Chapter 29: Did the Young Master Fall Underground?

"???"

Lin Mo's heart skipped a beat.

"No, Xiao Tu, calm down, I was just speaking off the cuff..."

【Earth Shield Technique rejoiced: Oh my god! Master is simply a genius! How did I not think of this? As long as I burrow into the ground, who can possibly harm Master?】

【Earth Shield Technique is frantically analyzing the structure of the earth...】

【Earth Shield Technique: Simply change the density of the surrounding earth elements, liquefy the hard rock, and form a texture similar to quicksand...】

Seeing that Earth Shield Technique had entered a state of self-forgetfulness, Lin Mo suddenly sat upright.

"Xiao Tu, listen to me, I need oxygen; there is no oxygen underground, people will die, you know?"

Lin Mo tried to reason with this skill that was lost in its own world.

It is dark and damp underground, and there might even be bugs.

Staying here comfortably, Lin Mo did not want to hide underground.

However, Earth Shield Technique's current state was completely unable to hear Lin Mo's words.

In its view, Master's words were merely some further enlightenment.

Oxygen?

Just support an independent space; come up to the surface every once in a while to update the oxygen.

【Earth Shield Technique blocked external interference and devoted itself wholeheartedly to the deduction of the skill.】

"..."

"This is bad."

Lin Mo's corner of the mouth twitched involuntarily a few times.

【Congratulations! Your skill "Earth Shield Technique" lacks a sense of security to an extreme degree, successfully deducing an earth-element advanced skill — Earth Submersion (Initial Stage)!】

【Earth Submersion: Can merge into the earth, move freely underground, and carry objects within a certain range while submerging; the stronger the spiritual power, the longer the duration; cooldown: 15 minutes】

【Earth Shield Technique laughed wildly: Hahaha! Master is too amazing! One sentence woke the dreamer! Worthy of being my Master!】

The moment these words fell.

Buzz—!

Lin Mo only felt a softness beneath him.

The originally solid ground instantly became loose and fluid.

That custom-made bed began to sink downward at an astonishing speed.

The maid kneeling nearby was completely dumbfounded at this moment.

She watched helplessly as her young master, bed and all, was swallowed by the earth.

"Y-Y-Young Master?!"

The maid instinctively reached out to grab, but grasped nothing.

Lin Mo only had time to glance at the rapidly shrinking sky above and the maid's terrified face.

"I'll curse your ancestors..."

Whoosh—!

The earth churned and instantly closed over.

The ground returned to being flat, as if nothing had happened.

At the same time, atop a five-meter-high earthen wall.

Ye Hongyu backhanded a blade, beheading a flying beast that approached.

The thundercloud storm eagle flock in the sky had already been cleared almost entirely.

Just then,

Stone suddenly trembled violently.

He lowered his head, staring at the ground beneath his feet; an unusually heavy fluctuation came from deep underground.

As an S-rank earth-element affinity mage, Stone was too familiar with this kind of fluctuation.

"This feeling... it's here!"

Ye Hongyu noticed Stone's abnormality and turned to look at him: "What's wrong? Is it an earth-element BOSS?"

"Yes! This pure earth-element fluctuation... no mistake, this wild BOSS is of the earth attribute!"

Stone nodded heavily, his tone certain.

"Do you know the exact location?"

Ye Hongyu immediately pressed on.

Stone pointed at the ground beneath his feet.

"Before an earth-attribute BOSS spawns, it frantically draws on the earth vein energy, causing the flow of earth elements underground to form a huge vortex."

"Just like a whirlpool on the water's surface; as long as you follow the flow of earth elements underground and find the center point of that vortex, that is the BOSS's spawn location!"

After hearing this, Ye Hongyu pondered for a moment and asked:

"How many people can your 【Earth Submersion】 carry?"

Stone said somewhat proudly:

"It can carry about 120 kilograms of items; theoretically speaking, you and I, the Young Master, can be carried simultaneously."

"Fine, it's settled!"

Ye Hongyu nodded.

It's just a small BOSS; with the Young Master along, the two of us, Ye Hongyu and Stone, can easily beat the BOSS down to its last sliver of health and leave it for the Young Master to harvest.

This time, the BOSS is ours for the taking!

Both turned around simultaneously.

The next moment,

both froze in place.

"... Where is the Young Master?"

Where is that huge bed?

Where is that huge living person?

Ye Hongyu's expression changed instantly; her figure flashed as she leaped directly from the five-meter-high wall, landing before the maid.

"Where has the Young Master gone?!"

Ye Hongyu's voice carried a rare hint of urgency.

This is the inner camp, protected by layers of security!

How could anyone snatch the Young Master right under her nose?

The maid, startled by Ye Hongyu's shout, finally came to her senses.

She pointed at the flat ground before her and stammered, "The... the Young Master... he fell down."

"Fell down?"

Shi Tou, who had just jumped down, paused upon hearing this. "How did he fall? There's no pit here!"

The maid struggled to organize her words, gesturing as she spoke:

"Just... just now, the soil suddenly turned like water. The Young Master, bed and all... 'whoosh'—he fell right down!"

"And... and then the ground closed up by itself!"

Shi Tou and Ye Hongyu exchanged glances, seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Soil turning like water?

Drilling into the ground?

Without leaving a hole?

This description... why does it sound so familiar?

"This... this is 【Earth Submersion】?!"

Shi Tou cried out in disbelief.

He suddenly crouched, pressing both hands onto the ground where Lin Mo had vanished, sensing the traces beneath.

A few seconds later.

Shi Tou suddenly raised his head, looking as if he'd seen a ghost: "Ye Dui... it's... it's really 【Earth Submersion】!"

This...

Shi Tou swallowed hard, feeling his worldview crumble.

Within a single day, first comprehending 【Earth Wall】, then immediately comprehending 【Earth Submersion】?

What kind of monster is this?

What made Shi Tou's scalp prickle even more was...

that the large bed was solid wood, custom-made, weighing at least three or four hundred kilograms.

He, an old Earth-element mage, could only carry 120 kilograms at once; yet Young Master Lin had just comprehended it and dragged the entire bed down with him?

However, what shocked Shi Tou most was that the Young Master had already slipped into the earth before him.

What did this mean?

It meant the Young Master's elemental perception range far exceeded that of him, an S-rank Earth-element mage!

Before he could even react, the Young Master had already sensed the Earth-element BOSS's spawn, comprehended 【Earth Submersion】 in the process, and slipped into the earth alone.

Most crucially, the Young Master even thought this wild BOSS was too weak, believing he could solo it alone with just a bed!

Too insane!

Too confident!

Is this the pride of a top-tier genius?

"Stop imagining things!"

Ye Hongyu suddenly snapped back to reality, cutting off Shi Tou's thoughts.

"Quick, take me with you! The Young Master is of precious worth; we cannot afford any mishap!"

"Ah, right, right! Ye Dui, grab hold of me!"

Voom—!

A yellowish-brown light flared; the soil beneath their feet instantly softened.

Shi Tou, carrying Ye Hongyu, plunged headfirst into the earth.