mtl008 Chapter 975
Chapter 975
During their conversation, the two of them plunged down without hesitation, plunging headfirst into the deep, bottomless mine pit.
call--
At first, the wind howled in my ears, but then it fell silent in an instant.
They had initially thought the underground mine would be pitch black, but as they ventured deeper, faint lights began to shimmer on both sides of the corridor. Upon closer inspection, they discovered it was fluorite, an accompanying mineral of various divine ores.
As the eye gradually adjusted to the darkness of the deep pit, all kinds of associated minerals began to shimmer with colorful brilliance.
"This place was once considered a forbidden zone for humans, but I never expected it to hide such a beautiful, fairyland-like place." Chen Xuan sighed as he looked at the fluorite and crystals that accompanied the stones on both sides, casually prying off a piece and playing with it in his hand.
"Unfortunately, they are all worthless by-product stones."
Wang Kaixuan looked down at the golden compass in his hand, focusing intently on the shortest needle on the compass, and nodded, saying, "The real divine ore source stone should be deeper inside."
With a single thought, Chen Xuan's divine sense spread out like ripples, instantly allowing him to detect whether any deadly dangers lurked in the darkness of the surrounding tunnels.
"In that case, let's go full speed ahead."
Wang Kaixuan nodded in acknowledgment, then pointed to one of the forks in the network of underground corridors and said, "This way, keep going down."
"Alright." Chen Xuan gripped the Divine Origin Stone Blade tightly with one hand, and the electric wings on his back suddenly vibrated. The two of them instantly transformed into two streaks of light and sped away at high speed.
The underground mine's corridors are intricate and interconnected, leading in all directions, their exact destination unknown.
The two flew cautiously for an unknown amount of time before finally emerging from the relatively narrow corridor and arriving at a place that resembled a small underground space.
Because they were constantly releasing their divine sense, when Chen Xuan and his companion entered this place and their divine sense swept over the scene of the huge open area below, Chen Xuan was deeply shocked by what he saw.
This underground space is extremely vast, spanning hundreds of miles. Within the reach of divine sense, one can see various ancient and dilapidated small houses, some built directly from stones, and many other portable magical artifacts that appear to be dwellings of earth-rank beings.
"These are... traces of the lives of those powerful cultivators in ancient times?"
“That’s right.” Wang Kaixuan looked down at the dilapidated buildings below and said, “That senior once said that when this world was first discovered to contain many divine mines, the Xuanxiao royal family’s higher-ups began recruiting cultivators as miners.”
As Wang Kaixuan spoke, he looked up at the entrance to the underground corridor from which the two had come. "In ancient times, the mine might not have been this deep. It took tens of thousands of years of frantic mining to form its current size."
"I wonder what the purpose of that divine ore source stone is?"
Wang Kaixuan shook his head helplessly and said, "Even the immortals who participated in the first batch of mining didn't understand this. Now that the high-quality divine ore is deeper, we have even less way of knowing."
As the two were talking.
wow——
The previously tranquil demonic energy suddenly surged up like boiling water, resembling a pot of black water violently churning when viewed from above.
Immediately afterwards, a low growl, like that of some cold-blooded creature, came from behind. The sound was muffled and suppressed, as if it were being forced out at the top of one's lungs.
Chen Xuan and Wang Kaixuan reacted extremely quickly; as soon as they sensed the danger, they immediately increased the distance between themselves and the ground.
Chen Xuan's body was enveloped in the radiance of his Crimson Divine Body, his lightning wings crackling with arcs of thunder, and the Divine Origin Stone Blade in his hand began to frantically accumulate the surrounding demonic energy.
"Brother, this is..."
Chen Xuan looked down in astonishment at the countless figures that were faintly visible in the demonic energy below.
"There's no mistake. These humans, corrupted by demonic energy, who have lost their minds and become demons, are the descendants of the ancient cultivators."
"kill--"
"Uh-"
"hey-hey--"
These demons, bathed in demonic energy, wore clothing completely different from that of this era. At a glance, many of them also wore ornaments resembling symbiotic gemstones on their upper bodies.