After resting, Tang En's team continued to move forward against the howling wind.
The Cesar's Strength mercenary group also took this path, which was obviously beyond Tang En's expectations.
There were many forks in the road, but they happened to find this one. If it was purely luck, then their luck seemed to be a little too good.
Danny, who had been scouting ahead, came back with bad news. "There's an underground rift ahead. It's dozens of meters wide. There's only a narrow stone bridge that can be crossed, but that bridge has been destroyed."
Tang En frowned. "The stone bridge has been destroyed?"
Soon, they arrived at the underground rift. As Danny said, it was a rift that was dozens of meters wide. There was no end in sight on either side, and the only way to the opposite side was the stone bridge in the middle. However, the stone bridge was now broken in the middle.
Fiona guessed, "Could it be that the Cesar's Strength deliberately destroyed the stone bridge to prevent others from following?"
"Impossible!"
Locke said, then explained, "Miss Fiona, don't forget that this is the underground world. Even if the caves lead in all directions, no one can be sure if there's a way out in front. Destroying one's own escape route is forcing oneself to a dead end. The Cesar's Strength is not so stupid."
"Locke is right, but it's also possible."
Facing Locke's doubtful gaze, Tang En added, "Although the cost of hiring a magician is extremely high for an ordinary mercenary group, with the Cesar's Strength's connections and power, hiring a magician shouldn't be a problem."
Locke suddenly realized. "I forgot about that!"
He smiled and scratched his head. "Magicians were too far away for us at that time, so we subconsciously ignored this possibility."
"In other words, the Cesar's Strength deliberately destroyed the stone bridge after they passed through to prevent others from following them. When they returned, they used the power of magic to repair the stone bridge … Tsk tsk, directly eliminating the possibility of others following them?"
Elsa raised her hand and said, "But just now, Kundal said that there were several teams that passed through here. It could also be done by other teams, but he only knows the Cesar's Strength's people."
"Yes, it's possible … Damn, what's that in your hand?!"
"Spider meat? Uncle Locke said it's delicious."
Tang En felt goosebumps all over his body. "Throw it away!"
"Oh …"
Elsa pursed her lips and casually threw the snow-white spider meat into the rift. Then, the meat was blown to the top by the hurricane from below.
Tang En wiped his cold sweat, walked to the edge of the rift valley and looked down. Then, he turned back and said, "Get ready."
After saying that, he gently stomped his foot. The thick earth element in the surroundings was mobilized by him. The broken section of the stone bridge in front suddenly twisted and extended forward. The surging earth and sand under the effect of the magic power changed the structure and reconnected the broken bridge.
The violent airflow in the cave came from this rift valley. For safety reasons, he erected a row of fences on both sides of the bridge to protect everyone from being blown off by the wind.
Then, Tang En snapped his fingers, and the churning soil solidified and turned into solid stone.
The broken bridge was once again reconnected.
"No matter how many times I watch it, I still feel that the power of magic is too amazing."
Locke praised, "Sometimes I really envy magicians. It's a pity that they don't have the talent to become magicians."
"You don't have to envy magicians," Tang En said casually with a smile. "Warriors and magicians only have different starting points, but the end point is the same. If you can reach the Supremacy level, then the boundary between warriors and magicians will disappear."
"The Supremacy level …"
Locke, Depp, Vanilla and the others looked forward to it. For most people, the Supremacy level was a realm that was far beyond their reach. How many people could break through the limits of mortals and enter the Gold level, let alone the Supremacy level? Less than one in a hundred!
How many people could awaken their Domains and enter the Grandmaster level?
There were only a few Extraordinaries who were stronger than the Grandmaster level in the whole of Prandal, let alone the Supremacy level … That was a super power that was second only to the Legendaries!
Locke couldn't help but smile bitterly and shake his head. "Don't talk about the Supremacy level. I'll be satisfied if I can enter the Gold level when I'm middle-aged and reach the limit of mortals. Above the Gold level is the world of geniuses. Only the favored children of the gods are lucky enough to have a glimpse of its mysteries."
"Who knows what will happen in the future?"
Tang En smiled and didn't say much. He took the lead and walked onto the stone bridge. "Let's go. Shut up. Be careful not to get caught in the wind. We have to speed up. It's been a few hours since we entered the underground world. We should try to get to the Redstone Cave before dinner. "
The entrance led to Barod's ranch, where he kept his gargoyles. The Redstone Cave wasn't too far from there. In fact, it was only half a day's journey.
However, this was the first time Tang En and the others had come underground. The sudden change in the environment made the road very complicated, so their speed was relatively slow.
After passing through the stone bridge, they arrived at another dream-like cave.
"Oh gods … Is this really underground?!"
Everyone, including Tang En, was stunned by the scene in front of them. They held their breaths as if worried that their breathing would ruin the beautiful scenery.
The ceiling of this cavern was covered with light crystals. The gentle light poured down like a waterfall. The huge light crystal prism was wrapped with green vines. The vines hung down from the ceiling of the cavern. White flowers bloomed on the vines, gently fluttering against the light crystals.
Below the vines, from one side of the cave down, there were layers upon layers of stalactites. But under the wonderful processing of nature, these stalactites had turned into layers upon layers of ponds. Pools of clear water were accumulated in the ponds, and there were also some multicolored light crystals scattered in the water, dyeing the ponds in various colors. It was like the various colors of the clouds in the sky, but appeared in the underground cave, so it looked very dreamy.
Some strange underground plants grew beside the pools. The moss that emitted a faint light seemed to be the insect's food. Some beetles could be seen crawling on it from time to time. The ferns next to it seemed to have never been seen in the surface world.
Of course, the most eye-catching thing was the huge mushroom forest.
The huge purple umbrella-shaped mushrooms were more than two meters tall on average, taller than Vanilla. Just the handle alone was as thick as a person hugging it. There were some traces of chopping on the handle. Some fluorescent mushroom spores floated down from the umbrella skirt from time to time. Although it looked beautiful, Tang En felt that it wasn't a good thing. No matter what game it was, anything related to mushroom spores would either be poisoned or parasitized. Anyway, nothing good ever happened.
Some lush shrubs grew next to the mushrooms. The roots of the shrubs sank along the stalactites into the nearby pool to absorb water. Some juicy red fruits grew on them.
"They should be edible," Locke said after some thought.
"Some of the fruits still have bite marks on them, but I don't see any corpses nearby. They should be non-poisonous."
When Elsa heard this, she happily went to pick the fruits.
Abedon and his wife raised her in Ellington, so she had no chance to be a noble lady. One of Elsa's favorite things to do was to go into the woods to look for wild fruits to eat.
While she was at it, she also "played wrestling games" with some magical beasts. Because she was too strong, only these magical beasts could "play" with her. This was really a sad story.
"Don't go."
Tang En stopped Elsa.
"Why?"
"We don't lack food, so there's no need to take the risk."
Tang En said, "It's important to be cautious now. If you're poisoned, there's no priest or shaman to detoxify you."
Of course, this was because Nola wasn't around. If Nola was around, it wouldn't be a problem for her to test for poison. Her powerful life force was completely unafraid of any poison.
"Okay."
Elsa obeyed Tang En's arrangement.
"Let's go. Although it's beautiful here, we'd better cross this place as soon as possible."
Tang En gave the order to set off again.
Fiona was stunned for a moment. "Sir Lord, why don't we rest here? We've already walked for a long time. There's no hurricane here, and there's light and water. It's a good place to rest. "
Tang En shook his head and pointed around. "It looks like a good place, but why are there no signs of camping here?"
"Ah?"
"Many adventurer teams have come here before us. Why didn't they rest here? There's clearly something wrong here. "
Tang En had noticed this point. Logically speaking, this was a good place to rest, but … there were no signs of camping here. There were no campfires, no food remains, and no traces of humans — except for the footprints on the ground.
…
Wait!?
Footprints!?
Tang En's heart suddenly jumped. He looked at the ground again. On the soft and moist soil, there were many footprints. However, other than the footprints of humans, there were also some footprints that clearly didn't belong to humans.
He turned his head to look at the guards. They clearly hadn't recovered from the battle with the Shadow Lurkers.
Tang En decisively gave the order. "Let's speed up and leave this place."
The team set off once again, moving forward in the huge mushroom forest with a rustling sound.
The huge mushrooms on both sides gave them the absurd illusion that they had become smaller.
At this moment, Danny, who had been walking in front of the team, suddenly stopped and raised his hand.
The team instantly stopped in their tracks.
Danny turned his head, his face a little pale. Before he could speak, everyone had already heard the sound coming from the front.
The next moment, a group of strange creatures emerged from the small path in the mushroom forest.
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