Chapter 163 Purification of the Black Mud, the Arrival of Sora
As the bells in the two bell towers rang almost simultaneously, the black fog in the center of the nameless ruins gradually disappeared, revealing a road leading to an unknown area. Tianhe and his friends were unaware of this at the moment. After Ye Lan rang the bell in the bell tower, "It looks like Ye Lan has succeeded. Let's go back to where we were and wait for them."
After Tianhe and Xiao waited for Ye Lan to come back, they teleported back to the bottom of the original rugged stone hall. Tianhe had placed a pocket anchor there before. They had discussed before that after completing the task of ringing the bell, they could return to the original location to gather. However, Tianhe and the others did not notice a dark place where Halfdan was observing them, especially Tianhe.
After Tianhe and the others used the earth vein to teleport away, it took a few steps back, and its figure gradually disappeared into the shadows, and finally disappeared. On the other side, while Xianyun completed the task of ringing the bell, Ruoxue also rushed back, and at the same time, Dadalia put away her evil eye form. Although Dadalia was not disturbed by Ruoxue, she was still afraid of her strength.
Fortunately, they were not enemies at the moment, so Dadalia was relieved. Seeing Xianyun coming over, she also put the Winter Star in her hand back into the Eye of God. "Sister Xianyun, we should go back now. I have searched the battlefield, and these monsters from the Abyss Cult did not leave any useful information."
"Well, let's go back. Tianhe and the others have probably been waiting for a long time." After Xianyun finished speaking, the three women present used the earth veins to teleport back to the agreed location. After Tianhe and the others arrived at the agreed location, Ye Lan stretched and said, "Huh, I'm finally back. I can be lazy again tonight."
After the Xianyun team came back, Dadalia saw Tianhe and his team, who had returned earlier than them, and greeted them, "Hey, dear friends, I didn't expect you to come back so soon. Well, I haven't been active for a long time, so today I finally got to stretch my muscles." Dadalia complained about the boredom of the time while moving her hands and feet.
Tianhe clapped his hands and said to all the girls present: "Well, today's mission went very smoothly. The problem of black fog has been solved, so now only the black mud is left. I will handle the purification work afterwards. You go back and notify the other members of the exploration team. You don't have to worry about my safety."
Xiao stood up and raised his question with some concern, "But, Tianhe, you see this workload is too heavy. Even if your strength has greatly improved compared to before, if the Abyss Cult comes back for revenge, what about your safety? I have to stay and protect you." After hearing Xiao's words, Tianhe said he understood.
After the Demon War and the Dark Disaster, Xiao no longer wanted to lose anyone, and she would not leave no matter how much she was persuaded. If it was an order, Tianhe would not order Xiao, and he would give Xiao freedom and let her decide her future path. After thinking about it, Tianhe agreed to let Xiao stay.
"Then, Xiao, you stay here. I hope you won't get bored." Xiao was instantly excited when she heard Tianhe agreed to her request. Then she looked around and returned to her previous cold attitude. "Well, I'll go explore the surroundings first. If you're in danger, Tianhe, just call my name and I'll come to support you at any time."
After saying these words, Xiao activated the Wind Wheel. Everyone saw a flash of wind element and Xiao's figure disappeared. She was really a woman like the wind. Tianhe saw Xiao leave, bid farewell to others, and walked towards the depths of the nameless ruins. His figure gradually disappeared in the depths.
After the others looked at each other, Xianyun and Ruoxue went straight back to the exploration team camp. They at least had to fulfill their obligation to notify. As for Dadalia and Ye Lan, the two old enemies, "Why are you looking at me? Where are you going now? Back to the cave?" Dadalia complained to Ye Lan unhappily, "Well, go back and drink a few more bottles of vodka, just to celebrate."
Afterwards, Ye Lan and Dadalia returned to the cave after opening the earth vein transmission. The others in the cave had already woken up, and the first one to wake up was Jiu Qi Shinobu. She saw the letter left by Tianhe after leaving, and put it on the table intact. Shinobu began to eat the breakfast left by Ye Lan on the table.
The other two woke up one after another. Zhiqiong and Katarina also saw the letter left by Tianhe and were a little worried, but all the girls who stayed in the cave were not strong enough to help him. The lowest level of strength that could go was executive officer level, so they could only kill time in the cave and wait for Tianhe and the others to return safely.
So, they only waited until Ye Lan and Dadalia came back. Of course, they must have explained the current situation of Tianhe to others and told them not to worry. This is all later. Returning to Tianhe, he came to the original nameless ruins area and began to clean up the surrounding black mud. The amount of work to purify the black mud was even greater than what he had done in the main mine of Juyuan before.
"It looks like I'll be busy for quite a while." Tianhe looked at the black mud in the nameless ruins area and couldn't help but sigh that the Abyss Cult really gave him something to do. Suddenly, Tianhe felt that someone seemed to be observing him in the dark, but he looked around and didn't find anyone observing him, so he activated the Jade Shield to purify the surrounding black mud for safety reasons.
As Tianhe purified the black mud more and more times, the purification speed became faster and faster than before, so he became more and more adept at purifying the black mud. As the black mud was purified, the ground veins gradually became fluent, and Tianhe also opened the ground vein anchor point in the nameless ruins area.
Although the speed of clearing the nearby black mud was gradually increasing, Tianhe's doubts were also increasing, especially the sense of déjà vu that came from nowhere. Tianhe couldn't help but think, "Strange, this sense of déjà vu that someone is secretly watching me is getting stronger and stronger. What's going on?"
While Tianhe was purifying the black mud, he carefully observed the surroundings, but still found no trace of other people, so he opened the elemental vision. However, the figure seemed to have predicted his actions, and Tianhe gained nothing. So, when he purified the last piece of black mud, Tianhe gave up looking for the other party's trace and planned to finish the work early and go back early.
However, the other party seemed to have seen through Tianhe's thoughts. She came out, and it was Kong? "Why are you here, Kong?" Kong looked at Tianhe, and she nodded with satisfaction, "Tianhe, I knew you would come here. Well, do you think I am angry with you because you ruined the plan of the Abyss Cult?"
"Well, a little bit. Were you staring at me before? I even used your badge." Kong blocked Tianhe's mouth with her little hand. She shook her head to stop him from talking. "Actually, your coming to the underground mining area of the Stratum Abyss was also part of my plan. It seems to be going well. However, let's be good opponents from now on, just like before. Well, it's time. Goodbye."
Kong was still the same riddler as always. She opened a portal to the abyss. Before leaving, she gave Tianhe a mysterious smile and left. Tianhe didn't expect Kong to be watching him in the dark, but fortunately, Kong, the princess of the Abyss Cult, did not take action.
Although Tianhe was not clear about Kong's strength, there was no doubt that he could definitely crush everyone present. After purifying the last piece of black mud, Tianhe notified Xiao to return to the cave. To be continued~
To know how the Abyss will develop in the future, please look forward to the next update from our Xianyu author~ Hehe