Chapter 642: Chapter 615: Open Conspiracy (Please Subscribe)
“Is this Wanshi Mountain?”
Lin Rui had heard of Wanshi Mountain before but had never visited this place.
Previously, Wang Chenghua had reported in the first talisman letter that the Martial Cultivators broke through from River Pass and headed straight here.
Lin Rui saw over three hundred rugged and undulating rock mountains at the base of the mountain.
These rock mountains were about eight hundred feet at their highest and covered a vast area, with each mountain spanning several miles around.
This place is the largest stone mining plaza to the east of Luojing, it is said that the Vajra Stone used for the city walls of Luojing City cos from here.
He soon noticed on the east side of a rock mountain at the southeastern corner, a cave entrance both long and wide, reaching dozens of feet.
The inside of the cave was filled with dark fog, deep and impenetrable.
There were already a large number of troops gathered around, with over 300 Battle Dragons either hovering in the void or hidden among the mountains, all in a defensive posture, vigilantly watching the cave.
Lin Rui focused his gaze on this place: “Are they inside here? Looking at the appearance of this cave, it seems to be very ancient. What kind of mining is done here that requires digging holes in a diamond mountain? Does no one know its internal structure? How deep it is? Has anyone been sent to check?”
“Responding to sir, this place used to be a Divine Gold mine. It is said to have been exhausted and abandoned 7000 years ago. Due to the age, no one nearby knows the internal structure.
Furthermore, at the founding of our dynasty, the local officials, fearing that criminals and demons might use this mine to hide and engage in illegal activities, invited several Ninth Realm experts to move a giant rock weighing seventeen million stones to seal this mine shaft.”
Wang Chenghua probably also felt that sothing was amiss, frowning heavily into a ‘Chuan’ character: “I personally led people inside to look, and because the inside was filled with dark fog and the cave passages were extensive, we couldn’t go deep, but I heard loud noises inside, speculating that they are digging passageways, likely trying to connect to the Sky Pool Passage to escape from here, however —”
Wang Chenghua paused, looking up at Lin Rui: “But this is more likely a trap. I suspect that this mine has long been occupied by Purgatory Demons, transforming it into a Demon Cave, their underground digging rely a pretense to force you to go down.”
With the current situation, even a fool would know there’s a problem.
However, the tactics used by these demons are nearly an open secret, with opponents holding pieces of the Abyss Divine Tablet, not worrying this National Guardian would not enter the trap.
This individual took on the divine command after the theft of Divine Tablet fragnts, receiving trendous authority and at the sa ti bearing the pressure and responsibility of retrieving the fragnts.
The only thing to be thankful for is that there’s no trace of ‘Purgatory Light’ detected here, so it seems it is not connected to the Sky Pool Passage.
Lin Rui nodded: “Then where does this black fog co from? What are its components? Can it be dispelled?”
“I do not know the origin,” Wang Chenghua shook his head: “I tried calling dozens of mages to disperse the black fog, but continuous streams of fog keep erging from deep within the cave. In addition, we have captured so wild animals nearby to test and discovered that the black fog is slightly toxic, but it can obscure visual and Spiritual Sense perception. When I entered, I felt like I beca blind, with Spiritual Sense reaching no more than two hundred feet at most, and as for the specific components of this black fog, our pharmacists are still analyzing it.”
As Wang Chenghua said this, his mood grew heavier.
In the past two months, he had severed ties with the Chief Steward of the Imperial Household and the Imperial City Departnt Commander, whom he had been close to before, and completely aligned himself under these masters and disciples.
Wang Chenghua has done many things for them, and was thoroughly labeled with the Third Divine Envoy and the Hidden Crown Prince’s mark, now he truly hoped they would not encounter any mishaps.
Yet Wang Chenghua was unaware that at this mont, Lin Rui and Luo Wangshu exchanged glances, both of their eyes gleaming with delight.
Lin Rui thought to himself that these Purgatory scoundrels really knew how to play their cards, it’s as if they’re handing him a pillow when he’s sleepy, extrely considerate.
He then leaped forward to the entrance of the cave.
Just then, Lin Rui received a ssage from Li Xianglong: Xiao Rui, don’t go in yet, we are analyzing the composition of the black fog and scanning the structural map of the strata, we will have results soon.
Li Xianglong: I have detected a large number of anti-matter annihilation bombs inside, and possibly planet-killing grade weapons, they are probably anticipating you to fill the inside with lives.
Linghu Mingde also sent a ssage: Xiao Rui, I see deadly traps underground aid at you, you must be cautious today, do not venture inside recklessly without full assurance.
Linghu Mingde: We have located the Divine Sect’s King Ming lurking fifty miles to the south, you must be careful.
Lin Rui looked around, guessing that the group of Federation experts gathered by Li Xianglong was also nearby.
Linghu Mingde had alerted him 7 minutes ago, and Li Xianglong had quickly gathered thirteen Nine Realms, Super Emperor Rank or above experts from around Luojing, preparing to compete for the Divine Tablet fragnts again.
Among them was Linghu Mingde’s Alien, Zhao Yang, who, as an Imperial Censor, possessed a specially designed SS grade Exoskeleton Armor for Aliens that ensured his Alien identity remained concealed from others.
Actually, the relationship between Linghu Mingde and Zhao Yang had already been made public within the Earth Federation, but now Zhao Yang has his ‘vajra body’, and unless outsiders possess proof, they can do nothing to him.
As for that Demon Sect King Ming, Lin Rui had guessed it long ago.
The mont he approached this place, the ‘Holy Thunder Tribulation Fire Sub-body’ inside the Abyss Source Core at his forehead began to heat up continually.
Lin Rui guessed that this King Ming was nearby, yet he could not ascertain his exact location.
However, today is indeed a convergence of heroes and elites.
Of course, Lin Rui had no intention of entering the mine pit right now. He raised his hand and grasped the black fog in his hand to sense it carefully.
Shortly after, Lin Rui let out a slight cold laugh.
So it was this thing—
At this mont, another dozen arcs of rainbow light flew across the sky.
That was none other than the Third Divine Envoy of the Great Wei, Cui Peipei, and the Third Divine Envoy of the Great Cheng, Zong Xiushan, along with a group of accompanying experts from both sides.
As they approached, they were imdiately locked on by the martial intent of five hundred twenty Dragon Transformation Martial Practitioners and five hundred twenty Battle Dragons, and targeted by hundreds of ‘Twelve-Ard Dragon Slaying Crossbows’ of the Seventh Realm and ‘Twenty-Four-Ard National Guardian Divine Crossbows’ of the Eighth Realm.
In this short tifra, more court experts and soldiers arrived, bringing with them many powerful chanisms from the chanical God Temple.
Cui Peipei imdiately let out an angry grunt: “Luo Wangshu!”
Luo Wangshu let out a light laugh, instructing, “These distinguished guests are all national guests of Great Song, let them in.”
The surrounding Dragon Transformation individuals then retracted their martial intent and conceptual power.
After Cui Peipei floated up and arrived, she also deeply glanced at the interior of the mine, then turned her head towards Lin Rui: “This black fog is non-toxic; why not send soone in to investigate? If those people manage to break through to the Sky Pool Passage, the consequences would be unimaginable.”
Zong Xiushan also spoke with a solemn expression: “Mr. Lin, this might be our last chance to recover the Abyss Divine Tablet, please handle this appropriately!”
Lin Rui slightly shook his head: “I have received reliable intelligence that there are nurous anti-matter annihilation bombs planted by the Heavenly Demons inside, and so-called planet-destroying weapons. Without being able to disarm these one by one, even Seventh Realm experts entering could face deadly peril.”
He then curved the corners of his lips, revealing a trace of a smile: “If the two of you are in a hurry, you might as well go inside first to explore.”
After hearing this, both Cui Peipei and Zong Xiushan smirked and kept silent.
They thought those Purgatory Demons were clearly targeting Lin Hao and his apprentice; they must be out of their minds to help Lin Hao step into such a deadly trap.
Moreover, neither of them was the lord of this place.
The fragnts of the Abyss Divine Tablet were plundered within the boundaries of Great Song; Great Song has the obligation to help them retrieve the fragnts!
If Lin Hao and his apprentice are unwilling to make an effort, East Abyss will naturally deal with them.
So this matter was in no way their responsibility to intervene.
Lin Rui slightly shook his head and directly walked back into Luo Wangshu’s Eight-Dragon Flying Chariot.
He promptly drafted a prescription and had Commander Wang Tianwu temporarily gather a large quantity of dicinal materials from around, then personally concocted inside the chariot, soon producing several barrels of dicine.
“Commander Wang, please arrange for mages to blow all these dicines I formulated into the mine pit.”
At this mont, Lin Rui was unaware that at the sa ti, deep in this abandoned mine pit, several people with different appearances along with people from Tianji Star were observing Lin Hao’s every move through the pre-installed situational awareness equipnt.
This included Vice-President Brown of the Longevity Association, who with a cold gaze, pondered whether this ‘Lin Hao’ was indeed Lin Rui?
This was easy to figure out; just by looking at the Battle Dragon used by ‘Lin Hao’, one could decide whether he lived or died today.
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