After finding the correct passage and receiving an unexpected piece of information, Xu Lai instantly became very motivated.
But as we go deeper into this pitch-black place, not only does the surrounding become darker and darker, it becomes quieter and quieter, and even the air seems less refreshing.
A faint fishy smell penetrated Xu Lai's nose from time to time.
The air here is not very circulated. There is the smell of blood coming from the back and the muddy smell in the soil. The mixture together makes people very uncomfortable.
There is nothing that can be done about discomfort. If it was just a simple dragon kingdom, Xu Lai might give up.
But with the addition of an unknown, distant, and possibly capital-level abandoned city, Xu Lai would not be able to give up.
There is another very uncomfortable place when living underground.
This place is always dark, but the place with the glowing mushrooms has a dim light 24 hours a day.
Staying here for a little longer can easily confuse a person's biological clock.
Logically speaking, Xu Lai and the others were traveling very fast, but they really couldn't move any faster now.
Elvi no longer explored the path ahead, but held up a magic lamp and flew above their heads.
There is a bright light above your head. Even if it cannot shine too far, it can at least have a mark.
They had seriously deviated from the direction because they were running too fast. Not only did Giselle turn back and fail to find them, even Jian Yuan, who was proficient in investigation, almost failed to find them when he turned back.
Xu Lai realized that he had walked for a long time without seeing the mark left by Jian Yuan, so he turned back and was discovered by Elvi in the air.
Thankfully I came out with Elvi this time. Without her as an air unit, it would be really troublesome to find someone.
And without markings, in this underground place where the light cannot shine very far, you may keep wandering around in the huge open space without finding the exit.
Xu Lai and the others thought they were walking in a straight line, but in fact it was impossible for them to walk in a straight line.
One step is a little crooked, ten steps and a hundred steps will deviate from the direction. After thousands of steps, you will not know where you have gone.
It's better that Xu Lai has dark vision, at least he can see further than light.
But if he was allowed to explore alone, even with a map and a cheating spell like seeing through the earth, he would probably get lost in this place.
If you go too far, you won’t even know where you are, let alone refer to a map.
Unless you are walking along the edges of the passage, this kind of place is often the most dangerous, with countless natural traps.
After Elvi returns, she serves as the guiding light in the sky. Xu Lai, Jian Yuan, and Giselle can roughly form a straight line.
Whenever they need to avoid wild monsters, Jian Yuan and the others will mark the ground in advance to remind Xu Lai and Elwe to turn.
Once they let go, Xu Lai and the others were actually quite fast.
Even though there is not even a decent road in the dungeon, ordinary people will be affected a lot, but with the blessing of pathfinding, Xu Lai and the others are still walking on plain ground.
Even if they can let go, Jian Yuan and others can't.
Before, the troops were divided into three groups, and the exploration speed was still very fast. However, without Elvy who was observing from a high altitude, the speed dropped a lot.
I don’t know how much time had passed, but after making a huge turn, even Xu Lai, who had a very poor sense of direction, noticed that they seemed to be heading in the direction they had just come from.
If they are really going back, it means that this corner is only blocked in the middle. If nothing happens, they should be able to see the Kingdom of Dragon immediately.
But Xu Lai knew that besides them, there were countless skeletons resurrected near the Dragon Kingdom.
Xu Lai didn't know if anyone was commanding these skeletons. He only knew that their current condition was not very good.
Jian Yuan and Giselle, who were exploring the road, eliminated traps and lured away wild monsters along the way, providing a smooth road for Xu Lai and the others behind them.
Even with horses and unicorn beasts, the physical exertion of the two of them was huge.
The rest of the people are similar. Elvie has been flying for a whole day and has not come down from the sky today.
Anna's mana consumption is also very high, and as the main damage-resistant character, Naaru's physical strength consumption is also very high.
Therefore, when Jian Yuan and the others discovered the skeletal creature, Xu Lai ordered them to rest where they were.
You can't tell whether it's day or night underground. Let's take a good 8 hours of rest. We may have to face two battles back to back.
During the break, Xu Lai, Nalu, Elwe and others took turns on duty to explore Jian Yuan and Giselle, who were the most critical on the map. Xu Lai allowed them to rest peacefully.
Originally Xu Lai didn't want to arrange for Naru. After all, this guy was too young and had no experience in going out alone.
However, Lord Xu Lai was on night watch, and Naru refused to rest by himself.
In desperation, Xu Lai had to arrange a night watch for him, but he was still worried after all. When Nalu went on watch, he still didn't fall asleep.
Fortunately, there is a Holy Light Knight accompanying Naaru, and the Holy Light Knight dutifully patrols around the camp.
Even if the Holy Light Knight can't talk to him, having such a person wandering around will make him feel much better.
A few hours later, Anna got up early and prepared breakfast for everyone.
Especially Xiaolan, the sacred dragon. Before going to bed last night, Xu Lai only stuffed him with a leg of lamb left over from lunch. He didn't even heat it, and just threw it cold.
Anna thoughtfully prepared hot meat porridge, milk, eggs, and steamed hot steamed buns for everyone.
Because of this outing, Xu Lai did not plan to stay away for too long. Therefore, the food is much better than the usual dry food, bread and the like.
The main reason is that there are few people coming out. Even if there is an extra holy dragon cub, Xu Lai's space backpack can completely fit it.
What's more, he also brought a supply truck out this time, so there is no need to worry about food and ammunition.
After eating and drinking, everyone continued to advance towards the Kingdom of Dragons.
Jian Yuan had already drawn the specific map yesterday. Today he only needs to follow Xu Lai and lead the way personally.
If the charge is not started, it cannot even be considered full speed. In order to maintain the physical strength of the war horse, it can only be regarded as trotting and warming up.
But it still only took less than ten minutes for Xu Lai to see the pale white ghost fires in the sky.
When Xu Lai discovered them, these undead also discovered Xu Lai at the same time.
It should be said that the desperadoes discovered Xu Lai much earlier than Xu Lai discovered them.
However, these undead souls do not seem to be interested in Xu Lai for the time being.
In the sky, one or two flames spurted out from time to time.
With the help of these firelights, Xu Lai could clearly see the red dragon and black dragon that were breathing.
The raging flames not only lit up the entire sky, but also burned the skeletal dragons that had no flesh or skin until they were as white as jade.
It is a pity that these bone dragons cannot feel pain or heat. Even if they are burned to death in this terrifying dragon flame, they will not make a single sound.
Xu Lai looked through the earth yesterday and saw some blurry scenes from a distance.
What he didn't expect was that after a day and a night, the fighting was still going on.
Since the undead did not take the initiative to attack him, he was happy to watch the show.
Moreover, it was not enough to see it from a distance. It was not clear yet, so Xu Lai had to get closer to see it.
At the closest distance, a bone dragon with bones all over its body, so transparent that it turned white, was less than ten meters above Xu Lai's head.
A distance of more than ten meters may still seem very far on the ground.
But if it was above your head, it would really feel like it was right in front of you. Riding on a tall royal horse, Xu Lai even felt that he could touch it if he stretched out his hand.
After watching it for a while, Xu Lai understood what was going on.
These undead are not attacking the Dragon Kingdom at all, they are hunting these giant dragons.
Xu Lai didn’t know how many giant dragons guarded the outskirts of the Dragon Kingdom.
But now, Xu Lai only saw a dozen of them.
Moreover, he has not seen any dragon corpse on the ground.
Logically speaking, the dragon's body will not be refreshed before the battle is over.
Even if the undead attack once in a while, as long as they keep attacking, the battle will continue.
A mere dozen giant dragons and hundreds of undead bone dragons do not require ground troops. A single charge, at most half an hour, should be enough to resolve the battle.
However, Xu Lai saw that after these bone dragons focused their fire to kill a giant dragon, they not only did not continue to attack, but instead took the initiative to withdraw.
The morale of the giant dragons has been broken long ago. As soon as the undead retreated, they took the initiative to flee back to the Dragon Kingdom without any thought of pursuit.
The key is that they don't want to escape yet. The magical energy escaping from these wild buildings is naturally able to attract these wild monsters.
The more powerful the wild building is, the more powerful the wild monsters it attracts.
After the dragons escaped, the undead that originally retreated turned back again.
While the dragon's body had not disappeared, a lich wearing a crown suddenly appeared in Xu Lai's sight.
It really appeared suddenly.
Xu Lai relied on his powerful dark vision, even without the flame breath of the dragon, and only relied on the weak aura of the Dragon Kingdom, to see the battlefield clearly enough.
Even the bone dragon in the sky, the transparent glass ghost dragon, and the skeleton warriors, skeleton generals, skeleton archers, etc. on the ground, Xu Lai could clearly spot them all.
However, Xu Lai could not see this lich wearing a crown at all.
It is not an invisibility spell, Giselle quietly told Xu Lai, it should be like her, passively and completely integrated into the shadows.
Of course, this is not the Lich's ability, but the shadow dragon under his crotch.
Compared to those ghost dragons that are so white that they are luminous and transparent, the shadow dragon is not white, but a bit black.
The brightness in the dungeon was too poor and the distance was too far. Xu Lai couldn't tell whether it was black, brown, or some other color.
However, the most obvious feature of other bone dragons is that they have only bones all over their bodies, and at most there are two huge ghostly will-o'-wisps in their eye sockets.
But Shadow Dragon, Xu Lai could vaguely see some flesh and blood on its body. (End of this chapter)