Chapter 337 Going deep underground
Chapter 337 Going deep underground
After the female demon cultivator felt that she had no cultivation at all, although she was seriously injured, her eyes were empty and her gaze was dull. She did not struggle in his hands and let the blood flow.
"You immortal cultivators, I will kill you or chop you up as you please."
He didn't react to the threat, just looked at him coldly, as if he was waiting to die.
"I don't know what to do!"
Lu Luan frowned and saw a big black hand grabbing her.
Soon, the female demon cultivator's body began to tremble, and her face twitched hideously, as if she was enduring some great pain.
Finally, he screamed in pain.
He will torture severely and will show no mercy to this kind of evil cultivator.
Gradually, one could see the skin and flesh of this female demon cultivator begin to turn dull, her blood and energy dried up, her vitality died out, and her entire body became like a dead piece of wood, with a gray and withered face.
"I said, I said..."
After a while, she was still a flesh and blood body, and she could not stand the torture and spoke.
"Go ahead."
Lu Luan threw her to the ground and asked coldly with his eyes lowered.
The female demon cultivator trembled her lips and asked weakly: "I said, can you give me a quick death?"
No matter who falls into the hands of the other, both the demon cultivator and the immortal cultivator know that there is no possibility of survival. As for begging for mercy and being let go, that is simply wishful thinking.
"Okay," Lu Luan nodded slightly.
The female demon cultivator said: "I don't have many companions, but I know where there are demon cultivators. I just don't know if you have the courage."
She naturally understood what Lu Luan's purpose was in finding out about other demon cultivators.
"Speak," Lu Luan had a blank expression on his face. Now that the other party had lost all his cultivation, he could tell at a glance whether he was lying.
"Four thousand miles northeast of here, there is an abyss that connects to the underground. There are underground creatures living in it. In a month, two demon sects will organize their disciples to train there. At that time, there will naturally be elders of the sects at the foundation-building stage to protect them."
"The Demonic Gate."
Lu Luan's eyes suddenly darkened, and he subconsciously felt that the other party was planning to harm him. Four thousand miles to the northeast, that is out of the range of this barren land. Further ahead, there are mostly sects of the demonic way.
"What are the names of those two demon sects and how strong are they?" Lu Luan asked.
"The Sha Yin Sect and the Gui Xuan Sect are just two small demon sects. The strongest ones are all half-step golden elixir, otherwise they would not choose the place closest to the territory of immortal cultivators for the trial." The female demon cultivator answered weakly.
"Sha Yin Sect and Gui Xuan Sect are indeed small sects."
Lu Luan muttered to himself. When he was inquiring about the traces of the demon cultivators in Falling Star City, he already had a certain understanding of the immortal and demon forces around the barren land.
The strength of the two sects mentioned by this female demon cultivator is indeed not very strong. If they really organized the disciples to come here for training, the gains would definitely be good if they could catch them all in one fell swoop.
"Tell me everything you know."
He then asked many more questions.
After a while.
"Die," seeing that there was nothing valuable left, Lu Luan kept his promise and killed her with a single blow.
After taking out the soul, it shattered the consciousness and threw it to the Demon Tree.
The soul of a demon cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building is definitely a great tonic for it.
The branches and leaves of the demon tree shook. It hadn't tasted the soul for a long time. The white roots spread out and wrapped it tightly.
Now that the wound on his soul has been suppressed, he dare not continue to use the soul-searching method.
"The abyss, the bottom of the earth..."
"It seems I have to find out more about it."
Lu Luan looked into the distance, his mind already moving. If it was really the disciples of the Demon Sect who came to train, then perhaps an elder in the middle stage of foundation building would appear at that time.
Capture them all. Not to mention what is in the storage ring, just handing over the corpses of these demon cultivators to the Immortal Sect will bring a lot of rewards.
Not to mention that it is a great tonic for the soul.
After making up his mind, he moved his hand and a ring appeared.
This is the storage ring of the demon cultivator.
After breaking the restriction on the surface, he sank his soul into it. After taking a quick look, he looked a little disappointed. It might be because his family’s funds were used to buy talismans, so there were not many spirit stones in it. Adding some miscellaneous things, he counted that there should be more than 200 spirit stones.
This demon cultivator does not have any magical treasures, otherwise, he would have gained more.
After counting the things, he was not in a hurry to exchange them, but flew to the place mentioned by the female demon cultivator. He had to find out clearly first.
He now has the confidence to give it a try. Even if there are changes, he will have no problem getting out of the situation safely based on his own strength.
Four thousand miles was not far for him, but after all, he was going to a place where most of the cultivators were demons. Flying too fast would be very conspicuous, so for safety reasons, he flew neither fast nor slow.
This went on until dawn.
According to the location provided by the female demon cultivator, a ten-mile-long and bottomless black abyss appeared before their eyes among the thousands of ravines underground.
"That's it."
Lu Luan concealed his aura and flew away. Soon he was standing in the forest far away from the abyss, looking forward.
He could feel that the gas gushing out from inside was filled with an aura that was incompatible with the external environment. It came from underground, very deep underground.
Due to the low terrain, the rivers in the mountains converge here, forming several huge waterfalls pouring down. Strangely, there is no echo, and the abyss seems bottomless, swallowing everything up cleanly.
"Hmm? There are demon cultivators."
As soon as he stopped, he saw some auras lurking on the cliff. He took a look and found that they were some minions at the eighth or ninth level of Qi Refining.
"The sect's attire and attire, it seems that the female devil did not lie to me, the two demon sects really intend to train their disciples down there."
The demon cultivators who were guarding them were too weak, and in his eyes there was no secret at all.
After standing at the edge for a while, Lu Luan jumped into the waterfall and fell downwards with the water flow.
Soon, the light disappeared, replaced by darkness.
Lu Luan released his soul and observed his surroundings.
He discovered that there were no living creatures on the surrounding cliffs at first, but as time went on, he could see plants of various shapes beginning to appear on the rocks, some of which could even emit light spots, providing a little precious light for the surrounding darkness.
The abyss seemed bottomless, and there was no echo of water falling to the ground.
Thousands of feet...
Two thousand feet...
Five thousand feet...
As he descended deeper and deeper, Lu Luan gradually felt a sense of oppression. The rules in some places underground seemed to be different from those outside.
Finally after diving to a depth of 40,000 feet.
A surge of hot breath came towards me.
Suddenly, a huge space came into view.
"arrive."
Seeing this, he realized that he had arrived.
Fly forward immediately.
Of course, he also felt the presence of a demon cultivator in the dark, but his strength was too weak and he couldn't be discovered at all.
This is a vast underground space, supported by countless tall natural stone pillars. The ground is scorching hot, with rivers made of magma flowing. There are also many unknown plants growing densely, absorbing the energy from the underground and emitting a faint soft light.
Lu Luan stood in mid-air and stretched out his hand. The surrounding air flow gathered in his palm. After feeling it for a while, he said to himself, "This underground is really barren, and the spiritual energy is thin. However, after cultivating the red flame and mysterious fire energy, I seem to feel like a fish in water in this scorching environment."
It was very hot underground, and he found that due to his practice, his aura could blend well into it.
This was an unexpected discovery.
After looking around, he muttered to himself, "The rules of this underground are unique. In this place, those below the eighth level of Qi Refining cannot fly at all. Also, the area covered by the Yuanshen is less than half. If we go deeper, it seems that even those at the Foundation Establishment stage will find it difficult."
Although he is already tens of thousands of feet underground, he knows that this is just the beginning. The underground creatures living hundreds of thousands or even millions of feet underground have extremely strong bodies and their strength can only be described as terrifying. Few cultivators dare to go to those places.
"puff!"
"Gah!"
Just as he was looking around the ground, a black gas flew past him, making a sharp roar. Looking closely, he found that it was hundreds of half-meter-long red-eyed bats gathered together and flew towards the dense woods on the ground.
After a while, many underground creatures were seen being eaten clean by this group of bats.
This underground space is very large, with mountains and rivers. Although there are stone pillars crisscrossing each other, it would look no different from the outside if it weren't for the dim light.
"This underground creature is a little different. I don't know what's so special about it."
Looking at the group of whirlwind-like bats in front, Lu Luan moved slightly and appeared inside.
These were only comparable to low-level monsters in strength. He just opened his hands slightly, and dozens of bats were imprisoned in his hands. The next moment, they all lost their lives.
Lu Luan's mind moved again, and he saw green beads the size of flowers flying out from the heads of these dead bats.
"These are their essence pills, right?"
Lu Luan looked at the things in his hand curiously. He knew that these little gadgets were the result of a bat’s essence. There was not a trace of evil spirit in them and they were full of rich essence.
"It is a treasure. If you use it to make an elixir, it can increase your physical strength and strengthen your physique and blood."
"Gah!"
After seeing these things, the eyes of the surrounding bats became even more bloodshot, and they let out shrill screams. Their eyes were full of appetite when they looked at these essence pills.
Lu Luan just waved his hand.
All the bats died.
After collecting all the essence pills, he took the most concentrated one and played with it in his hand.
After a while, looking down, he threw the essence pill down.
"Roar!"
Some low-level creatures on the ground seemed to be bewitched. They were peaceful a moment ago, but started fighting each other after the essence pill fell to the ground.
Soon, one of them grabbed the essence pill, and after swallowing it, his body began to tremble and his muscles kept twitching. It can be seen that his physique has become much stronger.
"I see."
After seeing this scene, Lu Luan roughly understood how the underground rules worked.
Weak creatures are like pigs, kept in captivity. When they mature, they are slaughtered by powerful beings and then take elixirs to increase their strength.
The underground environment is harsh, with spiritual energy scarce in most places. The rules of survival are much more cruel than on the surface, and low-level creatures can only be food.
Lu Luan continued to look around.
Although those elixirs are good things, their grade is too low. Even if there are hundreds of them, they are not worth many low-level spirit stones.
……
"Brother, why haven't the elders come yet? This underground is full of dangers. It feels uneasy to have only a few of us stationed here."
"Yes, and it seems that no sect has ever come here to train. If we disturb the great terrors in the deeper depths, we will all become their food."
In the forest, three disciples of the Demon Sect were each riding an underground monster and walking slowly.
Two were behind and one was in front. Compared to the two behind, the leading demon cultivator was much more stable.
After hearing what the two said, the man in front looked back and said calmly: "Since the elders have decided to come, they must have negotiated with the owner of this underground land. Don't worry about it. We will do whatever the elders say."
"It seems that the two demon sects are indeed preparing to train here."
Lu Luan stood in the distance, looking at the three people.
After a while, his figure disappeared.
Two hours later.
He came to an underground volcano.
"This is the place."
During this period of time, he has checked out the underground and has a full understanding of the terrain, which is very useful to him.
The main force of the Demon Sect hasn't arrived yet, so just find a place and wait quietly.
This volcano is obviously a good choice.
After standing still for a moment, he flew directly in. Although there were many underground creatures lurking in there absorbing energy from the magma, he ignored them.
After choosing a place where flames were boiling, he pushed his hand and the spear appeared, floating in the air. Runes on its surface glowed, absorbing some things from the magma to increase its power.
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