Wizard: Starting with Dealing with Magical Plants

Chapter 210 Encountering Danger

The cold rock spikes were deeply embedded in the gray-white, hole-filled cliff face, making a dull "thud" sound.

The highly resilient alloy rope is taut, with a safety buckle at the end attached to a specially designed belt.

Blake tested the stability of the first landing point and nodded to the others.

The gray-black mist swirling around the crack carried a biting chill, converging with the scorching air outside to create turbulent airflow that made people's clothes flutter loudly.

The aura, a mixture of death, decay, and a faint, pulsating corruption, almost solidified and rushed towards us.

"I'll go down first. Set up temporary anchor points every twenty meters." After saying that, Blake grabbed the rope, leaned back, braced his feet against the rock face, and began to descend quickly and steadily.

The heavy armor scraped against the rock wall, making a soft, scratching sound.

Ella followed closely behind, her movements even more agile and nimble, like a gecko.

Lehman used his right hand and feet to control his descent speed. Although his left arm was injured, his movements were still nimble.

After securing the rope around her waist, Liana first cast a stable purification aura on herself. A faint golden light enveloped her entire body, dispelling the gray-black mist that was trying to invade her, before she carefully began to descend.

Rowling was last in line.

He checked the combined detector attached to his arm, adjusted it to continuous scanning and danger warning mode, then fastened the rope, took a deep breath, and stepped out of the crevice.

The descent was not easy.

The rock face was slippery and cold, covered with honeycomb-like holes, some of which were bottomless and emitted an even stronger stench of decay.

The turbulent airflow constantly tore at my body, requiring me to adjust my center of gravity at all times.

What's more troublesome is the fog, which not only obstructs vision but also erodes protective energy. Liana's purification aura must be maintained at a certain intensity, which consumes a lot of energy.

After descending about fifty meters, the light of the sky above could no longer be seen, and the surroundings were completely shrouded in gray-black fog. Only the personal lighting crystal and the pure flame light on Liana's body carved out a few meters of visible area in the thick fog.

On the detector screen, the unstable life signals representing undead creatures were densely packed, like fireflies in the night, swimming among the surrounding rock walls and deep in the mist.

"Attention, something's coming." Blake's deep voice came through the encrypted shortwave communication, somewhat distorted, but still fairly clear.

As soon as he finished speaking, several pale, rotting arms covered in bits of flesh suddenly emerged from the thick fog on the left, their fingertips black and sharp, reaching out to grab at Ella and Rayman as they descended!

Meanwhile, several skeletons with stiff movements and burning green flames around their eyes crawled out of several larger holes in the right rock wall, holding rusted swords, and tried to pounce on the rope.

"Purify Flames - Dispel!" Liana waved her staff, and a ring of golden fire spread out from her center!

As the flames swept across, the pale arms hissed and quickly withered, curling up and retreating back into the mist. The low-level skeletons that crawled out were scorched by the flames, the green flames on their bones flickering erratically, and their movements becoming sluggish.

Ella and Rayman took the opportunity to accelerate their descent. At the same time, Ella turned around and fired a barrage of arrows at the skeleton's joints and eye sockets, while Rayman flicked his finger to release a fine electric net that enveloped several ghostly vengeful spirits that were trying to approach from the other side.

As Luo Lin descended, he manipulated the detector to scan the area below.

As depth increases, the readings for death energy and corruption fluctuations continue to climb.

About 100 meters below, the detector captured a relatively stable, huge energy void, which appeared to be a fairly open space. The energy readings peaked there, and—there were slight signs of spatial distortion.

"About 100 meters below, we appear to have reached the bottom or the entrance to a large cave! The energy readings are extremely high!" Rolin reported.

"Accelerate the descent! Be careful!" Blake responded.

The group quickened their pace, using the protrusions on the rock face and temporary anchor points to skillfully dodge the arms that kept reaching out from the mist, the skeletons that crawled out, and the vengeful spirits that drifted by.

Liana's purification aura and occasional release of flame dispelling abilities provided the most effective protection, while Ayla and Rayman's precise pinpoint kills eliminated the most threatening targets.

During the descent, Rolin noticed some traces of artificial chiseling appearing on the rock face. Although rough, they were clearly recent.

There were also some old metal rings used to secure the ropes, which were severely rusted and looked quite old.

This confirms the traces seen on the other side of the crack, indicating that people were indeed frequently entering and leaving this area.

When they were about 30 meters away from the detected "bottom", a sudden change occurred!

The thick, gray-black fog below began to churn violently without warning!

Like boiling water!

At the same time, a vast, ancient, and icy intent, mixed with frenzied eating and endless greed, surged up from the deepest part of the crack, like a giant sea monster awakening!

This fluctuation of thought was not a direct mental attack, but rather a manifestation of pure presence, carrying a soul-chilling pressure and an indescribable sense of distortion.

In an instant, all the undead creatures around seemed to be stimulated by something, and at the same time they let out silent screams, and their attacks became frantic and disorderly!

More pale arms, skeletons, and vengeful spirits poured out from the mist and every hole in the rock wall, surging towards the descending squad like a tide!

"Hold on tight to the rope! Don't get separated!"

Blake roared, and the tower shield slammed downwards. Dark red battle aura burst forth, forming a downward-sloping cone-shaped shield that temporarily held off the densest undead attack from below!

However, the protective shield fluctuated violently under the frenzied attacks of countless undead, and its battle energy was rapidly depleted.

Ella's arrows could no longer keep up with the speed at which the undead were surging forth.

Lehman's power grid could only cover a small area. Liana's face quickly turned pale; the combined strain of maintaining the large-scale purification aura and releasing flame-dispelling energy was becoming unbearable.

Luo Lin felt a sharp overload alarm coming from the detector in his hand!

The readings for the energy void below skyrocketed, and the signs of spatial distortion became even more pronounced!

What's more troublesome is that the cold, ancient fluctuation of consciousness seems to have noticed them, the intruders, and a clearer, more malicious "attention" has locked onto the team!

We can't stop here!

We must descend to the bottom immediately, or—find another way out!

Roland's gaze swept rapidly across the churning mist and the frantically surging undead around him, his mind racing.

The most densely packed undead are below; forcing your way through would result in heavy losses. The left and right rock walls are also covered with undead.

The retreat from above will also take time, and will be hampered by this will and the tide of the dead.

Just then, the detector detected a relatively "slow" energy flow hole about 20 meters away on the left rock wall. Deep inside the hole, it seemed to connect to another downward-sloping, naturally formed rock fissure passage!

The concentration of death energy there is slightly lower, and the undead reactions are much less!

"Blake! There's a large hole twenty meters to the lower left, leading to another passage! Move that way!" Rolin shouted urgently, projecting the detected path onto the team's shared tactics board.

Blake glanced at the projection and, without hesitation, said, "Turn around! Follow me!"

He abruptly withdrew some of his battle aura, causing the protective shield to shrink but become more solid. He then forced his way to the lower left despite the tide of undead!

Ella and Rayman immediately followed. Ella used arrows to clear away any stragglers that got close, while Rayman used lightning to clear a path. Liana gritted her teeth and reduced the purification aura to only cover the core area of ​​the team, conserving her power.

Roland followed closely behind, descending while continuously unleashing [Stardust Turbulence] on the surging undead.

Silver dust, shimmering with starlight, spread out in the narrow space. Although it couldn't kill these low-level undead immediately, the dense cutting and energy interference effectively hindered their movement, buying the squad valuable time to move.

Twenty meters seemed an exceptionally long distance amidst the tide of the dead and the turbulent air currents.

When Blake finally arrived at the entrance to the deep hole, which was over three meters in diameter, the aura emanating from the tower shield had dimmed considerably.

Without hesitation, he used his shield to block the edge of the hole and slipped inside!

Ella, Rayman, and Liana went in one after another.

At the entrance, Rolin unleashed a large-scale [Stardust Turbulence] one last time, temporarily sealing the entrance before slipping inside.