Chapter 28: Underground Cave
As we went deeper, the light around us became dimmer and we could vaguely hear various animal sounds like snakes hissing and rats squeaking in the depths of the cave.
The further we went, the more mixed the sounds became, and the more oppressive the air around us became.
Zhang Yun looked calm.
The two disciples behind him were a little nervous.
Especially Wu Xiaopang, whose legs were trembling, and he couldn't help but say, "Master, how about we retreat? This cave is so creepy..."
"As a cultivator, you can't be so timid!" Zhang Yun said, and immediately took out a torch from the storage ring and lit it.
The firelight illuminated the surroundings.
The gloomy feeling brought by the cave dissipated a lot, and Wu Xiaopang's panic also faded a lot.
"Follow closely!" Zhang Yun said, and began to speed up his pace.
Xu Ming and Wu Xiaopang hurried to catch up.
"Squeak, squeak--!!"
Just after taking a few steps forward, the call that was originally only faintly heard came from all directions at a close distance.
Suddenly, small holes the size of a palm appeared on the ground. One after another, black spirit rats rushed out, with red eyes and sharp teeth bared, and rushed towards them.
"Kill!"
Zhang Yun spat out a word, stepped forward, and a circle of spiritual energy spread from the soles of his feet. Several black spirit rats close to the surrounding exploded into blood mist on the spot.
Xu Ming and Wu Xiaopang also took out their weapons and started to kill.
These black spirit rats were only spirit beasts of the first and second levels of the Qi Refining Period. Although there were many of them, they were weak and there was no pressure to kill them.
After just two minutes, there were only corpses of black spirit rats on the ground.
Zhang Yun glanced at the small holes. If he guessed correctly, there should be a black spirit rat nest under these small holes.
Black spirit rats are a relatively common low-level social spirit beast. They usually live in these wild caves. There are at least hundreds of them in one nest.
There are only thirty or forty of them in this wave, and there are probably many more below.
Zhang Yun was not very interested in this, and he was too lazy to collect the rat corpses on the ground.
Black spirit rats are the most worthless spirit beasts. The energy contained in their meat is very small. In addition, it tastes very bad and has a smell that is difficult to get rid of. Generally, no one wants to eat it.
Don't ask him why he knows this. If you ask, he has never eaten it!
"Let's go!"
He continued to go deeper.
If these black spirit rats come out by themselves, he will kill them to increase his points. If they don't come out, forget it.
But after going deeper for a distance, Zhang Yun suddenly sensed something and his face changed slightly.
The ground of the entire cave shook as if it were an earthquake at this moment.
Turning his head.
"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."
The black spirit rats, which were densely packed and almost covered the entire back cave passage, were rushing towards them in groups.
"Master... Master, rat... rat tide!!"
Xu Ming and Wu Xiaopang both turned pale and their voices trembled.
Zhang Yun didn't bother to say more to them. He grabbed them one by one with his left hand and one by his right hand, and ran forward at full speed with a flying sword under his feet.
Black spirit rats are not scary, even a group of hundreds of them is not scary, but if there are tens of thousands of them, even those in the Nascent Soul stage have to avoid them!
Just after rushing forward for a short distance, Zhang Yun suddenly braked.
Because in front of him, at this moment, there was also a dense black spirit rat tide coming towards him.
"Master, what should we do? We are surrounded!!"
Wu Xiaopang's face turned pale.
"Master knows!"
Zhang Yun said in a deep voice, his eyes swept around and locked on the ground under his feet.
Immediately, his right hand made a fist, and the spiritual energy burst out from the fist, and he punched the ground with all his strength.
Since this cave can gather the black spirit rat tide, it means that there are countless small tunnels dug underground. Generally, the foundation of such caves is relatively fragile and easier to destroy!
Bang!
The fact is just as he thought. The full force of the spiritual energy burst down and the whole cave was shaken.
Kaka...
The ground under his feet was cracked with the naked eye.
"There's a chance!" Seeing this, Zhang Yun did not hesitate, and used all his strength and spiritual energy to punch the ground again. The whole cave shook violently, and the whole ground under his feet burst open, and at the same time, cracks spread to both sides. Large groups of black spirit rats had no foothold and fell down along the cracks in the ground. Zhang Yun took advantage of this opportunity to take his two disciples to fly out of the cave. Boom! But at this moment, a several-meter-long black hole suddenly appeared under the cracked cave ground, and the bottom of the hole was as dark as an abyss. Exposed to the air, it was as if some kind of restriction was triggered, and a terrifying suction suddenly surged out of the hole. "Oops!" Zhang Yun's face changed, and he tried his best to fly out. But this suction was beyond imagination, as if an invisible big hand stretched out and grabbed him. He couldn't break free even if he tried his best. After holding on for less than half a minute, Zhang Yun was sucked in as soon as his strength was slightly reduced. His two disciples were also sucked into the mouth of the dark abyss.
At the same time, many similar dark holes appeared on the ground in the area near the South Wind Forest.
People who were close to the surroundings did not have time to react before they were sucked in by the terrifying suction force of the hole.
…
Zhang Yun only felt dizzy.
When this feeling disappeared, he felt as if he was in mid-air, and his whole body was completely out of control and fell freely.
Plop! Plop! Plop!
There were three sounds of falling water in a row.
When Zhang Yun opened his eyes to see his surroundings clearly, he had fallen into a dimly lit lake.
Also falling at the same time were Xu Ming and Wu Xiaopang, the latter two of whom had fallen into a coma and were sinking into the lake.
He hurriedly swam over and took the two of them with him, kicking out spiritual energy from his feet and heading upwards.
Poke your head out of the lake.
"This is?"
The surrounding scene made him slightly startled.
At this moment, he seemed to have fallen into a lake at the bottom of a cliff. The lake was not big, and there were uneven mountain walls behind him. In front of the lake, there was an underground square, with a few ordinary luminous pearls inlaid on the walls on both sides. Let there be some light around you.
Keeping your gaze towards the front of the square, you can see the entrance of a cave. There is a stone tablet next to the entrance of the cave whose content is unclear from a distance.
"Did it get sucked directly into the depths of the ground?"
I looked up, it was pitch black and I couldn't see the heights.
"It seems that some kind of restriction has just been triggered..."
Thinking of the terrifying black hole with suction and combining it with the scene in front of him, Zhang Yun had a rough guess.
If the guess is correct, this place may be an underground cave arranged by a powerful monk.
The dark opening just now is the entrance.
There was no shadow of black spirit rats around, indicating that this place should only attract humans and not spirit beasts.
"Is it a place of inheritance left by the powerful?"
Zhang Yun guessed.
This kind of place is usually arranged by some powerful monks who know that they are about to die and do not want their inheritance to return to their land, so they specifically use this to find people who are destined to accept the inheritance. This kind of thing still happens from time to time in the Immortal Continent.
Looking ahead, he was unsure, so he immediately swam to the side of the square and placed the two disciples on the ground. He pressed the chests of the two disciples with his hands filled with spiritual energy.
puff!
puff!
The two disciples spurted out a large amount of water at the same time, raised their eyelids, and both woke up.
"master……"
Seeing Zhang Yun, they were all slightly dazed, and soon realized what was happening and opened their eyes wide, "We just now?"
Zhang Yun didn't say much and walked towards the stone tablet at the entrance of the cave.
‘Coming here is a destiny. Enter and receive my inheritance! ’
On the stone tablet, there is such a sentence engraved on it.
"Master, isn't this the place of inheritance left by the ancient monks?"
Xu Ming and Wu Xiaopang also came up at this time. When they saw the content on the stone tablet, they both looked curious.
"Looking at the situation, it's probably..."
Zhang Yun said something, looked at the bottomless dark cave in front of him and said: "Let's go and explore inside with my master!"
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