"This is the depth of the Deep Caves …"
Standing in front of Su Ping was a bronze door with an ancient design.
Strange beasts were carved on the door. The beasts were so lifelike that they seemed to be overlooking the world.
An ancient and wild air was coming out from the door, as if it had been there for tens of thousands of years.
The bronze door wasn't closed; there was a gap. Su Ping reached in but didn't sense any beast kings.
"There's a door where the wild beasts live …"
Su Ping was confused. Clearly, the door wasn't made by the wild beasts.
Could it be that the top battle pet warriors had driven the wild beasts here and built the door to seal them in?
That seemed to be the only explanation.
Su Ping didn't dwell on it.
Whoosh!
With a flash, he passed through the crack in the door.
The other parts of the giant bronze gate were surrounded by a strange power, making it impossible to use Space Shift to go there.
If the door was closed, Su Ping would have to push it open.
Behind the door, Su Ping saw a tunnel that was covered in slime, spider webs, beast bones, and dried blood. The tunnel smelled bad and was slanted downward. There was no light.
Su Ping had been trained in darkness before, so he didn't feel uncomfortable. He used his senses to identify the environment and carefully moved down the tunnel with the Little Skeleton.
The tunnel was spacious, with a diameter of four to five hundred meters. Even four or five large beast kings could go through.
Su Ping was like a thieving ant in that huge tunnel.
From the depth of the tunnel, there would be waves of heat coming from time to time. It was as if the tunnel was a mouth that was breathing.
Su Ping carefully extended his senses to the maximum range. Soon, he reached the end of the tunnel. There was a fiery light at the entrance.
At the bottom of the tunnel was a world of lava.
There were no forks in the tunnel. It was a flat land with strange rocks. The land was vast, hundreds of kilometers long. He couldn't even see the end of it!
The walls were red and the temperature in the air was at least eighty to ninety degrees.
Some huge skeletons were scattered around the rocky land. Clearly, the wild beasts were competing fiercely.
"I can't sense any beast kings here …"
Su Ping realized that he couldn't sense any beast kings.
Even the beast kings in the deepest part of the tunnel had left …
Su Ping frowned. Without hesitation, he restrained his energy and moved on.
Su Ping noticed that the temperature was getting higher and higher. The ground was red. Some rocks had turned into red crystals due to the high temperature. Some rare crystals were protruding from the walls like sharp blades.
Although some of the crystals didn't have any special functions, their beautiful appearance could still be sold for a sky-high price in the market, calculated in grams.
Thanks to the training in the Golden Crows' world, the high temperature didn't affect the Little Skeleton at all. The Little Skeleton had also been trained in extreme temperatures in other cultivation sites. The Little Skeleton's resistance to heat was neither special nor advanced.
Compared to the Golden Crow World, that place was much cooler.
All of a sudden, Su Ping came to a stop. A red beast was lying on the wall in front of him. It looked like a giant lizard, over a hundred meters long and covered in red scales. At first glance, Su Ping thought that the beast was just a rock.
It seemed that the beast was sleeping.
"It's at the Void State …"
Su Ping frowned. He had never seen that beast before, but he could tell that it was not to be underestimated.
The beasts he had met in the upper levels were all at the Ocean State, but the one he had met there was at the Void State!
Su Ping's special resistance to fire was the bane of beasts of the fire family. However, the Deep Caves were too vast. He had yet to see the wall on the other side. He didn't dare to act recklessly.
Take a detour!
Su Ping chose to take a detour. He drew an arc that was dozens of kilometers long before he continued straight ahead.
Apart from the giant lizard, Su Ping soon ran into another beast king. The beast king was playing in a pool of lava with two young ones. The big one was at the Fate State!
Su Ping was surprised. Fate State beasts were as powerful as the Otherworld Heavenly King. There were only a few of them in the entire world!
He had run into one in such a short time!
"The Thousand-eyed Demon Beast that we fought in the corridor above was also at the Fate State. We have two of them now, including this one …"
Su Ping's heart was heavy.
There were only twelve people at the Void State in the Tower!
As for those at the Fate State … One of them was as powerful as seven or eight people at the Void State!
That was taking into account the battle pets of the seven or eight legendary battle pet warriors at the Void State. If each legendary battle pet warrior had three beasts at the Void State, they would be as powerful as twenty people at the Void State!
Still, they would be at a disadvantage when facing a battle pet warrior at the Fate State!
The Tower would have to rely on formations to fight back!
The gap between the two Fate State beasts was like a chasm between heaven and earth. The two Fate State beasts were enough to give the Tower a headache, not to mention the four Fate State beasts!
"That Thousand-eyed Demon Beast failed to kill the Little Skeleton. It left the Corridor three days ago …"
The Thousand-eyed Demon Beast was still alive. After all, it would have been difficult for the Little Skeleton to kill the Thousand-eyed Demon Beast on its own. The Little Skeleton was merely at the ninth rank. It was already incredible that it could fight against a beast at the Fate State!
The Thousand-eyed Demon Beast was unable to kill the Little Skeleton. The Thousand-eyed Demon Beast took the opportunity to run away and gave up on chasing after the Little Skeleton.
…
Su Ping went around the Fate State beast and pressed on.
Half an hour later, Su Ping ran into three more beasts, all of which were at the Void State!
Ocean State beasts were rare there.
"What?"
All of a sudden, Su Ping detected four people a hundred kilometers ahead of him. They were all at the Fate State!
Su Ping narrowed his eyes in shock.
Four beasts at the Fate State?
There were five beasts at the Fate State, including the one with the two cubs!
Five beasts at the Fate State were enough to turn the world upside down!
"All of them are at the lord-level. Why are they together …?"
Su Ping found it strange. After a moment of hesitation, he told the Little Skeleton to merge with it.
The Little Skeleton turned into a pile of bones and covered Su Ping.
The explosive power instantly filled his limbs and bones. He was covered in white bones, making him look like a ferocious God of Death.
Su Ping snuck over after merging with the Little Skeleton.
With the Little Skeleton's help, he was able to make full use of his stealth skills.
Soon after, Su Ping entered the range visible to the naked eye. Dozens of kilometers away, flames were soaring to the sky. There was a square formation there, and four beasts that were hundreds of meters tall were crouching in four directions, as if they were guarding the formation.
"Four Fate State beasts guarding it?"
Su Ping was shocked.
There was a formation deep in the Deep Caves!
There were runes flashing on the surface of the formation from time to time. Those runes seemed to be sealing runes!
Was this a sealing divine array?
"Correct." The system's voice echoed in Su Ping's head.
"…"
Su Ping was startled, but he soon came back to his senses. He was angry at the system, but there was nothing he could do. The system's words had confirmed his speculation.
It was really a sealing formation!
Back in the Demigod Burial, Su Ping had spent a lot of time with Joanna's subordinates. He had learned a thing or two about formations. Therefore, he was able to tell what kind of formations they were based on the runes.
There was a sealing formation deep in the Deep Caves!
Is this the formation used to keep the Deep Caves under control?
Su Ping denied the idea as soon as it popped up in his head.
No way.
If this was the formation used to keep the Deep Caves under control, it would have been broken a long time ago!
Besides, the four Fate State beasts were obviously guarding the formation. It was obvious that the formation was of great importance to the beasts!
However …
What was this divine array sealing?
What kind of beasts was it? Or was it something else?
"I wonder what will happen if I destroy it …" Su Ping's eyes flickered. He was eager to try.
Even though there were four Fate State beasts guarding the formation, he was no longer the same as before.
Even without merging with the Little Skeleton, he was already as strong as a Fate State beast. Su Ping believed that not even a Fate State beast could withstand his Void Sword!
Su Ping wasn't too worried about the Fate State beasts since he had merged with the Little Skeleton.
However, Su Ping was still hesitating.
The four Fate State beasts were guarding the sealing formation. Clearly, they weren't the master of the Deep Caves!
After all, two tigers couldn't live on the same mountain. Any social creature could only have one leader. That was the case for both humans and wild beasts!
The master of the Deep Caves had to be strong if it could mobilize four Fate State beasts. It was either a top Fate State beast, or a Star Rank beast!
It would be fine if it was the former, but it would be tricky if it was the latter!
Let's check the surroundings and see if the master of the Deep Caves is here. Su Ping stopped glowing and retreated. He moved away from the sealing formation and went in another direction.
Luckily, he had learned the Stealth skill from Joanna, which was an advanced skill. He had also learned the skill of camouflage after dying so many times in the cultivation sites. He could hide even from Fate State beasts.
However, Su Ping could still be exposed if he ran into Fate State beasts that were good at sensing.
Time zipped by.
Six hours later.
Su Ping had gone around the entire Deep Caves.
Su Ping only avoided the places where wild beasts were resting. Unlike the Corridor, there were tunnels everywhere. Battles that happened in other places would be kept a secret.
Once a battle broke out, it would be easy for others to sense it.
It was especially so when the wild beasts in the Deep Caves had left in large numbers.
There are … eight Fate State beasts in total!
Su Ping couldn't have felt more depressed after he was done.
He had already seen eight Fate State beasts!
That was only the wild beasts that had stayed in the Deep Caves. He didn't know how many Fate State beasts had left.
However, he was certain that many Fate State beasts had left!
After all, he didn't see the Thousand-eyed Demon Beast that had stopped him last time.
However, I didn't see any beast that was as strong as the Lord of the Deep Caves. The eight Fate State wild beasts are strong, but I don't think they're a match for me in a one-on-one fight, Su Ping thought.
He didn't think that any of the eight Fate State wild beasts had the ability to command the other four.
It was obvious that the Lord of the Deep Caves had left!
"We can try the sealing divine formation."
Su Ping had another idea since the Lord of the Deep Caves wasn't there.
He used the Divine Concealment Secret Technique and hid himself several dozen miles away from the sealing divine formation.
The four wild beasts were still crouching around the sealing formation. Some of them were sleeping, and some were wagging their tails out of boredom.
Wait, is it possible that the Lord of the Deep Caves is sealed inside this sealing formation? Su Ping suddenly thought that it was possible.
If that were the case, wouldn't he be setting the Lord of the Deep Caves free by attacking recklessly?
However, he quickly dispelled this thought.
If the Lord of the Deep Caves was sealed, how could it command the four Fate State wild beasts?
Was it because the seal had been loosened?
Or was it because the Lord of the Deep Caves had been sealed a long time ago, and the Fate State wild beasts had been guarding their king all this time?
The more Su Ping thought about it, the more conflicted he became.
The possibility was low, but it would be a big problem if there was even the slightest possibility.
All of a sudden, Su Ping stopped hesitating.
Even if the Lord of the Deep Caves was really inside the sealing formation, the fact that it needed Fate State wild beasts to guard it meant that the sealing formation couldn't be easily destroyed!
It meant that the wild beasts would be at a disadvantage if the sealing formation was destroyed!
No matter what was sealed inside, it would lead to terrible consequences!
Su Ping's eyes glittered as he thought about that. He mobilized his astral powers and was about to take action.
However, right then, Su Ping noticed that there was a pool of magma next to the sealing formation. As the magma surged, a red scale that was several meters long was revealed.
Su Ping's expression changed after seeing that.
The scales contained a surging life force!
It wasn't a dead scale, but one with vitality!
Either the scale had just been plucked, or its master was still alive and providing vitality to the scale!
Is it …
Su Ping's mind kept changing. He had once encountered a situation in a cultivation site where a wild beast placed a feather in its nest. He thought that he could steal its cubs when the wild beast wasn't home. However, the feather turned into a wild beast and killed him.
That was an ability that only Star Rank warriors could master — teleportation!
As long as there was a medium, one could be teleported from the North Pole to the South Pole!
The scale in front of him was clearly like a medium!
Once something happened, the scale's original self could be teleported over!
Apart from the four Fate State wild beasts outside, the owner of the scale was also concerned. What was sealed in the sealing formation?
Even the wild beasts from the Deep Caves were afraid that the sealing formation would be broken and the thing sealed inside would be released.
If I fail and alert the enemy, it will be difficult for me to come back in the future, Su Ping said to himself. After much consideration, he decided to give up.
The first priority was to deal with the wild beasts from the Deep Caves on the Blue Star.
The sealing formation could be used to restrain the wild beasts from the Deep Caves at a critical moment. If he were to fail at the moment, the wild beasts would be on high alert; it would be difficult for him to succeed.
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