Chapter 2957
The Cave Below the Canyon
Chapter 2957 The Cave Below the Canyon
Chen Mo watched the dark cloud floating above the canyon and followed it to the edge of the canyon, gazing at the dark cloud to see what was different about it.
But after watching for a while, I didn't find anything strange; it was just a rolling black cloud. But why was this black cloud able to return to the canyon on its own? I really want to figure this out.
Since you can't understand it, let's go down into the canyon and take a look.
At this time, the canyon was not covered by thick black clouds, so the bottom of the canyon could be seen clearly at a glance.
However, to Chen Mo's surprise, there were still quite a few ordinary strange beasts in the densely packed cave entrances below the canyon.
He had thought that all the strange beasts had been killed by the Thunder Sword, but he didn't expect that there were still so many ordinary strange beasts left. At a glance, there were probably tens of thousands of them.
These strange beasts were all lingering at the cave entrance, and some of them were even looking up at him.
Furthermore, at the bottom of the vertical cliff face of the canyon, Chen Mo also saw some injured alien beasts, howling in pain. Seeing this, Chen Mo deduced that these alien beasts had just climbed to a low point on the cliff face when the Thunder Sword exploded, before they had even shown themselves.
Therefore, when the lightning energy of the Thunder Sword raged, it turned all the strange beasts on the ground and those that had climbed high up the cliff into dust. The strange beasts that had not climbed very high were not attacked by the lightning energy, but they still fell down because of the raging lightning and ended up like this.
As for the other beasts, they didn't continue to rush up. It's possible that after I killed the king beast and the beast leader, these ordinary beasts didn't receive any orders, and the lightning attacks from above terrified them, so they didn't climb up.
Hehe, since they didn't climb up, Chen Mo decided to go down and take a look, and also send these strange beasts to their deaths.
Chen Mo turned around and found that the entire canyon was relatively clean, with nothing but charred remains. Of course, this did not include the crystallized parts on the ground or rocks that had been burned by the lightning power.
Anyway, even if Qian Ying and his people found out, he wouldn't admit it. He claimed he didn't know anything; after seeing the beast rush out of the canyon tonight, he immediately retreated towards the hillside nursery, albeit slowly, to see if the beast had caught up.
As for the scattered, burnt charcoal, Chen Mo, in order to prevent Qian Ying and his group of martial artists from being discovered, had no choice but to take out an empty Qiankun bag again, and dart around in the canyon to collect all the charcoal fragments into the bag.
The more exhilarating it was to unleash the Thunder Sword back then, the more frustrating it is to deal with these scumbags now.
Before Chen Mo used the Thunder Sword to try and wipe them all out, the number of strange beasts had already reached tens of thousands. Therefore, after being reduced to ashes, the number of these ashes was naturally also tens of thousands. If Chen Mo hadn't been able to use his divine sense to store everything within a three-meter radius into his Qiankun Bag, he really wouldn't have bothered cleaning up these black ashes.
The cleaning of the black residue took more than an hour before it was all removed.
Then, he activated the true energy within his body and checked his physical condition.
This was Chen Mo's first injury. Although he had taken a lot of pills, he still needed to check himself carefully just to be on the safe side, lest he encounter some kind of powerful beast again, which would be troublesome.
Fortunately, the medicine he took was very effective, and the effects of the medicine had not yet been completely consumed. His injuries had already healed completely, and there was still a lot of the medicine's effects remaining in his body's meridians, continuously nourishing his body.
Since there's nothing wrong with my body, let's go down into the canyon and take a look. Maybe we can find some good stuff there.
Equip yourself with golden arm guards and a golden cloak, and then cast a talisman on yourself to protect yourself.
He dodged and leaped directly off the cliff face of the canyon.
A drop of several hundred meters is nothing to Chen Mo. He simply takes out his jade sword and plunges it into the cliff face to slow his descent.
So, a few breaths later, Chen Mo landed safely on the ground.
Looking around, besides the tens of thousands of strange beasts, there are also numerous densely packed black holes, which are actually much larger than they appear when viewed from above the canyon.
However, before Chen Mo could properly observe the situation, numerous strange beasts roared and charged towards him.
Although these beasts might have been scared away by the previous attack, now that Chen Mo has arrived at the bottom of the canyon and is standing in front of them, they will naturally not let go of what is delivered to their mouths.
Chen Mo was not frightened by the dense swarm of strange beasts in front of him. Instead, he calmly took out the Soul-Chasing Nail and walked towards the area with the most strange beasts.
These ordinary beasts are no match for the Soul-Chasing Nail; it can pierce their foreheads instantly.
After all, the Soul-Chasing Nails are refined weapons, making them much easier to use. Unlike the helmeted spear, which requires immense mental energy to control with divine sense—a drain that's simply unsustainable—the Soul-Chasing Nails are much more convenient, more numerous, and require far less mental energy to operate.
In the blink of an eye, one after another, the strange beasts collapsed and were sent to their deaths by Chen Mo.
However, these beasts showed no sign of stopping, continuing their frenzied attack on him. Not only were there nearly ten thousand on the canyon floor, but many more continued to emerge from the black hole and charge at him. Chen Mo considered the situation and decided to kill them first. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to escape their attacks anywhere, and being attacked by so many would severely hinder his reconnaissance.
Fortunately, the Soul-Chasing Nails were incredibly fast at eliminating the alien beasts. Furthermore, Chen Mo kept teleporting towards areas teeming with them. As a result, the numerous beasts that charged at him were killed by the Soul-Chasing Nails before they could even attack him.
In addition, these ordinary beasts seemed to lack a leader or king-level beast to guide them, so when they attacked Chen Mo, they did not pounce and explode immediately, nor did they use the spikes on their shoulders and backs to attack Chen Mo.
Instead, it used its teeth and claws to rush up and try to tear him apart.
Now it's much easier to deal with these strange beasts; we can just use the Soul-Chasing Nail to pierce their heads directly.
Furthermore, these ordinary beasts are of no use, and they don't even have inner cores in their hearts, so Chen Mo's actions are destined to be fruitless.
The Soul-Chasing Nails flashed incessantly, and one after another, strange beasts fell to the ground and died.
Without the presence of powerful beasts such as beast guards, beast leaders, and king beasts, the sheer number of ordinary beasts would be useless to Chen Mo.
So he spent more than half an hour wiping out all the strange beasts.
Although a few might occasionally slip through the net in remote corners, it wouldn't affect the overall situation. In a short period of time, Chen Mo wiped out over ten thousand strange beasts.
This gave me the time to properly observe the canyon floor.
But what they didn't expect was that the entire canyon floor was devoid of vegetation, not a single patch of green, only desolation and those black holes.
Meanwhile, in several black holes relatively close to Chen Mo, the faint roars of beasts could still be heard. It seemed the extermination hadn't been complete; there were still some remaining in these black holes.
Chen Mo examined the canyon floor and found nothing special or with any vegetation, only these black holes.
I took out my watch and checked it. I realized there was still some time before dawn, so I should have enough time to explore the black hole.
Without hesitation, he slipped into a dark hole beside him. Thanks to his daytime vision, Chen Mo could see clearly no matter how dark it was.
The black cave is about ten meters in diameter, which is very large. Standing in it, it seems to have no end, extending diagonally downwards for an unknown distance. The angle of inclination is probably around sixty degrees, but walking in it is still not a problem.
So, after looking around at the cave entrance, Chen Mo quickly ran deeper into the cave.
But to his surprise, after running for a while, the cave branched off into three round holes of roughly the same size, each leading in a different direction.
Furthermore, there were no markings on the cave walls.
After a slight hesitation, I chose to proceed through the cave on the left.
But he hadn't gone far when he encountered several more cave entrances, which left him somewhat helpless. He hadn't expected these caves to be like an underground maze; if he continued to enter, he might get lost.
After thinking it over, I decided to continue the adventure.
Therefore, he took out the jade sword and easily left a clear mark on the cave wall. Then he took out an array base and activated it, causing it to disappear into the cave wall.
These are the two methods he came up with; one is quite obvious, while the other requires relying on one's divine sense to discover.
The purpose of doing this is, of course, to guard against enemies. What if there are highly intelligent alien beasts in this black hole? If these beasts erase the marks they left behind, it will be quite troublesome for them to escape.
Of course, there are ways to solve that problem. Back in Cambodia, when he was trapped in an underground mine, he managed to dig his way back to the surface using the Jade Sword.
However, doing that would be time-consuming and might even lead to confusion about the direction.
If the excavation goes astray and ends up inside the canyon wall, reaching the surface will be extremely difficult. A drop of several hundred meters would be enough to drive you crazy.
Moreover, there wasn't enough time; Ouyang Ruoxi was still waiting for him to return.
Therefore, in unfamiliar places, it's best to be cautious and patient; this is the key to victory.
As Chen Mo ran deeper into the cave, he left marks and array bases at every fork in the road.