Chapter 658 A Deserted Mine


    After giving Marwell all the vital energy crystals that he had stolen from the Wei can''s mines, Austin


    chose another path and went back to the Wei n''s mine area.


    Marwell retreated with his group after Austin departed.


    "Where are we going, our mines or the Stone City?"


    Michelle inquired.


    "We have to find a ce to hide for three days and wait for the steward of the Sky Sect to return, then


    we can go back home and turn in the vital energy crystals to him.


    We can send a few guards to secure and watch over the mines. Currently, our top priority is to protect


    the vital energy crystals that Austin got for us. Then in three days, we can hand them over to the Sky


    Sect.


    There is no vital energy crystal left in our mines.


    Even if the members of the Wei n attack our mines, they''ll get nothing.


    In three days, if the members of the Wei n don''t turn in the vital energy crystals, I don''t think the


    people in the Sky Sect will spare them.


    This time, it''s the Wei n''s turn. They will be finished."


    Marwell replied.


    "Noted. Let''s return to the Stone City."


    Hence, Marwell and his people went straight back to the Stone City.


    … … …


    Under the n head''s leadership, all the members of the Wei family kept pursuing Austin.


    To confuse his enemies, Austin took many detours and walked in circles until the people of the Wei


    n could not tell whether they were going west, north, east or south. When he was sure they had


    gotten lost, he exerted his bodily movement skill and suddenly disappeared from their sight. He


    reappeared at the rendezvous point he had earlier set with Marwell.


    In the beginning, the people of the Wei n were keen in their pursuit of Austin. They would follow the


    traces of his footsteps, but after two hours of just going in circles, they realized they had lost their


    target.


    The n elder of the Wei n led his men to look everywhere for Austin in the middle of the night but


    found no sign of him. Disappointed and unhappy, he led his people back to their quarries and entered


    the basement which was used to keep vital energy crystals.


    The interior was empty and a half of the crystal stones were gone, except for their former n head


    who was torn up in pieces and his bones scattered all over on the ground.


    "Oh no, they are all gone. If we can''t turn in the vital energy crystals in three days, our n will be


    doomed."


    Everyone from the Wei n was in a state of despair and anxiety.


    … …


    Sometimeter under the guidance of the gnome, Austin arrived at the northeast corner. It was about


    five miles away from the Wei n''s mine area.


    At the ce where the gnome had mentioned, Austin sawrge and lofty mountains and stone ridges


    with no vegetation. Everything on the ground including mud and stones was scarlet. There was no


    nt or living creatures here. A deathly stillness and an eerie silence engulfed the ce. Anyone who


    came to that ce instantly felt depressed.


    "I see nothing special. There seems to be nothing here," Austin muttered with a frown.


    He summoned Violet and gnome out.


    The second the gnome got out of the Illusion Bead, it sniffed and moved on the right. Austin and Violet


    activated their bodily movement skills and followed the gnome.


    They followed the gnome to the top of the mountain. The gnome excitedly swung back and forth


    around a huge scarlet rock gesturing at Austin.


    "Are you saying that there is something  hidden under the rock?"


    Violet asked the gnome.


    Both she and the gnome were demonic beasts, so it was convenient for the two beasts to understand


    each other and for Violet to interpret what the gnome was saying.


    The gnome nodded frantically.


    "Back off!" Austin said to the two.


    He understood what the gnome was trying to express. So he summoned the purple vital stone that


    materialized over his palm.


    Violet and the gnome stepped back. Instantly the purple vital stone floated in mid-air and turned into a


    The rock broke into tiny pieces immediately and sshed in all directions. A deserted mine where the


    rock had been, suddenly appeared. It was surrounded by overgrown weeds and infested with pests,


    snakes and insects.


    Austin was slightly surprised to see the mysterious mine. He hadn''t expected that there would be a


    mine on the summit of the mountain. If it weren''t for the gnome, he might have missed this ce.


    "Violet work with the gnome. Ask what the gnome has sensed. It seems that this is just amon mine


    which has been abandoned for a long while. I figure that there is no vital energy crystal left inside,"


    Austin said to Violet.


    "The gnome has detected something which is giving off a special aura. But it isn''t sure whether it is


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    Violet replied.


    Austin pondered for a while. ''Now that I am there, I may as well figure out what is inside the abandoned


    mine.''


    He drifted down into the mine quietly, calcting the depth of the mine. It turned out that the mine was


    over seven hundred meters deep.


    When he reached the bottom, he saw a path to the mine.


    The mine was dark and damp, and the air was stifling and quiet. Austin spected that the mine must


    have existed for many years.


    He moved forward gently while unleashing his spiritual sense to see what was ahead of him.


    In the dark, enclosed mine, Austin had no idea how far he had walked. The deeper he went inside, the


    more oppressive the air became. Hence, he was on high alert especially once he reached the bottom.


    At this point, Austin was dozens of miles away from where he had been. It was getting darker. Although


    he could sense his surroundings with his powerful spiritual sense, he didn''t dare to rx his vignce.


    "What''s this? !" Austin muttered in shock.


    He heard some strange noise. Instantly he released his spiritual sense and realized that something


    wasing his way while pping its wings at a very fast speed.


    "What''s going on? Are there any living creatures in this ce?"


    Austin was a little confused and astonished.


    He soon became clear on the features of the creature. It had four limbs, and it was two meters tall, and


    its wings were four meters long. The creature suddenly flew at a fast speed and came towards Austin


    from the deep within the mine.


    Its ws were as sharp as a knife with a ferocious look in its eyes. It went straight and attempted to


    break Austin''s neck with its ws, meanwhile; it was making some kind of weird buzzing sound which


    affected people''s eardrums.


    Austin activated his vital energy, and then a sword of vital energy appeared over his palm. The mes


    around the sword illuminated the dark mine, and the sword dashed towards its ws.


    "ng!"


    The de collided with the ws. The de was as hard as gold and stone; the collision produced


    sparks everywhere.


    Clump!


    The next moment, the creature''s ws were hurt by the vital energy sword and a dark green liquid


    gushed out from its ws.


    ''It has dark green blood, '' Austin eximed internally in surprise.


    Confused as he was, he wasn''t afraid of the monster in front of him. He had a feeling that the creature


    that had wings and limbs was easy to handle.


    It kept retreating until it was a dozen meters away from its target.


    It gathered strength and came at its prey again. When it opened its mouth, a bright, piercing radiance


    swept towards Austin.