"Very well, follow me!"
Jili Laozu pondered for a moment, then nodded. Like a large fish, he swung his body and led Wang Chong forward.
Whoosh. Just as the two of them were about to move forward, a unique fluctuation suddenly came from behind them.
Weng. Like a surge of electricity, Wang Chong and Jili Laozu shuddered. The two of them looked at each other and saw the same seriousness in each other's eyes.
The underground river was different from the surface. The water was cold and bone-chilling, but most importantly, the water here was very calm. No matter how much it surged, it would not make any sound. Only when an external object entered would it make such a sound.
"Someone's coming in!"
Wang Chong said in a low voice. His dashing eyebrows knitted together.
This underground river was not that easy to discover. If they wanted to enter, the only way was to move the Boshan Censer and find the underground passage.
"I wonder who it is!"
Jili Laozu frowned, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.
"These people are coming for us!"
Wang Chong shook his head. From Jili Laozu's point of view, he might not be able to determine whether the other party was friend or foe, but Wang Chong knew that it had to be those black-clothed men. Only they had sufficient reason to chase after him relentlessly, and no matter where he fled to, they would search for him.
Moreover, the passage to the underground river was in the underground palace guarded by the fifth-generation successor. It was very likely that during the battle, they had destroyed the Boshan Censer and exposed the passage, allowing them to discover something.
There was only one passage, and those people had been following closely behind him, but they had not discovered him. It was very easy for them to think of the passage exposed under the Boshan Censer.
Whoosh!
While he was talking with Jili Laozu, an even louder sound came from behind. The other party was moving toward Wang Chong and Jili Laozu at an alarming speed.
"Let's go!"
Jili Laozu's pupils shrank. He suddenly pulled Wang Chong and moved forward at an astonishing speed.
At the same time, hundreds of meters behind Wang Chong and the others, figures with majestic auras were swimming rapidly in the water like flood dragons, constantly approaching Wang Chong and the others.
If one were to take a closer look, one would notice that these people were dressed entirely in black, leaving only their eyes exposed. They looked extremely mysterious.
Wang Chong's guess was right. The ones who came out from the back were indeed those men in black.
"Quick! Search this place thoroughly. There's only one underground river, and they can't fly to the sky. Search along this underground river. No matter what, we must catch that brat! "
"The Origin Immortal Village Chief has already fallen into the hands of that lord. Only that foul brat is left! If you can't complete the mission, you all know the consequences! "
The third bamboo hat man coldly said, his voice transmitted through Psychic Energy into the minds of the men in black behind him.
"Yes! My Lord! "
All of them bowed in unison.
The third bamboo hat man's eyes chilled as he locked onto something.
Roooar!
A moment later, there was a heaven-shaking roar as water gathered around the third bamboo hat man, instantly transforming him into a flood dragon more than ten meters long.
Only now did the third bamboo hat man reveal himself. He actually had a powerful Water Element ability hidden within his body.
Bang!
The water splashed, and with a heaven-shaking dragon roar, the third bamboo hat man stirred up wild streams of water that propelled the men in black around him and him forward.
On the surface, his strength had been restricted, but in the water, not only had his strength not weakened, it had actually increased.
"Brat, you can't escape!"
In the darkness, the third bamboo hat man's eyes shone with a sharp light, stirring up heaven-shaking waves of energy.
"So fast!"
Wang Chong and Jili Laozu immediately sensed the third bamboo hat man's movement. The two of them were both stunned.
"Let's go!"
A bright light flashed through Jili Laozu's eyes, and the two of them began to accelerate forward. However, unlike the monstrous commotion behind them, when the two of them advanced, they were completely silent. All the water that came into contact with the two of them would part in advance, opening up a path for them. At the same time, it also reduced the resistance they encountered in the water.
Not only that, as Jili Laozu pulled him forward, Wang Chong could clearly sense a powerful attractive force in the water that was actively drawing them forward.
This energy was completely natural, but the strength it erupted with was far greater than the flood dragon formed by the third bamboo hat man.
As Wang Chong scanned the area with his Psychic Energy, he realized that in the dark river, the two of them were advancing, a massive three-pronged halberd, ten-some meters long.
The halberd exuded a profound and ancient energy.
"This is …"
The corners of Wang Chong's eyes twitched, and his pupils abruptly widened as he vaguely thought of something.
"Gonggong Divine Art!"
As this thought flashed through his mind, Wang Chong immediately recalled a powerful water technique that very few people in the Central Plains knew of.
This technique was believed to have been passed down from the ancient Water God Gonggong, possessing an inconceivably powerful control over the water element. There were very few records of this technique in the books of the Central Plains, and Wang Chong had only managed to stumble upon it during the apocalypse.
As for this' Gong Gong Divine Magic ', the most obvious feature, and also the easiest way to identify it, was that once a cultivator entered the water and activated this magic, an enormous Gong Gong Divine Halberd would appear around the cultivator.
Wang Chong had always believed that this technique had been lost. He had never imagined that he would find it on Jili Laozu.
"No wonder Jili Laozu can control the weather and summon a torrential rain. He can also greatly increase his power in the presence of water!"
Wang Chong quietly said to himself.
If Jili Laozu didn't say anything, Wang Chong naturally wouldn't point it out. Everyone had their own secrets, and Jili Laozu was no exception.
Jili Laozu didn't notice the change in Wang Chong's expression. His eyes were focused forward.
"Just who are these people?! Everyone who enters this place is after the Origin Immortal Art, but these fellows are relentlessly pursuing us. Even when we jumped into the river, we couldn't avoid them. Moreover, these people are far too mysterious. We titans of our sects have lived for many years, but we've never heard of them before. And they seem to have a deep relationship with the Origin Immortal Villagers. They're truly too mysterious! "
Jili Laozu muttered. He had never connected this matter to Wang Chong.
His mind was still replaying the conversation between the bamboo hat leader and the Origin Immortal Ancestor.
For titans of the martial arts world like Jili Laozu and the Black Yin Ancestor, this was clearly a massive shock.
Wang Chong said nothing, but his expression became much more solemn. The battle that had taken place in the cave had helped him cover up a great deal.
"They've picked up speed. It seems like they won't rest until they catch us!!"
Wang Chong suddenly changed the subject.
Jili Laozu sensed the activity behind him and frowned at Wang Chong's words.
"Let's go! We'll swim to the front. The air underground is so thin that they won't be able to stay for long.
They'll leave soon, "Jili Laozu sternly said.
"It's useless! If my guess is correct, they should also have this green leaf. "
Wang Chong shook his head, but his first words made Jili Laozu's heart sink.
Wang Chong had obtained the leaf from the Origin Immortal Villagers, and the men in black had captured many of them, so they had naturally obtained the leaf from them as well. Moreover, given the understanding the men in black had of the Origin Immortal Villagers, Wang Chong would not have been surprised if they had prepared something similar.
"Ah? What do we do? "
Jili Laozu grimaced.
The underground river was also dangerous. If they swam too far and ran out of leaves, they would be unable to find another exit or break through to the surface to get some fresh air. If that happened, they would be the ones to die.
Most troublesome of all was that Wang Chong and Jili Laozu could not expose themselves. The men in black had only used various clues to know that they were in the underground river, but they had no way of confirming their location.
However, if they were discovered, then even more black-robed men would pour into the underground river. In fact, even the man with the three-eyed deer mask might make a move.
This was something Wang Chong and Jili Laozu had to worry about. At the very least, Wang Chong and Jili Laozu did not want to fight with them until they actually encountered them.
Rumble!
As the two of them were conversing and advancing at full speed, a massive tremor came from above them. Above the underground river, the massive metal mine seemed to be pushed by some invisible energy and began to hum and tremble.
Not only that, but the two of them also clearly heard a deafening mechanical sound that caused them to be extremely terrified.
It's the Origin Immortal Villagers!
This thought flitted through Wang Chong's mind.
Of all the people underground, only the Origin Immortal Villagers could control these mechanisms. But this disturbance was so great that the entire ore vein began to tremble.
What a powerful mechanism! The Origin Immortal Villagers must have sensed danger and used it to deal with the men in black!
Wang Chong said to himself.
The two of them had been in the underground river for some time now. Although they had managed to avoid most of the dangers, they had also been unable to sense what was happening on the surface.
But based on this frightening tremor, the battle in the final barrier was certain to be even more intense than they had imagined.
"Not good!"
As he was thinking, a cry of alarm came from his side. Wang Chong's heart chilled as he came back to his senses. He saw that the walls of the underground river were trembling and large chunks of mud and debris were falling down. Fifty to sixty meters ahead, the rock layer above the river had caved in, and a massive boulder carrying a large amount of mud and sand tumbled down, instantly blocking the underground river and their path forward.
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