I can see experience bars after being transported to another world.

He has now collected three fragments of the Bronze City key; the remaining two are scattered in the bronze pillars deeper inside.

The two threads in my consciousness point in a direction that is deeper and deeper.

He could never have collected them all on his own. Now that Klaus is moving forward, he doesn't even need to find an excuse or reveal his purpose.

Of course, Lu Yuan had another speculation in his mind. That piece of flesh below might harbor extreme hatred for the fragments of the Bronze City key.

If he were to show even the slightest intention to collect the fragments, who knows, one night a few special individuals might sneak up to his doorstep.

Just as everyone was about to move forward, Lu Yuan's left leg suddenly felt a very light chill, as if the cold air was seeping out from between his bones.

That spot was where the drowning person was.

The drowning creature seemed to have sensed something again, but this time it didn't emanate malice. Instead, it seemed like a reminder, or perhaps a kind of confusion.

Lu Yuan could vaguely sense its emotions.

At the same time, a faint force emanated from the drowning person, pulling Lu Yuan down, as if responding to something deeper within.

Lu Yuan frowned slightly and subconsciously poked the power mark in his left eye.

The next moment, the chill in his left leg vanished instantly, and he withdrew it.

He didn't make a sound, and his expression didn't change at all.

Ahead, Klaus had already raised his bone sword and slashed down at the surging ghouls.

"Go, go deeper."

The moment Klaus finished speaking, the Blue Knight had already charged out.

Her rapier was drawn, and pale blue threads seeped from the gaps in her armor, enveloping her entire body. With each step she took, her aura grew stronger. The next moment, she transformed into a blue afterimage, crashing into the densest horde of ghouls at the front.

With flashes of sword light, seven or eight large ghouls were cut in half at the waist. The severed corpses then turned into small fragments, which flew in all directions and smashed against the walls of the passage.

Margaret followed closely behind. Surrounded by a film of water, she punched a giant ghoul so hard that its head was dented, then grabbed its body and used it as a weapon, sending swarms of approaching ghouls flying.

They tore a gash at the very front.

The Blue Knight's rapier was extremely powerful, and her physical skills were also exceptional. Light red patterns danced across the blade; each strike was clean and crisp, without a trace of unnecessary force. Even the armor, hardened by the contamination, couldn't withstand more than two blows from her sword.

Margaret's method is simpler. Her ability to manipulate water perfectly blocks the contamination splashed from the Great Ghoul's body, leaving her with a simple punch to take down enemies wherever she goes.

While they weren't the strongest in the team, their pure fighting style was actually the most effective against these highly polluting substances. The pollution didn't touch them at all, and therefore posed no threat to them.

Klaus and the Great Ascended Hall were at the end.

Klaus held his bone sword horizontally in front of him, dark green crystals occasionally emerging from the blade, condensing the pursuing ghoul into a ball of green crystals before shattering. The beams of light from the Great Ascended One's chest continued to erupt, one after another, piercing through all the approaching ghouls.

The servants' purple nets covered both sides of the procession, blocking the ghouls that rushed out from the side caves.

Adrian and Lu Yuan followed beside the attendants. Adrian's scriptures continuously emitted holy light, covering a small area, just enough to envelop the entire group.

Lu Yuan just needed to follow along. He knew his strength was definitely the lowest among this group, and for now, he just needed to avoid causing trouble.

The Blue Knight and Margaret led the way, fighting swiftly. Hulks fell in droves through the passage, their flesh and shells crunching everywhere they were stepped on.

Not long after, Klaus raised his hand.

The bone ring on his ring finger emitted a faint green glow. His gaze fell to his feet, where a faint green light meandered downwards from the cracks in the soil, pointing deeper into the passage.

"Follow this light." Klaus didn't explain further.

The Blue Knight changed direction, slashed through several large ghouls that squeezed out from the right fork in the road with his rapier, and slipped inside.

The group turned into that narrow path.

The passage suddenly narrowed, and the air seemed to become heavier.

The deeper Lu Yuan went, the more uneasy he felt; the entire environment was changing. With each step he took, the sense of oppression in his heart grew stronger.

The faint, distant heartbeat that had previously seemed so distant was now much clearer. Each beat was deep and heavy, making the stone slabs beneath his feet tremble slightly. With each heartbeat, Lu Yuan felt as if the blood in his chest was being pulled along with it.

The pollution worsened, and the gray and white text in my field of vision jumped around more frequently than before.

[Environmental awareness: Pollution concentrations are rising...]

Adrian's holy light stabilized the surrounding air, and the golden light forcefully suppressed the pollution in the vicinity. The old bishop's lips moved, his prayers never ceasing, and the golden light emanating from him carried a touch of warmth, dispelling the unease in people's hearts.

Ahead, a slight turbidity appeared on the outer layer of Margaret's water film, indicating that pollution had eroded the water she controlled. She raised her hand and flicked away the turbid water, and a new water film immediately condensed back.

The further Lu Yuan went, the tighter those two thin threads in his mind became.

The location of the fourth fragment was much clearer than before, but it was still extremely deep, further down, and very far away. The fifth fragment, however, remained blurry. He could sense that it was indeed there, but he couldn't pinpoint its direction; perhaps he would only be able to touch it after obtaining the fourth fragment.

At the same time, Lu Yuan's left leg started to move again.

The drowning creature seemed to tense up, its black aura receding to its lowest point. Lu Yuan focused his attention to sense it, and what he felt was pure fear; it seemed to be afraid of something below.

Even the resentful aura of the drowning man was afraid, and Lu Yuan's heart sank even further. It seemed he was a few steps closer to that forbidden being.

The passage twisted and turned several more times, and the giant ghoul was almost out of sight.

This unusual silence put everyone on edge. At this depth and with this level of pollution, the fact that even the giant ghouls weren't showing themselves could only mean that something far more dangerous was lurking ahead.

Klaus walked at the back of the group, the green light on his bone ring flashing continuously. The light stretched along the floor of the passage and turned into a narrower downward passage.

Lu Yuan noticed that the walls of the passageway had changed.

The surrounding soil and rocks were gone, leaving only a layer of pale red fleshy membrane spreading out along the passage, its surface slightly undulating, and something seemed to be slowly pulsating beneath it.

The flesh membrane is covered with short roots, each one gently wriggling, with tiny teeth embedded between them, opening and closing.

Deeper inside, half-formed ghouls began to appear on the tube walls. Half of their bodies were embedded in the fleshy walls, with only half protruding. Their hands and feet were fused to the fleshy walls, making it unclear whether they were growing or being devoured. The exposed half was still wriggling slightly, its mouth slightly open, emitting a very faint hissing sound.

The passageway narrowed, and what was once wide enough for four or five people to walk side by side was now only wide enough for one person to squeeze through sideways.

The Blue Knight stopped.

"It's completely blocked." She glanced back at Klaus.

The passage ahead was completely sealed off by fleshy walls, with layers of roots and teeth interlocking and blocking the way down.

Lu Yuan focused his gaze on the fleshy wall, where grayish-white characters appeared intermittently.

Special presence (edge) detected

[A piece of scrap material, forbidden and contaminated, seemed to possess a faint consciousness of its own.]

The scrap material had developed some of its own consciousness. Lu Yuan realized it wasn't a big threat; he just needed to break it open.

All eyes fell on Klaus. Klaus glanced at the wall of flesh and nodded.

Margaret didn't wait for a second signal. Water condensed around her fist, enveloping her entire arm in a pale blue mist. She stepped forward and punched the fleshy wall squarely in the middle.

boom.

A dull, thud, like flesh being struck, echoed through the passage. A large chunk of the flesh wall caved in, and roots and teeth were smashed into the air, splattering sticky juices all over the floor.

Margaret remained unfazed and delivered another punch.

This punch was even more brutal, splitting the flesh wall in the middle to reveal layers of fleshy fibers inside. Teeth frantically snapped at the cut surface, trying to close the tear again.

Adrian's holy light surged up from behind, golden rays pouring into the crack. The carrion fungi on the surface of the flesh crackled and smoked, the holy light scorching fiercely, but the layer of carrion fungi covering the flesh added a layer of protection to this mutated passage, and no matter how fiercely the holy light burned, it was just a drop in the ocean.

The effect was not very noticeable.

In the end, it was the Blue Knight who went up.

With a rapier in hand and pale blue silk threads wrapped around her body, she squeezed sideways into the rift Margaret had smashed open, darting swiftly through the gaps in the flesh. The sword flashed repeatedly within the flesh, each strike precisely severing the fleshy fibers that tried to close. She cut incredibly fast, slicing left and right in the narrow space, carving a passage two or three people wide through the flesh.

Margaret followed up with a punch, smashing the flesh that the Blue Knight had cut open to both sides. The two of them, one in front and one behind, one cutting and the other smashing, carved a path through the flesh.

The half-formed ghouls embedded in the passage walls were severed from their fleshy connections, falling to the ground and twitching. The servant's purple light swept in from behind, shredding the still-moving creatures into pieces.

The passage was unusually long, and it was unclear how long it had been carved. Even Adrian's holy light dimmed considerably, the old bishop's face turned pale, and the pace of his prayers noticeably slowed.

When Margaret's final punch landed, her fist finally pierced through the flesh.

The other side of the fist is empty.

A strong, pungent stench wafted from the hole, thick and choking, carrying an indescribable smell of decay. At the same time, the previously faint heartbeat suddenly intensified, becoming tangible, as if it were beating right next to everyone's ears.

Lu Yuan's gray and white text suddenly jumped out.

[Environmental Sensing: High-risk pollution source detected... Please be careful.]

The moment the Blue Knight sliced ​​through the last layer of flesh, everyone looked ahead at the same time.

Below was a pitch-black abyss, its bottom unseen. At the edge of the passage, several bronze pillars could be seen intersecting, only a small part of their shafts visible before disappearing into the passage below.

But that wasn't the key point. The key point was that everyone saw a huge figure slowly rising and falling in the darkness.

The people found it.

It also spotted the group.