Chapter 389 Underground Encounter

Chapter 389 Underground Encounter

Chapter 389 Underground Encounter
This passage is worthy of its name of 'underground maze'. The further you go down, the wider it becomes. Some places are even nearly 100 meters high.

There are bottomless fissures in the passage, various complex and intertwined forks, all kinds of psychedelic poisonous smoke, and only the faint light emitted by fungi and algae all around. Once you step in, it is easy to get lost here.

"Zhe Yi, find a place to bury them."

"Ok."

Ivan came to a place and handed the divine short spear he had seized before to the swamp ant. The swamp ant took it without saying a word and put it to one side, using his ability to bury the short spear deep in the earth.

"Wizard Ivan, why do you want to bury it?" It was the Fire Scorpion who asked curiously.

"It has special powers. If you carry it with you, you'll be easily targeted." Ivan answered casually.

"Why not throw it away then?"

"It has considerable research value. When we come back from underground, we can dig it out and conduct further research."

"Oh, I get it."

Hearing his answer, the Flame Scorpion nodded in understanding, then looked at the burial site carefully, as if he wanted to remember it in his mind.

The fire scorpion is active by nature. It was born not long ago and is full of energy. It is at the stage where it is curious about everything.

Seeing that Ivan was rarely reluctant to answer questions, the Fire Scorpion gradually became more lively. Fortunately, the Swamp Ant had taught it, so it knew when to ask and when not to ask.

The overall trend of the underground maze is constantly moving downwards.

On the road, you can occasionally see dazzling glowing stones. Of course, these could also be ferocious beasts being hunted. They come in all shapes and sizes, which are truly eye-opening.

"Wizard Ivan, we won't get lost, will we?" After a while, the Fire Scorpion couldn't tell the directions.

"What do you want to say?" Ivan could hear that it had other meanings.

"Hehe, I thought I had a way to sense where the lava was gathering. Why don't you let me lead the way? I guarantee that I can get us there as quickly as possible." The Fire Scorpion said confidently.

"Your idea is good, but I have another way, which should be the safest way at the moment." Ivan refused without thinking.

If we let the fire scorpion lead the way, it knows nothing and who knows what creature's nest it will run into. It would be a disaster just thinking about it.

"Okay then." Yanxie was a little disappointed that he didn't get to show off his skills.

Under the leadership of Ivan, the man and two insects continued to move down the passage until he suddenly stopped and stomped on the ground, and a small tree root emerged from deep in the rocks.

"This is?"

"Jenny left a signpost."

This small section of tree roots looks like wood but not wood, and like stone but not stone. It was undoubtedly left there intentionally by Jenny.

With Jenny's ability to manipulate the power of the earth, it would be extremely easy for her to inadvertently leave something deep underground without being discovered by the night elves traveling with her.

Other creatures cannot easily discover the existence of signposts, but Ivan is different. He and Jenny are a "trinity", and the things Jenny left behind are like the things he left behind.

For a wizard, it is easy to get back what he left behind.

It was because of Jenny's signposts that he dared to say that this was the safest route, after all, the night elves had walked this route before. If he followed the map provided by Kolebash, he might be able to reach the lava lord's habitat.

"Don't we need to bury it back?" The Flame Scorpion couldn't help but ask again.

"No need. You'll remember it after walking through it once."

"It's so awesome."

"All wizards are like this, they have extraordinary memories."

"Then-then can I, the Fire Scorpion, become a wizard?"

Hearing this, Ivan couldn't help but stop and look it over and over.

"Is there a problem?" The Fire Scorpion tried hard to straighten his body, trying to show his extraordinary ability.

"I can teach you, but can you have the patience to learn? Let me remind you that wizard learning is very cumbersome and requires tireless study and research." Ivan thought of the [Witchcraft Civilization] on the panel, and he didn't mind teaching the Flame Scorpion.

"Yeah, it's extremely tedious, so tedious that I have to stay in the experiment most of the time." Seeing the Flame Scorpion looking at him, Ze Yi said in an affirmative tone.

"Then-then can I not learn it?" Yanxie's burning heart immediately turned cold.

"Whatever you want." Ivan knew that this guy was just in a whim, and then he looked at Ze Yi: "Ze Yi, do you want to try?"

Hearing his question, Ze Yi seemed to be frightened and immediately shook his head like a rattle.

The reason why I chose to follow Wizard Ivan was to save trouble, to have someone think for me and arrange everything for me, so that I wouldn't get myself into trouble.

What's more, he hasn't even mastered the insect breathing method thoroughly, let alone the meditation method which is several times or even dozens of times more complicated.

"Look how scared you are, you have no future." Ivan scolded with a smile, but he was not disappointed. However, after the scorpion's commotion, he thought carefully about the creatures around him, and the image of the fragrant butterfly emerged in his mind, followed by the wind moth, and the queen silkworm. The three swift wood silkworms have a chance to embark on the path of wizards.

When I return from the underworld, perhaps I can ask them what they wish.

After this little episode, the man and the two insects continued to delve deeper into the underground maze.

It turned out that Ivan's choice was correct.

Following the path of the night elves, they encountered no powerful monsters except for some creatures with slightly strange abilities, which caused the Fire Scorpion who volunteered to go to fight to the death to suffer a small loss.

It has been a smooth journey.

In the Fire Scorpion's perception, they were getting closer and closer to the magma.

Soon, the air temperature continued to rise wherever they passed, and wisps of black smoke could be seen blowing past. Ten minutes later, a bright orange-red magma underground river appeared before their eyes.

Covered by the underground river of magma, the way forward has been cut off.

"Hey, we're here." The Flame Scorpion seemed somewhat excited.

"Listen carefully. No matter how active you are in other places, once you enter the magma, you must obey orders in your words and actions." Seeing its appearance, Ivan had to emphasize this.

After all, the Fire Scorpion was born too short a time ago, and it didn't have time to learn many things.

The Fire Scorpion's strength is not weak, and such a being is most likely to get into trouble.

"That's right, Yanxie, you can't do anything reckless down there. If you cause any trouble, I won't forgive you." It was rare for Ze Yi to say something harsh to Yanxie.

"Okay, I listened carefully and I won't do anything rash." Both of them spoke seriously. Seeing this, Yan Xie hurriedly expressed his position solemnly.

Afterwards, the Fire Scorpion used its innate ability to transform into a lava boat that was the same color as magma.

The boat is only three and a half meters long, just over one meter wide at its widest point, and less than two meters high. It has many lifelike fins and looks like a strange fish.

The lava boat landed on the underground river of magma and immediately merged with the magma below, which made Ivan very satisfied.

"Please take a seat, Wizard Ivan, Boss of the Marsh Ants." A door automatically opened on the side of the lava boat, and the voice of the Fire Scorpion came from inside.

"What's the hurry?" The ant muttered, and its body shrank rapidly, and in the blink of an eye it was only half a meter long. Although its body shape improved a lot after it became a pseudo-lord, this was already the limit of its ability.

The swamp ant was not in a hurry to board the lava boat, but waited for Wizard Ivan to go up first.

"Wait, wait, old man!"

As Ivan lowered his head and stepped into it, a figure approached eagerly from the left side of the molten river, climbing up the mountain wall using his hands and feet as fast as he could.

"Finally caught up."

The figure fell to the ground and turned into an old tree man.

The old tree man was skinny, with a long, dry beard, a dirty crown of flowers and plants on his head, and a skirt of burnt branches and leaves wrapped around his body, as if he had escaped from disaster.

"Don't do it. I have absolutely no bad intentions." Facing the swamp ant that had grown larger again, the old tree man waved his hands. Its arms were actually made up of multiple vines. "I'm Meg. As you can see, I'm a tree man of considerable age."

"Why are you calling us?" Ivan's heart moved. Jenny had mentioned this tree man elder.

Jenny said that the other party wanted to go to the underground world, but he didn't expect to be trapped in the underground maze.

"Human wizard, I am so shameless as to want to take a ride on this boat."

Meg pleaded. He knew that this was unconvincing, so he added, "I used my prediction ability before and predicted that it was most likely to reach the underground world in the next few days. I broke in a few times before and got myself into trouble. I thought my prediction was wrong until I saw you."

"Can you predict the future?" Ivan asked in surprise. This was not an ordinary ability. He himself had it, but he had to use the Book of Enlightenment.

"It only happens once every ten years. I can only predict things related to myself, but it's never very accurate. Now it's finally reliable for once." Meg said truthfully, but her eyes stayed on the lava boat.

With the eyesight of the old tree man, he could naturally see the extraordinaryness of the lava boat. It was simply born to cross the underground magma.

"What are you looking at, rude old man." Faced with its scorching gaze, the Fire Scorpion felt a little unhappy.

"It's my fault, it's my fault. It was the first time I saw such a magnificent ship, and I lost my composure." Meg apologized quickly.

"Hmph! You have good taste." The Flame Scorpion snorted.

After Meg calmed the fire scorpion, she looked at Ivan nervously, because she knew that this human wizard was the one in charge.

Ivan was actually also looking at the old tree man. This tree man was actually not weak. Standing next to him made him feel some pressure. His strength was probably comparable to that of the swamp ant.

It is not difficult to understand, as tree people are a long-lived race, and their old appearance means they have lived for a very long time.

They were born in a maze underground, with a high concentration of particles around them and various ferocious beasts lurking around. Those with weak strength would have already become food for others and could not live to old age.

(End of this chapter)