In a dimly lit environment, a section of stone wall suddenly exploded, and a green-robed man wearing tattered clothes walked in from a disused mine tunnel.
The green-robed man raised his hand and cast a ball of white light, illuminating the environment ahead.
He was now standing on a deep green cliff face, with a very open space in front of him, like a huge underground cave.
The entire cave was spiral-shaped, artificially divided into several layers, with the deepest part out of sight.
Each layer had many deep holes of varying sizes. It was also visible that large stone pillars and many red wooden stakes were scattered everywhere.
This scene was clearly a dilapidated and vast mine.
The green-robed man flashed and flew towards the depths of the cliff, descending thousands of feet deep, and entered a layer of dark green mist.
Upon landing, he sneered. "Good, this place has indeed accumulated a lot of ' rotten wood energy/aura'." His voice carried a hint of joy, but then his voice turned cold. "Those siblings are chasing really closely."
"Since you are seeking death, don't blame Third Uncle for not considering old feelings. Hei Mu, get out here for me."
His last words seemed to be calling someone. But the surroundings were quiet, with no trace of anyone else.
After a few moments of silence, a ball of green light floated out of the green-robed man's own sleeve, from which came a dry, unpleasant laughter. "Long Zhi, how can I, as your senior, even be considered your half-teacher when I was cultivating in the ' Huangji Hall' back then. To summon me out, you are so impolite. You descendants of the Long family..."
The green light quickly circled around the green-robed man, gathering into a green, ghostly skull. The skull's eyes were blood-red, staring intently at the green-robed man as if a murderous intent flashed.
"Old ghost, stop talking nonsense. My life is in danger. If you don't want to perish with me, block the pursuers for me."
The blood light in the green skull's eyes flashed, "Hmph, the two juniors chasing you are not weak. I only have a remnant soul left, how can I stop them?"
Hearing this, Long Zhi's face turned gloomy, and he said coldly. "I think you want to taste my soul refining technique." As he spoke, a black wooden tablet appeared in his hand, engraved with dense blood-colored runes.
The runes on the wooden tablet immediately lit up, and the green skull let out a scream, its form becoming even more scattered, turning into a series of ghostly shadows scurrying around, as if suffering some kind of severe injury.
Long Zhi stared at the screaming skull with cold eyes, "Old ghost, you were once a great cultivator who dominated the Eastern Region, and you were also proficient in the art of formation. If you hadn't coveted the Long family's secret techniques, how could you have ended up like this? Back then, the clan leader and others besieged you, but because I saw that you were useful to me, I secretly saved your soul, otherwise you would have been completely destroyed. How could you still exist in the world and have the opportunity to switch to the ghost path."
"Stop it, I didn't say I wouldn't help you." The skull begged for mercy while screaming.
Long Zhi snorted and put away the wooden tablet in his hand.
The ghostly shadows formed by the skull reunited, no longer a skull, but transformed into a white-faced middle-aged cultivator. His face was as pale as paper, and his body was surrounded by a dense ' Yin Sha energy'.
But just looking at his aura, he seemed to be two points stronger than the green-robed man next to him. This was clearly a cultivator who had truly entered the ghost path.
"You also know that I am at the critical point of advancement. Although you are now a ghost spirit, the environment here is also conducive to you using your methods. In addition, with this ' withered wood grand formation' I prepared, it should not be a problem to block those siblings for a while." Long Zhi threw out a gray storage ring, pointed at it with one hand, and saw a stack of formation flags and several formation plates flying out.
The middle-aged cultivator snorted, took these things, and turned into a green ghost shadow, disappearing instantly.
Long Zhi then raised his hand again and took out another set of formations, quickly setting them up.
After a while, the surrounding floating black-green ' rotten wood energy/aura' quickly rotated, turning into a huge green tornado.
And in the eye of the storm, Long Zhi sat cross-legged on the ground, with many bottles and jars in front of him, filled with rare medicinal pills and other materials.
In addition, there were three huge monster corpses placed behind him.
A black toad, thirty to forty feet in size, a ' Jiao dragon/ flood dragon' even larger, covered in golden scales, and a colorful strange fish only about ten feet long.
Long Zhi adjusted his breath for a moment, then opened his eyes. With a flip of his hand, he took out a jade bottle with a dragon pattern printed on it. He looked at the jade bottle carefully, then tilted his head and swallowed a drop of liquid inside.
Instantly, a dragon's roar erupted from his body, and layers of golden light quickly spread throughout his body.
Long Zhi quickly circulated his cultivation technique, suppressing the golden light that erupted from his body. In the process, his body turned completely red, occasionally accompanied by muffled groans, as if he was experiencing some kind of pain.
This scene lasted for an unknown amount of time, and the golden light on his body turned into a cyan-green light. These lights gathered above his head, turning into a vague dragon-shaped phantom.
As the dragon shadow moved, the black-green ' rotten wood energy/aura' filling the surroundings was drawn and all converged towards the dragon shadow.
At the same time, the three monster corpses also exploded with a bang, turning into a cloud of blood mist.
With bursts of low dragon roars, a mass of blood mist and a mass of ' rotten wood energy/aura' were absorbed into Long Zhi's body.
The aura on his body also rapidly increased.
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At the same time, Zhang Ling was teleported to a hidden stone cave through the teleportation array.
With a glance, this was a small stone room, covered in dust, obviously no one had been here for a long time.
Apart from the small teleportation array under his feet, the stone room was empty. Zhang Ling walked off the teleportation array and noticed a heavy black stone door.
A burst of spiritual power hit it, and the stone door vibrated, but it was not broken open by him. Instead, a layer of emerald green light lit up on the stone door.
"Restriction."
Zhang Ling whispered, not feeling surprised. Places like this with teleportation arrays are generally protected by powerful restrictions.
Without hesitation, he waved his hand again and released a series of cyan-golden sword lights.
With a series of crackling sounds, the sharp sword light hit the stone door, splitting out countless sword marks, causing the green light on it to flicker on and off.
But it still did not break through the spiritual light above. Once the sword light stopped, the green light above flickered a few times and returned to its original state.
Although he did not use the flying sword itself, only released the sword light. But he instantly tested the strength of this restriction.
Zhang Ling frowned, it seems that this layer of restriction is not easy to break, this type of situation generally can only be broken with a strong attack.
Otherwise, this type of restriction can be restored instantly.
Of course, he has the Void Worm with him, without breaking the restriction, he can directly use spatial magic to cleverly drill through.
It's just that in this strange place, he doesn't know what the situation is outside. It's better to keep this kind of trump card for the time being.
After all, the Void Worm's own spiritual power is not strong, and it can't use spatial magic a few times in a short period of time, so it naturally can't let it use it without restraint.
After a slight calculation in his mind, Zhang Ling threw out a black light, which was the Black Bone Giant Claw. Pouring spiritual power into it, the Black Bone Giant Claw quickly grew larger.
As the treasure's spiritual light flickered, it turned into a giant claw two feet in size, and these black-red sharp claws slammed on the stone door.
With a loud bang, the green light on the stone door instantly became dazzling, but followed by a burst of wailing, the spiritual light dimmed.
The stone door creaked and rattled, turning into a pile of rubble in the claw light.
Zhang Ling chuckled and put away the Black Bone Giant Claw. This layer of restriction was a little stronger than he thought.
Although he did not use the Black Bone Giant Claw with all his strength just now, it also exerted 30% of its power.
After breaking the stone door, the outside was a dim environment. There was only some weak light.
Releasing his divine sense, he quickly explored outwards, the outside seemed to be an underground passage.
Walking along the passage for not long, he saw another stone door several feet high, still with a layer of green light restriction on it.
Following the same method and quickly breaking it open, Zhang Ling walked outside.
However, the outside environment made him stunned.
He appeared on a stone cliff hundreds of feet above the ground, and he could hear the sound of rushing water in his ears, and he could see a red sun when he looked up.
With a glance, the front was a watery environment. It seemed to be a huge lake.
But with the induction of divine sense, Zhang Ling frowned, the front did not seem to be a lake, but the sea.
Because his divine sense had spread nearly three hundred miles forward, and he still couldn't see the end.
He was stunned, and then denied this idea. The water in front of him was definitely not the sea, it might just be a large lake.
He could not possibly be teleported to the seaside through a small teleportation array.
You must know that the Green Shade Mountains where he was just now were in the hinterland of the Dragon Ze Kingdom. I don't know how far away from the sea.
With a thought, Zhang Ling flew into the high sky and scanned the surrounding environment.
