As Shang Yan walked down the street, his expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
He kept his head down as he walked, his gaze almost drilling a hole into the ground.
Zhou Ping thought he wasn't feeling well, and seeing this, he quickly asked with concern, "Yan Yan, what's wrong?"
“Strange…” Shang Yan stared at the ground and frowned. “Wife, take out your sword and slash here.”
He squatted down on the ground and drew a line with his hand.
The surrounding area is full of tall buildings, and there are quite a few pedestrians on the streets.
Zhou Ping also squatted down and touched the ground. "Why did you cut this place?"
“Something’s not right here… no, or rather, ever since we arrived in Lintang City, something’s been wrong with the underground around here,” Shang Yan said, squatting down and looking up at Zhou Ping.
"It has a flavor that I don't really like," he described.
"Yan Yan, pull everyone away." Zhou Ping nodded after giving an "Mm," took the sword box from behind his back to the front, and stood up.
"Deeper, harder," Shang Yan scattered a few seeds, clapped his hands, and several vines shot into the sky, binding everyone around them and placing them ten miles away.
bite--
The Dragon Elephant Sword flew out of its sheath and into Zhou Ping's hand.
Seeing that Shang Yan and Zhou Ping had stopped, Lin Qiye and the others turned around and walked over.
"Brother Shangyan, what's going on?" Lin Qiye's pupils shrank as he walked towards the two men after seeing Zhou Ping take out the Dragon Elephant Sword.
Zhou Ping held the sword in one hand, his body surging with sword energy, and slashed the Dragon Elephant Sword toward the spot Shang Yan had drawn.
bite--
Crackling sound—
A very deep crack was cleaved in the ground, leading straight underground.
Zhou Ping sheathed his sword and looked at Shang Yan beside him.
Seeing the others approach, he said softly, "He sensed something was wrong and asked me to chop it up."
Wisps of black mist seeped out from the ground.
Shang Yan's emerald eyes gleamed. He exchanged a glance with Zhou Ping. "Did you see that?"
"Mm," Zhou Ping nodded.
Lin Qiye leaned closer and looked at the deep sword mark that led straight into the ground. The moment he saw the black mist emanating from it, his pupils contracted. "What is this?"
Others came forward and gathered around the bottomless pit.
After they stood in a circle around the pit, the ground suddenly began to shake, though the shaking wasn't very strong.
It was an earthquake, but this small tremor only lasted a short while and quickly stopped.
"Strange, how could an earthquake happen in Lintang City?" Earthquakes are extremely rare in Lintang City. After experiencing this small earthquake, everyone couldn't help but feel suspicious.
"Seven Nights, can you go find Team 008?" Shang Yan stood on the top of the pit and tugged at Zhou Ping beside him. "Use your sword energy to cleave this place again, preferably enough to get people in."
Zhou Ping did as instructed.
"You and Qi Ye go check on Team 008. I'll go down and take a look," Shang Yan said, gesturing with his hand to show the size of the pit. After confirming that he could go down without any problem, he nudged Zhou Ping.
Zhou Ping stood still.
He looked at Shang Yan, who was eager to jump, with some unease. "It's dangerous. Wait for us to come back."
"Don't worry, you guys go first. I'll just go down and take a look. I'll run if I encounter any danger." Shang Yan shoved him. "Hurry up and go with Qi Ye and the others. Anyone who can make this kind of commotion must be at least at the Klein level."
He looked at the deep pit where black smoke was still rising, took out a handful of seeds and scattered them into it.
Zhou Ping nodded slowly upon hearing this, and before leaving, he reminded him, "Be careful, run if you see anything suspicious."
After saying this, he led Lin Qiye and the others and rushed towards the 008 Squad's base not far away.
On the way, Lin Qiye and the others, who were closely following Zhou Ping, also realized that something was wrong.
Team 008 is probably in danger.
...
Shang Yan stared at the bottomless pit for a while, then called Ye Fan to let him know before jumping in.
"Sacrifice...altar? What is it meant to awaken?" He held a trident horizontally in front of him.
The pit was so deep that it took Shang Yan several minutes to fall to the bottom.
After jumping to the bottom, Shang Yan looked around. The black mist was nowhere to be seen in his sight. There were actually quite a few pits that had been dug in the ground.
He chose the place with the densest black energy and ran towards it. When he encountered a blocked passage, Shang Yan simply wielded his trident and started digging a hole, creating a new passage.
He was very fast, and 019 ran out at that moment.
"What are you doing, Shang Yan?" It's been so long since I've seen Shang Yan, has he actually switched to digging tunnels?
019 was somewhat shocked, "You should use an excavator to dig this! Digging with a pitchfork would take forever!"
Shang Yan's eye twitched, and he flicked away the 019 that flew towards him. "Go tell Zhou Ping that I am digging a tunnel to the north. Tell them to go to the northern suburbs of Lintang City and hide themselves when they go."
"It should be... an altar, I don't know which god it belongs to, but it's definitely not a good thing."
He didn't stop digging, still huffing and puffing as he dug.
After saying "Oh," 019 saw Shang Yan struggling to wield the trident and knew he was in a hurry, so she didn't linger and turned to run away, saying, "I'm going to find him now. Be careful!"
Hmph, what system is as humane and understanding as this one? It even takes on the task of running errands for its host.
019 secretly praised itself and flew even faster.
After 019 left, Shang Yan swung his trident and smashed it against the tunnel wall next to him, tearing out a chain with some blurry black inscriptions engraved on it.
"Uh... Am I digging at the bottom of the altar right now?" Shang Yan stroked his chin and brandished the trident in his hand. He had already arrived deep underground in the northern suburbs.
Zhou Ping's sword strike went too deep, so he dug along the pit that the sword had created, and unexpectedly, he dug all the way to the bottom of the altar.
After kicking the thick iron chain, Shang Yan used his trident to break it in two.
"If we dig up the altar, this broken ritual will be ruined, right?" Shang Yan said, glancing at the cave passage filled with black mist while holding the trident.
He gave a soft shout, raised his trident with both hands, and began digging furiously into the ground.
Above the altar.
Shen Qingzhu, who was pretending to channel his spiritual energy into the room, suddenly felt a swaying sensation. He reached out and steadied the Ninth Seat who was not standing properly next to him.
"Hey, what's wrong? Did I drain too much of my mental energy? Am I starting to feel dizzy?" The Ninth Seat held his head, pretending to be exhausted.
Seeing this, Shen Qingzhu quickly pulled him back, "It doesn't seem like we're the ones who are dizzy, it's the altar that's shaking..."
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