Chapter 167

  The cave was so deep that Tang Yin couldn't see the bottom, and he had been crawling for almost an hour, but his feet still hadn't touched the ground. The cave seemed to have no end, as if it could lead all the way to hell. Even with his courage, his heart had shrunk into a ball at this point.

  At this time, he looked up and could no longer see the entrance of the cave. Looking down, he couldn't even see the bottom of the cave. The whole person was like being suspended in mid-air, unable to go either up or down. Now he was also hesitating, wondering whether to go back or continue downwards. But thinking again, giving up halfway wasn't his style. Since he had already come this far, he might as well grit his teeth and see it through to the end.

  Thinking of this, Tang Yin scattered the spiritual armor on his chest, took out the two ginseng roots he had left behind, stuffed them all into his mouth to replenish his physical strength, and then re-covered the spiritual armor, continuing to climb down.

  He didn't know how long it took, but he felt his feet finally touch something. He let out a long sigh of relief.

  He had just picked up his heart and hadn't put it down yet when he suddenly felt something trembling under his feet.

  Tang Yin's heart tightened and he hastily lowered his head to examine it.

  Deep in the cave, there was not a single ray of light. Even as Tang Yin, a cultivator of the Dark Sect, he could only vaguely see within three meters. When he lowered his head and looked closely, he came face to face with something.

  It's hard to say it's a human face, it has the five senses of a person, but its skin is pale white, so white that there is no blood color at all. The two eyes have degenerated into two thin slits, with no nose, only two black holes under the eyes, and below them is a large mouth full of serrated teeth like saw blades. A foul smell keeps spewing out from its mouth.

  It has a human-like body and facial features, but it's not human. Alternatively, its ancestors might have been human, but after living in the dark underground for thousands of years, they evolved into another species, with their visual senses completely degenerated, replaced by acute hearing and smell.

  "What the hell is this?!" Tang Yin was startled by the sudden appearance of this pale and ugly face under his feet, and he blurted out in surprise.

  Just as he spoke, the monster of that kind let out a loud howl and pounced on him, its huge mouth wide open to his ear roots, biting Tang Yin's neck.

  With a loud crash, the monster's strength was astonishing, it pounced on Tang Yin, making even Tang Yin, who was covered in spiritual armor from head to toe, unable to stand firm, and he smashed his head against the stone wall.

  Ling's armor was tough and resilient, the monster's teeth were sharp but couldn't pierce through it. The monster let out an even more mournful cry, going berserk as it continuously bit and chewed on Tang Yin's body.

  At this time, Tang Yin finally reacted, the thing in front of him was not a ghost, but a physical monster. He felt the monster's biting and scratching on his body, thick saliva dripping all over him, he let out a cold hum, his arm suddenly lifted up, only to hear a "puchi" sound, the curved knife in his hand had already been inserted into the monster's abdomen.

  "Ah——!" The monster let out a heart-wrenching scream, trying to jump away from Tang Yin, but the latter seized him first and his curved knife stabbed deeper.

  The monster let out a series of painful wails, struggling violently. Tang Yin opened his mouth wide and let out a loud roar in imitation of the monster. Then, dark flames erupted from the knife, and the monster's cries ceased abruptly as its body instantly dissipated into mist.

  Tang Yin picked up his other curved knife, and as he absorbed the spiritual energy, he said in a harsh tone with lingering fear: "You think you can scare me? Your skin is not thick enough!"

  He was muttering to himself, but suddenly discovered that the atmosphere around him was somewhat off. He narrowed his eyes, poked his head out, and looked around, only to realize that at some point, his surroundings had been filled with these humanoid creatures, each tilting their ears, listening to Tang Yin's movements.

  Damn it! In the deep cave, surrounded by a group of mysterious and terrifying monsters, even if he had the ability to protect himself, he couldn't help but curse in his heart.

  He stood up on the spot, motionless, and that group of monsters didn't move either, only perked up their ears to listen carefully.

  Tang Yin slowly crouched down, crawling forward slowly, and came to a strange creature. His face was almost stuck to the creature's face, with one person and one monster facing each other in a squatting position. However, the creature did not react at all. Tang Yin slowly stretched out his curved knife and gently swayed it in front of the creature, still without any reaction. This time he could confirm that these creatures had no vision and relied solely on their sense of hearing to make judgments.

  "Hmph! With a cold sneer in his heart, Tang Yin's courage grew. These monsters thought they could make this uninvited guest their food to fill their bellies, but who would be whose food was not certain!"

  He held a knife in each hand, and with a fierce swing of his arms, the two knives collided, producing a crisp sound that was unusually piercing in this eerily quiet cave. Tang Yin simultaneously shouted loudly: "I'm over here! All of you come over!"

  As he shouted, the monsters that were originally crouching on the ground seemed to have been injected with hormones, and they all stood up and pounced on Tang Yin in unison.

  Tang Yin merged his twin blades into a scythe-like shape and swung them around, with dark flames covering the blade.

  These monsters are just strong in strength, sturdy in body and swift in action, but what can they pose a threat to Tang Yin?

  The monsters pounced on him in batches, and his dark fire burned them in batches. The monsters had no vision and couldn't see the horror of the dark fire, but they continued to pounce on Tang Yin with loud shouts.

  This is a meat bun hitting a dog, with no return, and the terrifying monster living underground has become Tang Yin's delicious meal.

  The monsters should be considered the humans of this underground world, the spirits of all things, and after being burned by the dark fire, their spiritual energy is even more pure and refined than those black beetles above. Tang Yin became more and more excited as he sucked in more, and the more excited he was, the louder he shouted, attracting even more monsters to come over.

  After an unknown period of time, the depths of the cave suddenly transmitted another more muffled howl. When the monsters heard this howl, their attack on Tang Yin suddenly stopped, and then they scattered and fled in all directions, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

  The spiritual energy absorbed in this gathering alone made Tang Yin feel that his cultivation had improved greatly, and he was on a roll. Seeing the monsters all running away, he didn't dare to stop, and immediately chased after them.

  The bottom of the cave is not large, round in shape, with a diameter of only over ten meters. When Tang Yin ran to the end, he found that there were many holes on the stone wall, some big and some small, which were not dug out by human beings, but formed naturally.

  He found a larger cave, about two people high, looked inside and then rushed in.

  They hadn't run far when they heard a loud rumbling noise coming from the depths of the cave, the sound was urgent, as if something heavy was constantly smashing into the ground.

  Tang Yin slowed down instinctively, narrowing his eyes to focus his gaze forward as he proceeded cautiously.

  The rumbling sound was getting closer and closer, and before Tang Yin could confirm what was happening, he only felt a black shadow flash in front of his eyes, followed by an enormous monster pouncing on him.

  Because it was too fast and the cave was too dark, Tang Yin didn't even have time to see clearly before his body was hit squarely by the other party.

  He walked into this cave and was knocked flying out when he came out.

  Bang!

  The force was too great, and after Tang Yin flew out of the cave, he flew more than ten meters before his body crashed into the stone wall on the other side. Such a terrifying impact would have been unbearable even with the protection of the Ling armor. After bouncing back to the ground, he crawled on the ground, feeling his internal energy and blood surging wildly, his eyes dimming, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood arrows.

  He spat out the blood and only then did Tang Yin feel a little better. When he looked up again, there was an additional giant black monster in front of him.

  This monster is two meters high, but it's seven or eight meters long, its body covered with thick scales, like a lizard magnified hundreds or thousands of times.

  Look closely at this monster, and a word flashed through Tang Yin's mind: Dragon.

  Whether it's a dragon in the Western sense or a dragon in the Eastern sense, this monster resembles a dragon, with a slender body, four thick claws on the ground, a long tail behind, two green eyes emitting a faint glow, and an evil glare staring at Tang Yin who was lying on the ground, with sticky ** dripping from the corner of its mouth.

  At this time, he realized that those human-like monsters were not scared away by himself, but ran away because they heard the roar of this monster. Tang Yin leaned on his sickle and slowly got up, then swung his sickle and pointed at the monster, shouting: "Come on!"

  The monster was obedient and, following his voice, pounced on Tang Yin fiercely.

  Don't look at its massive body, but its speed is surprisingly fast, and in an instant it arrived right in front of Tang Yin, its huge mouth wide open as if to swallow him whole.

  Tang Yin was unwilling to compete with the monster in speed, so he directly cast Shadow Drift, flashing behind the monster's back. Then, with both hands grasping his sword, he exerted all his strength and slashed down at its back mercilessly.

  Buzz!

  With the spiritual state of Tang Yin's Ling Yuan, he activated his entire spiritual energy and swung his heavy sword. The momentum was astonishing, the scythe-like blade broke through the air, no longer producing a sharp whistling sound, but a dull hum.

  Crack!

  This knife chopped solidly, the sharp edge of the sickle hitting the monster's back, but what Tang Yin never expected was that the scales on the monster were much tougher than he had imagined. This knife went down, as if it was chopping on an iron block, and the scales not only didn't show any damage, but also shook Tang Yin directly off the monster's back.

  The moment he landed on the ground, the monster suddenly turned its head, opened its mouth and bit his waist, then picked him up as a whole.

  The monster's strength was astonishing, and the force of its bite was even more enormous. Tang Yin was held in its mouth, feeling as if he had entered a compression machine, with his spiritual armor being crushed to make a creaking sound.

  Tang Yin gritted his teeth and endured the intense pain, counterattacking with a knife that slashed across the monster's lips.

  There was no scale protection here, and Tang Yin put the dark fire on the sickle. He thought he could hurt the monster, but in fact it was the opposite. The dark fire burned the monster's lips, only producing a wisp of green smoke. The monster was unharmed, but felt pain, and instead bit Tang Yin even tighter.

  He felt his body was about to be crushed, Tang Yin spat out another mouthful of blood. In a moment of crisis, he reacted quickly and swung out a spiritual wave, aiming directly at the monster's right eye. He didn't believe that this monster could even have eyes as thick-skinned as its body.

  As expected, Tang Yin's spiritual wave hit the monster's right eye, and the sharp spiritual wave instantly tore the monster's eyeball. Taking advantage of the monster's open mouth and painful cry, Tang Yin immediately performed Shadow Drift, escaping the monster's large mouth and retreating far away.

  At this time, looking at the monster again, its right eye was already unable to open, but it became even more violent, rushing towards Tang Yin without care, and as it ran, its four limbs shattered the stones on the ground, making it a scene of flying sand and walking rocks.