Decaying World

Chapter 132 Anomaly Four (Thanks to Alliance Leader NicholasZS)

Foggy area.

Holding the incense stick, Lin Hui kept a close eye on the movement of the surrounding mist.

Ningxiang can isolate fog and form a spherical cavity to protect the holder, but it is ineffective against night fog, as night fog and fog in foggy areas are two different things.

Night fog that can penetrate fog-free areas is actually far more dangerous than mist.

Walking through the fog, Lin Hui was surrounded by a vast expanse of white. He could only tell his location by looking at the marks left by the terrain under his feet and referring to the map.

In the mist, and in the soil on the ground, there were traces left by all sorts of monsters of different sizes.

Some resembled giant pythons crawling, some were webbed footprints of varying depths, and others were simply sharp, thorn-like cuts.

We walked slowly through the fog for a while.

Several gray-white faceless figures suddenly rushed out and charged at Lin Hui from behind, attempting to launch a sneak attack.

This gray humanoid monster with a single horn and no facial features is classified as harmless and was one of the first monsters Lin Hui dealt with.

Previously, only disciples of Qingfeng Temple at the sixth level of Body Tempering could possibly deal with it.

woo~~~
With a strange growl, the three faceless men simultaneously grabbed at Lin Hui's back from three directions.

But in the next instant, their bodies simultaneously froze and remained motionless.

one second.

two seconds.

The three faceless men were simultaneously split in two, turning into six fragmented bodies, which collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

Lin Hui, however, seemed completely oblivious to them, continuing on his way with his back to the three-headed monster.

Without asking for materials about the Faceless Man, he sped along and quickly crossed a quiet, cool stream.

Finally, a dark and tranquil black forest appeared in the mist ahead.

In the forest, towering, gnarled black trees, their canopies intertwined, create a vast expanse of shadow.

"This should be it." Lin Hui glanced at the map, confirming he hadn't gone to the wrong place. He then put the map away.

Gah!
Suddenly, a huge black raven with four wings swooped out of the woods.

The crow was three meters long and had a wingspan of six or seven meters. As soon as it got close, it stirred up a gust of wind.

It flew over Lin Hui's head without any intention of attacking him. Instead, it disappeared into the mist behind him.

Lin Hui squinted and continued on his way.

As we entered the dark forest, we could faintly hear voices ahead.

The thick gray mud underfoot gradually turned into a carpet of black leaves.

A strange, pungent, and acrid smell permeated the air.

Lin Hui took out the map again and began searching on the surrounding tree trunks. Before long, he found an underground entrance hidden in a small patch of bushes.

It was a hill-like location facing a stream, with a round black wooden door embedded on one side of the hill.

The door was covered in green moss, and only through the occasional cracks could one see that it had once been black.

Lin Hui found the engraved words on one side of the door: Amethyst Ruins.

The voices became clearer and clearer, clearly coming from nearby.

If he hadn't read the intelligence beforehand, he might have genuinely thought it was a human speaking. But in reality, the voice was an imitation of a four-armed troll, designed to lure living people closer to him, making them think he was also human, so that he could prey on them.

Lin Hui turned around and looked in a certain direction of the spherical cavity that Ning Xiang had created.

A dark shadow, only half his height, could be vaguely seen rising from the water and rushing toward them at high speed.

As he got closer, he could see that it was a humanoid monster with four arms and its body covered in a dark yellow hard shell.

The monster's face was wooden and stiff, unable to move any of its facial features. Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the monster's so-called human features were actually illusions pieced together from its carapace.

"This is the first time I've ever seen a four-armed ogre."

laugh.

The sword flashed.

Lin Hui slowly sheathed his sword.

Directly in front, the four-armed ogre's upper body collapsed to the ground, while its lower body continued to lunge forward a few steps before spitting blood and falling to the ground.

The milky white blood stained a small patch of the water white, but it was quickly brought to the surface by a large swarm of dark insects that rapidly sucked the blood.

Lin Hui looked away, found the door opening mechanism on the side, and gently turned it.

hiss.
Suddenly, the wooden door of the ruins slid open to the left, revealing a dark, empty environment without any mist.

Inside was a dark cave, the entrance of which connected to a tunnel, the destination of which was unknown.

The wall is inlaid with a series of luminous blue stones for illumination.

Lin Hui looked down and first glanced at the green crystal on the left side of his neck.

The crystal was embedded in the skin; it was only the size of a little fingernail and was very inconspicuous.

There are nine beads in a line, running from the arm to the neck, covering the entire left shoulder.

At this moment, only one crystal was glowing with a faint green light, which was extremely weak.

This is the change that the spirit-sealing formation brought to his body.

He needs to determine when the second crystal will finish charging. Can killing monsters replace charging?
Unfortunately, the nine-eyed crystal didn't react; there was still only one crystal, just like before.

He sighed inwardly. Lin Hui stepped into the wooden doorway, then suddenly stopped and turned to look diagonally upward to his right.

On the dark brown cave wall there, like mushrooms, grew two dark red human heads, one large and one small.

The two heads, one male and one female, both had short, dark red hair and their eyes darted around as they sized up Lin Hui as he entered.

"Can it talk?" Lin Hui asked.

The two heads didn't react much, their eyes just darted around, seemingly alive, but for some reason completely unresponsive.

Lin Hui hesitated for a moment, but still didn't smash those two heads. He turned around and continued walking inside.

This time, he hadn't gone far when he discovered that there were some neatly arranged wooden boxes piled on the ground to the right of the cave ahead.

These striped wooden crates were stacked one on top of the other, with two glasses containing residual red liquid on one of the crates.

Lin Hui glanced around but didn't notice anything else.

He clearly remembered that when the expedition team returned, they mentioned that the ruins were uninhabited and that they were the first team to discover them.

But now.
Becoming more vigilant, Lin Hui quickened his pace, approached the boxes, and pierced the surface of one of them with his sword.

Inside, densely packed and neatly stacked amethyst ore is visible.

'Sure enough, the information was leaked. Either someone within the temple sold it, or it was from the Red Rice Gang.'

He glanced at the passageway that extended deeper into the cave and continued walking in.

His purpose in coming here was twofold: firstly, to clear out part of the amethyst veins and establish a fixed resource point for Qingfeng Temple.

The second is to find a special relic that can block out night fog.

Walking along the passage inside the cave, we went in for about three or four hundred meters.

A strange humanoid creature appeared in his field of vision.

It was a strange humanoid figure, two meters tall, whose entire body was composed of purple crystals.

Its head is diamond-shaped, with a black slit in the center of its face serving as an eye. Its hands and feet are covered in sharp, pointed claws.

At this moment, it was like an old lady, hunched over, slowly moving forward in the cave.

'Amethyst element?' Lin Hui recognized the monster. Both Wang Yueheng and the expedition team's intelligence mentioned this thing.

These things are incredibly powerful, comparable to those with perfected internal energy. They were the ones who devoured many members of the expedition team back then.

'But if there are people here, how can the amethyst elemental be wandering around here?' Lin Hui became more vigilant.

According to Wang Yueheng's intelligence, the elemental lords with the highest amethyst element can even reach the level of high priests, which is extremely dangerous, so he dared not be negligent at all.

Quietly draw your sword and approach from behind.

laugh!
In an instant, the sword light flashed, and Lin Hui slashed out with a whirlwind sword technique without saying a word.

The longsword, imbued with internal energy and amplified by extreme speed, instantly pierced through the amethyst elemental's chest.

With a tearing sound, sparks flew everywhere.

The amethyst elemental's body was slashed open with a huge gash, and it was almost cut in two by a single sword strike.

It turned its head to roar, but the next sword gave it no time. In the blink of an eye, it was split in two, crashing to the ground and shattering into countless tiny particles.

hum! !

This sword strike seemed to have struck a hornet's nest, and a huge, muffled roar suddenly echoed from the deepest part of the cave.

Then, amidst the heavy thumping footsteps, Lin Hui saw with his naked eye at least five or six amethyst humanoid figures rush out from the depths of the cave.

Most importantly, unlike the amethyst humanoid from before, these others are all wearing special armor made of purple metal.

Upon instantly identifying the bloodstain in his field of vision, Lin Hui's expression immediately changed.

'High-grade amethyst element: A creature associated with amethyst veins that can self-destruct upon death. The current creature is not in a state of non-resistance and cannot evolve.'

Hint: You are under the watchful eye of the Mist God.

The God of Mist?
Self-destruction! ?
He turned around abruptly and looked at the amethyst humanoid creature he had just cut down.

The scattered particles on the ground were now glowing with intense light.

boom! ! !
In the next instant, Lin Hui retreated, his inner energy covering his entire body. But it was still too late.

The scorching flames engulfed him completely in an instant.

Two breaths later, Lin Hui's figure reappeared, the white light on his body surface greatly weakened by the previous attack.

The two advanced amethyst elementals who arrived later were also pushed back deeper by the explosion.

Behind them, Lin Hui could clearly see two white-skinned men wielding thick-backed machetes hiding behind the high-level amethyst element. The two even exchanged a few words with the amethyst element.

These people can actually communicate with the monsters in the fog zone?!

Lin Hui was startled and felt a desire to retreat.

The water here seemed much larger than he had imagined. In particular, the gaze of the Fog God felt like a thorn in his heart.

But the thought of retreating turned into a strong killing intent at the next moment because of a sentence from someone on the other side.

"That guy, doesn't he look like Lin Hui, the abbot of Qingfeng Temple?"

Oh no, they've recognized me.
Lin Hui froze, touching the black cloth covering his entire head. He had even covered his hair. How could these people still recognize him?!
"We must eliminate them as soon as possible while they are still few in number." His eyes turned cold, and he gripped the hilt of his sword behind his back with both hands.

The amethyst was very valuable, and he didn't want to reveal too much of his strength. He had originally planned to secretly probe and clear the mine, but he hadn't expected to be recognized as soon as he entered.

Moreover, judging from the appearance, the other party seems to be a mysterious organization or group.
Trouble.
"Can't you just pretend you've never seen me before?" He suddenly drew his sword, the two swords pointing downwards, a gentle breeze swirling around him.

(End of this chapter)