The island was densely vegetated and looked like a giant human footprint. At the edge of the island, there was a toe shape that extended outward.
Blanca put away the rune ship and the five of them flew toward the island. They flew over one giant tree after another, looking for the ruins.
However, after searching the entire island, they did not find any ruins. They did not even find any traces of human existence.
"Could it be that the news about the ruins is fake?"
Gray and the other four were puzzled. The shape and location of the island were very similar to the map. They were sure that this island was the one they were looking for.
They did not find the wrong island, but they could not find the ruins mentioned in the news. This made them very puzzled. Could it be that the news about the ruins was fake and there were no ruins here at all?
"The ruins may not be on the ground. They may be underground. Let's search on the ground and see if we can find a passage that leads to the underground."
Gray suggested. The other four were also unwilling to give up so easily. Naturally, they did not have any objections. The five of them immediately chose a direction and split up to search.
A few hours later, the five of them had searched every inch of the small island, but they did not find a passage that led to the underground.
The five of them gathered again and were all frowning. They still could not find the ruins. They were beginning to suspect that the map was a prank by a certain powerful person.
"The entrance may be blocked by some plants. Why don't we burn all the trees on the island?"
Blanca suggested.
"Let's give it a try."
The five of them flew up. Those with fire elemental abilities used their fire elemental abilities, while those without fire elemental abilities used magical weapons to ignite their fire elemental abilities and burn the trees on the island.
Thick smoke billowed and flames soared into the sky. The entire island was burning like a torch in the vast sea.
An hour later, all the plants were burned to ashes.
Some disaster-level blood fiends in the middle of the island noticed the commotion and attacked. They were directly roasted by Gray and the other four who were inexplicably angry.
The five of them then used their wind elemental abilities to create a violent gale, blowing away all the smoke and dust on the island into the sea.
The five of them landed on the island again and split up to search. Without the cover of the plants, the speed of their search was extremely fast. Soon, the five of them had searched the entire island and gathered again.
"Still nothing!"
The five of them looked at each other and shook their heads. They still couldn't find any passageway that led underground. It was very likely that they had been tricked by some expert.
Based on their "encounters" along the way, those who were able to reach this place were definitely experts. Therefore, this map was undoubtedly left behind by some expert.
"Experts who can come here shouldn't be so bored, right?"
With disappointment on his face, George said with uncertainty.
"It's possible."
Landry's expression remained unchanged as he spoke with certainty.
As far as he knew, his family, the Engumo Clan, once had such a powerful figure in their history. Unlike the members of the Engumo Clan, who were known for their calmness, this powerful figure's greatest joy was to tease the younger generation. The younger generation had been teased by him until they were miserable beyond words.
They could not win in a fight, and their seniority was even lower than the other party's. All the juniors who were teased could only silently endure it. That was a period of the Engumo family's history that could be described as "dark".
"Could it be underwater?"
Sophia raised her eyebrows and guessed.
"Let's give it a try then!"
The five of them immediately plunged into the sea and dived toward the bottom of the sea near the island.
Although they were in the sea, the five of them did not feel any discomfort. With their current realm, as long as they did not stay in the water for more than a few hours, they would not be in danger of suffocation.
100 meters.
200 meters.
300 meters.
…
The five of them dived quickly and soon reached a depth of more than 1,000 meters. The huge water pressure squeezed their bodies as if it wanted to flatten them.
However, with their current realm, their bodies were even stronger than silver-level magic weapons. This pressure was naturally nothing to them.
The five of them continued to dive.
2,000 meters.
3,000 meters.
4,000 meters.
…
10,000 meters.
When they reached a depth of 10,000 meters, even with the physical attributes of the five of them, they felt great pressure. Just when the five of them were about to give up.
A light suddenly appeared in front of them. The five of them swam toward the light and quickly saw what was emitting the light.
It was a series of minarets, each emitting a hazy white light that illuminated a large area.
"It's the ruins!"
Gray and the other four's eyes lit up. It turned out that they had already dived to the bottom of the sea, and there were dozens of minaret-like buildings at the bottom of the sea.
These buildings were carved out of crystal and emitted a hazy white light, illuminating the dark bottom of the sea as bright as the sky.
Outside these minarets, there was a huge transparent hemispherical cover that separated these minarets from the sea.
After swimming around the transparent hemispherical cover, they did not find any entrance. Gray and the other four had to force their way in.
Dang!
Landry Ngomo slashed at the transparent hemispherical cover with all his strength, but it only caused violent turbulence in the sea. The hemispherical cover was not damaged at all.
Although they were in the sea and were hindered by the huge pressure of the sea, the opponent could only exert half of his strength. However, even half of his strength was enough to reach the Annihilation level. Yet, he could not damage the hemispherical cover at all.
Gray, Sophia, Blanca, and George also attacked, but their attacks could not damage the transparent hemispherical cover at all. With their strength, it was obvious that they could not break the hemispherical cover at all.
If they guessed correctly, the expert should have found this ruin and tried all means but could not enter. In the end, he had to give up. However, he had drawn the map of this ruin.
"Don't resist!"
Signaling the other four to stay put, Gray used his water ability to sweep up Sophia and the other three and used teleport.
Whoosh!
Gray, Sophia, and the other three disappeared. When they reappeared, they passed through the hemispherical cover and entered the interior.
"Teleport?"
Blanca and the other two looked at Gray in surprise.
They had thought that there was no hope and were ready to give up. They did not expect Gray to have the ability to teleport and enter.
"Yes. Fortunately, this defensive cover can't stop teleportation."
Gray nodded. When he was in that broken plane, the transparent cover that covered the Rule-class expert's residence had the characteristic of blocking space ability. Even if he could teleport, he could not enter.
Fortunately, the transparent cover of this ruin did not have the effect of blocking space ability. Teleportation was effective.
"There's air here, and we can breathe!"
Sophia was not too surprised. She had already seen Gray's teleportation ability. She took a shallow breath and determined that the air was not poisonous and was suitable for breathing.
"Then, let's start searching. According to our previous agreement, we'll search together. The five of us will split the loot equally!"
As the owner of the map, George Lopez said as the five of them looked at the crystal spires one after another excitedly.
The five of them immediately walked to the nearest crystal spire. Soon, they pushed open the crystal door and entered the spire.
The first floor of the spire was a huge space similar to a hall. There were more than ten huge crystal pillars used for support in the space. Above them, there were several extremely exquisite crystal lamps. As they pushed open the crystal door and entered the hall, these crystal lamps lit up one after another.
Stepping on the floor covered in soft fur, Gray and the other four searched for valuable items in the hall. Anything that the five of them took a fancy to was naturally extremely valuable. Even so, the five of them still found a lot.
There were vases carved from precious gems, metal brackets cast from precious metals, precious weapons for decoration …
It was obvious that the owner of this ruin was extremely wealthy. The decorations in the hall all reflected luxury and nobility.
Going up the fur-covered stairs on the right side of the hall, the group went up to the second floor. It was no longer a huge hall, but one room after another.
They pushed open one room after another. Some rooms were bedrooms, some were study rooms, and some were cultivation rooms. They all had a lot of loot …
After spending more than ten minutes, the entire spire was searched by Gray and the other four. Gray and the other four left this spire and went to the next one.
This was a spire similar to the previous one. The loot was similar to the previous one.
As they searched one spire after another, their loot increased rapidly. Fortunately, they had a large space item, otherwise, they might not be able to store so many things.
They entered another spire. It was no longer similar to the previous one, but rather a rather special one.
Inside the spire, from the first floor onwards, all the floors were piled with books. This should be considered a 'library'. In the end, they collected more than thirty thousand precious books.
They continued to search. After searching five spire, they once again encountered a special spire.
In the spire, all the floors were placed with weapons. The higher up they went, the higher the level of the weapons.
When they reached the top floor, there were only eight weapons on the entire floor. However, every single one of them looked extremely extraordinary.
Some were completely red, like red magma.
Some were shining with golden light, as if they were poured with gold.
Some were filled with blue light, as gentle as water.
…
Clang!
Blanca pulled out a sword and poured his energy into it. The sword immediately emitted a terrifying aura, as if a terrifying giant beast was awakening. The power it emitted made the others' hearts tremble.
Although they knew that Blanca would not harm them, the aura made their bodies involuntarily react.