Ever since they discovered that there were objects suspected to be ruins underground, Roy and Benia had been paying attention to their surroundings as they moved forward.
Fortunately, Roy found that Big Black seemed to be moving in the direction of the ruins because more and more man-made traces appeared along the way.
This possible demon ruin seemed to be very large. From the moment they discovered the first man-made trace, Big Black had drilled down about twenty kilometers, but it had yet to truly touch the core of the ruins.
The further down they went, the fewer the worm tunnels the demon worms dug. In the end, only the path that Big Black drilled out was left. Roy guessed that Big Black might have accidentally found this ruin and touched something there, causing it to mutate. In the end, only it could touch this ruin, and the other demon worms did not have the ability.
Fortunately, when he first saw Big Black, he did not kill it because it was too ugly. Otherwise, he was afraid that he would never be able to find out the secret of this deep underground.
After an unknown period of time, Big Black's rumbling and squirming finally stopped. It finally stopped in an enormous underground cavity. The area here was not large, and there was an arc-shaped cavity dome above with a large number of crystal-shaped fiery-red stalactites hanging down. They might be lava crystals formed due to the high pressure underground. The ground below was uneven, and there were also large and small crystal clusters growing on it. Not only was the entire cavity not dark, but it was also emitting a fiery-red light, and the only source of this light was a flowing underground magma river!
Only a part of the magma river was exposed in this empty space, which was about two hundred meters long. The source and the downstream were all in the underground, and no one knew where it came from or where it went.
After Big Black stopped in the cavity, it slowly squirmed to the side of the magma river. A muffled gurgling sound came from its body, indicating that Roy and Benia had arrived.
Roy jumped down from Big Black's head and stood by the magma river. He looked around in confusion for a while. He did not understand why Big Black would stop here. This was clearly not the ruin.
Benia reacted and said, "It seems to mean that it often comes here to eat …"
"Eating?!" Roy looked at the magma river in surprise. "Is it here to drink magma?"
"I don't know. Let's wait and see what it does!" Benia was also a little uncertain.
Helpless, Roy could only wait with Benia and observe Big Black's movements. In the end, he found that Big Black had been wriggling its body idly. A long part of its enormous body was still outside the cavity, and it was slowly wriggling its body into the cavity bit by bit.
Just as Roy and Benia were wondering what this guy was trying to do, Big Black suddenly seemed to have smelled something, and its originally slow-moving body immediately accelerated. It opened its winch-like mouth, straightened its head, and stared intently at the river.
Roy and Benia were also attracted by its actions and focused their attention on the river.
Not long after, the two of them suddenly saw a long, grayish-white thing appear in the magma. This thing slowly washed out from the hole in front of them with the magma.
This long, grayish-white object was about 1.5 meters long and felt like a baguette. After it was brought out with the magma, it kept rolling up and down in the magma.
Patter, patter. Roy looked up and saw a large amount of green saliva flowing out of Big Black's mouth. This saliva seemed to be highly acidic, and when it dripped on the ground, it immediately made sizzling sounds and corroded the ground into large pits.
"That thing is Big Black's food?" Roy immediately understood.
When the long object was rushed to the middle of the magma river, Dahei suddenly poked its head out, regardless of the hot magma, and grabbed the thing with its mouth. Then it raised its head, trying to swallow it.
But at this moment, Roy moved. He spread his wings and flew up. He kicked Big Black's head and kicked out the thing that Big Black wanted to swallow.
After being kicked by Roy, Big Black immediately let out a muffled sound of grievance, but then it shrank back in fear.
Roy ignored him. He reached out to catch the thing that Big Black spat out and landed on the ground with it.
How should he put it? This thing felt hard as soon as he touched it, as hard as rock. It could reach Roy's waist, so it was quite big. Benia walked forward curiously and observed it with Roy.
Roy held it in his hand and carefully sensed it.
"Strange. Although this thing has magic power, it's so weak. If Big Black mutated after eating it, it doesn't seem to make sense!" Roy said.
"It doesn't look like an ore. It seems to be a fossil of something …" Benia pointed at the long stick. "Look at it. There are very regular fine lines on it. It doesn't look like a natural product."
Roy looked in the direction Benia was pointing and found that it was indeed the case.
Before the two of them could figure out anything, there was another commotion on Big Black's side. Roy and Benia realized something and looked at the river. Sure enough, after a while, an identical long object rushed out with the magma.
This time, Big Black did not need to do anything. Benia flew over and fished it out of the magma. Then she placed the two objects together and compared them. In the end, she found that apart from the slight difference in size, these two long objects were very similar in other places. They had fine lines and the same stone texture.
"Ah!" Benia suddenly thought of something and exclaimed, "This thing, could it be … could it be an insect egg?!"
"Insect egg?!" Roy was shocked by Benia's guess. "What the hell?! Is there such a big insect egg? "
"Of course it's possible!" Benia nodded. "Don't forget. According to my previous guess, there was once an insect-type demon lord here, and its insect egg might be this big!"
Indeed, Benia's words convinced Roy. If it really was an insect-type demon lord, it might really be possible.
"In that case, this place really had an owner a long time ago!" Roy pinched the insect egg-like thing. "But it seems like it's been too long. It's already become a fossil …"
"At least ten thousand years, or even longer!" Benia nodded. "The good news is that the previous owner of this place might have died after such a long time. We don't need to fight for territory."
"Can you tell what insect egg it is?" Roy asked Benia.
Benia shook her head. "How can I tell? But judging from the size of the insect egg, that demon lord is probably very huge. Generally speaking, insect-type demons are dozens of times larger than the insect eggs they lay."
"Another big guy hundreds of meters long …" Roy was a little speechless. "Since these insect eggs were brought out by the magma, it means that upstream of the magma is where the insect-type demon lord is. At least, it's where the eggs he laid are! I don't know how many offspring that guy has. You have to know how many years Big Black has been devouring the insect eggs and fossils … "
"Not a child!" Benia shook her head. "Even if he's an insect-type demon, he's a true demon, not an insect! If he really wanted to give birth to a child, he would have given birth to a demon egg, not an insect egg! "
-- And those eggs?
Roy was a little puzzled.
"It's the soldiers! In other words, it's something like a clone! " Benia said. "I've fought against some insect-type demons before. Although these insect-type demons have low intelligence, they are often an army alone. They will bring a large number of insects similar to them to attack together. This is their unique attack method. Generally speaking, the insect eggs they lay can be quickly hatched by magic power. Moreover, if the insect-type demons are willing to split soul fragments for these insects, the insects will be strengthened."
Hearing Benia's words, Roy remembered that the spider demon Araniya was like this back then. The small spiders she carried with her should have hatched from her insect eggs.
But … Roy looked at the insect egg in his hand. This insect egg was much bigger than Araniya's spider egg …
"Let's go in and take a look and see what kind of insect-type demon it is!" Roy called Benia and jumped onto Big Black's head.
However, what the two of them did not expect was that when they wanted to command Big Black to continue drilling into the stone wall where the magma was flowing out, they found that Big Black was unwilling. It was very afraid and fearful!
Benia tried to communicate with it for a while, but Big Black was still unmoved. Even though Roy emitted his aura to make it submit, it was still unwilling to move forward even though it was also afraid.
"I'm afraid that the insect-type demon lord that might exist is much stronger than me!" Roy pondered. "Otherwise, it's impossible to explain Big Black's fear."
"Then what should we do? Should we continue moving forward? "Benia asked.
"Of course. Even if that insect-type demon lord is stronger than me, he should be dead. There's no need to worry about anything!" Roy said. "Big Black is just a monster. If it doesn't want to move forward, then don't force it. Let it stay here. Let's continue forward."
Although they did not have Big Black's digging ability, Roy and the others could pass through the magma river. Although the temperature of the magma was very high, it was not a big problem for Roy and Benia.
Instead of using frost to fight the magma, Roy chose the flowing brightness flames. He attached the flowing brightness flames to his entire body, hugged Benia with one hand, and stretched out his other hand to open a path in the magma.
However, as they moved forward, Roy did not know if it was an illusion, but he felt his entire body begin to tense up, and he gradually felt his hair stand on end. It was as though there was a dangerous and ferocious threat waiting for him ahead.
Compared to him, Benia was even more unbearable. She hugged Roy tightly, her entire body trembling.
"No … not good, darling!" Benia said fearfully. "It seems … it's not as simple as a demon lord ahead …"
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