"The Nether World Watch has come to search for the remnants of the Blade of Chaos!"
The few elites of the Blade of Chaos around Li Yao were at a loss. Naturally, Li Yao would not wait to be captured with them. Instead, he pretended to be panicked and screamed before he dashed deeper into the second floor.
The elites of the Blade of Chaos all realized that something was not right. Looking at each other in bewilderment, they shouted and scattered like birds.
In the darkness, Li Yao's bloody eyes were glittering. He was rushing in the darkness like a floating red star.
Right now, Neltharion, as an 'eye', was inside the tusk cage of the Fire Ant and could not detect what was going on in the underground temple. Thankfully, the Fire Ant had sent him a lot of maps of the Mausoleum of Chaos earlier, so that he would not be lost.
Maps …
Wait a minute!
Li Yao thought quickly and realized that, since the detailed map could be sent to a random member casually, it was certainly not all the core maps that the Fire Ant had grasped.
Besides, if Li Yao could get the map, the elites of the Blade of Chaos must've had the same map, too. Now that they had all been captured by the Nether World Watch, as long as one or two experts of the Nether World Watch were adept at soul searching, they would've been able to get the map, too.
Then, as long as the Nether World Watch followed the map, they would naturally be able to clean every corner of the Mausoleum of Chaos.
I have to find a pathway or room that is not shown on the map to hide myself!
Li Yao accelerated his speed to the highest. With the significant evolution of his visual cells and nerves, the dark pathway was no obstacle at all. While rushing, he calculated the route that he had just taken in his head and compared it with the map that the Fire Ant had given him, trying to find a new direction.
Roars vaguely echoed behind him. The few elites of the Blade of Chaos must've been discovered.
Li Yao did not doubt their loyalty to God Chaos, but with the soul-searching techniques, it was barely possible for them to hide the fact that one of their members had fled.
He had to find a shelter as soon as possible.
Half an hour later … Li Yao wandered in the maze-like Mausoleum of Chaos for a while. The footsteps and the sound of the shell rubbing the wall behind him were closer and closer. Finally, he found a pathway that was not recorded on the map.
Li Yao did not hesitate. As they entered the tunnel, they were greeted by a gloomy and damp air. Coming head-on.
Soon, Li Yao finally understood why this tunnel was not recorded on the map.
Because it was a drainage canal.
The Mausoleum of Chaos was built at the bottom of the Star Swallowing Sea. It was obvious that the builder had considered what to do if the top of the mausoleum collapsed and the lake water flooded in.
Therefore, on every level of the Mausoleum of Chaos … There were as many drainage canals as there were hairs on a cow. Among them, the main drainage canals, which had a relatively large diameter, were all shown on the map. However, the branch drainage canals, which were like capillaries, were often not recorded.
Since it was a drainage canal, the road ahead was definitely not a dead end, which was exactly what Li Yao needed. He stuck close to the wall of the drainage canal and completely closed every pore. His heartbeat and the wriggling of his internal organs were reduced to the minimum, and even his computational ability was compressed to the extreme. He was trying to reduce the flow of blood in his brain and the heat of his brain.
Li Yao forced himself to turn into a cold rock and meld with the environment.
He adjusted his body temperature to thirteen degrees, which was the same as the outside world. When he closed the last pore, hasty footsteps echoed outside of the drainage canal.
Then, a couple of black beetles flew in.
The beetles were only the size of a thumb, but bright yellow crystals were embedded on their heads, which were shooting out pillars of light that looked like searchlights.
The interconnected pillars of light pierced through the black fog in front of the drainage canal. Except for some thirsty moss and broken mud, they did not illuminate any living creatures.
Li Yao looked like a cold statue on the outside. But inside his heart, he was like a volcano that was about to erupt. The spiritual energy all over his body was ready. Once the demonic light of the black beetles hit them, they would be crushed into pieces immediately. At the same time, he would launch his most powerful attack and blow up the entrance of the drainage canal before he fled from the other side.
Thankfully, the Mausoleum of Chaos was a vast place. In order to finish the search within three hours, the Nether World Watch could only do a hasty job.
One of the demonic lights brushed past Li Yao's head dangerously and almost brushed his hair. Very soon, the three beetles all flew back.
Li Yao maintained his frozen expression and posture. Even his eyelashes seemed to have turned into iron wires and did not move at all. It was not until ten minutes later, when the footsteps gradually faded away, that his pores opened again one after another.
He sat cross-legged and took a deep breath. Although he was in the middle of a cold and damp drainage canal, he still put on a smile of relief.
Elder Nether Spring thought that everything was under his control because the enemy was in the open and he was in the dark. He never expected that such a dangerous variable as Li Yao was lurking deep inside the Mausoleum of Chaos.
The game was finally back to the rhythm that Li Yao was familiar with.
Let's analyze it.
First of all, since Elder Nether Spring has taken control of the Mausoleum of Chaos, he is obviously very interested in the legacy of Chaos, too. He is even preparing to study it on the spot and move all the valuable legacies in the mausoleum back.
Secondly, with Elder Nether Spring's identity and position, it is impossible for him to stay here for a long time. He will certainly return to the Pantheon of Demons in a few days. Otherwise, the other demon emperors will certainly grow suspicious.
After Elder Nether Spring leaves, the Nether World Watch will be the only one guarding this place. By then …
After figuring that out, Li Yao's heart was even calmer than before. He took out a lot of high-energy food from his Cosmos Ring and prepared himself for a protracted battle with Elder Nether Spring.
But right then, he frowned. Another picture popped up in his head, which was somewhat weird.
It was the devilish warship above his head. Inside the tusk cage.
Neltharion had been hiding in a corner of the tusk cage, fearing that it would be discovered.
However, after Despot, Swirl, and the other experts all left, Fire Ant, who had been silent for more than an hour like a piece of rotten wood, suddenly raised his head.
He still had the same frustrated and desperate expression on his face. Even his eyeballs had turned lifeless gray.
However, the pair of gray eyes did not move at all. They simply stared at Neltharion.
At first, Li Yao thought that it was just a coincidence.
But Fire Ant stared at Neltharion for more than ten minutes without blinking.
Li Yao could not hold it back any longer. He maneuvered Neltharion to move one centimeter in midair.
Fire Ant's eyeballs moved 0.1 degrees and locked onto Neltharion again.
Have I been discovered?
Li Yao felt that his blood was freezing. He could not figure it out at all. Elder Nether Spring, Despot, and Swirl had not sensed the existence of Neltharion. Why was the Fire Ant able to?
However, Li Yao's plan required the Fire Ant's cooperation in the first place. Or rather, faced with such formidable enemies as Elder Nether Spring and the Nether World Watch, it was necessary for him to get in touch with the Fire Ant.
Even if the Fire Ant had not discovered him, he would've manipulated Neltharion to get in touch with the Fire Ant.
However, how should the two of them communicate?
At first, Li Yao did not expect that the Fire Ant would be locked in such a weird cage.
If it were a normal prison cell, Li Yao could've flown Neltharion to the Fire Ant's chest or back and communicated with him directly.
But right now, the Fire Ant King's body had been connected to highly-sensitive nerves. It was possible that his every breath and heartbeat had been recorded precisely. Any irregular movement that was slightly larger would raise suspicion.
Right then, Li Yao noticed that the Fire Ant's half-narrowed eyes suddenly blinked. Then, his eyes bulged, and he coughed painfully.
While he coughed hard, his eyeballs were shivering quickly and moving to the left and the right.
What's the meaning of this?
Li Yao did not dare ignore his every movement. After observing for a moment, Li Yao discovered that the Fire Ant's eyeballs were moving in a special pattern.
If his pupils were regarded as the tip of a pen, every time they moved, they would be drawing a 'stroke'!
Horizontal, vertical, downwards, downwards, hooks. When the eyelids were completely closed, it would be the end of a character.
Although there were dozens of combinations of the same stroke, Li Yao could've deduced all the results with his enormous computational ability and combined them. After thousands of attempts within a breath, he concluded a sentence based on the movement of the Fire Ant's eyeballs and the blinking of his eyelids.
"Fly to my chest."
Li Yao pondered for a moment. He had to communicate with the Fire Ant under the nose of the Nether World Watch. Also, if the Fire Ant was coughing violently for a long time and moving his eyelids, even an idiot would know that something was wrong.
Li Yao had no choice but to steer Neltharion and approach the Fire Ant's chest carefully through the highly-sensitive nerves.
Right then, Li Yao clearly sensed that vague demonic energy leaked out of the Fire Ant's chest and touched the shell of Neltharion softly like cotton!
Demonic energy?
"The Fire Ant King can unleash demonic Qi? How is it possible?
Li Yao was greatly surprised.
If the Fire Ant could trigger demonic energy, things would be much easier. Neltharion was a training starship of the Star Ocean Imperium. It equaled to 'Sparkle' countless times smaller. A real crystal warship should've boasted a lot of functions.
When Li Yao was still a Building Foundation Stage Cultivator, he could only activate the most basic functions of the starship and make Neltharion work as a stealth scout starship.
But right now, Li Yao was as strong as Yuanying. Naturally, he could trigger more functions of Neltharion.
Neltharion was enshrouded in invisible demonic energy. When the two parties were in close proximity, the precise changes of the demonic energy naturally formed simple strokes, which could be deduced into complete sentences just like before.
In the meantime, on the surface of Neltharion, there were a lot of turrets and stabilizer fins that could rotate or turn freely. The rotation of the turrets and stabilizer fins could represent different strokes, too!
Li Yao manipulated the three turrets and the four stabilizer fins to rotate, open, and close nonstop. Every movement was given a specific stroke, which gradually formed a sentence on the wall.
"Do you understand now?"
The Fire Ant's demonic energy could reflect the changes of Neltharion precisely. But after groping for more than ten minutes, he finally rubbed the shell of Neltharion with his demonic energy and said, "Got it!"
Every time the two of them conversed, it would take a lot of time and a high degree of computing power.
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