Chapter 729: Deep Into the Skylight

Luo frowned slightly, "You mean... there is a flood of evil spirits under the skylight?"

Her words made the atmosphere at the scene freeze.

Everyone is familiar with the term flooded land. After the fall of Yong Dynasty, many flooded lands of evil spirits appeared on the road. In these places, the strong air allows evil spirits to stay for a long time, so that the latter has become a normal state. In other places, it is difficult to find traces of ghosts and monsters, but in the flooded land, evil spirits can walk on the road openly, and any living creature that approaches will be killed by them.

Later, the Privy Councils of various countries invested a lot of manpower and material resources to clean up the flooded areas of some battlefields and cities. Until today, there are still several flooded areas on the mainland, especially in Xu State, which is the main battlefield.

"Yes, and there are many types, including great demons and strange ghosts." Master Hun Tian sneered, "We even found higher-level existences at the bottom."

"Higher level?" Ning Wanjun asked curiously, "What is that?"

"There is no such classification in the Privy Council." He said slowly, "But we noticed that other evil spirits would retreat in front of such monsters."

Evil spirits have no self-will, and all their actions are instinctive.

And because they are all composed of qi and accumulation, they sometimes devour each other.

Chaos objects that can prevent other evil spirits from colliding with them can indeed be called unique.

"They have their own territory. In this area, common ghosts and monsters are hard to find." The Lord Hun Tian continued, "The Savior Church gave this evil spirit a name - Ravana, which means demon."

"Ravana is the king of demons in the Central and Western regions." Luo Qingqing explained to Ning Wanjun and Xia Fan in a low voice, "Due to trade, these names are more common in Feng and Mao, and we rarely use them here."

It is worthy of being Luo Encyclopedia.

Xia Fan secretly praised, then looked at the Master Hun Tian, ​​"Have you ever considered clearing this flooded area completely?"

"Humph, do you need to tell me that? Of course we have thought about it, but it's easier said than done!" The Master Qi Tian couldn't help but interrupt, "The reason for the existence of the flooded area is that there is a sufficiently dense source of air. Either use a formation to suppress it or disperse it, but the premise is to find the location of the source of air first! But the skylight is so large, and there are evil spirits lurking everywhere. Even if Yu Yi rashly goes deep, it is difficult to guarantee his own safety. How can we determine the location?"

"Okay, the other party is just asking, you don't need to be so excited." The Master Ping Tian glanced at the other party, "This Lord Xia is a listener, and he can't say anything. We will definitely find the core of the flooding area."

"You don't need to do anything too risky." Ning Wanjun whispered immediately, "In my opinion, the conditions given by Jinxia are already generous enough, and you don't need to sacrifice yourself."

"Don't worry, I just want to understand the situation." Xia Fan winked at the princess, and then asked the other side, "If you want to go deep into the 100-layer area, when do you think the best time is?"

This time the Pope answered personally, "Tomorrow morning."

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According to the records of the Salvation Church in the past ten years, the cycle of evil spirits has a tendency to become more frequent. For example, when it was first recorded, it was usually once every three to four months, and it was rare to see a big demon. But in the past two years, this interval has been shortened to within one month, and sometimes two or three waves will appear in succession.

It feels like the evil spirits under the skylight have noticed the actions of the Salvation Church and are trying to counterattack.

The last evil spirit invasion was eight days ago, which happened to be when Li sneaked into the skylight area.

The aftermath did not appear in the next few days, which also means that a round of attacks has basically come to an end.

This is the quiet period of the skylight, and the exploration below is also concentrated in this period.

In fact, before the Jinxia envoys arrived at Baiyao Mountain, the Huntian Master began to command his subordinates to build a new elevator.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, the sky was just getting light, and the new expedition team was ready.

There were two masters from the Salvation Sect, and a total of 300 people including the sect's vanguard. The Jinxia side was led by Xia Fan, and the members included Her Royal Highness the Princess, Luo Qingqing, Li, Yan Qing and others. Qian, Olina and Shanhui stayed in the upper position to monitor the situation in the well at any time.

Originally, Li Mengyun didn't want Li to appear in this team at all, but the fox demon said that she had to act with everyone, so she could only retreat to the second best and join the Jinxia team in the name of the person in charge so that she could keep an eye on Li at the first time.

The first thirty floors went quite smoothly, or it could be said that the shallow area of ​​the skylight was completely controlled by the Salvation Sect. Every five floors down, there is a sentry post converted from a terrace, using cables and bells to monitor the movements of the evil spirits in the well. As for the weapons used by the believers to deal with the evil spirits, they are mainly crossbows, kerosene and homemade bombs. Xia Fan noticed along the way that the other party was well-trained. Even in the quiet period, they did not relax their vigilance. There were people watching at each sentry post, and the braziers used to start fires were also burning quite vigorously.

"There are experts here." Ning Wanjun made a judgment.

"Gulcha is a soldier from the camp." Li Mengyun heard the princess muttering, "Before he switched to the Salvation Church, he was the highest commander of an army and ranked among the Green Swords."

"Are you talking about the Lord of the Universe?" Xia Fan raised his eyebrows, "This name doesn't seem to be a common name in the Six Kingdoms."

"Indeed, he has a mixed blood of Chinese and Western, but he was born in Maoguo. During the Yong Dynasty, such an identity would not cause him any trouble, but the Privy Council after the split did not think so." Li Mengyun replied.

It seems that these Taoist priests who joined the Salvation Church have their own secrets. He thought to himself that in a sense, this group of people is equivalent to a small Seven-Star Privy Council.

After arriving at the 40th floor, the team could no longer move forward through the corridors and outer corridors as before - the structure here was obviously damaged, and the floors collapsed seriously, as if they had been crushed by something huge.

They could only go deeper through external elevators.

These mechanisms are like horizontal tower cranes, built entirely of wood. Several gear sets and hemp ropes form a complete set of retractable devices, which require human power to turn the winch to achieve the rising and falling movements. Compared with the new gadgets of the Machinery Bureau, these elevators are undoubtedly a bit backward.

Due to its limited carrying area, it can only transport ten people down at a time, so the team has to wait and line up here and board different elevators according to the commander's command.

"What should we do if we are attacked by evil spirits at this time?" Ning Wanjun immediately noticed the drawback. There are only five elevators. It will take at least an hour to transport a team of 300 people. If it is transported from the bottom to the top, it will take even longer. "The team may not have enough time to run back to the upper level."