webnovelvip Chapter 539
Chapter 539
He was only level 70, and his level was between 75 and 85. However—
"Let's go." He waved to Celia and Little White.
Celia floated over, glanced at the dark cave entrance, and a hint of curiosity flashed in her eyes: "Hidden dungeon? Interesting."
Little White let out a low growl, and a thin layer of ice condensed on its scales, indicating that it had entered battle mode.
Lin Tian stepped inside.
The light curtain at the cave entrance closed behind him, completely isolating him from the moonlight and the sound of the wind.
It was pitch black, with only the runes on the cave walls emitting a faint glow. The stone slabs underfoot were slippery and creaked as they were walked on, as if no one had been there for a long time.
Then, something lit up in the darkness.
It is a pair of eyes.
It was a ghostly green color, gleaming coldly in the darkness.
Then came the second pair, the third pair, the fourth pair...
A dense array of eyes lit up in the darkness, all fixed on the direction of the entrance.
Lin Tian stopped in his tracks.
He raised his hand, and a ball of icy blue light shone from his palm.
The light illuminated the cave.
The cave walls extend to both sides, reaching a width of thirty meters.
Above is a low dome, with stalactites hanging down like rows of sharp teeth.
Deep inside the cave, monsters swarmed in densely packed crowds.
Their bodies blend seamlessly into the cave walls, appearing as if they grew out of the rock.
Its body is covered with grayish-white stone scales, its limbs are short and thick, its head is small, but its mouth is very large—when it opens, you can see a mouthful of fine, sharp teeth, layer upon layer, like saw teeth.
[The Cave Lurker]
Rating: 78
Type: Normal
Lin Tian glanced at the number. There were at least thirty, and new eyes were still emerging from the depths of the cave.
He sighed.
"Work has started."
An icy blue light exploded in his palm.
Stellar rays
A beam of extremely condensed starlight burst forth from his fingertips, possessing a 50% spell penetration effect, piercing through the straight path of the cave.
Wherever the beam of light passed, the air distorted, leaving a charred mark on the cave wall.
The first cave lurker was pierced by the beam, and damage numbers floated up from above.
Sold out instantly.
The beam of light did not stop.
It passed through the first monster, hit the second, the third, the fourth...
Seven monsters in a straight line fell down at the same time, their corpses turning into white light and dissipating.
Lin Tian did not stop.
【All Things Guided by Heaven】
It draws upon the energy of the universe to deal spell damage equal to 5000 points of Intelligence to all enemies within a very large area.
He consumed at least one percent of his maximum mana, and the effect covered the entire front half of the cave.
An invisible energy fluctuation emanated from him, simultaneously injuring all the cave dwellers in the cave.
A dense array of damage numbers floated up above the monster's head.
Those level 78 normal monsters lost more than half of their health bars.
Celia and Shiro attacked at the same time.
Little White opened its mouth, and its icy breath swept across the cave.
The monsters, already crippled by the Heavenly Pull of All Things, couldn't withstand Xiaobai's attacks and fell one after another.
Celia moved swiftly through the cave, her Shadow Thorns constantly falling to finish off weakened enemies.
Her heart slave—the bewitched rock lizard—clumsily charged through the monster horde, drawing fire for her.
The three worked together more and more seamlessly. Lin Tian was responsible for large-scale damage reduction and clearing dense areas, Xiao Bai was responsible for pinpoint explosions and group slowing, and Celia was responsible for finishing off enemies and controlling the battlefield.
It was several times faster than Lin Tian doing it alone.
Monsters in the cave fell one after another, and experience points kept jumping up.
Lin Tian glanced at the experience bar, then at the depths of the cave.
There, even more monsters await him.
He smiled slightly and stepped forward.
......
Deeper into the cave, the stench of decay grew stronger.
It wasn't the stench of a monster, but an ancient, lingering aura of death—like countless corpses rotting on the same land, seeping into the soil, into the rocks, never to dissipate.
Lin Tian continued deeper into the area, stepping on the slippery stone slabs.
The runes on both sides of the cave walls became increasingly dense, transforming from a few scattered runes into large, continuous imprints.
He didn't recognize the symbols, but he could sense the residual energy fluctuations on them—very faint, like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to go out at any moment.
Celia floated beside him, the hem of her black robe trailing on the ground, yet not a speck of dust touched her.
Her eyes narrowed slightly as she examined the runes, then she suddenly spoke: "This is the seal of an ancient battlefield."
Lin Tian turned his head to look at her.
"From the time of the Abyss Wars."
Celia's voice was a few decibels lower than usual, her languid tone gone, replaced by an unusual seriousness.
"I've seen similar ruins when I was in the Abyss. Back when the Abyss Legion invaded the Prime Material Plane, the coalition forces of the Prime Material Plane set up a defensive line here."
Lin Tian stopped in his tracks.
He looked down at the stone slab beneath his feet. The surface of the slab was pitted and uneven, and in some places, dark brown marks could be seen—those were blood.
The blood that seeped into the stone did not completely fade away even after countless years.
"Many people have died here."
Celia continued, her gaze sweeping across the depths of the cave, "There are runes from the abyss and from the prime material plane. Those runes were used to seal the battlefield's aura and prevent death energy from leaking out. But too much time has passed, and the seals have begun to fail."
Little Whitey landed from the sky and perched on Lin Tian's shoulder.
Its scales rose slightly, and it let out a low growl—an instinctive reaction to sense danger.
Lin Tian raised his head and looked into the depths of the cave.
In the darkness, something seemed to respond to his gaze.
It's not a monster.
It's something older and more dangerous.
He continued walking forward.
The cave gradually unfolded before him.
The cave walls receded to both sides, and the dome grew higher and higher, from the initial three or four meters to more than ten or twenty meters.
The stone slabs underfoot have changed from uneven to neatly paved. Although they are badly broken, you can tell that this was once a wide passage.
Stone pillars began to appear on both sides of the passage.
Massive stone pillars support the dome, and the pillars are covered with battle reliefs.
There are scenes of human knights wielding swords to slay demons, images of elven archers drawing their bows and shooting arrows, formations of dwarven warriors holding shields, and countless other races whose names are unknown fighting side by side.
The relief carving is very fine, with each cut being deep and the lines being strong and powerful.
But many places have been damaged – there are man-made chisel marks, weapon marks, and traces of erosion by some kind of corrosive liquid.
Lin Tian reached out and touched the relief on the pillar.
What my fingers touched was a rough surface, with a thin layer of crystals on the stone surface, like some kind of mineral precipitated out.
"This did not form naturally."
Celia floated to another stone pillar, her fingertip touching the crystals on its surface. "These are remnants of abyssal energy. The Abyssal Legion once reached this place, and these traces of corrosion are evidence of that."