The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 801

The ocean floor stretches for 20,000 leagues, which is only a little over 10,000 kilometers vertically downwards from the sea level.

By this comparison, the lava sea inside the massive cavity must be at least 6,000 kilometers deep.

If this were Earth, this depth would be close to the Earth's core, within 400 kilometers of the true center.

But in this world, distance isn't measured that way.

The existence of the inner plane itself creates a kind of extraordinary distortion.

Simply put, there is almost no direct path to the Earth's core in the normal physical sense. Instead, the deeper one goes, the closer one gets to the inner planes, where supernatural forces will cause one to be drawn into dimensions such as the underworld, the earth elemental plane, or the abyss.

The lava chamber that the advance team has now entered belongs to the abyss.

Its connection to reality lies in the ocean and the sea.

Everyone knows this.

Even with the whirlpools and the increasingly powerful black water walls that obstruct the way down, high-level superhumans still have ways to pinpoint the location of the seabed.

In other words, the deep sea is a shaft-like structure built on the seabed of the Earth Sea.

Even after venturing deeper into the abyss, the characteristics of whirlpools and turbulent currents remain, and appear even more powerful. After going more than halfway down, distortions, or rather, points of connection, appear.

Beyond this transition point, the next step is a gradual entry into the lava cavity dimension.

However, due to the obstruction of the volcanic island, the characteristics of the lava conduits in this area are covered by the more powerful abyssal effects.

However, although the high temperature of the furnace was cooled by the high-speed rotating water, the furnace's structure itself was not destroyed.

The volcanic island, which collapses inward from the center, acts as a barrier between the two extremes of ice and fire.

Of course, the actual situation is more complicated. It's not as simple as the watertight doors and hull deforming under high pressure to form a delicate balance, resulting in a small amount of water seepage, but not collapse in a short time.

Conversely, although the degree is complex, the essence is the same; it's just a matter of a plug barely separating the two ends.

Once inside the lava tube, the dimensional properties cause many physical constants to become even more distorted.

Therefore, the advance team's sinking into the cavity had little to do with going deep into the Earth's core, let alone the current further exploration from the molten earth.

The molten earth, in a sense, is as solid as a reef.

However, if you master the right methods, you can go with the flow, like quicksand.

This time, it was the legendary shaman Sokoch, representing the Ibelin Shamanic Order, who demonstrated his skills, causing the warship to sink on its own in fire and earth.

Shamans are proficient in both fire and earth elemental powers, so it seems reasonable for them to grant warships such a buff.

But Black Robb knew very well that Sokoch's method had actually gone beyond the conventional scope of shamanic arts. Only someone who was proficient in fire and earth elements and also had a high level of expertise in the spatial dimension could master such a method.

Not to mention, the technology itself is already very mature; it's not something that an individual can develop simply by saying, "I have extensive knowledge in this field."

Therefore, Sokoch's timely intervention not only proves once again that the Ibelin Shamans have received technical investment from some external force, but also demonstrates through this performance that they probably had some prior knowledge of the obstacles along the way, which is why their prepared methods were so targeted.

The warships seemed to be moving through quicksand.

What reassured the advance team was that the effects of gravity remained clear, which was good news. It meant that they hadn't lost their way, as they always knew which way was up and which way was down. As long as they remembered every subtle change in the process, there was a possibility of returning the way they came.

After falling for about twenty minutes, the space ahead suddenly opened up, and the warship then plummeted into freefall.

The advance team members were all highly capable, so they were naturally not afraid of such a trivial anomaly.

The leader, the dark elf Lucius, activated his domain power once more, and the warship quickly became like a leaf drifting in the wind, eventually coming to a steady stop.

Then, at Lucis's signal, the group left the warship.

Outside the boat, the wind and snow howled, and the sky was pitch black.

Not far away, in the dark sky, the fiery waterfall was rapidly coming to an end.

This waterfall is made of molten soil that carried the warships down with it.

Inside the lava tubes, the molten soil is charred rock and black sand, but here it becomes stubborn embers. It takes a long time for the wind and snow to completely remove its heat, and then it is mixed up and covered up.

That's why the fiery waterfall was formed.

But as the dome cooled down by the cold wind and snow, the firefall ended.

Dikaf, the third of the three legendary advance team members, clearly had a deep understanding of the two elements of Feng Shui.

With a wave of the hand, a tornado is formed, and within the tornado, turquoise ice pillars are created.

The icicle timely enveloped the last wisp of molten soil that had not yet dissipated its heat, sealing it within, making the top of the icicle resemble an amber lamp encased in lava.

Once the surrounding tornadoes subsided, it became a landmark building amidst the wind and snow.

Black Robb certainly knew Diggaf's intentions in doing so.

As planned, the team had previously carried equipment to establish an outpost.

Once a suitable area is reached, an outpost will be established and a teleportation array will be set up to connect with the outposts at the bottom of the lava tubes and on the molten soil.

Further up, there is the Moon Elf Camp and the Great Ocean Ring Joint Base on the sea.

It is through these station-by-station channels that the rear route is kept unobstructed.

It can be said that, under the initiative of the Ibelin Shamans, the adventurers have learned from their previous failures and are now taking a more cautious approach.

At this time and place, it was not a good time to establish a new outpost, but it must be admitted that this point of entry had certain commemorative value (for returning the way we came), so this signpost was erected.

Afterwards, Digaff gave everyone a buff that protected them from snowstorms.

Black Rob had to admit that this was a very pragmatic move.

After all, for a superhuman who has just stepped into the realm of laws, continuously maintaining the power of their domain is quite strenuous.

But since he was skilled at using wind and snow and was the leader of the team, it would be inappropriate not to lend a hand to everyone. So he used this secondary method.

Although it can't compare to the power of a domain, the same technique has vastly different power when used by a master versus an ordinary superhuman.

With this boost from Digaff, the group only needed to pay a negligible price to easily cope with the obviously tampered blizzard.

This includes walking normally on deep snow, as if wearing snowshoes.

In the snowstorm that has been enhanced, the elements of wind and water are exceptionally abundant and active.

Around Dijiafu's body, bright blue and green spots of light, like fireflies, kept appearing, then landed on Dijiafu's armor and disappeared.

That's the visible effect of two elements being condensed and absorbed. It's also something that only happens under special circumstances; otherwise, it wouldn't be so exaggerated.

Another entity capable of effectively absorbing the power of both Feng Shui and Feng Shui elements is Estes, controlled by Black Robb.

In the life-or-death arena in Cape City, Estes used the Silver Serpent Staff to kill the Dark Elf and obtain the Blood Crystal Staff. Later, she used blood magic to kill the Serpent Mage, and the Blood Crystal Staff was transformed into the Flowing Water Staff. Her main method was to use bizarre techniques.

Although Estes intervened when the Anglerfish encountered pirates on its way to the volcanic island, her staff remained in the Flowing Water Staff state.

This intelligence is all clearly verifiable.

Black Rob didn't let Estes exceed the limits or expose his mistakes; it was his brother Esther who was promoted to Legend, while Estes was still a high-level transcendent with a title.

But Estes has always employed bizarre and unpredictable methods from the very beginning.

The special staff in his hand plays a very important role.

Therefore, Black Robb took the opportunity to enhance the staff.

The staff itself wasn't magical; what was magical was Black Rob.

He was skilled in many ways, using technology to overwhelm and bully ordinary superhumans who couldn't see through his methods, thus creating the persona of Estes possessing a divine artifact and thus employing bizarre methods.

However, facing the three legends of the advance team, the possibility of being exposed if they continue to do this will greatly increase.

Fortunately, Black Rob was prepared. While elevating Estelle to Legendary status, he also upgraded Estelle's original ordinary magical artifact to Sacred Relic. From a certain perspective, Sacred Relics are actually more practical than Legendary magical artifacts or Divine Relics.

The main reason is to avoid attracting unwanted attention from others.

For example, the sacred artifacts of the moon elves are wondrous because they store the power of the moon elves' will, or rather, the power of their faith.

Not to mention other races, even gods might not be able to utilize this power.

Therefore, it has become exclusive.

The artifact created by Black Robb is called the Staff of Transformation. As the name suggests, it can reshape the properties of the staff and has the ability to change supernatural powers once certain conditions are met.

Now it is the Flowing Water Staff, which is naturally compatible with the power of the water element. Therefore, a small water-blue vortex forms at the top of the staff, and water-blue light spots also gather around it.

Even without this kind of magical lighting, this place is not pitch black.

The sky was filled with some kind of light source, and the snow on the ground reflected the light, so the whole world looked like a blizzard with dark clouds overhead (daytime).

Apart from the dark dome and the vast snowstorm that made the overall atmosphere seem eerie, everything else was fine.

In this situation, the landmark ice pillar erected by Digaff truly became a road sign, and the group chose a direction to move forward, gradually leaving the ice pillar behind.

Of course, this direction was not chosen randomly. Sokoch held a supposedly very magical divination tool and confidently stated that by following the directions, there was a high probability of finding the survivors of the volcanic island that had fallen.

Black Rob's attitude toward this is: act, act as much as you can.

From a broader perspective, he is quite calm now.

After confirming that the Ibelin Shamans were the Night Gods's outreach to the underground races, his erosion of the Night Gods' clan, which had been slow for some time, became much faster.

The Night God Society is his primary target at present.

Compared to that, even if we were to witness the dark side of nature itself in this special dimension, it wouldn't matter.

After all, he knew that whether or not it was true, Yagami would have to fight tooth and nail to achieve his goal.

Therefore, what he most hopes to achieve right now is to have his power fully eroded before this fierce battle officially begins, and then, when the Night God Society goes all out to take down this special dimension target, he will directly sever its foundation!

It is precisely because of this plan that the Earthsea adventure only needs to ensure there is a reliable witness who can provide real-time feedback on progress and information. There is no need to compete for it, nor is there any concern about being used.

After all, if we're talking about being exploited, one more month of the Elf Adventure Team isn't much, but losing one titled high-level transcendent is.

Opening up a path is one thing, but when facing a god-level enemy, the prestige the Ibelin Shamans have accumulated over the years won't be enough to fool the high-ranking extraordinary beings of the surrounding seas into risking their lives for them.

Given the intensity of the blizzards here, even if survivors had left footprints here, they would have been buried long ago.

The advance team neither deliberately tried to find any clues nor rushed their way; they simply proceeded steadily, demonstrating their strong capabilities and confidence.

After walking for about six hours, a dark shadow appeared in the snow ahead. It approached quickly and eventually revealed itself to be a strange bird of prey.

Four wings, bird feathers, but the feathers are more like vine tendrils, while being enveloped by supernatural power. The body is like a feline or a canine, and the tail is a long feather like a peacock's, making it a hybrid of different species.

This bird of prey has the head of a crocodile or lizard, but its mouth is beak-shaped and has fine, sharp teeth, reminiscent of Archaeopteryx.

Upon seeing the group, it circled in the air, emitting a very unpleasant "quack quack" sound, somewhat like a baby crying, very loud, which could not be drowned out by the rumbling wind and snow.

The advance team members all seemed quite calm about this.

Each of them was a seasoned veteran, and they had held a strategic meeting beforehand, so they all followed the lead of the three legends.

Therefore, while the legend remained inactive, the others were all secretly preparing.

Black Robb not only possesses powerful senses but also the blessing of natural authority, thus giving him a considerable advantage in exploration even in this dimension, which has already deviated to some extent from the scope of the prime material plane.

Almost simultaneously with the three legends, he sensed a sinister and filthy aura surging deep within the misty snow ahead.

As this aura surged, the already dim sky ahead rapidly condensed with dark and terrifying power, revealing a sinister quality that challenged perception.

"Prepare for battle," Captain Lusis ordered.

He also casually gave everyone a buff. Minjie's perception was enhanced.

Sokoc also buffed the others, increasing their strength and constitution.

Dijaf did not change the buffs for everyone. The resistance to wind and snow and cold allowed them to walk normally on the ice and snow. This support buff was still very useful at this time.

Black Rob used a transformation item to change his luxurious and dashing cloak into spirit armor.

In terms of appearance, the Moon Elves' spirit armor surpasses the Dark Elves' exquisitely crafted mithril and adamantite armor. However, in terms of magical amplification, the spirit armor is inferior to the mithril armor.

Esther doesn't need to amplify her magic power. Black Rob has always prioritized control in his use of magic, and rarely relies on sheer numbers to win against powerful enemies.

'Shuh! '

He also released the dark elf puppet and the snake-man puppet.

The dark elf captain, Lusis, glanced at it but didn't say anything.

At the same time, ahead of the group, the evil and filth grew increasingly dense, and the power of darkness increased, forming a thick black curtain between heaven and earth.

The effect was as if a sandstorm was rolling in against a backdrop of blowing sand.

This surging tide of darkness not only devoured the light, but even the blizzard was distorted and obscured by it, making it appear weaker.

A suffocating sense of oppression gradually formed along with the darkness.

Clang! Clang! The advance team members drew their weapons and gradually formed a battle formation, maintaining a distance between each other. Lusis even released a magical artifact to float above the group, strengthening their connection.

Black Rob is positioned at the back of the team because during the strategic meeting, he mentioned that he possesses certain summoner characteristics and has a puppet by his side.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, he is responsible for the people behind the scenes.

Of course, if a strong rearguard action is needed, one of the legends will also be at the back of the line.

A biting wind, carrying shards of snow, whipped the group's clothes wildly. Ahead, the ever-deepening darkness, like ink churning in water, surged forward, engulfing them in a deafening roar.

The advance team soon discovered that even in an environment darker and more eerie than a sandstorm, their connection remained very stable, and they could even vaguely see the enchantment effects of their respective weapons.

This is not only due to the individual's extraordinary skill and powerful soul force, but also because the captain in the game and the magical artifact he wields to enhance the interconnectedness of the game are indeed reliable.

Against this backdrop, the battle soon began.

When it actually happened, even someone with Black Rob's high level of perception would find it quite abrupt.

It's like a normal person who relies heavily on their vision suddenly encountering a monster that bursts out of a sandstorm; by the time they notice it, it's already right in front of them.

Theoretically, it shouldn't be this stimulating. After all, while perception is affected, it shouldn't be this extreme.

The fact that this happened can only mean that these monsters are extraordinary; either they possess sophisticated techniques for concealing their presence or creating illusions, or the environment provided them with a significant advantage.

Of course, the advance team wouldn't be disturbed by such a minor situation. Whether they were legendary or titled, they approached the enemy with great composure and without making a fuss, fully demonstrating what it means to be as steady as a rock and to conserve energy.

Black Rob has a wide range of methods; conventional perception is ineffective, so he immediately switches states.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and at the same time, a kind of flowing light of cyan, blue, and black, the three-color natural eye that matched the extraordinary characteristics of the current environment, was activated.

Its principle is very similar to Daredevil's sound wave perception, except that Black Robb utilizes wind, snow and darkness.

Then he 'saw' shadows gathering on the snow, some before others, some larger than others.

Within it, evil and filth churned, and then humanoid monsters burst forth.

After the strange thing bursts out, the churning energy will disperse and then coalesce again shortly afterward.

Teleportation? Descent? Rapid gestation? They all touch on something, yet fall short of something else entirely.

But one thing is certain: this is a trick that can only be pulled off when one has some control over the current dimension.

To say that this dimension is the divine realm of the one who should control it is a bit of an exaggeration. But it does have a hint of that essence.

(End of this chapter)