Yang Ji stepped forward and stepped into the water from the cave. He took three steps at a time and walked to the edge of the hall. He first pressed the "Tide Avoidance Bead" into the water on the cave wall.
The position of this water outlet is higher than other water outlets, so the water flow is also the fastest. After Yang Ji blocked the "Tide Avoidance Bead", the water in the entire cave wall was immediately blocked by the "Tide Avoidance Bead"
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"This Yuan Jian uses this poisonous trick to trap us alive underground. But he must not know that I have the 'Earth Boat' on me."
Yang Ji's eyes are wise and his voice is calm, which has a soothing effect:
"The rock formations here are very thick and dense. The difficulty of digging is several times higher than before. But as long as we block the water outlet and control our breathing as soon as possible, we may not be able to escape before the air is exhausted."
"Junior brother, what do you want us to do?"
Everyone in the hall looked at Yang Ji. At this time, Yang Ji's wisdom and calmness once again played a role in calming people's hearts.
"All underground outlets cannot be blocked. Water pressure has already been established. Forcibly blocking them will only bring greater water pressure, causing greater damage and danger."
Yang Ji held his chin with one hand, thought for a while and said:
"Senior Brother Pan, Senior Brother Tian, Senior Brother Xu, Senior Brother Zhao, and Senior Brother Hong (another Senior Brother of the Iron Crown Sect invited by Tian Junwen), please block the five water outlets on the ground. You don't need to block them all, just
Just let the underground river water slow down the inflow."
"no problem!"
Pan Chen and others nodded. This was just a trivial matter. The five of them searched and quickly found five water outlets and began to seal them with blood energy.
The water in the stone chamber is already up to the knees. The five of them all understand that this state will never last long. Under the huge pressure from both inside and outside, the underground river water will eventually completely change the underground structure.
This way of change is - "collapse"!
Therefore, even if there is enough air, there will not be much time left for everyone. Everyone's nerves are tense.
"Senior Sister Lin, Senior Brother Lu, although I know that you are very tired and have consumed a lot of your blood, but now, I still hope that you will work with me to open a path to the ground."
Yang Ji pointed at Lin Qingyan and Lu Wudao.
Both of them are good at swordsmanship. In this case, fist strength is useless. Only by borrowing a sharp sword can they quickly dig a passage in the rock mass and find a way out.
"Well, you just tell us what you want us to do."
Lin Qingyan nodded.
"I don't know the structure of the underground rock formations, and I don't know which direction it's going in. You'll have to tell me later."
Lu Wu said seriously.
The underground rock structure has caused huge damage due to those evil disciples and underground rivers. There is not much time left for everyone. If you want to escape as soon as possible, you must choose the shortest and most direct path.
We can only let Yang Ji show the way.
There are still ways out in other places in Luwu, but when it comes to such specific and trivial places, there is really no way out.
"Yeah. I know what to do."
Yang Ji nodded.
"Senior Brother Yang, what should we do?"
"How can we help?"
"Senior Brother Yang, just tell us."
…
Other sect disciples who were trapped underground also came over one after another, with deep worry in their eyes.
"Don't panic, everyone. Just stay as quiet as possible. In addition - the river water is rising, and the air is getting less and less. Everyone use breathing methods to control breathing as quickly as possible, and don't consume air too quickly."
Yang Ji stretched out his arms and comforted him.
Warriors basically have the "tenth stage of breathing" cultivation, and the speed of consuming air is less than one-tenth of that of normal people.
Originally, this underground air was completely sufficient.
But there are too many people trapped here. Not to mention many people are injured. Don't look at it. I don't feel it when I breathe normally. I feel that the air is not used up much.
But with so many people trapped underground, the energy is actually consumed very quickly.
After appeasing everyone, Yang Ji, Lu Wu, and Lin Qingyan stood side by side in the water and began to take action.
"Qiang!"
Yang Ji raised his right arm with his fingers spread out. He raised it in the air. Amidst the deafening sword chant, several silver-white Guquan swords flew over from the water. The scene was extremely spectacular.
"It's a pity that one was taken away by Yuan Jian."
Yang Ji looked at the three "Guquan Swords" in his palm and sighed in his heart. In order to deal with Yuan Jian, Yang Ji hid the sword underwater and walked like a fish.
In the end, although Yuan Jian was stabbed in the thigh with his sword, the sword was also taken away by him.
There was a rushing sound in the ears, and water from the underground river was still pouring in. These sounds were like alarm bells, reminding everyone of the situation they were facing.
Yang Ji took a deep breath, and the shape of the underground rock mass that he had "seen" when he searched underground came to mind, and then he blasted out with his sword.
"Boom!"
The light shone brightly, and the four magic swords produced in the famous sword-forging place turned into white rainbows and sank into the rock mass. The blood furnace roared in Yang Ji's body, and at the same time, the four "Ancient Spring Swords" began to form in the rock mass.
It stirred wildly, and large pieces of rock fragments flew out from inside.
"Yang Ji, be careful of the underground river behind the rock mass."
Lin Qingyan reminded.
If the underground river behind is hit when digging the exit, it will really be a big trouble.
"Know."
Yang Ji responded and put all his attention on the four long swords.
"Boom!"
A loud rumbling sound came from the depths of the rock mass, and in just a few breaths, a dark hole that could only accommodate one person appeared on the wall of the reddish-brown stone hall.
"Whoosh!"
Yang Ji straightened up, like a civet cat, and instantly got into it and disappeared.
A hard feeling came from all around. Yang Ji curled up and crawled in the cave, looking forward.
In this solid rock mass, there is no light at all. The eyes are dark and nothing can be seen clearly. Only the four ancient spring swords emit a faint silver light in front, indicating the direction.
"call!"
Yang Ji fumbled and took out the "Flame Avoiding Bead" from his arms, and a circle of blood-red light immediately emitted. In the blood-red light, thousands of jagged stone tips emerged from the darkness, each one like
Like a sharp knife tip.
"Xiaoji, can you feel where the way out is?"
Yang Ji turned his head, touched his sleeves, and whispered.
"Xiao Ji" swooped out of Yang Ji's sleeves, straightened up, spit out the letter and silently felt it in the air. However, looking back at Yang Ji and shaking his head in disappointment, he couldn't feel where there was a gap.
Yang Ji felt disappointed. He had hoped that Xiao Ji could find something. After all, the rock structure where there are pores is more fragile, which can speed up the excavation.
But it's normal to think about it. This place is located deep underground, and the rock structure is denser, so gaps are not easy to appear.
"It seems that I can only rely on myself."
Yang Ji crawled in the cave and thought to himself.
Time was running out, Yang Ji took a deep breath, and the shape of the rock mass he sensed underground when he searched for the "evil lair" began to appear in his mind.
"This is the only way to try."
Yang Ji thought to himself.
Underground, especially in the dark, it is difficult to distinguish the precise direction. Yang Ji is not sure that the chosen path is the shortest, so he can only try his luck and take a risk.
"Boom!"
The next moment, Yang Ji stretched out his hands, retracted his fingers, and the four ancient spring swords flew back and fell into Yang Ji's hands. After replenishing their energy, they shot back again. A passage was dug in the rumbling underground rock formations.
A strong resistance came from the rock, and the progress of the four ancient spring swords in the rock mass was far from being as easy as imagined.
The rocks here are extremely dense. If the Yang Ji's "Guquan Sword" were not produced in the "famous sword-making place" and cut iron like mud, it would be difficult to dig in this rock formation.
Facing the resistance coming from the rock formations, Yang Ji could only speed up the progress by consuming a lot of blood.
"The underground rock mass is basically distributed in a cone shape, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. Therefore, the horizontal straight line is not the shortest. Only diagonally upward can the fastest way out of the rock formation area. Moreover, the slope-shaped channel can also allow
The excavated rubble was discharged down the channel."
Yang Ji's mind was full of thoughts, while echoing the "stone patterns, geology and geography" he had learned from the scriptures, he was constantly weighing the way out.
The shape of the rock mass is not regular. Some places protrude very long, and some places have deep depressions. This means that at the same angle and in different directions, the road to be excavated out of the rock layer may be longer or shorter.
Time is limited, Yang Ji must find the shortest way out before the air in the cave runs out.
"drink!"
With a loud shout, the blood furnace in Yang Ji's body vibrated, and a stream of blood spurted out, blasting diagonally upward like a wild dragon...
The cave was narrow and stuffy. In just a short while, Yang Ji's body was soaked to the skin, most of his blood was depleted, and he could no longer hold on.
Bang, Yang Ji slapped his body with his palm, and immediately slid out of the passage with a pile of gravel.
"Senior Brother Lu, it's your turn."
Yang Jidao.
"Whoosh!"
Without thinking, Lu Wu immediately jumped into the tunnel. A moment later, a rumbling sound came from the tunnel.
The atmosphere in the underground hall was very tense, and everyone's eyes were focused on Yang Ji, Lin Qingyan and Lin Qingyan.
"Junior Brother Yang, thank you for your hard work. I'm here to help you."
Amidst the sound of splashing water, Xu Ziyi waded into the water and walked to Yang Ji. With a press of her palm, a powerful force of blood immediately rushed into Yang Ji's body.
"Thank you."
With the help of this blood energy, Yang Ji became energetic and immediately closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing.
Time was running out, Yang Ji, Lin Qingyan, and Lu Wu took turns to enter. A large amount of gravel continued to slide down from above and fell into the stone hall.
Many sect disciples organized themselves and transported the rubble to the bottom of the torture chamber.
The underground river water poured in much faster than Yang Ji imagined, and together with the rocks falling from above, the two together squeezed everyone's living space.
Throughout the hall, you could hear a pin drop, and everyone's heart was tense, as if they were waiting for the verdict of life or death.
No one knows how long we can hold on here. No one knows if we can hold on until Yang Ji and the others dig through.
"Ding!"
Suddenly, sparks flew out, and in the darkness, the long sword seemed to have struck something, and a sound of gold and iron erupted.
"what happened?"
Lu Wu was shocked. This was the first time this happened.
"Senior Brother Lu, what happened?"
Lin Qingyan's voice came from below.
"have no idea."
Lu Wu shook his head and stabbed out with his sword again. This time the same thing happened. The tip of the sword seemed to have encountered some strong resistance and made a crisp sound of gold and iron.
"Whoosh!"
Yang Ji and Lin Qingyan "swam" up from below at the same time.
"Senior Brother Lu, what's going on?"
Yang Ji asked.
"I don't know either."
Lu Wu shook his head, with a blank expression in his eyes. Even the sword energy could not penetrate the rock. This was the first time he had encountered this situation.
Soon, Lu Wu explained the situation ahead.
Yang Ji remained silent.
After a long time, Yang Jicai said in a low voice: "Brother, we may have dug underground iron ore."
"What!"
Hearing Yang Ji's words, Lu Wu and Lin Qingyan were shocked.
The two of them are not as proficient in geology, topography, and geography as Yang Ji, but they still know what "iron ore" is.
Deep underground, sometimes you will encounter huge iron ore veins, copper ore veins, etc. This kind of thing is not stone, but metal.
Iron ore is divided into many types according to the quality of the iron. Some iron ore is very sparse, with iron particles scattered inside the rock, no different from rock.
However, some iron ores contain other special impurities and are stronger than refined iron.
If Lu Wu's sword energy comes into contact with something like this, it's not surprising that it won't be able to pierce it.
"How could this be? It's okay for those evil passages to open underground, so why did we encounter a large iron mine?"
Lin Qingyan lost her voice and her face turned pale.
Everyone had spent a lot of time in the rock formation, and Pan Chen and the others were already up to their waists in water in the stone hall. At this time, it was impractical to dig a new passage and adjust the direction.
If it is true, as Yang Ji said, that there is a dense iron mine ahead that cannot be penetrated by sword energy, then everyone trapped here will almost certainly die.
For a moment, there was deathly silence in the entire passage.
In the darkness, a deep despair filled the air. Lu Wu and Lin Qingyan felt that all the strength in their bodies was exhausted and they lost all motivation.