After close inspection, Hero still couldn't detect any soul energy from the blood sample.
'Shouldn't...'
This would not happen if it were the blood of a magician.
Scenarios that can make a magician injured and bleed are at least high-intensity battles or sudden attacks.
But either method will prompt the injured person to activate their soul energy to perform defensive soul techniques, leaving more or less traces of soul energy fluctuations.
What's more, in this wind and snow, the chance of blood being buried is much greater than the soul being dissipated.
It makes no sense that there is blood and no soul to be able to fluctuate. It is more like a civilian left behind.
But how could civilians come to this place?
Hero's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he thought of some possibility.
"The other party also has foreign aid? They carry similar physical puppets used for divine descending, but there are other possibilities." The old man came over and analyzed at this time.
This is what experience means. Having an elder in the family is like having a treasure.
The old man saw the suspicion in Hero's mind at just one glance, and deduced that he had traveled far and wide in his youth and had seen much more than the two of them had.
Holo carefully checked the nearby snow, and found that there was no other situation. It might have been that the wind and snow were too heavy at some point, covering it up.
After thinking about it, he raised his spear and pulled back the newly accumulated snow on the upper layer.
The tip of the spear made a crisp sound as it cut through the snow.
And when he explored to about five steps to the right front of the blood stain, the tip of the spear used to explore the path sank in instantly.
"It's empty down there!" Byrne exclaimed. Judging from the extent of the snow collapse, the space is huge!
The surrounding areas were surrounded by blasted plots. The plots were irregularly erected. It was normal for there to be depressions in some places, but no one expected that there would be an underground space similar to a cave.
"Come and take a look, this place doesn't seem to be naturally formed." Holo's words aroused interest in the two of them.
Flames rose under his feet, melting the snow around the depression, and a regular round hole that seemed to have been cut out by a sharp tool appeared in front of several people.
"It's definitely not the traces left by the original fight. It seems like someone opened an underground passage. It's very deep below and there's a lot of space to listen to the sound."
Byrne controlled the wind flow to go in and spin around, and then quickly summoned it out.
"Who would open an underground passage here, or so soon after the incident?"
Cleaning up the troops, or other apprentices competing for conditions?
The silent old man suddenly spoke:
"I think we can go and see. No matter which side, the ultimate goal is the same."
"That's right. No matter which party comes here, they are all carrying the orders of the tower."
"It might be safer and more secluded to go down below. I... always feel that there is something strange near that city. If you pass directly by it, something bad might happen."
The old man's clay pot unexpectedly showed a serious expression.
"Believe me, my spiritual sense has saved me countless times! Otherwise, it wouldn't be the old man's turn to survive in the bottom market. Find out how many storms the Detroit grocery store has experienced, and it is a time-honored brand!"
As if to verify his conjecture, a rumbling sound came from nowhere in the sky above the snowy field, like a thunderbolt in the clear sky.
But I haven't seen anything unusual.
The road ahead is like a swamp that can swallow people.
"Can Lilith go down there?" Hero was worried about Lilith's size.
"Go down and investigate first. If the tunnel passage can tolerate the size of two people, Lilith can also reduce the number of wooden limbs as a vehicle, but the speed will decrease accordingly."
Hero took out his shield [Master Guardian]. The Kong Shield's function played a huge role in this small space. The spear handle of [Takiri's Spear] fit perfectly on the shield.
With the moon energy lighting up at the tip of the spear, Hero jumped down.
A smell of fresh earth appeared, and Hero looked inside through the moonlight.
"There is a passage inside! It is spacious enough, but I think if Lilith comes down, our space will be very narrow, and we may need to shrink a bit."
After Hero finished speaking, Byrne jumped down and held the Fengliu Bow behind the shield.
The tacit partners decided to explore a certain distance first, and then ride on Lilith's wooden limb vehicle after understanding the structure here.
The underground passage is not deep compared to the snow layer above, about five meters away. The main reason is that the land is tilted up, resulting in a good entrance angle.
Perfect cover and more suitable for sneaking.
The entire passage seemed to have been penetrated by a shield machine, and the permafrost section of the lower layer was very regular. It must have been forcibly excavated with some kind of large pseudo-horcrux. Soul magic and soul beasts cannot be so neat.
There are still some scattered soul energy fluctuations hidden in the moist soil left under the feet.
The types are not mixed.
After walking some distance forward, you can see the metal frames installed on the frozen soil on the left and right sides. From a mechanical point of view, they are perfect. These metal frames support this node and prevent it from collapsing easily.
"They have plans and preparations. It seems they attach great importance to this channel and have plans to prevent ground tremors."
"They have not given up here. This is not a one-time place. It is their retreat." Byrne analyzed that if it was a one-time place, they would not prepare so much.
"That's right, there will probably be a warning spirit spell." If it is used as a retreat, he would be cautious.
At this time, the old man finished processing Lilith's body shape and rushed over from behind. Hearing the discussion between the two, he interrupted:
"It's a joke, I have participated in the research on the pioneering soul technique of [War Tower]. When Lilith's wooden limbs are in direct contact, any warning soul technique can be detected in advance!"
But this time, Holo sat at the front, and the two lines of contradiction were used to open the way.
This passage did not intersect or fork, proving that the diggers had a clear goal from the beginning.
"Stop!" After traveling a certain distance, the old man shouted softly, and at the same time he forced Lilith's wooden limbs to lift up and dig into the frozen soil on both sides. The huge friction force forced the inertial speed to stop.
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"What's wrong?" Byrne was still confused, but Hero was keenly aware that something was wrong ahead.
"The previous passage was very depressing because of the small space, but the first section gave me a sense of enlightenment."
The old man shook the clay pot and explained.
Sure enough, when the old man controlled the wooden limb to penetrate the frozen soil for a while, he discovered an imperceptible soul energy wave brewing on the ground not far ahead.
The old man jumped down and looked carefully, and after a while he sneered: "There is good news or bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
"Let's hear the bad news first and lower our expectations first."
"The bad news is that this group of people is very strong, they are skilled in setting up warnings, and they have high attainments in related spiritual arts. If I hadn't been here, you two would definitely have been tricked."
"Old man, you are too good at boasting."
"Humph, old man, do I need to lie?" The clay pot shook and made a rustling sound.
In just the blink of an eye, the warning spirit technique hidden in the frozen soil shone brightly and was instantly destroyed.
The means are evident.
"What about the good news?"
"The good news is that the method is not the clean-up team of the [Mass Tower]. They are apprentices like you...you can kill them at will." There was a murderous tone from the pottery jar.
"Don't be so scary, Old Beibi!"
"Put Lilith away. Since there is already a warning spirit spell, the exit should not be far away." Holo suggested.
"Okay, just go ahead and I will remind you if there is a warning spirit technique. I am already familiar with their techniques." The old man said confidently.
There was no warning point in the next section of the road. After passing a curved corner, a frozen soil pile appeared in front.
There was a faint light coming from above.
Hero was delighted. It seemed that he had reached the exit. He secretly calculated the distance he had traveled before and found that he had already walked through the city for some distance.
He stepped forward, held his shield in front of his chest to prevent accidents, and at the same time thrust forward with a spear with stuck holes.
Ding! A crisp sound.
There is actually a metal door at the end of this passage!
Holo knocked down the pile of frozen soil with a sweeping sweep, revealing a vaguely rusty metal iron door. The sides of the iron door were firmly embedded in the surrounding frozen soil.
When the strongest door cannot be opened, the wall next to it becomes relatively weak.
Following this idea, Hero tried to thrust, hoping to pierce the surrounding frozen soil.
But three or four times in a row, they all touched hard objects.
"Hiss~ This thing is big enough. Their storage equipment is so big? It can actually bring a metal door over?"
The old man stepped forward: "Don't use brute force for everything. Unlocking requires skills. Isn't it just a door?"
"Then come, I didn't see the keyhole anyway."
This metal door is extremely hard, with no cracks or keyholes, and not even a soul spell formula written on the surface can be seen.
He even thought it was a big iron ingot.
The old man came up to take a closer look and found the faint outline of the logo on a rust stain.
After taking out a special ink and applying it carefully, the rust dissipated a bit and the logo became clearer.
"Is this...a sign? Where have I seen this monster? What organization does it belong to?"