The Strongest Abandoned Son
Chapter 107: The Underground Desert
Ye Mo really did not want to let go of something that had been pursued all day and night. But now, he knew it was hiding underground, and there was nothing he could do.
If only he were at the Stage 3 Chi Gathering, he would not hesitate to dart into the desert. At the 3rd stage, he would not be afraid of becoming thirsty as he would be able to use the most important magic of all: Water Ball Art.
With the Water Ball Art, he would be able to turn Chi's spirit into water, and thus, he would never need to worry about dying of thirst. Furthermore, at the 3rd stage, he would not die even if he did not breathe for an entire month in the desert. Unfortunately, the difference of one level was huge. This is a milestone.
This black shadow was targeting him. Ye Mo came to the conclusion that it must be his Purple Heart Vine that attracted him because besides, he carried the same thing as everyone else; only Purple Heart Vine that no one else had. However, this thing is quite sneaky. He could think of killing Ye Mo first before taking his things.
Then, Ye Mo suddenly thought of something important. He had been chasing this black shadow all day, but why was it just crawling into the depths now? According to his cunning, it should have been thinking about this idea a long time ago.
What does this mean? That means that it can only crawl in certain locations. Thinking about this, Ye Mo immediately rejoiced. This place looked the same as the other parts of the desert, but there were too many mysterious remains buried beneath it, including all the ancient cities lost in the flow of time.
Perhaps this place was a tunnel leading to the underground city, and perhaps, the whirlpool that he fell into last time was also a tunnel leading to the underground city.
“Huh ..” Thinking about it, Ye Mo felt a little disappointed again for not being at Stage 3 yet.
Ye Mo directed his gaze to his bag. He still had ten bottles of water, plus the bag of water that the yellow-clothed woman gave him, and all the pills that Ye Mo had made.
With this, he would be fine even if he was buried for half a month under the sand.
What is he afraid of? He came for the Purple Heart Vine in the desert. Since that thing also came for it, it meant that he had seen it before. Otherwise, it wouldn't be too sensitive.
“Come in!”
As soon as Ye Mo made his decision, no one could stop him. He took out a shovel from his bag and started digging where the black shadow disappeared.
The sand flew when Ye Mo dug deeper, and soon, he was already over ten meters away. It had started to feel suffocating, but something like that was nothing to Ye Mo. He was a cultivator, even though only at Stage 2 Chi Gathering, he could still breathe internally with sufficient water.
Ye Mo's digging speed was extremely fast, and three hours later, he had already dug over 100 meters. His method consisted of digging out a large piece and sending it back before pushing both sides. If his bag wasn't too big, he might have been 200 meters away by now. At that moment, Ye Mo predicted that the tunnel behind him should have been completely blocked.
He dug another 200 meters, and his shovel suddenly hit something hard. Ye Mo felt very happy. He should have arrived. This difficult thing had to be a stone, and as Ye Mo scanned with the feeling of his soul, he discovered that it was indeed a huge green stone.
It was very thick, nearly a meter in diameter. Ye Mo was not in a hurry, he sat down first and took a pill with water to recover his Chi. He dug diagonally so that this stone was probably about 200 meters underground.
After taking an hour to rest, Ye Mo completely recovered his energy. He gathered Chi onto a metal shovel and hacked the stone. Immediately, debris flew everywhere. The stone was like mud under Ye Mo's shovel.
In less than half an hour, Ye Mo dug a one meter deep hole into the rock.
Just as Ye Mo crawled into the hole, the sand outside fell into the hole and quickly covered it.
The place where Ye Mo landed was vast and looked like a road. However, there was a strange and indescribable stench everywhere, similar yet not like a foul stench.
He followed the path and walked tens of meters while expanding his soul senses. Finally, he realized it was not a road, but a road made of stone blocks.
Ye Mo carefully walked forward along this path, keeping his spirit feeling around him as he was sure that the black shadow was also coming here. He just doesn't know where it is. And, Ye Mo was sure that there was an entrance other than the one he dug that probably did not even need to be dug.
As if he had just sensed something, Ye Mo stopped his steps, and even though he was a cultivator, he felt the atmosphere around him become terrifying.
A row of Hu Yang tree roots lined up on both sides, and what gave Ye Mo goosebumps was one of the roots of Hu Yang tree. He could clearly see with his spirit sense that his roots had metal spikes, which were marked by his spirit senses.
His nails actually hit the Hu Yang Tree Root, and even if Ye Mo was unwilling to believe it, the fact was in front of him, so he had no choice. There was no such frightening feeling even in the cultivation realm, but here it happened right in front of his face.
Ye Mo would definitely not believe that such a Hu Yang Root Tree could avoid tracking for a day overnight and still move so quickly. Moreover, that Hu Yang Tree Root seemed to be anchored there and would not be able to move from this position.
Ye Mo was in a state of full alert as he walked beside Hu Yang Tree Root; he studied it carefully with his spirit senses and realized that his speculation seemed to be correct. It seemed that it was really the metal nail he had thrown, but to be sure, Ye Mo took out his torch and saw with his own eyes that the metal nail on it really belonged to him. His spirit sense is right.
It made Ye Mo wonder how the Hu Yang Root Tree could move so quickly.
Suddenly, Ye Mo remembered that two days ago, he had struck a black shadow on his shoulder, but this Hu Yang Tree Root had metal spikes on its upper body. That position is not right. Then, Ye Mo discovered another problem. He saw this nail slightly open on the outside.
Ye Mo thought that, with his strength, if he were to shoot this nail at the root, there was no way that the nail would not be completely lodged inside. All of these signs indicated that Ye Mo was not the one who put the nail in there, but it was done later by someone or something else.
Who could put a nail on the root of the Hu Yang tree? Ye Mo frowned and carefully pulled the nail out. Soon, he found blood and even a long hair.
This nail was actually put there by something. He could tell by looking at his hair that the thing that hit was probably a monkey-like beast. Ye Mo found it very strange that there were such beasts in the desert; however, he knew that monkeys and apes were very intelligent, so it was only natural that they could think of such a way.
When Ye Mo thought about his problem clearly and knew what beast he was after, everything became very clear. These animals are not only very smart but also good at escaping.
There was only one path under the desert, and other than Hu Yang Tree Root, there were sand and stone planks. It seemed like a long time ago, someone made a stone path that led to somewhere, and even specifically planted the Hu Yang Tree Root on the side.
Ye Mo increased his speed and walked along the stone path. He knew that since the shadow could escape here, it meant that the shadow was already walking inside. As long as he followed this path, he could chase after her.
However, what made Ye Mo disappointed was that he had been walking here for half a day, but not only did he not see his reflection, but not only did he, he also did not even know if there was an end to this path. If it wasn't a one-way street, Ye Mo would think that he was lost again.
After a long time, Ye Mo predicted that he might not be able to chase after the shadow and feel helpless. The place this thing escaped from was simply too absurd, and besides, it was too clever.
Ye Mo did not bother tracking the shadow anymore and did not even see what was on the side. He started to rush forward.
After another half day and a few turns on the road, there was finally a stairway leading up. However, it is not long — is only about 20-30 meters. Ye Mo walked over there and observed with his spirit spirit, then he understood that he had come to another open space, however, a huge stone blocked the entrance.
He ran all day on the stone path and did not know which hairy beast was tricking him.
This road was probably more than 10 km long but it was a bit curly, giving Ye Mo enough time to think more thoroughly about this place. “Who planted this with Hu Yang Tree on the side? Why is the road so long? ”This is a pretty decent project.
“Can Hu Yang Tree grow underground?” Ye Mo was not sure if it had grown above ground before and then sunk.
Since Ye Mo couldn't know for sure, he shook his head and walked to the end of the stairs. He moved the stone blocks, however, no sand fell, which implied that it was not covered by the desert. He walked through the entrance and found a vast underground desert.
However, when Ye Mo scanned with his spirit senses again, he could not help but be immediately shocked.