514 Gathering Place of the Undead, the Heavily Guarded Portal (1/2)
Qin Ruo had considerable luck!
Recently, he had been troubled with discovering the actual location for the portal to the Buried City. However, Edgar told him that the portal was mostly hidden underground or in the bowels of mountains, not easily found out by humans. Furthermore, it would be guarded by several high-tier Undead and several Liches—in the unknown of the Underworld, Qin Ruo could do nothing on his own to find the portal from all those Underworld caverns…
He was convinced that the only thing he could do was level up and reach Tier 6 as soon as possible, or simply escape the Underworld when a large batch of players entered.
However, Windy Groan, the Netherspirit's Claw traitor revealed an important detail to him: he has the confirmed location of the portal!
Unbelievable…
Qin Ruo could tell from Windy Groan's eyes that he certainly was not lying, just as he had no reason to lie or the ability to set a trap.
After listening intently to the coordinates provided, Qin Ruo left the camp without a word—he was not about to miss a single chance to leave the damned place as soon as he could, even if there was a mere fraction of that chance.
Though he was confident in Violet Orchid and the others and did not believe that Netherclaw could do anything to Fallen Angels, Netherspirit's Claw Clan could inflict a heavy blow upon them if they had the thought! Qin Ruo was aware that Netherclaw's schemes could only be stopped if he left the Underworld and appeared in the Mythical Continent!
That was why he chose to trust in Windy Groan and see things for himself at the place he described…
***
The place where Windy Groan found the portal was very special—it was a large, hollow valley filled with cavities just like a beehive, and rather conspicuous!
He had confirmed the location with Captain Edgar that it was more than sixty kilometers away from the camp. When he found the target, he was profoundly shocked by the aesthetical mountains…
Its surface was dozens of times larger than Galbis's Lair! One could see upon a single glance that it was filled with dozen thousands of pores-like cavities with varying sizes, each cavern guarded by menacing high-tier undead guards. As if a forest of blades, it was a place most heavily guarded in the Underworld!
Looking down from above, Qin Ruo could clearly see countless Undead gathering from every direction of the valley…
Undead of all sizes entered different cavities, shambling yet solemn!
Keeping a distance from Hellhounds as he approached the valley, Qin Ruo could actually see what was happening inside from the less guarded cavities.
One would be ignorant if they did not look, but startled if they did!
Undead of all varieties and darkness filling the inside of the valley left even Qin Ruo inhaling sharply on sight, his heart shuddering as he threw away any thoughts of making an approach!
Damn it!
It was as if it was a superior central camp for Undead, and Qin Ruo projected that the massive mountain chain could hold at least hundreds and thousands of undead… if every spot was occupied by them.
A hundred thousand undead…
How does that even work?
Having both high-tier Vampires and Skeleton Dragons meant that there were both airborne and land forces. No wonder Windy Groan was killed off at once when he entered the mountain…
There was no telling how many Bosses was hidden amongst those innumerable Undead. Would a Tier 5 Bandit not be discovered and killed at once if he entered? Qin Ruo himself could hardly ensure his own safety if he was to go inside: that damned place is not one to be entered by typical Tier 5 players.
Qin Ruo even began suspecting if Windy Groan was right. The Bandit had claimed that there was only one portal linked to the Buried City, and it was not the portal said to have been prepared by the Underworld meticulously for countless years, directed towards the Mythical Continent!
Though one could leave the Underworld from both portals, the circumstances around them were distinctly different! The level of guards and the number of Liches were utterly different…
Furthermore, the Buried City was under complete control of players in the Mythical Continent. Every zone was covered by player groups and there would be no great danger wherever they appeared.
On the other hand, portal directly connected to the Mythical Continent was guarded by Liches and uncountable undead, with the risk of death being a hundred percent!
Stopping dozens of meters away from the mountains, Qin Ruo thought for half a beat before deciding to ask Windy Groan on voice for more details about how things were inside. He would then choose whether he should take the risk to investigate the place, or just spread his Angelic Wings to lure the Undead outside for a look.
But just as he hesitated, his danger sense tingled…
His extra long-range sense suddenly caught two familiar figures that had entered his perception boundary!
”Lich!”
Damn it!
His cover was blown!
Without another word, Qin Ruo at once turned and flew away, gliding toward the opposite direction with his Aqua Wings and slowly leave the pursuing Liches behind.
***
In terms of speed, Liches were comparable to an Angelic Wing fighter, but helpless against Aqua Wings. It could only watch as the human intruder that had invaded their territory for more than half a minute to distance itself, turning back in disappointment.
Still, their chase left a frown on Qin Ruo's brow.
”Troublesome.”
As expected, the defense around the portal was at extreme levels. The Liches here were not fools like those in the Buried City that kept guarding the same passageway either—they were versatile, pragmatic and unrestrained. With Qin Ruo's ability now, it was already difficult for him to fight one, much less two… and he still had to fight with the Purification Potion Yaegar brewed for him.
”Are you sure how many Liches are inside?” Qin Ruo called Wind's Groan on voice.