Chapter 1275

For the next few days, Gu Ding picked magic herbs, killed creatures on the battlefield, and stole bird eggs along the way. He followed the route Neptune had arranged and headed toward a site.

Less than a kilometer away from the site, Gu Ding stopped. He stood on the branch of a giant tree and looked at the coordinates Neptune had given him.

He observed it with his naked eye and found nothing. Gu Ding activated his Black Pupil and finally found something unusual.

The ruins were buried underground and well hidden. If it were not for Neptune's reminder, Gu Ding might have missed it.

"Fortunately, the battlefield has only been opened not long ago. This site is so well hidden that no one should have found it yet."

After some observation, Gu Ding leaped down and appeared near the coordinates. If he did not have Black Pupil, he might be looking for the entrance all over the world because he could not find anything unusual with his naked eye.

Gu Ding used the Earth Element Escape Technique and slowly submerged into the soil, then quickly dived down.

After moving for about three thousand meters, he finally saw the full picture of the ruins buried underground. This was a pure gold underground palace that occupied a vast area, like an underground mountain range that extended into the distance.

Gu Ding's figure slowly descended and landed in front of the crypt's gate. On the plaque above the gate, the words "Nether Palace" were written.

Gu Ding was stunned. "Nether Palace? Is this place related to Hell Plane? "

Gu Ding raised his guard and used his Black Pupil to look around. When he did not find anything unusual, he pushed the gate.

Gu Ding had thought that it would be difficult to open the gate since the ancient temple had been hidden underground for too long. He did not expect that the gate would be pushed open without much resistance.

The heavy metal gate opened completely with a rumble.

Gu Ding stepped inside and the gate suddenly closed automatically. He frowned slightly and did not act rashly. Instead, he activated his Black Pupil and looked around.

The entire hall was not as dark as he had imagined. Instead, it was bright.

The ceiling was filled with glowing scarlet crystals. On the walls of the hall, there were also fist-sized white crystals that emitted white light in all directions, spaced a certain distance apart.

The hall was very large, and in the center was a huge statue. The statue was of a ferocious-looking giant beast. It had the head of a tiger, the body of a dragon, and the tail of a lion. It looked like a nondescript monster. The statue was hundreds of meters tall. Gu Ding did not know why he felt that the pair of eyes seemed to be staring at him.

Apart from the statue in the center of the hall, there were also human-shaped statues standing on the four walls of the hall, almost every hundred meters.

The humanoid statues were only about two meters tall. They were all wearing armor, and their faces could not be seen. It was as if they were made from the same mold.

"Does the owner of this hall like to collect statues?" Gu Ding could not help but ask.

Gu Ding walked around the basilica but found nothing except the statues.

He shook his head gloomily and walked toward the side hall on the left.

However, along the way, Gu Ding noticed that there were statues of armored soldiers everywhere, even in the corridors. There was one every hundred meters.

"This place is really strange." Even someone as bold as Gu Ding could not help but shudder.

He entered the side hall on the left, and it was still the same as the main hall. There was nothing except for a golden-armored giant in the center of the hall. He was not wearing a helmet, and his face was full of beard. He looked quite fierce.

Gu Ding had no choice but to leave and search the other three side halls. Like the first one, there was only one golden-armored giant statue. However, although the people carved on these four statues were all bearded and had angry expressions, as if someone owed them money, their appearances were a little different.

Gu Ding returned to the basilica and opened his Black Pupil again. However, this time, he found that there was an entrance on the ground under the strange beast statue's belly.

"That's strange. I looked with my Black Pupil as soon as I came in. I didn't notice such an entrance before!" Gu Ding was a little surprised.

Although he knew that something was strange, Gu Ding did not intend to leave empty-handed. He walked under the strange beast's belly and lifted the carpet made of unknown fur.

"Hey, it feels pretty good. I don't know if I can move these statues away. I'll try it when I leave later. I'll use this carpet as interest!" After saying that, Gu Ding kept the carpet in his Inventory.

He opened his Black Pupil and looked at the ground. He found the floor tile that covered the entrance. Gu Ding touched it with his finger, and the floor tile instantly broke, revealing a deep staircase.

Gu Ding faintly felt an inexplicable chill coming from the bottom of the staircase.

"Maybe there's something with Ice Attribute hidden down there …"

As Gu Ding was thinking about this, he suddenly felt the ground tremble. He looked up and found that the strange beast statue above him had come to life. The stone surface of its body had cracked, revealing the golden fur inside.

In addition, the human statues around him had also come to life. The stone surface of their bodies had peeled off, revealing the black armor underneath.

Gu Ding even heard heavy footsteps coming from the side halls. The four giant statues must have woken up!

Gu Ding did not expect such a sudden turn of events. The ultra beast above him, as well as the surrounding black-armored soldiers, all looked in his direction.

Without waiting for them to attack, Gu Ding scurried into the entrance that led underground.

After escaping into the underground staircase, Gu Ding quickly scurried down. He looked back a few times and was slightly relieved when he saw that the guys were not chasing him.

The reason why he did not escape immediately after the battle started was because Gu Ding realized that the aura coming from each of the black-armored soldiers was that of a perfected Lord-Level. Moreover, they were not ordinary perfected Lord-Level. Their auras were terrifyingly strong. Gu Ding guessed that those guys were most likely Holy Kings who had advanced to perfected Lord-Level.

As for the strange beast, Gu Ding only took a glance at it. However, he knew that the big guy was definitely a Lord-Level.

If he had escaped just a little later, he might have been trampled into minced meat by the strange beast.

However, as he went deeper, the chill grew stronger. Not only that, but Gu Ding also vaguely sensed a deathly aura.

He had the Life Rule, so his perception of the deathly aura was far more sensitive than ordinary people.

Although the deathly aura was very faint, like a strand that appeared occasionally and was often interrupted, Gu Ding still sensed it.

However, as Gu Ding went deeper, the deathly aura became harder to conceal.

"The deathly aura is getting stronger. I'm afraid it's a demonic place down there!"

Gu Ding moved forward carefully. He had no way out. No matter how dangerous it was down there, he could only try.

Not long after, he reached the end of the staircase. Gu Ding opened his Black Pupil and looked around again.

After a while, he could not help but exclaim in surprise.

"Why are there so many coffins …"