The hollow cave was straight, but after descending a certain distance, a spiral stone staircase began to appear. Here, Lin Xiao transformed from a drow back to the body of a true god.
A true god could transform into any race and obtain all the innate abilities of that race. For example, if they transformed into a dragon, they would obtain all the dragon's abilities, including the dragontongue magic inherited from their bloodline. If they transformed into a mole, they would be able to drill holes with their claws. If they transformed into an ant, they would also obtain the ant's innate strength.
Of course, an ant's weakness would also be inherited. Even an ant with divinity was still an ant, and it was easy for it to fail miserably.
So, normally, he would only transform to deal with certain situations. In the face of certain dangers, it was safer to transform back into a true god.
The spiral staircase was very dark, without the slightest bit of light. Even a true god with Night Vision couldn't see too far. He snapped his fingers and summoned an orb of light above his head. Soft white light sprinkled on the surrounding stone walls, illuminating everything within 100 meters.
There was a lot of moss on the spiral staircase, but there were no traces on it. It seemed that no one had passed through here for a long time.
Nie Yan followed the spiral staircase all the way to the bottom. When he stepped on the soft ground of the fourth floor, he didn't see a single living thing. It was frighteningly quiet.
Unlike the other layers of the Underdark, if the first layer of the Underdark was rugged hills, the second layer was rugged plains, and the third layer was made up of huge karst caves and vast plains, the fourth layer was very different.
Countless huge stone pillars connected the ground to the top of the fourth floor, forming a strange scene like a stone forest.
Between the stone pillars, there was a wide open space. The open space was filled with thin underground plants.
These plants had thin stems covered with fine hair, and they looked very much like green foxtails. They emitted an extremely weak glimmer that was almost invisible to the naked eye. However, this underground space was practically filled with these plants. Countless glimmers gathered together, making the fourth floor look like a night with a moon. Although it wasn't bright, even a mortal could see the nearby scenery with their naked eye.
These underground plants grew by photosynthesis with the strange pulsing energy in the fourth layer of the Underdark. As soon as he entered this layer, Lin Xiao sharply sensed that the strange pulsing energy in this layer had the ability to affect the minds of living creatures. No wonder strange species like the Mind Flayers could evolve.
Lin Xiao stepped on the soft ground and walked slowly. He carefully sensed this strange pulse. It was like an invisible tide surging over from afar. It was endless.
Any creature that stayed in this environment for too long would be affected by this strange pulse.
However, after walking for a while, Lin Xiao suddenly sensed another strange fluctuation that was clashing with the strange pulse. An indistinct call appeared in his mind out of nowhere, calling him in that direction.
Lin Xiao was a little surprised as he looked in that direction. It was too far away, so he couldn't see anything. However, in the vision that only true gods could see, there was a huge distortion in the strange pulse wave in the distance.
"Interesting!"
Of course, he wasn't afraid. He walked in that direction with big strides. After about ten kilometers, a tortuous river actually appeared between the stone pillars. This was extremely rare in the Underdark.
The river was more than one hundred meters wide and the river was turbulent. He could even see some unique underground fish leaping out of the water surface. Occasionally, he could also see a huge shadow sweeping across the bottom of the river, stirring up an undercurrent whirlpool. It could be seen that this river wasn't safe.
At this time, a slightly bigger silver scaled fish leaped out of the water surface. Lin Xiao immediately cast a Mind Vision spell on this big fish. As the big fish fell into the water, a new picture appeared in Lin Xiao's mind.
The crystal clear water and a large number of big and small fish swimming around formed a strange picture.
He tried to look down, but he couldn't see the bottom. He also didn't know how deep this underground river was.
Suddenly, the surrounding big and small fish quickly fled to the side. This big fish also crazily scuttled to the left like an arrow and shot out a few meters away. Then, he only saw a huge black shadow opening its mouth and biting towards him. The vision came to an abrupt stop.
Withdrawing his spirit, Lin Xiao stared at the huge black shadow that ate the silver scaled fish just now. He cast Mind Vision again on this big fish that was about seven to eight meters long.
This big fish was probably an overlord in the river. It was rampaging in the water. When it saw a slightly bigger fish, it would pounce on it and bite it.
On the surface of the river, in the river, even in the depths of the river, it was wantonly swimming and swallowing.
Lin Xiao's vision also entered the depths of this underground river. He saw many kinds of creatures that he had never seen before.
Speaking of which, to a true god, exploring the unknown creatures in a foreign land was also a valuable practice. Knowledge itself was power. The more knowledge one had, the more benefits it would bring to the true body.
In any case, he had plenty of time. One or two days wouldn't make a difference. He sat by the river and shared his spirit with the big fish, exploring the mysteries of this river together.
Unknowingly, this monstrous fish swam downstream for more than ten kilometers. It came to a place where the water flow was gentle and wide. It was unknown whether it was a lake or a river. When it passed by an inconspicuous river bottom, the sand at the bottom of the river suddenly exploded. A huge tentacle full of sharp teeth popped out. The three huge teeth on the tentacle's head dug deep into the big fish's body, clamping it and dragging it to the bottom of the river.
"Bobbi Bug?"
This thing reminded Lin Xiao of a famous strange bug, but its size was many times larger.
That big fish was definitely dead. Lin Xiao had no intention of saving it, so he withdrew his spell.
After wasting some time here, he didn't continue to try. He cast a Flight Spell and flew forward.
It was worth mentioning that this place was affected by the strange pulse. The Magic Net was distorted here, and the strength of a mage who used the Magic Net to cast spells would be greatly weakened. Lin Xiao didn't use the Magic Net to cast spells, but directly used his own power to cast spells.
Of course, he didn't dare to communicate with the Magic Net. He was still an outsider. Once he communicated with the Magic Net, he would immediately be discovered by the God of Magic who controlled the Magic Net.
Not long after, he came close to the distortion of the strange pulse in the fourth layer. In the real world, he could only see a stone pillar that was much thicker than the other stone pillars. It was hundreds of times thicker than the other stone pillars. On the surface, it didn't look any different from the other stone pillars, but he could sense that there was an extremely powerful will hidden in it.
As Lin Xiao approached, countless fine light spots slowly appeared in the huge stone pillar as if they were alive. They gradually approached the stone pillar as Lin Xiao approached.
At the same time, Lin Xiao felt a weak spiritual power coming into contact with him, but it couldn't invade his mind.
"This is the Mind Flayer?"
The Mind Flayer was definitely not the only one that could control other creatures, but in the fourth layer of the Underdark, it was the Mind Flayer that was most suitable for this ability.
At the same time, as he approached the stone pillar to a certain distance, the huge stone pillar suddenly burst out with a dazzling light.
As the light slowly disappeared, a strange creature with tentacles slowly emerged from the stone pillar.
This thing was like a round head full of soft tentacles like a sea urchin. At the top of each tentacle was a yellow eye. Imagine hundreds of eyes staring at you at the same time. That scene would definitely scare an ordinary person to death.
Lin Xiao looked at this Mind Flayer with great curiosity. Generally speaking, creatures with a simpler organizational structure should have lower intelligence than humans, but the Mind Flayer completely broke this belief.
Whether it was humans or other races that encountered the Mind Flayer in history, the Mind Flayer was known for its extremely high intelligence.
It was just that the Mind Flayer's innate ability to control people's minds was really too terrifying. Thus, this race was artificially distorted and discredited, making ordinary people think that the Mind Flayer was a terrifying evil creature without intelligence.
Of course, this race was indeed very evil and terrifying. No matter how high their intelligence was, the way they controlled other creatures to lay eggs in their minds proved that the outsiders' evaluation of them was not wrong.
The Mind Flayer had two forms. One was the battle type, and the other was the Spirit Master type.
The combat type was also known as the Spirit-sucking Monster. An adult Mind Flayer would implant a fully developed tadpole into the ear of a helpless humanoid creature. The Mind Flayer tadpole would drill into the victim's brain, quickly devouring the gray matter and replacing it with its own filthy body tissue.
Under its influence, the larva would fuse with the uneaten brain stem of the victim. After wiping out all the remaining personality and soul, the larva would use this humanoid body as its own body. Within a day, the body of the victim would begin to change in form, completing the process of creating an adult Spirit Sucking Monster.
As for the disgusting multi-tentacled monster in front of Lin Xiao, it was the Spirit Master type of the Mind Flayer, which was also commonly known as the Mind Flayer.
The transformation process of the Spirit Sucking Monster was irreversible. As long as the larva was implanted for more than an hour, the host would be finished. Whether it was dispelling diseases, removing curses, reviving the dead, using restoration spells, or complete resurrection spells, even if a true god personally acted, they would not be able to reverse this process.
In addition, after the transformation, the Spirit Sucking Monster would not inherit any similarities from the victim. No matter if it was a human, an Orc, or an Elf, after being sacrificed, they would all become a Spirit Sucking Monster, not retaining any characteristics of their original race.
Lin Xiao was a little surprised that there was a Mind Flayer here, but there was no Spirit Sucking Monster. Normally, a Mind Flayer's habitat would be guarded by a Spirit Sucking Monster with a powerful physical body and spellcasting abilities.
However, he did not care about this. He only knew that he had already found the Mind Flayer and achieved his goal.
He stretched out his hand and pointed, an invisible force acting on the Mind Flayer floating in the air.
The Mind Flayer seemed to be stimulated. Its tentacles tightened, and a powerful Spirit Master blasted Lin Xiao.
Naturally, it was useless. How could a mere Mind Flayer shake the avatar of a true god?
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