novellhall Chapter 50 Exploration
Chapter 50 Exploration
Lu Qingfeng took a deep breath, suppressing the surge of blood and qi after the fierce battles. His liberated form had long since been deactivated, but the aftereffects were still unbearable.
But things are different now. Lu Qingfeng once again took out tonics and temporary combat enhancement potions from his backpack and showed them off in a flash.
【Herbal Tonic Soup: Restores a large amount of health and stamina】
[Civet Potion: Temporarily increases agility, reaction speed, and coordination] 200 Disaster Coins
[Power Elixir: Temporarily increases strength and further enhances attack judgment] 150 Disaster Coins
[Bai Xudan: Temporarily increases maximum health regeneration] 300 Disaster Coins
[Listening to the Wind Pill: Increases perception ability, additionally increases airflow perception]
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Before, if you didn't have money, you could only bear it yourself. Now that you have money, if you still insist on bearing it, then all your dungeon runs were for nothing, right?
"The core of the earth's veins, let me see what's happening!"
With his pointed head, Lu Qingfeng kicked open the half-closed ancestral hall door, smashing the stone lion with its eerie gaze at the entrance.
What the hell kind of class are you? You dare to glare at me like that? You two bastards are really asking for it.
After the ancestral hall door opened, a dense aura of malevolent energy, carrying decay and blood, rushed out, almost solidifying into a tangible form.
With the effects of the medicine taking hold, Lu Qingfeng stepped inside.
The cramped and dilapidated scene he had imagined did not appear. The moment he stepped into the ancestral hall, Lu Qingfeng's pupils suddenly dilated.
From the outside, the ancestral hall is only a dozen feet square and is dilapidated.
But as soon as you step inside, the view suddenly opens up!
Beneath our feet was a passageway paved with huge bluestones, stretching forward and disappearing into an impenetrable darkness.
On both sides of the passageway, instead of collapsed walls, there are stone walls covered with strange patterns, and inlaid with phosphorus stones that emit a dim, eerie green light.
Above the empty space was an endless dark void, as if one were in a colossal underground palace.
"A miniature world contained in a mustard seed? Or is it a spatial distortion? It's kind of like a graveyard, holy crap."
A bad feeling rose in Lu Qingfeng's heart. The dilapidated ancestral hall he saw outside was probably just an insignificant entrance marker.
"Aren't we just luring people in to kill them?"
"But...it's interesting." Lu Qingfeng did not back down.
The unknown and challenges are precisely the best whetstone for him to hone his skills. (Anyway, he won't die in the dungeon.)
He gripped the heavy mountain tightly, his blood and qi circulated slowly throughout his body, and his senses, like invisible tentacles, reached out cautiously forward.
As you walk along the passageway, the sound of your footsteps echoes in the vast, empty space, adding to the sense of oppression.
After walking only a few dozen steps, the seemingly flat bluestone slabs underfoot suddenly emitted a very slight mechanical sound.
"Click!"
The moment the sound rang out, Lu Qingfeng activated his Cloud Ladder Leap, his figure floating backward several feet like a weightless feather.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!"
Just where he had been standing and within a few feet in front of him, dozens of metal spikes gleaming with a dark, cold light suddenly shot out from the ground and the walls on both sides!
"What a treacherous mechanism."
This trap was extremely vicious, with a wide coverage area and a high trigger sensitivity. If it weren't for his keen senses, anyone else would have been a hedgehog long ago.
Lu Qingfeng bypassed the area of spikes, becoming even more vigilant.
The passageway seemed endless, and the eerie green phosphorescence could only illuminate a limited area beneath one's feet.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, a fork in the road appeared ahead, with three almost identical passages extending into different darkness.
Just as Lu Qingfeng was concentrating on sensing which path had a stronger aura, the eerie green phosphorescent light on the wall suddenly became dazzling!
The interplay of light projected distorted and blurry mural illusions into the air.
These phantoms, carrying a powerful psychological impact, attempted to penetrate Lu Qingfeng's mind, stirring up the deepest fears and despair.
At the same time, an invisible suction force emanated from the mural, slowly drawing away the spiritual energy shield and traces of life force from his body!
"Quack, don't suck me! T_T"
Yeah, right! You're really giving me too much credit!
A red light flashed in Lu Qingfeng's eyes, and the Chongyue Sword slashed fiercely at the core area of the wall projecting the illusion!
"Boom!"
Stone chips flew everywhere, a huge crack was cleaved in the wall, the eerie green light dimmed instantly, and the illusion and suction force came to an abrupt end.
Okay, so there's only one last question: which of these three paths should we take? (Scratches head)
Lu Qingfeng has always placed great trust in his luck; the chances of him choosing the right person are extremely slim...
Forget it, what are you babbling about? Let's go through them all.
Lu Qingfeng was the first to step into the upper passageway.
Upon entering, a chilling wind suddenly arose, and the phosphorescent light on both sides surged, projecting distorted illusions of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
At the same time, the bluestone slab beneath his feet shattered with a crack, turning into a viscous black swamp, billowing with poisonous gas that attempted to erode the protective spiritual energy.
Enemy Encounters: Corrupted Armored Skeleton Guards x3 (Elite)
...skip
[Defeat 3 Corrupted Armored Skeleton Guards to gain 150 experience points and 50 Disaster Coins]
The illusions and swamp of decay dissipated with the death of the guards, but at the end of the passage stood a stone wall covered with inscriptions, exuding a sinister aura, yet devoid of any core fluctuations.
"A dead end?" Lu Qingfeng spat, turned around and went back. "A waste of time!"
Lu Qingfeng really didn't believe it. With a 1/2 chance, he still couldn't pick the right one. This time it was the mid lane.
The central passageway was even narrower, and the phosphorescence flickered on and off.
As they reached the middle section, the air suddenly froze, and countless distorted human faces seeped from the walls, emitting mournful howls...
Enemy Encountered: Thousand-Faced Wraith (Leader-level)
grass (a plant)
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The passageway trembled, and the vengeful spirit was shattered by the violent impact. Its wails gradually weakened, and it eventually turned into black smoke and dissipated.
[Defeat the Thousand-Faced Wraith to gain 300 experience points, 100 Disaster Coins, and 1 "Resentment Crystal"]
At the end was a phantom altar, enshrining a broken jade tablet, its yin energy dense yet ethereal.
"It's fake again? It's fake again!"
Lu Qingfeng kicked the altar to pieces, saying, "The core was hidden quite well..."
This is the last resort...
Lu Qingfeng walked along the lower passageway, and at the end of the passage, the view suddenly opened up.
A cave, even larger and more oppressive than the outer passageway, appeared before them.
In the center of the cave stood a colossal altar made of countless pale white bones!
At the top of the altar, a dark purple crystal, about the size of a millstone, was suspended, constantly pulsating.
This was precisely the source of the sinister power that Lu Qingfeng had sensed earlier.
The Spirit Amulet was acting as if it were broken, constantly issuing warnings.
【………】
Although the place was indeed oppressive, their gazes were firmly drawn to the scene in the shadows behind the altar.
There, a jade statue several meters tall stands quietly.
The statue's image was blurry and indistinct, seemingly a Taoist priest sitting cross-legged, but in Lu Qingfeng's perception, its aura was deep, cold, and indescribably malevolent!
As Lu Qingfeng sensed and observed, the jade statue's tightly closed eyes seemed to... move very slightly.
An indescribable, icy will instantly swept across the entire massive cavern!
The owner of the food service establishment?!
Even if it turned to ashes, Lu Qingfeng would still recognize that aura!