That feeling of being completely eroded by Curse Power from the Demon Creatures...
A grave look appeared in Tang Zheng's eyes as he gazed at the valley. He sensed a surge of unrest within the Curse Power in his body. "Finally arrived here, finally arrived here!"
Duo Gan stood at the edge of the cliff, one hand gripping the branches extending from the lush trees. He looked down into the bottomless valley, his eyes filled with complexity and excitement.
"Is this your first time here?" Tang Zheng asked, surprised, after hearing Duo Gan's words.
Duo Gan shook his head, his voice tinged with fear. "I can't get close to this place. Once I do, the Curse Power within me goes out of control, and I lose my mind."
"Every time I regain consciousness, I find myself back on the outskirts of the forest."
Speaking of which.
Duo Gan looked at Tang Zheng excitedly. "Strong one, since being by your side, the influence of this Curse Power has been suppressed."
"I didn't expect I'd have such an ability."
Tang Zheng was genuinely surprised this time.
"Strong one, please sit on me." Duo Gan was clearly impatient, taking a few steps back.
"Roar!"
The next moment, a low roar escaped from Duo Gan's mouth.
His petite body rapidly expanded, transforming into a massive Petrification Lizard in the blink of an eye.
"Hiss!"
The Petrification Lizard shook its head and nodded in Tang Zheng's direction, signaling him to climb onto its back.
Has it shrunk? Tang Zheng thought, observing Duo Gan, who had transformed back into a Petrification Lizard. Its original, impressive size of nearly ten meters now seemed noticeably smaller.
Including the length of its tail, it was only about eight meters long.
After all, the length of a Petrification Lizard's tail was nearly half its body length, making this change quite conspicuous.
The reason for its shrinkage was likely related to Tang Zheng having broken its transformation once before.
"No need."
Tang Zheng reached out and crushed a scroll.
Whoosh! With a flash of white light, a Flame Archangel appeared. Tang Zheng easily jumped onto the Flame Archangel's back.
"Roar!"
The Petrification Lizard let out a roar at this sight, and all eight legs moved in unison. It crawled out of the forest, reached the edge of the cliff, and then unhesitatingly began to climb down.
The rough mountain wall provided excellent grip points for the Petrification Lizard, which was already skilled at climbing, allowing it to descend quickly like a gecko.
Tang Zheng followed closely behind, descending from the air with the help of the Flame Archangel.
Within the deep valley.
Apart from the piercing sound of the wind whistling through the rock walls, there were no cries of wild beasts or Demon Creatures. The silence was eerily strange.
The speed of their descent increased, and the light within the valley began to dim, with faint white mists starting to appear.
Tang Zheng instructed the Flame Archangel to stay close to Duo Gan, who had transformed into a Petrification Lizard, to prevent the distance between them from increasing due to the mist.
Swoosh! Swoosh! The two rapidly descended at an extreme speed.
After about half an hour.
"Roar!"
The Petrification Lizard roared and suddenly jumped down from the climbing wall, followed by the sound of a landing.
We're at the bottom! Tang Zheng's expression turned serious. The Flame Archangel slowed down and then gently landed on the ground.
They were now at the deepest part of the valley, where sunlight could no longer reach, and the surroundings were pitch-black.
Only the light emitted from the Flame Archangel allowed Tang Zheng to barely make out the surrounding environment! Crack! A soft cracking sound came from under his feet, immediately echoing through the valley.
Tang Zheng realized he was stepping on a slender, unknown animal bone.
He raised his cuff and took out the single-lens glasses he had purchased in E-Rantel from his Item Box, placing them on his left eye.
The dark vision suddenly became clear! What came into view was a narrow, deep, and secluded passage, with various bones scattered around.
Duo Gan, who had transformed into a Petrification Lizard, came to Tang Zheng's side. With a sway of his body, he quickly shrunk, returning to his original form.
"Mighty one, the source must be here."
Duo Gan let out a painful groan, but his voice was unusually excited as he spoke.
At this moment, on Duo Gan's bark-like skin, the thumb-sized black corrosive marks were clearly showing a tendency to expand.
No need for Duo Gan to speak.
Tang Zheng also noticed that the Curse Power within his body had become active.
"More and more interesting."
Tang Zheng looked up, his eyes shining slightly.
This casual guess unexpectedly led to the discovery of such a secret. This world really hides many secrets.
As for danger?
He didn't think that if there really was some powerful creature in this valley, the Forest Gnome tribe living here would be completely unaware.
What's more.
The entire Forest Gnome tribe seemed to have been destroyed by their own people.
Tang Zheng and Duo Gan followed the narrow passage, advancing deeper into the valley. In the excessively quiet valley, the sound of their footsteps and the sound of bones being crushed underfoot constantly echoed.
Too quiet?
Tang Zheng frowned slightly. It seemed that only the two of them existed in the depths of this valley, but the number of animal bones on the ground was obviously abnormally high.
A dark, huge figure suddenly pounced out from behind the mountain wall on the left, followed by a foul, rotten smell.
*Boom!* The radiant and conspicuous Flame Archangel was the first to be attacked. The astonishing impact collided with the Flame Sword in the Flame Archangel's hand.
"*Roar!!*"
A deafening roar echoed through the valley in an instant.
The Flame Sword cut into the opponent's skin, making a "sizzling" sound like roasting meat, but at the same time, the opponent's huge figure also pinned the Flame Archangel to the ground.
Whoosh! A brand new ray of light appeared.
This Flame Archangel directly pounced on the Demon Creature, knocking it off the other Flame Archangel.
The opponent's huge body rolled on the ground. Under the illumination of the two Flame Archangels' light, the Demon Creature's figure was completely revealed.
The skin of its entire body was rotten, making it impossible to see its original appearance. Drops of disgusting pus constantly oozed from the rotten skin, dripping onto the ground.
"This is... a Petrification Lizard?"
Tang Zheng saw the slender tail that occupied most of its body and its eight legs, which were clearly characteristics of a Petrification Lizard.
However, its current appearance was simply like a monster with a completely rotten body!
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
"..."
One roar after another echoed densely in the valley.
More than a dozen Petrification Lizards, all with rotten bodies and of varying sizes, crawled out of the mountain walls on both sides, quickly approaching Tang Zheng and Duo Gan.
"They're not dead yet!"
"This is a Petrification Lizard's nest!"
"Kill them!"
"Curse, it's all you! It's all you!"
"Heart..."
"Ritual, I shouldn't have eaten the heart, I shouldn't have performed the ritual, everyone... Ah!!"
Duo Gan's skin began to rot on a large scale, and his mind seemed to be affected again, his emotions becoming manic.
Bang! Tang Zheng appeared expressionlessly behind Duo Gan, swung his arm, and slammed a hand chop heavily on the back of his neck.
Duo Gan's eyes rolled back, his manic voice stopped abruptly, and he fell to the ground.
"Has his entire body been corroded by the curse?"
"Apart from being a little disgusting, his aura isn't strong."
Tang Zheng glanced around, at the Petrification Lizards, each with a body rotting and staring fiercely. He raised his arm, and an Iron Sword appeared, "Alright, I'll kill them all."
"Dark Wave!"
A rich, dark energy that appeared even in the Darkness spread from Tang Zheng's body. Seeming to be affected by the environment here, the range of the spread reached dozens of meters at once.
The bodies of the many Petrification Lizards, already suffering from the effects of the Curse Power, suddenly froze in place!
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