Kaboom!
As the ground shook, the underground lair started to shake.
The ceiling started to crack and the pillars started to crumble.
"Earthquake?!"
Kieran was shocked.
He never thought he would run into such a situation before his return.
At the same time, his heart grew more cautious.
Against a natural disaster, even with his current strength, it was beyond his capabilities, especially when he ran into an earthquake in this underground lair.
However, Kieran didn't retreat.
Given the underground environment he was in, if he wanted to return to the surface, aside from the distance between the underground and the surface, the length of the corridor alone was enough to dispel Kieran's thoughts of returning to the surface.
He was fast but he wasn't teleporting either.
Given his running speed, he wouldn't be able to outrun the collapse of the underground lair.
So …
Kieran's speed increased as he threw himself at the door.
Since he couldn't return to the surface, he might as well risk it and bring more loot out of the dungeon world.
After all, he didn't have much time left.
Only around 30 seconds.
With his Constitution, even if he was drowned, it was still easy for him to last 30 seconds.
Kieran's palm touched the door. He exerted force with his fingers and the heavy door was pushed open.
A small bedroom appeared in front of him.
Apart from a bed, there was a shelf that looked like a bookshelf. There were some things scattered on it.
Everything was as Kieran expected.
But there was something else that exceeded Kieran's expectations.
Wung!
A buzzing sound came from the air.
Without a second thought, Kieran's rich battle experience allowed him to roll away.
A strong wind grazed Kieran's head.
That was …
A tail!
It was a stony tail!
It came from the dragon and snake creatures that were carved from stone.
At this moment, the twelve stone dragon-snake creatures broke away from the pillars, wriggling their bodies and shaking their layers of stone scales.
Hiss!
A strange hiss sounded. Kieran frowned.
"What is this?"
He couldn't quite identify what the creatures before him were.
He was sure that even now, these creatures were made of stone.
However, his aura was different.
It was not a cold Fu Neng, nor was it a demon.
Instead, it was something he did not know.
However, there was one thing that was certain.
The twelve dragon-snake creatures were filled with malice towards him.
As soon as they roared, twelve dragon-snake creatures pounced at him.
The Underground Nest was instantly filled with whistling sounds.
The earth-shattering power seemed to have stopped for a moment. Then, it became even more terrifying. That earth-shattering power seemed to have transformed into the flow of a river.
As for the dragon-snake creatures, they had turned into flood dragons.
They overturned rivers and seas.
They could destroy the heavens and the earth.
They drove the power to tear the earth apart and pointed directly at Kieran.
Heavy!
It was as if he was being suppressed by a mountain peak.
Stagnation!
It was as if he had sunk into a quagmire.
Strands and strands of power fell on Kieran's body layer by layer.
Kieran's body swayed.
In fact, he even staggered unsteadily.
The 12 snake-like creatures engulfed Kieran in an instant.
Kieran was nowhere to be seen.
All that was left of the Underground Nest were the strange hisses.
Then, the hisses were filled with pain.
Kaboom!
Magma arms burst out from the snake-like creatures' bodies like a volcano eruption. A palm burning with Devil Flame grabbed the head of one of the dragon-snake creatures as fast as Thunder.
The powerful palm pressed down on the dragon-snake creature's head. His fingertip grabbed the monster's upper jaw, while his other hand stuffed into the monster's mouth and grabbed the monster's lower jaw.
Then, he exerted force with his arms.
Bang!
The dragon-snake creature was torn to pieces.
It turned into rocks and splashed everywhere.
The rest of the dragon-snake creatures were frightened and tried to flee in all directions.
However, a shockwave shot out from the flaming wings and crushed the stone dragon snake monsters as if they were made of tofu.
Devil Kieran looked at the rubble on the ground.
His heart was filled with confusion.
"Able to control the power of earthquakes and that kind of aura, how could it be so easily … Huh?!"
Devil Kieran suddenly looked to the side.
There was nothing there.
There was only a wall.
However, on the wall, or more precisely, in the direction where Kieran was standing, a trace of aura appeared.
Although it was just a flash.
Kieran could feel how terrifying that trace of aura was.
It was like a hungry beast jumping out from the bushes while walking in the dark.
A 'beast' that was gathered by the power of earthquakes!
That's right, the dragon-snake creatures' power was sucked away by that beast!
It could even be considered as plundering!
Because of that, Kieran was able to eliminate the monsters so easily.
Huu!
A second later, Devil Kieran heaved a sigh of relief. Sparks flew out from his mouth and nose as he looked in that direction with lingering fear.
However, he didn't hesitate in his actions.
[Special event triggered!]
[The unusual movement of the earth isn't a natural phenomenon, there is a shocking truth behind it. Do you want to investigate the truth?]
…
"Yes!"
Kieran answered in a firm tone.
[Player is involved in a special event, return is temporarily canceled!]
[Please investigate the truth within 6 months!]
[Note 1: Special event triggered, dungeon rating increased]
[Note 2: Special event triggered, dungeon rating increased]
[Note 3: Failure of the special event will be treated as failure of the main mission]
…
"The unusual movement of the earth?"
Kieran squinted his eyes at the broken pillar. After some deep thought, he deactivated his devil form and went back into the room.
He needed a lot of information to understand what was happening before his eyes.
There might be valuable clues in the room behind him.
However, to Kieran's disappointment, there were a lot of things inside but not a lot of valuable ones.
Other than some medicinal pellets, there were some books.
Kieran roughly flipped through the books.
Most of them recorded some 'strange and wonderful ideas'.
For example: using fiends' organs to modify one's own body, making oneself stronger.
Other than that, how to properly use the merman's flesh to create immortality potions.
Although it was described as' strange and wonderful ideas', Kieran knew in his heart that based on the detailed records, it might very well be real.
Other than that, Kieran also found a folder at the bottom of the rack.
The kind of folder that could be used to store papers.
The folder was quite old.
Its color had turned dark yellow and the edges were smoothed out.
With a sense of curiosity, Kieran wanted to open the folder.
However, the voice that entered his ears forced him to stop.
He placed all the loot that he could into [Crimson Ghost Stomach] and picked up the bird's nest with the egg inside, Kieran turned around and headed outside.
A rope was hanging down from the well.
Lee, the Funeral Society member, followed the rope down.
Lee was surprised when he saw Kieran was unscathed.
However, he quickly put away his expression and spoke in an official tone, "Master Phoenix, Funeral Society Huntsman Ditko is waiting for you up there … He wishes to ask you some questions."
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