Chapter 200: Underground Cave and the Corpse Buddha Cockroaches Again
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Lin Yan’s eyes were filled with disbelief. There was actually water in the underground world enveloped by the poisonous fog?
After silently throwing down a few clones, Lin Yan followed the fully armed Liu Lanqing and the other three and continued to maintain the formation.
However, this time, due to the obstruction of the other four people’s perception, Lin Yan had to shoulder greater responsibility.
He naturally touched his hair and put two clones into his hair.
During this period of time, he had really tested several Force Features on his clone.
One of them was named “Energy Flame”. It could turn force into flames and spread out according to a specific direction of air flow to accurately attack from afar.
Of course, when used by the clone, the power was almost negligible. However, it gave the clone a special ability to sense the changes in the surrounding environment through the flow of air.
Therefore, he created many “Energy Flame” clones at once and compiled this “Energy Flame” into the alert “program”, greatly increasing the range of the clone’s alert.
At this moment, he placed his clones above his head. To a certain extent, he had borrowed the characteristics of Energy Flame to help him observe the changes in his surroundings more accurately.
“Unfortunately, although these Force Features have been tested, they are only limited to the clones. The Unusual Items used are also charcoal, gunpowder, kerosene, and so on that I casually found.
“I still have to experiment with the real person to determine what kind of
Unusual Item it is to succeed…”
As he walked, Lin Yan suddenly sensed an abnormal airflow blowing over from the left.
He immediately swept his gaze over and took a closer look. He shouted softly, “Attention! A hundred feet to the left, there’s Corpse Buddha Cockroach!”
Everyone paused and looked in the direction he was pointing. They saw a faint black shadow coiled in a thick poisonous fog without moving. If Lin Yan hadn’t pointed it out, they wouldn’t have noticed it even if they looked carefully.
“There really is!”
“Good for you, Lin Yan. 1 didn’t notice at all!”
Strength did not mean that one was strong in all aspects, even Liu Lanqing. Although she was extremely strong, her perception of her surroundings was greatly reduced in such a complicated environment. In addition, her anti-poison suit weakened her senses, so she could only rely on her eyesight most of the time.
Liu Lanqing nodded approvingly at Lin Yan and said, “Who’s going to deal with it?”
I’m immune to poisonous fog. Let me do it,” Lin Yan said first.
“You’re just in the Tough Realm. Can you do it?”
Lin Yan’s expression did not change. “Heh, you can try.
Fan Xiaopeng wanted to retort, but when he saw Liu Lanqing’s unfriendly gaze, he quickly coughed and shrank his head.
Liu Lanqing nodded at Lin Yan. “Be careful.”
Lin Yan’s figure moved silently as he approached the Corpse Buddha Cockroach hidden in the poisonous fog.
The poisonous fog stirred a few times, but there was no sound. Lin Yan quickly walked back.
The clothes on his body were not messy at all, and there were no traces of a fight at all. Only traces of green pus remained on his palm.
“Done?”
“Yeah.”
Fan Xiaopeng and Ning Xiaohui were secretly speechless.
Although they were now at the Yellow Grade Noble Realm, they had only broken through not long ago and had yet to test their true strength. They were naturally shocked when they saw that the Corpse Buddha Cockroach, which had previously threatened their lives, was casually crushed by Lin Yan like a worm.
Liu Lanqing and Wu Qinglei also took a deep look at Lin Yan. He was even stronger than the last time they met him!
Was this still the Tough Realm?
He could actually become stronger step by step at the Tough Realm?
As expected of a monster that could defeat Qin Xiang!
Unfortunately, if there was a stronger Force Feature for him to choose…
Liu Lanqing shook his head. “Continue forward!”
Along the way, they encountered another hidden Corpse Buddha Cockroach after walking for more than fifteen minutes. It was Lin Yan who discovered it in advance and took the initiative to kill it.
In the following journey, the frequency of Corpse Buddha Cockroaches appearing increased. In an hour, they encountered a total of seven Corpse Buddha Cockroaches. Lin Yan discovered them in advance and took the initiative to kill them.
Everyone realized that Lin Yan’s discovery of the Corpse Buddha Cockroaches was definitely not luck, but that he was really like a fish in water in this complicated poisonous fog environment. His perception was astonishing.
“There are two Corpse Buddha Cockroaches ahead. I’m going.”
Up until now, when Lin Yan discovered the Corpse Buddha Cockroaches, he didn’t say anything. He only informed them in advance before leaving.
Looking at Lin Yan’s back as he hurriedly jumped out, Ning Xiaohui held her forehead. Fan Xiaopeng clicked his tongue.
They had long seen that Lin Yan was so proactive because of the Spirit Marrow in the Corpse Buddha Cockroach’s body!
However, it was just a few pieces of first-grade Spirit Marrows. Was there a need?
They had done a good job in the Demon Suppression Division. This time, the two of them had exchanged extremely low merits for the Force Features. They had saved a lot of money in one go. It was not something these few Spirit Marrows could compare to.
This was the truth. In the prefecture capital, who relied on their own hard work to hunt for Spirit Marrows to become rich and powerful?
Didn’t they all do a good job and obtain the recognition of the upper echelons and large factions before advancing greatly?
This time, there was a little commotion, but Lin Yan returned very quickly.
Liu Lanqing didn’t think much of it. She nodded and continued forward.
The blue halo became stronger and brighter. After walking for a while, there was the sound of water gurgling.
Lin Yan was surprised to discover that a glowing underground river had appeared in front of him. It was flowing deeper into the underground world.
The dark river emitted a blue halo that was exactly the same as the Netherworld River. It looked as if the Netherworld River had appeared here.
Why was the Netherworld River everywhere underground?
“We’re here.”
As Liu Lanqing wore the gas mask, a buzzing and deformed voice sounded. “Last time, Bai Ling and I only arrived here. We were limited by the poisonous fog and couldn’t continue exploring.
“The underground Netherworld River moves in all directions. It connects the entire underground. If we explore along the Netherworld River, we will probably discover more things.”
Last time, when they explored the underground, the others were restricted by the poisonous fog and could not go deep. Only the powerful Liu Lanqing and Bai Ling continued to go deeper, but they could not go in to explore the place again.
On the way out, other than some ruins similar to bricks and rubble, they did not find any valuable information.
The river here was not wide, and a section extended from the ground. It was as if there was an additional tattoo with a blue halo on the dark skin of the ground.
Everyone followed the river here and carefully advanced. It was unknown if it was because the river flowed and led the flow of air, but the clone above Lin Yan’s head sensed more information from the airflow.
Unknowingly, he had already become the leader.
Unknowingly, the surrounding space was slowly shrinking, as if the rock wall was pressing down on them.
“It seems that this section of the river flows into a cave. I wonder if there’s a path ahead.”
As they advanced, the surroundings became narrower and narrower. The Netherworld River flowed into an underground cave cave that was about 30 to 40 feet tall.
The few of them naturally continued deeper into the cave. This time, the Netherworld River, which originally looked like a skin tattoo, seemed to have become a huge blood vessel that was flowing with almost dried blue blood. They also seemed to be passing through the huge blood vessels of this unknown creature.
For some reason, they did not encounter any Corpse Buddha Cockroach along the way.
They walked for more than half an hour.
Just as Lin Yan turned a corner, he suddenly shrank back and said in an extremely low voice, “Wait! There are Corpse Buddha Cockroaches!”
Fan Xiaopeng pursed his lips. “Then hurry up!”
“Shh!”
Lin Yan immediately stopped him and gestured for everyone to be gentle. He frowned slightly and lowered his voice. “Issuer Liu, there are a lot of Corpse Buddha Cockroaches this time!”
The few of them carefully stuck their heads out and looked in the direction Lin Yan was pointing. They subconsciously lowered their breathing.
A fork appeared in the underground cave at the corner in front of him. The Netherworld River also flowed along the cave, dividing into two rivers.
And in the poisonous fog deep in the left branch, there were more than ten black shadows swimming back and forth. They were Corpse Buddha Cockroaches.
Furthermore, the poisonous fog was deep. It was unknown how deep it was and how many Corpse Buddha Cockroaches were hidden inside.
Everyone’s breathing turned cold. Although they were powerful, if they were surrounded by a large number of Corpse Buddha Cockroaches, even Liu Lanqing would probably not survive.
“What do we do?”
Wu Qinglei looked back at Liu Lanqing.
Liu Lanqing glanced around for a moment before her gaze landed on the branch on the right. “Be careful. Let’s go to that branch!”
The Corpse Buddha Cockroaches were quite a distance away from this branch, and the underground cave was dark. With caution, everyone passed through the fork and entered the right branch.
Although the Netherworld River was divided into two, the density of the halo did not decrease.
Everyone continued forward for a while and actually encountered another fork!
Furthermore, there were three branches in this fork, which led to three paths.
Lin Yan raised his hand and tested it. “There’s wind at all three branches, which means that none of them is a dead end.”
Liu Lanqing said in a low voice, “It seems that the underground waterway here is winding and complicated. Old Wu, you’ll be the one to mark it next to prevent us from getting lost.”
“Yes.”
Next, Liu Lanqing chose the leftmost branch. Everyone continued deeper along the branch.
Along the way, the terrain was clearly getting lower and lower, as if they had entered deeper into the ground.
However, there were more and more forks. Sometimes there were two branches, sometimes there were three or four.
Furthermore, from time to time, Corpse Buddha Cockroaches would occupy it. Fortunately, most of them were alone, so Lin Yan or everyone naturally dealt with them together.
However, everyone’s expressions became uglier.
The frequency of the Corpse Buddha Cockroach’s appearance was getting higher and higher, but they were getting deeper and deeper. If they were blocked by the Corpse Buddha Cockroaches in this underground passageway, they would probably…
“Wait!”
Lin Yan raised his hand again in a low voice.
Everyone looked forward and their breathing turned cold again. In the depths of the underground cave, there were actually more Corpse Buddha Cockroaches than at the previous fork!
Furthermore, there were no forks this time. If they didn’t deal with these Corpse Buddha Cockroaches, they probably wouldn’t be able to continue deeper.
Liu Lanqing hesitated for a moment and slowly raised his hand. “Retreat!”
After returning along the way, Liu Lanqing was no longer in the mood to go deeper into the fork. She led everyone back the way they came.
There were two to three Corpse Buddha Cockroaches blocking the way along the way. Clearly, they had wandered here after the humans entered.
After leaving the cave and returning to the underground world outside, everyone’s breathing relaxed slightly.
The underground cave was not terrifying, but with the huge number of strange and ferocious Corpse Buddha Cockroaches, the psychological pressure on everyone was too great.
“Issuer Liu, what should we do next? How should we explore?”
Liu Lanqing said in a low voice, “If we don’t deal with the Corpse Buddha Cockroaches occupying the underground waterway, it will probably be very difficult to explore it.
“Next… we’ll change our plan and prepare for battle.. We’ll start hunting the Corpse Buddha Cockroaches!”