Chapter 260: The Crimson Black Sea
Chapter 260: The Crimson Black Sea
Naturally, there were Revivers guarding the vicinity of the palace.
However, Lindsey had no intention of playing the game of a brave warrior storming the demon city.
He completely ignored the situation on the ground and instead chose the most efficient and safe method—digging a tunnel from underground to access the palace.
As they dug directly beneath the palace, the map's effectiveness began to wane.
Lindsey paused his meteor hammer and turned to Oma behind him.
"Oma, my ability isn't working well here. Can you sense anything ahead?"
Using a professional Seer was extremely handy, and Lindsey loved the feeling.
Oma, of course, didn't refuse.
He nodded slightly and walked up to Lindsey.
The soil almost blocked all human senses, but for a Seer, this wasn't much of a problem.
Oma closed his eyes, blocking out his hearing and terminating his sense of smell.
Then, he placed his palm on the wall in front of him, concentrating all his sensing abilities into his sense of touch.
Immediately, the Seer's ability took effect.
His empathy allowed him to perceive the subtle vibrations of the earth and continuously extend his perception forward. Smells, shapes, and sounds were all fed back to the Seer's palm through touch.
The mysterious art was like an invisible hand reaching out.
After ten seconds, Oma reopened his eyes.
"It's empty!"
"Mr. Lindsey, it's surprisingly empty ahead!"
He looked at Lindsey, his eyes filled with confusion and tension.
"Your previous scouting was accurate. We are indeed beneath a palace."
"But ahead is not a solid foundation; it's a passage leading downward into the ground!"
They had found the right place!
A satisfied smile appeared on Lindsey's face.
This hidden area indeed concealed an even greater secret.
However, he didn't rashly dig downward. Before heading to the bottom of the tunnel, Lindsey sought further confirmation from Oma:
"Oma, are there any signs of Revivers above us?"
Oma nodded affirmatively.
"No!"
"Just like the room with the teleportation array, the Revivers are only guarding the palace's perimeter!"
Only then did Lindsey make a decision.
"Good, let's go down and take a look!"
After confirming the information, Lindsey swung his meteor hammer and immediately started digging downward.
But the duration of this digging far exceeded his expectations.
As they dug downward, Lindsey occasionally asked Oma to sense the terrain. Yet, each time he inquired, he received the same response from the Seer:
"There are no other spaces around the tunnel, and I can't see any signs of termination!"
"..."
They had no choice but to keep digging.
The consistent feedback, however, brought Lindsey a growing sense of hope.
The deeper they dug, the more significant this secret seemed.
The heavy workload only indicated that they were on the right path!
Finally, after digging over a hundred meters deep.
Oma, who had been sensing the surroundings, suddenly stopped Lindsey's actions.
"Mr. Lindsey, wait!"
"I sense emptiness below; we've reached the bottom!"
Lindsey halted his digging.
"So, this tunnel leads to an underground space. Can you confirm its shape and size?"
Oma nodded seriously.
"The area beneath us is spacious, and I can't perceive the boundaries of this space."
"Its size must be enormous!"
The prolonged digging also made the other team members wary.
Platinum Palace offered his advice at this moment.
"Mr. Lindsey, we should proceed with caution."
"If these Revivers have prepared measures to deal with the Dragon Beast, then something capable of threatening a Stage Seven powerhouse could be an irresistible force to us!"
Hearing Platinum Palace's words, Lindsey shook his head with a smile.
"Hehe..."
"When faced with opportunity, being overly cautious might cause us to miss the most important things.
Lindsey did not join in on Hong and Platinum Palace's discussion.
His focus was entirely on the task at hand.
Lindsey's digging pace had slowed compared to before, as he constantly checked the situation below with Oma.
When the tunnel reached a certain depth, it was close enough to the underground space that even a simple stomp on the ground would echo back an empty, hollow sound.
Lindsey ceased his large-scale excavation.
Instead, he used the effects of his survival items to directly create a square window beneath their feet, opening up a one-meter-wide cave.
Creak—
Through this cave, everyone's gaze fell upon the space below.
"..."
Silence instantly enveloped the deep underground.
Just as Oma had sensed, the tunnel beneath the palace led to a vast underground cavern.
But this place was not an empty underground space.
Countless crimson-black liquids silently accumulated here, shrouded in a sinister aura of dead silence.
The entire space seemed like a sea of despair.
Just glancing at it was enough to make one feel as if their throat was being choked, causing their breathing to become labored.
Tick-tock—
A small pebble dropped below, instantly submerged by the crimson-black liquid.
The silent ocean of death stirred with ripples, enough to make anyone with a weak will faint on the spot.
This crimson-black liquid must contain a terrifying essence.
Everyone present was certain of this, but they couldn't sense any essence at all.
This was the result of an extremely restrained power!
"..."
"Gulp—"
Lindsey swallowed.
When facing the glacier that exuded cold intent, he dared to use the power of the Frost Pattern to gather information.
But this crimson-black undersea...
It made him completely abandon the idea of trying.
Lindsey even felt something.
The threat this sea of death posed to him was even more terrifying countless times than when he faced the Ancestor Core in the Lighthouse!
What kind of existence was the Ancestor? A peak seventh-stage being, a failed ascender to the eighth stage, and an absolute powerhouse!
On par with the Dragon Beast controlling the Black Mountain World.
Then, a power beyond this level...
In the flickering light of the torch, Lindsey turned to look at Hong.
Hong also looked back, and their gazes met at this moment.
The source of this terrifying power could only be the Extinction Crown, which was already in a soul state and had fallen asleep!
Below must be the backup plan of the Dark Abyss.
It was the ultimate means to help the original Extinction Crown claim the power of the Dragon Beast!
"..."
Lindsey and Hong exchanged glances.
But the few human awakeners were completely shaken by what lay below, and no one could speak.
Whoosh—
Suddenly, a pitch-black figure appeared above the crimson-black sea.
He stood there, and without even shifting his gaze, he sensed the cave and Lindsey's group within it.
"Humans, how dare you run here?"
"But since you're here, don't leave. Become the nourishment for my master..."
The one who rushed here was naturally the Dark Abyss.
But just as he was about to make his move, he suddenly sensed Hong, who was also in the cave.
"Ah?"
The black figure paused in mid-air, and his tone became trembling.
"Master, you... How are you here...?"
Just as all Revivers reacted to Hong's presence, the Dark Abyss was also extremely shocked.
But what was different was his strength, which far exceeded that of ordinary Revivers.
Before he could finish pledging his loyalty.
The Dark Abyss already felt the disharmony in Hong, and his tone changed from trembling and reverence to extreme shock:
"No, the soul is wrong!"
"Damn humans, what have you done!"
(End of Chapter)
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