Li Yao bulged his eyes. Three layers of spiritual shields flowed out of his body. He moved agilely and dashed out of the great array of gold threads after a few leaps and bounds!
Dozens of golden auras brushed past him and left dozens of vague traces on the Crystal Suit.
The last golden sword ray was like a maggot in a tarsal bone. It flashed strangely and stabbed into his left calf!
Li Yao screamed and rolled on the ground. He opened the Crystal Suit on his left calf. The golden auras brushed past his calf and tore off a section of his flesh, leaving a burnt mark. Thankfully, his bones were not hurt!
Li Yao gritted his teeth and retrieved a bottle of drugs from his Cosmos Ring. He sprayed the drugs on his calf, which spurted out a cluster of white mist that temporarily froze the wound.
He twisted the nozzle and pressed the button again. This time, what was spurted out was sky-blue foam that looked like gel.
The foam was smeared on the wound evenly and soon solidified when it met the air. It was slightly elastic, like a cluster of artificial muscles.
Li Yao finally took a long breath in relief. He looked back, still in fear.
Bai Xinghe looked at him calmly and complimented, "Not bad. Perhaps, your capability has surpassed the high level of the Building Foundation Stage and is now … at the peak of the Building Foundation Stage.
"However, the blow you suffered was exactly the same as my coughing just now. It was unnecessary.
"You intentionally hurt your calf so that I would be less vigilant and misled me into thinking that your left leg was your weakness. Perhaps, if we were to fight, your most powerful attack would be on your left leg, wouldn't it?"
Li Yao was frozen and cursed in his heart.
Bai Xinghe smiled. "Don't be angry. I could've just pretended that I didn't see through your scheme. If we did fight, you would've thought that I had been tricked. If you had kicked your left leg boldly, wouldn't I have been able to predict your attack and counterattack in advance?
"The reason why I pointed it out was because I wanted to prove my sincerity. The road ahead will only be more difficult than the Great Golden Thread Formation. If we continue to be on guard against each other like this, If we keep fighting against each other, we may not have a chance to leave the sunless underground world. "
Li Yao was suddenly alarmed. "There are more formidable traps ahead?"
Half an hour later.
Li Yao stared at the scene in front of him, dumbfounded and speechless for a long time.
Led by Bai Xinghe, they zigzagged through more than ten forks and two arrays of gold threads. Finally, they reached the end of the pathway.
However, this was not the original exit of the tunnel. Instead, it had been forcefully torn apart.
What appeared in front of Li Yao was an underground cliff that led to an unknown destination!
The underground rock strata on both sides were torn apart, revealing an enormous underground hollow. It was as if they were standing on the hillside of a great mountain and looking at the mountain on the opposite side, but it was shrouded in a dark mist.
Looking down, there was a mighty underground river hundreds of meters below.
Li Yao had never seen such a magnificent sight. The turbulent underground river was like an angry dragon. Baring its fangs and brandishing its claws, it whistled over and plunged into the depths of the rock formation, pouncing towards the earth's core.
What made his scalp tingle even more was that the water of the underground river was actually green and lustrous. It was as if billions of fireflies were flapping their wings at the same time on the riverbed!
The underground river was like the Nether River in hell in the legends. Gloomy wind was blowing, and the tides were surging. The entire underground crevice was illuminated by the river, which was full of mysteriousness and horror.
This place was like the border of the living world and the living world. It was the entrance to the underworld!
Huala! Huala!
From the 'Nether River', pillars of water that were hundreds of meters high would dash out now and then. Like green flames, they slapped the walls on both sides, leaving green traces that looked like giant centipedes slithering past. The traces did not disperse for a long time.
"The underground fortress has been built for ten thousand years," Bai Xinghe said. "Over the past ten thousand years, countless geological changes have taken place.
"About five thousand years ago, perhaps because of the apocalypse that swept across the Flying Star Sector, a super earthquake took place on Spider Den, although it was not hit by meteoroids directly.
"The earthquake this time caused countless underground faults, and at the same time, tore the underground fortress into pieces!"
"There was no such thing as a 'shortcut' in the underground fortress in the beginning. It was because of the super earthquake that such a path was created."
Bai Xinghe took out a metal ball and tossed it into the air. It floated above their heads and emitted a streak of translucent mystic rays, which darted toward the black fog on the other side of the cliff.
Wherever the mystic rays reached, another cliff almost a thousand meters away was outlined as if it could see through everything.
On the cliff, dozens of enormous gaps were glittering under the illumination of the mystic rays.
Bai Xinghe pointed at the gap on the opposite side and said, "Look. Before the earthquake, this gap did not exist. The underground fortresses on the two sides were connected to each other without the slightest loophole.
"The super earthquake tore the underground fortress in half. It's like a maze that was cut apart by brute force. Naturally, some loopholes were exposed.
"However, most of the pathways lead to dead ends or empty warehouses. The pathway that we are going to is the one where the double gold stripes are drawn. Look carefully."
Li Yao activated the scanning technique of the crystal cameras to the maximum and observed the environment carefully.
The average distance from the underground river to the fault on the opposite side was more than 1,700 meters. For the Crystal Suit, it was merely a sprint. It was not very difficult.
However, Bai Xinghe had introduced the place in such great detail that he was even more cautious than the array of gold threads just now.
Li Yao thought of something and asked, "What's wrong with the underground river?"
Bai Xinghe smiled. "Nothing wrong. There are just some 'things' here."
"Things?"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes. He did not need to think with his toes to know that the 'things' in this place were definitely not good.
"The underground river is where the dozens of mother lodes below Spider Den converge," Bai Xinghe said. "The river contains a lot of spiritual liquids and precious microelements.
"During the super earthquake, many underground beasts that lived in other places entered this underground river to breed. Over thousands of years, they were nourished by the river water and absorbed a lot of trace elements. Gradually, they mutated and became very difficult to deal with."
"In the darkness above our head, some beasts that feed on the mother lodes live, too. They hunt the beasts in the underground river and are natural enemies of each other.
"They are naturally-endowed animals, not traps. Therefore, there is no pattern to be observed.
"Before, when I entered this place, I triggered the aura of the Yuanying experts. Naturally, the animals did not dare approach me because of the overwhelming pressure.
"But today, I'm heavily wounded. It's hard to say."
Li Yao warmed up the bones all over his body, causing a series of cracking noises. Glancing around, he said in a low voice, "Got it. Let's go!"
"Alright!"
After the word 'alright' left his mouth, Bai Xinghe suddenly stomped on the ground, breaking hundreds of stones. Boosted by his spiritual energy, the stones were darted to the top of the Nether River!
Li Yao blinked, too. He cut off a weird rock that protruded out of the wall on his left and tossed it to the top of the Nether River!
Hiu! Hiu!
Bai Xinghe dashed into the Stone Crushing Array.
Li Yao, on the other hand, jumped to the giant rock first!
Huala! Huala! Huala!
Inside the Nether River, the water was infuriated. Almost a hundred thick, green water pillars soared to the sky at the same time. Inside every water pillar was a fuzzy animal that looked both like a dragon and a boa. The animal opened its bloody mouth and bit at Bai Xinghe brutally!
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Hundreds of overwhelming apocalyptic beasts swooped down from the wall above Bai Xinghe's head at the same time. They smashed down like a dark cloud!
The apocalyptic beasts in the sky looked similar to bats at first glance, except that they were wider and flatter. Like sharp boomerangs, they were hovering at a high speed close to the speed of sound. Cold, white brilliance was spreading out of their sharp edges. They were actually natural auras of sabers and swords!
Bai Xinghe roared. The stones around him suddenly exploded. Every cluster of stones was enshrouded in a cluster of spiritual energy. They seemed to have summoned hundreds of clones and attracted the attention of most of the apocalyptic beasts.
The six dragon heads that had been dormant for a long time were woken up again. They spurted out six dragon balls that hovered around Bai Xinghe like six satellites, ripping more than ten apocalyptic beasts closest to him into pieces!
Li Yao, on the other hand, stomped on the ground brutally. An entire rock was crushed into powder under his crazy stomp.
With the force of the stomp, his speed was increased again. Almost a hundred saber auras appeared around him and interweaved into an impenetrable net of sabers!
After the saber auras flashed past, four apocalyptic beasts in the sky were cut in half without a sound. A lot of orange blood burst out of the two green water pillars, too!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Deafening explosions echoed behind Li Yao. Dozens of fireballs illuminated the underground chasm as if it were daytime. Both the apocalyptic beasts in the sky and the Hellish River Serpents were used to living in an environment where light was dim. They were all dazed by the sudden brightness.
Li Yao took the opportunity to dash forward with Bai Xinghe and dashed into the gap on the other side of the chasm!
Pa! Pa! Pa!
The dozens of apocalyptic beasts in the sky did not slow down in time and crashed into the rocks around the gap. In weird screams, they fell into the Hellish River.
Inside the Hellish River, furious tides were rolling and exploding. Countless apocalyptic beasts and the Hellish River Serpents were fighting each other in a chaotic battle.
The two of them sat on the ground and breathed heavily for a long time. It was especially so for Bai Xinghe, who was heavily wounded. The fierce battle and the extreme sprint affected his wounds again. He covered his abdomen and trembled.
After one minute of rest, Bai Xinghe said slowly, "Now, we will take back the Crystal Suit and suppress our capability. We will suppress ourselves to the level of ordinary people with the Soul Converging Technique. Remember, do not leak out the slightest spiritual wave.
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