Soul of Burning Steel

The ancient breath from the underground abyss is spreading.

"It's the right place to look for."

On the side, Nostradamus, who used magic to suppress Joshua's tearing of the earth's crust and caused the aftermath, closed the magic book in his hand. Although he did not support Joshua's overly direct move, he also admitted that, This is indeed the safest and quickest method.

Yes, although it seems to be very powerful, under the power of the legendary powerhouse, it is actually a very safe move to tear the crust of some areas, especially before making the move, Joshua used coercion to disperse the desperate people living here. Most of the ordinary creatures and monsters, they will be led to an open field not far from here, except for some underground creatures, no life will be injured, and the tearing of the crust that has been prepared for a long time is definitely better than being in the ground. The battle that breaks out enough to tear the earth will come to safety.

"No. 1 and Syndicate left marks, I just need to follow the signal of the marks to locate."

Joshua looked down at his own achievement—a huge rift valley across the North Ural Plain. His pupils adjusted the focus and looked directly at the cavity deep in the ground. As far as it is clearly visible, he can even see large groups of subterranean bats flying out of fright, flying between the rift valleys like a rising gray cloud.

"To be honest, Joshua, I didn't stop you because of danger... Mainly because permanently changing the terrain of a piece of land will have an irreversible impact on the entire ecosystem."

Nostradamus was also staring at the gray cloud, and the old man showed a trace of pity in his eyes, and he said softly: "These bats have been living in the closed underground for the past years, they have no ability to adapt to the outside world, several Within a month, they will become extinct due to drastic changes in the environment, and the chaos caused by the migration of a large area of ​​grassland organisms is by no means manifested in a day or two."

"North Baikal Grassland has become a rift valley. The tide of magic power from the mountains will not drift to the north with the wind, but will settle here, or it will counteract the magic power of the ground. The sudden change caused by the magic power environment will lead to countless monsters. Migration, this is a change that will take hundreds of years, and the entire Northland will be deeply affected, and no one knows what it will bring...so I hope you will be cautious."

The power of the legend is so terrifying that it can change the world, turn the desert into a forest, and turn the sea into a continent... But if it is not necessary, no legend will forcefully change the natural environmental changes, because that is the life that lives on this land Self-made, self-chosen, hastily shot, it will make things worse.

After quietly listening to the old mage's ramblings, Joshua did not immediately refute. He nodded cheerfully, and said, "I know."

Permanently changing the terrain of a land will naturally have a great impact on the balance of local creatures and magic power... For example, the fungi and various rare herbs that reproduce in the underground cavity may die because of this, causing huge damage. property damage.

"But these are not irreversible. You see, behind us are the elites of Winter Castle and the Imperial Royal Mages Academy. These mages, grass scholars and druids will try their best to prevent the worst from happening. They will It will protect the environment that breeds precious herbs underground, and obtain precious cultivation knowledge from it. Most importantly, Nostradamus, the existence we face is worth our risk."

The soldier turned his head to look at the rift valley, and he saw little khaki ripples enlarging bit by bit. It was hard to describe in words, but the light that gave people a sense of 'earth', 'vitality' and 'prosperity' was weak, But it was clearly captured by Joshua. That is the divine power of the earth, which comes from the mighty power of the Mother Earth thousands of years ago. Joshua said in a calm tone: "If that exists, and the mother of the Mother God wakes up, then it will not just be a Northern Ural Plain."

Hearing this, even Nostradamus couldn't help sighing, and then admitted that Joshua was right.

Indeed, the existence they face, even if it is sealed, is enough to get this attention. If the will of a world that hates humans is awakened, how can the damage caused by a mere grassland be compared? In order to judge the abnormal changes in the underground as soon as possible, Joshua's actions can be said to be decisive.

Now is not the time to chat. After a brief conversation, Joshua closed his eyes to detect the source of the earth's divine power. After a few seconds, he opened his eyes again and found the source.

"It was an ancient underground lake, and three underground rivers flowed into it... The surface layer is still very clear, but the depths of the lake are already full of mineral debris and the corpses and secretions of aquatic slime molds, it is completely a garbage dump. "

"The source of the divine power of the earth is in the deepest part of this lake."

The rift on the surface tore apart the unknown barrier, and Joshua's gaze was able to penetrate deeper. He saw that in the center of the huge underground cavity, there was an incomparably deep vertical hole, from which there were waves of divine power. From the deepest part of this pit, it can interfere with all magical and spiritual explorations, but Joshua just simply 'watched', so he was not greatly affected. In this pit, there are underground sewage and biological corpses that have been accumulated for an unknown number of years ago. The heavy metal sewage that has almost turned into mucus in the depths is hardly accessible to any living things.

except one.

blacksnake.

Accompanied by a slight hey, in Joshua's eyes, there are thousands of black snakes swimming in the lake, and the light of the divine power of the earth emerges from their bodies, separating the water from the impurities in the water and repurifying them into pure The water keeps the surface of the underground lake clean. Joshua also saw that these black snakes were cruising along the underground river, purifying the sundries and garbage in the river, just like the most loyal cleaners.

"interesting."

Joshua showed an interested expression: "I thought these black snakes were guards, but I didn't expect them to be cleaning units that maintain the underground ecological cycle... So, you can't kill them casually."

"I've found my bearings, Nostradamus."

Turning his head, Joshua said to the old mage, "How should I say it?"

"What else can I say, I'll do it."

Regarding Joshua's doubts, Nostradamus curled his lips, he shook his head and said, "Send me the coordinates."

He didn't care about his friend's complaints, Joshua smiled slightly, he sent the coordinates of the underground lake to the old mage, and then restrained the gravitational force of the strong magnetic field spreading around him, and gradually descended to the surface with the other party.

The strong wind was whistling beside him. Nostradamus was standing on the edge of the rift. His eyes were shining with faint blue rune light. After calculating for a while, the old mage stretched out his hand and pointed at the area where the underground lake was located. .

Immediately, with the sound of time and space being torn apart, a pitch-black crack started from the old mage's fingertips and extended endlessly in his direction. It easily shattered all the soil, rocks and mineral veins along the way, and penetrated The nearly 2,500-meter-thick rock formation reaches the location of the underground lake.

The huge magic power of time and space dissipated slowly, and a smooth inclined tunnel fifteen meters long and ten meters wide appeared in front of Joshua and Nostradamus. It went straight to the underground lake without any bends. Go around.

"Okay, let's go and see what is releasing the divine power of the earth... Tsk, this space-time rift is not straight enough."

Withdrawing his hand, Nostradamus, who seemed a little dissatisfied, shook his fingers, and then walked straight down the tunnel, while Joshua shrugged with a smile and followed him down. go.

Joshua was able to tear a rift in the earth's crust because of his pure power, but if he precisely aimed at a certain target to open a hole, then he was not as good as Nostradam who specialized in time and space. mas.

It is different from the winding underground tunnel, which does not know how many kilometers to walk. This is a straight line, with a distance of no more than four kilometers. The two legendary powerhouses crossed it in a few seconds. Joshua released silver all over his body. The white light dispels the surrounding darkness, and can see the dark underground lake.

There are strange oil stains and bacterial colonies floating on the surface of the lake. Thousands of black snakes swim in the lake water, decomposing most of the dirt, or transporting it to the shore. Looking around, the strong magic power even releases light blue in the air of light. And on the rock walls around the lake, there are large expanses of magic crystals, and the pure magic power accumulates here, almost forming a vein.

The existence of the divine power of the earth has brought incomparable vitality to this place. There are all kinds of weird plants along the lake, all kinds of rodents and insects who don’t know whether they are mutants or born like this. These magical plants that can glow by themselves If Alva came here, he would definitely feel excited, because there are huge mushrooms and insect nests by the lake that fit his imagination of the underground. These creatures that are absolutely invisible on the surface form a strange ecology lock up.

Joshua's tearing of the earth's crust, and the old mage's opening of the tunnel did not have any effect on the creatures around the lake. An inexplicable force fixed the surrounding rock formations, preventing them from collapsing due to the violent vibration. Joshua It can be clearly sensed, that is the effect of the divine power of the earth.

Having come here, Joshua naturally wouldn't talk nonsense. He and the old mage stretched out their hands at the same time, and suddenly the surface of the huge underground lake began to vortex. Chardamus teleported to the surface, and countless black snakes fled in panic. Joshua controlled his own power not to kill these beasts that had worked diligently for many years. Gradually, as the lake gradually dried up, , a passage leading to the depths of the lake can be seen beginning to appear.

Feeling the increasingly turbulent fluctuations of divine power, Joshua and Nostradamus stopped their movements. Until now, the two of them have not encountered the crisis they expected, and no one has become stronger due to the infestation of divine power. Beasts attacked them, and there was no will of the world or the dark hands left by the gods. They went to the depths of the ground smoothly and found the source of divine power. The old mage felt full of doubts and was baffled.

"It's that simple?"

Joshua muttered to himself, "It's not so easy to eat—I haven't done anything yet."

"It shouldn't be..."

Nostradamus also thought hard: "There must be some traps, ambushes or mysterious magic circles left by ancient times, right?"

But obviously, the fact is different from what the fighters who are too eager to challenge and the mages who are too eager to be killed think. This road is so simple, without any levels and monsters, and it goes smoothly like drinking soup.

At this time, because most of the lake water was pumped away, the river was also blocked, and the remaining lake water scattered in all directions along the cracks deep in the ground. Gradually reveal his true face.

It was a quaint, ancient temple made of rock.

When it left the cover of the deep lake and completely appeared in the air, an extremely weak fluctuation centered on it and began to spread in all directions, the entire Mycroft continent—at this moment, the entire On the mainland, countless people who were usually inconspicuous stopped their work and froze in place.

Among them, some are ordinary farmers, some are skilled cooks, some are brave warriors, some are knowledgeable mages, some are clever thieves, and some are pious shepherds. , Some stood on the high platform of the palace, looking down on their subjects and the country with complacency.

In the distance, in the Temple of the Earth, the white-haired elder of the temple sat in front of the quaint temple made entirely of rocks. He closed his eyes and seemed to be thinking about some unsolvable problem, but suddenly, a faint wave swept across, and the old man The elder suddenly opened his bloodshot eyes. He stood up and looked towards the northernmost end of the world. But then, he glanced around suspiciously, as if he found something wrong.

And just below him, the ancient temple is glowing, this light is moist, gentle, and warm, as if it is like a mother's gaze.

On the eastern plain, on a small island next to Sea Dragon City, the residence of the sages of the East China Sea suddenly lit up with a light silver light. All the ascetics left their houses in surprise and looked towards the holy place in the center of the island.

In the sage's residence, Faina, who was originally meditating in the house and was in contact with her spiritual avatar sent to the world of stars from time to time, also felt this fluctuation. Her original stable state of mind was broken, and the extremely complicated emotional fluctuations were Her heart spread, and Faina stood up slowly. She walked out of the room and looked towards the northern end of the world, but soon, she turned her head again, as if looking around the entire continent.

In the eyes of the sage, there are hundreds of light spots shining brightly.

In the North Ural Plain, in the center of the crack, Joshua looked down at this glowing temple. He also felt the faint fluctuation. Joshua, who felt something wrong, wanted to block it, but the fluctuation was straight. Going towards him, without the slightest intention of avoiding.

Even, most of the fluctuations are coming towards him.

Joshua didn't dodge, he wanted to know what this wave was, so the soldier simply took a step forward, holding most of the wave into his arms, and when Joshua analyzed the wave's meaning When he received the message, he suddenly froze for a moment, then stood there dumbfounded.

Afterwards, there was a long silence, silver light flashed in the warrior's eyes, countless ancient memories surged along the tide of steel power, he knew why this temple was located deep in the ground, and he also knew why it was built , Joshua even knew why the fluctuations were converging towards him, as if he was a good target that had been pre-determined.

The truth of everything is so simple.

"Wake up, Joshua, what has affected you?"

Unknown why, Nostradamus, who had been waiting for a long time, saw Joshua's body move slightly, knowing that he had recovered from the stupefaction, so the old mage quickly asked: "You have been in a daze for more than ten minutes--you never What exactly did you see in the fluctuation?"

He wasn't the target of the volatility, so felt nothing.

"It's civil unrest."

Hearing the voice of Nostradamus, Joshua's eyes dimmed after returning to normal. He stared at the ancient temple in front of him with a wry smile, and then shook his head: "In the chaos after the war, a battle between people and the world strife."

"Nostradamus, this is really an unexpected discovery."

I feel that the previous article may be a bit complicated... The Steel Python and the Mother Earth are mother-daughter relationships, but the two views are different. The Mother Earth has not been blackened, but the Steel Python has been blackened.

This is the shrine of the Mother Earth Goddess.