The first abyss was too large. Even though all the knights in the Lion Fortress were on the same plane of the first abyss and were evenly distributed, the area within hundreds of square miles was still a no-man's zone for each knight.
Without knights' battle qi smokes and their battle qi luster in flight, they could only see a few miles in the first abyss.
The first abyss was a huge deep well. Therefore, given the probability, if they didn't insist on entering the hot region of the first abyss, they would have a very low possibility to meet knights of their own side or the opponent's side in the first abyss.
The hot region of the first abyss was the region where humans and demons would compete for great interests, such as Tiewei Mountain which was abundant in earth-element crystals.
Tiewei Mountain was the place where knights fought fiercely in the first abyss.
Zhang Tie and the others entered the underground tunnel of the first abyss. It was not a hot region. At least before those secret realms and secret items behind the tunnels were known to the public, those gloomy and dark tunnels would not become boisterous.
There were numerous underground tunnels in the first abyss, which turned the first abyss into a cheese which was covered with small holes. Until now, demons and humans had only explored a small part of these underground tunnels. It was still a mystery what was in more tunnels and where they led to.
If the army of pioneers on the earth's surface could come here, it must be their favorite place.
These passageways and caves were like a labyrinth filled with treasures. They hid countless secrets and carried endless dangers.
Compared to the earth's surface and the first abyss, those underground tunnels and caves inside the first abyss were a fantastic and magnificent world.
After entering the tunnel for half a day, the influence of the black mist caused by the Vine of the Abyss started to fade away. As a result, their visibility recovered to normal.
On the first day since they entered the underground cave, Zhang Tie had seen many pyramids' ruins in the tunnel. Those pyramids' ruins appeared to be destroyed by an irresistible, powerful strength. They had been in the pitch-dark tunnel for tens of thousands of years and were silently telling the history of humans being hidden underground.
Each pyramid might hide a secret item underground. Those pyramid ruins had long been explored by many knights.
On the 3rd day after entering the underground cave, Zhang Tie saw a large area of crystal ocean which he had never seen before. The crystal ocean was covered with crystal clusters higher than LV 3 which were higher than 0.5 m. Covering hundreds of square miles, the purple crystals looked like a purple ocean, which was pretty spectacular. If this place was on the surface, then those crystal clusters would be a lot of gold coins. In those crystal clusters, there were also some precious ores and semi-precious stones, such as beryl, topaz, amethyst, magnesite, calcite, zinc crystal, and so on …
At the sight of those crystal clusters and those precious associated ores and semi-precious stones on the earth's surface, Zhang Tie suddenly understood why Mountain Lifting Hermit needed a space-teleportation equipment.
As a knight, he could always access to such places and see numerous precious items. However, due to the limitation of conditions, he could not take too many items with him. Even if he could take some items to the Lion Fortress, it would not be of great value. Additionally, it did not match the labor force and identity of a knight.
Additionally, the resources carried by a space-teleportation equipment represented a greater exploration ability, a greater survival ability and logistic guarantee in the Earth-elements Realm and other perilous realms; especially the latter two points, which were very important for knights.
Without this point, even though knights could fly, they were just short-legged knights.
Not until then did Zhang Tie feel how lucky he was with Castle of Black Iron.
As for Zhang Tie, the space and food supply ability in Castle of Black Iron were limitless. He didn't need to worry about the shortage of food at all.
On the 4th day since they entered the underground cave, Zhang Tie's team finally met their competitors.
Coincidentally, they were "acquaintances" whom Zhang Tie had met once before.
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"Mountain Lifting Hermit, long time no see..." After hearing the voice from the front, Zhang Tie's team stopped at once.
Before they arrived, they had heard the voice — — a team of knights flew towards here from afar.
As they were all human knights, the head of the team seemed to know Mountain Lifting Hermit. After greeting him, Mountain Lifting Hermit didn't make a defensive gesture; instead, he just stopped. Therefore, Zhang Tie's team immediately guessed that they were also from the Lion Fortress.
Zhang Tie also stopped as he watched the team of knights approaching.
The head of the team of knights was an old man with silver hair in a cyan robe. With snow-white eyebrows, rosy face and long narrow eyes, he looked like an immortal. However, his qi field could match that of Mountain Lifting Hermit at all. Given this point, Zhang Tie knew that the old man was also an earth knight.
The old man was followed by 9 knights. When Zhang Tie entered the Earth-elements Realm a few days ago, he saw 4 male and 2 female knights of Zhang Clan of Lu Palace in Taixia Country following that old man on the airboat. Besides the 6 young knights, Zhang Tie had not seen the other 3 young knights who looked a bit older than them.
This team consisted of 10 people in total. The 9 knights behind the old man were evidently one level higher than that of Zhang Tie's team.
It seemed that the 4 men and 2 women had a deep impression about Zhang Tie. The moment the two teams approached each other, they had fixated onto Zhang Tie at once.
Zhang Tie was behind the team of Mountain Lifting Hermit. However, his figure and bald head were a bit eye-catching.
At the sight of Zhang Tie, the two female knights shrunk back evidently; especially when Zhang Tie threw a glance at them, the two female knights felt uncomfortable.
"Oh, it's Brother Anguo..." Mountain Lifting Hermit greeted him in a lukewarm way.
As he knew that Mountain Lifting Hermit was always like that, the old man with snow-white eyebrows didn't mind it at all. After throwing a glance at Zhang Tie, he turned around and looked at the 6 young knights in the team, "What? You know Mountain Lifting Hermit's team?"
The perception of an Earth Knight was very sharp. If there was a little abnormality in the team behind him, he would immediately know.
"Grand elder, when we came to the Lion Fortress, we entered the tunnel of Earth-elements Realm together with a knight in Mountain Lifting Hermit's team... ahem... ahem... that brother is tall and strong... erm, bold and unrestrained. He's impressive. I've not imagined that we could meet him here!" A young man replied after being silent for a short while.
"Hahahaha, you'd better get familiar with each other..."
Although it was just a polite remark, the two female knights in the team felt extremely awkward when they heard it. Even if they were asked to repeat what Zhang Tie said at that moment, they would feel too bashful.
"Brother Anguo, what's your plan for this trip to the hieron's hieron?" Mountain Lifting Hermit suddenly asked.
After hearing Mountain Lifting Hermit's question, the old man with white eyebrows's eyes flickered as he became silent for a second, "We're all human knights. Although we all want the items in the hieron's hieron, I feel that it's unnecessary for us to fight each other at the risk of our lives in this holy war. Otherwise, we would be ridiculed by others. After entering the hieron, we're forbidden to fight each other privately and secretly. We just depend on our own abilities. Whoever gets the ownerless items would belong to the one who gets them first. Anyone who violates the rule would be punished together. What do you think, Mountain Lifting Hermit?"
"Tianlu Palace is really a major clan in Taixia Country. That's great!" Mountain Lifting Hermit nodded.
"Hahahaha... that's a good idea. I agree with you..." With a thunder-like laughter, a light flew towards them from afar and arrived in front of them in a split second.
Another group of knights arrived. The leader of this group of knights was a fat man dressed in a colorful robe.
At the sight of this person, Mountain Lifting Hermit and the old man with white eyebrows faintly frowned.
Watching this team of knights coming from behind, Zhang Tie sighed with emotion once again. The "young sister" that he met a few days ago was also in this team. Compared to that a few days ago, the only difference was that she had put on a purple imperial robe and made her hair into a bun, which made her look more coquettish.
At the sight of Zhang Tie, the young sister harrumphed in an arrogant manner as she turned around on purpose. However, she couldn't help but raise her plump breasts towards Zhang Tie...
'This young lady still shows her capital to me at this moment. 'Touching his bald head, Zhang Tie almost burst out into laughter...
"Old Monster Qi, you're here too..." Mountain Lifting Hermit watched the fat man with a cold look. Mountain Lifting Hermit's attitude towards this fat official became even colder.
"Hahaha, of course, if you could come here, I could also come here!" The fat squire said with a smile as he took out a diamond-shaped metal piece which was flickering with a strange luster. "Without this thing of mine, you can't enter. I've spent a lot for this thing and this opportunity. What? If you don't welcome me, I'll leave now …"
"Do you agree with our rule?" The old man with white eyebrows asked.
"Agree, of course! Why wouldn't I agree? "The fat squire patted his chest, the fat all over his body jiggled," I'm a timid person and I'm afraid that the two of you would do something to me. Although my reputation isn't good, I'm a man of my word. Words that I say are like farts that I can't swallow even if I want to. If I force myself to swallow it, not only would I disgust myself, I would also disgust others. In the future, when I speak, my mouth will smell like a fart and no one will dare to approach me.
After hearing this guy's interesting words, Zhang Tie couldn't stand bursting out into laughter...
The moment Zhang Tie burst out into laughter, the fat official stopped laughing. His face turned cold at once as he watched Zhang Tie with a dangerous light in his eyes, "Brat, what are you laughing at..."
(To be continued.)
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