Swish—
A massive cross-shaped energy wave burst through the air, with crimson light blades interweaving and spinning. Wherever it passed, large numbers of Blood Crows were instantly incinerated into dust, leaving no corpses behind.
"Little guy, you're quite capable. You actually managed to take care of so many Blood Crows at once," Liu Erlong said with a smile.
"Hurry up and deal with them. They're disgusting to look at," Xiao Ze said.
"Understood."
Liu Erlong's figure flickered within the barrier, and she quickly took care of all the remaining Blood Crows.
"How can there be so many Blood Crows in this cursed place?" Liu Erlong looked at the dense white, yellow, and purple spirit rings floating in mid-air, feeling a bit numb.
"It's truly spectacular to see so many spirit rings for the first time," Xiao Ze reached out and touched the spirit rings in front of him.
"It's my first time seeing this too. It's a pity there aren't any ten-thousand-year Blood Crows, otherwise we would have witnessed four types of spirit rings on the same stage," Liu Erlong nodded.
"Alright, let's go."
Xiao Ze's gaze continuously scanned his surroundings; they were getting closer and closer to the central area.
Soon, the two arrived at the central area, where there were fewer trees and some ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts, but Liu Erlong had driven them all away.
"Northeast direction, it's there." Liu Erlong's sense of direction was quite good; she could still recognize it in such a pitch-black place.
The two slowly walked for a kilometer and saw a rare clearing. On the clearing, there were also three Ghost Face Trees.
"It looks like we've arrived," Liu Erlong said, comparing it with the treasure map.
"That's right." Xiao Ze's lips curved slightly upwards. Being able to find the place meant there was a seventy percent chance the treasure map was real. He just didn't know what was inside.
"God of Agriculture, can you sense any danger?" Xiao Ze asked.
"Don't worry, there's no problem. The space beneath the three Ghost Face Trees is empty. Hurry up and go down to take a look," the God of Agriculture urged.
For the God of Agriculture, who hadn't gone treasure hunting in a very long time, this treasure hunt was quite interesting.
He also wanted to see what good things could be found in this treasure map.
He had a vague premonition that this item would definitely be a good thing for Xiao Ze.
As someone with merit, his luck and sixth sense had always been very good.
"Dean, here, here, smash the ground in the middle."
"Why call me dean? You're not from our Blue Tyrant Academy," Liu Erlong pouted.
"Your Blue Tyrant Academy isn't as rich as Tian Dou Royal Academy," Xiao Ze said indifferently.
"Damn it! (〃＞eye＜)"
Blue Tyrant Academy was indeed good in Heaven Dou City, but compared to Tian Dou Royal Academy, it was still far inferior. It couldn't even compare to the other elemental academies.
Whether it was student quality or various facilities, there was a significant difference.
Xiao Ze didn't know how Blue Tyrant Academy, in its current state, qualified for the Soul Master Competition. Was this the result of having someone backing them?
Liu Erlong's fist, wreathed in explosive flames, slammed heavily onto the ground in the center of the three Ghost Face Trees.
The scorching punch instantly penetrated the soil layer. Accompanied by a deafening roar, the ground collapsed, and a huge pit nearly five meters in diameter appeared.
"Oh… there really is a big hole down here." Liu Erlong shook her wrist, the flames dissipated, and she quickly retreated two steps.
Xiao Ze rushed over at the sound, stood at the edge of the pit, and leaned down to look.
The inside of the hole was pitch black, bottomless.
"This hole… it doesn't look naturally formed. No… what am I saying? In a place like this, it definitely isn't naturally formed. But even so, the soil layer above didn't just fall straight down?" Xiao Ze found it a bit strange.
"Most likely, it was made by an Earth-attribute Spirit Master," Liu Erlong walked to Xiao Ze's side.
"An Earth-attribute Spirit Master made it and it lasted so long?" Xiao Ze was a bit surprised.
"Who knows? After all, the Spirit Abilities of different Spirit Masters are not the same. Maybe there's a special effect. From ancient times to the present, there have been hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of types of Spirit Abilities. There's bound to be one that can have such an effect," Liu Erlong lit a wisp of flame on her fingertip, illuminating a section of the cave wall.
The cave wall looked smooth and flat; one could even see traces of artificial excavation, but it was very old, and the smoothness was already quite ordinary.
"Indeed." Xiao Ze nodded; he wouldn't think about this matter anymore, it wasn't important.
"Interesting… such a cave is in the Star Dou Great Forest. Although there's no shortage of caves in the Star Dou Great Forest, this is the first time I've seen a cave underground," Liu Erlong's lips curved slightly.
"Not only that, but it also hides something."
"What do you think it could be?" Xiao Ze asked.
"Hard to say. Hidden so deep, it might be a Spirit Bone, or even other precious treasures. Either way, we might have struck it rich," Liu Erlong said with a smile.
"It's my stuff."
"To the discoverers belong the spoils."
"No way." Xiao Ze shook his head.
"Alright, alright." Liu Erlong waved her hand, not caring, as she was indeed only there to accompany him.
Xiao Ze smiled, his gaze falling back to the dark cave entrance: "Then let's go down and see what treasures are hidden."
Both of them had wings, so they flew straight down.
And Xiao Ze took out a light bulb from his spirit tool, had Liu Erlong punch a large hole, put it in, and placed a dozen or so light bulbs.
In an instant, the entire path going down was illuminated.
"I calculated it, we've descended about fifty meters. It seems the treasure here is really important, otherwise it wouldn't be so deep," Liu Erlong looked around, and there was only a path straight ahead.
"That's right, I'm really looking forward to it." This was a treasure map he got when he was a child, and to be able to find it after growing up was truly very interesting.
Xiao Ze and Liu Erlong walked forward, throwing out spirit tool light bulbs one by one.
The soft white light instantly dispelled the darkness of the underground cave.
"Heh, quite particular," Liu Erlong scoffed.
"Nonsense, this place is too dark, comparable to the Ghost Face Forest. You can't expect your wing to illuminate it all the time, can you?"
"Bastard, I'm not a light bulb."
"Then that's good."
Footsteps echoed in the silent cave. The two joked and bickered, and soon arrived at the innermost part.
"Holy crap!"
"So big!"
Before them now was a massive spirit tool metal door, over fifty meters in diameter.
It was entirely dark gold, but it was actually hard to tell anymore, perhaps due to the passage of time.
Even the spirit power flowing on the door had already disappeared.
The spirit tool metal door naturally required spirit power to open.
On the large door, each of the left and right door panels had a hand-shaped groove, and below it was carved a line of ancient text.
However, this text was not modern text, and Xiao Ze could not understand it.
"Hmm… this is the text of the Tian Yue Empire from three thousand years ago."
(End of Chapter)
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