Chapter 157: Black Tortoise True Spirit! God of Thunder, Activate!
The small items everyone carried were quite numerous.
A flashlight about three fingers thick could provide sufficient illumination.
They then entered the cave.
The air carried a scent of dampness and mold, with the most distinctive feature being a pungent smell of sulfur.
After walking a short distance, two forks appeared.
Everyone looked at Bai Yu, wanting to see how he would choose.
After all, finding this place was largely related to him.
Bai Yu: ???
No! I’m really not an omnipotent god!
After thinking for a moment, he scratched his head, trying to recall the general direction of the resource point.
It seemed to be in the direction directly north of the cave.
He then walked towards the cave entrance ahead.
Everyone followed, maintaining as much quiet as possible.
However, after walking fifty meters, three forks appeared.
Bai Yu muttered softly, “It feels like they used natural caves and then excavated them.”
This time, without any further words, they continued forward!
But just as they were about to move forward, Bai Ling’s voice rang out: ‘There are demonic life forms in the passages on both sides.’
Hearing this, Bai Yu exchanged glances with the other team members, then pointed to both sides.
These were basic hand signals used by the Investigation Bureau.
During the hand signal communication, the third team did not hesitate at all.
They charged forward quickly!
Indeed, large fireballs came hurtling from the passages on both sides.
“Boom~!”
Due to the enclosed space within the cave, the scorching energy was instantly released but was completely blocked by the barrier.
“Roar~!”
Visible were large Hellhounds in the passages on both sides, along with those pointy-eared inferior demons, which could be called Inferior Demons.
Around Level Ten, combined with their physical strength and vitality, they could be considered to have the combat power of Level Twelve or Thirteen.
Bai Yu did not hesitate, directly unleashing a Thunder Movement, transforming into lightning, and charging forward.
“Boom~!”
As his figure reached the Hellhound, the Palm Lightning in his right palm, imbued with the immense Lightning Force from Thunder Movement, struck directly onto its forehead.
The dark red energy shield that had just appeared on the Hellhound was instantly torn apart by the terrifying, rampant lightning.
“Boom~!”
After the energy explosion, a small red wound appeared on the Hellhound’s forehead.
However, there were many side passages and small cave openings. From three openings on one side, three pointy-eared Inferior Demons, about half a meter tall, immediately pounced.
Bai Yu’s eyes narrowed, and he spun in mid-air, delivering a spinning back kick.
“Boom~”
The young Inferior Demon even tried to bite his leg.
But the lightning that flashed on his leg instantly struck the creature, and the terrifying force kicked it directly into the cave opening.
Bai Yu said nothing and let lightning erupt from his body.
Nine Heavens Thunder Domain, instantly formed!
Ten lightning balls converged.
Bai Yu glanced at the dense cave openings on both sides and said, “Taste the might of thunder!!!”
As soon as his voice fell, the ten lightning balls around Bai Yu directly shot into these cave openings.
Spiritual Art – Heavenly Thunder Summon followed closely.
“Boom~ Boom~ Boom~!”
Terrifying thunder illuminated the area.
However, the explosion of such violent energy in the narrow space also caused violent tremors.
Continuing to fight like this was clearly not a good idea.
“Roar~!”
Driven by the adult Inferior Demons, the Hellhound lunged towards Bai Yu.
Utilizing the power of the Second Page, Bai Yu’s hands transformed the lightning into a Gungnir.
This could be considered an evolution of his Second Page Spiritual Art – Gungnir ability, a weapon he could use long-term.
With the Long Spear in hand, Bai Yu thrust forward.
The Hellhound was also exceptionally ferocious, charging head-on.
“Boom~!”
The two forces clashed fiercely in the air.
Bai Yu exerted force, and over a dozen Heavenly Thunder Summons instantly condensed around him.
More than a dozen thick bolts of lightning shot forward.
Seeing the attacks heading towards them, the adult Inferior Demons immediately howled, and a special dark red energy appeared on their bodies.
Performing strange movements, a formation even appeared beneath their feet.
“Boom~ Boom~ Boom~!”
The violent lightning struck the Hellish Formation, but some of the rampant lightning penetrated it and struck the monsters.
Behind Bai Yu, Liu Feifei, Jiang Chen, and others stared intently at the surrounding cave openings, launching continuous attacks into them.
Li Yunbin’s Flying Sword shot out, directly breaking through the Inferior Demons’ formation.
“Puchi~”
He swiftly slew three Inferior Demons.
Seeing this, Bai Yu’s body flickered with lightning, and with a surge of strength, he thrust the Long Spear towards the opposing Spirit Yuan Realm Hellhound.
“Boom!!!”
The tip of the Long Spear suddenly released purple lightning, instantly piercing its defenses and striking the Hellhound.
The Hellhound was also sent flying by the terrifying energy, sustaining numerous wounds.
Bai Yu did not hesitate; the Dragon River Woman floated out, her ethereal white soul directly attacking the Hellhound.
Like a soul-devouring monster, it directly stunned the Hellhound.
A dark red soul body tore out.
This soul, carrying a hint of Hellish Aura, roared and fiercely resisted.
The Dragon River Woman clearly couldn’t control it.
However, three Purple Lightning Soul Devouring Thorns shot out.
Three purple lights shot out, and the extracted Hellhound soul felt a tremor in its soul.
But during the interval of Bai Yu’s attack, six black snake soul bodies, carrying a Hellish Aura, suddenly rushed out from the side caves.
They hissed and formed a small Hellish Formation, slightly affecting Bai Yu’s soul and making the lightning around him unstable.
At this moment, a white light floated out.
Bai Ling, with astonishing speed, swept around Bai Yu.
“Boom~!” A ripple spread out.
The six black snake soul bodies instantly shattered.
A cold voice echoed from the surrounding caves.
“Heh heh~ China Dragon?”
Meanwhile, the three Purple Lightning Soul Devouring Thorns had already pierced the Hellhound’s soul, leaving it severely wounded.
The Dragon River Woman also unceremoniously began to shred the soul carrying the Hellish Aura; this was definitely a great supplement for her!
Bai Yu’s eyes narrowed as he listened to the evil voice from within the cave.
He always kept Bai Ling and other means as his trump cards.
This way, he could fight more freely.
That attack just now was definitely from a peak Spirit Yuan Realm existence!
Moreover, the individual combat power of Demons was often very strong.
He was currently fighting on their home turf!
‘This is going to be a bit difficult.’
The others naturally heard the voice and immediately contracted their formation.
After Yu Rundong hammered seven or eight young Inferior Demons, he asked, “What do we do now? The enemy’s numbers and strength are unknown.”
Bai Yu recalled the intelligence about the resource point.
It was only about two hundred meters away, not far!
He just didn’t know if the cave would be particularly complex.
After hesitating for a moment, he quickly calculated his combat power.
Spirit Sea Realm corresponds to Level 26-50.
With the help of the Third Page, his current strength could definitely unleash combat power around Level 40.
The key was that his page had absorbed a large amount of Evil Energy from the Black Demon Ancestor, containing a lot of internal energy, and its duration would be very long.
His current physical carrying capacity was not weak, and he could last for a long time.
This was also why he dared to be reckless!
Moreover,
Looking at the dark caves around them, and the hidden Demon Race powerhouses.
Bai Yu sneered, “Heh heh~ Let me guess, you definitely don’t have any Spirit Sea Realm powerhouses here, and you must be hiding treasures, and they’re rushing to transport them away. Are you just trying to scare us off now?”
“Humans~ Come if you dare!”
Bai Yu suddenly roared, “Then I’m coming! Don’t you dare die from fear!”
As he spoke, the Gungnir in Bai Yu’s hand suddenly erupted with purple-gold lightning.
He exerted force with his right hand, like throwing a javelin, directly targeting a cave on the right and throwing it.
The purple-gold lightning shone brilliantly within this half-meter diameter cave.
“Puchi~”
The three young Inferior Demons inside died instantly.
Through the purple-gold light, Bai Yu saw a demon’s face about thirty meters deep.
With a loud “Boom~!”
The Gungnir exploded instantly.
Bai Yu didn’t stop; he said, “Follow me!”
With that, he charged forward into the main northern cave of the three-way fork.
This was clearly a decision not to continue engaging, but to head straight for the resource point and see what it was!
The others did not hesitate and immediately followed.
From the cave openings around the main path, many low-level Inferior Demons rushed out, clearly intending to obstruct them.
Bai Yu and the others did not engage in any prolonged fighting and charged straight in.
In the passage, the demon powerhouse who was attacked had a bloody and mangled right arm.
He had clearly mobilized all his energy just now, yet he couldn’t completely defend against the attack of this weak Qi Gathering Realm human!
The explosive power of the lightning was too great!
“Damn it! These human geniuses are growing more and more terrifying.”
Upon learning that these humans were heading deeper into the cave, he became even more enraged.
It was practically taunting him!
A few half-step Spirit Yuan Realm experts plus a group of Qi Gathering Realm cultivators dared to barge in.
They must be taught a lesson!
The speed of everyone was astonishing.
To be honest, they were a little scared of barging into a demon’s lair like this.
But sometimes, when emotions surged, they became fearless!
Bai Yu wasn’t just charging blindly.
His Second Page Tracking Technique could sense a vast amount of Hellish Energy ahead.
It was only after confirming the direction that he dared to charge.
Otherwise, if the cave were complex, the danger level would skyrocket.
As expected, after a journey of only 400 meters, descending about thirty to forty meters underground.
Bai Yu and the others arrived at an extremely spacious underground area.
To be precise, it was an underground lava zone!
Upon reflection, there were indeed active volcanoes in the Northern Mountain Range.
The visible area of lava was about 400 square meters, and a lava river extended into the distance.
The height difference in this area was about ten meters.
Around the lava, the walls were covered with special dark red crystals.
Zhao Bin exclaimed, “Hellstone! There’s quite a lot of it!”
Jiang Liyue pointed to a small flat area extending into the lava from the surrounding rock walls, slightly obscured by the distance.
“Gate of Hell! Demon Army!”
The place she pointed to indeed had dark red, swirling energy.
Li Yunbin shook his head and said, “This is just a small spatial fissure. It’s not enough to support the teleportation of troops from the Hell Realm. But… who knows about later!”
Regardless of whether they had taken a great risk this time, seeing the situation here, everyone was certain that this trip was absolutely worthwhile.
Allowing this place to develop further would be extremely dangerous!
Li Yunbin immediately said, “Since we’ve received the news, let’s leave quickly! Report this information.”
Sealing a spatial fissure was very difficult.
However, disrupting the fissure and creating spatial turbulence to prevent otherworldly creatures from crossing over was relatively easy.
But at this moment, the demon’s voice rang out, “Leave? Dream on!”
As he spoke, a colossal figure leaped out from the lava.
It was a giant serpentine demon monster with horns on its head!
The exposed part alone was eight meters long.
It opened its mouth and spewed out a massive blaze.
And behind everyone, a large group of Inferior Demons quickly blocked the entrance.
Bai Yu, naturally, held nothing back and waved his hand.
Blood Pi Xiu!
“Roar~!”
As soon as the Blood Pi Xiu appeared, it let out a roar, only to see a creature significantly larger than itself looking somewhat bewildered. Its roar weakened slightly, and it glanced at Bai Yu with a hint of intelligence, thinking that if there were no overseer, it would retreat.
However, under forced command, it still charged head-on.
“Boom~!”
Beneath Bai Ling, a formation also rapidly took shape.
Around the Hellish Snake, over a dozen small formations instantly appeared.
From within the formations, water dragons surged forth.
“Splash splash~!”
These water dragons collided with the lava snake, instantly producing steaming hot air, and its scales were somewhat damaged.
The damage was clearly not significant.
Hellish Snake, peak Spirit Yuan Realm, with combat power reaching Level 30!
Bai Ling was somewhat dejected; she had finally learned something new, only to encounter a significantly stronger existence.
Li Yunbin also immediately took action, beginning to tie down the giant Hellish Snake.
While attacking the Hellish Snake, Bai Yu also observed the battle behind him.
The troop strength in this underground cave was clearly not too great.
They could quickly leave!
Bai Yu pondered for a moment, looking at the troublesome Hellish Snake, which was furiously spewing lava.
And the possibility of other Demon powerhouses.
He suddenly thought of something.
Black Tortoise Shield!
The Black Tortoise True Spirit mentioned in the diary!
He and Bai Ling had tried it a few times with not much success, possibly due to insufficient strength.
But now it could be fully utilized!
In moments of crisis, potential is often unleashed.
“Bai Ling!”
Just a single name, without any communication in the Soul Sea, Bai Ling understood.
A dark green shield appeared.
“Boom!”
The shield rapidly enlarged, becoming a five-meter-tall, heavy shield that stood before everyone.
Bai Ling also transformed into a stream of light and merged into the Black Tortoise Shield.
“Buzz~!”
A giant turtle with two green snakes on its back appeared.
Bai Ling’s sentience was now controlling this Black Tortoise True Spirit. Upon seeing the Hellish Snake ahead, it instantly became enraged.
It opened its mouth and unleashed a charged attack akin to a Kamehameha.
“Roar~!”
A dark green spiritual light shot forward.
The Hellish Snake also spewed flames, and the two clashed.
Bai Yu’s eyes narrowed, and the newly formed Gungnir shot out again, aiming directly for its vulnerable spot.
The Black Tortoise True Spirit instantly increased its power.
“Boom~!”
The Hellish Snake exerted too much force, its abdomen turning incandescent, yet it still couldn’t suppress the Black Tortoise True Spirit.
The Gungnir struck its vulnerable spot with the force of thunder, causing a violent explosion.
Dark red blood splattered onto the Black Tortoise Shield, emitting a ‘sizzling’ corrosive sound.
Seeing this shocking scene, Yu Rundong and the others had no time to marvel.
Bai Yu said, “Withdraw quickly!”
As soon as his voice fell, sharp sword light erupted around Li Yunbin.
Originally intended for the Hellish Snake, it now cut a path towards their escape route, charging forward relentlessly!
“Puchi~ Puchi~”
These young Inferior Demons were instantly slain, blood splattering everywhere as they fled in disarray.
“Go!”
Li Yunbin led the charge, with Bai Yu covering the rear.
Yu Rundong was still in a daze; his teammate patted him, “Captain! It’s time to retreat!”
“Captain, can you learn something?”
“Exactly! Just go on a rampage.”
“Heh~! I’ll deal with you guys later!”
Everyone quickly poured into the passage.
Bai Yu, covering the rear, remained vigilant, ready to act if anything went wrong.
Immediately,
God of Thunder, activate!
