Zhao Feng threw an overturned table aside. On the wall of the passage, a map was drawn in demon characters.
The characters of the Yao clan are not like Chinese characters. The characters are characters and the patterns are patterns. Instead, the characters and patterns are mixed together.
People who don't know the inside story will definitely think that the demon characters are like hieroglyphs.
"Brother Ji, the tunnels here extend in all directions. We can't finish it with you in a short time. Moreover, the demon guards have been alerted. Sooner or later they will know what happened here."
Zhao Feng said as he drew the tunnel map he knew and distributed it to Ji Antai and others.
"Here, the lines are the passages, the small circles are the warehouses, the crosses are the areas where guards are stationed, and the arrows are the entrances and exits!"
Zhao Feng didn't have time to draw the map exactly as it was, just simple lines and symbols.
"Brother Zhao, let's take a closer look to see if there are any good things. If not, we will go directly to Jinshan Fort along the tunnel. No one knows if the demon clan has any deadly traps in these tunnels."
Ji Antai and others often take risks and are deeply aware of the consequences of greed, so they all agree to choose the nearest road at will and reach Jinshan Fort as soon as possible. It is not safe to stay underground.
Zhao Feng and Ji Antai chose the tunnel heading north, which contained the most warehouses. At the same time, they asked Luo Xin to take three people through another tunnel that also had warehouses to see what was there, and then turned back to catch up.
Next, there were seven or eight warehouses in the two tunnels, none of which contained anything of value, mostly food, weapons, armor and the like.
"Brother Zhao, this is the last warehouse. If it's still food, we have to leave as soon as possible!"
"Um!"
Luo Xin led someone to open the warehouse door. Zhao Feng suddenly pushed the two people who opened the door away. With a few whooshes, several crossbow arrows hit the wall opposite the warehouse door.
"There is a mechanism here, everyone, be careful!" Ji Antai hurriedly reminded everyone.
This warehouse is not simple. The opened door is just a disguise. Behind the door, there are turning boards, pits, and knife formations.
"Everyone, move quickly. The mechanism here has been triggered, and the entire nearby structure is changing. If we don't move, we will be trapped!"
Zhao Feng discovered that behind the wall here, there was not soil, but a whole rock, and the vibrations coming from the underground showed that the demon clan had begun to change the underground structure.
Everyone hurriedly ran forward along the tunnel. Less than ten feet away, a thousand-jin gate dropped from the tunnel in front of them. Zhao Feng rushed over and held the thousand-jin gate with both arms.
"Hurry over!"
Ji Antai and others hurriedly passed through, but the tunnel walls in front began to close. According to the number of people and the speed of everyone's advance, the tunnels in front would close together before everyone passed.
The situation was critical, Zhao Feng hurriedly took out the tunnel digging tools again and opened a tunnel leading to another passage.
In this way, after seven or eight changes of route, more than an hour later, Zhao Feng and others were finally safe.
"It's not far from the exit. The exit in front is the farthest from Jinshan Fort, so it should be relatively safe."
After all this fuss, Zhao Feng became a little anxious. Fortunately, it was not far from the exit.
"Brother Zhao, according to the map, after we go out, we should have arrived at the foot of Jinshan Mountain. According to the monsters who have been here, there are no mountains and forests here, and it is easy to be exposed. After we go out, we must be more careful!"
Everyone was about to go to the exit, planning to open a passage somewhere. As they walked, no monsters appeared in front of them, but instead the mutilated corpses of the monsters appeared.
"Stop!" Zhao Feng, who was walking at the front, suddenly signaled everyone to stop.
Ji Antai walked over and was stunned when he saw the changes in the tunnel: "Brother Zhao, this tunnel seems to have been destroyed by some wild beast!"
The tunnel that appeared directly in front of Zhao Feng and others has completely changed. The passage that can accommodate up to four people in parallel has turned into an irregular hole. The original tunnel leading to the exit is gone, replaced by one leading underground.
circular burrow.
There was a faint smell of blood coming from this tunnel, which was about one foot in diameter. You could tell at a glance what kind of monster dug it, and based on the surrounding conditions, you could tell that this tunnel had just been destroyed just before their arrival.
"Brother Ji, we can't go any further, let's go up now!"
Although they didn't know what was going on above, everyone agreed to leave the tunnel as soon as possible. Who knows what this monster walking underground is.
Zhao Feng started the tunnel digging tools again and opened the tunnel to the surface. It was still raining outside, and the sound of wind and rain could be heard coming in.
"Go up, it's quite safe outside!" Zhao Feng has the strongest hearing. After listening for a while, he was sure that it was safe outside, and then he was the first to climb up.
Ji Antai was in charge of the rear. Luo Xin, Lu Su, and Cai Yan went up one after another. Ji Antai reached the ground. Zhao Feng, just in case, threw the red flame bomb into the tunnel at the last moment, and it happened to land near the cave.
Moments before the temporarily opened tunnel reopened and returned to its original state, Zhao Feng and others faintly heard sounds coming from underground.
"No matter what it is, hurry up!" Ji Antai's expression changed drastically, and Zhao Feng hurriedly followed without asking any questions.
The red flame bomb can be used like a time bomb, or it can be triggered and detonated. Zhao Feng judged that the monsters underground will soon discover their existence and will definitely turn around and chase them.
"I hope this appetizer can satisfy you!" Zhao Feng thought.
On the ground, it is not that it is dark and dark because of the continuous rain, but because of the fire in the south, it is also illuminated very brightly, and even the rain becomes warm.
The location where everyone left the tunnel happened to be where the mountains and forests of this section of Jinshan Mountain meet. To the north are endless mountains, and to the south are dense jungles.
The fire that grew stronger and stronger completely changed the silence of this area. The wild beasts, monsters, and some strange creatures living in this area were all alarmed.
The monster that destroyed the demon tribe's tunnel was alarmed by the fire and began to look for panicked prey.
Everyone was unfamiliar with the mountains and forests in this area, and no one wanted to go back to the mountains, so everyone climbed along the ocher-colored rocks towards the peaks due north.
Zhao Feng and others climbed very quickly, with Zhao Feng protecting Lu Su and Cai Yan behind. The raindrops hitting everyone's raincoats made a crackling sound.
"Brother Ji, listen!"
When Ji Antai heard Zhao Feng's voice, there happened to be a hollow on the nearby rock wall. Although it was not big, it was barely enough for shelter.
Everyone arrived at the cave. Ji Antai arranged for people to stand guard before entering the cave and asked:
"What's the matter with Brother Zhao?"
"According to the map drawn by my friend, we wandered underground and happened to arrive at the place where my brother was imprisoned. And the situation here, according to my judgment, there should be some kind of dangerous monster entrenched."
Zhao Feng's experience some time ago allowed him to obtain a large amount of information, some of which were related to martial arts practice, and some of which were rumors or knowledge about certain creatures and minerals.
"So, Brother Zhao now knows what the monster was that was walking underground just now?"
As soon as Ji Antai's words came out of his mouth, and Zhao Feng had not yet answered, a big explosion occurred where they had just left.
Even though everyone was already halfway up the mountain, they were still startled by the explosion.
Everyone hurriedly came to the rock and looked at the place where the explosion occurred. They saw a monster that looked like a giant earthworm, with part of its body rolling continuously on the ground.
"Sure enough, it is it!" Zhao Feng began to worry that this thing was very dangerous, even more terrifying than the Demon King Taurus that had not yet recovered its strength.
Zhao Feng silently returned to the cave, took out a mountain-opening ax, and dug deeper into the center of the cave, leaving an inconspicuous entrance, and dug a place inside that was big enough for everyone.
Ji Antai and others were not desperate, their situation and attitude were different from Wen Jiuye and others, so Zhao Feng did not lead them into Xuantian Wonderland.
"Everyone rest here for the time being. I will go out to find someone later. You guys should prepare here. Maybe we will have a battle with that monster!"
Jiantai frowned and looked at Luo Xin, the smartest person in the team. Luo Xin was also a little undecided at this time. The monster outside just now was too big.
Just a section of it that is exposed above the ground is as high as a hundred-story building. Its body is probably even larger.
Zhao Feng saw the looks on other people's faces and knew that everyone was worried, so he smiled and said:
"I hope it will be frightened and leave this mountainous area so that we can find someone and leave."
Jiantai was not as optimistic as him. He just sighed and said:
"This time, we have alarmed the nine-headed earth dragon. I am afraid that we will face a catastrophe unless this guy is full and returns to the underground to sleep!"
As Jiantai spoke, he shook his head repeatedly. It was obvious that he did not have much confidence in whether he could leave this trip alive.
"Brother Ji, don't panic, it's no big deal, this thing is not as scary as you know!"
"Oh, does Brother Zhao know how to hunt it?"
No one else knew what the Nine-Headed Earth Dragon was, and they all looked at Zhao Feng and Ji Antai with blank expressions.
Zhao Feng was sitting on the south side facing Ji Antai, closest to the exit. Beside him were Cai Yan and Lu Su, who were so frightened that their faces turned pale.
"Don't be afraid, now let Brother Ji tell us what the Nine-Headed Earth Dragon is!" Zhao Feng comforted the two of them.
Jiantai began to tell about the Nine-Headed Earth Dragon:
"As far as I know, the reason why Blackwater City was attacked by the great witch Wushan of the demon tribe more than fifty years ago was because the nine-headed earth dragon appeared at that time and diverted the attention of the Yan Kingdom's border troops."
"Among the rumors that have been circulated to this day, some say that the Nine-Headed Earth Dragon was wiped out by strange people from the Great Yan Kingdom. Others say that the Nine-Headed Earth Dragon ate many humans and demons, and returned to the underground when it was full.
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"As for what the Nine-Headed Earth Dragon is, its body is actually a nine-headed super giant earthworm. Its weakness is its fear of fire, because this monster is good at moving underground and is difficult to hunt."
Thinking of the nine-headed earth dragon they just saw, Luo Xin, Lu Su, and Cai Yan were all scared to death...