【Dungeon Clearing Progress: 100%】
【Earth snakes, centipedes, toads, and poisonous bees—all kinds of basic venomous creatures reside here. This mountain forest is a gift from the world. May the young descendants of voodoo grow quickly. Greater dangers lie ahead.】
【Congratulations to class-user Chen Xu for completing the dungeon clearing. You have received the following rewards (Integrated from 4 dungeons):】
【Reward 1: Voodoo Sutra (First Six Volumes).】
【Reward 2: Red Snake】
【Reward 3: Dungeon Space Fragment (Voodoo)】
【Reward 4: Dungeon Space Fragment (Poison)】
【Reward 5: Green Centipede】
【Reward 6: Special Skill Scroll: Voodoo Series】
【Reward 7: Destiny Points x4】
【Reward 8: Dungeon Core x4】
With the four dungeons cleared, those venomous insects and crawling snakes did not even require the skeleton soldiers to draw their blades. Simply by getting close and being radiated by the Aura of Cold, they lost their lives.
The kill rewards from the monsters were mostly voodoo refinement materials, which were completely useless to Chen Xu.
Even the dungeon clearing rewards were essentially of no great use to him.
Only the two space fragments were worth mentioning. If the Voodoo and Poison fragments were combined with the Slaughterhouse, they might be able to add poison attributes to the abominations.
Since their original pus-filled bodies were already a type of poison, they should have some level of compatibility.
Fortunately, there were plenty of venomous insects in these dungeons. Although insect-type corpses suffered some damage, they still provided Chen Xu with over ten million units of corpse materials.
"By the way, there does not seem to be a Dungeon Hall in Liuqing City?"
Chen Xu looked at the four Dungeon Cores in his hand and recalled that he had not seen any building resembling a Dungeon Hall in Liuqing City earlier.
Without a Dungeon Hall, he could not process these Dungeon Cores, and he could not exactly bring them all back to Daxia. After all, there were still many ordinary people in the South Realm. Once the aristocratic clans were cleared out, they could still develop normally.
He took out his smart terminal and sent a message to Xia Qiming.
"Teacher Xia, after I take down the South Realm, will Daxia take over? Or will it be left to develop on its own?"
After sending the message, without waiting for Xia Qiming's reply, Chen Xu mounted Invincible and rushed toward Liuqing City.
In the city, Xuan Chu had already led the troops to clear out the clans and temples. He thought they would all be filled with junk like the Wa family, but he had an unexpected discovery.
"My Lord!"
Chen Xu dismounted and walked over to Xuan Chu's side.
This place was an ancient temple in Liuqing City, said to be over a thousand years old. Before the Dungeon Era, it was one of the three major temples in the South Realm.
The unexpected discovery was inside this temple—specifically, a water well.
According to the Abbot (Ghost Version), there were signs of dungeon creature activity inside this well. A monk had once been attacked and killed while drawing water, dying in a truly horrific manner.
After that, the abbot had the well sealed to prevent any other monks from approaching and suffering accidents.
As for why they did not explore it, that was a joke. The Buddhism of the South Realm was no longer as prosperous as it was a thousand years ago. If the news got out, the Eight Great Clans would likely come knocking the very next day.
This generation's abbot had no great ambitions. He only wanted to live a peaceful and stable life. With so many servants for him to exploit, why bother risking his life to explore the unknown?
"What is the situation down there?"
"My Lord, I have already sent several ghosts down to investigate. We found that this well water connects to an underground river, and there are indeed strange creatures in that river."
"Does that mean there is a dungeon invasion?"
Strange creatures usually escaped from dungeons after a dungeon invasion into reality.
Aside from the sea beasts in the ocean that had undergone mutations, most of the native animals on Blue Star had not reached that level yet.
They were currently in a stage of increasing intelligence. It would likely take another promotion of the World Will to turn Blue Star into an environment with a reawakening of spiritual energy before large-scale biological evolution would be possible.
Therefore, seeing strange creatures appearing beneath Liuqing City, Chen Xu guessed that a dungeon invasion had occurred.
"It is currently unknown. Those strange creatures are very scattered. The ghosts are following the underground river to find the source."
As they spoke, a ghost floated out of the well, holding a large shell about the size of a pot lid. The shell was covered in red and black stripes that intertwined to look like a pair of eyes from a distance.
"My Lord, this is the strange creature."
"A shell? Aside from the strange patterns, what is so unusual about it? Wait, why does the thing inside this shell look so weird?"
In Chen Xu's perception, the shape of the creature inside the shell was completely different from what he remembered.
Hearing Chen Xu's question, Xuan Chu signaled the ghost to open the shell.
The ghost grabbed both sides and pulled them apart, exposing the inside of the shell.
"What the hell is this thing!"
Inside the shell was a very bizarre creature. It looked somewhat like a starfish, with five tentacles, a large mouthpart in the center, and eyes covering the area around the mouthpart.
Furthermore, its five tentacles were long and soft. Once the shell was opened and the obstruction removed, they hung straight down to the ground. Keep in mind that the ghost was currently floating about two meters above the ground.
"How does this thing attack?"
"Its tentacles can instantly become incredibly hard, easily piercing through stone. However, its soul is very weak. Once it feels soul pressure, it curls all its tentacles back into the shell."
Seeing the monster's true face, Chen Xu was once again certain that this was a creature from a dungeon.
Thus, to find the source of the dungeon invasion as quickly as possible, Chen Xu raised his hand and summoned over two hundred ghosts at once, ordering them all to go down and find the dungeon's location along the underground river.
In any case, the strength of the class-users in the South Realm was not even as high as a decent mid-tier dungeon.
A dungeon that could invade Blue Star should be more interesting than the South Realm.
The primary condition for a dungeon invasion was that the dungeon had not been cleared for a long time and its clearing progress had not increased for a long period.
Usually, such dungeons were very troublesome, either containing extremely powerful monsters or having a very harsh environment.
Examples included Mohai and Hanyuan in Daxia.
Before those two dungeons invaded reality, everyone who went in died. It was a complete death trap.
He wondered what the intensity of this dungeon invasion beneath the South Realm would be.
Seeing Chen Xu's serious expression, Xuan Chu kindly reminded him: "My Lord, there is no need to be so worried. That strange creature is merely bizarre in appearance; its strength is negligible. Most importantly, they have no mental attacks, so any ghost can easily finish them off."
Chen Xu shook his head and said, "You do not understand. The fact that it can cause a dungeon invasion means this dungeon is very troublesome and has not been cleared for a long time. Would such a dungeon be this simple?"
As he spoke, Chen Xu suddenly thought of the South Realm people's strength. These people were still clearing growth dungeons. Compared to Daxia, their level was practically still at the kindergarten stage. The difficulty of a dungeon they could not clear was indeed questionable.
Thinking about it, Chen Xu began to doubt himself.
"Forget it. Instead of wasting my own energy overthinking, it is better to get the answers from someone else's brain. Xuan Chu, gather the army. We head south!"
"Yes!"
Regardless, the ghosts would not find a result immediately. It was better to head south and dig for more information from the brains of those clans.
For instance, the Eight Great Clans of the South Realm had monopolized this region for so long. There was no way they could have failed to notice a dungeon invasion in their own territory.
Therefore, Chen Xu decided to find the Eight Great Clans and borrow their brains to answer the doubts in his heart.
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