The underground space is extremely complex, consisting of dozens of winding and forked roads, like a huge ant nest.
Huang Quan took the lead and led the crowd onto a relatively spacious corridor. Every once in a while, there would be a bunch of torches with varying brightness, illuminating the mottled walls stained with blood. Human limbs and corpses could be seen everywhere.
All of this tells everyone one fact.
There had been bloody battles here before, and they were extremely brutal.
Smelling the pungent smell of blood in the air, some people couldn't help but turn pale, and their hearts dropped to the bottom.
Such a brutal battle could break out in such an ordinary passage, with hundreds of people killed and injured. How intense was the frontal battlefield ahead at this moment?
"There is more than one entrance to the underground palace, and this passage was fought for by our Emperor Dragon Adventure Group through our own strength. Only we can go through it."
"The corpses you saw were all those who tried to challenge the authority of the Emperor Dragon before, so they were killed!"
The voice of the second master, Zhou Mu, came from the back of the crowd.
His words immediately gave everyone a reassurance.
Yes, they are not a group of casual cultivators who had no background before and could only be expelled to the southern half of the periphery. They are now also a part of the famous Emperor Dragon Adventure Group.
"The team leading the spiritual veins, follow Huang Quan and go straight forward."
"For the Ice Spirit Vein, enter the secret passage on the left. For the Wild Spirit Vein, choose the middle passage. For the Fire Spirit Vein, go to the right. Find the right location. Don't try to muddle through."
Zhou Mu said calmly and stood at the end of the crowd, followed by more than ten guards, blocking the intersection like sculptures.
His mission is not to fight on the frontal battlefield, but to protect the rear.
If someone wants to enter the underground palace through the passage dug by Emperor Dragon, or if someone in the underground palace wants to be a deserter, then he will take action.
Seeing this scene, some of the monks who had previously thought of taking advantage of the chaos to escape had expressions of despair.
Under Zhou Mu's gaze, everyone consciously chose the passage, and then continued their long walk.
Unlike other passages, at least the passage leading to the Fire Spirit Vein area is not so dark.
"It seems to be very hot out front."
In the long and narrow pit, Ji Ning and a group of more than 40 people were walking slowly with their waists bent. In front of them, the entrance of the cave an unknown distance away shone with bright red light, as if it was very hot, and the entire underground passage was covered with heat. All roasted red.
As the saying goes, looking at the mountains is a waste of time.
The small bright hole seemed to be right in front of us, but even though Ji Ning and the others walked in this small space for an hour, they still couldn't reach it.
Even the passage is so long.
This once again proves that this underground palace is really big.
"arrive!"
Suddenly, the monk at the front of the team suddenly stopped and took two steps back with a look of horror on his face.
"Boom!"
The golden magma hit the stone wall, setting off violent waves, splashing everywhere, and a scalding heat wave hit your face.
"No way?"
Everyone's expressions were startled, and they were all at a loss.
They were still guessing what the so-called extremely dangerous fire spirit vein area would be like after the end of the cave entrance ahead.
The worst result is to have a huge and blazing Fire Spirit Vein River, with endless magma flowing slowly, and the area where they operate is on the unsubmerged ground in the center of the Fire Spirit Vein River.
But now it seems that their ideas are still too naive.
The person at the front saw it so clearly that he couldn't help but his legs became weak with fear, and he said in a trembling voice:
"There is endless magma down here, and there is no road at all!"
"What!"
Everyone looked shocked and ignored the scorching heat wave in the air. They crowded to the front of the passage to take a look. Ji Ning also frowned and walked forward. He saw that in the vast and boundless space below, there were surging waves everywhere. The magma, the blazing and golden heat waves are like explosives that can explode at any time, erupting everywhere without any rules.
And among the hot golden magma, you can see some remaining ground at intervals, such as rocks standing in the waves, with only half of the surface exposed, looming as the magma surges.
This is where they are going next.
Everyone, including Ji Ning, shuddered subconsciously.
The largest of the bony boulders, which were almost engulfed by the magma, could only accommodate four people standing at the same time. The smaller ones could only accommodate less than half a person. It looked like they had to stand on one leg.
If you accidentally slip, you will fall into the hot and boundless magma below.
In an instant, there will be no burned residue left!
"Damn it, if you give me so many spiritual stones, who will risk their lives? I won't do it anymore!"
A skinny man stared at the magma below for a long time, swallowed his saliva, then cursed and stepped back, about to leave along the passage.
But then, the man was grabbed by another man, shook his head and sighed:
"it's useless."
"Have you not noticed that Zhou Mu, the second leader of the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group, has specially guarded the main passage with his people. If you go back now, you will definitely run into him."
"If you go down into this magma, as long as everyone doesn't fight among themselves and is careful when walking, it's possible to survive. But if you turn around and become a deserter and are caught by Zhou Mu, you will definitely die."
When the man heard this, he was slightly startled, but still unwilling to give up. He clenched his fists and said with an ugly face:
"At worst, we brothers can dig out halfway and open a passage to get out!"
Upon hearing this, the man turned his head to look at the dark rock formations above, sighed and said:
"it's useless."
"The landforms here are not naturally formed. Many of the hardest obsidian and meteorite irons have been poured between the thick rock layers. They are far stronger than ordinary mountains. It is extremely difficult to take a step forward, and the movement caused will be It’s huge.”
"That's why there were corpses everywhere in the passage before."
"The people of the Emperor Dragon Adventure Group have worked hard to open up so many passages, but latecomers want to occupy them and seize resources. Naturally, they have to fight bloody battles to resist. I estimate that the wounded in the camp a few days ago are all here."
When the thin man heard this, his face turned pale again, his expression was blank, and he didn't speak for a long time.
"Can we all just die here?"
Another tall young man who was slightly younger wiped his tears and cried helplessly.
"Captain Lu, you have to make the decision for us!"
"Yes, Captain Lu, brothers all believe in you. Then Zhou Mu only has about ten people. There are forty in our team. If you can take the lead in resisting, we will have no chance of survival!"
When the man named Lu heard this, he shook his head and smiled bitterly:
"Brothers, you think too highly of me."
"Don't say it's me. Even if we have more than a hundred people in the field and the monks from the four adventure groups put together, they can't be the opponent of Zhou Mu."
When the skinny man heard this, he was obviously dissatisfied. He turned around and looked around, shouting:
"How can it be!"
"Everyone present here who is not a ruthless character who travels around has a little bit of skill in his body. No matter how strong Zhou Mu is, he is still made of flesh. He will still die if he is hit by a knife. There are so many of us, even if we pile up our lives, we can still kill him. Kill it!"
"Besides, among the group leaders present, there are a few who are not at the same level as Zhou Mu, but the gap is not very big!"
As he said that, the man turned his attention to several leaders of the adventure group, including Xue Zhongjing.
When everyone heard this, a glimmer of hope appeared in their eyes.
Yes, even if their adventure group is no match for Zhou Mu, if all the more than a hundred people present resist, then how long can Zhou Mu's spiritual energy last no matter how strong he is?
"You underestimate the powerhouses in the Dan Formation stage."
Before the man could reply, Xue Zhongjing from behind spoke first.
The man had a mellow voice, looked at the hot lava ahead with his hands behind his hands, and said calmly without expression:
"A monk in the Dan Formation Stage has a reserve of spiritual energy that is ten times or even a hundred times greater than that in the Qi Condensation Stage."
"I looked at Zhou Mu's breathing, which was gentle and long, and the spiritual energy around his body fluctuated deeply and fiercely, like a bottomless pool. This is enough to prove that the quality of the dantian formed by the latter is not low, at least it must be Cyan, most likely blue.”
"well!"
When some second-stage monks heard this, their faces turned pale and they couldn't help but sigh.
The Dantian stage is the third level in the realm of cultivation. In addition to the most basic division of lower, middle and upper stages, there is also a division of Dantian quality, which is determined based on the talent and foundation of the Dantian person when he breaks through the realm, as well as the acquired efforts. Nothing to do.
And once the quality is determined, there is no chance to improve it, unlike the bone-fixing realm.
The quality of Dantian is arranged in the order of gray, white, green, blue, purple, orange and gold.
The higher up, the higher the quality of the Dantian, the more spiritual energy it can hold, and the stronger the monk's combat power will naturally be.
It is also the elixir formation stage, and a powerful golden elixir monk may be able to suppress an ordinary gray elixir monk with one hand.
This stage of combat power has the biggest difference, and it is also the stage where the gap between mortals and geniuses truly widens in the long road to immortality.
If your bones are not good enough and your Dantian is of low quality, you will lag behind others indefinitely and never be able to hold your head high again.
They don't know how long they have been stuck in the upper state of Qi Condensation. The Dantian has already taken shape, but it has been unable to completely condense. It is a luxury to hope to break through the state and form a white elixir.
But Xue Zhongjing said that Zhou Mu's Dantian was most likely Lan Dan.
In this way, no matter whether the opponent is in the upper realm or lower realm of the pill formation stage, their combat power will definitely be far behind them. It is almost impossible to kill him with the number of people.
Not to mention, this is still in a narrow underground passage.
"It would have been better if I had resisted earlier!"
The skinny man's face turned red and he couldn't help but punch the wall. He regretted not having chosen to fight with Zhou Mu just outside.
Even if Zhou Mu's realm is higher than theirs and his spiritual energy is sufficient, as long as there is enough space to pull, they will still have a chance to win in a life-and-death battle by using their own methods.
But now, it is completely gone, because there is only so much space underground, and a passage is so narrow, they cannot take advantage of the large number of people at all.
Zhou Mu only needed to use some tactics to suppress them with his superiority. He could only confront them head-on, with no possibility of victory.
"Are you really unable to resist?"
Ji Ning silently looked at Xue Zhongjing, who looked calm beside him.
From the beginning, the other party's eyes never left the magma below, looking far into the distance, as if there was something inside that attracted him.
Can't leave, or don't want to?
unknown.
In short, he didn't want to leave because he had a map.
"There is no chance to resist, and going down is not a dead end."
Xue Zhongjing said, raised his hand, pointed in front of the wide and surging lava river, narrowed his eyes and said:
"Look over there."
Everyone was slightly startled, looking in the direction of his finger, and then their eyes suddenly widened.
I saw that in the wide and dangerous magma area, I don't know how many meters in front, at the end of my sight, there was a person sleeping faintly on a stone, and half of his body was hanging in the air, not far away from the hot magma below. A fist distance away!
Seeing this scene, Xue Zhongjing smiled lightly:
"There must be more than one such person. They were the first to arrive in this fire spirit vein, and now they have all reached the front."
"After such a long time, they are still alive and sleeping, which shows that this area is not as dangerous as you think. As long as we don't fight among ourselves, it is not difficult to survive here safely."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Zhongjing jumped down without waiting for others to hesitate.
"Captain!"
Zhen Xixi, who was crowded next to Qi Lan, covered her face and stared at Xue Zhongjing's back in shock and nervousness, as did the others.
Xue Zhongjing was seen standing steadily on a large rock.
The edge of the cloth boots under his feet was close to the surging magma, but he always maintained a slight distance.
After standing firm, Xue Zhongjing turned around and smiled, looking at Ji Ning and others:
"How about it, I said it's okay!"
"pay close attention."
Ji Ning took a deep breath, put a hand on Qi Lan's arm, jumped up, flew six or seven meters away, and landed on a relatively spacious boulder. Zhen Xixi followed closely behind.
When the crowd above saw this, they looked at each other and sighed helplessly. They were all ready to accept their fate and queue up to jump down.
The foothold at the starting point was quickly filled.
The situation here was not clear yet, so even Ji Ning, who knew the map, did not act rashly.
He stood on the momentum and kept cautiously staring at the surging magma beneath his feet.
He always felt that there was something in it.
"Hey, those in front, why aren't you leaving yet?"
At the entrance of the cave above, the skinny man who had taken the lead in retreating had an ugly expression on his face, staring at Ji Ning and the others from afar:
"You occupy the biggest stone, so you should take a step forward. How can I get down?"
Hearing this, Qi Lan frowned and turned around, glanced back, pointed at a stone and said:
"Isn't there a place to stay there?"
