Chapter 174 The ruins of the ancient wizard?
Recalling the previous encounter, Yihua's curiosity became stronger and she thought about various possibilities.
Unwilling to leave just now, he hung on the horseback of one of his dead men and began to think about ways to approach the cave.
After a while, he ordered the Deceased Centaur to try to dive down again and approached the cave, but they were attacked by nine Deceased Centaur again.
Realizing that it would be difficult to break through underwater, he swam to the surface again.
"The nine dead horses that swam out of the cave just now will probably not leave in a short time. It seems that they can only find another way."
Next, Yihua tried to approach the existence from other angles despite the erosion of the sea of death. A giant underwater mountain peak with a cave.
After several hours of trying and using the Holy Light spell to replenish the lost life energy, Yihua still could not find another cave that could enter the mountain. Instead, he was attacked several times by nine dead horses because the distance was too close.
"Is there no other way besides a frontal breakthrough?"
Just when Yihua was at a loss, he had no intention of looking upward from the perspective of the dead men and horses, along the mountain peak where a large number of dead men and horses were stationed.
Through the outline, Yihua could faintly see that this underwater mountain seemed to extend above the water.
"Let's see if there is an entrance on the water first."
Feeling the new hope, Yi Hua quickly ordered the Deceased Horse to lead him towards the part of the submarine mountain above the sea.
The distance of a thousand meters in a straight line would take at least a minute or two for other ordinary earth knights to cross, but for the Decline Horse, it only takes a few breaths.
"Huh~"
Swimming out of the sea again, looking at the isolated island not far away, Yihua took a big breath.
Although with Yihua's Earth Knight-level physique, even if he doesn't breathe for an hour, his life is not in danger at all.
But holding your breath is never a comfortable thing.
Out of caution, Yihua kept a distance of about two hundred meters from the sea surface of the mountain. While he could have a clear view of the surrounding sea, he could also leave sufficient reaction time for possible dangers.
After a while, seeing that there was no danger, Yihua tentatively ordered his undead to land on the island first.
Through the perspective of the fallen men and horses, Yihua also had a glimpse of the entire part of the underwater mountain peak above the water surface -
this is a huge basin floor with a radius of several thousand meters. The surrounding seawater follows the waves and beats on the edge of the basin that is tens of meters high.
The bottom of the basin is a layer of silt mixed with a little intrusion of seawater and soil.
After briefly browsing the surrounding scene and confirming that there was no danger, Yihua decisively led his undead men to find a passage to the underground in the basin bottom.
Perhaps because he had accumulated enough good luck, after spending a quarter of an hour, Yihua actually discovered a secret cave entrance from a remote location near the bottom of the basin.
This cave entrance is extremely deep, and seems to lead directly to the location of the nine Decays a thousand meters below.
But perhaps because no one has passed through it for a long time, the entrance of the cave has long been blocked by hard mud. Not to mention the dead men and horses, not even Yihua himself can enter it.
"The main reason is that the entrance is blocked. There should be no problem with the internal passage. As long as the entrance is opened..."
If it were before, Yihua might have had to work harder.
But now Yihua has already enslaved the dead men and horses. With the dead spear, he only opened a passage blocked by the mud, which was completely overkill.
Boom boom!
Under the bombardment of two dead men and horses throwing dead spears one after another, in just a few minutes, a smooth and smooth passage was blown out of the hole that was originally blocked.
"There seems to be something wrong with this passage. It's a little too smooth."
Looking at the silver-gray walls in the cave that were incompatible with the surrounding rocks, Yihua felt doubtful in his heart.
Logically speaking, after being directly hit by the spears of the dead men and horses, ordinary rocks will have no other possibility besides turning into powder and leaving pitted surfaces.
Out of doubt, Yihua decisively activated the half-dead witch body, instantly condensing a tentacle of fear, and stabbed the silver-gray wall of the passage not far away with maximum force.
Clang!
Along with the sound of gold and iron, sparks flew from the wall. Yihua condensed illusory tentacles that were comparable to his full blow. The moment they collided with the wall, they were suddenly bounced away.
Yi Hua looked again and saw that there was not even a white spot left on the wall where he had been stabbed before, let alone scratches!
Seeing that with all his current strength, he could not shake the wall in front of him, Yihua's pupils shrank and he stepped forward to study the material of the wall.
After a long time, he breathed out softly and said slowly:
"As expected, the wall in this passage is not a rock, but an unknown metal with extremely high hardness that can easily withstand fourth-level damage!" It stands to reason
! Generally speaking, there should not be such high-strength materials in the low-level undead zone, but if it is connected with the wizard, everything seems more reasonable.
As far as Yi Hua knows, even today's wizards have lost too many precious inheritances compared to ancient times.
But it can still produce synthetic metals that can defend against the power of fourth and fifth levels, and even the first-level official wizard level.
"It seems that this may be a wizard ruins!"
Realizing this, Yihua decisively ordered the Deceased Man to immediately move forward to clear the way. He was located a hundred meters behind him, advancing at a slow but determined speed.
The cave passages are intricate, but the overall direction is always downward.
As Yihua moved forward cautiously, he unknowingly went a hundred meters underground and gradually approached the location of the cave in the sea.
During this period, Yihua has not encountered any undead, as if this place is a blind spot for those undead patrols.
While gradually exploring, Yihua finally discovered an important clue.
"Light?"
Looking at the strange and complicated runes carved on the silver-grey, extremely hard synthetic metal wall, Yihua recognized its meaning at a glance and subconsciously said.
"Sure enough, they are wizard runes. This passage covered with high-strength alloy has obvious man-made traces. It seems that this is really a relic left by a wizard in the world of death." Yihua felt refreshed after discovering the key clues
. Stepping deeper again.
Taking the wall in the passage as a reference that can easily withstand his current all-out attack, the specifications of this wizard ruins must not be too low, and it may even reach the level of an official wizard!
Yihua couldn't help but be tempted by such a precious relic.
However, Yihua also knows that there may be dangers hidden in the ruins that he cannot deal with. For this reason, he has already prepared the strictest security protection he can.
Time passed slowly, and soon, Yihua arrived at the underwater cave and the location of the nine dead horses. He was only a few hundred meters away from the dead horses outside the cave.
At this time, Yihua suddenly stopped and looked at an alien mechanical alchemy puppet that looked exactly like a spider lying on the ground at the corner of the passage not far away.
Yihua first ordered his undead men to go and investigate. After eliminating the danger, Yihua decisively stepped forward to investigate the alchemy puppets on the ground.
"Constructed Heart, Atomic Claws, Small Anti-Matter Cannon, these are all precious parts worth thousands or even tens of thousands of Witch Crystals!" With his half-assed mechanical knowledge, Yi Hua could barely
identify a few parts on the alchemy puppet's body. Precious parts of high value.
He tried to draw his sword and slash at the alchemy puppet in front of him, but the result was the same as the previous attack on the wall. Yihua's full attack could only scrape some dust off the alchemy puppet, but could not cause even a scratch on its body.
"When this alchemy puppet is intact, I'm afraid it can easily display terrifying strength comparable to that of a fifth-level apprentice!" Unfortunately, I don't know what kind of damage it
suffered. The spider-shaped alchemy puppet in front of me was seriously damaged, and the precious parts had long been lost. Melted together, the countless runes originally engraved on the body surface were eroded and blurred, completely reduced to scrap metal.
In the end, Yihua could only pick and choose, reluctantly dismantling dozens of small parts that were still intact from the broken alchemy puppet, and put them away.
Although these parts are extremely small and not important parts of the alchemy puppet's body, thousands of Witch Crystals can easily be sold even based on the strength of the material itself.
After obtaining these parts, Yihua did not leave immediately and continue to go deep into the passage. Instead, he stood there and silently thought about the origin of this ruins based on the information he had obtained so far.
Today's alchemy puppets, due to the loss of technology and scarcity of materials, the more advanced they are, the more expensive they are to make.
But it is said that in ancient times, the cost of making alchemy puppets was much cheaper than today. Even if you just enter a wizard tower, you can encounter groups of alchemy puppets.
This also leads to the fact that there are often a large number of remains of alchemy puppets among the wizard ruins left over from ancient times.
Among the few well-preserved ruins, there are even alchemy puppets that have retained certain movement and even attack capabilities even after tens of thousands of years.
"If this is the case, I am afraid that this ruin is most likely a ruin left by an ancient wizard, and it has existed for at least tens of thousands of years." After judging the age of the ruins, Yihua looked stern, and then thought
:
" I probably haven't gone deep into this ruins yet, but I was able to encounter a damaged fifth-level alchemy puppet at a remote corner. It must be that this puppet has reached the official wizard level. After going deep into the ruins, it is even possible. We will meet an alchemy puppet of extraordinary level!"
Realizing this, Yihua felt mixed joy and sorrow.
The good thing is that the official wizard-level ruins must still retain many precious items even after tens of thousands of years.
Many of them are precious knowledge and rare materials that were only available in ancient times and have been lost to extinction.
For a being at that level, even a trace of debris leaking between the fingers is enough to benefit Yihua endlessly.
Just encountering a severely damaged fifth-level alchemy puppet in the surface ruins allowed Yihua to harvest thousands of witch crystals in an instant.
(End of chapter)