Chapter 1322 - Deeper and Darker (1/2)

This is all Mafa Merlin’s fault. How can he possibly know bloodline transplantation so well? That’s impossible. The intelligence we’ve collected didn’t mention anything of that sort…

How can that guy possibly…

If he knows bloodline transplantation so well, then is Emmy already dead? Damn it. She must be dead already. Mafa Merlin has surely found her weakness and let her die completely.

How is Mafa Merlin possibly able to make such a horrifying potion? Everything is screwed…

“Sunny, I remember that the headquarters decided to give the Ring of Roses to you and Emmy because we trusted your abilities. However, you never collected remarkable intelligence in the past years. You even left a lot of traces leading to the Ring of Roses several times.

“This time, you even retaliated against Mafa Merlin for the idiots of the Shadow Tower. You think you didn’t leave any traces in your operations? Chances are that all the top forces of the Odin Kingdom know about you now.

“Also, how have you been working on intelligence? You didn’t find anything about that potion? Stupid woman. Explain to the elders after the exploration!”

Myers pointed at Sunny’s nose and roared in fury. Then, he picked a channel and left with the people of the Thorny Crown.

They walked into one of the channels. The black and gray mist on Sunny’s skin seethed and then exploded, filling up the entire cavern. The ominous power of death spread out, and corrupted everything on its way.

“Mafa Merlin, I want you to die. You’re doomed, you’re doomed. You will die after being tortured. I will return my humiliation to you in double…”

Sunny roared furiously in the cavern. A few minutes later, Sunny sneered, and didn’t follow the Thorny Crown’s team. Instead, she went into the channel that Lin Yun just entered.

Leading Xiuban and Reina, Lin Yun passed through the caverns that were connected to each other by countless channels. This place looked like an enormous maze.

The previous cavern looked like one that led to the ground, but this one had a channel that slanted downwards. Any of the channels might lead deep underground.

It was just a disguise to fool the people of the Thorny Crown into thinking that he was preparing to return to the ground. It didn’t matter whether or not they were tricked.

“Merlin, why did we split up with those people? Didn’t you say that the exploration would be easier with those people?”

Lord Shawn was holding a large magic crystal, and biting it like a snack on Xiuban’s shoulder. He then chewed its pieces and swallowed them.

Lin Yun was examining some marks on the ground. Hearing what Lord Shawn said, he chuckled.

“I went underground with them because I needed their power. Those people all have special abilities thanks to their foreign bloodlines. Their abilities ensured that we could enter deeply underground without going through any battle.

“Since we didn’t fight, we never woke up the horrifying monster that’s asleep. Right now, I’m certain that even if we have to fight for the rest of the journey, we won’t need to use extraordinary power to combat our enemy.

“That’s good enough. Besides, it won’t be good if those people are still with us as we approach the deepest part.”

Lord Shawn furrowed his brows, confused.

“Won’t it be more dangerous as we go deeper? Why is it bad to have those people as helpers?”

Lin Yun shook his head.

“You’re wrong. The conditions here are special. The closer we are to the sleeping monster, the less dangerous it will be. We’ve already covered half of the trip. If everything goes well, we will arrive at our destination in a similar amount of time as we’ve taken to travel so far.

“From here, the deeper we go and the closer we are to our destination, the safer we will be. Do you remember the giant insects we saw?

“They’re the most dangerous creatures in the underground world. The insects we saw are of the lowest level in their society, and are only responsible for searching for food. Even if they find any food, they won’t be qualified to eat it. They have to move the food back to senior members of the society.”

As they talked, Lin Yun touched a mark on the stone well and put on a smile.

“We’re quite lucky. I had a guess when I saw how weird the insects were just now, and I’ve confirmed it. The insects are in a food crisis. This happens to be a hunting season. They’ll all go to the ground, and hunt everything they see. Then, they’ll carry their prey back to their nest.

“One hunt may last one to two months. The insects we saw were just minions that were responsible for patrol and guard. Their departure, and the traces here, indicate that all the insects have left for the ground. We have plenty of time.

“Without those giant insects, if we encounter anything underground, we can deal with them with ordinary spells without using extraordinary power. Even if the guy underground is woken up afterwards, we’ll have enough time to go there.”

Lin Yun was in a good mood. The most difficult part of the trip was that from the surface to the underground world. There were simply too many monsters in the way.

If the battles had gotten too big, or if the underground monster had detected extraordinary power and woken up, it would’ve been impossible to march to the underground world.

There were a lot of restraints when fighting underground to begin with. If that monster woke up and couldn’t be taken care of, he would have to wait decades before the monster fell asleep again. Otherwise, it would be impossible to develop this plane…

With the bizarre-looking guys of the Thorny Crown’s help, the most difficult part became the easiest. The rest of the journey was a lot easier. Since they hadn’t woken up the monster yet, Lin Yun was confident of keeping it asleep as he went deeper. Then, it would be much easier to develop this plane.

He continued moving forward. He didn’t encounter any underground creatures on the rest of the way, and only found some residues when he passed through the caverns.

The residues were all left when the underground creatures were torn apart by the army insects on their march to the ground. However, no bodies could be found, as all of them had been taken away as food. Even the blood had been cleaned up. Nothing would be wasted.

The residues that Lin Yun encountered were all left by the army ants during the cleaning or the march.

The rest of the trip was a lot faster. The channels and caverns underground were extremely complicated, and the gravity here was unstable too. It was impossible to just go straight downwards as he did at the beginning.

As the army insects marched to the ground, the marks they left behind were the best road signs. Even such insects couldn’t tell directions in the underground world. They never got lost, because they could track down the marks they had left when they traveled earlier. Also, they had a huge population. It was unlikely for all of them to get lost.

The army insects had marched to the ground, so Lin Yun only needed to move in the opposite direction of the marks they left behind. The marks were the best navigation marks for at least half of the remaining trip.

The underground world was completely dark. Only the caverns had a bit of light thanks to the illumination of magic crystals. In such a place, one could easily lose track of time.

As they came closer and closer to the bottom, magic crystals were appearing in the channels that linked the caverns. There were also pure magic crystals in the caverns. Although they weren’t nearly as good as the magic crystals that were condensed in Lin Yun’s Demiplane, they sufficed for the need of magic battleships.