Death Wizard Diary.

Chapter 124 The Cave of Mutation

Seeing that his previous attack was effective, Thor unleashed two more arrows.

The sword pierced into the shrinking cave and disappeared, and soon green slime began to gush out again.

The suction from the cave gradually weakened.

Thor breathed a slight sigh of relief.

His soul worms were constructed by mixing fragments of regretful souls, which he didn't want to use unnecessarily.

There are still three senior students here, so Thor doesn't need to work too hard.

Sure enough, just as Thor withstood the attack from the mutated cavern, the battle between the three of them ended.

Two more spikes emerged from the ground, piercing the mountain wall opposite Thor and penetrating the cave in front of him from the side.

The cavern contracted violently twice before finally closing completely.

Staring at the cave for a long time without any change, Thor finally turned around.

He saw Wright raise his eyebrows at him, realizing that the earth spikes he was holding and the two earth spikes that finally resolved the mutation in the crypt were all thanks to Wright, and he quickly thanked him.

"Thank you, Senior Wright."

Wright looked relaxed, clearly the battle he had just fought was nothing to him.

"You're welcome. If you get sucked in, we'll have to figure out how to pull you out, haha. It wouldn't be good if you got pulled out; we'd lose a really great guide."

For some reason, Wright burst into laughter.

By this time, all the mutated crypts had closed. Thor then realized that this wasn't a fork in the road, but rather a fairly spacious passageway.

There are only two paths here, one in front and one behind; all the other tunnels and caves are fake.

"What kind of monster is this? It's disguised so well." Bill stepped on the foam on the ground, which had now solidified into a plaster-like solid, crumbling and falling as he stepped on it.

"There are no records of this monster before; it may be a new mutation that has occurred in the last year or two," Byron said in a deep voice.

Byron inspected several closed, mutated caves but found no useful loot.

He stood up, clapped his hands, and said, "It's getting late. I suggest we go back to the ground first."

Bill clicked his tongue.

"The harvest this time isn't much, and it takes quite a while to go in and out, so we might as well stay here for the night."

Byron shook his head. "It's too dangerous to spend the night in a place haunted by evil spirits."

But judging from Bill's expression, you could tell he wouldn't give in easily this time.

Thor, still clutching the spikes Wright had provided for him, watched the spectacle from behind.

In any case, he, as a second-level apprentice, was not qualified to participate in the discussion of such strategic decisions.

Just as Thor was watching the argument about to erupt into a raging fire, a large hole suddenly appeared in the wall beside him.

"Sha—"

A chilling, icy aura seeped out.

Before he could feel the chill, Thor turned around abruptly and noticed the large hole that had silently opened beside him.

At the same time, a pale, riddled-with-holes human head suddenly shot out of the hole and bit Thor's right hand, which he had instinctively raised.

His chestnut-brown hair was disheveled and draped over his head, and the whites of his eyes, devoid of pupils, stared intently at Thor through the gaps in his hair.

His face was riddled with holes, like a honeycomb briquette, with his mouth being the largest. Sharp teeth protruded from the holes, but they couldn't bite through Saul's gloves.

Thor felt no pain in his right hand, but he still felt a strong pulling force.

The moment the head bit Thor, it immediately pulled back, seemingly trying to pull Thor into the newly opened hole.

Thor was pulled by the opponent's immense force, his body jolted violently, and he quickly gripped the ground spike tightly with his left hand again to avoid being dragged in.

"Bang!"

Thor's expression changed; under the immense pulling force, he heard the sound of his bones dislocating.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, and by that time Byron's reinforcements finally arrived.

A giant net appeared out of nowhere and instantly enveloped the head riddled with holes.

The head was bound.

Under the pressure of the giant net, the flesh sizzled like roasting meat.

It finally relented in pain.

Saul was then able to save his right hand.

However, he couldn't use his right hand at all, probably because the bone was broken, so he could only support himself with his left hand.

Just as Byron was about to pull the head out of the other side with his giant net, the other person suddenly snapped his neck.

The half of the body that wasn't caught in the giant net quickly retracted.

Seeing that the hole was about to close, Byron jumped in without saying a word.

At the crucial moment, Wright raised his hand, and a large stone hand emerged from the ground, holding up the mutated cave and preventing it from closing.

Thor looked worriedly at the large hole that kept trying to close, wondering if Byron would be able to return safely.

"It's broken?" Bill suddenly appeared behind Thor, startling him.

"It might just be a dislocation..." Thor's heart skipped a beat, and he slightly pulled his left hand back.

But Bill, with a smile on his face, forcefully pulled Saul's arm.

A sharp pain immediately shot through my elbow.

Thor's face twitched, but he endured the pain without crying out.

Bill opened his mouth, and a puff of white smoke billowed out, enveloping Thor's right elbow, and the pain there quickly disappeared.

Bill then ripped off Thor's gloves, revealing the gray, translucent skin on Thor's forearm and the bones faintly visible beneath.

He raised one eyebrow and flipped Thor's arm back and forth a couple of times.

"Your modified arm is quite sturdy; it wasn't even scratched after being bitten like that."

Thor's injury wasn't to the arm that was bitten, but to the joint where the skin of the lingzhi connects to the upper arm; it was torn off.

After checking, Bill finally released Saul's arm and tossed the glove back to Saul.

Saul caught the glove with his left hand, and instead of wearing it, simply stuffed it into his pocket.

"Your gloves aren't very durable. If you'd like, you could go to the exchange meeting and exchange them for some more powerful gloves."

"I'll go check it out if I have the chance."

Saul, not wanting Bill to notice the special properties of his gloves, gave a casual reply.

He looked down and examined his right hand, which was now able to move freely, indicating that Bill had indeed been treating his wounds rather than simply numbing him.

I never expected this guy to be a healer.

At this moment, Byron finally ran out of the hole. Seeing this, Wright removed the stone hand, and the large hole closed instantly.

"How is it?" Wright leaned closer.

Byron smiled slightly, picked up a round-bottomed, narrow-necked glass bottle, and swapped it with the others in front of everyone.

"An evil spirit?" Even Bill went over there.

"An evil spirit in the process of transformation, but its essence is still that of a vengeful spirit."

The bottle was filled with a hazy gray substance, and Thor couldn't make out what it was.

"A vengeful spirit? That works too."

Although not Byron's target evil spirit, a vengeful spirit that has already begun to transform is still of great value.

Whether you take back the Wizard Tower to exchange for credits and money, or keep it for your own research, it's a good option.

Furthermore, if Byron didn't catch an evil spirit, then it would be the team's spoils, and Bill and the others would also be able to get a share of the money.

Wright clapped his hands. "That's good. We've had a pretty good day. We can go back now."

This time, Bill did not object.

Byron put away the bottle and walked over to Saul.

How's your arm?

"Bill treated me, and I'm fine now." Thor said, raising his right arm and shaking it, but mainly to let Byron examine him.

After cleaning up the scene again and confirming that there was nothing else to be found, the group returned the way they came.

The most difficult part of the journey back was that very deep passage.

Wright and Bill each had their own methods for getting up, while Byron gave up on becoming a balloon and had Thor use the algae to pull him up as well.

Xiao Zao is very strong; she can easily pull two people.

As Thor climbed up the passage, a thought struck him, and he looked down.

The underground passage, now completely dark again due to the loss of light, emitted the sound of flowing water.

Saul had the illusion that someone was constantly pouring water into the underground passage.

The water level gradually rose, following the footsteps of the crowd.

Night is approaching.

Like the Wizard's Tower, the underground of the Valley of Fallen Hands may also transform into another world at night.

(End of this chapter)