"Sister, he knows how to get out. The hill we're looking for is the key to getting out." The young man in grey said with a smile.
"What?" Long Yue was surprised.
"It's Scarlet Soul's information. He said that Martial Emperor Xiao Lin knows the method to get out of the Nine Serenities Mourning Soul Land. I used a secret technique to pry this method out of his mouth. There's a compass that can help us get out of here a hundred meters below a ten meter tall hill." Long Chen said.
"I see."
Long Yue nodded in surprise. She knew that if they could get out of here, all these miracles would be created by Long Chen.
"Let's not waste any more time. Let's look for the hill together."
"Mn. However, big sister, you should first recover from your injuries. Some of the elixirs I have here should be effective on your body," Long Chen said.
In the remaining time, they only had one last target left.
The hill.
As long as they found the hill, they should be able to get out.
Back then, it had taken more than ten days to find Long Yue. Long Chen estimated that it would also take more than ten days to find that small mountain. In fact, his estimation was not wrong. Even though the grey-clothed youth had seen the small mountain before, they still hadn't found anything after about ten days.
"Strange, I saw it." The young man in grey was a little discouraged.
"Don't worry, let's keep looking. We'll find it eventually."
Long Chen said. There was nothing in the Ninth Serenity Graveyard. It was boring and lonely. If they were alone, they would be driven crazy.
Ten days passed. With the help of the Wang Crystal and the elixirs, Long Yue had completely recovered. The three of them had the fighting capacity of Lv 3 of the Earth Martial Arts Realm. With such fighting capacity, they could definitely defeat the entire Wushu Sage Empire. As long as they could get out of here, even Martial Emperors would not be able to do anything to them.
A super force like the Ancient Demon Area only had one expert at Lv 3 of the Earth Martial Arts Realm.
Even the Wushu Alliance only had two experts at Lv 3 of the Earth Martial Arts Realm.
The three of them kept talking as they moved forward.
This time, it was more important to find Xiao Shan. Therefore, Long Chen did not have much time to cultivate these days.
In the Earth Martial Arts Realm, as long as you stepped on the ground and communicated with the power of the earth, you would be cultivating.
In the past few days, Long Chen had removed his Hundred Battles Martial King costume and restored his original appearance.
"This Nine Gloom Mourning Soul Grounds is simply way too simple. There's nothing here at all," Long Chen said in a somewhat depressed manner.
"Yeah, other than this gray cloud and this gray land, there's really nothing else." Long Yue also said somewhat helplessly.
"There's also a strange stone scorpion that I haven't seen before, but I heard that it's quite terrifying. This stone scorpion is not a demonic beast, but looks like a stone. It's very hard and sturdy, and it's difficult for an ordinary warrior in the Earth Martial Arts Realm to kill it. It's also very powerful. If we get hit by its tail or pinched by its pincers, we'll probably die. What's more terrifying is that every time this kind of stone scorpion appears, there are thousands of them. Wherever they go, few people can survive."
This sentence was said by the grey-clothed young man. He had stayed here for a long time, so he knew more about this place.
"Oh, there's actually such a thing."
Long Chen and Long Yue were both a bit surprised. From what he said, it seemed that this stone scorpion really was very powerful. It was a mysterious thing, and they didn't even know if it was alive. Its combat strength couldn't be measured by ordinary Demonic Beasts.
"This stone scorpion is like the God of Death in the Nine Gloom Mourning Soul Grounds. Every time it appears, many people will die. No matter how strong an expert is, without enough King Crystals, they will also die in a group of stone scorpions. Fortunately, we have enough King Crystals, and you don't have to worry. I heard that this stone scorpion only appears once in a few years. Otherwise, there would have been no one in the Nine Gloom Mourning Soul Grounds …"
Just as he said this, he suddenly froze.
"What, the earth is shaking?" The grey-clothed young man's mouth was wide open.
Long Chen and Long Yue frowned. Long Chen felt carefully, and indeed, the earth was shaking. They had a bad feeling in their hearts, so they quickly looked around.
"I … I didn't jinx it, did I?" The grey-clothed young man said gloomily.
"Yes."
Long Chen and Long Yue said at the same time, because they had already seen a large amount of dust rising in the distant sky. The gray dust had completely connected the earth and the gray clouds in the sky. Occasionally, Long Chen saw a lot of tails raised up high.
From so far away, they could see the stone scorpion's tail. Long Chen estimated that the length of the scorpion's tail was at least ten meters.
Ten meters, and that was the most conservative estimate.
"Oh my god, it's really a stone scorpion. I jinx it."
The grey-clothed young man's expression was very interesting. He had just mentioned the stone scorpion, and he did not expect it to really come.
The earth rumbled, and the terrifying shaking became more and more intense. From this, it could be seen how strong the stone scorpions were. They did not know what kind of stone the stone scorpion's body was made of, but it was definitely very hard.
The three of them looked at each other and saw the meaning in each other's eyes, which was to escape.
They didn't know what this stone scorpion was, but if they were surrounded by it, they would be finished. In this Nine Nether Mourning Soul Land, it was better not to cause any trouble. Thus, they all started to run again.
In order to save Wang Crystals, they maintained a speed similar to that of the stone scorpions. This was also because they had enough Wang Crystals. If it was someone else, they would definitely not be able to outrun the stone scorpions.
The dust that filled the sky was like a meat grinder, heading in the direction of Long Chen and the rest. It was obvious that the stone scorpions were staring at Long Chen and the rest. No matter how Long Chen and the rest changed directions, the thousands of stone scorpions were still chasing after them.
"I understand now. The Ninth Nether Mourning Grounds is indeed a natural prison. The combined Spiritual Energy of the three of us is probably the strongest here, so this place will automatically produce these stone scorpions to get rid of us …"
Otherwise, there was no way to explain why they would chase after Long Chen and the rest.
Fortunately, they had enough Wang Crystals.
Of course, this would delay their search for the small mountain.
Along the way, Long Chen and the rest tried to find places with fewer people, but the stone scorpions were still chasing them relentlessly. The army of thousands of them was simply a nightmare for others. As long as they were human, they would be fleeing in panic.
Three days passed.
They were all tired. At this time, the stone scorpions were much closer to them. When Long Chen turned around, he could roughly see their appearance. They were huge stone scorpions, their bodies made up of strange grayish-white stones. Every stone scorpion was relatively large, and their tails were raised high. It was not just ten meters, but at least twenty meters. A pair of huge pincers were also raised high. Just like their tails, they were their most terrifying weapons.
"We can't continue like this. They have already killed many people along the way. However, they still have no intentions of stopping. Could it be that they will continue to chase us until we are all dead?" Long Chen asked in a puzzled tone.
"I don't know either. We have already used up a lot of Wang Crystals in the past three days. If this continues, I'm afraid we will die in the hands of these damned things before we can even find the small mountain," the grey-clothed young man said exasperatedly.
Long Yue also smiled bitterly and shook her head.
She had no choice.
Another two days passed.
One day and five days passed. The three of them were exhausted, but the stone scorpions still did not retreat. At this time, these stone scorpions were more than a hundred meters behind Long Chen and the others. As long as one of Long Chen stopped, they would quickly rush over in a few breaths' time.
Long Chen and the others were a little anxious.
They did not have any clues about the small mountain, but they did not expect to meet these damned things first.
"They stopped."
Long Chen suddenly heard Long Yue's surprised voice. He quickly turned his head and saw that the stone scorpions had actually stopped in their tracks. Smoke and dust began to fall from the sky.
Tens of thousands of stone scorpions lined up neatly and stopped more than a hundred meters behind Long Chen and the others. Long Chen could finally stop and take a good look at these stone scorpions.
At this moment, Long Chen could clearly see that these stone scorpions' gray rocks did not seem to be special. It was just that there were circles of strange black runes on their backs. As they ran, these black runes flashed with a faint light.
It was these runes that allowed these things to have such a big movement.
"They've all stopped. We're not chasing anymore."
The grey-clothed young man swayed a few rounds in front of those stone scorpions. Those stone scorpions did not have eyes at all, as if they could not sense the grey-clothed young man's movements.
"They have not been able to kill us in five days. I guess they need energy to maintain themselves. Now that their energy has been exhausted, they should not have any strength left." Long Chen said calmly.
"That's good. We can finally get rid of these bird things. Let's go." The grey-clothed youth laughed.
"Wait, they're going to drill into the ground. This Nine Hells Soulless Land is so strange. Aren't you curious about where these stone scorpions came from and what's so special about them? Since we haven't found the small mountain yet, why don't we follow it and take a look? If there's any danger, we'll come back." Long Chen suggested.
At this moment, these stone scorpions had already begun to dig on the gray ground. Although their bodies were huge, they seemed to be able to easily drill into the ground.
Long Yue hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said: "Alright, let's go in and take a look. If there's any danger, we'll come out immediately.