Chapter 86: Squirming Layers!

"Bang!"

As the last struggling bone-eating bird fell under Ta Ke's witchcraft.

The battle drew to a close.

At this moment.

Everyone in the team silently focused their gaze on Ta Ke.

Before, when their team was the first to enter the Demon King's Tomb, they were the subject of the greatest expectations.

They still had doubts.

"We" really that strong?

And now the results are out.

Not only that.

Soon, the supermundane crystals shed from the dead bone-eating birds were collected by Ba Nuo Fu.

"Ordinary bone-eating birds are in the range of levels 25 to 27."

"By then, we won't even be able to find them back."

"But the bone-eating birds' habitat is strange, on the cliff face, with a complex cave network."

The other team members weren't so lucky.

If Lei Meng·Ke Li ran even a little slower, he would probably be sucked dry by those terrifying blood-sucking worms.

Compared to Ta Ke's team, they began to steadily explore the Demon King's Tomb.

Leader-level materials are also extremely expensive and rare.

"Ta Ke, you stay in the rear."

Begin to devour the lives of these intruders anew.

Fortunately, Ta Ke provides escort.

"So, this place should already be quite deep into the second layer of the Demon King's Tomb."

Several people examined Ta Ke, each lost in thought.

"In other words..."

Even, there are some blood-sucking worms in the swamp.

Swamp, highland, mountain ridge, glacier, underground town……

"Going further in will only…… become more and more dangerous."

It makes the entire tomb world tremble at intervals.

Moreover, the team's combined strength is absurdly strong.

Having said that, Ba Nuo Fu looked at Captain Gu Da Er.

If it were them, they might be able to handle it, but it would definitely consume a large amount of their resources, and even personnel would suffer certain losses.

Before the Demon King fell, he constructed a vast tomb-layer labyrinth.

The writhing of the spatial layers.

But the strange ecology here, if one is not careful, can devour them.

"Moreover!"

Meanwhile, Ta Ke at the rear can at least ensure that no one mysteriously falls behind.

And Gu Da Er looked toward Ta Ke.

"Generally speaking, it's impossible for the levels to be this uniform."

Creating output space for Ta Ke, and his various witchcraft means never disappoint the team members.

"It is the upper limit of the tomb's supermundane ecology, suppressing these creatures' levels."

Still, some people get lost in the dark depths as soon as they enter, losing contact with the team.

In the dark depths, where light cannot reach, something lurks in the shadows, watching everyone.

Soon, the people finished resting and preparing.

Wizard Ta Ke!

"These elite bone-eating birds are around levels 28 and 29."

Hundreds of years after its death.

"We need to quickly enter the interior of the Demon King's Tomb Labyrinth to obtain the Demon King trait we need."

"So when we enter, our landing points will not be too similar."

In the darkness, we begin to delve forward in exploration, leaving behind certain markers.

Wielding a broadsword, he ruthlessly cut the vines entangling his feet, Lei Meng·Ke Li vented his pent-up rage.

"If luck is bad, it will only be level 29."

"At the same time, there should also exist powerful leader-level creatures and the Demon King trait tree."

And the battles along the way were far from ceasing.

Using just a simple shooting witchcraft, he dealt with this extremely dangerous bone-eating bird swarm.

"According to the information we have, the Demon King's Tomb presents as a dynamic maze of stacked layers."

I don't know if others can see those continually shifting small-range layer plates.

"Well..."

Gu Da Er took a deep breath and looked at everyone.

But Ta Ke could see it very clearly.

Priest Huo Ni looked at the lantern in his hand, pondered for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."

Gu Da'er looked at Huo Ni.

Upon entering the next layer, they finally shook off the blood-sucking worms that had surrounded them from all sides.

Along the way, they encountered various strange supernatural beings, as well as the peculiar environment known as the 'Writhing Layer'.

Even in Shenglande, such a prosperous supernatural metropolis.

They then continued: 'This bone-eating bird flock may have a bone-eating bird leader.'

Looking at those still-twitching severed vines.

Centering on the priest Huo Ni's lantern light.

'A minor supernatural ecosystem cannot accommodate the emergence of higher-level lifeforms.'

'Hunting, or... there is still considerable hope.'

At this moment.

Meanwhile, Ma Ku Si and Lei Meng, who had drawn fire earlier and sustained minor injuries, had also fully recovered after the priest's treatment.

'Even if earth vines are present, they are not formidable.'

'A leader at the peak of second rank, roughly at the early third rank.'

Gu Da'er's words cast a solemn expression over everyone's faces.

'So far, we haven't sensed any movement from the Dark Sun Church here.'

'Just the outskirts are teeming with bone-eating birds, supernatural creatures that keep us scrambling.'

'Around here, a leader-level lifeform, if lucky, could be level 30 or 31.'

Just moments ago it was a gravel road; after a few steps, it turned into a mire swamp.

By relying on SSS-rank Precision Correction to gain more information, this is Ta Ke's advantage.

Each writhing of the tomb's spatial layer.

Relying on strong precision vision, Ta Ke continually captures information about the surrounding patterns and trajectories.

Apart from the core objective, touching the second layer of the Demon King's Tomb.

'Moreover, other teams, due to the timing difference of their entry, have landed at different locations.'

And there are even more supernatural creatures.

'If we go in, it will certainly take considerable time, and we are also uncertain whether a bone-eating bird leader exists there, as well as whether the Demon King's Trait Tree is present.'

Those fearless warriors, using their own heads to provoke the Demon King's axe, are just like that.

The squad will then enter combat mode.

Gu Da'er withdrew his gaze, slowly sweeping over the squad members, before finally speaking.

Ba Nuo Fu publicly tallied the spoils and stored them away.

Inside the swamp, the blood-sucking worms, not sucking anyone else, frantically chased him.

Ta Ke gave a bland reply, indicating his stance.

'Can we confirm the direction to go deeper?'

At the foot of the broad ridge.

And around them, over a dozen such vine tendrils had already been severed.

'A quite good haul.'

It was practically an artistic feast of slaughter.

'Our squad members are now all gathered.'

'The few layers we've passed through so far clearly have a greater number of supernatural beings.'

'9 elite crystals, 24 common crystals.'

The Demon King, long fallen, constructed these layers; through continual stacking, the tomb has become a wondrous little world.

Within the team, the berserker Lei Meng·Ke Li is particularly favored by those blood-sucking worms.

The Shadowflame Magic Wolf could easily deal with them.

'There shouldn't be a leader!'

Gu Da'er looked at Ta Ke.

Ta Ke was examining the bone-eating birds that Ta Ke had shot down one by one.

Not far away, Ta Ke, Gu Da'er, Huo Ni, and others were gathered together.

Lei Meng·Ke Li once again raised his wide-blade sword.

Even if dead, one must whip the corpse again; otherwise, such a good opportunity won't come again later.

'The Demon King's Tomb is suffused with the properties of 【Darkness】 and 【Mist】.'

A real man ought to fight like this.

In this 【Darkness】 and 【Mist】 environment.

After all, this is the tomb of a powerful demon king sealed by many powerful mages.

Even with corresponding intelligence support.

'Once plunged into darkness, one will completely lose their sense of direction.'

Each time they enter a layer, different supernatural beings appear.

'And this layer...'

In the advancing darkness.

That exquisite high-frequency aim and astonishing lethality.

This also made Ta Ke marvel at the wondrous methods of the powerful demon king.

"Everyone must stay close to Huo Ni's light."

Fortunately, under Huo Ni's leadership, everyone arrived at the new node in due time.

Those leaders are also Ta Ke's primary hunting targets.

It left Lei Meng·Ke Li with a stifled feeling of having strength but nowhere to use it.

Ta Ke looked around at the surrounding darkness, as well as the unique heaviness and oppression of the tomb's ecology.

Some unlucky fellows even directly stumbled into the monsters' nests and died in despair.

Just like the ancient dark ages.

If others walk behind, they might just disappear along the way.

Ta Ke's eyes narrowed slightly.

The terrains of different strata appeared one after another before Ta Ke's eyes.

Saying this, Huo Ni glanced at the vines that Lei Meng·Ke Li was 'practicing swordsmanship' on.

And these vines, visible and tangible, able to be confronted head‑on, were exactly to his liking.

"No problem!" Ta Ke glanced sideways into the depths of the darkness and gave a slight nod.

Although the supernatural beings here are not of high rank.

Scattered, ordinary three or five supernatural beings hardly require Ta Ke to lift a hand.

"Then that's good."

"This place is probably where we truly ought to explore."

As Huo Ni finished explaining,

Gu Da Er Ka turned to Ta Ke and asked: "Ta Ke, what do you think?"