A young child, who chattered non-stop along the way, revealed a lot of information about the dungeon.
Lu Yu listened attentively, occasionally asking a few questions.
The two of them kept walking downward. The child’s red eyes, like two flickering crimson ghost flames in the darkness, illuminated the surrounding cave walls with an eerie red glow.
Lu Yu could feel the air around him becoming heavy, making it slightly difficult to breathe.
Moreover, it’s still humid here, but it’s also starting to become stiflingly hot.
Now they have descended to a position eight hundred meters underground.
It’s hard for ordinary people to survive in a place like this, but after the child descended to this depth, no one asked too many questions.
It was still going downward, the passage winding and twisting.
“Almost there, almost there. We’ve already walked a third of the way,” the child chuckled. “Master, don’t forget to give me my money.”
“As long as I can get into the dungeon, I’ll definitely give you the money,” Lu Yu replied with a smile.
When the two of them descended to a depth of around 1,800 meters, a bright white light appeared in the passage ahead.
The child let out a cheer and ran outside.
Lu Yu followed closely right after.
As Lu Yu stepped out of the cave, a blinding white light burst before his eyes, as radiant as a scorching sun.
Lu Yu immediately shut his eyes tightly and then prepared to slowly open them, adjusting to the surrounding white light.
Boom!
Lu Yu could only feel a strong gust of wind around him, as more than ten different presences surged toward him from all directions.
Lu Yu couldn’t open his eyes. In an instant, he sensed over a dozen presences—resembling humans yet as fierce as wild beasts.
Boom!
Lu Yu reached out his hand toward the sound and firmly grabbed a head.
“Human!”
Lu Yu thought about the child’s final intent to kill. Indeed, there were people lying in wait here, ready to ambush and kill whoever was lured down.
Lu Yu unhesitatingly tightened his five fingers.
Bang!
The head in Lu Yu’s hand was crushed.
Lu Yu’s legs were embraced by four arms, and then teeth came down on his legs.
“Crack!”
A sound of bones breaking came from the position of his legs.
“It hurts so much.”
“Damn, how can his legs be so stiff?”
The hands holding Lu Yu’s legs loosened, and someone started shouting.
Vroom!
The remaining strong wind arrived.
These are individual weapons.
The blade winds roared fiercely, each strike carrying immense force. When they landed on Lu Yu’s body, they produced sharp, clanging sounds.
Weapons bounced back one by one, some even snapping in the process.
“That kid must be wearing armor underneath. Everyone, stay cautious.”
“Er Gouzi, you’ve brought back a tough one this time.”
“It was the leader who asked me to bring him back; the leader needs this person’s flesh and blood,” Lu Yu heard a voice echoing from a distant place.
Lu Yu’s eyes are now slightly open, adjusting to the surrounding light.
When he opened his eyes, he saw the images around him.
Dozens of miles away stood the towering city wall.
There was a city, and above it, a crystal emitted dazzling rays of light, illuminating the surroundings as brightly as daylight.
It was not as dark as he had imagined; everything seemed quite similar to the surface world.
Hundreds of meters above was a layer of hard rock.
Above this underground land, there stood dense forests of stone pillars, with not a single plant in sight.
After looking into the distance, Lu Yu finally turned his gaze to his surroundings.
More than thirty blood-eyed warriors, each wielding a star-forged weapon, glared at him with ferocious expressions. Some licked their lips, eyeing him like prey and making crude remarks about his appearance.
Lu Yu saw among them the person who held a fragment of the star artifact and had intended to use him as a sacrificial offering.
And on the child’s face, innocence was no longer present. Standing at a distance, he was also licking his lips while looking at Lu Yu and said: “Mister, don’t blame me. Your flesh and blood is nutrition for us. My power is not very strong, but just a piece given by the leader was enough to help me advance my cultivation by a hundredfold. You want to survive, but I also need to survive.”
Lu Yu smiled and looked at the person holding the fragment of the star instrument, saying, “You’re the boss?”
“You guessed correctly, sir,” the other person smiled. “My name is Li You, and I’m just one step away from becoming a Wang Zun. If you’re willing, give me three days, and I can safely send you back. Otherwise, down here, with just one shout from me, even if you manage to escape to the surface, you won’t get out of the city alive.”
Lu Yu smiled and said, “You brought me here without permission too. Aren’t you afraid the city lord will find out and punish you as well?”
“Haha.”
Dozens of people around them burst into laughter together.
Li You laughed loudly and said, “Now that you’ve come down here, do you still think you can go back up? The ground above is no longer your world anymore. Underground is now our territory—do you really believe you have any chance of escaping?”
One person laughed and said, “Run away? If you have the ability, then run. Even if you escape back to the surface, you won’t be able to flee the city. Let me tell you the truth—we’ve already lured and devoured no fewer than ten people down here. On the surface, we don’t provoke trouble. But underground, this is our territory. By coming down here, you’ve already violated the rules of the Blood Eye Clan. Therefore, even if we eat you, it’s because you’ve trespassed on someone else’s domain without cause.”
Li You said, “Friend, accepting my proposal will bring you no harm. Give me three days, and I can safely send you back.”
“Boss, stop wasting time talking to him. Just eat him already.”
“Yeah, chop off the limbs and chain it up. As long as it doesn’t die, we can at least have meat for three days.”
“Didn’t the last human only survive for two days, and wasn’t even as strong as him!”
Numerous bloodshot eyes chatted and laughed among themselves, paying no heed to Lu Yu.
Lu Yu’s face darkened with coldness as he coldly said, “So this is how you lure people down here and then use them as blood sacrifices?”
“That’s right,” Li You nodded. “Friend, don’t think you can escape. Even if you try to go back through the passage, we’ll return faster than you.”
Li You said, taking out the fragment of the star artifact and weighing it in his hand. “I still have this piece of the star artifact. Even if you are a Wangzun, you should be able to resist it. With so many helpers on my side, you won’t be able to escape.”
“I have no intention of fleeing since I’ve already come down here,” said Lu Yu. “I don’t want any conflict with you either. As for what happened underground, I know nothing about it. I offer you three corpses of Royal Venerators’ lives in exchange—send one person to guide me. Before I leave this place, I will give you another three corpses of Royal Venerators’ lives as promised.”
“What?”
Li You and others thought they had heard wrong.
Someone greedily said, “Boss, this kid seems to have some good stuff on him. How about we kill him? Not only can we feast on fresh blood, but we can take all his belongings too.”
Li You raised his hand to stop the sudden movement of the people around him, and smiled as he looked at Lu Yu: “We can’t do business like this. This gentleman said he would exchange Wang Zun’s corpse for us, so let him bring it out and we’ll take a look.”
Lu Yu extended his hand into the void and grabbed, and immediately three corpses of King-level beasts fell to the ground from his storage space.
These corpses were all the remains of some wild beasts found outside Fanggang City before the darkness fell.
Lu Yu collected some, originally intending to use them to enter the Tumo system.
Moreover, the beast was thrown into the storage space at the moment of its death, so when it was taken out, its blood and flesh remained fresh.
“Huh?” Li You’s heart quivered. He immediately recognized that Lu Yu was using a storage space.
In the dungeon, besides the King, very few people can receive rewards from the gods’ mission stones.
Occasionally, some fortunate individuals may receive rewards, but such instances are very rare.
The task for the storage space is still available at the Task Stone, but only Wang Da is qualified to take it on; ordinary people can’t handle it.
Li You had heard that in the early days, some people on the surface had obtained storage spaces. Others would likely receive them later as well, though that was beyond their knowledge.
If this person was someone who obtained a storage space early on, they might be an old-timer who survived even before the apocalypse.
Some of these people are powerful, while others have unfathomable strength.
Li You was hesitating over whether to take action and bring both the person and the items down.
Dozens of bloodshot eyes couldn’t help but widen in astonishment.
One of the bloodshot-eyed individuals could no longer hold back and lunged toward the corpse of a beast.
Lu Yu raised his hand, and a powerful gust of wind burst forth from his palm.
Bang!
The person rushing forward came into contact with the palm wind and was immediately sent flying backward dozens of meters, rolling onto the ground.
Lu Yu said, “I’ve brought what you asked for. I wonder what you intend to do next?”
“What should we do, Chief?” a soldier asked, looking at Li You with a glance fixed on the three animal carcasses, constantly swallowing hard.
“Yeah, old man. This kid still has some good stuff on him. Let’s go, brothers. After finishing this one, several of us will be able to reach the King Revered level.”
“Boss, what do you want to do?”
People kept asking, but many of them supported Li You’s idea of taking ruthless action, seizing both the person and the goods.
At this moment, Li You waved his hand and smiled, saying, “Friend, you’ve heard what my men said, right?”
“Are you all planning to get physical?” Lu Yu was not afraid, remaining very calm.
Li You felt a tremble in his heart. Now he could be certain—it was absolutely a powerful person.
Perhaps they are truly survivors from before the apocalypse. There might not be too many of this kind of people left who have lived until now.
However, each of these individuals possesses formidable strength that cannot be underestimated.
Li You thought for a moment and chuckled, saying, “Friend, we both have our own needs to fulfill. If you can provide seven corpses of Wang Zun-level lives, I will accept your terms. I can arrange for someone to guide you through the dungeon. However, if someone else discovers your whereabouts, that will be nothing to do with me.”
“Ten bodies in total, right?” Lu Yu slightly frowned and said, “Alright, I agree.”
This was four more than the six Li You had just suggested, but it wasn’t many for Lu Yu.
Lu Yu took out seven more beast corpses from his storage space and said, “With ten King-level beast corpses, I think we can avoid any unnecessary conflict now.”
Li You and others looked at the ten beast corpses on the ground, each of their faces shining with excitement.
“Haha. Alright, great!” Li You laughed heartily, “Since my friend is so straightforward, I can’t be too stingy. As long as you don’t reveal your identity, during your time in the dungeon, I’ll have someone guide you around and show you the sights.”
Li You spoke and waved his hand, and immediately dozens of people rushed toward the ten animal corpses, their faces filled with excitement and exhilaration.
Ten King-tier beasts, how much power can they extract from them?
And you don’t even have to lift a finger—it’s too good a deal to pass up.
Li You continued, “Friend, I’ll assign someone to follow you. Don’t worry, this person is very familiar with the surrounding area. As long as you’re not going too far, he’ll be just fine.”
Lu Yu pointed at the child who had led him down and said, “I think he’s perfect. Let’s go with him.”
The child’s face immediately fell, and he turned around to run away.
“Dog, get back here, or just wait until I get back to the city and catch you—I’ll skin you alive,” Li You said coldly, his face darkening.
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