Li Xiu had already figured out what this strange phenomenon was related to. He reached out to take the packaging bag out of his trouser pocket, but it was already covered with sticky mud.

Li Xiu gritted his teeth, reached his hand into the mud, and touched the place where his trouser pocket was.

Soon, Li Xiu touched the packaging bag, held it in his hand, but didn't know what to do with it for a moment.

The strange things happening here are most likely related to the things inside the bag, but if the things in the bag are released, will the current situation improve?

Li Xiu couldn't be sure that if he let it out, the situation might get worse.

But if they are not released, they will only sink deeper and deeper, and now the mud has almost buried Li Xiu's chin.

When Li Xiu was hesitating whether to let it out, he suddenly saw something strange happening on Sha Chu's side.

I saw red flames emanating from Sha Chu's body. The sticky soil was immediately burned and solidified after coming into contact with the red flames, turning into ordinary charred soil.

Sha Chu crawled out from the solidified charred soil, and only then did Li Xiu see clearly that the red light on her body came from the red dress and leather boots.

Sha Chu rushed towards Li Xiu and pressed his hands on the ground. Red flames immediately spread out, burning the soil near Li Xiu until it was charred and solidified.

Then Sha Chu grabbed Li Xiu's other hand that was still exposed and pulled him out.

The mud that was still sticking to Li Xiu was also burned by Sha Chu's red flames and lost its sticky properties.

Li Xiu fell on the charred mud, while Sha Chu quickly ran towards the sinking two-headed demon.

There was also a red flame burning in her leather boots, and wherever the boots stepped on, the soil immediately turned black and solidified.

Li Xiu shook off the charred dirt on his body, probably knowing that this sticky dirt was afraid of fire, but not ordinary fire, but the kind of flame similar to the magic light on Sha Chu's body.

Sha Chu used red flames to burn the soil near the two-headed demon spirit black. With support, the two-headed demon spirit immediately crawled out of the sticky soil.

"There are demons nearby, and they are very powerful ones, possibly S-level." Sha Chu took back the two-headed demon and said while looking around.

Li Xiu remained silent. The little thing in his pocket could not possibly be an S-level magic spirit, but it should be related to it.

"Follow my footsteps." Sha Chu said and walked in one direction.

Li Xiu hurriedly followed. After choosing the attribute enhancement, Li Xiu's physical fitness was obviously much stronger, and the Fire Lotus Sword on his body also felt lighter.

Although it is still a bit heavy, there is no problem walking with it. The only difference is that I can't walk fast and my energy is quickly depleted.

Li Xiu walked along the charred footprints behind Sha Chu. These charred areas had solidified and he would not sink into them if he walked on them.

The two men walked one after the other not far away when they suddenly discovered a demon spirit appeared on the mound of earth in front of them.

It was a very strange-looking demon. At first glance, it looked like a snake, but upon closer inspection, one would find that it had no head and looked more like a giant flat earthworm.

Its body was several dozen centimeters wide and seven or eight meters long, covered with dense gray scales. It twisted its body and crawled towards Li Xiu and Sha Chu.

Unlike snakes, the demon has countless tiny tentacle-like things growing under its belly. It relies on those things to move, and its speed is quite fast.

Sha Chu rushed over quickly, and the moment he got close to the demon, he drew his sword and cut off the demon's body.

The whole movement is smooth and unhurried, coupled with her fit and beautiful figure and hot outfit, it gives people a pleasing feeling.

Sha Chu had just put away his sword when he saw the ground around him shaking continuously. Evil spirits that looked exactly like the ones just now crawled out from the ground.

The entire mine entrance was filled with demonic spirits that were crawling out from everywhere, their number too numerous to count.

"Let's go." Sha Chu's face changed, and he immediately rushed towards the outside of the mine entrance, waving the Tang sword in his hand and continuously killing the approaching evil spirits.

Li Xiu followed Sha Chu, but he still couldn't run fast. Even with the blessing of S-level passion, he still couldn't keep up with Sha Chu's pace.

There were so many strange demons that Sha Chu was surrounded by them before he could run far, and the two of them were also separated by the group of demons.

Sha Chu was already unable to take care of himself, so how could he have the ability to help Li Xiu? In such a place, there was no way to use the two-headed demon spirit, so Sha Chu had to fight on his own.

Seeing that the evil spirits were surrounding him, Li Xiu was stepping on Sha Chu's footprints and couldn't move randomly. He could only grit his teeth, let his blood boil and become extremely excited at the same time, then reached out to grab the Fire Lotus Sword at his waist.

"Come out!" Li Xiu roared, and all the strength in his body burst out, and the Fire Lotus Sword wrapped around his waist was pulled out.

There seemed to be flames flowing on the thin and slender sword. Li Xiu swept the sword and cut off several evil spirits that pounced on him.

Li Xiu continued to swing the Fire Lotus Sword, killing the evil spirits rushing towards him, while moving towards Sha Chu.

But there were demons densely packed in front of him, and more demons kept coming out from the ground. Not to mention rushing past, even the shadow of Sha Chu could not be seen.

Sha Chu summoned the two-headed demon spirit again, but this time, she did not let it fall to the ground. She let it fly in the air and jumped up herself.

Originally, Sha Chu thought that Li Xiu might have been killed by the evil spirit, but when he looked down from the back of the two-headed evil spirit, he found that Li Xiu was waving a faint red sword and forcibly forced back the evil spirit rushing towards him.

"He's not dead yet!" Sha Chu was a little surprised. After a little thought, he let the two-headed demon swoop down.

The airflow generated by the wings tumbled the evil spirits away. One of its claws grabbed Li Xiu and rushed into the sky with him.

Li Xiu was already exhausted. The Fire Lotus Sword was too heavy. He had only been swinging it for a short while before his arms felt like they were useless and his physical strength was greatly depleted.

"Thank you." Li Xiu let out a long sigh and said to Sha Chu on the back of the demon spirit.

"How could I let you die while I'm here?" Sha Chu said lightly. Looking at Li Xiu's embarrassed appearance, she finally felt a little better.

Bang!

The two were not able to be happy for too long. Not long after the two-headed demon flew up, it seemed to have crashed into an invisible barrier. It was knocked dizzy and its body rolled down.

Li Xiu and Sha Chu were immediately thrown down by it. The two-headed demon spirit controlled its own body and quickly flew over to catch Sha Chu. However, Li Xiu did not receive such treatment and fell directly to the ground.

Fortunately, the ground had become like glue. After Li Xiu fell down, he did not fall very hard, but his whole body was lying on the ground, stuck by the glue-like soil. No matter how he struggled, he could not get up.

Immediately, many evil spirits crawled towards Li Xiu. Li Xiu wanted to use the Fire Lotus Sword, but his body was stuck and he couldn't move at all.

"Fuck you, give me a set of magic armor and I'll kill you all." Li Xiu was furious, but it was of no use, so he had to summon out his own magic spirit.

As soon as the Chrysanthemum Knight appeared, he immediately sank into the mud, his body kept sinking, and it was completely useless.

After the Jedi Knight came out, although his body was sinking, the samurai sword with red fluorescence in his hand split the demon that pounced on him into two halves.

But this effect was limited to the samurai sword in his hand. His body could not escape the sticky mud and was sinking.

Li Xiu originally hoped that Sha Chu would come over to help him, but he saw a red light flashing from afar, and the two-headed demon spirit roaring and screaming. It was obvious that she was in trouble as well.

Seeing that there was no hope for Sha Chu, Li Xiu summoned out the last demon demigod, Sha Na.

Originally, it was thought that the demigod Shantan did not have the power of fire and it was estimated that it would not be able to play a big role. Who knew that the demigod Shantan, with a blue glow all over his body, was not stuck by the mud on the ground. The sword and spear in his hands moved together, quickly killing the rushing demons. There was a loud gunshot, and the sword blade dragged a blue sword light, and in a blink of an eye, all the nearby demons were killed.

The demigod Shanna fired continuously with the gun in his hand, blowing up the rushing demons one by one. He stabbed the big sword in his other hand towards Li Xiu's body, then swung it horizontally, and the sword light immediately cut off the mud that was sticking to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu regained his freedom and climbed onto the corpse of a demon spirit.

Holding the Fire Lotus Sword, he killed a demon that came out of the ground, and stepped on the demon's corpse to come to the side of the Chrysanthemum Knight.

The Fire Lotus Sword slashed at the ground, cut through the mud that stuck to the Chrysanthemum Knight, and then took it back.

Following the same method, Li Xiu rescued the Jedi Knight and summoned it back.

Li Xiu held the Fire Lotus Sword and fought against the evil spirit himself, stepping on the evil spirit's corpse all the time, so he was not afraid of falling again.

The demigod Shanta over there was firing at full power, and most of the demons that rushed over were blown up or killed by him. Li Xiu himself only occasionally plugged a loophole.

There was no way. Physical strength was a big problem. He was exhausted after swinging the Fire Lotus Sword a few times.

"I must become a true trial-taker sooner rather than later. This is too tiring." Li Xiu's arms drooped, and he could no longer raise the Fire Lotus Sword.

The demigod Sha Na was really powerful, but there were too many demons and he was soon surrounded and had no way to support Li Xiu.

Li Xiu couldn't even lift his sword and was about to be overwhelmed by the rushing evil spirits again.

Li Xiu suddenly had an idea and took out the bag that contained the thing. The thing inside was struggling left and right in the bag, trying to get out.

"If you come any closer, I'll kill it!" Li Xiu brought the packaging bag close to the edge of the Fire Lotus Sword and shouted fiercely at the evil spirits around him.

He didn't know whether these evil spirits could understand what he said, nor did he know whether this threat would work on them. He just wanted to give it a try.

Who knew that this trick would actually work? The demons that were rushing towards him actually stopped, and surrounded him, ready to make another move, but did not dare to rush up again.

Li Xiu was overjoyed to see that this trick was effective. He held the Fire Lotus Sword in one hand and the packaging bag in the other and joined the demigod Shanshan.

"Everything that happened here is indeed related to this guy." Seeing that the evil spirits around him didn't dare to come up again and just surrounded him, Li Xiu secretly thought about how to escape.

In the distant sky, there were constant sounds of explosions and flashes of red light could be seen from time to time.

Sha Chu was riding on the back of a two-headed demon and was fighting a demon with rows of wings.

The appearance of that demon was similar to the demon on the ground, except that it had rows of wings growing on both sides of its body, and its body was also much larger.

Its fighting ability is no weaker than that of the two-headed demon. Mucus spurts out of its headless mouth from time to time. Even the movements of the two-headed demon will be affected if it is sprayed with its mucus.

Only the flames on Sha Chu's body could restrain the mucus. She was not mainly fighting, but cleaning the mucus sprayed on the two-headed demon.

The distance was too far, and Li Xiu could not see the battle situation clearly, but he was unwilling to pin all his hopes on Sha Chu.

After looking around, Li Xiu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he retreated in one direction holding the things in the bag.

The demigod fired decisively, killing the demons that were blocking his way. The demons screamed in anger, but none of them dared to rush forward.

"I don't know where this thing came from, but it's really useful." Li Xiu stepped on the dead body of the evil spirit and retreated. After a while, he retreated to a dilapidated concrete building nearby.

The building was very dilapidated, with some walls and roofs collapsed. Li Xiu stepped tentatively on the concrete and steel bars, and sure enough, he was not stuck.

Li Xiu retreated into the building and once again summoned the Jedi Knights and the Chrysanthemum Knights, asking them to guard outside with the demigod Setsuna to resist the attacks of the evil spirits. He sat on the ground, released the Fire Lotus Sword, and gasped for breath.

After the Fire Lotus Sword fell to the ground, it automatically bounced up and wrapped around Li Xiu's waist, making Li Xiu a little depressed.

With the demigods Setsuna guarding him and the things in the bag as hostages, Li Xiu finally had a chance to catch his breath.

After he recovered a little strength, he looked inside the house and found several skeletons in tattered clothes.

Li Xiu guessed that these were the miners who used to dig for gems and died here somehow.

After struggling for a long time, the packaging bag that contained the thing was almost torn. Li Xiu saw some simple self-sealing plastic bags used to hold raw stones on the dry bones, so he took a few, stuffed the packaging bags in, and then wrapped them in several layers on the outside.

When pulling the bag, he accidentally pulled a skeleton, tearing the skeleton's clothes, and the skeleton was scattered all over the ground.

"What is this?" Li Xiu saw something wrapped in layers of plastic bags and tied with transparent tape in the pile of dry bones.

He picked it up and tore off the layers of tape and plastic bags on the outside, and a notebook rolled into a tube appeared in front of Li Xiu.

Li Xiu flipped through the notebook and couldn't help but feel disappointed. It was just an account book.

It contains the accounts of purchasing and selling gems. It is estimated that this guy used to be the accountant of this small mine or even the boss.

He flipped through it casually and felt that it was of no use to him. When he was about to throw it away, he found that there was some content at the back that was not an account.

July 3rd, sunny.

Haha, I'm rich, I'm really rich now, I actually dug up such a spinel rough stone. I have been digging spinel mines here for decades, and I have never seen pink spinel of this quality. This one is enough to make me worry-free for the rest of my life... Who the hell said that the mines here are about to run out...

July 4th, cloudy.

I have found pink spinel of this quality again. Could it be that there is another vein underneath this mine that is about to run out of minerals, and it is top-grade pink spinel? If I can find a few more, I can marry eight or ten wives and have dozens of children, and I won’t have to worry about food and drink…

July 5th, sunny.

I'm going to be a big mine owner. Even if I can only mine this quality of pink spinel ore for a year... no... even if it's just a few months... a month... it will be enough to make me rich...

A miner went missing today, but it doesn't matter. Giving his family double compensation won't cost much.

July 6th, light rain.

Damn it, why is it raining? Damn God, do you know how much money I will lose if I stop working for one day?

How come those two idiot miners died? Now I have to pay compensation again.

July 7th, light rain.

Another miner died, his body was covered with sores, was it an infectious disease? Whatever, let them mine faster after the weather clears up, even if they all die, just recruit another batch.

July 8th, light rain.

I can't wait any longer, let them continue mining. What's wrong with a little rain? They can still mine. At worst, if they get buried, I can just pay them some money. Those idiots' lives are worth nothing. I have plenty of money now...

July 9th, light rain.

Haha… It’s incredible… It’s incredible… There is actually such a spinel in the world. My family has been mining gem veins for several lifetimes, and I have never seen this kind of spinel. The pink spinels I dug before are simply garbage compared to this one…

God has opened my eyes, I have finally become rich...

The rest of the diary ended here, which made Li Xiu feel a little regretful.

Now it seems that this small mine owner is probably dead, otherwise why would he leave this thing here.

Li Xiu did not regret his death, but he regretted that he did not write clearly what the spike he finally dug out looked like.

People like this who deal with spinels all day long look very surprised, so it must be an unusual top-grade spinel.

"People die for money, birds die for food. If you weren't so greedy, perhaps you wouldn't die here." Li Xiu sighed.

He speculated that an infectious disease might have really occurred at that time, and the miners and mine owners here might have died here from the infectious disease.

What puzzled Li Xiu was that if they were all dead, where did the pink crystals they dug out go?

Li Xiu guessed that it was most likely taken away by miners who were lucky enough not to be infected, but this didn't make sense.

If there really is such a batch of top-quality spike crystals entering the market, it would not have happened quietly.

The discovery of a top-grade mineral vein at a mine like this one, which is almost extinct, would definitely cause a sensation. It would be very strange if no news came out.

Unless the person who took away the batch of spikes did not take action and was suppressed by someone, or the batch of spikes were not taken away at all.