen spear turned into a yellow bolt of lightning and pierced into the shadow.
In Grimm's vision, there was nothing there. There were no elemental reactions or signs of life. However, as the earthen spear pierced into the body, there was a sound of flesh being pierced.
* Puchi * A muffled sound was followed by a mournful hiss that resounded through the silent cave.
The shadows flared up, and a humanoid creature covered in greenish-black scales suddenly appeared. The earthen spear pierced through its chest and nailed it to the stone pillar.
Warm blood flowed down the earthen spear. The humanoid creature began to struggle with all its might. The more it struggled, the bigger the wound that was torn by the earthen spear, and the more blood gushed out.
* Pu. *
The second Earth Spear flew through the air and pierced through its head.
The humanoid creature immediately stopped moving and hung motionlessly on the stone pillar. Only the crisp sound of blood dripping to the ground could be heard in the cave.
The next moment, Grimm raised his head and looked at the dark ceiling.
It was 12 to 13 meters above the ground. Even with Grimm's vision, he could only see a blur due to the weak light. However, as the aborigine hunter hurled two earth spears, another skinny and strong humanoid creature fell from above.
The two spears had pierced through its right chest and left leg, but did not take its life. However, just as it was struggling on the cold floor, the demon crocodile's huge claws suddenly enlarged in front of it.
* Dong * The sound of a tomato or watermelon being crushed echoed in the cave.
The Demon Crocodile continued its slow and leisurely advance. When it raised its claw again, the place where the humanoid creature used to be was left with a pile of minced meat that was difficult to identify, race, and gender.
A sharp whistle suddenly sounded in the darkness.
When the whistles resounded through the cave, countless shadows began to rapidly approach Grim from the darkness in the distance. There seemed to be more than a hundred of them.
In the darkness, the sound of bowstrings being released did not stop. The sharp sound of arrows piercing through the air came from all directions, and their target was Grim, who was covered in flames.
Ah Ou, get ready for a group fight!
Grimm did not dare to be careless. He instantly dispersed the Flame Shield around his body and sank into the demon crocodile's huge body as if he had sunk into a swamp.
* Puff puff puff … *
As soon as Grimm disappeared, the demon crocodile's back where he had been standing was filled with arrows. All the arrowheads flashed with a green light. It was obvious that they were dipped in some unknown poison.
The aborigine hunter that had suffered along with Lin Li was also pierced with arrows, but it did not care at all. It raised its hands above its head and clawed at the air. Every time it did so, an earth elemental spear that was one and a half meters long was automatically condensed. It even threw its arrows from both sides at the lizardmen hunters who had revealed themselves in the distance.
Some were dodged by the hunters and assassins, some exploded on the rocky peaks and stalagmites, and some hit their targets directly, instantly killing them in the shadows.
It had to be said that the lizardmen's bodies were too weak and slender. In order not to affect their agility and agility, they did not evolve to have thick, dense scales like those of the larger monsters. Instead, they grew layers of thin, greenish-black scales. As for their purpose, they were only used to prevent the leakage of body heat.
This type of evolution allowed them to possess unparalleled stealth abilities in the dark caves, but it also made their defenses weak and vulnerable. No matter which part of their bodies was pierced by the earth spears, it was a fatal wound. Their delicate bodies were not strong enough to withstand such an attack.
The poisoned arrows they were used to using were completely useless against a clay sculpture native elemental puppet life form. Left with no choice, the lizardmen hunters pulled out their short daggers and leapt between the rock walls and stalagmites towards the giant demon crocodile that was still advancing.
At this moment, the weakness of not having enchanted weapons was obvious.
Although the weapons made from special underground metals were unusually sharp, most of them were thin and thin. Such weapons were not enough to break through the demon crocodile's glowing yellow mud armor. Many lizardmen surrounded the demon crocodile and attacked it, cutting the mud armor into pieces. But after a moment, an earthen yellow halo flashed, and the mud armor was restored to its original state.
They could not hurt the demon crocodile, but the demon crocodile could hurt them.
Although the demon crocodile's attack rate was a little slow, each large area of the earth spears could take away three to five lizardmen's lives. The demon crocodile was like a giant tank that rumbled forward, while the lizardmen were a group of ignorant natives that wielded bamboo spears and carried bamboo arrows on their backs. The difference in strength between the two sides was not just a little, so it was reasonable for them to suffer heavy casualties.
Finally, after more than half of the lizardmen had died, a mournful whistle sounded in the distant darkness.
With a low roar, the lizardmen began to retreat.
When the demon crocodile's surroundings became quiet again, Grimm's body, hidden under a thick cloak, slowly appeared. He hesitated for a moment, but did not order the demon crocodile to chase after the enemies.
It was obvious that the underground tribes here had a strong sense of territory. He had probably been attacked by them because he was too close to their habitat. Now that they had suffered such a great loss, it seemed that they would have to retreat to their nests to defend themselves.
But just as Grimm ordered the demon crocodile to continue forward, his sharp hearing picked up the mournful cries of the lizardmen in the distance. It was as if a new war had begun in the darkness.
However, Grimm did not dare to be interested in it. He stood on the demon crocodile and looked into the distance for a while before continuing his journey.
In the darkness, the old gnoll leader was hiding behind a stone pillar, looking at Grimm from afar. His grey, sharp, and thin face was filled with an unconcealable look of surprise.
Behind it, a group of nimble Gnolls leaped through the dark, rugged caves as if they were flying. They pounced on the lizardmen who had just returned after suffering a great defeat. Both sides fought in the darkness of the rocky peaks and stalagmites. The muffled sounds of sharp daggers slicing through throats could be heard continuously.
If this sudden attack was successful, perhaps the damned lizardmen tribe would be driven out of this area, and all the benefits in the ruins would belong to the gnolls.
However, Gray Ear was still worried about the surface apprentice who suddenly broke into the ruins.
He waved his hand, and one of his subordinates appeared from the shadows behind him.
"Go, inform Cracked Tooth in Blissful City. Tell him to tell the fallen Magus that someone wants to enter the ruins. Tell him that the Gray Ear tribe could not stop the enemy and suffered heavy losses. The Darkscale lizardmen tribe was exterminated by the enemy! "In the darkness, the old gnoll's scarlet eyes shone coldly, and his white fangs made one's heart palpitate.
"Yes, your subordinate will go immediately!"
After bowing slightly, Shadow turned around and disappeared into the boundless darkness.
… …
The further he went, the more worried Grimm became.
In front of him, behind him, left and right of his body, even above his head and under his feet, the metal content in the rock layer was getting higher and higher, and the soil exposed by the Gui fruit was also getting lesser and lesser. This also meant that once he encountered a terrifying enemy here, even he wouldn't be able to escape underground like he did in the past.
To him, this was the last piece of bad news that he wanted to hear.
But Grimm had to admit that this was indeed a very suitable area for building a city.
In the subterranean world, if one wanted to build a city once and for all, other than considering the surrounding biological resources, mineral resources, and water sources, the most important thing to consider was the stability and firmness of the geological structure. It was rare to find a place like this that was surrounded by metal ores and stable rock formations.
The presence of mineral resources meant that there would be an endless supply of resources to attract wandering caravans, and the presence of water meant that there would be more lives here. However, these were not as good as having a stable 'sky'. No one would want to be crushed into a meat patty by millions of tons of sand and stones while they were sleeping.
That was why Kirby pointed out that this was the ruins of the previous Blissful City. Judging from the terrain alone, it made sense.
After passing through many habitats of the subterranean races, perhaps they were affected by the defeat of the lizardmen. They gathered in the darkness far away, but they did not impulsively attack.
In this dangerous situation, the demon crocodiles finally reached the end of their long journey.
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