Chapter 223: Farewell, Azure Congregation's Stronghold

the crowd questioned."I heard there's a big shot in our newbie village, who always drops white items when fighting monsters, exactly like the situation now!" The young woman widened her eyes, looking...Kadoliec Valley is located south of Dawu City, a considerable distance away.

Lu Kong rode his blue unicorn, also spending over an hour to arrive at that area.

The Cardo Rift is composed of many crisscrossing desolate ravines. The ravine area has a number of beast type monsters such as rift rhinoceroses, unicorns, and wasteland wolves, and there are also some undead creatures from time to time.

These undead are some that were animated by stray necromantic energy, bringing a portion of corpses back to life. Others were the result of experiments with deathly diseases conducted by members of the Pale Order.

Seeing these undead, Lu Kong knew for sure that there were signs of activity from the Pale Order nearby.

Outside the crack, monsters are generally level 13 or 14. As you go deeper, the monster levels get higher and higher.

Because the previous secret messages only mentioned Kadol Rift, there were no specific coordinates.

Therefore, Lu Kong is also uncertain, and it remains unclear exactly where this potential underground stronghold of the Pale Covenant might be located.

You can only find it by yourself slowly.

Lu Kong rode his beloved blue unicorn, Lan Lin, deeper and deeper into the chasm.

The fissures crisscrossed, with numerous branches that connected to other fissures.

This causes the entire Kadokawa Rift Valley to seem like a gigantic maze!

If there were flying mounts, that would be awesome. You could fly over and get a bird's-eye view of the chasm, making it much more efficient to search.

Unfortunately, there are no flying mounts available in Luxue right now, so you can only run around the cracks little by little.

Of course, land and air are not entirely without clues.

Those are the undead monsters that appear in the cracks.

Generally speaking, since the Pale Order enjoys researching the power of death.

So, whether these undead monsters are caused by the natural leakage of death force or the experiments of the Pale Church members, they are all clues to the activities of the Pale Church members.

Following the trail of these undead might yield some results.

Lu Kong, relying on the speed of the unicorn, dashed through hordes of monsters. Under their relentless pursuit, he searched for traces of the undead.

After running for over two hours through the entire chasm, Lu Kong suddenly realized that the ground around them was a little off.

Although there are signs of undead presence in other regions as well.

But the death energy in this area seemed to be more concentrated.

The original reddish-brown cracked soil and rocks in this area had taken on a faint grayish-black hue.

This makes the area emit a strange odor.

In other areas, there are still creatures active, but they completely disappear in this region!

And the number of undead in this area far exceeded that of other areas.

Even, Lu Kong even saw elite-level undead!

such as: 【Cursed Wilderness Wolf (Elite)】, 【Plague Earth Rhinoceros (Elite)】 and so on, there are quite a few of them.

And on one of its branches, the number of elite monsters is slightly higher than in other areas.

Lu Kong raised an eyebrow and immediately followed that path deeper into the darkness.

As they ventured deeper down that branch path, Lu and Kong discovered that gradually, all the monsters had become elites.

Even, apart from the undead beasts, Lu Kou also saw skeletons, zombies and other monsters that were almost exclusively created by members of the Pale Church!

Lu Kong, seeing this, raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile.

It seems we're on the right track.

But what bothered Lu Kong was that the monsters in this area were at a very high level.

The lowest level is 17, and there are even monsters at levels 18 and 19!

Land and air's current level is 13, facing 17-level monsters is fine, but against 18 levels or higher there's a more serious level suppression.

Fortunately, Lu Kong's attributes are strong enough.

Even facing hordes of level 18 and 19 elite monsters, he still effortlessly cleaved through them with a single strike.

Even if you occasionally run into boss-level monsters, it's still a piece of cake.

As for dropping items, Lu Kong still chose to disassemble green equipment, while fine equipment was kept first. If the backpack is full later, then it will be disassembled.

As they ventured deeper, the land and air forces discovered that a certain area had a significantly higher concentration of lingering spirits compared to other locations.

This made Lu Kong frown slightly, a little puzzled.

He observed carefully, and then discovered that there was a large pile of rubble outside the stone wall near the undead.

He pondered for a moment, then past swept all the undead clean. Then, with one hand and one stone, he tossed all those massive chunks out.

After losing a few stones, Lu Kong saw a hole appear in the wall.

This opening is a bit narrow, just big enough for an adult to fit through.

However, Lu Kong had seen many such openings throughout the entire chasm; they were quite common.

What's unusual is the number of ghosts lingering nearby!

Obviously, the death energy emanating from this opening is denser than in other areas.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be so appealing to the undead.

Land and air forces naturally developed curiosity about this cave opening.

He stepped into the cave mouth.

The environment inside the cave is very dim.

Fortunately, Lu Kong's current attributes are powerful enough to see some things in the dim environment.

Inside is a narrow corridor.

The passage slanted downwards, the ground uneven and untamed with no sign of human intervention.

This made Lü Kong frown, wondering if it was just a natural cave and he had overthought it

But, no matter what, it's better to go in and have a look.

On land and in the air, they walked along a winding path, taking slow, careful steps.

This cave was very deep. Lu Kong walked down for about a kilometer and still hadn't reached the bottom.

But there was still no sign of human activity around.

This made Lu Kong even more suspicious, this might be a natural cave when suddenly there was a faint light ahead.

Lu Kong's eyes lit up, and he quickly stepped forward.

As we turned a corner, the scene before us transformed.

The original natural passage became an artificially dug tunnel!

The winding ground turned into a staircase going downwards, the walls on both sides became smooth and even, with torches hanging from them.

Flames danced and leaped, illuminating the dim surroundings.

How sneaky!

Lu Kong originally thought that this was really just a natural cave!

I didn't expect the Pale Church members to be so patient, going deep into the cave before they started digging the tunnel.

He walked down the stairs.

>After walking for about two kilometers, Lu Kong didn't even know where he was anymore.

I guess it should be a considerable distance from the entrance of that cave, right

I don't know how far I've walked, but the surroundings suddenly opened up before me.

The passage came to an end, and below the stairs was a flat surface, a huge cavity!

Inside the hollow, numerous pale members of the Black Robe Sect were seen moving about.

Besides the Pale Congregation members, there are also some undead patrolling.

As Lu Kong walked down, a patrol member of the Pale Congregation happened to spot him.

Both stared at each other, eyes wide open.

The atmosphere suddenly became a bit quiet.

Then, a pale-clad clergyman's eyes widened in alarm as he exclaimed, "Invaders! Alert the Commander of the Guard!"

All the members of the Pale Order inside the cavern heard that voice.

They all looked at Lu Kong.

Then, members of the Pale Church ran toward the other side of the abyss.

However, as soon as this Pale Congregation member took two steps, a scarlet light flashed by, emptying his health bar and sending him crashing to the ground.

The land, the sky, all around was burning with a crimson flame. Holding his war sword, a ferocious grin on his face.

Would he be the kind of person to just sit there and let other people find help

Just kidding

Talking about it, the White Cult's base is so well hidden, it's hard to find! At this earning rate, once we leave the newbie village, Lu Kong's money-making efficiency will surpass even Tianyue Group!Liu Qiang also let it go.Indeed, in this era of games, change is everywhere.E...