Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

But now that Charon is missing, the treasure chest can only be left here for the time being.

While Naga was still dismantling the equipment, Liu Nian had the behemoth use its sonar to probe the city. Sure enough, the behemoth was powerful enough to discover a hidden staircase extending downwards, half-hidden by rubble, deep inside a seemingly ordinary underground wine cellar. Liu Nian immediately entered it.

The steps were deep and the air was chilling. The further down you went, the denser and purer the deathly aura in the air became, even forming a pale gray visible mist.

These deathly energies not only have a strong life-corroding effect, but also contain a strange "soul decay" attribute that can directly shake one's mind.

However, Liu Nian has extremely high health and magic resistance, and a strong shield. The damage this passage inflicts on him is similar to that of the Ice and Fire Track, posing no threat whatsoever.

After walking for more than ten minutes, we finally arrived at the end of the steps, where a massive, incredibly heavy bone door, pieced together from countless skeletons, stood.

A terrifying aura of death lingered around it as if it were a tangible substance. Through the gaps between the bones, one could vaguely see that behind the door was a vast underground space, in the center of which stood three white bone obelisks, each over ten meters high, arranged in a triangle.

At the center of the three obelisks is a black hole-like sphere, which should also be some kind of space teleportation device.

As Liu Nian pushed open the bone door and stepped into the room, a gray bolt of lightning burst forth from an obelisk and struck him like a thunderbolt.

With a bang, it actually chopped him out of the house!

-43,553,859!

[System Notification: Due to the effects of Deathly Decay, maximum health has been reduced by 10% for 3 minutes.]

"Damn!" Liu Nian's heart skipped a beat.

This thing does so much damage?

Luckily it was him who came in; if it had been any other player, they would have been killed instantly!

Liu Nian refused to believe it and went back in, fueled by endless rage!

The lightning struck him again, but it didn't send him flying.

Liu Nian took a few steps inside, and three obelisks began to strike him at a rate of one per second. Not only that, a gray energy lightning ball with a diameter of one meter flew out from the dark portal and began to slowly approach Liu Nian.

Seeing that his health had been reduced by half in a very short time and his maximum health had been reduced by 60%, Liu Nian had no choice but to quit.

As a result, the grayish-brown energy ball slowly followed.

Although the speed was slow, it kept flying towards Liu Nianfei...

Liu Nian tried to attack, but the message indicated that he was invincible and could not take damage.

Liu Nian moved a little closer, and then a powerful suction force came from the energy ball, and gray lightning began to attack him continuously... The damage was not as high as that of the obelisk, but the closer he got to the energy ball, the higher the damage became!

Even with Liu Nian's health, he couldn't withstand it for 10 seconds!

"What the hell is this thing?" Liu Nian was shocked.

He could only back away, but the thing kept following him, neither too fast nor too slow.

It wasn't until Liu Nian left the passage that the thing lingered at the entrance, but it still showed no signs of dissipating.

Arachne saw Liu Nian exit the passage and was about to tell him to prepare to retreat when he suddenly saw the "wandering ball" at the entrance of the passage. His pupils contracted slightly, and he instinctively exclaimed in surprise, "The Silence Orb?!"

"Do you know what this is?" Liu Nian asked hurriedly.

Arachne nodded gravely, "I know. This is an extremely terrifying necromancy weapon, indestructible and undispellable! The damage is outrageous, and it inflicts powerful debuffs. There's absolutely nothing you can do against it except run! Once trapped in a confined space by the Deathly Sphere, even a god would suffer severe damage trying to escape!"

"That's amazing?" Liu Nian's eyes widened.

Where does that place lead? How can there be such a terrifying thing down there?

It seems that this Caron's identity is quite extraordinary!

The threat of the Deathly Sphere forced Liu Nian to temporarily halt his in-depth exploration of the bottom of Eternal Darkness Lake.

That thing is an unsolvable killer; with his current strength and methods, forcing his way in would be unwise.

"Let's retreat first," Liu Nian decisively ordered.

He summoned the Colossus to help the Silverscale Naga engineers pack up and take away the disassembled equipment, rune substrates, and other materials. With a low growl, the Colossus's massive body carried the people and supplies back to the ruins of the Rust Dynasty.

Arachne chose to stay in the Rusted Dynasty and join the deep-sea engineers of the Silverscale Naga in the work of repairing the psionic core.

The energy extracted from Eternal Darkness Lake has been continuously transported through temporary pipelines, ensuring the stable operation of the transformation array. The repair work has officially entered a long phase of energy infusion and technical debugging.

With her, the former floating city lord and an eternal-level magical pet, in charge, Liu Nian was fairly confident about the restoration.

He himself was temporarily free. The floating city was short of manpower for repairs, and the mining in the exiled city was also short of manpower. Relying solely on the abyssal dwarf slaves, gnomes, and spider elves was far from efficient.

He planned to explore the third level of the Underdark again, hoping to physically persuade some races suitable for hard labor, such as cavemen.

However, plans can't keep up with changes.

Just as the giant was preparing to begin their exploration with him, he received an unexpected distress message.

It is Wang Mian.

"Liu Nian! Are you busy? I have an emergency!"

Wang Mian's voice was unusually urgent and contained a hint of suppressed anger.

"Speak," Liu Nian gestured for the jumbo to pause its cruise.

"Something terrible has happened in the Crystal Forest! We've completely broken out with the troll players! They've gone completely mad this time, gathering at least five hundred high-level trolls, half of whom are elites above level 90! They're fiercely attacking our temporary camp here, and it seems they not only want to drive us out of the Crystal Forest, but also try to push back into our territory through the rift!"

The Crystal Forest does not border the territory of human players, nor does it border any map of the six races in the Ascension War. Instead, Wang Mian discovered a fixed rift passage while exploring the pyramid ruins in a rainforest, and after entering it, he appeared on this map.

The environment here is complex and resource-rich. Under Wang Mian's leadership, human players have established camps and several outposts here.

They usually grind monsters and occasionally clash with the troll player faction that also operates in the area. However, both sides have always kept their conflicts within the scope of local conflicts and have never gone too far. After all, humans don't need to fight a war of ascension with trolls, so they can't be considered mortal enemies.

"Trolls? Weren't they able to maintain balance before? How come they suddenly went crazy?" Liu Nian asked, having already put away the Giant, and turned towards Azure Town, preparing to head to Crystal Forest from there.

"It's because of the centaurs!" Wang Mian quickly explained, "When I was exploring the depths of the Crystal Forest a while ago, I unexpectedly came into contact with a group of centaur tribe players. They claimed to be from the 'Wind Chaser Tribe,' and I have a... cough, good relationship with their chieftain, Carlotaurus. We've cooperated a few times, and Carlotaurus seems interested in forming an alliance with us."