After five days of escaping according to the map, Luo Hong and the others finally approached the entrance.
In order to save time during this period, Luo Hong personally dealt with any monsters without eyes that attacked.
Although there are many monsters at the Nascent Soul level among the attacking monsters, and the enemies are greatly enhanced by the energy of darkness in the abyss, as soon as the white dragon evil spirit comes out, all of them will die instantly.
It's a pity that due to the huge difference in cultivation, the White Dragon Evil Spirit did not gain much evil energy from the killing.
Seeing Luo Hong paving the way so easily, Cao Shu and Lei Jiao couldn't help but feel relieved.
On this day, after a group of demonic insects were burned out by the White Dragon Evil Spirit with Yang evil white flames, Cao Shu couldn't help but let out a sigh, turned his palm and took out the map.
"It's strange. The map clearly shows that this dank forest extends all the way to the entrance, but why does the vegetation in front suddenly become so sparse?"
Hearing this, Luo Hong and Lei Jiao couldn't help but follow Cao Shu's line of sight and saw an obvious dividing line in the distance.
On one side is a dense and lush forest, while on the other side is a dead land with sparse dead trees.
In the abyss of the earth, his spiritual consciousness was extremely restricted, and Luo Hong could only explore about a hundred feet, so he was unable to figure out the reason for such a change at the moment.
But using his spiritual eyes to scan it, he could see that the dead land covered a very wide area, and it would probably take three or four days to take a detour.
"There may be powerful monsters from below. Let's try not to disturb them and pass through there quickly.
If it’s bad luck, consider it bad luck!”
It was impossible for Luo Hong to take a detour just because of a slight accident, and he ran straight forward as soon as his eyes were focused.
As they approached the entrance, the two women didn't want to take a detour. After all, taking a detour might encounter other accidents, and it might not be as easy as crossing here.
So, after another cup of tea, the three of them had already reached the sky above the mysterious place of death.
Suddenly, the smell of blood hit your nose, announcing the danger of this place.
"Why are there so many monsters from the abyss who died here, and the conditions of death are still the same?!"
Lei Jiao frowned slightly, looking at a corpse not far away that was half buried in the soil, with its mouth and nose full of coagulated blood.
"They must have been attacked from underground, but why did they only kill them but not eat them?"
Cao Shu was also very confused at this moment.
Luo Hong saw all these abnormalities, but his current interest in the land was more than those monster corpses.
"The spiritual energy was extracted so arrogantly that the land began to turn into desert. Could it be that this is a blood-eating sacrifice site?"
Luo Hong knew very well that although it would still be three hundred years before the four demon kings of the Abyss entered the land of the Styx, their preparations for this had already begun.
In the plan of the four demon kings, a large amount of blood food is essential to enter the land of Styx.
The person responsible for this matter was none other than Mu Qing, one of the four. The method she used was to arrange giant spirit flowers all over the abyss to kill the monsters in all layers of the abyss.
In order to ripen these giant spirit flowers, Mu Qing also used methods to extract a large amount of earth spirit energy around them, so that when Han Laomo encountered one of them three hundred years later, the area had turned into a large desert!
The more Luo Hong thought about it, the more he realized that this was the case, so he immediately changed his mind and said:
"It seems that there are gregarious and extremely murderous monsters entrenched underground. It would be unwise to actively provoke them. We'd better take a detour and avoid the central area of this dead land."
Although the Giant Spirit Flower and the resentful ape beast attached to it were not taken seriously by Luo Hong, destroying them would definitely attract the attention of Muqing Demon King.
Before retrieving Yuan Yao, Luo Hong did not want to be exposed in the eyes of these demon kings.
Seeing that "Jie Yuan" suddenly became cautious, the two girls were a little surprised, but they still couldn't get what they wanted. They immediately followed Luo Hong and fled away without saying a word.
Later, due to a roundabout connection, the three of them arrived at the entrance to the second floor without incident, although it took them half a day longer.
After briefly looking at the huge gap covered with ivy at his feet, Luo Hong took the lead and flew down.
But just as the three of them were heading to the second level of the Abyss, there was a sudden movement near a crystal green hill deep in the Abyss.
I saw a ferocious dragon with a length of several hundred feet and covered with blood scales flying out of the mountain. In a flash of inspiration, it transformed into a middle-aged Confucian scholar.
"Brother Jin, you know that Xueyuan is busy with sacrificial matters, why are you so anxious to call me here?"
As soon as he finished changing his body shape, the middle-aged Confucian scholar showed a look of hesitation on his face.
"It's a very important matter. If it weren't for the critical moment when the master is collecting blood food, I should have reported this matter directly. But for now, I can only let Brother Blood work hard."
An old voice came from the green hill. Although the tone was polite, the words undoubtedly meant that the "master" was suppressing the blood dragon.
The middle-aged Confucian scholar understood this very well, but he only dared to be secretly angry.
After all, he knew very well that he could never compare to the other person's status in his master's mind.
"As long as Brother Jin speaks for Xue when the master calls him to task in the future, it won't be a big deal even if it takes a lot of hard work.
So, what exactly is Brother Jin entrusting you with?"
"Brother Xue, please come in and talk."
As soon as the old voice fell, a portal appeared on the green mountain wall, and there was a plaque on it with the three characters "Wood Spirit Cave" written on it.
However, it was obviously not the first time for the middle-aged Confucian scholar to come here. He immediately flew in without changing his expression, and then came all the way to the outside of a courtyard with many restrictions.
The middle-aged Confucian scholar cast his light a hundred feet away from the courtyard without any intention of entering.
Then a golden light flashed by, and a three-foot old ape with a golden body suddenly appeared at the courtyard gate.
This golden-haired old ape carries two crossed daggers on his back, has a half-inch white beard under his chin, his eyes are dark and lively, and he has a solemn look on his face.
Compared with the middle-aged Confucian scholar in the late stage of Xu refining, the aura of the golden-haired old ape is three points stronger. He is obviously at the peak of Xu refining!
"Brother Xue, you have been with the master for some years. You shouldn't have forgotten that the master was almost robbed before, right?"
As soon as the golden-haired old ape spoke, he told the middle-aged Confucian scholar not to have any more unnecessary thoughts, and immediately said with concentration:
"How could I forget that that time the master blew up half of his own vitality to repel the invading enemy? His injuries have not healed yet!"
"Just remember, something happened to the master last time. It's my fault that I fell into the evil thief's trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain!
Although the master did not blame me afterwards, I felt extremely guilty for this, so I specifically asked the master for a command spell.
This command spell can sense some of the spiritual objects that the evil thief took away from the courtyard back then, and it actually responded not long ago!"
As he said that, the golden-haired old ape turned over his palm and took out a black wooden sign. The green runes on it were flashing slightly.
"There is such a thing. So the evil thief back then has returned to the abyss. Does Brother Jin know his general location?!"
The middle-aged Confucian scholar immediately realized the importance of this matter and asked quickly.
"This person is not on our level. I sensed a faint breath through a Giant Spirit Flower.
And the Giant Spirit Flower is near the entrance from the first floor to the second floor. It seems that the man has already descended to the second floor of the Abyss.
As long as we are on the same floor, this command spell wooden tablet can be sensed. I must guard the master's body here, and the only one who can take on this important task at the moment is Brother Xue!"
After the golden-haired old ape explained, he threw the black wooden sign to the middle-aged Confucian scholar.
"Brother Jin, don't worry, Xue will definitely capture that man!"
The middle-aged Confucian scholar immediately raised his hand and said in assurance.
"It's not necessary to capture him. That person can escape completely after the owner's body explodes with half of his energy. His cultivation level is definitely not weaker than that of you and me.
But he shouldn’t be from the Abyss, so you can follow him with the help of geography and find out who he was ordered by!”
Rather than alerting the snake, the golden-haired old ape wanted to find out for his master who was plotting against her. This person was most likely one of the other three demon kings!
"I know, I'll leave now!"
The middle-aged Confucian scholar nodded in agreement, and then turned into a streak of blood and escaped out of the green hill.
"Given such a God-given opportunity, I must make up for my past mistakes!"
After muttering to himself slightly excitedly, the golden-haired old ape cast another spell to summon another subordinate of his master.
For such an important matter, he would not place all his hopes on the blood poisonous dragon.
On the other side, the middle-aged Confucian scholar suddenly stopped after escaping from the Wood Spirit Cave for thousands of miles.
I saw him with a very ugly look on his face as he kneaded his hands, and soon his chest and abdomen bulged, and a meat ball the size of a fist came out of his mouth.
This flesh ball grew in the wind, and within a few breaths it sprouted arms and legs, turning into a bloody man who looked exactly like a middle-aged Confucian scholar.
"Hurry to the fifth floor and ask for help from that man. I am no match for Yu!"
The middle-aged Confucian scholar ordered in a cold voice.
The bloody man didn't say anything when he heard this. He just nodded his head and went straight into the ground, disappearing without a trace!
One day later, from a crack on the top of the second floor of the abyss, three figures rushed out against the violent black wind.
Before they could observe their surroundings, a group of mature golden-backed mantises chased out of the crack.
This ferocious insect, which ranks seventy-three on the list of strange insects in the world, can reach the height of the late Nascent Soul when it matures!
Coupled with their innate magical powers and the environment of the abyss, it would be difficult for ordinary monks in the early stages of becoming gods to deal with just one, let alone a group of more than thirty of them.
"These evil beasts, Xie doesn't want to tangle with them in the cracks, but they think Xie is easy to bully!"
Luo Hong felt annoyed when he saw this, and immediately with a thought, he mixed the Shenfeng Shadowless Sword with the five-color lightsaber, and slashed towards the swarm of insects with a slap on his face!
These golden-backed demon mantises could only sense the aura of the five-color lightsaber, so they didn't know how powerful it was. Instead of relying on their own speed to dodge, they directly waved two golden arm blades to attack each other!
So, the next moment, there was a rain of insects in the sky, and these thirty or so golden-backed mantises were cut into pieces by the sword light almost at the same time!
Cao Shu was immediately shocked when she saw this. She had fought with these demonic insects when she was escaping in the cracks. Without noticing, she almost had her own spiritual treasure smashed into pieces by the enemy.
As a result, "Jie Yuan" only used the most common magical power of the lightsaber to cut off the arm blades of these demonic insects. It was simply incredibly powerful!
Maybe the gap between him and me is bigger than I originally thought. Cao Shu thought silently.
"Senior Brother Xie, don't you want any of the materials from these monster insects?"
Compared to Cao Shu, Lei Jiao didn't have so many ideas at this time. After all, she thought she was far from "Jie Yuan".
When she saw that the other party had withdrawn his magical power and was about to continue on his way, she couldn't help but flash her eyes.
"Xie Xie doesn't need those materials. If Junior Sister Lei is interested, she can just collect them on her own, but it's best to move quickly."
Luo Hong doesn't care about authenticity.
"Then thank you so much, Senior Brother Xie. If we can use the golden blades of those monster insects to refine a set of spiritual treasures, and cooperate with the thunder attribute skills practiced by Junior Sister, we will definitely be able to exert great power!"
After explaining with a smile, Lei Jiao quickly ran towards the falling insect corpses.
"Senior Sister Cao, please take the opportunity to show the map to Xie Xie now. In addition to completing the trial this time, Xie Xie also wants to obtain two kinds of spiritual materials, one of which should be available on the second level."
After scanning the surroundings with his spiritual eyes and confirming that there was no danger, Luo Hong suddenly faced Cao Shu and said.
"What kind of spiritual material is it? Before the trial, I read many family books about the abyss. I have an understanding of the spiritual materials that will be produced in the first three levels."
As Cao Shu said that, he took out the map, and with a spell, the forest sea above turned into a second-level mountain and river.
"What Jie is looking for is the Xuanbing Evil Crystal. This object will only appear in places where the ice evil aura is extremely strong.
And Jie remembers that there happens to be a land of ice evil in the second layer of the abyss."
Luo Hong explained while scanning the map.
"Junior brother Xie remembered correctly, there is indeed a land of ice evil here, and it's not far from us.
However, based on the aura there, it is estimated that it would take ten to twenty thousand years to condense a Black Ice Evil Crystal, and this crystal is the best advanced auxiliary object for ice evil monsters. Basically, as soon as it appears, it will be attacked by the ice evil monsters.
Use it, Junior Brother Xie, it’s best not to have too much hope.”
Cao Shu didn't lie, she did know the situation on the upper three levels of the abyss very well.
"No problem, it's our way anyway. If we can't find Jie, we can go to the Cold Corpse Pond on the third floor to try our luck."
The lack of these two spiritual materials will only reduce the accuracy of the astral teleportation array. It is not impossible to use it if there are alternatives. Of course Luo Hong is not in a hurry.
Hearing this, Cao Shu couldn't help but frown. She remembered the dangerous black mist forest near the third level of Cold Corpse Pond.
That was one of the places that the family ancestor repeatedly warned her not to approach before she came for the trial!
Thinking of this, Cao Shu immediately wanted to remind "Jie Yuan" one or two things.
But at this moment, a spiritual light suddenly flashed across the horizon, and soon a dull rumble came.
"That's someone fighting!"
His spiritual consciousness cannot be far away from his body, so Cao Shu could only see some light and shadow of Mo Lake with his spiritual eyes.
"It has nothing to do with us, just leave."
The reason why Luo Hong brought Cao Shu and Lei Jiao was just to repay the favor. He didn't care about the life or death of the other Fei Ling Holy Sons.
"But they seem to be coming towards us. It must have been the light of my junior brother's sword that attracted them."
The aura in Cao Shu's eyes dimmed, and he suddenly said with a look of displeasure on his face.
Although she is not as cold as Luo Hong, she doesn't like to be forcibly dragged into the water.
"It seems that the magical power belongs to the Chirong tribe. Brother Xie, should we avoid it?"
At this time, Lei Jiao also packed up the insect corpses and flew back. She knew very well that with her identity, she would definitely conflict with Holy Son Chi Rong, so she immediately suggested.
While he was talking, the firelight on the horizon got much closer. At this time, Luo Hong seemed to have discovered something, and suddenly the corner of his mouth curled up and said:
"How can we not save them if we are of the same race? Let's go and help them!"