C2509 Osseous Cavity

Although the Seven Glorious Sun Formation was able to restrain the power of death, the cave was still pitch black, especially under the bright light of the spirit sand. It was as if there were countless ghostly flames flickering in the darkness, causing one to shudder in fear.

Even before they had entered the mine, everyone had been mentally prepared to face the terrifying scene of the mine. But now that they saw the corpses lying on the ground, their bodies withered up like rotten wood, their bodies couldn't help but tremble. Especially some timid people. They couldn't help but feel regret in their hearts, and they started to regret intruding into the mines.

"Don't worry, I'll be at the forefront. Even if something happens, I'll be the first one to encounter you. I won't treat you as abandoned children!" Upon seeing the uneasy expressions on the faces of the crowd, Lin Bai hurriedly spoke, encouraging them to increase their morale.

No matter what, these people still had a strong confidence in Lin Bai. Especially after seeing the Seven Glorious Floating Sun's display of power, this confidence had increased by a great deal. Now that Lin Bai's words rang out, the hearts of the crowd instantly felt a great sense of relief. They no longer felt fear and terror like they did before, and they became much calmer instead.

Not too long after, the group reached the deepest part of the cave, which was the location of the cave that Tai'e had left behind. Lifting his hand, he stopped the steps of the crowd. A glint of light flickered in Lin Bai's eyes, as he continued to observe the situation around him. He wanted to see if those people who entered the cavern would be able to make that ominous figure appear.

However, after waiting for a long time, other than the still chilly presence in the cave, there was no other unusual activity. This strange silence caused Lin Bai to suspect that Taia had heavily injured him after he cut off that ominous arm. This caused him to feel that this place had been abandoned long ago, and had fled before anyone could sense it.

"Brother Lin, what should we do next? Should we start digging?" After cautiously scanning his surroundings for a long time, the jade artifact Elder slowly walked up to Lin Bai and slowly asked, wanting Lin Bai to come up with an idea.

"It's too slow to dig with just our manpower." He did not know how long it would take him to excavate the mine, but he would have to use a powerful method to do so. After pondering for a moment, he turned to the people behind him and said, "All of you, step back a little. I will use my sword Qis to break through the barrier of the mine and slowly attempt to do so."

As the sound of his voice faded, everyone retreated backwards. After the crowd retreated, a cold light flashed in Lin Bai's eyes. He unsheathed the flying sword in his hand and sent it slashing towards the stone wall.

The flying sword was already incomparably sharp, needless to say, the current Lin Bai had even comprehended the secret technique 'One Artifact Breaking Ten Thousand Arts'. The sharpness of his sword qi had improved tremendously compared to before. The sword qi rushed into the surroundings of the mining cave like a sharp knife cutting into tofu. In just a few seconds, the incomparably hard stone walls were broken into pieces.

But compared to Lin Bai's wild and unrestrained excavation posture, what caused the crowd to suck in a breath of cold air was not these, but the stones that were dug out from the mines after Lin Bai's flying sword slashed through them.

To be exact, it was not a rock at all, but a bone that had been turned into a fossil.

Due to the invading power of time, the endless dried up bones gradually turned into fossils under the indescribable geographical conditions. They were so densely packed that it was hard to count just how many there were. At the beginning, when the sword qi was sliced, there were still some pure stones, but as time passed, not a single stone was left. All that was left were pure bones.

Occasionally, one or two boulders would land on the ground. From the surface, they looked like rocks, but after they were shattered, it was discovered that they were not stone at all but human skulls.

Corpses filled the air and gave off a ghastly feeling. It was as if this wasn't a vein at all, but a ten thousand man grave.

In the face of all this, even the Jadewood and Elder Seng Tan could not help but feel chills run down their backs. They felt that the aura in this place was not right at all. It was so cold that it was indescribable.

"Let's clean up these bones and see what else is inside." After a short chopping session, the stone bones had already piled up high, blocking Lin Bai's sword Qi from advancing forward. Even at this moment, Lin Bai was starting to suspect that if he were to continue his chopping process, there would still be an endless amount of stone bones left to devour.

Although Lin Bai's aura was mysterious and full of stone bones, there had been no abnormalities ever since he started slashing with Lin Bai's sword qi. This undoubtedly caused the crowd to feel slightly more at ease. After hearing Lin Bai's words, the crowd didn't hesitate for even a moment. They rushed to the front and began searching the stone bones on the ground, forming a snake shape and clearing it out of the cave.

At this moment, the meaning of having more people and more strength was vividly displayed. Although Lin Bai had chopped out quite a number of stone bones, they were unable to withstand the overwhelming number of people. In a short moment, all the stone bones on the ground were cleaned up.

"Blood!" The stone wall is bleeding! " But at this moment, someone in the arena suddenly cried out in alarm and couldn't stop himself from retreating. His eyes were filled with fear and he couldn't help but say, "The blood is flowing out!"

The instant the sound of his voice faded, the spectators discovered that there was blood gushing out of the walls of the cave. The blood was like red water, unceasingly gushing out of the cave.

The smell of the red water was extremely pungent. Just by smelling it, one would immediately feel nauseous. Furthermore, one's mind would begin to become unclear. The most frightening thing was that from the blood-red water, there were even more black-colored threads that were twisting and struggling within it like bugs.

Not only that, as the red water flowed out, the black threads continued to stretch until it was long enough to directly rise up from the water. Like tentacles, the threads madly brandished towards the crowd.

As the black silk threads danced about, the people in the arena didn't hesitate and immediately made their move. Countless secret techniques and magical artifacts were refined and attacked the black silk threads, wanting to block its attack.

However, this black thread seemed to possess a terrifying power of decay. Regardless of whether it was a magic item or a secret technique, the moment it touched the black thread, it would immediately be destroyed.

"Devils! There are ominous devils in the mines! We touched an unknown existence!" For a while, there were exclamations everywhere and the cave was in an extreme state of panic. Everyone's face was filled with fear.

However, that black thread seemed to possess a strange intelligence, it was as though it could sense the panic of the crowd. The more unease the crowd felt, the more violently the black threads danced about. The terrifying atmosphere was akin to maggots in one's bones, attempting to entangle them and pull them into the abyss.

"Calm down!" Just at this critical moment, Lin Bai suddenly became enraged like a lion roaring, he abruptly opened his mouth and the flying sword in his palm abruptly rose up, transforming into a myriad of sword beams, rushing towards the black silk-like tentacles, he then said in a deep voice, "Retreat one by one, if there is any disturbance, punish them severely without mercy!"

The sword aura was like a shuttle. In just the blink of an eye, it had already intertwined with that black thread. The two colors, black and white, intertwined and twisted, as if trying to deduce the essence of yin and yang in the world.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the disciples of the two sects in the mine seemed to have gone crazy as they continuously retreated backwards. Even though the stones on the ground were strange and hideous, and when they rubbed against their bodies, they left bloody marks on their bodies, but they still seemed to feel no pain and continued to flee.

This terrifying scene was like the coming of an apocalypse, causing one to inexplicably feel fear and trepidation. Fortunately, under Lin Bai's strong suppression, the two sect disciples' collapse was still orderly, even though it was crazy. There was no pressure or stampede.

After a while, the mine finally quieted down. However, the cave that was originally able to hold up to a hundred people had now become much emptier. Only jade artifacts, growing sandalwood, metal elemental energy, Leng Zhan, Beast Lord, Water Beast Ancestor Yin Beast, Wei Que and Lin Bai were left standing on the spot, while the rest had already escaped from the cave.

Seeing this scene, both the jade artifact and Elder Seng Tan's face became solemn, shaking their heads with bitter smiles. However, they had already guessed that if anything unusual happened in the mines, the disciples would definitely run outside. However, they never would have thought that this type of escape would be so thorough. In merely an instant, they had already disappeared.

However, they also understood that even though this was the case, they couldn't really blame Qin Wentian for anything. People cherish their lives, not to mention sacrificing their innocent lives to save others' lives. Preserving one's life was a human's instinct. It was understandable. If they were in the shoes of these disciples, they might do the same thing.

Fortunately, after the initial excavation, the mine was opened up to a distance of more than ten meters. It was as if they had touched the most secret place in the mine.

At the same time, the battle between Lin Bai's sword Qi and the black threads that were overflowing from the red water had come to an end. The sword Qi was like a rainbow, and the secret art of breaking through all kinds of techniques was fully utilized. Although the black silk thread was sly, it was still not strong enough to resist against the sword Qi. In just a few breaths of time, it was slaughtered to nothingness!

"Break!" However, everything that had happened today had completely infuriated the fury in Lin Bai's heart. Before the crowd could react, the flying sword in his hands abruptly slashed downwards.