The comments said I was deeply affectionate, I just added points by using an alternate account.

Chen Guan held the soundly sleeping leopard and looked at the door made of fluid. Inside the door was bottomless darkness, with only rings of purple light slowly rotating within, like a strange nebula vortex.

Li Yan looked at him, also curious about how far Chen Guan could go.

To connect? An absurd thought couldn't help but pop into his mind.

Chen Guan, carrying Leopard, took the lead and stepped into the swirling halo of light.

The view before me suddenly opened up.

They were in a wide, circular corridor, with no beginning and no end in sight.

The walls of the corridor are made of amber-like translucent material, with countless vein-like structures visible inside, flickering with a faint purple light at a fixed frequency.

The entire space resembled the intestines of some giant beast.

"These walls absorb energy attacks." Li Yan tapped the wall with the back of his hand, making a dull thud. "Don't waste your energy on them."

Chen Guan responded, and his spiritual power spread out like a tide.

The corridor was quiet, with no signs of life except for the faint light emanating from the veins in the walls.

But this silence itself is abnormal.

"Awooo...meat..."

In Chen Guan's arms, Leopard smacked its lips and its nose twitched unconsciously, as if it had already started eating in its dream.

They even spoke advanced Chinese?

He chuckled and adjusted its position to make it more comfortable, but his steps didn't stop.

The two walked several hundred meters along the circular corridor, one in front of the other.

On the ground ahead, some scattered black crystals began to appear, presumably due to infighting.

"Be careful," Li Yan warned, "They're here."

As soon as he finished speaking, humanoid silhouettes made of black crystals appeared from the front like zombies.

Their numbers increased rapidly, and soon they filled the corridor in front of them, numbering in the dozens.

These things are about two meters tall, and their bodies are made of rough black crystals. Their joints flash with an ominous red light. Their heads are irregular crystal clusters, and their chests are inlaid with the same crystal core as an energy source.

"Crystallized Soldiers." Li Yan looked at the monsters that were swaying as they stood up and said succinctly, "Their physical defense is not strong, but there are many of them. They will self-destruct if their core is destroyed. Be careful."

Chen Guan placed the leopard in a relatively safe spot in the corner, then slowly straightened up, a huge, jet-black scythe appearing in his hand.

Using Void Clothing to deal with these minions is a complete waste; physical exorcism is much more cost-effective.

The moment he put the leopard down, all the crystallized soldiers' heads and crystal clusters turned to him, and the cores on their chests shone brightly with red light.

The next second, a sharp whistling sound rang out.

Dozens of sharp black crystal chips rained down on the location of Chen's coffin.

A second before the crystal rain began, Chen Guan had already vanished from his spot.

His figure transformed into a ghostly shadow that clung to the ground, weaving through the dense gaps between the crystal chips, his scythe dragging on the ground and exploding into a trail of sparks.

puff!

The sickle easily sliced ​​open the first soldier's waist, and the blade then swung upwards, precisely shattering the core of its chest.

The soldier paused, and the red light on his chest began to flash wildly.

Chen Guan didn't even look, and with a turn of his body, he appeared next to another soldier.

boom!

A violent explosion came from behind, and the shockwave, mixed with countless tiny crystal fragments, spread outwards.

But the speed of the shockwave couldn't catch up with him at all.

His figure appeared amidst the formation of dozens of crystallized soldiers, each flash accompanied by a dark arc of light drawn by a scythe and a shattered core.

*Pfft!* *Crack!* *Boom!*

The sounds of slashing, core shattering, and continuous explosions echoed throughout the dark corridor.

Li Yan stood at a distance with his arms crossed, watching the dark figure moving calmly through the flames of the explosion. His bronze face was expressionless, but his copper bell-like eyes held a strange glint in them.

This kid kills these things like it's nothing.

After a moment, he felt relieved.

After all, this kid can cut through anything outside with ease, and the first level is only slightly better than the outside. Li Yan still doesn't know the upper limit of Chen Guan's power.

In less than a minute, the corridor returned to silence.

The ground was covered with scorch marks that were still emitting black smoke, as well as countless fine black crystal powders, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of burning crystals.

Chen Guan's figure slowly emerged from the last plume of smoke from the explosion. He flicked his scythe and put it away, then walked familiarly toward the crystalline powder.

He kicked around in the pile of powder, his movements so practiced it was heartbreaking.

Ding.

A crystal core, about the size of a fingernail and emitting a faint red glow, rolled out of the powder.

Chen Guan bent down to pick it up and threw it into his storage space without even looking at it.

Even a small mosquito is still meat; thrift and diligence in managing a household are virtues.

He then began his scavenging work, carefully searching through piles of black powder for any stray fish that had escaped the net.

Li Yan watched as the skilled trash-picking process unfolded smoothly, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

"Ouch...smell..."

The leopard in the corner seemed to smell something, turned over, weakly twitched the tip of its tail, and continued to sleep soundly.

I said…

Li Yan finally couldn't help but speak, but when the words reached his lips, he didn't know what to say, and in the end, he could only manage to utter three words.

"...Continue."

He abandoned his plan to correct Chen Guan's behavior and turned to walk deeper into the corridor.

Anyway, it's not the first time I've seen it, I'll get used to it.

Chen Guan carefully put away the last crystal core, clapped his hands, picked up the small pendant, and followed after it with satisfaction.

The two walked for a while longer, and then a spiral staircase leading upwards appeared ahead, also made of that amber-like substance.

"The second floor is above." Li Yan stopped in front of the stairs. "The guards will be stronger."

Chen Guan nodded, picked up Leopard who was still eating a buffet in his dream, and stepped onto the stairs.

As they ascended, the purple light flowing through the surrounding walls grew increasingly intense.

The moment they stepped into the second-level corridor, a deep roar came from the depths of the corridor.

Chen Guan's gaze turned to the depths of the corridor, where a figure was emerging from the darkness.

It was a humanoid creature nearly three meters tall, composed entirely of translucent quartz crystals, with a slender build.

Its head has no facial features, but is just a complete multifaceted crystal that refracts eerie light.

"Void Crystal Speaker, Rank 8." Li Yan's voice came: "Don't be fooled by its appearance. That roar just now was made by it. That's no ordinary sound; it can shatter your internal organs."

Chen Guan settled the leopard, who was still smacking its lips in its sleep, in the corner of the entrance. The little guy seemed to sense the change in environment, curled up uneasily, and made an unintelligible purring sound in its throat.

He straightened up, stretched his wrists, and watched the Crystal Speaker approach step by step.

The Crystal Speaker seemed to have no eyesight, but the crystal on its head was precisely oriented toward the coffin, and the surrounding suspended crystals spun rapidly, emitting a teeth-grinding buzz.

The next moment, it raised its long arm and pointed at the coffin in the distance.