Chapter 1704 Going Deep Into The Mine
Hearing the frightened screams of the miners, Austin rushed out of the mine immediately.
When he made it to the ground, he was surprised to see that around other mines were also in a
stampede. The miners were all running like hell as they were trying to escape.
On the other hand, the three elders and the stewards along with the hundreds of the principal disciples
of the Rudimentary Holy Land had nked all sides of one mine. They were all alert andbat-ready.
The three elders were undoubtedly the most powerful ones in the team. But they also stared at the
entrance of the mine seriously. It only meant that the unknown creature sheltering here must be very
powerful and terrifying.
As streams of ck smoke constantly sprang out from the mine, the smell of blood prated into the
air of the surrounding area.
Judging by the heavy smell of human blood, Austin could tell that plenty of miners have already lost
their lives inside the mine.
Just a few seconds ago, those miners came here excitedly looking forward to the big rewards and
vacations that the elders of the Rudimentary Holy Land had promised them. However, they didn''t
expect that something would juste and take their lives.
''''No one survived?'''' asked one of the elders sullenly.
He knew that the mining process would not go smoothly if they could not fix this problem.
''''Over two hundred miners went into that mine earlier but no one made it out," answered one of the
stewards.
"Several principal disciples also rushed into the mine when they heard that tremendous sound. None of
them came out either,"
one of the stewards answered.
Those principal disciples were all at the Divine Bridge Realm but unfortunately, they had all just
vanished after entering the mine. There was a big possibility that they all died in there. Something very
dangerous must really be hiding there.
Boom! Boom!
Another loud sound of explosion was heard from the mine. It was so strong that the ground shook
violently.
Whoosh!
Then thick clouds of smoke expelled from the entrance of the mine.
At the center of the smoke, there was an evil energy that was released by some unknown horrifying
creatures.
"Ahhhhh!" A horrifying scream of agony filled the air.
The miners who were exposed to the smoke or even just the slightest explosion suddenly grabbed their
throats in pain. Their eyes were wide open in shock and fear.
After a few seconds, they all fell onto the ground and disintegrated until they became a pool of blood.
Even the principal disciples turned pallid at the sight of the poisonous smoke. The weaker ones started
trembling involuntarily.
"Stand back, now!" shouted one elder of the Rudimentary Holy Land.
To protect the principal disciples from the smoke, he quickly waved his hands and a powerful wind
came out. The wind pushed them thousands of meters away from the mine.
The other miners felt terrified and panicky upon seeing some miners trampling each other just to flee
from the freaky mines. Everyone tried their best to survive.
Austin also followed the steps of the miners and ran thousands of meters away from the mine. He only
stopped running when he made sure that he was already in a safe location.
When he looked back from afar, the freaky mine was still visible because he was standing in a barren
and t area.
Besides, Austin had sharp eyes because of his high cultivation base. He didn''t need to release his
spiritual sense to see what was happening around the mine clearly.
The elders and the stewards of the Rudimentary Holy Land who also retreated thousands of meters
away waited for the smoke to vanish.
It took around four hours before the smoke gradually faded and finally disappeared.
When they were sure that the mine was already smoke-free, the elders and the stewards of the
Rudimentary Holy Land cautiously went back to the mine. They then released their spiritual sense to
start searching the area.
"My spiritual sense is not working. How can this be?" blurted one of the elders.
He was full of astonishment upon realizing that his spiritual sense didn''t work.
Austin heard the elder''s words clearly through his powerful spiritual sense. He was also astounded.
Even the elders of the Rudimentary Holy Land couldn''t see through the mine with their spiritual sense.
It only proved that the creatures existing in the mine were beyond the level of their powers.
"To make sure of our safety, we better send some miners down and check the situation," suggested
one elder.
He immediately created a gigantic hand with his vital energy and grabbed hundreds of miners who
were thousands of meters away from them. The hand then brought them at the entrance of the mine.
Unfortunately, Austin was one of those miners.
"All of you, go down and check the situation under the mine," ordered the elder.
"The evil energy has already disappeared so you have nothing to worry about. I think it''s safe down
there. Besides, I''ll also cover you up. Move now!''"
The miners were speechless.
All of them turned pale and trembled involuntarily because of fear.
Some miners even tried to turn back and escape.
However, the elder was selfish enough to not care about their feelings. So, with a wave of his hand, he
pushed all the miners into the mine without giving them any chance to refute.
''Damn it! If this freaky ce is really safe just like what he said, why doesn''t he go down here by
himself?'' Afraid that the elder might hear him, Austin could only swear in his mind.
He was a little panicky at first. But when he remembered his City Model and ve Tower, he
immediately calmed down.
He knew that with their protection, he would be safe no matter what he mighte across with in this
exploration. He was sure that even the holy lords of the holynds or the masters of the prestigious
families could not break the ve Tower even with the help of the ultimate magical treasure.
The obstinacy and the defensive power of the ve Tower were self-evident.
So Austin did not worry about his safety at all. If he would be in a dangerous situation, he could
immediately hide himself in the ve Tower.
Besides, he was also curious about what kind of creature was hiding in the mine.
As for the miners who were pushed by the elder, they were left with no choice but to follow the order.
They knew that if they disobeyed the elders of the Rudimentary Holy Land, they would be cruelly
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punished.
Inside the mine was pitch-ck. Some miners lit up the torches in their hands but the surroundings of
the mine was still faintly visible.
After walking for a few moments, Austin found that the mine was soaked in stinking blood.
Corpses of the miners who had entered the mine earlier scattered everywhere.
Their eyes were all widely opened. It only showed that they had experienced excruciating pain and fear
before they died.
"They all died painfully. This is indeed a perilous mine!''"
"We should make sure of our safety now. I don''t want to end up like them."
"Those people don''t really care about us. For them, we are just cannon fodders."
"s! We are justborers and we have no backgrounds. The members of the holynds are way
much stronger than us.''''
"Yes, you''re right. We are just mortals so we are nothingpared to them. They are all too powerful
especially the three elders. We don''t have any choice but to obey their orders.''''
"''We know nothing about martial arts so their power is enough to rule over us like gods.''''
The miners kept on grumbling while marching forward slowly.
Those timid miners couldn''t help shivering while looking at the corpses on the ground.
"Attention, everyone! I might have found something right in front of us," shouted one miner suddenly.
He was walking with several miners in front of the team.
When the rest of the miners heard his voice, everyone looked in front.
They saw some sparkling lights being emitted by a gleaming crystal.
It was surrounded by the lifeless bodies of the principal disciples.
"We''ve found the ruling crystal!" blurted an old miner in astonishment.
"I have been mining for several decades but I have never seen such a big one!" he added.
The miners were mostly mortals so they knew nothing about martial arts.
But because of the long-term mining experience, they were very much familiar with the divine vital
energy crystal, the enlightening crystal and the ruling crystal. They might be even more knowledgeable
than the majority of the warriors when talking about crystals.
"Look at that! It''s a giant ck foot. Why does the ruling crystal have a foot inside? What''s going on?"
screamed one of the miners.