The night was dark, and the black mist floated and shrouded the Blackwater River. As time passed, it merged perfectly with the sky above indistinguishably.
The surroundings were as dead as usual late at night, and gradually even the slightest movement of the breeze stopped.
In the eyes of the soldiers who patrolled in the dark from time to time, everything seemed so normal.
Only a person standing on a large rock on a remote shore at a close distance can faintly see the blurry and silent figure meditating under the water.
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Deep under the river surface, He Gu unfolded his consciousness and dived at a steady speed.
As the depth gradually increases, the pressure exerted on it gradually increases, and the soul-absorbing power from the black water also increases simultaneously.
He had to make corresponding adjustments and continue to increase his ability to mobilize the Fire Spirit Seal in his body.
The fire spirit energy borrowed to protect the body surface shone slightly, which was only enough to illuminate a few inches around him. At the same time, as the small patch of light on the river above his head faded away, all that was left on the four sides was
The meager brightness is also rapidly attenuating, and the visual distance becomes shorter and shorter.
Soon, the discomfort reached the point where the palm of the hand could no longer be seen when the hand was straightened.
Considering that no matter how strong the light was at this depth, it would not be seen by people above the water, he, who had always been cautious, took out a huge luminous pearl for lighting purposes from his storage bag and held it in his hand.
Since the surrounding black water has a great attenuation effect on light, the light from the luminous pearl in the hand can barely illuminate a small area of one and a half feet in radius.
Although this range is only a drop in the ocean in the Borderless River and cannot be seen clearly, it is enough to give him a little reaction time when encountering a crisis when combined with the power of his divine consciousness.
All the way down, there is deathly silence, and the endless black water in the field of vision is always exuding a strong sense of depression.
The only thing that made him feel a little lucky was that the situation he had worried about in advance had not happened yet, because the deeper the water, the more spiritual energy of heaven and earth contained in the water that could be mobilized by the spiritual seal. At this time, the spiritual power of protecting the body was still maintained.
Seems a little more comfortable.
He continued to dive like this, and after about half an hour, the still and overflowing mud in the deep water finally slowly appeared in his eyes. At first glance, it looked uneven and dark red like blood.
It was only then that he clearly felt the slight tension in the protective energy hedging, approaching the limit of imbalance.
Seeing that he was almost at the bottom, He Gu immediately stopped his dive and hovered to carefully observe the surrounding situation.
The God on his shoulder looked at the hazy black water outside the small round shield in front of him, feeling the amazing erosion power of the small round shield, and his little eyes showed a bit of fear.
He reminded in a deep voice: "Be careful, it won't be a good idea if you are chased here..."
He agreed very much and did not dare to be careless. He nodded with a serious face and immediately put himself on alert.
After a while, there was still no abnormality in the surroundings, and then God asked: "Is the first mineral point you are looking for near here?"
He Gu shook his head first, and used a ray of consciousness to probe into the jade slips at the mine site to quickly check it. After a while, he replied: "It's about half an hour's walk to the northwest from here. If we speed up next
If you go fast..."
It was no coincidence that there were several large marked mineral points scattered in the far northwest and far southwest of where he was. It was only because he had heard the demon rat mention that there was something different in the northwest that he specifically chose a point in the northwest as a starting point.
the initial direction of exploration.
God saw the instability of He Gu's body-protecting energy at this time. He also knew the special abilities of the demons quite well. He knew that the strength of the ability to borrow the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was directly related to the physical strength of the owner. At this moment,
I couldn't help but feel worried for him.
Concern asked: "Going west means the water is deeper. Can you hold on?"
He Gu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he understood.
Just because the demon rat spent most of the time with him hiding in the escaping beads in the storage bag, naturally he had never seen him perform the secret technique of improving his physical fitness.
Realizing the crux of the problem, he didn't have time to think about it and immediately revealed the fact that he had the secret skill of Canglong's three transformations and the effect of improving his spiritual seal ability.
As long as they cooperate with the secret skill of Canglong's three transformations, the effect of the power of the spiritual seal can be briefly evolved. The large mineral points in the record are only dozens of feet deeper than the water bottom they are currently in. Compared with the improvement in physical fitness,
The enhancement amplitude of spiritual seal is basically not a problem in theory.
However, he estimated that it would be difficult to go to the deeper anomaly near the middle of the river that the demon rat mentioned.
He also informed the demon rat of this prediction in a simple sentence.
After hearing the words, Tianye came back to his senses, but he was suddenly surprised.
"What, what, what?! Where did you get that thing?"
He Gu felt a little confused, but he still succinctly told the whole story of his encounter with the old devil on Demon Prisoner Island in a few words.
"You actually met that old gambler... He actually gave you this rare secret skill for free..." Tianye was surprised again and again, with a look of sadness on his face.
Then it rubbed its chin with its little black paws, and muttered to itself: "The secret skill of the three transformations of the Canglong... This is said to be the handiwork of that clan. This stingy old gambler is probably secretly betting on something strange.
It's a strange situation that makes me so willing..."
He Gu suddenly realized that the old demon was not an old gambler, one of the five elders of the demon clan. He had vaguely guessed this based on the demon rat's introduction to the Yin-Yang Demon Couple when he was in the East Dao Domain's Void Realm.
But he didn't say this out loud at the time.
Regarding the old demons he met under the dark abyss of Demon Prison Island, although he also hated the demons, he still felt a lot of gratitude to them out of personal principles, and his emotions were quite contradictory.
This is also the reason why he didn't take the initiative to mention it before.
After Tian Ye muttered in his heart, he couldn't help but remind him: "That old ghost is unscrupulous in his actions, both good and evil. If you encounter him again in the future, you must be careful not to follow his path."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! He also explained in advance: "As for the abnormality in the river, just take it one step at a time. If it doesn't work, forget it. There is no need to gamble with your life."
He Gu didn't think too much and just wrote them all down in his mind.
After confirming that the strange soul-absorbing power in the boundary river water would not hinder their actions for the time being, one man and one mouse no longer hesitated and immediately set off and accelerated towards the first marked large mineral point.
Along the way, He Gu maintained the original horizontal depth, and as he moved closer to the west, the muddy river bottom that was originally visible gradually faded out of his field of vision, and soon became completely invisible.
He did not rush to use Canglong's secret skill to continue diving, but chose to directly ignore the unexplored abyssal stone deposits that might exist in the process, saving his spiritual energy and rushing straight to the target point.
About half an hour later, he stopped above the big mark recorded on the ore jade slip.
"No suspicious movement was found. Go down slowly. I will help you keep an eye on the surroundings. You should be careful when you approach." Tianye's consciousness spread from below, covering the surrounding area tightly, and said in a serious tone in a low voice.
He Gu nodded, controlled his body and began to dive slowly.
Not long after, when he was about halfway to the river bottom detected by his spiritual consciousness, the protective energy on his body finally reached the imbalance limit, and his own spiritual power and the borrowed spiritual energy on the body began to become messy and dangerous.
With a thought in my mind, I quickly performed the first of Canglong's three transformations.
As 20% of the spiritual power in his body was instantly drained, a rapid sense of strengthening acted on his entire body. The surface of his skin quickly condensed and was covered with a layer of blood-red spiritual power scales, and his muscles, bones, flesh and blood suddenly became hard.
He couldn't help but let out a deep dragon roar.
In an instant, the protective energy on his body stabilized.
Feeling the faint aura of the blue dragon that seemed to be somewhat friendly and repulsive, the God on his shoulders did not dare to be distracted, but he couldn't help but look sideways.
Seeing that the situation was stabilized, He Gu breathed a sigh of relief and continued to control his body to dive slowly.
Gradually, the dark red mud that had disappeared from his field of vision gradually reappeared.
As the visible silt range becomes larger and larger, a large silt bottom that looks like a gully, with a lower middle and higher sides comes into view.
It was very consistent with the description of large unmined mineral spots in the ore jade slips, which made his eyes light up and he couldn't help but feel happy.
According to the records on the jade slips of mineral deposits seized from the unlucky devil, mineral deposits of various sizes of abyssal stone are buried in the mud of such strange ravines. The ravines can be as small as a few feet wide and as large as several feet wide, corresponding to different amounts of deposits.
The Abyssal Stone Mine Site.
He scanned it with his consciousness again and again, and threw a few spiritual stones in to test it. After repeatedly confirming that there was nothing abnormal, He Gu took out the pickaxe he had prepared in advance from the storage bag.
Holding a luminous pearl in one hand and a special pickaxe in the other, he turned upside down and turned head down, holding his breath and slowly approaching.
As long as there is any movement in the mud, he will retreat immediately without hesitation.
Tianye, who was originally standing on He Gu's shoulder, also took advantage of the situation and moved to stand on the back of his right shoulder. While it was alert to the situation near and far around, it also carefully monitored the situation under the gully and mud.
It had carefully examined the place below with its spiritual consciousness before, and had not noticed any abnormalities. Moreover, if necessary, it could use its space-jumping ability at the risk of being discovered by the tribe, so it did not say anything more.
Soon, with one person and one mouse secretly on guard, He Gu safely arrived at the muddy bottom of the gully.
With sharp eyes, he immediately discovered a small white light spot with slight refraction on the right side. It shone slightly as if some kind of smooth surface had been illuminated by the luminous pearl in his hand. Once the angle was wrong, the light spot would disappear.
After all, we are in a dangerous place, so we don't dare to be careless.
Seeing that the dark red mud around him was still calm, he slowly moved over and carefully touched it with the tip of a pickaxe.
The moment he touched it, there was a hard feeling like ore, and he suddenly felt refreshed.
At this point, he became more courageous, and in a few clicks he used a pickaxe to dig out a large hole around it.
As the muddy water that had been stirred and floated returned to calm, irregular jet-black jade stones the size of eggs were embedded tightly with black rocks. The spots were cylindrical, and most of them were exposed.
It looks like a stone pillar driven into the earth with more than twenty jet black jade stones densely embedded in it.
It never looks like it was born naturally.
Use a pickaxe to knock off one of the top pieces. Your hands feel cold to the bone and you quickly put them into a storage bag.
Seeing that there was still no unusual movement around him, He Gu felt relieved for a moment, and without having time to think about it, he picked the pieces out one by one and put them into his bag without stopping.
He originally thought that all the black stone pillars extending all the way down were covered with abyssal stones embedded in the surface, but to his slight disappointment, when he dug to the forty-ninth block, there were no more abyssal stones in the stone pillars further down.
Already.
Unbelieving and digging a very deep distance, He Gu finally gave up, packed up his things and swam upstream out of the deep pit.
"This is rather like one of the components of some kind of formation..."
The demon rat stood on He Gu's shoulder, looking back at the black stone pillar that had been "ravaged" by He Gu and had pits on its top, and it was upright and had no idea how long it was at the bottom. It thought for a long time and suddenly spoke out.
He Gu Zhengyi was still not finished and was immediately shocked by these words.
If this black stone pillar is really one of the components of some kind of man-made formation, then according to the known number and distribution of mineral points recorded on the ore jade slips, wouldn't it mean that there is an unknown and strange huge formation in the abyss river?