541 Corrosive Poison Sparrow (2/2)
”We have finally arrived at the end,” Yin Banshuang's tense expression relaxed a little.
”Do you not find it odd that there is a bright light deep underground?” Mo Wen looked at Yin Banshuang weirdly.
”There's nothing odd about it. I believe this is the first time that you have come to such a Beast Lair, right?” Yin Banshuang said calmly.
Mo Wen nodded his head. While he had seen a Beast Lair before, he had never seen one in this world.
”There are many weird ores in the Tan Zi Beast Lair. Some of these ores are able to shine just like lightbulbs, brightening up the dark underground. There are also some weird monstrous beasts that have luminous bodies. Everywhere these beasts go, the area is lit entirely.”
There were some areas in Tan Zi Beast Lair that were pitch dark. However, there were also areas that were completely bright.
Upon hearing that, Mo Wen nodded his head. Yin Banshuang truly had a much better understanding of Tan Zi Beast Lair than he did.
When the two of them flew out of the passageway, they were a few hundred meters in the air. It was as though they were levitating in mid-air. Of course, they were currently deep underground. It was just that they had gone into another space.
Mo Wen glanced downwards to see that the place was completely deserted. There were unknown weeds and grasses growing. Above their heads was a layer of soil. When glancing around, they were unable to see the ends of the place. There were many pieces of shining stones lodged in the surface of the soil. Some of them were as small as a thumb while others were as big as a person's head, and some of them looked like a millstone. Those ores were shining brightly, lighting up the space underground. If one looked up, it would look just like a sky full of stars.
Cuckoo! An odd sound rang out. Initially, the sound seemed to be far away. However, as time passed, the sound got closer and closer.
A black line appeared ahead. At first, the black line was very thin. As time went by, it got thicker and thicker. By the end, it had covered the entire sky and essentially hogged all the space.
”That is the Corrosive Poison Sparrow! Run fast.”
With one glance, Yin Banshuang's expression had become infinitely pale. Her headful of hair danced in the wind and it was as though she had already turned to run without even thinking.
Mo Wen blinked his eyes. Without a second word, he followed behind Yin Banshuang to return to the passageway once again. Although he did not know what the Corrosive Poison Sparrow was, that group of monstrous beasts had covered the entire sky. Simply thinking about it would make one tremble in fear. Not just them, even if an entire martial art sect had been surrounded, they would not come to a good end.
Yin Banshuang flew for another 500 to 600 meters before slowly coming to a stop. ”We are simply too unlucky. After just reaching the second layer, we already encountered a group of Corrosive Poison Sparrows. It was a good thing that we were so close to the passageway. If not, that would have been the end of us in Tan Zi Beast Lair.
Yin Banshuang still had fear in her heart. Monstrous beasts from the different layers very rarely appeared in passageways of this kind. Hence, hiding in the passageway was considered the safest method.
”Corrosive Poison Sparrow?” Mo Wen asked curiously.
”The Corrosive Poison Sparrow is the most frightening monstrous beast in the second layer. Individually, they are not powerful. However, they are when they gather as a group, as they cover the skies the moment they appear. Inside their bodies, the Corrosive Poison Sparrows have a type of corrosive poison. The poison that they spit out can even corrode a stone.”
”Perhaps you have never witnessed a Corrosive Poison Sparrow traveling across space. It is said that the total poison spat out by 100000 of the Corrosive Poison Sparrows could completely corrode an entire mountain. Every time a group of Corrosive Poison Sparrows travels through space, many mountain peaks disappear.”
”It is not a secret that there are Corrosive Poison Sparrows in the second layer of the Tan Zi Beast Lair. However, people normally do not encounter them. That is because the Corrosive Poison Sparrows are often deep in sleep underground. They would only group up and appear outside during the hunting season. Their power of destruction is so strong that they could even handle the ninth layer of the Tan Zi Beast Lair.”
Yin Banshuang breathed in deeply. The group of Corrosive Poison Sparrows was rare but they had gotten the chance to meet it. This luck of theirs was really…
”That group of Corrosive Poison Sparrows should have gone far away from us by now.” After waiting for about 15 minutes, Mo Wen flew out once again from the exit. At the moment, the space of the second layer was completely calm. The group of Corrosive Poison Sparrows had disappeared entirely. Only the ground was full of bumps and hollows. Many of the stones had corroded halfway or turned completely black, letting out puffs of black fog.
The ends of the place could not be seen. Clearly, it had been a scene caused by the poison of the Corrosive Poison Sparrows. Mo Wen did a rough calculation, only to work out that there must have been at least hundreds of thousands of the Corrosive Poison Sparrows before!
”The second layer is different from the first layer. Even with our high Cultivations, we may lose our lives if we are not careful. Be very cautious,” Yin Banshuang said as her expression grew solemn. They had already encountered the scariest bunch of monstrous beasts in the second layer upon entering. Just what kind of omen was that?
”There are still others in the second layer,” Mo Wen sensed something and he looked towards the north-west direction.
”Hm?” Upon hearing that, Yin Banshuang looked over as well. Her detection abilities were not as good as Mo Wen's so she was only able to sense the abnormality after a while.
She furrowed her brows before saying, ”There's no need to care about others. It is very normal for some human ancient martial art practitioners to appear in Tan Zi Beast Lair at such a time. After all, the resources in the second layer are much more abundant than in the first layer. Let's rush over to the fifth layer immediately to prevent others from reaching there first. I suspect that this time, there is a huge number of human ancient martial art practitioners surging into Tan Zi Beast Lair. I'm afraid it's too late to change the fact that news of that thing has already gotten out.”