At the lakeside outpost, the creepy tunnel still reeked of blood. Vivian and Lily were moving forward cautiously in the tunnel.
They had not made contact with Big Beardy and the other ascetics, so they did not know that the four ascetics had told Gelton and Ophra about the situation in the tunnel. But they could guess that such important information would definitely be reported to the person in charge of the parish. So when the two of them arrived at the outpost, they carefully checked the surroundings. They were worried that the investigators of the church had arrived and set up camp here. Fortunately, it seemed that Gelton had delayed the investigation of the tunnel by a day. When Vivian and Lily arrived, they did not see any outsiders, and there were no signs of strangers entering the tunnel after that.
When they first arrived, they were not aware of the many things that had happened in the Beinz region in the past two months. Plus, they were in a hurry to return the Orb of the Holy Synod and confirm the situation in Leyton, so they did not do much exploration of the tunnel. When Lily dug the shaft, there were actually two paths to take. One was the exit that Hao Ren and the rest used to leave the lakeside outpost and return to the surface. The other path extended deep underground. Now, Lily and Vivian were walking in this slightly downward slope tunnel.
"It feels like it's getting deeper... and the air is getting stale." As a melee fighter, Lily walked in front of them. She sniffed the air and the atmosphere made her very uncomfortable. "I feel a little creepy..."
Vivian followed behind Lily, releasing a few bats from time to time to check the situation. She casually replied, "You have always been furry."
"That's true..." Lily thought about it seriously. "But now, only my tail and ears are furry. Your rhetoric is not accurate."
Vivian said, "... I really have nothing better to do than to discuss this with you."
The straight tunnel extended downward for an unknown length, and they had been walking for at least an hour. The two women were not afraid of this kind of environment, but they were bored along the way, so they had to chat to get rid of the boredom. However, there was still no end to the path in front of him. It was as if this sloping cavern was going to extend all the way to hell. The air in this area was quite murky, and the oxygen level had dropped to the limit of a normal human being. However, Vivian and Lily were able to cope with it easily. Vivian could not help but touch the stone walls as she walked. Even though she knew that the walls were formed by the influence of magic, she was still surprised by their smoothness and sturdiness. The inheritance of magic on Earth had been fragmented. She could not even remember if any of the "old friends" she knew on Earth could use this unique skill.
Lily could not help but let her imagination run wild as she looked at the round inner wall of the tunnel. "I feel like we are walking in the digestive tract of a giant beast …"
Vivian patted Lily's tail and said, "Can't you think of something better? That's disgusting."
"What do you think this tunnel is for?" Lily did not mind. She raised Flamejoy to light the way. "It goes all the way down … If it was built by humans, there's no lighting or ventilation in the tunnel. It's completely useless."
"I've been thinking about that too. If this place was built for humans to walk through, there should at least be a ventilation hole." Vivian frowned. She thought that she would find traces of humans, but the further they went, the further away they felt from the 'human' presence. She looked up and saw Lily's claw that was used as a torch. She could not help but feel curious. "What's the principle behind Flamejoy? The oxygen here is so thin and yet it can still burn. And I remember that it doesn't extinguish in water …"
Lily unsheathed her sword and pointed Frostmourne at Vivian. "I told you not to mention that name again! Or I'll freeze you with Frostmourne! "
Vivian pursed her lips. "Think about the copyright issues. You should change your name to Frostmourne …"
Lily was furious. But before she could do anything, Vivian's eyes suddenly narrowed. Vivian used Flamejoy's light to scratch the stone wall. Vivian scraped some dark brown flakes off the wall. "What's this?"
"Isn't it a stone chip?" Lily's aggro could only last for three seconds. Her attention was instantly diverted. She held the torch and moved closer. "Ugh, it doesn't look like a stone … It smells like rotten tree roots."
Vivian pinched the black flakes and crushed them easily. "It's soft and fibrous. It's definitely not a stone. It feels like tree bark."
Lily's ears twitched as she turned towards the depths of the tunnel. "Hey, Battie, do you hear something up ahead?"
Vivian frowned as she listened intently. She had also heard a faint scraping sound from afar, but it was gone now. She summoned a small bat and threw it out. The bat was wrapped in lightning and disappeared into the dark end of the tunnel in the blink of an eye. Lily seemed to feel something was not right. She crossed her Frostfire Claws in front of her chest, ready to fight. Vivian carefully observed the situation ahead through the small bat.
Half a minute later, her eyes widened as she grabbed Lily's collar. "Run!"
Before Lily could react, she was thrown into the air. "Hey, hey, what's going on? What's going on …"
Vivian threw Lily forward. She then disintegrated into a swarm of bats and followed closely behind. "Don't ask, run!"
A dense and strange rustling sound came from behind, mixed with the strange sound of rocks being crushed. The sound was approaching them at an alarming speed, as if a thousand beasts were rushing towards them. Lily finally understood what was going on. Her tail suddenly became as fluffy as cotton candy. She ran forward on all fours. "What the hell is going on?" she yelled.
Some of Vivian's bats looked back. As Lily had retracted her claws when she landed on all fours, the tunnel was suddenly dark. She could only rely on the sparks from the bats to light up the way. She saw a terrifying shadow had rushed out from the dark end of the tunnel and was rapidly approaching them with an earth-shattering momentum!
It was a strange thing that looked like a giant tentacle. Vivian could only vaguely make out the wrinkled and bifurcated ends of the tentacle. The tentacle was so huge that it completely filled the entire tunnel. As it rushed towards them, it continued to smash the solid rock walls of the tunnel into pieces. Vivian immediately thought of the black sheet that hung down from the stone wall. She thought of the round tubular structure of the tunnel, and how the tunnel was formed!
She did not know if she was a match for the tentacle. Perhaps the tentacle was not as strong as it looked, but the wisdom that she had accumulated after living for more than ten thousand years told her that when encountering an unknown enemy in such an unsuitable environment, she should not turn back to test the enemy's strength. Instead, she should immediately move to an open area where she could perform her best. Even if she had to fight it, she should do it in a place where she could perform her best!
Lily also looked back. When she saw the terrifying tentacle rushing towards them in the dark, the fluff on her tail became even more fluffy. "Battie, what did you lure out?!"
"I didn't lure it out! It sensed that we were approaching, and it has been slowly crawling out! "
"Quick, think of a way to block it for a while!" Lily looked back again. "It's getting closer!"
Vivian immediately split into a small swarm of bats. She did not have time to charge up her energy, so she used all her strength to launch a Lightning Strike.
There was a deafening boom as the Lightning Strike exploded in the sealed tunnel. The dark underground world suddenly became as bright as day. Lily was not prepared for it and was almost blinded by the light. This time, she did not have the time to challenge Vivian. Instead, she continued to run. "Did you kill it?!"
Vivian's voice came from all directions through the swarm of bats. "Keep running!"
The chase lasted for a long time. Lily felt that the tunnel would never end. Just when she had that thought, a light suddenly appeared in front of her.
It was the place where she had dug the shaft!
Under the curtain of night, the ruins of the outpost by the Blood Lake were shrouded in a deathly stillness. However, a muffled thunder-like roar suddenly came from underground and broke the silence. A few small beasts that were resting here at night were startled by the strange sound and scattered in all directions in panic.
A silver-white figure and a large swarm of bats rushed out of a hole in the camp almost at the same time.
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